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Iain Bell, Charles Styles, Ruth Wilson, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Martyn Brabbins:
🎵 Beowulf

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My Guardian review of the world premiere of Iain Bell's Beowulf at the Barbican.

Some issues with balance hamper its impact, but it's wonderfully well played and sung by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and tenor Charles Styles under Martyn Brabbins, who is also in his element in Vaughan Williams's Job:-

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/19/bbcsobrabbins-review-last-minute-change-adds-drama-to-beowulf-premiere?CMP=share_btn_tw

You can hear it on BBC Radio 3 on 18 April

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