Despite their reduced numbers, the BBC Symphony Orchestra brought intensity and lyricism to the judicious first-night choice of the Eroica
’s playing of the epic work that spoke volumes. Listening on Radio 3, the clarity, the lyricism and the absence of bombast were revealing.
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