Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marquise Gilmore review – bassoon earns its spotlight in Thea Musgrave’s Out of the Darkness
Royal Albert Hall, London Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagerian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser played a remarkable trickAmid this year’s crop of Proms premieres, one stood out a mile – long before any of us had heard a note of it. Out of the Darkness is a new bassoon concerto by the 98-year-old Scottish composer Thea Musgrave, whose music was first heard at the Proms in 1960. Sixty-six years later, Musgrave is one of…
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