Wednesday, September 8, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m. Made up entirely of versatile freelance musicians (so badly affected work-wise during the many months of Covid restrictions), the debut of the Proms Festival Orchestra was signalled by Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Mark Wigglesworth, avoiding the rhetoric and rapidity … Continue reading BBC Proms 2021 – Proms Festival Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth conducts Festive Shostakovich & the Fifth Mahler.