Reviewed by Lynne Walker
It was bold of the BBC Philharmonic to open its 75th anniversary season with a work by Bohuslav Martinu, one of several “Neglected Geniuses” the orchestra is championing, and with a conductor who is relatively little-known in the UK. The young London-trained Frenchman Ludovic Morlot, who made quite an impression with the orchestra earlier this year, has got a couple of concerts with the BBC PO this season which suggests that he may, in the future, be speeding between Manchester and his home in Lyon with some regularity.
