At this, his farewell premiere after 16 years as Music Director at the Deutsche Oper, Sir Donald Runnicles and the excellent orchestra provided a symphonically effervescent sound that, like the ...

The second movement is full of dances and other folk elements. I had never heard it so peasant-like and raucous—so raw (though refined, symphonically, at the same time). The music was incisive, as ...