Musical joy brought the Lichfield Festival to a splendid climax, with the broad orchestral sweep of Brahms’ Symphony No.3 following a host of classical chamber concerts, ballet, jazz and world music performances, writes John Watson.
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with its principal conductor Ryan Bancroft, gave an impressive performance of the Brahms masterpiece - with its melodically rich final movement - in Lichfield Cathedral on Sunday. It followed Finnish cellist Senja Rummakainen thrilling the audience with an intensely passionate interpretation of one of the greatest pieces in the English musical repertoire, Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Marvellous.
