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Stephanie Wake-Edwards with the RAM Symphony Orchestra, conductor Semyon Bychkov, at

the Royal Festival Hall. Photograph: Frances Marshall

Semyon Bychkov, the Academy’s Klemperer chair of conducting and a great Mahlerian,
drew confident playing from these young musicians, many on the brink of careers. The
brass section was especially dazzling, ready to enter the profession. The principal
trumpet, who has plenty to do in this symphony, was a much-cheered star. Were I his
mother I suspect I would have wept. I am not, but I did. It was that kind of a night.

Migrations tours the UK from 2 October to 26 November

Star ratings (out of five)
Migrations ★★★★

Aldeburgh festival ★★★★
Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra ★★★★