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Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marquise Gilmore review – bassoon earns its spotlight in Thea Musgrave’s Out of the Darkness

Royal Albert Hall, London Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagenarian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser bent his unique horn technique to Mozart Amid this year’s crop of Proms premieres, one stood out a mile – long before any of us had heard a note of it. Out of the Darkness is a new bassoon concerto by the 98-year-old Scottish composer Thea Musgrave, whose music was first heard at the

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England / United Kingdom
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24 Aug 2026, 12:36 UTC
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Flora Willson
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Proms 2026
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Royal Albert Hall, London Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagenarian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser bent his unique horn technique to Mozart Amid this year’s crop of Proms premieres, one stood out a mile – long before any of us had heard a note of it. Out of the Darkness is a new bassoon concerto by the 98-year-old Scottish composer Thea Musgrave, whose music was first heard at the
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    Royal Albert Hall, London Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagerian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser bent his unique horn technique to Mozart Amid this year’s crop of Proms premieres, one stood out a mile – long before any of us had heard a note of it. Out of the Darkness is a new bassoon concerto by the 98-year-old Scottish composer Thea Musgrave, whose music was first heard at the P

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    Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marquise Gilmore review – bassoon earns its spotlight in Thea Musgrave’s Out of the Darkness

    Royal Albert Hall, London Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagerian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser played a remarkable trick Amid this year’s crop of Proms premieres, one stood out a mile – long before any of us had heard a note of it. Out of the Darkness is a new bassoon concerto by the 98-year-old Scottish composer Thea Musgrave, whose music was first heard at the Proms in 1960. S

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