First night of the Proms review – Batiashvili’s magnificent Sibelius opens the festival
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- Sir Henry Wood ■■■
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Royal Albert Hall, London
An oddly disparate programme, including an Errollyn Wallen world premiere and a Vaughan Williams rarity, didn’t quite cohere in this opening concert, but all was outstandingl…