A pretty emotionally exhausting programme, this Sunday evening concert was the culmination of a day of Total Immersion in Tavener.
The BBC SO started with his Little Ceremonial and this was followed by the Akhmatova Requiem. The closing piece and the only one with which I was familiar was The Protecting Veil.
The second and third pieces were particularly demanding and I think it would have been hard to come away from this concert with an unaltered mood, described by the Telegraph as bleakness.
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