Richard Bratby

Refined and dreamy: CBSO centenary concerts reviewed

The Covid-era format is starting to feel routine, even – god help us – reassuring

Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla conducting Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 
issue 12 December 2020
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