BBCSSO/Dausgaard review – striking Sibelius with smudges and sweep

Royal Albert Hall, London
Thomas Dausgaard’s rough-and-ready Finlandia showed character, but it was the Second Symphony that proved the highlight of this all-Sibelius celebrationSibelius featured on the first night of this year’s Proms, though the main celebrations of the Finnish composer’s 150th birthday have come later in the season with a series of concerts begun by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The second performance was given under the ensemble’s principal gue