BBCNOW/Thomas Søndergård review – bowing out in style

Royal Albert Hall, London
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s principal conductor signs off with a performance of heady abandonThis was Thomas Søndergård’s last concert as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s principal conductor and he bowed out in style with Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, in a performance of cogency and splendour. Many would consider the Albert Hall to be the ideal venue for this work, with the size of the building matching the immensity of th