Did anyone else listen to this? I was greatly looking forward to it - Dausgaard has led some wonderful concerts with the BBCSSO in recent months, and Mahler #7 (one of my favourite works) seemed to be exactly the sort of work that he would do well. I was greatly disappointed with the Haydn #88 - sounding like a dress rehearsal run-through, rather than a concert performance. The first four movements of the Mahler made up for this - a very fine performance indeed - but the Finale??!! Desperately rushed through, I thought, with an idea of structure and pacing that I couldn't recognise from the score. What do I know? The audience in Glasgow cheered as if they'd heard something very special - maybe in the Hall, there was a thrill that I didn't detect over the digital airwaves. 

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