The Royal Albert Hall Willis organ is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, and the BBC showcased the instrument in a total of five Proms. Indeed I was grateful to be able to follow the whole concert again online afterwards, when the BBC sound engineers had captured a better balance in places between the organ and orchestra than I had grasped from my seat in the hall. We had a strong sense, though, of the wider audience listening to the live broadcast, and this atmospheric music, with its often introverted moods, perhaps was at its most rewarding when listened to at home. With only a small live audience in the Royal Albert Hall, sadly, the cavernous space felt a little cold, in spite of late summer warmth outside.
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