Mors Aeterna (2015) by Willem Jeths and Symphony No 10 in F sharp major (unfinished at his death in 1911) by Gustav Mahler
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One of the things that radio producers are said to be most frightened by is silence. The recently announced Chief Conductor-designate of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Antony Hermus began this performance by testing that fear and indicating from the very beginning that he was very much the master of the whole hall. The welcoming…