Here's the lede graf of a concert review by Fiona Maddocks of The Guardian fully worthy of the work described:
Double basses quiver and swirl on a note so murky it is hard to hear the pitch. A lone trumpet ascends in a three-note sunrise through an octave, followed by a cataclysm of thundering drumbeats. Add to that the evolution of the human race, man, superman, illness, death, transfiguration, a levitating Latvian maestro and a flying baton dropped somewhere amid the cellos and this was Symphony Hall, Birmingham last Thursday night, the CBSO's [City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra] first major concert of the year....What's that? You don't know what work's being referred to? You should be ashamed of yourself.
It's The Music, Stupid!
Peggy
