BBCNOW/Bancroft review – McGill is a stylish soloist in Kahane’s likable clarinet concerto

Royal Albert Hall, London With Stravinsky and Copland also on the programme, this was a lively if uneven concert In their different ways, both Stravinsky and Copland turned to the vernacular to lend authenticity and atmosphere to their ballet scores. Stravinsky incorporated folk tunes and popular song to depict the hurdy-gurdy players and wet nurses of St Petersburg’s bustling Shrovetide fair in Petrushka. For Billy the Kid, Copland used cowboy songs to paint a wild west settlement with its outlaws, saloons and gunfights. Fast-forward 80 years and Gabriel Kahane added a flavour of folk music,

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