BBC SSO & Donald Runnicles

Susan Mansfield Expect some of the old magic from the BBC SSO this week as Donald Runnicles returns to conduct a tantalizing pairing of Takemitsu (his nature-inspired A Flock Descends on the Pentagonal Garden) and Mahler’s sublime Das Lied von der Erde, with mezzo-soprano Kelley O’connor and tenor Paul Groves. ■