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Two vibrantly alive concerts this week. The first one was in Birmingham, with the city’s superb orchestra giving an expansive performance of Mahler’s Fifth symphony under their chief conductor, Andris Nelsons on Wednesday. The second was yesterday in Bristol, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, with an interesting programme of Britten, Beethoven and Rachmaninov under their permanent chief, Krill Karabits, who, still fairly new in his appointment, is in convincing command of his players. It felt a bit like a tale of two conductors, both seen from the vantage point of a seat in the choir overlooking the orchestra. Nelsons was crouching