BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

Chamber Music No.1
The first of the Monday lunchtime “Proms Chamber Music” recitals, and an instructive pairing of major works by Czech composers who, though born just thirteen years apart andcolleagues for part...
Dimitrij
The centenary year of Dvořák's death has brought – in London at least – the expected plethora of 'New Worlds' and Cello Concertos, and a healthy quota of the orchestral...
The Nation’s Favourite Prom
Upon entering the Royal Albert Hall, one could see a smoky haze lurking about the ceiling; the reason for this was to become all too apparent during the final item...
The First Night
“We are the music makers / And we are the dreamers of dreams…” – the opening of Arthur O’Shaughnessy’s ode The Music Makers and a reflection of the spirit in...
Broken Consort
John Casken talks about his new Symphony, a BBC commission, to be premiered at Proms 2004 on 22 JulyGiven the remarkable examples that we already have of the genre, even...
Leonard Slatkin on Proms 2004
It is July and that can only mean one thing: another Proms season is upon us. For me this will be a particularly meaningful year, as it will mark the...
BBC Proms 2004: A personal introduction from the editor
The Proms are with us again. This year’s launch remained British, the Library replacing last year’s Museum as the imposing location, Nicholas Kenyon this year having a separate get-together for...
Prom 73 – The Last Night
And so to the Last Night – the 109th, as Leonard Slatkin mentioned in his speech. Looking ahead, next year’s Proms start on Friday 16 July and the first concert...
Prom 72 – The Shadow of Night
It’s good to see that even a Proms era of continued and varied change can still accommodate the once mandatory Beethoven Nine on the penultimate night. Even better that the...
Prom 71 – Zurich Tonhalle
As this year’s Proms season approaching its finale it seems as if some of the best wine had been kept for last. The Zurich Tonhalle is Switzerland’s oldest orchestra. Founded...
Prom 70 – Sacred and Profane
After the horrendous over-run of the percussion late-nighter two evenings earlier when the last piece didn’t start until 11.50 – twenty minutes after the concert was meant to have ended!...
Prom 69 – In G
Whether it was the combination of Beethoven and Mahler or the fact that Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic are currently hot news, there was an absolutely full house. The...
Prom 68 – Israel Phil
Zubin Mehta started the symphony while a discourteous name-badge outfit was still finding seats. Once positioned, there were further distractions while they settled – this lot then appeared disinterested in...
Prom 67 – Tongues of Fire
Provocation galore in this lengthy late-night Prom, opening with two contrasting choral works by Xenakis. Nuits (1968) is protest music raised onto an altogether higher plane by the visceral nature...
Proms Chamber Music No.8 (8 September) – “Bully for Berlioz!”
It was a couple of days of Proms curiosities: first, the Vienna Philharmonic sang its collective way through Rossini, courtesy Bobby McFerrin, and then, at this lunchtime chamber concert, there...
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