BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

Prom 37 – A German Requiem
A programme with few laughs – a tragic symphony and a requiem! Maybe not, either, the most vibrant showcase for a visiting orchestra. The Mozart was as disappointing as the...
Prom 36 – Orpheus: Death / Behind the Wire
Eric Ericson was associated with both choirs singing in the Royal Albert Hall tonight, putting modern choral works firmly in the Swedish repertoire. The two choirs – each with 33...
Prom 35 – Boston Concerto
What promised to be a highlight of the current Proms season – in the guise of a major new orchestral piece by Elliott Carter. 95 in December, Carter has maintained...
Prom 34 – Strip-Weave
One of the incidental pleasures of this year’s Proms is the chance to hear several little-known works by Prokofiev during the fiftieth anniversary of his death. And there are few...
Prom 33 – Rameau to Webern
The splendid chamber orchestra sponsored by the city of Bremen is a virtuoso, versatile and chameleon-like band. Here is a group of musicians that can play Rameau with infectious communication...
Prom 32 – Old Brass
Even at 10 in the evening, the RAH was stifling.Penderecki’s Sinfonietta was enjoyable as long as you didn’t demand much. Some bits were routinely discordant – angry, abrasive and ’modern’....
Proms Chamber Music No.4 (11 August)
The mezzo-soprano Alice Coote has garnered praise for performances both on the operatic stage and the recital platform. Her voice is warm and smooth, though in this recital she did...
Prom 31 – Alexander Nevsky
All credit to one conductor, two soloists, some 100 orchestral players and over 230 choral-singers for performing in that great heat, in formal wear.On this night, Germany and Austria lost....
Proms 2003 – Poulenc & Stravinsky
Although Stravinsky served as a role model for Poulenc in many respects, contrasts in expression outweigh similarities in technique – as tonight’s pairing amply demonstrated. Completed in 1958, La voix...
Prom 29 – NYO
The annual visit to the Proms by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain is invariably a highlight of the season. It is heartening to be re-assured that there is...
Prom 28 – Ligeti’s Adventures
The era of Round House and three-part Proms may be long gone, but the performance of what one might even nostalgically call avant-garde music continues in such as this late-evening...
Prom 27 – San Francisco Polyphony
The BBC Scottish Symphony has landed on its feet with Ilan Volkov. His predecessor, Osmo Vänskä, is a tough act to follow. Volkov, just 26 and six months into the...
Prom 26 – The Welcome Arrival of Rain
There’s a quizzical, speculative feel to much of Judith Weir’s music that works especially well at an ensemble level (with or without voice). The “Composer Portrait” prior to the main...
Prom 25 – NYO of Scotland
Sometimes in youth one plunges into things without a moment’s hesitation. So it was with this programme by the 13-22 year-olds of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland – an...
Prom 24 – Anne Evans Farewell
After Johann Strauss the night before, this prom moved to the rather different music of Richard Strauss. He never saw his penultimate opera, Die Liebe der Danae, in full performance...
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