BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

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A genuinely full house reflected John Wilson’s special status at the Proms even if the Royal Albert Hall audience likes him best as the man who extended the concept of...
Prom 28 Cr. MarkAllan5
A programme with a superficially conventional look for what has become a traditional and very welcome event. Quite apart from the enthusiasm of the young musicians the sheer size of...
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Plenty of star power on offer here. Yuja Wang and Klaus Mäkelä are probably classical music’s hottest couple since Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna and the hall was full. Surprisingly perhaps...
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How long should principal conductors stay with their chosen orchestras? Long enough to make their mark. In the case of Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, fifteen years of...
Prom 22 Photography by Yusef Bastawy 4
Prom 22 unfurled a captivating tapestry of musical artistry, with Prokofiev's piano concerto No.3 and Tchaikovsky's fifth symphony gracing the stage, masterfully brought to life by the BBC National Orchestra...
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Originally built around the UK premiere of Mason Bates’s Piano Concerto, a score first heard more than 18 months ago in Philadelphia, Daniil Trifonov’s continuing inability (or unwillingness) to obtain...
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Belief proved central here: praise of a deity and a celebration of paganism. An odd choice to pair these choral masterpieces, written a mere five years apart, and yet this...
Prom 16 Cr. Chris Christodoulou 14
Following its St Petersburg premiere in November 1913, The Bells had its first UK outing in Liverpool in March 1921 with Henry Wood at the helm. A review praised Wood’s...
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The Hong Kong-born Elim Chan has steadily been making her reputation since winning the Donatella Flick Competition in 2014, aged 28. This was her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra...
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Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ may have been evicted from its penultimate Prom berth long ago, but it remains ever a pillar of the BBC Proms ethos, even in as quizzical and often...
Proms at Sage Gateshead Reginald Mobley photocredit Thomas Jackson TyneSight Media 8
The final concert of the BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead proved to be an unexpected and delightful conclusion to a weekend filled with musical fervour. Concertgoers were treated to an...
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This late-night choral concert at Sage Gateshead for the BBC Proms proved to be an enchanting and diverse musical journey, stylishly led by Timothy Burke and Grace Rossiter, who alternated...
Proms at Sage Gateshead Mazzolli Mozart Brahms Cr. Thomas Jackson 3
The third instalment of the BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead transported us to a realm of traditional splendour, as Radio 3’s Tom McKinney adeptly steered the musical voyage with finesse,...
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We’re used to seeing composers at the Proms, taking their bows after premières on the Royal Albert Hall each summer.  But I’m fairly certain that this is the first time that...
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The Late-Night Prom at the Sage Gateshead was an enchanting musical journey that delved into the rich musical heritage of the Middle East, presented by two talented artists making their...