BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

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In Memory of Sir Charles Mackerras
Sir Charles Mackerras was scheduled to conduct this BBC Prom, which became dedicated to his memory. As a suitable tribute to him, a Dvořák piece replaced one of the advertised...
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Doctor Who Prom (2)
The Sunday morning after the Saturday evening: a repeat of the Doctor Who Prom. One thing that stood out is the apparent ease in which duplication took place. Not in...
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Doctor Who Prom (1)
A number of firsts for the annual BBC children’s franchise Prom (if I can put it like that); which was once the sole preserve of “Blue Peter” but which, in...
Parry, Scriabin & Tchaikovsky
For many, this was the first highlight of this Proms season – the chance to hear a Parry symphony live – and we weren’t disappointed. Vassily Sinaisky gained his spurs...
Sinfonia da Requiem … Leningrad Symphony
A somewhat gruelling programme from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, under its principal conductor Thierry Fischer, brought together three works written under the cloud of war, two of them...
Maria João Pires – Chopin Nocturnes
There’s no such thing as coincidence, is there? Only an hour before the diminutive figure of Maria João Pires stepped on to the platform for that rare Proms accolade of...
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Paul Lewis Beethoven (1) [BBCSO/Bělohlávek]
In Proms seasons of yesteryear a tradition of “Beethoven Nights” developed. This year that custom has been revived with two such evenings. The first of these (the second is on...
Where the Word Ends … An Alpine Symphony
The high-profile opening weekend of this year's BBC Proms may be over, but there was no sign of a falling-off of attendance judging by the near-capacity house for the WDR...
Liverpool Phil/Petrenko Trpčeski – Manfred
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic have been making a huge impact on audiences on Merseyside, and much further afield. This Proms appearance attracted a full house, and expectations...
Mark Padmore & Imogen Cooper
The first of the BBC Proms Chamber Music lunchtime recitals for 2010 at Cadogan Hall acted as a celebration for the bicentenary of the birth of Robert Schumann, and more...
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Simon Boccanegra [Plácido Domingo]
Completing the operatically grandiose opening weekend of the 2010 BBC Proms season were Antonio Pappano and Royal Opera House forces in a semi-staged performance of “Simon Boccanegra”, following a run...
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [Bryn Terfel]
The casting of Bryn Terfel as Hans Sachs in Welsh National Opera’s production of Wagner’s comic-opera made this concert a hot ticket even before the company’s performances in Cardiff and...
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First Night of the Proms – Mahler 8
There can be few more exhilarating starts to a Proms season than the opening chord of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony (the so-called "Symphony of a Thousand") and the massed sound of...
The BBC Proms: A History
From 1895 to TodayRobert Newman and Henry Wood staged the very first of “Mr Newman’s Promenade Concerts” (the event we now know as The BBC Proms) over 100 years ago,...
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The Last Night
As a finale to one of the best BBC Proms seasons in recent years, this Last Night was probably one of the best, too. Dispelling with Henry Wood’s Sea-Songs and...