BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

Scottish Ensemble
A musically invigorating hour in the company of the Scottish Ensemble had as its centrepiece the world premiere of a new work for violin and strings by John Woolrich. While...
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Multiple Pianos Day – 2
After the generally light fare of the afternoon “Multiple Pianos” Prom, it was out with the big guns for the evening. First, a rare opportunity to hear George Antheil’s Ballet...
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Multiple Pianos Day – 1
This was the first of two Proms devoted to “Multiple Pianos”. A plethora of pianists lined up to deliver varied repertoire over the two events. The irony of the first...
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
After tackling the two Tchaikovsky piano concertos that are rarely played, Stephen Hough hinted at a slightly different approach to “The most famous piano concerto … ever!” in his performance...
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Fountains of Rome … Virga … Jeu de cartes … Islamey
Oliver Knussen's programme for this year's Proms season was a typical mixture of the new and not so familiar. Admittedly the 'new' component featured no first performances (his Cleveland Pictures...
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Italian Symphony … Roma amor … Pines of Romes
Anyone already familiar with Peter Maxwell Davies’s Roma amor (1998) might have taken a questioning glance at the 37-minute timing given in the Proms prospectus (and again at that duration’s...
Scènes de ballet … Mahler 6
This fourth visit by the BBC Philharmonic to this year’s Proms was the first to feature its Chief Conductor, Gianandrea Noseda. There was no obvious theme linking the three works,...
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Harrison Birtwistle at 75
While 1934 has already been examined by this year's BBC Proms as the year English music lost Delius, Holst and Elgar, it was also a year in which it gained...
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Mendelssohn … (S)irató … Romeo and Juliet
Thierry Fischer gave the first movement of Mendelssohn's First Symphony power and passion and followed it with a flowing Andante. The original Minuet followed (at the London performance in May...
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Michael Jarrell & Berlioz’s Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
For this Prom, Thierry Fischer put the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (of which he has been Principal Conductor for three seasons) through an ambitious three-part programme focused mainly on...
Belcea Quartet
This recital found an imaginative way of incorporating two of the four Proms 'anniversary' composers. One creator relatively scarce in appearances this year is Benjamin Britten, whose second published string...
From Trumpet
At first the 15-minute From Trumpet, Ben Foskett’s response to a BBC commission, seemed like a study in colour and timbre, very specific, and thus not helped by someone’s mobile-phone...
A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
Though rain poured for the entire day, inside the Royal Albert Hall Californian sunshine, and that 'feel-good' factor, was omnipresent. This was a concert of some of the music from...
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EVOLUTION! A Darwin-inspired extravaganza for kids
This Saturday morning extravaganza (repeated the following morning) fulfilled the decade-long tradition of a special children's Prom. The overriding ideas have not changed and nor has the excellence of presentation...
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra
BBC Proms is exploring Stravinsky’s complete ballet music this season and found an ideal match in Pulcinella and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The music positively danced...