A Superb Performance of Theodora as the Proms Season Nears its Close
09/09/2018
BBC PROM 74 – Handel, Theodora (1749): Louise Alder (soprano) Theodora, Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor) Didymus, Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) Irene, Benjamin Hulett (tenor) Septimus, Tariz Nazimi (bass) Valens, Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2018. (CC)
Louise Alder and Iestyn Davies (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
A Magnificent, Imaginatively Presented Berlioz Prom
07/09/2018
BBC PROM 71 – Berlioz: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2018. (CS)
Antoine Tamestit (viola) (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Bernstein Overshadows Shostakovich in the Boston Symphony Prom
04/09/2018
Prom 69 – Bernstein, Shostakovich: Baiba Skride (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2018. (CC)
Andris Nelsons conducting the BSO (c) Chris Christodoulou
Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic Make a Strong Impression in Strauss Tone Poems
03/09/2018
BBC PROM 68 – Strauss and Beethoven: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2018. (AS)
Berliner Philharmoniker & Kirill Petrenko (conductor) (c) Robert Garbolinski
Nelsons and BSO Transcend Longueurs and Weaknesses for an Almost Overwhelming Mahler Third
03/09/2018
BBC Prom 67 – Mahler: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus and Chorus (female voices), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2018. (JPr)
Prom 67 – Mahler’s Third Symphony (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Auspicious Prom Debut for Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko Partnership
03/09/2018
PROM 66 – Dukas, Prokofiev, Schmidt: Yuja Wang (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor0. Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2018. (CC)
Yuja Wang (piano) & Berliner Philharmoniker (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Berio Provides the Highlight of Semyon Bychkov’s Prom
02/09/2018
PROM 65 – Ravel, Berio and Stravinsky: London Voices, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2018. (AS)
Semyon Bychkov © WDR/Sheila Rock
Fine Partnership of Nézet-Séguin and Rotterdam Philharmonic at the Proms
30/08/2018
Prom 61 – Liszt, Bruckner: Yefim Bronfman (piano); Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2018. (CC)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Yefim Bronfman (piano) (c) Chris Christodoulou
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