United Kingdom BBC PROM 28 – Mussorgsky, Benjamin, Ravel, Ligeti, Debussy: Tamara Stefanovich (piano), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain / George Benjamin (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 5.8.2018. (CS)
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A Hero’s Life: BBC NOW Present a Compelling Narrative at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC PROM 24 – Ethel Smyth, Dvořák, Richard Strauss: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Otto Tausk (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.8.2018. (CS)
Andrew Manze Leads Splendid Accounts of Two Very Different ‘London’ Symphonies
United Kingdom BBC PROMS 22 – Haydn and Vaughan Williams: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, / Andrew Manze (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.7.2018. (AS)
A Performance of Eine Alpensinfonie to Cherish in the Memory
United Kingdom BBC PROMS 21 – Mozart, Georg Friedrich Haas and R. Strauss: Hornroh Modern Alphorn Quartet, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2018. (AS)
Autobiography Brings Elements of Wayne McGregor’s Life to Sadler’s Wells
United Kingdom Company Wayne McGregor, Autobiography: Sadler’s Wells, London, 26.7.2018. (JO’D)
The Parry Centenary is Fittingly Marked at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC PROM 17 – Parry, Vaughan Williams, Holst: Tai Murray (violin), Francesca Chiejina (soprano), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Adrian Partington (organ), BBC National Chorus of Wales and BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.7.2018. (CS)
An Outstanding Debussy Performance is the Highlight of the Hallé’s Very Satisfying Prom
United Kingdom BBC PROMS 16 – Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky: Sophie Bevan (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano), Hallé Choir (female voices), Hallé Youth Choir (female voices), Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.7.2018. (AS)
Paul Lewis’s Performance of the Emperor Concerto Refreshes the Spirits
United Kingdom BBC PROM 15 – Tansy Davies, Beethoven and Brahms: Paul Lewis (piano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Ben Gernon (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.7.2018. (AS)