Month: August 2018

Joshua Bell and the ASMF Bring Sparkling Collective Music-Making to the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Prom 40 – Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Bridge, Beethoven: Joshua Bell (violin/director), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2018. (CS)

Joshua Bell (c) Shervin Lainez

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The Proms Hears Vaughan Williams’ Impassioned Plea for Peace

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 41 – Lili Boulanger, Elgar and Vaughan Williams: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Neal Davies (bass-baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2018. (AS)

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A Superb Concert Performance of West Side Story at the BBC Proms

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Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 38 – Bernstein, West Side Story (concert version): Soloists, students from ArtsEd and Mountview, John Wilson Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.8.2018. (CC)

Cast of West Side Story at the BBC Proms, John Wilson Orchestra & John Wilson (conductor)
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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The BBC Proms Hears an Italian Celebration of the Bernstein Centenary

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 37 – Haydn, Bernstein, Mahler: Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra dell’Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.8.2018. (CC)

Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra dell’Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
& Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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