Dark Summer Nights and Glorious Alpine Day: NYO USA Triumph at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 32 – Benjamin Beckman, Berlioz, Richard Strauss: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), National Youth Orchestra of the USA, Brass of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2019. (CSa)

National Youth Orchestra of the USA (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Bravura Britten and Moving Mahler at the Proms: Andsnes dazzles, Mahnke and Skelton Enchant

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 18 – Britten and Mahler: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor),  BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 1.8.2019 (CSa)

Leif Ove Andsnes at the 2019 BBC Proms (c) Chris Christodoulou

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Nézet-Séguin and BRSO Conquer in Elegant Beethoven and Searing Shostakovich at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Prom 15 – Beethoven and Shostakovich: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2019. (CSa)

BRSO and Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Des canyons aux étoiles: BBC SO Under Oramo Gives Stellar Proms Messiaen Performance

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 13 – Messiaen, Des canyons aux étoiles: Martin Owen (horn), Nicolas Hodges (piano), David Hockings (xylorimba), Alex Neal (glockenspiel), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London. 28.7.2019. (CSa)

Sakari Oramo (c) Chris Christodoulou

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