“Die Entführung” at the Proms – Too Beautiful for Our Ears…and Too Many Notes?

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 39: Mozart,  Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (conductor) – Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.08.2015 (MMB)

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Proms 2015: The First Night Goes With a Bang…Literally!

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 1: The First Night of the Proms; Lars Vogt (piano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.7.2015. (MMB)

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the BBC Proms 2015 (Friday 17 July).
Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the BBC Proms 2015 (Friday 17 July).

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Superb Beethoven Relayed through the Digital Concert Hall of the Berliner Philharmoniker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Beethoven: Isabelle Faust (violin); Berliner Philharmoniker/Bernard Haitink (conductor), Digital Concert Hall of the Berliner Philharmoniker – Live Broadcast to European Cinemas – New Park Cinema, Chichester, 6.3.2015 (MMB)

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PROM 75: Welcome Return to Penultimate Proms Night of  Beethoven’s Ninth

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Prom 75 –  Cerha, Beethoven: Christina Landshamer (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), Dmitry Belosselskiy (bass), Leipzig Gewandhaus Choir and Children’s Choir, Leipzig Opera Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.9.2014 (MMB)

 Friedrich Cerha: Paraphrase on the Opening of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral”

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