The 2017 BBC Proms Go Out in Style

United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 75 – The Last Night of the Proms:  Nina Stemme (soprano); Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), John Relyea (bass), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.2017. (MMB)

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Nina Stemme (soprano) sings Rule, Britannia! at the 2017 Last Night of the Proms
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A Fascinating Prom from Tilson Thomas and the VPO – Not Least in the Encore

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 74 – Brahms, Mozart, Beethoven: Emanuel Ax (piano); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2017. (CC)

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Emanuel Ax (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Tilson Thomas
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An Imaginatively Planned Russian Prom from Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 71 – Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Britten, Shostakovich: Alina Ibragimova (violin); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2017. (CC)

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Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & the London Philharmonic Orchestra (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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The Pittsburgh Symphony Returns to the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 69 – Adams, Dvořák, Mahler: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2017. (CC)

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Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck (conductor)
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Imperial and Revolutionary – Worlds in Collision and Transition at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC Proms 68 – Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Denis Matsuev (piano), Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.9.2017 (RBa)

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Denis Matsuev (piano) & Mariinsky Orchestra (c) Chris Christodoulou

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A Schubert Quintet for the 21st Century: the Elias Quartet and Alice Neary at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS – PCM8, Schubert: Elias String Quartet [Sara Bitlloch & Donald Grant (violins), Robin Ireland (viola), Marie Bitlloch (cello)] with Alice Neary (cello), Cadogan Hall, London, 4.9.2017. (CS)

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Thrilling and Insightful Performances from Andsnes, Petrenko and Oslo Philharmonic at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC Proms 60 – Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Oslo Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2017. (GD)

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Oslo Philharmonic & Vasily Petrenko (conductor) (c) BBC/Chris Chistodoulou

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