United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 66 – Haydn and Mahler: Chen Reiss (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2017. (AS)
BBC Promenade Concerts 2017
Stunning Rihm from Gatti and the Concertgebouw but their Bruckner is Less Exalted
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 64 – Rihm, Bruckner: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2017. (CC)
Mother Russia’s Imperial Ways: Glowering and Exuberance
United Kingdom 2017 BBC Proms 63 – Taneyev, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky: Kirill Gerstein (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2017. (RBa)
Chineke! Earns its Stripes with a Fabulous Late-Night Prom
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 62: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello); Jeanine De Bique (soprano); Chineke! / Kevin John Edusei (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.2017. (CC)
Glyndebourne’s Excellent La clemenza di Tito Comes to the Proms
A Remarkable and Memorable Chopin Recital by Pavel Kolesnikov
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS – PCM7, Chopin: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Cadogan Hall, London, 28.8.2017. (CS)
An Intriguing Prom of Czech Rarities
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 56 – Smetana, Martinů, Dvořák, Janáček and Suk: Svatopluk Sem (baritone); BBC Singers (mens’ voices), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2017. (AS)
Noble, Contemplative Brahms from Kavakos at the Proms
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 54 – Brahms, Respighi: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Filharmonica della Scala / Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.8.2017. (CS)