United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [18] – Family Prom: Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2021. (JB)
Family Prom with the Kanneh-Masons and friends and Saint-Saëns’s The Carnival of the Animals
BBC Promenade Concerts 2021
Diverse and stirring English music from Oramo and the BBCSO at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [17] – Foulds, Bray, Walton, Arnold: Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2021. (CS)
The BBC Proms experiences the sonic cornucopia of George Lewis’s intriguing new work
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [16] – Lewis and Beethoven: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Damon Holzborn (computer software design/realisation), Sound Intermedia, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.8.2021. (MB)
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason comes into her own playing Florence Price’s concerto with Chineke! at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [15] – Coleridge-Taylor, Fela Sowande, Florence Price: Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Chineke! Orchestra / Kalena Bovell (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 24.8.2021. (CC)
Rattle reveals the essence of a trio of Stravinsky symphonies
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [14] – Stravinsky: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2021. (CS)
Stimulating Rameau, but a perverse view of Mozart’s Requiem at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [13] – Rameau, Bologne, and Mozart: Samantha Clarke (soprano), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Nick Pritchard (tenor), William Thomas (bass), The National Youth Chamber Choir, Britten Sinfonia / David Bates (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.8.2021. (MB)
Welcome celebration by Brabbins and BBC SO of Anthony Payne at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [12] – Payne, Berlioz, and Beethoven: Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2021. (MB)
A Night at the Opera attempts To Soothe the Aching Heart at the BBC Proms 2021
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [11] – To Soothe the Aching Heart (A Night at the Opera): Sally Matthews, Natalya Romaniw, Nardus Williams (sopranos), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano); Nicky Spence, Freddie De Tommaso (tenors), BBC Philharmonic / Ben Glassberg (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.08.2021. (CC)
