BBC Promenade Concerts 2022 – Seen and Heard International

Nicola Benedetti wows in Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto at the Proms

13/12/202209/09/2022 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [28], Prom 67 – Adès, Marsalis, Britten, Bernstein: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2022. (CS)

Nicola Benedetti with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Thomas Søndergård (c) BBC/Mark Allan

Fascinating Bruckner Proms evening from the Berlin Phil, also notable for its stunning Schnittke

13/12/202207/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [27], Prom 65 – Schnittke, Bruckner: Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Berliner Philharmoniker / Daniel Harding (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2022. (CC)

Daniel Harding (conductor) and Tabea Zimmermann (viola) © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Kevin John Edusei and his Chineke! forces at the Proms send Beethoven’s call to us all

13/12/202206/09/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [26], Prom 61 – Walker, Beethoven: Nicole Cabell (soprano), Raehann Bryce-Davis (mezzo-soprano), Zwakele Tshabalala (tenor), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone), Chineke! Voices, Chineke! Orchestra / Kevin John Edusei (conductor). Recorded (directed by Seren Irvine) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2022, and broadcast on BBC Four. (JPr)

Kevin John Edusei conducts the Chineke! Orchestra © Mark Allan

Kirill Petrenko and Berlin Phil at the Proms unapologetically present Mahler 7 as a masterpiece

13/12/202204/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [25], Prom 62 – Mahler Symphony No.7: Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.9.2022. (CC)

Kirill Petrenko © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Allan Clayton’s Gerontius was a remarkable Proms performance that was a privilege to witness

04/09/202203/09/2022 by Keith McDonnell

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [24], Prom 59 – Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Allan Clayton (Gerontius), Jamie Barton (Angel), James Platt (Priest/Angel of the Agony), London Philharmonic Choir, Hallé Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2022. (KMcD)

Elgar’s *The Dream of Gerontius* at the BBC Proms 2022 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

OAE’s use of period instruments was a continual delight in Bach’s Mass in B minor at the Proms

31/08/2022 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [24], Prom 57 – Bach’s Mass in B minor: Rachel Redmond, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Guy Cutting (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / John Butt (harpsichord/conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2022. (CK)

John Butt conducts the OAE from the harpsichord © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

This BBC SO concert with Lozakovich at the Proms had an only too rare high artistic quality

31/08/202230/08/2022 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [23], Prom 51 – Lalo, Brahms, Franck: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Fabien Gabel (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.8.2022. (MBr)

Fabien Gabel conducts the BBC SO © Sisi Burn

Whispering larks and wild swans from Pekka Kuusisto and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

28/08/202227/08/2022 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [22] – Prom 52, Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Adès, Sibelius: Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.8.2022. (CS)

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