United Kingdom Prom 64 – Berlioz: Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / Dinis Sousa (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.9.2023. (CK)
Berlioz’s epic The Trojans triumphs at the BBC Proms
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Masterly Bruckner’s Eighth from Bychkov and the BBC SO at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 65 – Bruckner: BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2023. (JR)
The Rite by Heart: the Aurora Orchestra at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 62 – Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring: Charlotte Ritchie (actor), Karl Queensborough (actor), Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.8.2023. (CS)
Vladimir Jurowski returns to London with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra for their Proms debut
United Kingdom Prom 60 – Weill, Adès, Rachmaninoff: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2023. (MBr)
Wonderfully elegant Tchaikovsky from Augustin Hadelich at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 59 – Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.2023. (CS)
Barry Douglas at the top of his game in the Liszt Piano Sonata at Clandeboye
United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2023 [2] – Brahms, Schubert, Liszt: Barry Douglas (piano). Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, Northern Ireland, 24.8.2023. (RB)
Sir Simon says ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ with a poignant Mahler 9 at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 56 – Poulenc, Mahler: BBC Singers (chorus master: Sofi Jeannin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2023. (JR)
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra were on scintillating form at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 55 – Carlos Simon, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Ravel: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 26.8.2023. (JQ)
