United Kingdom PROM 62 – Mahler: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2024. (CK)
Caught between beauty and horror: a great Mahler Sixth at the Proms from Simon Rattle and the BRSO
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RPS Gold Medal for Thomas Adès and a stirring Bruckner 4 from Simon Rattle and his Bavarian orchestra
United Kingdom PROM 61 – Adès, Bruckner: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2024. (JR)
French themed evening at the Proms and a show-stopping return for the Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä
United Kingdom PROM 58 – Debussy, Stravinsky and Berlioz: Jean-Baptiste Doulcet (piano), Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 3.9.2024. (CSa)
Proms hero’s welcome and stellar performances from Ólafsson, Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko
United Kingdom PROM 55 – R. Schumann, Smetana: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 31.8.2024. (CSa)
Utterly remarkable Bruckner at the Proms from the BBC Singers and the Berlin Philharmonic
United Kingdom PROM 56 – Bruckner: BBC Singers (conductor: Owain Park); Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Peternko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2024. (CC)
A delightful, varied concert from Camerata Ireland and Barry Douglas
United Kingdom Mozart, Sibelius, Greg Caffrey, Mendelssohn: Aisling Agnew (flute), Camerata Ireland / Barry Douglas (conductor/piano). Clandeboye Estate, Northern Ireland, 23.8.2024. (RB)
A blazing Glagolitic Mass from Hrůša and the Czech Philharmonic at the Proms
United Kingdom PROM 50 – Kaprálová, Dvořák, Janáček: Mao Fujita (piano), Corinne Winters (soprano), Bella Adamova (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Pavel Švingr (bass), Christian Schmitt (organ), Prague Philharmonic Choir (choirmaster Lukáš Vasilek), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2024. (CK)
The Czech Philharmonic Prom’s thought-provoking Dvořák and remarkable Suk
United Kingdom PROM 49 – Dvořák, Suk: Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2024. (CC)
