Lammermuir Festival 2021 [2]: (SRT)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Ksenija Sidorova’s accordion and much else meant it was not a normal Last Night of the Proms by any means
United Kingdom Last Night of the Proms 2021: Stuart Skelton (tenor), Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Reviewed when broadcast (directed by Marcus Viner) on BBC TV from the Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.9.2021. (JPr)
Wonderful BBC Prom with Elder conducting the Hallé who are in the midst of a golden age
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [25] – Chin, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Anna Lapwood (organ), Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2021. (CC)
An undoubted jewel in this season’s Proms: John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [24] – Johann Strauss II, Berg, Ravel, Korngold: Francesca Chiejina (soprano), Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2021. (KM)
Proms triumph for all concerned and the dawn of Domingo Hindoyan’s new era with the RLPO
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [23] – Mason, Dvořák, R. Strauss, Hindemith: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2021. (CC)
It was a privilege to hear Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [22] – Handel, Bach: Anne Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2021. (KM)
Like the good old days: a symphony, an overture and a concerto from Bychkov, Gerstein and BBC SO
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [21] – Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn: Kirill Gerstein (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.9.2021. (CC)
Scraping the BBC Proms barrel (vainly?) for mischief and mingling in British Film Music
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [20] – 20th-Century British Film Music: BBC Concert Orchestra / Bramwell Tovey (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2021. (JB)
