United Kingdom Proms Chamber Music 2 – Rameau, F. Couperin, Royer, Risser: Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) Cadogan Hall, London, 23.7.2018. (CC)
A Stimulating and Exciting Proms Recital by Jean Rondeau
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Against All the Odds Søndergård’s Proms ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ Wins in the End
United Kingdom Prom 11 – Mahler: Soloists, Southend Boys’ Choir, Southend Girls’ Choir, BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 22.7.2018. (JPr)
A Somewhat Patchwork Beethoven Ninth at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 9 – War and Peace: Ešenvalds, Britten, Beethoven: Erin Wall (soprano), Judit Kutasi (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (baritone), BBC Proms Youth Choir, World Orchestra for Peace / Donald Runnicles and Thomas Halsey (Ešenvalds). Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2018. (CC)
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A Welcome Chance at the Proms to Hear the Original Version of Schumann’s Fourth Symphony
United Kingdom Prom 8 – Lili Boulanger, Mendelssohn, Morfydd Owen and Schumann: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.7.2018. (AS)
The Full Monty – Bernstein’s Mass at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival
United States 2018 Mostly Mozart Festival – Bernstein, Mass: Soloists, Concert Chorale of New York, Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra / Louis Langrée (conductor), Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, New York, 18.7.2018. (RP)
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Important Donizetti Premiere: Splendidly Performed L’Ange de Nisida
United Kingdom Donizetti: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 17.7.2018. (CC)
(c) ROH, Opera Rara & Russell Duncan
Sakari Oramo’s Way with Turangalîla-Symphonie is Not the Full Story
United Kingdom Prom 6 – Gershwin and Messiaen: Angela Hewitt (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes Martinot), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.7.2018. (AS)
Glyndebourne’s Proms Pelléas Baffles Watching Audience, Enchants Listeners at Home
United Kingdom Prom 5 – Debussy: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.7.2018. (JPr)
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou