The Prom performance by violinist Geneva Lewis of Grace Williams’s concerto should be eagerly sought out

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 32 – Pejačević, Grace Williams, Holst: Geneva Lewis (violin), Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jaime Martín (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2023. (CC)

Jaime Martin conducts the BBC NOW in Holst’s The Planets © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Glyndebourne Opera’s Dialogue of the Carmelites stuns at the BBC Proms 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 31 – Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites: Soloists, Chorus of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.8.2023. (JR)

Katarina Dalayman (Madame de Croissy) © Sisi Burn

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Honest commitment and intensity from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 24 – Karabits, Mozart, Rachmaninov: Felix Klieser (horn), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor).  Royal Albert Hall, London, 24.7.2023. (CS)

Felix Klieser with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kirill Karabits © BBC/Mark Allan

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Ryan Bancroft’s BBC NOW was on magnificent form in Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 22 – Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky: Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.8.2023. (CC)

Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC NOW © Yusef Bastawy

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Ryan Bancroft, BBC NOW and choruses triumph in a challenging Proms all-American programme

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 21 – Skye, Copland, Adams: Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet), BBC National Chorus of Wales, Crouch End Festival Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.7.2023. (CK)

Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC NOW © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Hollywood and havoc from Gluzman, Gimeno and the BBC SO at the 2023 Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 20 – Hermann, Korngold, Prokofiev: Vadim Gluzman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2023. (JC)

Gustavo Gimeno conducts violinist Vadim Gluzman and the BBC SO © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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