BBC Promenade Concerts 2024

Last Night of the Proms 2024: an evening of questionable programming and uneven quality

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 73 – Last Night of the Proms: Angel Blue (soprano), Sir Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, BBC Singers, (Neil Ferris (chorus/choir master) / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 14.9.2024. (CSa)

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Peltokoski is a breath of fresh Proms air with his Vaughan Williams, Schoenberg and Shostakovich

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 67 – Vaughan Williams, Schoenberg, Shostakovich: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.2024. (CC)

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the BBC SO at the Proms © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Chineke! shows its versatility in a BBC Prom of two halves

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 66 – Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Tyzik, Goodyear, Tchaikovsky: Stewart Goodyear (piano), Chineke! Orchestra / Andrew Grams (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2024. (CK)

Andrew Grams conducts pianist Stewart Goodyear and the Chineke! Orchestra BBC/Andy Paradise

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Garsington Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was a Proms evening of musical magic

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 68 – Garsington Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Garsington Opera Youth Company, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2024. (KMcD)

Lucy Crowe (Tytania) and Daniel Vening (Bottom) © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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RPS Gold Medal for Thomas Adès and a stirring Bruckner 4 from Simon Rattle and his Bavarian orchestra

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 61 – Adès, Bruckner: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2024. (JR)

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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French themed evening at the Proms and a show-stopping return for the Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä

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United KingdomUnited 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)

Pianist Jean-Baptiste Doulcet at the BBC Proms © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Proms hero’s welcome and stellar performances from Ólafsson, Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 55 – R. Schumann, Smetana: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 31.8.2024. (CSa)

Víkingur Ólafsson at the BBC Proms 2024 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Utterly remarkable Bruckner at the Proms from the BBC Singers and the Berlin Philharmonic

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 56 – Bruckner: BBC Singers (conductor: Owain Park); Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Peternko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2024. (CC)

Owain Park conducts the BBC Singers at the BBC Proms © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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