BBC Promenade Concerts 2024

Benjamin Grosvenor gives a titanic performance of Busoni’s Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 23 – Rachmaninov, Busoni: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2024. (CK)

Benjamin Grosvenor plays Busoni’s Piano Concerto with the LPO conducted by Edward Gardner © BBC / Andy Paradise

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A wide-angle American panorama, brilliantly performed by John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 21 – Various: Steven Osborne (piano), Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.8.2024. (CK)

Steven Osborne performing Rhapsody in Blue with the Sinfonia of London © BBC / Chris Christodoulou

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Beauty and delirium: Collon and the BBC Philharmonic bring Anna Clyne and Messiaen to the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 15 – Clyne, Messiaen: Steven Osborne (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Jody Elff (live electronics), The Swingles, BBC Philharmonic / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2024. (CK)

Nicholas Collon conducts The Swingles and the BBC Philharmonic © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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A BBC Philharmonic Prom which promised much, frankly under-delivered

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 16 – Cassandra Miler, Shostakovich: Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.7.2024. (CC)

John Storgårds (conductor) and Lawrence Power (viola) © Andy Paradise

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Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC SSO: fine Brahms and Schoenberg, and Alice Coote’s transformative Mahler

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 9 – Brahms, Schoenberg, Mahler: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.7.2024. (CK)

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC SSO © BBC/Andy Paradise

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A Verdi Requiem at the BBC Proms potent with operatic theatricality

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 6 – Verdi, Requiem: Latonia Moore (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), SeokJong Baek (tenor), Solomon Howard (bass), Crouch End Festival Chorus (chorus master: David Temple), BBC National Chorus of Wales (chorus master: Adrian Partington), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Alison Bartrop) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.7.2024. (JPr)

Latonia Moore © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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