Festivals

A splendid, fascinating and, at the end, courageous Prom led by Ilan Volkov

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [31] – Gabrieli, Stravinsky, and Brahms: Jess Dandy (contralto), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), National Youth Choir, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.9.2025. (MB)

Conductor Ilan Volkov and bass-baritone Ashley Riches © BBC/Andy Paradise

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Tradition and experiment: Jan Lisiecki and ASMF at the Enescu Festival

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RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [2] – Various: Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Jan Lisiecki (leader, piano), Tomo Keller (leader). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 12.9.2025. (ES-S)

Jan Lisiecki with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields © Catalina Filip

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John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London at the Proms – programming, performance and atmosphere align

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [32] – R. Strauss, Bernstein, Ravel: James Ehnes (violin), Sinfonia of London Chorus, Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.9.2025. (KMcD)

John Wilson conducting the Sinfonia of London © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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An exciting Prom with Anastasia Kobekina and Delyana Lazarova

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [30] – Boulanger, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninov: Anastasia Kobekina (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Delyana Lazarova (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2025. (LJ)

Delyana Lazarova conducts the BBC SSO at the BBC Proms © BBC/Andy Paradise

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A pleasure and privilege to hear the Vienna Phil, though they fail to ignite Mozart and Tchaikovsky at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [29] – Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Vienna Philharmonic / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 9.9.2025. (JR)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms 2025 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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An impressive Proms performance from Chineke! in a programme of diversity, defiance and dissent

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [27] – Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman, Lee, Shostakovich: Chineke! Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 5.9.2025. (CSa)

Jonathon Heywood conducts Chineke! at the BBC Proms © BBC/Andy Paradise

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Franz Welser-Möst and the peerless Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [28] – Berg and Bruckner: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2025. (MB)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms 2025 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Tarmo Peltokoski’s Die Zauberflöte casts its spell in Bucharest

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RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [1] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorwerk Ruhr, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Romanian Radio Hall, Bucharest, 7.9.2025. (ES-S)

Tarmo Peltokoski conducting the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen © Petrica Tanase

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