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Fine revival of an important work by William Mathias at the 2025 Three Choirs Festival

27/07/2025 by John Quinn

United Kingdom 2025 Three Choirs Festival [1] – Smyth, Dvořák, Mathias: Eleanor Dennis (soprano), James Oxley (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Hereford Cathedral Choristers, Philharmonia Orchestra / Geraint Bowen (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 26.7.2025. (JQ)

Geraint Bowen conducts the Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, soprano Eleanor Dennis and baritone Malachy Frame © Dale Hodgetts

SCO’s energising Beethoven, fun Rameau but the Saint-Saëns and Capperauld stood out at the Proms

27/07/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [5] – Beethoven’s Fifth: Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor/drum). Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.7.2025. (CC)

Maxim Emelyanychev conducts pianist Alexandre Kantorow and the SCO © BBC/Mark Allan

A fine and enjoyable Prom from Sakari Oramo and the BBC SO

26/07/2025 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [4] – Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Davis, and R. Strauss: Augustin Hadelich (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 24.7.2025. (MB)

Sakari Oromo conducts violinist Augustin Hadelich and the BBC SO in Mendelssohn © BBC/Mark Allan

Revel in Ravel and Goosby’s excellence at the Proms whilst Charlotte Sohy’s music is blissful

25/07/202525/07/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [3] – French Night with the Orchestre National de France: Randall Goosby (violin), Orchestre National de France / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.7.2025. (CC)

Cristian Măcelaru conducts the Orchestre National de France © Chris Christodoulou/BBC

Beauty and Beachy Head: new music inspired by the South Downs from the Orchestra of Sound and Light

30/07/202524/07/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Various: Loré Lixenberg (voice), Helen Whitaker (flute), Alison Hughes (clarinet & bass clarinet), Rachel Fryer (keyboards), Lee Westwood (electric guitar), Joe Giddey (cello), Ed Hughes (director). Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, 13.7.2025. (CK)

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Fine revival of an important work by William Mathias at the 2025 Three Choirs Festival

SCO’s energising Beethoven, fun Rameau but the Saint-Saëns and Capperauld stood out at the Proms

A fine and enjoyable Prom from Sakari Oramo and the BBC SO

Revel in Ravel and Goosby’s excellence at the Proms whilst Charlotte Sohy’s music is blissful

Beauty and Beachy Head: new music inspired by the South Downs from the Orchestra of Sound and Light

Masterly Mahler and a fascinating new commission from the BBC Philharmonic at the Proms

Excitement and emotion from Nicholas McCarthy and Mark Wigglesworth’s BSO at the Proms

Chinese-Western musical exchange as Ziyang Huang’s erhu joins the Oxford Phil’s Vivaldi Four Seasons