Colin Clarke

Ligeti’s Violin Concerto and Mozart’s ’Jupiter’ were the finest moments of a unique BBC Prom

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 47 – Les Siècles plays Ligeti and Mozart: Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano), Les Siècles / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.8.2023. (CC)

Violinist Isabelle Faust plays Ligeti’s Violin Concerto © BBC/Sisi Burn

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Kurtág’s Endgame has to be one of the most significant Proms for many years

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 43 – Kurtág, Fin de partie (Endgame, semi-staged, UK premiere): Soloists, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8.2023. (CC)

Hilary Summers (Nell) and Leonardo Cortellazzi (Nagg) © Sisi Burn

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The Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Adagio from Mendelsohn’s Third is their crowning Proms achievement

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 37 – Weber, Schumann, Mendelssohn: Sir András Schiff (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2023. (CC)

Iván Fischer conducts pianist Sir András Schiff and the Budapest Festival Orchestra © BBC/Mark Allan

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

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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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In Gstaad, pianist Yoav Levanon is an ideal combination of interpretative insight and youthful élan.

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Menuhin Gstaad Festival 2023 [1] – Matinée des Jeunes Étoiles IV: Schumann, Rachmaninov: Yoav Levanon (piano). Gstaad Chapel, Gstaad, Switzerland. 5.8.2023. (CC)

Yoav Levanon plays Schumann and Rachmaninov at the Menuhin Gstaad Festival 2023

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