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For this Oramo/BBC SO Prom, it is only the Saariaho and Mozart that bring a smile

13/08/202413/08/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom PROM 27 – Saariaho, Mozart, R. Strauss: Silja Aalto (soprano), Anssi Karttunen (cello), Seong-Jin Cho (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor), Chris Hopkins (offstage conductor, Alpine Symphony). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.8.2024. (CC)

Pianist Seong-Jin Cho performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.9 in E-flat major ‘Jeunehomme’ © BBC/Mark Allan

The St Martin performance of Les Illuminations with Mary Bevan will live long in the memory

13/08/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Greenwood, Britten, Beethoven: Mary Bevan (soprano); 12 Ensemble. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 8.8.2024. (CC)

Consolation and utter serenity from Ton Koopman’s magnificent performance of the St John Passion

11/08/202411/08/2024 by Colin Clarke

France Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord, 2024 [5] – Bach, Johannes-Passion, BWV 245 (1724): Amelia Berridge (soprano), Sophia Faltas (mezzo-soprano), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir / Ton Koopman (conductor / harpsichord). Église de Saint-Astier, Dordogne, France. 4.8.2024. (CC)

Klaus Mertens (bass) and Ton Koopman (harpsichord) © Jean-Michel Bale

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For this Oramo/BBC SO Prom, it is only the Saariaho and Mozart that bring a smile

The St Martin performance of Les Illuminations with Mary Bevan will live long in the memory

Consolation and utter serenity from Ton Koopman’s magnificent performance of the St John Passion

L’Iinéraire: some music touched the soul; some was too much of a good thing

Two perfectly balanced Itinéraire Baroque concerts of Mozart, Telemann and others

A Buxtehude pilgrimage for an Itinéraire Baroque lunchtime

Nuit à Venise from Ensemble Les Surprises at Itinéraire Baroque

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