Lucy Jeffery

Ben Grosvenor and the BBC NOW fill the Royal Albert Hall with a collage of sounds

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [15] – Gubaidulina, Ravel, Shostakovich: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone), BBC National Chorus of Wales (chorus master: Adrian Partington), Synergy Vocals, BBC Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2025. (LJ)

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Beatrice Rana’s fresh performance of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini wows Prommers

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [12] – Dukas, Rachmaninov, Bartók: Beatrice Rana (piano), BBC Singers (chorus master: Neil Ferris), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2025. (LJ)

Josep Pons conducts the BBC SO © BBC/Mark Allan

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Iván Fischer and the BFO’s Mahler ‘Resurrection’ was as close to theatre as you can get

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HungaryHungary Mahler: Anna Lucia Richter (mezzo-soprano), Christiane Karg (soprano), Hungarian National Choir (chorus master: Csaba Somos), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa, Budapest, 6.5.2025. (LJ)

Iván Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra © Pete Woodhead

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The WNO return to Swansea’s Grand Theatre with their uplifting Figaro

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Kerem Hasan (conductor). The Grand Theatre, Swansea, 27.2.2025. (LJ)

Giorgio Caoduro (Count Almaviva), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Don Basilio), Monika Sawa (Marcellina), and Wyn Pencarreg (Doctor Bartolo) © Dafydd Owen

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