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Yamada’s CBSO contrasts different strands of twentieth-century music in a courageous and compelling Prom

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [8] – Adams, Rachmaninov and Berio: Yunchan Lim (piano), BBC Singers, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Royal Albert Hall. London, 1.8.2025. (CSa)

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuki Yamada © BBC/Mark Allan

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Ryan Wigglesworth leads a strangely disappointing Birtwistle and Beethoven Prom

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [7] – Birtwistle and Beethoven: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.7.2025. (MB)

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Mark Allan

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Mellow Mozart and Bruckner from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [6] – R. Wigglesworth, Mozart and Bruckner: Mariam Batsashvili (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.7.2025. (KW)

Pianist Mariam Batsashvili, conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Mark Allan

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

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United KingdomUnited 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

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

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United KingdomUnited 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

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

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United KingdomUnited 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

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A great evening: Opera Holland Park’s intense Lucia di Lammermoor is a must-see

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Opera Holland Park [1] – Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists and Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / Michael Papadopoulos (conductor). Opera Holland Park, London, 22.7.2025. (CC)

S Jennifer France (Lucia Ashton) and Tabitha Reynolds (Ghost) in Lucia di Lammermoor © Ali Wright

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

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [2] –  Coult, Mahler: Allan Clayton (tenor), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2025. (JR)

John Storgårds conducts tenor Allan Clayton and the BBC Philharmonic © BBC/ Mark Allan

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