Striking Collegiate Approach from Gavrylyuk and Dausgaard in commanding Rachmaninov

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC Proms 37 – Rachmaninov: Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2017. (RBa)

Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk performs Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; photo credit - Chris Christodoulou.
Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano) with the BBC SSO Orchestra (c) Chris Christodoulou

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‘Oh, what a Beautiful Prom!’ John Wilson Takes the Promenaders to Oklahoma!

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 35 – Rogers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma! (semi-staged): Soloists, John Wilson Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.8.2017. (CS)

The cast of Proms 34 & 35: John Wilson conducts Oklahoma! at the 2017 BBC Proms Photo by Mark Allan
John Wilson conducts Oklahoma! at the 2017 BBC Proms (c) Photo by Mark Allan

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A Triumphant Prom Performance of La Damnation de Faust

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 31 – Berlioz – La Damnation de Faust:  Soloists; Trinity Boys Choir; Monteverdi Choir; National Youth Choir of Scotland; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2017. (CC)

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Michael Spyres (Faust), Ann Hallenberg (Marguerite) & Sir John Eliot Gardiner (condiuctor)
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony on their Mettle at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 30 – Beethoven, Strauss, Prokofiev and Walton: David Butt Philip (tenor), James Rutherford (bass-baritone), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.8.2017. (AS)

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A Memorable Prom as Semyon Bychkov Conducts a Wonderfully Sung Khovanshchina

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 29 – Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina (orch. Dmitry Shostakovich): Soloists, Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, BBC Singers, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.8.2017. (JPr)

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Khovanshchina at the 2017 BBC Proms (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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