United Kingdom Proms Chamber Music 5 Sondheim Siân Phillips (vocalist), Kitty Whately (mezzo-Soprano), Jamie Parker (vocalist), Anthony Brown (saxophone), Richard Sisson (piano), Petroc Trelawny (compère), Paul Foster (stage director), Cadogan Hall, London, 17.8.2015 (RB)
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Osmo Vänskä Concludes the Sibelius Symphony Cycle at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 43: Sibelius: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8.2015. (RB)
Heatwave Sibelius at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 42: Sibelius & Finnissy: Julian Rachlin (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2015. (RB)
Elementary, My Dear Prommers! Sherlock Holmes Celebrated at the BBC Proms
Prom 41: Sherlock Holmes a Musical Mind: Mark Sweet and Mark Gatiss (presenters), Jack Liebeck (violin), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Stile Antico, BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2015. (JPr)
The First Instalment of the Proms’ Sibelius Cycle
United Kingdom Prom 40: Sibelius: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Albert Hall London, 15.8.2015 (CS)
Style, Refinement and Diversity from ‘Apollo’s Fire’ – Explosive Musical Fire from Alina Ibragimova
United Kingdom Proms Saturday Matinee 3: C.P.E. Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann & J.S. Bach: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Jeannette Sorrel (harpsichord), Apollo’s Fire, Cadogan Hall London, 15.8.2015. (CS)
“Die Entführung” at the Proms – Too Beautiful for Our Ears…and Too Many Notes?
United Kingdom Prom 39: Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (conductor) – Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.08.2015 (MMB)
The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena: Worthwhile Foulds but Messiaen Deserves More
United Kingdom Prom 38. Foulds, Messiaen Steven Osborne (piano): Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martinet): Upper Voices of the London Symphony Chorus; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena. Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2015 (CC)