United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera / Julia Jones (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Rhodri Huw) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 10.9.2024. (JPr)
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Garsington Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was a Proms evening of musical magic
United Kingdom PROM 68 – Garsington Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Garsington Opera Youth Company, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2024. (KMcD)
Caught between beauty and horror: a great Mahler Sixth at the Proms from Simon Rattle and the BRSO
United Kingdom PROM 62 – Mahler: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2024. (CK)
Cellist Trey Lee performs Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall on 30 September
Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall, London, on 30 September 2024
Trey Lee, the Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based cellist of international renown, performs his original arrangement of Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall, London, on 30 September 2024 with the English Chamber Orchestra for its 2024-25 season-opening concert.
RPS Gold Medal for Thomas Adès and a stirring Bruckner 4 from Simon Rattle and his Bavarian orchestra
United Kingdom PROM 61 – Adès, Bruckner: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2024. (JR)
French themed evening at the Proms and a show-stopping return for the Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä
United Kingdom PROM 58 – Debussy, Stravinsky and Berlioz: Jean-Baptiste Doulcet (piano), Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 3.9.2024. (CSa)
Proms hero’s welcome and stellar performances from Ólafsson, Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko
United Kingdom PROM 55 – R. Schumann, Smetana: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 31.8.2024. (CSa)