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Tag Archives: BBC Proms
Aurora takes a trip with Berlioz
Prom 72: Collon/ Aurora Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, 12th September 2019 “You take a trip, you wind up screaming at your own funeral.” Leonard Bernstein’s legendary description of the opium-fuelled drama of the Symphonie fantastique at one of his Young … Continue reading
Orozco-Estrada and the Vienna Philharmonic embrace Dvořák and Korngold
Prom 61: Orozco-Estrada/ Vienna Philharmonic Royal Albert Hall, 4th September 2019 After the emotional scenes the evening before, when the Proms bade a dewy-eyed farewell to nonagenarian Bernard Haitink, there was always going to be the danger of a sense … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrés Orozco-Estrada, BBC Proms, Dvořák, Korngold, Leonidas Kavakos, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Berlioz with a bronze glow as Benvenuto Cellini crowns 150th anniversary
Prom 59: Benvenuto Cellini Gardiner/ ORR, Royal Albert Hall, 2nd September 2019 “Concert performance” the Proms Guide had announced, primly underselling what turned out to be an exuberant “production” – fully costumed, if without many actual props – of Berlioz’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Adèle Charvet, Alexander Ashworth, Ashley Riches, BBC Proms, Benvenuto Cellini, Berlioz, John Eliot Gardiner, Lionel Lhote, Maurizio Muraro, Michael Spyres, Monteverdi Choir, Noa Naamat, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Peter Davoren, Sophia Burgos, Tareq Nazmi, Vincent Delhourne
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Triumphant Glazunov 5 crowns Jurowski’s evening of Russian “Henry Wood Novelties”
Prom 41: Jurowski/ London Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, 17th August 2019 “Henry Wood Novelties” sound like a brand of retro sweets on sale in nostalgia confectionary shops. But rather than strawberry laces, Parma violets or sherbet fountains, they form … Continue reading
Soulful Weinberg from Sol Gabetta and the BBCSO
Prom 25: Stasevska/ BBCSO Royal Albert Hall, 6th August 2019 The resurgence of interest in the music of Mieczysław Weinberg continues apace. His harrowing opera The Passenger is becoming more widely appreciated; Gidon Kremer has been banging the Weinberg drum … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Proms, BBCSO, Casals, Dalia Stasevska, Sibelius, Sol Gabetta, Tchaikovsky, Weinberg
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