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

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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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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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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

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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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