Tag Archives: BBC Proms

Rugged Mahler, pale Mozart from Dausgaard and the BBC Scottish

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 50: BBC SSO/ Dausgaard *** Royal Albert Hall, 19th August 2018 You would imagine that Leonard Bernstein would have been a regular at the BBC Proms. He was a natural communicator and educator, delighting in bringing classical music to … Continue reading →

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Paavo Järvi flies the flag for Estonia

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 42: Estonian Festival Orchestra/ Järvi *** Royal Albert Hall, 13th August 2018 Flags of blue, black and white were waved enthusiastically around the Royal Albert Hall and with good reason. Estonia celebrates 100 years of independence this year and … Continue reading →

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Electrifying Beethoven from Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 18: musicAeterna/ Currentzis ***** Royal Albert Hall, 28th July 2018 The most famous portraits of Beethoven feature the composer wearing a scowl and a furrowed brow. Perhaps conductor Teodor Currentzis, making his BBC Proms debut, was channelling old Ludwig last … Continue reading →

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Five Telegrams and a Harbinger of War from the BBCSO and Sakari Oramo

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 1: BBCSO/ Oramo **** Royal Albert Hall, 13th July 2018 This year, the BBC Proms season marks centenaries such as the birth of Leonard Bernstein and the death of Claude Debussy, but it was something non-musical – the end of the … Continue reading →

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A love letter from Berlin as Barenboim and the Staatskapelle make Elgar their own

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 2: Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin **** Nobilmente (It.). Nobly, in a noble style. As a musical term, it’s almost exclusively associated with the works of Sir Edward Elgar, who first employed it in his piano transcription of the Enigma Variations. The score to his Symphony no. … Continue reading →

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