Tag Archives: BBC Proms

Surveillance programme

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Once you enter the opera house or concert hall, what’s the first thing you do? Collect your ticket from the box office? Deposit your coat into the cloakroom? I wouldn’t mind betting that you then dutifully queue to purchase a … Continue reading →

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Prom 76: Alsop and Kaufmann lead the Last Night revelries

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Last Night of the Proms; BBCSO/Alsop Royal Albert Hall, 12th September 2015 And so it ends. Eight weeks have sped past, there’s an autumnal chill in the air (though to be fair, it was there for much of August… and … Continue reading →

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Prom 73: Bychkov and the Vienna Philharmonic bask in glowing Brahms and ravishing Schmidt

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Brahms, Schmidt: Vienna Philharmonic/Bychkov ***** Royal Albert Hall, 10th September 2015 Imagine the musical love child of Strauss and Bruckner: luscious strings, wind chorales, hints of Austrian Ländler, opulent orchestration. This provides an indication of the sound world of Franz … Continue reading →

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Prom 70: Vivid storytelling in softened Russian accents from the St Petersburg Philharmonic

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov/ St Petersburg Philharmonic/ Temirkanov **** Royal Albert Hall, 7th September 2015 I’m not sure where Sinbad was sailing to in the St Petersburg Philharmonic’s Prom last night, but he sure wanted to get there in a hurry. … Continue reading →

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PCM7 Music for a blue Monday: Leonskaja and the Emerson Quartet play Shostakovich

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Barber/Debussy/Shostakovich: Leonskaja,Emerson Qt *** Cadogan Hall, 31st August 2015 Traditional August Bank Holiday weather – steady rain – was reflected in the melancholy programme for this lunchtime Chamber Prom. From the famous Adagio of Samuel Barber’s String Quartet to Shostakovich’s lugubrious … Continue reading →

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