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Tag Archives: BBC Proms
PSM3: Coffeehouse Baroque: Apollo’s Fire polished at the Proms
A Night at Bach’s Coffeehouse: Apollo’s Fire/Ibragimova *** Cadogan Hall, 15th August 2015 The magic of the Proms – or at least some magical programming – transported us to mid-18th century Leipzig; to Gottfried Zimmermann’s Coffeehouse, to be precise, for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alina Ibragimova, Apollo's Fire, BBC Proms, CPE Bach, Jeanette Sorrell, JS Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi
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Prom 34 Turbulent storms: Grimes revisited and earthy Prokofiev from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Britten/Korngold/Prokofiev: Bournemouth SO/Karabits *** Royal Albert Hall, 10th August 2015 Yesterday marked the 120th anniversary of the very first Prom concert, held in the Queen’s Hall. The programme cover for that 1895 concert doesn’t list the repertoire, but it wouldn’t … Continue reading
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Prom 14: LSO’s tag-team Prokofiev triumphs in the five piano concertos
Prokofiev: LSO/Gergiev **** Royal Albert Hall, 28th July 2015 Last week, Leif Ove Andsnes performed all five Beethoven piano concertos over three evenings at the Proms. Valery Gergiev must chuckle at such lack of ambition! Instead, he and the London … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Volodin, BBC Proms, Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan, Valery Gergiev
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