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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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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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Turgid tempi hamper Barenboim’s Rheingold

Prom 14: Das Rheingold *** Staatskapelle Berlin, Barenboim, Royal Albert Hall, 22nd July 2013 ‘A sultry haze hangs in the air,’ remarks Donner towards the finale of Das Rheingold. He wasn’t wrong. In a Royal Albert Hall sweltering like Nibelheim’s furnaces, … Continue reading

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