Sep 21, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, News
LONDON 21.09.2021 – This year, after over 500 entrees, six amazingly talented young composers today have been announced as the winners of the BBC Young Composer 2021 competition. BBC Young Composer is the BBC’s annual scheme for 12-18 year olds who want to...
Sep 11, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews
September the Eleventh, Royal Albert Hall, live on BBC Radio 3, and also shown on BBC One and BBC Two – I indulged all three at one time or another (nothing synchronised though) – and opening with a likeable new work (details a click away at foot), a mix of vision and...
Sep 10, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]
Friday, September 10, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m. JSB’s ‘Aria and thirty variations’ found Pavel Kolesnikov in whimsical form at times, giving the impression of extemporisation, a nudge here, a stab there, a teasing...
Sep 8, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews
Wednesday, September 8, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m. Made up entirely of versatile freelance musicians (so badly affected work-wise during the many months of Covid restrictions), the debut of the Proms Festival Orchestra...
Sep 7, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Tuesday, September 7, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m. The concert opened with Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza (2020, UK premiere), Beethoven-related, opening with a jangling take on the...
Sep 5, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews
Sunday, September 5, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m. Domingo Hindoyan (newly succeeding Vasily Petrenko as the Liverpool Philharmonic’s chief conductor) opened Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with much promise – balancing strength...
