Aug 27, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, News
Organ Recital – Saturday 4 September Thomas Trotter has withdrawn from this Prom, due to an arm injury. We are hugely grateful to Peter Holder who will be stepping in at short notice. The programme will now open with Meyerbeer’s Le prophète – Coronation March, and...
Aug 26, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews
Thursday, August 26, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m. The Prom opened with the premiere of a BBC commission, Minds in Flux by George Lewis (born 1952 in Chicago, pictured), for orchestra and live electronics. Atmospheric,...
Aug 25, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, News
The 2021 Family Prom takes place on Sunday 29 August, with two performances at 2.30pm and 7pm. This year’s carnival themed musical extravaganza will be performed by the seven Kanneh-Mason siblings and friends. The programme will open with ‘Revel’, a new piece by...
Aug 24, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, News
Bartók Roots – Saturday 28 August Thomas Dausgaard has withdrawn from this Prom, owing to scheduling issues arising from the pandemic. We are most grateful to Ilan Volkov for taking his place. The programme remains unchanged and details can be found here. French...
Aug 22, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews
Sunday, August 22, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m., and shown on BBC Four from 8 o’clock The evening started with the ‘sounding together’ of Symphonies of Wind Instruments (original 1920 version, in memoriam Debussy) given...
Aug 16, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews
Robert Simpson (1921-97) Monday, August 16, 2021, Cadogan Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 1 o’clock This lunchtime gig was tweeted into action by Haydn’s Opus 64/5 D-major String Quartet, a ‘Lark’ of a piece, the Marmen Quartet marching jovially and...
