BBC Proms 2021 | Colin's Column

BBC Proms 2021 – Philharmonia Orchestra – Paavo Järvi conducts Prokofiev 1 & Shostakovich 9|Víkingur Ólafsson plays J. S. Bach BWV1056 & W. A. Mozart K491.

Aug 14, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews

Saturday, August 14, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m., and shown on BBC Four the following evening from 7 o’clock Radio 3 was once again in trailer/reminder overdrive for days – to very irritating effect – for this...

BBC Proms 2021 – BBC Symphony Orchestra – Martyn Brabbins conducts Anthony Payne’s Spring’s Shining Wake & Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony | Sarah Connolly sings Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été.

Aug 13, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Friday, August 13, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m. Keeping Sir Andrew Davis’s programme intact meant that Martyn Brabbins could open this Prom with the late Anthony Payne’s Spring’s Shining Wake (1980-81), which “shadows...

BBC Proms 2021 – London Philharmonic Orchestra – Vladimir Jurowski conducts Stravinsky, Bach/Goldmann and Hindemith | Steven Isserlis plays Walton’s Cello Concerto.

Aug 12, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Thursday, August 12, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m. With this enticingly programmed concert, Vladimir Jurowski stepped down as the LPO’s Chief Conductor (he’s off to Bavarian State Opera while remaining with Berlin Radio,...

BBC Proms 2021 – BBC Philharmonic – John Storgårds conducts Robert Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony & Britta Byström’s Parallel Universes | Liza Ferschtman plays Sibelius’s Violin Concerto.

Aug 10, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 p.m. John Storgårds opened Schumann 3 as if it were a sunburst, introducing light and shade as required, and demonstrating that quality rehearsal time had been spent on...

BBC Proms 2021 – 14/8: Rouvali out, Paavo Järvi in.

Aug 10, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, News

Philharmonia – Saturday 14 August Santtu-Matias Rouvali has withdrawn from this Prom, owing to scheduling issues arising from the pandemic. We are most grateful to Paavo Järvi for taking his place. The programme remains unchanged and details can be found here...

BBC Proms 2021 – National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Jonathon Heyward … Eroica Symphony.

Aug 10, 2021 | BBC Proms 2021, Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors

Saturday, August 7, 2021, Royal Albert Hall, London Guest Reviewer, Ateş Orga No disrespect to Laura Jurd (Chant, London premiere) or Jessie Montgomery (Banner, likewise), nor Nicola Benedetti (Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto), but this Prom was...