BBC Proms 2022 | Colin's Column

BBC Proms 2022 – CBSO – Kazuki Yamada conducts Glinka & Rachmaninov – Elena Urioste & Ben Goldscheider play Ethel Smyth’s Concerto for Violin and Horn [live BBC Radio 3 broadcast].

Jul 25, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews

Photo, Mark Allan Monday, July 25, 2022 Royal Albert Hall, London Following a dashing account of the Overture to Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmilla – which found the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra crisply together, dynamic, and given enough time to turn a lyrical...

BBC Proms 2022 – Proms at Truro: Alim Beisembayev plays Scarlatti, Liszt & Chopin [live BBC Radio 3 broadcast].

Jul 25, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews

Monday, July 25, 2022 Hall for Cornwall, Truro The second Monday lunchtime Prom found Alim Beisembayev (Leeds winner last year) in Wreckers territory. The three Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti were respectively crisply enunciated and repeated-note brilliant; songful and...

BBC Proms 2022 – Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers – from Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducted by Robin Ticciati [live BBC Radio 3 broadcast].

Jul 24, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews, Opera Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Sunday, July 24, 2022 Royal Albert Hall, London If needed, some background to The Wreckers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreckers_(opera) Also if needed, the synopsis:...

BBC Proms 2022 – Proms at Sage Gateshead, 23/7: Dinis Sousa conducts Royal Northern Sinfonia in Dvořák’s Symphony No.9, ‘From the New World’.

Jul 23, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Ramblings

Rather a good performance to conclude this Prom, Royal Northern Sinfonia and its relatively new chief conductor Dinis Sousa looking afresh at Dvořák’s ubiquitous ‘New World’ Symphony, a vibrant account, malleable, dramatic and vividly detailed;...

BBC Proms 2022 – Proms 11 & 12 on July 23, Cbeebies Prom: Ocean Adventure. A souvenir photo.

Jul 23, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022

Photo, Guy Levy Artists:Nigel Clarke Presenter Rory Crawford Presenter Andy Day Presenter Chantelle Lindsay Presenter Maddie Moate Presenter Puja Panchkoty Presenter Delphina James Steel pans Navina Nallamuthu Steel pans Elaine...

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 10: Music for Royal Occasions [live BBC Radio 3 broadcast].

Jul 22, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews

Friday, July 22, 2022 Royal Albert Hall, London This Prom was overshadowed by the recent sad death of Bramwell Tovey, the original conductor, the concert dedicated to his memory, Barry Wordsworth now on the podium. The Bliss made a short if stirring start, and Zadok...