BBC Proms 2022 | Colin's Column

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 60: The Dream Prom, September 1, Royal Albert Hall. No review but a souvenir photo.

Sep 1, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022

Photo, Mark Allan Artists Omari Douglas Sky Katherine Priddy singer Kala Ramnath violin Gurdain Rayatt tablaDavid Ajayi, Koyel Sreyashi Basu, Ricardo Burt, Charlotte Galloway, Leo Geyer storytellers Carol Leeming poetRuth Mariner creative...

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 59: London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir and Hallé Choir. Edward Gardner. Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius. Allan Clayton, Jamie Barton, James Platt. Live BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

Aug 31, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Royal Albert Hall, London It must have been 1976, the year of its release, that I first heard The Dream of Gerontius, Sir Adrian Boult’s recording for HMV. To say I was spellbound and bowled-over by the music would be an...

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 58: the world premiere of “This New Noise” [BBC commission] with Public Service Broadcasting, Seth Lakeman, and the BBCSO conducted by Jules Buckley. August 30; Royal Albert Hall. No review but a souvenir photo.

Aug 30, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022

Photo, Mark Allan https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bcxg

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 57: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B-minor conducted by John Butt with Age of Enlightenment forces. August 29, Royal Albert Hall. No review but a souvenir photo, and a postscript.

Aug 30, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Ramblings

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Artists:Rachel Redmond soprano Mary Bevan soprano Iestyn Davies countertenor Guy Cutting tenor Matthew Brook bass Choir of the Enlightenment Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment John Butt...

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 56: The South African Jazz Songbook, on August 28, at Royal Albert Hall. No review but a souvenir photo.

Aug 29, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022

Photo, Mark Allan Artists:Siyabonga Mthembu vocalsESKA vocalsSoweto Kinch saxophoneTheon Cross tuba Metropole OrkestMarcus Wyatt conductor https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bcrz

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 55: Recital by Nathan Laube at the Organ of the Royal Albert Hall. Pieces by Alkan & Franck. Transcriptions of Liszt (the B-minor Piano Sonata) & Wagner. Live BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

Aug 28, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors

Sunday, August 28, 2022 Royal Albert Hall, London Guest Reviewer, Robert Matthew-Walker Preceding this recital, the customary Radio 3 Sunday morning mish-mash for those incapable of listening to music properly included the Moonlight Serenade – sung (not very well),...