BBC Proms 2022 | Colin's Column

BBC Proms: Full Programme announced for the Earth Prom.

Aug 12, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, News

The BBC Proms can today reveal the full programme for The Earth Prom, featuring a host of music that has provided the dramatic and enthralling audio backdrop for the nation’s favourite wildlife documentaries, alongside impressive new offerings. Music created for the...

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 34: BBC Philharmonic. Eva Ollikainen. Sibelius. Kian Soltani/Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s ARCHORA. Live BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

Aug 11, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Thursday, August 11, 2022 Royal Albert Hall, London Last year’s Proms season opened with Sibelius’s Second Symphony from a BBC orchestra and a Finnish maestra,...

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 33: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Ryan Wigglesworth. Richard Strauss. Gustav Holst. Tod und Verklärung. The Planets. Roderick Williams & BBC Symphony Chorus premiere Matthew Kaner’s Pearl. Live BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

Aug 10, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews

Holst’s own copy of the first publication of The Planets Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Royal Albert Hall, London Holst’s The Planets, Ryan Wigglesworth’s first time voyaging our Solar System: ‘Mars’ – fleet, furious, an unstoppable war machine; ‘Venus’ – idyllic;...

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 32: Tredegar Band.

Aug 9, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Tuesday, August 9, 2022 Royal Albert Hall, London Richard Strauss, arr. Andrew Austin: Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare Hector Berlioz, arr. Geoffrey Brand: Overture ‘Le corsaire’ Vaughan Williams, arr. Paul Hindmarsh: Rhosymedre Vaughan...

BBC Proms 2022 – Prom 31: Ulster Orchestra. Daniele Rustioni. Tannhäuser. Blumine. Schumann’s Fourth Symphony. Louise Alder/Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs. Live BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

Aug 9, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Tuesday, August 9, 2020 Royal Albert Hall, London Robert Schumann’s Fourth Symphony (1851 revision) concluded this without-interval Prom (good idea, several benefits) in grand style, Daniele Rustioni favouring spacious speeds,...

Omari Douglas confirmed for Dream Prom at Royal Albert Hall on 1 September 2022.

Aug 9, 2022 | BBC Proms 2022, News

BBC Proms are pleased to announce that Omari Douglas has been confirmed to take part in the Dream Prom at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday 1 September. The actor, best known for It’s a Sin, will take on the role of...