Aug 6, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews
Photo, Chris Christodoulou Sunday, August 6, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London The short-lived Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps (1918) gets programmed quite often these days whatever the season. Her generally carefree impression of a spring morning is...
Aug 6, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023
Photo, Sisi Burn Also: JS Bach: Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045JS Bach: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225CPE Bach: Heilig ist Gott Lucy Crowe soprano Nardus Williams soprano Jess Dandy alto Benjamin Hulett tenor Robert Davies baritone Dunedin Consort...
Aug 5, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews
Photo, Mark Allan Saturday, August 5, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London We live in strange times – when so few of Paul Hindemith’s works now have only a foothold on the repertoire, such as his Mathis der Maler Symphony and, included in this Prom, the...
Aug 4, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews
Photo, Chris Christodoulou Friday, August 4, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London As Humphrey Bogart’s Rick says to Ingrid Bergman’s Lisa in Casablanca: “We’ll always have Paris”. That might have been true for Klaus Mäkelä if he hadn’t conducted William Walton’s...
Aug 4, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, News
Unfortunately, Benjamin Grosvenor has had to withdraw from this Prom due to medical reasons. We are grateful to Alim Beisembayev for stepping in as soloist. Alim made his BBC Proms debut last summer with a recital at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro, and amongst many...