BBC Proms 2023 | Colin's Column

BBC Proms 2023 – AMENDMENT: Prom 35 / CHANGE OF CONDUCTOR AND CHANGE TO PROGRAMME / BBCSO / Thursday 10 August. Andrew Davis out; Sakari Oramo in.

Aug 7, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, News

Unfortunately, Sir Andrew Davis has had to withdraw from this Prom due to ill health. We are very grateful to Sakari Oramo who will replace him at short notice. Mahler Symphony No. 10 will be replaced by Mahler Symphony No. 7. Berg’s Violin Concerto will still be...

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 30: Sinfonia of London. John Wilson conducts Lili Boulanger & William Walton, with Alim Beisembayev playing Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.

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...

BBC Proms 2023: Laura van der Heijden & Jâms Coleman at Dewsbury Town Hall – cello & piano – Pejačević, Rachmaninov and Lara Weaver. Sunday August 6 afternoon. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 6, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023

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BBC Proms 2023 – Souvenir photo of Prom 29: John Butt & Dunedin Consort, Mozart’s C-minor Mass, K427. Sunday August 6 morning @ Royal Albert Hall.

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...

Column Post #6,700. BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 28: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts Hindemith and Copland, with Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha singing Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs. Live on BBC Radio 3.

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...

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 27: BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Klaus Mäkelä conducts Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, with Thomas Hampson, and Jimmy López Bellido’s Perú negro, with Yuja Wang playing Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody. Live on BBC Radio 3.

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...