BBC Proms 2023 | Colin's Column

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 52: Boston Symphony Orchestra (1/2). Andris Nelsons conducts Julia Adolphe, Richard Strauss and Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 26, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Friday, August 25, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London While the Berlin Philharmonic was beginning its new season,...

Hannah Waddingham will present the Fantasy, Myths and Legends Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, August 28.

Aug 25, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, News

The Prom will also be broadcast on BBC Two on Saturday 2 September at 7.50pm for an edited version titled Fantasy Film Music at the Proms Emmy Award-winning actress and singer Hannah Waddingham will present an evening of orchestral works from film, television and...

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 51: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sakari Oramo conducts Judith Weir & Robert Schumann, with Christian Tetzlaff playing Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 24, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Photo, Andy Paradise Thursday, August 24, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London Christian Tetzlaff proved himself a poised and passionate advocate of Elgar’s Violin Concerto (for Fritz Kreisler) in wonderful partnership with Sakari Oramo, already established as a...

Note on Prom 64: Berlioz’s The Trojans / Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Aug 24, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, News

Sir John Eliot Gardiner has decided to withdraw from the performance of The Trojans at this year’s BBC Proms. We are grateful that Dinis Sousa will step in to conduct the performance on 3 September. Berliner Festspiele | Musikfest Berlin 2023 | Dinis Sousa takes over...

BBC Proms 2023 – souvenir photo of Prom 50: Handel’s oratorio Samson, directed by Laurence Cummings, with Allan Clayton in the title role. Wednesday August 23 @ Royal Albert Hall, London.

Aug 24, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023

Photo, Sisi Burn Allan Clayton Samson (tenor) Jacquelyn Stucker Dalila (soprano) Joélle Harvey Israelite Woman (soprano) Jess Dandy Micah (contralto) Brindley Sherratt Harapha (bass) Jonathan...

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 49: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Sir Simon Rattle conducts Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 22, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Photo, Mark Allan Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London Richard Wagner greatly admired Robert Schumann’s secular oratorio (1843), so too Simon Rattle. He has previously conducted it in London, the basis of his LSO Live recording (other recorded...