BBC Proms 2023 | Colin's Column

BBC Proms 2023 – Souvenir photo of Prom 48: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions with Jules Buckley Orchestra and Cory Henry. Monday August 21 @ Royal Albert Hall, London.

Aug 21, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023

Photo, Andy Paradise Artists: Cory Henry Vula’s Corale Jules Buckley Orchestra Jules Buckley conductor Laura Mvula Lianne La Havas Sheléa Set list: Too High arr. Rob Taggart Visions arr. Callum Au Living for the City arr. Jochen Neuffer Golden...

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 47: Les Siècles. François‐Xavier Roth conducts Ligeti & Mozart with Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 21, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews

Photo, Sisi Burn Sunday, August 20, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London The members of Les Siècles have a variety of instruments in their armoury, to match the era of whatever music is being played. Up-to-date for Ligeti, centuries older for Mozart. The former’s...

BBC Proms 2023 – Souvenir photo of Prom 46: Manchester Collective & Rakhi Singh: Neon. Saturday August 19 @ Royal Albert Hall, London (late-night).

Aug 20, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023

Photo, Andy Paradise Hannah Peel: NeonBen Nobuto: SERENITY 2.0Oliver Leith: A different ‘Fantasie from Suite No. 5 in G minor’David Lang: Mystery Sonata No. 7, ‘Glory’Steve Reich: Double Sextet Manchester CollectiveRakhi Singh (violin/director)...

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 45: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony, with Jenny Carlstedt. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 19, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Saturday, August 19, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London Following his splendid Mahler Seven at this year’s Proms,...

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 44: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Gemma New conducts Stravinsky’s Firebird & Symphony No.2 by Samy Moussa, with Pavel Kolesnikov playing Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 18, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Friday, August 18, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London Considering Stravinsky thought the orchestra he used for The Firebird (1910) to be “wastefully large” and he subsequently made three Suites from the ballet score, it is perhaps...

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 43: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the UK premiere of György Kurtág’s Fin de partie, to a French libretto based on Samuel Beckett’s eponymous play (Endgame). Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 17, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews, Opera Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Photo, Sisi Burn Thursday, August 17, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London Commissioned by and premiered at La Scala on November 15, 2018, conducted by Markus Stenz (some pre-performance articles at the time cited Ingo Metzmacher as the maestro; Pierre Audi directed), the...