BBC Proms 2024 | Colin's Column

BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 41: Ensemble Resonanz. Riccardo Minasi conducts Mozart. Figaro. Don Giovanni. K364 (with Clara-Jumi Kang & Timothy Ridout). K551 (‘Jupiter’). Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 21, 2024 | BBC Proms 2024, Concert Reviews

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 41 included Symphony 41 by Wolfgang Amadeus, from Ensemble Resonanz (founded in 1991, now based in Hamburg) and its “partner in crime” Riccardo Minasi, the ‘Jupiter’ coupled with an...

BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 40: Bach Collegium Japan. Masaaki Suzuki conducts J. S. Bach’s St John Passion. Monday August 19, Royal Albert Hall. For the record.

Aug 19, 2024 | BBC Proms 2024

Benjamin Bruns (Evangelist)Christian Immler (Jesus/bass)Yusuke Watanabe (Pilate)Carolyn Sampson (soprano)Alexander Chance (counter-tenor)Shimon Yoshida (tenor) Live on Radio 3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021xb2

BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 39: Ulster Orchestra/Daniele Rustioni with Francesco Piemontesi playing Beethoven. Sunday August 18 at 19:30, Royal Albert Hall. Live on Radio 3. For the record.

Aug 18, 2024 | BBC Proms 2024

Busoni: Comedy OvertureBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Avril Coleridge-Taylor: A Sussex LandscapeDvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021xyz

BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 38: BBC Symphony/Tianyi Lu with Sol Gabetta playing Francisco Coll’s Cello Concerto. Sunday @ 11 a.m., August 18, Royal Albert Hall. Live on Radio 3. For the record.

Aug 18, 2024 | BBC Proms 2024

Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer’s ApprenticeFrancisco Coll: Cello Concerto (BBC co-commission: UK premiere)Giacomo Puccini: Preludio sinfonicoIgor Stravinsky: The Firebird – 1945 Suite https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021xyp

BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 37: London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Britten’s War Requiem. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 17, 2024 | BBC Proms 2024, Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Coventry Cathedral in ruins, World War II Saturday, August 17, 2024 Royal Albert Hall, London May 30, 1962, in the new Coventry Cathedral, the premiere of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, the composer conducting the chamber orchestra, Meredith Davies the CBSO,...

BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 36: BBC Scottish SO/Gemma New with Anthony McGill. Mozart Clarinet Concerto & Mendelssohn’s music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. August 16, Royal Albert Hall. For the record.

Aug 16, 2024 | BBC Proms 2024

Mel Bonis: SaloméWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet ConcertoFelix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music Anthony McGill (clarinet; principal, New York Philharmonic)Moyo Akandé (actor)Ewan Black (actor)NYCOS Chamber ChoirBBC Scottish...