BBC Proms 2025 @ Bristol Beacon – Orchestra of Welsh National Opera does Italy, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, with Virginie Verrez singing Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs and Respighi’s Il tramonto. Live on BBC Radio 3; Sunday, August 24 @ 7p.m.

BBC Proms 2025 @ Bristol Beacon – Orchestra of Welsh National Opera does Italy, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, with Virginie Verrez singing Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs and Respighi’s Il tramonto. Live on BBC Radio 3; Sunday, August 24 @ 7p.m.

Aug 24, 2025 | BBC Proms 2025, Berio centenary - October 24, 2025, Concert Reviews

Never mind Italy, we started in Switzerland, the Overture to Rossini’s final opera, William Tell (featuring the man himself, his son, an apple and a crossbow), to a French libretto (the composer now living in Paris). The opening solo cellos lacked some charisma,...
Photo for BBC Proms 2025 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2) – Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony & Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, with Janine Jansen playing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1.

Photo for BBC Proms 2025 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2) – Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony & Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, with Janine Jansen playing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1.

Aug 24, 2025 | BBC Proms 2025

Photo, Chris Christodoulou BBC Proms 2025 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2) – Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony & Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, with Janine Jansen playing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1. Live on...
Photo for BBC Proms 2025 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2) – Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony & Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, with Janine Jansen playing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1.

Photo for BBC Proms 2025 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2) – Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony & Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, with Janine Jansen playing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1.

Aug 24, 2025 | BBC Proms 2025

Photo, Chris Christodoulou BBC Proms 2025 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2) – Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony & Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, with Janine Jansen playing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1. Live on...
BBC Proms 2025 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2) – Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony & Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, with Janine Jansen playing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1. Live on BBC Radio 3.

BBC Proms 2025 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2) – Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony & Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, with Janine Jansen playing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 24, 2025 | BBC Proms 2025, Concert Reviews

Sunday, August 24, 2025 Royal Albert Hall, London This particularly attractive programme for a Sunday-afternoon Prom opened with Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony (No.31, D-major, K297), compact, three movements (no Minuet), without repeats in the outer...