BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 22: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Ryan Bancroft conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony and Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 22: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Ryan Bancroft conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony and Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 1, 2023 | BBC Proms 2023, Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Photo, Yusef Bastawy Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London This short-measure concert, conspicuously lacking some sort of overture (how about Glinka’s to Ruslan and Ludmila?), started coldly with the most-performed of Prokofiev’s five Piano Concertos. The...
RELEASED TODAY, July 28: Martin Owen records Horn Concertos by Schumann, Strauss & Weber for Chandos, with BBC Philharmonic & John Wilson, and Alec Frank-Gemmill, Christopher Parkes & Sarah Willis.

RELEASED TODAY, July 28: Martin Owen records Horn Concertos by Schumann, Strauss & Weber for Chandos, with BBC Philharmonic & John Wilson, and Alec Frank-Gemmill, Christopher Parkes & Sarah Willis.

Jul 28, 2023 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews

Originally published on July 9 This showcase for Martin Owen, principal horn BBC Symphony Orchestra, includes Weber’s Concertino, which, following a few bars of orchestral operatic intent, introduces Owen’s mellifluous lyrical phrasing and rich tone – Weber conjures a...
RELEASED TODAY, July 28: Vox Audiophile Edition releases Leonard Slatkin conducting George Gershwin’s piano-and-orchestra music – including Rhapsody in Blue – with Jeffrey Siegel & St Louis Symphony Orchestra.

RELEASED TODAY, July 28: Vox Audiophile Edition releases Leonard Slatkin conducting George Gershwin’s piano-and-orchestra music – including Rhapsody in Blue – with Jeffrey Siegel & St Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Jul 28, 2023 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews

Originally published on July 21 This very welcome second release completes Leonard Slatkin & St Louis Symphony’s mid-1970s’ survey of George Gershwin’s orchestral music for Vox, this time with solo piano and Jeffrey Siegel. A1 performances in...
BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 13: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Ilan Volkov conducts Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony and Catherine Lamb’s Portions Transparent/Opaque. Live on BBC Radio 3.

BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 13: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Ilan Volkov conducts Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony and Catherine Lamb’s Portions Transparent/Opaque. Live on BBC Radio 3.

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

Sisi Burn, photo Monday, July 24, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London Portions Transparent/Opaque (BBC commission: “world premiere of Portions 2 & 3” – Proms Guide) is a fascinating thirty-minute study in sound – distant, mostly quiet, skeletal,...