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Additional photo for… BBC Proms 2026 – Mahler Academy Orchestra – Philipp von Steinaecker conducts the Ninth Symphony.
Photo, BBC Chris Christodoulou https://www.colinscolumn.com/bbc-proms-2026-mahler-academy-orchestra-philipp-von-steinaecker-conducts-the-ninth-symphony/
Additional photo (4) for… BBC Proms 2026 on Saturday September 12 @ Royal Albert Hall, London – The Last Night of the Proms – conducted by Sakari Oramo, with Yuja Wang, Nicky Spence, Beverley Knight, and Sheridan Smith. Dolly Parton tribute.
Photo, BBC/Chris Christodoulou & Jennifer Hawthorn...
Additional photo (3) for… BBC Proms 2026 on Saturday September 12 @ Royal Albert Hall, London – The Last Night of the Proms – conducted by Sakari Oramo, with Yuja Wang, Nicky Spence, Beverley Knight, and Sheridan Smith. Dolly Parton tribute.
Photo, BBC/Chris Christodoulou & Jennifer Hawthorn...
Additional photo (2) for… BBC Proms 2026 on Saturday September 12 @ Royal Albert Hall, London – The Last Night of the Proms – conducted by Sakari Oramo, with Yuja Wang, Nicky Spence, Beverley Knight, and Sheridan Smith. Dolly Parton tribute.
Photo, BBC/Chris Christodoulou & Jennifer Hawthorn...
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BBC Proms 2026 on Saturday September 12 @ Royal Albert Hall, London – The Last Night of the Proms – conducted by Sakari Oramo, with Yuja Wang, Nicky Spence, Beverley Knight, and Sheridan Smith. Dolly Parton tribute. [Posted for the record.]
Photo, BBC/Chris Christodoulou & Jennifer Hawthorn Bernstein: Candide: OvertureFoulds: Keltic Suite, ii. ‘Lament’Dvořák: Rusalka: Act I – ‘Vidino divná, přesladká’Smetana: Ma Vlast - Vltava (The Moldau)Samy Moussa: Dithyramb (BBC commission: world premiere)Barber:...
Berliner Philharmoniker – Brett Dean conducts his own music, with soprano Jennifer France, and Debussy/Colin Matthews’s La Cathédrale engloutie. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.
Saturday, September 12, 2026 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Returned from its latest tour, the Berliner Philharmoniker welcomed one of its own, Brett Dean, once a viola-player in the orchestra's ranks, and, with his music at the high-end of...
![Column Honoree Leonard Slatkin’s first two weekends as Music Director of the Nashville Symphony. [For the record.]](https://www.colinscolumn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/nash11-400x250.jpg)
Column Honoree Leonard Slatkin’s first two weekends as Music Director of the Nashville Symphony. [For the record.]
11, 12 & 13 September, Schermerhorn Symphony Center Nashville Symphony Nashville Symphony ChorusTucker Biddlecombe, chorus directorTOWER: Made in AmericaBARBER: Adagio for StringsBERNSTEIN: Chichester PsalmsSPINEI: StrutCOPLAND: Old American SongsGERSHWIN/R. R....
BBC Proms 2026 – Mahler Academy Orchestra – Philipp von Steinaecker conducts the Ninth Symphony.
Photo, BBC/Chris Christodoulou REVIEWED FROM LIVE RELAY ON BBC RADIO 3 Friday, September 11, 2026 Royal Albert Hall, London The Mahler Academy Orchestra (a mix of young and senior professionals) was here aiming to recreate "the original sound and style of Mahler's...
Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of September the Eleventh, ‘9/11’.
From "Photos captured by John Celardo, former archivist at the National Archives branch in New York City on September 11, 2001." National Archives Foundation John Adams's response... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRZ71MyCyAQ Twenty-five years ago, the '9/11' Last...
Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2026 shortlist revealed.
GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2026 SHORTLIST REVEALED Finalists revealed in 11 categories for classical music’s most prestigious recording awards Thomas Adès, Isabelle Faust, Yunchan Lim, Raphaël Pichon, Sir Simon Rattle, Sean Shibe, Daniil Trifonov and Yuja Wang...