First performed at Les Invalides in Paris in 1837, Hector Berlioz’s Requiem (“Grande messe des morts”) is music and spectacle on a grand scale. Originally written for 450 performers, this Prom saw roughly 400 musicians and singers gather across the Royal Albert Hall stage and Choir Stalls sect…
With a trio of 20th century classics, this Prom is competent and enjoyable, but lacking that touch of something special.…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky can surely claim to be one of the world's most talented and memorable composers. Born in Russia in 1840, he composed some of the most well-loved and memorable ballets of all time such as Swan Lake and Nutcracker, as well as operas such as the masterful Eugene Onegin, and cla…
Esa-Pekka Salonen led a powerful concert, conducting the exciting combined forces of the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Juilliard School Orchestra. Joined by violinist Vilde Frang, the young international ensemble delivered sharp, gripping renditions of 20th-century wartime …
The National Youth Orchestra, with musicians aged 14-19, delivers a complicated and devilish programme with great style, joy, and enthusiasm.…
There was a distinctly Italian air to the Proms for Rossini's 'Stabat Mater'. Exciting Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti paired Rossini's choral masterpiece with Ottorino Respighi's instrumental 'Vetrate di chiesa' or 'Church Windows' and all four soloists for Rossini's work were Italian. It ma…
It was a night of cinematic imagery all round, from the colourful splashes of Oliver Knussen’s “Flourish with Fireworks” and Sergey Rachmaninov’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”, to Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 11 in G minor, The Year 1905”. Under Thomas Søndergård’s w…
One of the assured highlights of the Proms in recent years has been the appearance of the Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, which explores a seminal piece of music through spoken word, dramatic realisation and musical illustration, then going on to perform the piece. All without a sing…
There was a distinctly cinematic feel to last night's Prom, Korngold's Violin Concerto, which also featured Prokofiev’s 'Symphony No. 5' and Dobrinka Tabakova’s 'Orpheus’ Comet'. Delyana Lazarova conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra through an animated and beautifully realised eveni…
The thene of the evening is the great outdoors, with the LEO'S blending of the old and new making the audience stamp their feet for more.…
In 2017, Australian audiences will be treated to a good old highland fling when the international smash hit spectacular Scotland the Brave returns. Commencing the tour in March, the sensational production will tour to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth throughout...
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