Showing posts with label BBC Promenade Concerts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BBC Promenade Concerts. Show all posts
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Proms news: Roxanna rules the airwaves!

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It's the Proms launch today and the great news is that the Last Night commission goes to our very own Roxanna Panufnik! Roxanna rule...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Budapest Festival Orchestra - more!

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I've reviewed the second of the Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer Proms for The Arts Desk. Two Brahms symphonies, five stars. A...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Must great conductors be control freaks?

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After the first of two Proms by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, last night at the RAH, I'm pondering about what a great conductor can t...
Monday, August 25, 2014

La Nina: no words are enough

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My interview with the great Nina Stemme is in today's Independent, trailing her appearance as Salome at the Proms on Saturday night . B...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Little at Large: why our busking day changed Tasmin's life

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Over at Independent Towers there's a certain pride in this piece. A few years back, when Josh Bell did his famous busking-in-the-Wash...
Monday, July 29, 2013

A very spoilt opera lover's home thoughts from abroad

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So last night, here in Munich, I heard Don Carlo with Jonas Kaufmann sounding perhaps the best I've ever heard him (and you know how ...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

Dragon-slayer: Lance Ryan IS Siegfried

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Here's my write-up for the Indy of last night at the Proms , where things are turning seriously steamy in the Ring. A slightly less pa...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Bristol calling

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As a techno-twit, I've been trying to get my head around the dizzying digital heights of the Bristol Proms. Fascinating chats with Tom M...
Saturday, July 06, 2013

On your feet! It's Proms time

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The sun is shining, Andy Murray's in the final and next week it's time for the Proms to begin. This season is stuffed full of Wag...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Proms 2013: Hear 7 Wagner Operas for £5 Each

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You'll need sandiwches, water, strong shoes and even stronger legs - those operas are loooong - but where else in the world can you go t...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Friday Historical: Cage and Cunningham

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This interview with those long-time partners and collaborators John Cage and Merce Cunningham - composer with choreographer - is about half ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Benjamin goes for gold

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The Prom was packed out last night for Benjamin Grosvenor 's performance of the Saint-Sa ë ns Piano Concerto No.2. "HEAVE!" ...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Double Brahmsfest: Haitink and Abbado go head to head

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Another Friday, another Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 given at a great music festival by legendary performers. Honest to goodness, it's qui...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Wagner was here...

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I've just been to paradise, aka Lucerne. This Swiss lakeside city has got to be one of the most beautiful spots in Europe (and its KKL ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

And the winner is...

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Congratulations to STEPHEN LLEWELLYN, winner of the JDCMB 'Chacun a son gout' competition. Yes, bizarrely enough, that is indeed the...