An Italian-Turkish conductor, Nil Venditti, led the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra alongside the vocal Epiphoni Consort in an all-Italian programme for this Prom (I see numbers seem to have…
Category: Recitals/Concerts
PROMS 2026: Mixed Performances from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth in Dean, Elgar & Weir
Two contemporary works and “the greatest symphony of modern times” gave an opportunity for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to show off their credentials in the first of four Proms appearances. They…
PROMS 2026: From the Alps to the Auvergne
Nature and music are so interconnected – from Bach, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky to name just three composers – that this Prom, From the Alps to the Auvergne, took three markedly different…
PROMS 2026: The CBSO and Kazuki Yamada Pay Tribute to John Adams at the BBC Proms
Bruckner, Sibelius, John Adams: you only need to hear a snatch or two of their writing to recognise the composer in question. In the case of Adams, the label of…
PROMS 2026: The Great Known Unknown: Ryan Bancroft Views the Afterlife with BBC Welsh Forces
When that final cut-off point arrives, when the Great Reaper pays us all the inevitable visit, are we really any the wiser as to the next step, what follows, what…
PROMS 2026: Noseda returns to the BBC Philharmonic at the Proms
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose: Beethoven’s Ninth at the Proms. A regular annual fixture, for a long time it occupied the final Friday before the Last Night,…
PROMS 2026: A Transatlantic Brew for the First Night of the Proms
Festivities began no more obviously than with Copland’s three-minute Fanfare for the Common Man, one of ten declamatory works prompted by Eugene Goosens. His request to score the piece for brass…
Wolf Trap Opera Salon Series With a Sweet Twist: Sophia Maekawa and Daniel O’Hearn
At the beginning of July, Wolf Trap Opera continued its Salon Series with a recital containing two very different presentations. Mezzo-soprano Sophia Maekawa began the program with a set of…
A Power Couple to Root For: Wayd and Aubrey Odle at The Barns at Wolf Trap
The second in Wolf Trap Opera’s series of recitals by Filene Artists, Wayd and Aubrey Odle’s presentation at the end of June proved to be another delightful evening of singing,…
Missa Papae Marcelli at the Tower of London (Spitalfields Festival)
This final concert from the 2026 Spitalfields Festival provided not only an excellent musical experience. It also offered the opportunity to visit one of the Tower of London’s two chapels,…