Tag: Proms
Prom 71 – Trifonov’s mistaken approach to Mozart
Twenty-five-year-old Daniil Trifonov, currently basking in mega-stardom, may not be the best of the young pianists to have recently emerged from the former Soviet bloc – the Uzbek Behzod Abdurai... Read MorePCM 8 Cadogan; Prom 69 Barenboim – 2016
Soprano Carolyn Sampson, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies, and pianist Joseph Middleton gave a lunchtime Prom at the Cadogan Hall which was chamber music of the highest quality. The first half consisted of... Read MoreProms 67 and 68: Bolivars and Semiramide – 2016
Every time Gustavo Dudamel brings his Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra to London, they get a bit better: once a spirited youth orchestra, they are now grown up, and in technical terms approaching inte... Read MoreProm 63 – Bach’s Mass in B minor 2016
Bach’s Mass in B minor towers above all other choral works, and it can survive splendidly intact even with blemishes in performance; so it was with this one by Les Arts Florissants under the directi... Read MoreProm in the Multi-Storey Car-park, Peckham 2106
This would be a Prom like no other, we were told at the outset. And indeed it was, thanks to its unconventional auditorium: the low-ceilinged top floor of a multi-storey car-park in downtown Peckham, ... Read More- 2 of 2
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