#PromsReview
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The first of two pitch-perfect Proms on the last evening of July, was a cleverly programmed concerto of four works composed within a decade, spanning the outbreak of the Second World War.
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August 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Mahler probably had the right instincts in feeling that his first part needed rethinking, and indeed he spent his entire career making adjustments and alterations to his scores, but he never approached anything he did with the
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August 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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This was a packed and ambitious program. While some pieces, particularly the more established repertoire, appeared to suffer from a lack of sufficient rehearsal time, there were nonetheless some memorable moments.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Can you ever have too many slices of different gâteaux with whipped cream on top? Too many bowlfuls of strawberries and cream?
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August 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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No doubt about the main event. Yunchan Lim has been playing this Rachmaninov concerto a good deal lately, in Taiwan and South Korea as well as in Paris where I was lucky enough to nab one of the last remaining seats.
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August 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The orgiastic orchestral opulence of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances had barely stopped resonating beyond the mushroom sound reflectors in the Royal Albert Hall, but the stage had been cleared of all but two rows of chairs
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August 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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..two orchestral masterpieces delivered masterfully. If Wigglesworth had conducted the Eroica from the score he perchance would have lifted it as he had the score of Birtwistle’s Earth Dances
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August 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
##BBCProms#PromsReview @BBCProms A Prom at the Royal Albert Hall is always an occasion, but tonight's concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under the baton of Tadaaki Otaka was particularly poignant, marking Otaka’s final concert as Conductor Laurea
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August 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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This early evening Final Prom at The Glasshouse in Gateshead, "Sean Shibe and Friends," offered a fascinating and at times challenging journey through contemporary music, reprising...
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July 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
##BBCProms#PromsReview @BBCProms is @GlasshouseICM #BBCPromsInTheNorthWest The CBeebies Prom: Wildlife Jamboree brought an hour of delightful and educational musical adventure to The Glasshouse in Gateshead, captivating a hall filled approximately three-quarte
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July 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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While the Bach presented its challenges, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Dinis Sousa, the soloists, and the magnificent choirs delivered a Mendelssohn that was nothing short of glorious.
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July 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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The Glasshouse in Gateshead recently played host to a truly remarkable and profoundly moving evening with Angeline Morrison's The Sorrow Songs (Folk Songs of Black British Experience) 
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July 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM