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BBC Symphony Orchestra

July 2024

  • Prom 14 credit BBC Chris Christodoulou (29)

    Prom 14: BBCSO/Järvi/Yunchan Lim review – star pianist brings subtlety and brilliance to Beethoven

    The BBC Symphony Orchestra struggled at times to match the exuberance of the young Korean, making his proms debut with the Emperor Piano concerto
  • Elim Chan conducting and Isata Kanneh-Mason at the piano.

    The week in classical: BBC Proms week one review – hallelujahs all round

    First Night fireworks with Elim Chan and co, a triumphant farewell from Mark Elder, and a ravishing love triangle kicked off a re-energised Proms
  • Elim Chan conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra baton-free.

    First Night of the Proms review – a thrilling adventure ride

    A seemingly safe ticket – Handel, Bruckner, Clara Schumann and Beethoven’s Fifth – became in the hands of Elim Chan and the BBCSO a dazzling, joyous launch night

May 2024

  • Anthony Payne Press publicity portrait supplied by PR Credit: Jane Manning

    Payne: Visions and Journeys album review – British composer steps out of Elgar’s shadows

    Inspired by holidays that the late Andrew Payne spent in the Isles of Scilly, this three-part collection of his previously unrecorded scores evokes crisp musical images
  • Conductor Martyn Brabbins.

    BBCSO/Brabbins review – a Brazilian mass brings a ray of Rio sunshine

    Mellower than its European counterparts, Nunes Garcia’s mass flowed easily under Brabbins’ baton – and the four solo singers basked in its floridity
  • Italian Radicals at the Barbican.

    BBCSO/Brabbins: Italian Radicals review – politically charged, expressive and technical

    Works by Luigi Dallapiccola, Bruno Maderna, Luigi Nono and Luciano Berio got the BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion treatment

April 2024

  • File Photo: British Conductor Sir Andrew Davis Dies Aged 80 UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 14: ROYAL ALBERT HALL Photo of LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS, Andrew Davis conducting (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)

    Sir Andrew Davis obituary

  • Andrew Davies faces to the left of the picture while smiling

    Sir Andrew Davis, ex-chief conductor of BBC Symphony Orchestra, dies aged 80

March 2024

  • James MacMillan conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Let There Be Light at the Barbican.

    Let There Be Light review – MacMillan’s monumental work needs a monumental space

    The centrepiece of a thoughtfully curated programme examining light and loss, James MacMillan conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the UK premiere of his 2020 choral work Fiat Lux

February 2024

  • Spirit of adventure … mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, right, and dancer Lucia Chocarro perform Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar at the Barbican.

    Song from the Uproar review – Missy Mazzoli’s first opera is dazzlingly original

  • Statement … Kahchun Wong conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Hall.

    BBCSO/Kahchun Wong review – hints of musical adventure to come

December 2023

  • Martial grandeur and intimate delicacy … Ryan Wigglesworth.

    Bevan/BBCSO/Wigglesworth review – intensely personal and panoramic Magnificat from husband and wife team

  • Impeccable … the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo.

    BBCSO/Oramo review – the freshness Oramo brought to Sibelius was a joyous revelation

November 2023

  • Sir Adrian Boult photographed in 1935

    Berg: Wozzeck; Stravinsky: Capriccio album review – commemorating an ardent champion of European music

  • Drive and conviction … conductor Sakari Oramo.

    Bacewicz: Symphonies 3 & 4 album review – Oramo is a passionate advocate

October 2023

  • Sakari Oramo conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Hall.

    BBCSO/Oramo review – a fresh take on Mahler’s Fifth

    Sakari Oramo proved once again what a special Mahlerian he is with this outstanding performance, in a programme that also featured an early Ligeti work and the UK premiere of an underwhelming orchestral piece by Dora Pejačević

September 2023

  • a line of singers at the front of a stage at the royal albert hall, behind them an orchestra and a conductor

    The week in classical: Prom 64: Les Troyens; Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony; Proms 62 & 63: The Rite by Heart– review

    With a stand-in conductor and a stellar cast, Berlioz’s monumental opera came into its own at the Proms; the BBC Symphony Orchestra let Bruckner’s colours unfurl; and Aurora’s Stravinsky played from memory proved unforgettable

August 2023

  • Prom 51: Weir, Schumann and Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Judith Weir Begin Afresh c15’ BBC Commission: world premiere Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, ‘Spring’ 30’ Interval Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor 48’ Christian Tetzlaff violin BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo conductor

    Prom 51: BBCSO/Oramo review – Tetzlaff’s Elgar is as good as one could wish

    The violinist gave a masterly performance of Elgar’s violin concerto, well matched by a responsive Sakari Oramo. Judith Weir’s nature-filled Begin Afresh, receiving its premiere, was evocative and full of ideas
  • Joyous and witty … Manchester Collective perform at Prom 46.

    Proms 45 & 46: BBCSO/Oramo; Manchester Collective review – Mahler with martial zeal and shimmering electronic works

    Mahler’s Third Symphony is a huge undertaking, impressively played by the BBCSO, followed by a rare late-night excursion into contemporary works
  • Purity of tone … Yuja Wang, with conductor Klaus Mäkelä, takes the applause at the Proms.

    Prom 27: Yuja Wang / BBCSO/Mäkelä review – whoops, thrills and a virtuoso masterclass

    The star pianist’s control of Rachmaninov left the audience exclaiming ‘How cool is she?’ – while partner Klaus Mäkelä and BBCSO kept up the excitement with a rattling Belshazzar’s Feast
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