Prom 75: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Gilbert review – one of the best-sung Beethoven Ninths in years
Performing under the baton of Alan Gilbert, the Gewandhaus only gradually found Beethoven’s fire, with controlled playing in the earlier movements giving way to an explosive choral finale, writes Tim Ashley
The Last Night of the Proms review – Oramo is the perfect maitre d'
Sakari Oramo realised that this evening works best if played relatively straight, while soloists including Janine Jansen and Roderick Williams shone, writes Tim Ashley
Proms 64 & 66; Proms Matinee 4; Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano – review
Whether you loved it or loathed it, Peter Sellars’s Proms staging of the St Matthew Passion was unforgettable, writes Fiona Maddocks
Roderick Williams on the Last Night of the Proms: ‘Maybe I should dress as Britannia and wave a Jamaican flag’
Baritone Roderick Williams will perform to a global audience of millions on Saturday. He’s going to have a ball, he tells Imogen Tilden
Dark night of the Proms: how the festival’s saviour fell victim to wartime prejudice
Martin Kettle
Martin Kettle: A century ago Sir Edgar Speyer, the great Proms benefactor, was forced out of England by a campaign of vindictive jingoism
Prom 69: Cleveland Orchestra/Welser-Möst review – immaculate and perfectly engineered
This performance by one of the world’s great orchestras was never without interest, though sometimes there was too little substance to go with its style, writes Andrew Clements
BBC’s Proms coverage becomes a question of composure
Letters: Serious questions about the programming of uncompromising ‘contemporary’ music require more thoughtful evasion than the BBC spokeswoman is capable of
