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BBC Proms - Elgar's First: Magnificent symphony re-examined in an insightful reading

4/5 Ryan Wigglesworth brings subtlety to the pomp at this night at the Proms

Evening Standard · Jul 31

BBCSSO/Wigglesworth / Booth review – Brett Dean’s song cycle is rich and strange

Soprano Clare Booth, Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish gave the world premiere of Dean’s theatrical and engaging The World’s Wife. Elgar’s 1st didn’t quite achieve lift-off but Weir’s Moon and Star had sweep and shimmer

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Oramo/ Son review – rainy days, rolling hills and enchanted creatures

Judith Weir’s salute to the Indian monsoon kicked off a concert on nature and folk themes, Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son brought poetic flourishes to works by Bartók and Finzi, while the magical Firebird made a rousing finale

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15

New year honours 2024: awards for Shirley Bassey, Mary Earps and Michael Eavis

Author Jilly Cooper and actor Emilia Clarke also honoured

The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2023

Ian Spink obituary

Choreographer, creative director and co-founder of Second Stride, a company that transformed contemporary dance in the 1980s

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023

The BBC Proms fights for its future

Hurt by arts cuts, gender balance criticisms and a post-Brexit lack of musicians from Europe, this year’s event is rife with insecurity. But, says Opera Now’s editor Hattie Butterworth, there is also defiant innovation...

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2023

Business as usual for rest of royal family as King attends London concert

As Harry prepared to continue his evidence in the High Court phone-hacking trial, his father Charles was listening to coronation music at St James’s Roman Catholic Church in London

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2023

The King attends special concert featuring music from his coronation

Charles attended the event, organised by Wigmore Hall, at St James’s Roman Catholic Church, in London, on Tuesday evening.

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023

Standards and premieres galore as music takes centre stage at coronation

From Handel to a dozen new commissions, the king selected a fitting soundtrack for the event

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023