First Night of the Proms review: 'who thought this was a good idea?'
4/5 The first night of the 2025 BBC Proms was a mixed bag, with one glaring misstep among the high points
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First night of the Proms review – Batiashvili’s magnificent Sibelius opens the festival
An oddly disparate programme, including an Errollyn Wallen world premiere and a Vaughan Williams rarity, didn’t quite cohere in this opening concert, but all was outstandingly played
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Lucerne festival 2024 review – from blazing Bruckner to a Georgian wunderkind
Star turns by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Lisa Batiashvili and more delight, but much of this month-long festival’s power lies behind the scenes…
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