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The week in classical: Yuja Wang x Hockney; Proms 61 & 62: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rattle – review

Surrounded by giant projections of her friend David Hockney’s art show, star pianist Yuja Wang pushes the boundaries of what a concert can be

The Guardian - UK

Prom 61: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orch/Rattle review – rich and rewarding Adès, graceful Bruckner

Simon Rattle, with his new German orchestra, brought Thomas Adès’s Aquifer to vivid life in its UK premiere, and held the audience rapt in a lucid and light-on-its-feet reading of Bruckner’s fourth symphony

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BBC Proms 2024: classical experts on their top Royal Albert Hall picks from Beethoven to Sam Smith

Ahead of Prom season kicking off this weekend here’s what to book, from those in the know

Evening Standard

The week in classical: Lucia di Lammermoor; Nash Ensemble; Anthony McGill and Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective – review

A fearless central performance anchors Katie Mitchell’s busy yet insightful Donizetti revival. And two chamber concerts serve as a vibrant prelude to this year’s BBC Proms…

The Guardian - UK

BBC unveils 2024 Proms lineup: Daniel Barenboim, Daleks and disco

The 81-year-old conductor makes a rare UK visit with his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, while Yo-Yo Ma, Doctor Who, Florence Welch, Sam Smith and Rule, Britannia! all feature

The Guardian - UK

LSO/Antonio Pappano at the Barbican review: the incoming director conjured the richest sounds from the players

If orchestras were football teams, the LSO would certainly be in the running for the Premier League title

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‘Misguided wokeism’ puts people off opera, says top London conductor

LSO’s Antonio Pappano says many in UK are ‘embarrassed’ by art form and suspicious of cultural achievements

The Guardian - UK

British music, birthdays and building work: LSO announce first season under Pappano

Boulez’s 100th and Rattle’s 70th are among the highlights of the LSO’s new season with chief conductor Antonio Pappano in which British music is a strong thread. The orchestra also announced an £8m redevelopment of LSO St Lukes

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; The Rake’s Progress; The Flying Dutchman; Elena Urioste and Tom Poster – review

Dread runs through John Adams’s pulsating new ‘short symphony’; Stravinsky’s Rake has plenty of company at ETO; Bryn Terfel returns as the mythical Dutchman; and two lockdown favourites bring the house down

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LSO/Rattle review – Adams’ Frenzy debuts but Roy Harris’s Third is the real discovery

In an all-American programme, works by composers from Gershwin to an Adams world premiere were superbly presented by Rattle and LSO, with Harris’s 1939 symphony a revelation

The Guardian - UK

Conductor Simon Rattle says cutting UK tax relief for orchestras would be a catastrophe

Plea to protect arts funding as a growing number of city and county councils face bankruptcy

The Guardian - UK

Jenůfa review – muscle and lyricism as Rattle leads superb cast through Janáček’s formidable opera

With the power of the LSO on stage alongside them, this concert performance found Agneta Eichenholz magnetic in the title role and tenor Aleš Briscein a particular standout

The Guardian - UK

Folk Songs album review – Kožená and Rattle on gleaming, glistening form

The wife-and-husband team’s newest collaboration features Bartók, Berio and Ravel; songs that suit Magdalena Kozena’s voice well

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Evening Standard

LSO/Pappano at the Barbican review: the Covent Garden maestro steps into Simon Rattle’s shoes

This marked Sir Antonio Papano’s first concert as chief conductor designate of the London Symphony Orchestra

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Nelsons – review

The LSO gave Simon Rattle an unforgettable send-off in Mahler’s Ninth, while the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons turned on the style with Stravinsky, Ravel and Gershwin

The Guardian - UK

Prom 56: LSO/Rattle review – a packed Albert Hall hung on every note in utter silence

In his last UK concert as the LSO’s music director, Simon Rattle bid farewell with an outstanding and assured performance of Mahler’s final symphony. The BBC Singers’ Poulenc, beginning the Prom, was expert and impassioned

Evening Standard

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...

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'Angry, shocked' stage stars fear for future of British arts

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France: As a wealth of British theatre and opera maestros cross the Channel to perform at French festivals this summer, many are worried about the state of live arts back home.

The Guardian - UK

Hooked on classics? But if you want to learn to play, you’d better be posh

My state school taught me the value of Bach and Vivaldi. Today’s pupils aren’t so lucky

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Dialogues des Carmélites; Tristan und Isolde; LSO/Rattle – review

Poulenc’s shattering opera disturbs and confounds in Barrie Kosky’s new Glyndebourne production; Wagner meets the pre-Raphaelites at Grange Park Opera. Plus, a thrilling farewell from Simon Rattle

The Guardian - UK

LSO/Rattle review – wistful and life-enhancing, a terrific farewell for the departing chief

Signing off with a joyous new commission from 96-year-old Betsy Jolas and a return to a longtime Messiaen favourite, Sir Simon led a regretful but sunny evening

The Independent UK

Bronze bust honouring conductor Sir Simon Rattle to be unveiled

The sculpture will be unveiled on June 15 before Sir Simon conducts his final concert as the London Symphony Orchestra’s (LSO) music director.

The Guardian - UK

The arts in Britain are teetering on the brink. Here is my plan to save them

The Arts Council should focus on high-quality performances while a new body deals with community-based initiatives, says Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director at the National Theatre

Evening Standard

BBC Proms 2023: the 20 concerts to book now, from Anna Lapwood to a Northern Soul night

From Portuguese Fado to the Rite of Spring played from memory, a Horrible Histories opera and a tribute to a Bollywood legend, there’s something for everyone

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