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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

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024

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 · Apr 24, 2024

Sir Andrew Davis obituary

One of Britain’s greatest conductors widely admired for leading the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2024

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

The Singaporean conductor, soon to head the Hallé, chose a Shostakovich symphony for his London debut, along with two Japanese pieces forming a timely tribute to the late Seiji Ozawa

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024

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

Sakari Oramo presented the Finnish composer’s enigmatic Sixth symphony and the majestic Seventh as a single span in a concert that also included the UK premiere of Tebogo Monnakgotla’s Globe Skimmer Surfing the Somali Jet with violinist Johan Dalene

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023

BBC sells Maida Vale studios to partnership including Hans Zimmer

New owners vow to continue music legacy of London venue where pop and rock royalty have performed

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

The week in classical: BBC Proms week one; Ariadne auf Naxos – review

Record viewing and listening figures, plus keyboard wizardry from Paul Lewis, Benjamin Grosvenor and Stephen Hough, kicked off another year at the Proms. Elsewhere, Strauss’s Cretan romcom laid bare

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2023

Prom 1: BBCSO/Stasevska review – energy, ovations and defiance open season

A programme ranging from Sibelius, Grieg and Britten to a world premiere by Ukrainian Bohdana Frolyak opened the Proms with conductor Dalia Stasevska engaged and outgoing.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2023