Category: Opinion
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BBC Proms 2019 / 8: Stop banging on
Please give the listening audience the chance to reflect on what they’ve just heard and what it means to them, instead of resorting to hype, sycophancy, or post-performance reviews
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Magic Flute at Glyndebourne
A rich score, strong vocal lines and scintillating conversation at Glyndebourne at a performance of Barbe and Doucet’s production of Mozart’s Magic Flute
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BBC Proms 2019 / 7: Proms Encore, Peterloo, Huw Watkins and Mozart’s Requiem
A review of the week. Not everyone’s week, obviously. But mine, listening to the Proms live and on catch-up
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BBC Proms 2019 / 6: National Youth Orchestra, and concertos by Britten, Schumann and Sibelius
TV presenters, the need for awkwardness in art music and the power of reportage
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BBC Proms 2019 / 5: Shostakovich 5 from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday’s performance by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra highlights a newly adopted habit: a new way of listening.
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BBC Proms 2019 / 4: Proms Encore
The TV version of one long stream of classical music marketing tweets. A missed opportunity. Disappointing.
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BBC Proms 2019 / 3 – Dvorak on TV, Ehnes’ Britten on the radio, and the burning sensation of shame
Documenting my experience of the BBC Proms 2019 in my own sweet time.
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BBC Proms 2019 / 2 – Dvorak Violin Concerto
Joshua Bell’s performance of Dvorak’s Violin Concerto, the warm sound of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Proms’ next big test.
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BBC Proms 2019: The curse of the enthusiast
I’m part of the problem. I hope to God I don’t think that by the end of the Proms this year.
