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Tag Archives: BBC Proms

Prom 37: Powerful beats, casual sexism: Late night with BBC Radio 1 Xtra

With super-cool conductor Jules Buckley, the iconic Dutch orchestra Metropole Orkest and a selection of London’s hottest grime stars, Late Night with BBC Radio 1 Xtra was a treasured ticket. The…

August 13, 2015 in BBC Proms, Dance Music.

Prom 30: Smooth operation: the Frank Sinatra Prom

Indelibly associated with the glamourous world of 1950s and 1960s Hollywood, this music feels comfortable, wonderfully easy to listen to. But behind each swelling chord, there’s a great deal of…

August 10, 2015 in BBC Proms.

Prom 27: A very long Late Night with BBC 6 Music

An interminable evening of self-regarding narcissism doesn’t bode well for the supposed future of classical music as promulgated by BBC 6 Music: chuck in a few waterfall sounds, or add…

August 6, 2015 in BBC Proms.

Prom 25: Monteverdi’s Orfeo forever fresh in Gardiner’s hands

For over 20 years the Gonzagas paid him late, ignored his personal tragedies, and treated him in all practical terms with cruel contempt. Monteverdi, nevertheless, created extraordinary music in the…

August 5, 2015 in Opera.

A right royal rave: Radio 1’s Ibiza Prom

Dance music has certainly come of age culturally when the superstar DJs have MBEs (Pete Tong was awarded his in 2014), and it moves from the dark nightclub floor to…

July 30, 2015 in Dance Music.

Prom 8: Amateur Hour: the BBC Asian Network Prom

The BBC Asian Network Prom was the first such adventure for the radio station. In a night of many firsts, it seems Watford-born producer Naughty Boy is also the first…

July 23, 2015 in BBC Proms.

There will be blood! Christine Goerke’s Elektra stuns at the BBC Proms

A masterfully penetrating performance of Strauss’ Elektra at this year’s BBC Proms, conducted by the renowned Semyon Bychkov and starring Christine Goerke, whose command of this fiercest of roles has drawn…

September 2, 2014 in Opera.

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