Proms 2014

Prom 75: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Gilbert review – one of the best-sung Beethoven Ninths in years

Performing under the baton of Alan Gilbert, the Gewandhaus only gradually found Beethoven’s fire, with controlled playing in the earlier movements giving way to an explosive choral finale, writes Tim Ashley

Tim Ashley

14, Sep, 2014 @5:12 PM

The Last Night of the Proms review – Oramo is the perfect maitre d'

Sakari Oramo realised that this evening works best if played relatively straight, while soloists including Janine Jansen and Roderick Williams shone, writes Tim Ashley

Tim Ashley

14, Sep, 2014 @10:44 AM

Proms 64 & 66; Proms Matinee 4; Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano – review

Whether you loved it or loathed it, Peter Sellars’s Proms staging of the St Matthew Passion was unforgettable, writes Fiona Maddocks

Fiona Maddocks

13, Sep, 2014 @11:09 PM

Rule Britannia: Will it still be sung at the Proms in the event of a Yes Vote? Why is it sung at all?

Rule Britannia, its words by a Scot and its tune from an opera about England’s king Arthur, is far from a straightforward song of imperialist triumphalism, writes Tom Service

Tom Service

12, Sep, 2014 @6:00 AM

Prom 72: BBCSO/Litton review – salute to Birtwistle with his millennial rarity

Andrew Clements: The bewildering but never dull Exody is sandwiched between Vaughan Williams and Walton in an all-British programme

Andrew Clements

11, Sep, 2014 @3:17 PM

Prom 70: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Gernon review – 80th birthday gifts for Peter Maxwell Davies

The orchestra gave its former conductor a snazzy waistcoat and a Prom devoted to his beautiful Scottish pieces, writes Andrew Clements

Andrew Clements

11, Sep, 2014 @12:40 PM

Roderick Williams on the Last Night of the Proms: ‘Maybe I should dress as Britannia and wave a Jamaican flag’

Baritone Roderick Williams will perform to a global audience of millions on Saturday. He’s going to have a ball, he tells Imogen Tilden

Imogen Tilden

10, Sep, 2014 @5:34 PM

Dark night of the Proms: how the festival’s saviour fell victim to wartime prejudice | Martin Kettle

Martin Kettle: A century ago Sir Edgar Speyer, the great Proms benefactor, was forced out of England by a campaign of vindictive jingoism

Martin Kettle

10, Sep, 2014 @5:30 PM

Prom 69: Cleveland Orchestra/Welser-Möst review – immaculate and perfectly engineered

This performance by one of the world’s great orchestras was never without interest, though sometimes there was too little substance to go with its style, writes Andrew Clements

Andrew Clements

10, Sep, 2014 @2:11 PM

Prom 68: Cleveland Orchestra/Welser-Möst review – mellow and expansive

A Jörg Widmann premiere was sandwiched by jubilant but polite Brahms, writes Erica Jeal

Erica Jeal

09, Sep, 2014 @1:29 PM

Prom 67: Qatar Philharmonic/Chang/Matsuev review – a full-throttle performance

On this impressive showing, it is a great shame that Han-Na Chang has left the orchestra, writes Tim Ashley

Tim Ashley

09, Sep, 2014 @1:21 PM

Prom 66: St Matthew Passion review – astonishing immediacy

Transplanted from its Berlin home, Peter Sellars' staging of Bach's oratorio was less immersive but remained undeniably powerful, writes Tim Ashley

Tim Ashley

08, Sep, 2014 @1:23 PM