Proms
From Adès’ angel to Verdi’s fat knight: what to see as classical and opera venues reopen
Live music is back across the UK; we pick ten events to brighten the coming months
Andrew Clements
14, May, 2021 @3:42 PM
Anthony Payne obituary
Composer celebrated for completing Elgar’s Third Symphony but whose own voice was more modernist in style
Barry Millington
04, May, 2021 @4:53 PM
Sidney Denbin obituary
Other lives: Cellist who travelled the world with orchestras and was a fixture at the Proms
Oli de Botton
27, Apr, 2021 @4:43 PM
A year since our concert halls fell silent, what future for classical music?
As UK culture eyes a slow and cautious return, what can we expect from our opera houses and orchestras, many of which have failed to seize the digital opportunities this past year
Andrew Clements
19, Mar, 2021 @10:24 AM
On my radar: Michael Morpurgo's cultural highlights
The War Horse author on The Salisbury Poisonings, the pick of the Proms and why he longs to move to Leith…
03, Oct, 2020 @2:00 PM
Patriotic songs give a sinking feeling | Brief letters
Brief letters: National anthems | Last Night of the Proms | Feast recipes | Rule of Six | Video interviews
Letters
14, Sep, 2020 @3:56 PM
Last Night of the Proms review – party falls flat as BBC miss chance to speak up
Despite desperate cheeriness from assorted guests and committed performances from all musicians, this event is about more than the music, and 2020’s concert failed to reflect current times
Flora Willson
13, Sep, 2020 @1:59 PM
Aurora Orch/Collon review – Ayres and Beethoven pairing is vivid and lithe
Richard Ayres’s complex Beethoven tribute had real emotional power, while the latter’s Seventh symphony – performed from memory – was a joyous celebration of energy
Andrew Clements
11, Sep, 2020 @11:56 AM
BBCNOW/Bancroft review – panache, poignancy and a howl of protest
Ryan Bancroft’s first concert as principal conductor packed an emotional punch with a suite of American classics and a fierce new commission by Gavin Higgins
Tim Ashley
10, Sep, 2020 @11:12 AM
The divided land of 'woke' and Tory | Stewart Lee
The rightwing press is practised at poisoning our politics with confected outrage
Stewart Lee
06, Sep, 2020 @9:00 AM
The week in classical: LPO/Pappano; BBC Proms review – upbeat pleasures
The LPO strings, soloists and a stand-in by the name of Antonio Pappano shone in Britten and Schoenberg. And the stars aligned in a Prom to remember
Fiona Maddocks
05, Sep, 2020 @11:00 AM
Rule, Britannia! row risks riling rightwingers | Letters
Letters: Alan Clark says an opinion piece went too far in calling the Last Night of the Proms a supremacist indulgence, while Peter Wrigley is bemused by the strength of public opinion on the matter. Plus Marie Paterson puts the issue into Orwellian perspective
Letters
04, Sep, 2020 @3:19 PM
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