Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3

Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

CBSO Youth and Children's Choruses

Von David Karlin, 12 August 2025

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“this famously long movement – over 30 minutes of music – passed in a flash”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 11 August 2025

Mahler, Symphonie Nr. 3 in d-Moll

Beth Taylor, Mezzosopran

CBSO Children's Chorus

BBC National Chorus of Wales

Welsh National Opera Chorus

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Orchestre National de Bretagne

Ryan Bancroft, Musikalische Leitung

Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Dominic Lowe, 15th August

Before a searing performance of Shostakovich's Thirteenth from Ryan Bancroft and his Welsh forces, Benjamin Grosvenor delivers a terrific performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.

****1

Exciting Bacewicz and Lutosławski from Tadaaki Otaka and the BBC NOW

Nick Boston, 30th July

Strong performances of Bacewicz and Lutosławski in Tadaaki Otaka's final outing with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the Proms, with technically commanding and sincere Rachmaninov from Vadym Kholodenko.

***11

Nil Venditti impresses in BBC Proms debut

Christopher Woodley, 12th August

Beethoven and Sir Karl Jenkins receive top-notch performances from Nil Venditti and the BBC NOW.

****1

A choral treat to savour: Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms

David Karlin, 23rd July

An outstanding choral performance by nearly 300 singers of the BBC National Chorus of Wales and the Crouch End Festival Chorus lights up Verdi’s hybrid of opera and devotional music.

*****

Music that eats into you: Schoenberg and Zemlinsky at the BBC Proms

Alexander Hall, 22nd July

The Proms are often very clever at recreating musical events from the past. Here, two works originally premiered in 1905 are given a fresh outing by Ryan Bancroft and BBC NOW.

****1

Playfulness and horror: Beethoven and Shostakovich in Cardiff

Simon Cummings, 11th February

Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales give an extraordinary, terrifying account of Shostakovich’s Thirteenth Symphony, preceded by a Classical-Romantic tussle in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto.

*****

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

A deeply satisfying Mahler Third from Ryan Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms