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Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an electrifying account at the BBC Proms. 

Wang's playing of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is a highlight of Prom 27; Mäkelä misses the bull’s eye on Belshazzar's Feast.

The popular Finnish-Ukrainian conductor brings music from Finland and Ukraine to launch the 2023 Proms season, including Sibelius' rarity, Snöfrid. 

Outstanding performances of A Child of Our Time and the Concerto for Double String Orchestra at the Barbican.

Iain Bell's Beowulf is given its world premiere, with Charles Styles making an eleventh-hour jump-in, while a neglected Vaughan Williams masterpiece is given a superb reading by Martyn Brabbins.

Sakari Oramo presents a pair of Polish symphonies by Bacewicz and Szymanowski, interrupted by Mozart's Sinfonia concertante, but the evening struggles to take off.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ryan Wigglesworth were heaven-storming in Prom 33, offering celestial visions from Strauss and Holst.

 “Behold, the sea itself!” Prom 16 is all at sea with Doreen Carwithen's Bishop Rock and Grace Williams' Sea Sketches ahead of RVW's great Sea Symphony.

A huge hall, a huge orchestra and a huge chorus letting rip with a monster of the choral repertoire… We've missed this. 

The luxury of hearing the full glory of RVW's Scott of the Antarctic orchestral score, but still very much within the creative framework of the film, was a truly memorable experience. 

In this unusual combination of works, a complex motet by Judith Weir emphasised brutalism, while a complete ballet score by Ravel sets Apollo against Dionysus. A young Finnish soloist joined her compatriot Oramo for an English Romantic concerto.

With Advent in full swing, and as 2021 draws to a close, it is comforting to be reminded of seasonal rituals expressed through the power of music: Sibelius, Finzi and Britten with BBC SO forces under Oramo.

John Luther Adams piece unfolds with the patience and weight of the geological time, leaving a powerful mark.

Warmly affectionate Vaughan Williams contrasting with angular and psychologically charged Wood, followed by an emotional performance of Elgar's The Music Makers.

What to put with Beethoven's greatest statement on the universality of the human spirit? The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sakari Oramo, Neil Ferris and Andreas Haefliger make a case for renewal.

Canellakis is an elegant conductor who invests so much in the music and inhabits its lilts and thrills with her whole demeanour.

James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus provide the climax to a worthy day of discovery at the Barbican.

Even Baroque specialist John Butt could not persuade the BBC Symphony Chorus to sing in tune

Berlioz was well served in a performance that rose to heights of inspiring dignity and devotional beauty.

Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D enjoys a rare outing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins. 

The ubiquitous cycle of life and death was explored in two contrasting works by Musgrave and Brahms in Richard Farnes’ debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Thomas Søndergård’s final performance as chief of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales sees them pull off Mahler 8 in style.

Polished but ultimately tepid performances that kept the emotional temperature under wraps despite some fine individual playing and singing.

Marking the centenary of the end of the First World War, Anna Meredith and 59 Productions' work proves a powerful, often surprisingly upbeat, commission.

Sparks flew as two British music giants, Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle, collided at the Barbican.

Not a seat to be had for the BBCSO’s thrilling Proms performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony. 

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by James Gaffigan, with two stellar soprano soloists, deliver a maritime-themed programme of pieces by Korngold, Anders Hillborg and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Mass hysteria, Schiller’s Ode to Joy and Wild Nights – a heady mix for this year’s opening night of the BBC Proms from Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

An account of The Beatitudes that will do much to reassess this neglected work was coupled with a polished “Enigma”.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus grow in stature through an evening which provides a good introduction to the virtues of Dvořák’s seldom-played large scale choral work.

To celebrate Philip Glass’s 80th birthday the BBC honoured him with one their invaluable Total Immersion days, of which this concert with the BBCSO conducted by Marin Alsop was the climax.

The silence of the Cenotaph was swept away by the greatest howl of anguish in music.

“Beloved Friend” is the term Tchaikovsky used to address Nadezhda in his letters, and it is the title Semyon Bychkov has given to his Tchaikovsky series, of which this concert with the BBCSO closed the Barbican leg.

The 2016 Proms come to a riotous close at the Royal Albert Hall.

An opportunity for the human voice to shine in works by Mahler and Mozart, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov, with an opening work by Gérard Grisey.

A varied concert of new music by Anthony Payne, Max Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto with Ray Chen, a Tchaikovsky rarity and a rousing early work by Vaughan Williams

After a stirring Marseillaise, a sombre mood hung over the first half of this Proms season opener, with Sol Gabetta's lyrical, intimate Elgar. 

Joseph Phibbs’s Partita makes a strong impression in its première at the Barbican. 

The coda to Juliet's "Convoi funèbre" crystallised all that was exceptional about this performance of Berlioz's symphonie dramatique.

Flags, balloons and musical revelry bring the BBC Proms season to a close. 

Saint-Saens' “Dance of Death” and Orff's gaudy, medieval satire framed a stunningly-realised new commission from Guy Barker, with Alison Balsom playing against type. 

A packed Royal Albert Hall cheered as rocker-come-classical composer Eric Whitacre took to the stage for this Sunday matinee.

Delius resurrected, Wood introduced, Nielsen explored and thrilling Ravel at the BBC Proms.

A mixed programme thrills, launching the season with a bang

Two classic scores by Berlioz and a musical memorial to Bliss’ brother made a deep impression. 

Thank goodness for the BBCSO! The London concert season would be far less colourful without it...

Sakari Oramo takes the reins for his first Last Night of the Proms, alongside dazzling violinist Janine Jansen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Rachmaninov's The Bells proved the highlight of Prom 43, with fabulous soloists and huge choral forces who stole the show in the third movement.

An impressive performance of Oedipus Rex under Sakari Oramo, demonstrating that his rapport with his new orchestra has grown rapidly. 

Ravel and Dove complement each other, but Mozart sits oddly out of place in the BBC Symphony Orchestra's latest Prom.