A Perfect Contradiction of Styles in Paloma Faith’s Proms Debut

Friday's Late Night Prom was a bold venture into crossover. On the left and centre of the stage was a fully loaded symphony orchestra (the Britten Sinfonia); on the right, a jazz big band (the Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra); in front of them, virtuoso jazz guitarist Martin Taylor and his Spirit of Django ensemble; on the podium, conducting the whole lot, was Barker himself.

An informative evening on the history of Swing Music celebrating the 80th anniversary of Swing. British presenter and vocalist Clare Teal led the evening opened by the Guy Barker Big Band and the Winston Rollins Big Band mirroring each other's set up on stage complete with two pianos and two drum kits. 

Friday's Late Night Prom was a bold venture into crossover. On the left and centre of the stage was a fully loaded symphony orchestra (the Britten Sinfonia); on the right, a jazz big band (the Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra); in front of them, virtuoso jazz guitarist Martin Taylor and his Spirit of Django ensemble; on the podium, conducting the whole lot, was Barker himself.

Se escucha por primera vez en España La pasión de Buda, con el propio compositor, Tan Dun, en la dirección, en una velada de notable ejecución por parte de la OCNE de una interesante obra que ahonda en la tradición budista.

El pianista ruso Artem Kuznetsov interpretó admirablemente a Rachmaninov y a Prokofiev en una velada en la que las composiciones rusas dialogaban con la tradición italiana bajo la elegante batuta de Catherine Larsen-Maguire.

La recuperación de Il barbiere di Siviglia de Paisiello en Granada marca un hito de la presente temporada lírica en España.