Folksong and fantasy with the LSO and Ryan Bancroft at the BBC Proms

Ryan Bancroft and Peter Moore

Ryan Bancroft and the London Symphony Orchestra

By Chris Garlick, 30 August 2025

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“the real star of the show was... Peter Moore, who navigated the technical demands with ease”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 30 August 2025

Vaughan Williams, English Folk Song Suite

Schuller, Eine Kleine Posaunenmusik

Tippett, Triumph: A Paraphrase on Music from the Mask of Time

Arnold, English Dances, Set 1, Op.27 (version for wind band)

Grainger, March: The Lads of Wamphray

Grainger, Country Gardens

Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy

Ryan Bancroft, Conductor

Peter Moore, Trombone

London Symphony Orchestra (wind, brass and percussion)

Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life

Peter Quantrill, 5th March

At the Barbican, Laura Bowler's new work for Barbara Hannigan translates Han Kang's novel into a soundscape of icy stillness

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO

Mark Pullinger, 15th February

Seong-Jin Cho continues his Artist Portrait series with the LSO by performing Chopin's poetic Second Piano Concerto.

****1

Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain

Roy Westbrook, 18th January

Opening her LSO Artist Portrait series, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Béla Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto before Rattle and the LSO whisk the audience to Falla’s Andalusia.

****1

Rare Vaughan Williams from Pappano and the LSO

Chris Garlick, 7th December

Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams make rare bedfellows, but Pappano's grip on these disparate scores impresses, with the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra on wondrous form.

****1

Top drawer French music from Ott, Bloch and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 27th November

Debussy and Ravel frame a performance of Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra as Alexandre Bloch guests with the London Symphony Orchestra.

****1

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Chris Garlick

Chris Garlick is the co-founder of Signal Gallery in Hoxton. His first degree was in music, training as a classical composer. Chris has written about art frequently in Art of England magazine, Artist and Illustrator for online blogs.