Prom 3: An inflated Prom to celebrate BBC Young Musicians

By Olivia Bell, 17 July 2018

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 15 July 2018

Foster, Fantasia on the Young Musician Theme

Reich, Drumming (Part I)

Sollima, Violoncelles, Vibrez! (arr. for 4 cellos)

Farrington, Gershwinicity

Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals (arr Farrington)

Bruce, Sidechaining

Ravel, Tzigane

MacMillan, Britannia

Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition: Great Gate of Kiev (orch. Wood)

Nicola Benedetti, Violin

Jennifer Pike, Violin

Nicholas Daniel, Oboe

Ben Goldscheider, French horn

Alexander Bone, Saxophone

Jess Gillam, Saxophone

Alexandra Ridout, Trumpet

David Childs, Euphonium

Natalie Clein, Cello

Guy Johnston, Cello

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello

Laura van der Heijden, Cello

Michael Collins, Clarinet

Emma Johnson, Clarinet

Colin Currie, Percussion

Owen Gunnell, Percussion

Adrian Spillett, Percussion

Sam Walton, Percussion

Martin James Bartlett, Piano

Freddy Kempf, Piano

Lara Melda, Piano

BBC Concert Orchestra

Andrew Gourlay, Conductor

The BBC Singers at full throttle at Milton Court

Nick Boston, 26th February

Powerful Herbert Howells, together with affecting Shaw and engaging MacMillan from the BBC Singers, with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Sofi Jeannin.

****1

Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill

Roy Westbrook, 6th June

An unlikely pairing opens Grange Park Opera's season, the two works united by the dominant central character of each opera – Sir Bryn Terfel.

****1

BBCCO thrills in an evening of Sibelius and his Swedish neighbours

Susannah Moody, 17th March

A study of landscapes, freedom and love from the Anna-Maria Helsing and BBC Concert Orchestra, plus the world premiere of a Trinidadian concerto for orchestra.

****1

Mystics and magicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Proms

Leighton Jones, 28th August

Music from different genres, for the big and small screens, sit side by side in an evening of music that ignites and enchants the imagination.

****1

Over the top: revamped Tosca returns to the Theatre in the Woods

Mark Pullinger, 10th June

Stephen Medcalf gingers up Grange Park Opera’s staging with some deft directorial touches… even if Tosca is denied her final leap.

***11

Mari Samuelsen radiant in Pärt and Vasks with the BBC CO

Chris Garlick, 26th February

The Norwegian violinist performs a trio of contemporary works in an evening that concludes with Einojuhani Rautavaara's Angel of Light.

****1

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Olivia Bell

Olivia has recently graduated as Senior choral Scholar from Queens' College, Cambridge, where she read English and became Culture Editor at the Tab. A freelance soprano, she currently works as a content editor at the Telegraph.