Brushed up our Shakespeare in Prom 44

By Hedy Mühleck, 19 August 2016

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“Exit all reserve (albeit no bear)”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 18 August 2016

Walton, Richard III: Prelude (arr. M. Mathieson)

Finzi, Love's Labour's Lost: suite

Sullivan, The Tempest - Overture to Act 4

Walton, As you like it

Talbot, The Winter's Tale: Springtime Dance

Bernstein, West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

Porter, Kiss me, Kate: Another Op'nin, Another Show

Porter, Kiss me, Kate: Always true to you

Porter, Kiss me, Kate: Where is the life that late I led?

Porter, Kiss Me Kate: So In Love

Rodgers, The Boys from Syracuse: Dear old Syracuse

Rodgers, The Boys from Syracuse: You have cast your shadow on the sea

Rodgers, The Boys from Syracuse: Falling in love with love

Rodgers, The Boys from Syracuse: Sing for your supper

Rodgers, The Boys from Syracuse: This can't be love

Porter, Brush up your Shakespeare

Anna-Jane Casey, Vocals

Sarah Eyden, Soprano

Hannah Waddingham, Vocals

Joseph Shovelton, Tenor

Graham Bickley, Vocals

Keith Lockhart, Conductor

BBC Concert Orchestra

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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Hedy Mühleck

Hedy is a former Bachtrack German Editor and Press Liaison. She's a musicologist, a great fan of British music of the 19th and 20th century, a folk musician, bibliophile and a coffee and tea aficionado. She also likes singing, cats, and to make all kinds of sweet treats.

Prom 44: Brushing up our Shakespeare on Stage and Screen