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Martha Argerich Plays Beethoven review – a legend lights up the BBC Proms

At 85 and still astonishing, Argerich made Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 sound wonderfully fresh – the Munich Philharmonic ...
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Berlin Philharmonic Plays Beethoven and Scriabin review – a night of breathtaking precision at the Proms

Augustin Hadelich's Beethoven and Kirill Petrenko's Scriabin combine to make this BBC Proms concert a deeply memorable ...
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Berlin Philharmonic Plays Elgar and Tchaikovsky review – a baton-dropping Fourth Symphony for the ages at the BBC Proms

Even losing his baton mid-performance barely slowed Kirill Petrenko down – this was the Berlin Philharmonic at the absolute ...
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Altın Gün review – a bold Proms pairing yields something genuinely special

Anatolian psych rock interpretations of Turkish folk music meets the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jules Buckley ...
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The Met Orchestra Plays Strauss review – Elza van den Heever’s blazing Salome crowns a triumphant BBC Proms debut

A fearless guest soloist and an orchestra playing with theatrical fire made this one of the BBC Proms' finest evenings ...
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American Classics review – Alsop and the Philharmonia make the BBC Proms swing

There’s no doubt that Philharmonia Orchestra and their Principal Guest Conductor,New York-born Marin Alsop are a winning ...
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Chineke! Orchestra with Angel Blue review – a night of pure sunshine at the BBC Proms

Angel Blue's extraordinary Knoxville and a sunlit Dvořák Eighth Symphony made this Chineke! Prom one of the summer's finest evenings Heyward’s conducting, as for last year, was both flexible and ...