BBC Proms 2008 (the unofficial Blog)

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• BBC Proms 2008 (the unofficial Blog): Prom 35: Sunlight and Storms

  Sorry, I can’t really get on with “In the South”, beautifully and sensitively played though it was by the BBC Phil and Sinaisky (especially ...

• BBC Proms 2008 (the unofficial Blog): Prom 46: A wide-awake beauty

  Prom 46’s Sleeping Beauty with the LSO and Gerghiev was a pure feat of theatre. By the end of Act 3, caught up in the tale, my ‘suspension o...

• BBC Proms 2008 (the unofficial Blog): Prom 1: Festivity and a Feisty Organ

  Just a few passing comments, on this one, since I wasn ’t particularly keen on the performers. Or the conductor, to be honest. He might be a...

• BBC Proms 2008 (the unofficial Blog): Prom 31: America! Amerika! (From C to shining C.)

  There isn’t much to ‘Strike up the Band’, really, but all the same, it was a lovely rousing welcome to the Prom that really made me hear the...

• BBC Proms 2008 (the unofficial Blog): 10/08/2008 - 17/08/2008

  <br>Reviews of some of the Prom concerts of the 2008 season<br><br> (and occasional other related observations)<br><br><br> [NB: neither this blog nor its author has any official connection with the B...

• BBC Proms 2008 (the unofficial Blog): Prom 64: Yin, Yang, and Chaos Theory

  I am a newcomer to Messaien but if I had to pick an exponent of the Turangalila Symphony , I couldn’t have chosen a worthier or better champ...