
Proms 66 + 67: Rufus Wainwright – ‘Want Symphonic: Want One & Want Two’(Royal Albert Hall. 5 September 2023. Live review by AJ Dehany) The Royal Albert Hall is the only place […]
Proms 66 + 67: Rufus Wainwright – ‘Want Symphonic: Want One & Want Two’(Royal Albert Hall. 5 September 2023. Live review by AJ Dehany) The Royal Albert Hall is the only place […]
Yazz Ahmed, Arun Ghosh, Self Esteem (Sage Gateshead. BBC Proms. 21 July 2023. Review by AJ Dehany) Every year the BBC Proms is accused of watering itself down, a criticism predicated on […]
Sebastian writes: “Jazz” in the BBC Proms press pack, released today, gives a total of eight wordsearch results… but they refer to only two events. One of them a late night double […]
Prom 56: The South African Jazz Songbook (Metropole Orkest/ Marcus Wyatt) (Royal Albert Hall, 28 August 2022. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There is an abiding truth about South African jazz, and it […]
The programme for the BBC Proms 2021 is announced today and the season programme is available online and from bookshops. The season runs from 30 July to 11 September. Booking will open […]
Prom 54 – Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music (Royal Albert Hall, 29 August 2019. Review by Lauren Bush) Duke Ellington’s sacred music was, to him, the most important project of his career. He […]
Prom 45 – Mississippi Goddam: A Portrait of Nina Simone (Royal Albert Hall. 21 August 2019. BBC Proms. Review by Rachel Coombes) Long-standing Nina Simone fans, and anyone who has seen the […]
Prom 16: Angélique Kidjo (Royal Albert Hall. Review by Sebastian Scotney/Pictures by Mark Allan) To bop or not to bop. That is the question. For the people down there in the Royal […]