BBCSO/Watts/Wigglesworth review – a striking song cycle that finds divine in the everyday
Elizabeth Watts’s buoyant soprano drew us in to this poignant performance of Ryan Wigglesworth’s work Till Dawning, based on the poetry of George Herbert
Elgar (arr Tertis): Viola Conc; Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orch review – Ridout is fabulously nimble and precise
Violist Timothy Ridout makes deft work of Lionel Tertis’s arrangement of Elgar’s cello concerto and is equally impressive in Bloch’s Suite for viola and piano
BBCSO/Karabits review – Ukraine speaks out through its music
The BBC Symphony Orchestra’s guest conductor Kirill Karabits and pianist Anna Fedorova brought music from their homeland to an enthusiastic audience
BBCSO/Stasevska review – Auntie’s delayed premiere and an electrifying Sibelius First
The BBC’s 100th birthday gift from its Symphony Orchestra was Iain Farrington’s jaunty tribute, plus a scientific curiosity, a noble Elgar and an edge-of-your seat Sibelius finale
Total Immersion: Sibelius the Storyteller review – hair-raising climaxes and soaring operatic intensity
A day of concerts led by Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra explored the Finnish composer’s tone poems and songs, and made for a vivid - and special - experience
Prom 66: BBCSO/Canellakis review – Jolas puts her tongue in her cheek
Betsy Jolas’s bTunes is a witty ode to our attention-sapping times, while Karina Canellakis commanded Mahler’s First Symphony with an expressive and sharply etched performance
Prom 51: BBCSO/Gabel review – a bravura evening of charm and defiance
Presenting works rarely seen at the Proms, the BBCSO were at their best, led by the magnificently brooding Fabien Gabel
Prom 44: BBCSO/Oramo review – Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D played with gravitas and grandeur
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus brought dynamic shading to Smyth’s at times forbidding work, and conjured sensuous beauty from Debussy’s Nocturnes
Prom 39: BBCSO/Oramo review – a soaring tale of three cities … and a blackbird
Oramo’s Prom of English music included the UK premiere of Turnage’s Time Flies; with an encore of Paul McCartney’s Blackbird from tubist Constantin Hartwig
Prom 33: BBCSO/Wigglesworth review – an evening of fizzing and sparkling mysticism
Matthew Kaner’s mystical new work, the gently glittering Pearl, is effective and engaging, with Roderick Williams its supremely communicative centre
Total Immersion: Frank Zappa review – a suitably eclectic day-long tribute
From a film Q&A punctuated by musicians in the audience to barnstorming performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall students, this was a stunning celebration of his orchestral works
BBCSO/Brabbins: Scott of the Antarctic review – astonishing orchestration is superbly played
Vaughan Williams’s score performed as a live accompaniment to a beautifully restored print of the 1948 movie is incredibly powerful and at times extraordinarily moving
BBC 100: Celebrating the BBC Orchestras review – party weekend has some fizz but ultimately feels flat
Seven concerts around the UK – one from each of the BBC’s performing groups – included some glorious moments, but the motley collection of works failed to create a celebratory or memorable whole
BBCSO: Music for the End of Time review – compelling and vital music from Europe’s darkest days
A day of concerts featuring music written in imprisonment during the Holocaust was a powerful testament moving from rage to irony
Up for Grabs review – Turnage’s deliriously unbuttoned score celebrates thrilling football history
Mark-Anthony Turnage has channelled his passion for the beautiful game into an electrifying musical tribute to accompany highlights from Arsenal’s 1989 title win over Liverpool