The week in classical: BBC Proms 13, 15 & 17; Cadogan Hall Prom 2; Nabucco; War and Peace – review
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra give a masterclass in firepower and finesse
Prom 14: BBC Phil/Wellber review – creative approach makes for a magnificent Creation
Conducted from the keyboard, Omer Meir Wellber’s Haydn might have been idiosyncratic, but at its best this Proms performance was magical
Prom 13: BBCSO/Oramo review – variety and virtuoso flair for Messiaen’s great work
Messaien’s monumental Des Canyons aux Étoiles … sounded thrillingly fresh with masterly tour de force solos
Proms at Battersea review – Top of the Pops, roaring cello and static crackles
This teasing, challenging new-music bill was a mashup of genres, noises and hi-tech tools that rejoiced in sonic breadth
Prom 12: NYO/ Benedetti/ Wigglesworth review – glowing strings and a touch of Marsalis
Meticulous preparation was evident in this powerful performance from the National Youth Orchestra with violinist Nicola Benedetti
The week in classical: Proms 1 & 7; L’arlesiana; Il segreto di Susanna/ Iolanta; Die Zauberflöte – review
The 125th BBC Proms get off to a flying start, Opera Holland Park is on a roll, and the Queen of the Night gets a new day job
Prom 8: BBCSO/Eötvös review – classics outshone by the new
Henry Wood’s ‘discoveries’ by Debussy, Bartók and Stravinsky are reprised with care, but it is the conductor’s work for violinist Isabelle Faust that brings this concert alive
Orchestra of the RAM and Juilliard School/Gardner review – order and beauty out of chaos
Edward Gardner’s electrifying Prom exploring music and space deals with the human experience of the unknown
First night of the Proms review – the moon, and female stars
Zosha Di Castri’s evocative tribute to the Apollo moon landing led an opening night that, under the baton of Karina Canellakis, felt subtly like an upward leap
Prom 74: Theodora review – glorious echo of Handel’s cry for freedom
With Louise Alder radiantly assertive in the title role, the Arcangelo ensemble captured the austere beauty of an oratorio that speaks to our times
Proms 66 & 68: Berlin Philharmonic/Petrenko review – superlative music making
Two Proms with its chief conductor saw the Berlin Phil playing with total assurance and ravishing refinement
Prom 65a: Youssou N’Dour & Le Super Étoile de Dakar review – joyous spirit
The king of African pop and his pioneering band bring slick, infectious Senegalese rhythms to their sparkling late-night Prom
The week in classical: BBC Proms 49 & 51; London Bel Canto festival – review
Per Nørgård’s ‘new’ symphony at the Proms was from another planet, while a fellow Dane stole the show elsewhere
Venables and Wallin violin concertos review – virtuosity and substance
Premieres of Philip Venables and Rolf Wallin’s violin concertos, played with brilliance by Pekka Kuusisto and Alina Ibragimova, lift a lacklustre season for new music
Prom 48: LSO/Rattle review – a fascination with the fantastic
From the ‘erotic’ song cycle Shéhérazade, to ballet Mother Goose, Simon Rattle exquisitely tackles Ravel’s finest works