Open Ear Prom review – exploring the concepts behind conceptual music
This late-night offering was full of ideas – including giving the building its own musical voice – and challenges
Proms 64 and 66 review – the Royal Concertgebouw makes rousing Albert Hall return
Led by Daniele Gatti, the orchestra’s buoyant, effortlessly flexible playing was a constant delight in a programme of Bruckner, Mahler and Rihm
RSPO/Oramo/Chineke!/Edusei review – rounded, exquisite, played to perfection
A stellar performance by Renée Fleming and the first appearance by the BAME Chineke! Orchestra made Proms 61 and 62 a privilege to attend
Multi-Story Orchestra review – concrete commitment brings car park chorus of approval
A second Proms visit to Peckham allows the quality of the musicianship to be the focus, rather than the unusual venue, and saw the debut of a community youth choir
Filarmonica della Scala/Chailly review – a spine-tingling Proms debut
A breathtaking Brahms with soloist Leonidas Kavakos was followed by a lush evocation of Respighi’s Rome, affirming the virtuosity of Riccardo Chailly’s Milan ensemble
Prom 53: Charles Mingus Revisited review – starry tribute to jazz revolutionary
Kandace Springs, Shabaka Hutchings and others joined Metropole Orkest for swinging, swaggering accounts of the musical luminary’s finest compositions
Prom 50: CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – fierce solos and jagged riffs, superbly played
An unconventional programme of Beethoven and Stravinsky alongside a fresh, discomfiting work from Gerald Barry proves thrillingly dramatic
Oklahoma! review – all-dancing all-singing cowboys, a preposterous peddler and a convincing baddie
The John Wilson Orchestra on their annual Proms visit did not disappoint with an impeccable performance of every last quaver of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
Proms 31, 32 & 33 review – a fiendishly fine Faust
Berlioz’s strange, exquisite work soared in a thrilling concert performance that left everything to the imagination
BBCNOW/Wigglesworth review – the best of British
A rewarding all-British programme included the Proms premiere of a 1939 choral work by Benjamin Britten and a new cello concerto by Brian Elias
Prom 27: Ella and Dizzy: A Centenary Tribute review – virtuosic hat tip to jazz legends’ greatest hits
Contralto Dianne Reeves and musical polymath James Morrison are lively guides through a classical tour of the jazz songbook
BBC Proms 20, 21 & 23 review – MacMillan, Handel and plenty of Brexit
James MacMillan’s dark new requiem vied with Euro-gloom and Handel’s frogs in a stormy week at the Proms
Monteverdi’s Vespers/Israel in Egypt review – choral majesty, colour, and a sprinting soprano
Two proms this week, led by Raphaël Pichon and William Christie, featured unconventional and captivating performances of Monteverdi and Handel’s great choral works
La clemenza di Tito; Prom 16 review – dark deeds in a Roman quagmire
Musical brilliance saves Mozart from a watery Glyndebourne grave
The Songs of Scott Walker review – Jarvis Cocker and friends untwist easy listening’s dark master
The Proms were treated to starry covers of Scott Walker’s 1960s classics, but they didn’t always invoke the songwriter’s own spirit of invention