BBCNOW/Søndergård review – the Albert Hall’s great beast is unleashed
B Tommy Andersson’s Proms commission Pan, featuring the hall’s ground-shaking organ, had arresting moments, but not enough to say
RSNO/Oundjian review – little sense of a spark
Aside from Igor Levit, who played Mozart with pearly delicacy, Peter Oundjian conducted a competent yet routinely effective performance of Bruckner
OAE/Alsop review – Jamie Barton makes Proms debut with breathtaking Brahms
The mezzo-soprano’s Alto Rhapsody was restrained and compelling in the midst of an exuberant programme by Marin Alsop and the OAE
San Francisco Symphony/Tilson Thomas review – strength and panache from Yuja Wang
Chinese pianist Yuja Wang gave a masterful and menacing account of Bartók’s intensely challenging Second Piano Concerto
San Francisco Symphony/Tilson Thomas review – Jeremy Denk is all fists on the piano … in a good way
American composer Henry Cowell’s Piano Concerto requires the soloist to pound the keyboard, but with wonderful orchestral support, the result is exhilarating
Bergen PO/Litton review – personal and authoritative
The Bergen’s departing chief conductor, Andrew Litton, showed his mettle throughout a programme featuring The Rite of Spring and new works by Ørjan Matre and Alissa Firsova
Philharmonia/Salonen review – waving the flag for Shostakovich’s apeman
The semi-staging of unfinished science-fiction opera Orango brings the thrill and chill of a Soviet rally to the Proms, complemented by a savage Bartók ballet
Boston SO/Nelsons review – taut and touchingly sincere
Andris Nelsons and his new symphony explored every facet of Shostakovich’s complex 10th Symphony in this immaculate Proms appearance
András Schiff review – a spellbinding account of the Goldberg Variations
Schiff’s playing was buoyant and dazzling in a performance that underlined the cogency and integrity of his approach to this monumental work
Boston SO/Nelsons review – there’s work to do for Nelsons’ new band
As he returned to the Proms, comparisons with Andris Nelsons’ previous orchestra, the CBSO, were inevitable
BBCSO/Oramo review – elemental Sibelius to buoyant Beethoven
Sakari Oramo saluted Sibelius’s 150th birthday, while adding a couple of rugged and glistening Nordic works and rounding off with Beethoven’s Seventh
RPO/Dutoit review – dexterity and refinement
Charles Dutoit trod a clear-minded path through the complexities of Shostakovich’s 15th; pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja’s Mozart – with cadenzas by Britten – was less successful
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Barenboim – Tchaikovsky of overwhelming energy and power
Neither their Schoenberg or Beethoven were wholly successful, but with Tchaikovky’s Fourth, Barenboim and his orchestra rose to the heights
BBCSSO/Dausgaard review – striking Sibelius with smudges and sweep
Thomas Dausgaard’s rough-and-ready Finlandia showed character, but it was the Second Symphony that proved the highlight of this all-Sibelius celebration
Proms: Late Night with … BBC 1Xtra review – grime/classical clash is a neat fit
Six of the grime scene’s best artists alongside a 64-piece orchestra works a treat: the big sound amplifies the music’s cinematic drama and visceral power