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• BBC promenade concerts, also "BBC Proms" - London's international annual music (mainly classical) festival, the largest in the UK. Founded in 1895.

  Until 1941, it was held at the Queens Hall Concert Hall, from 1941 at the Royal Albert Hall. Since 1927 - under the auspices of the BBC radio corporation.

  Since the 1960s, it has been mainly held in summer.

  The idea of \u200b\u200bbringing classical music closer to the general public at low prices came from the “promenade” concerts that were held in London's parks where people could walk and listen to music at the same time. The idea for the festival was invented by Robert Newman, director of Queens Hall, a 2,500-seat concert hall.

  In 1941, Queens Hall was completely destroyed by bombs and during the war "promenade" concerts were held at the Albert Hall, then in Bristol and Bedford.

  After the war, the Albert Hall became a permanent venue for the festival. In addition to the usual seating, hundreds of cheap standing places (worth £ 5) are sold, so the audience can freely "walk" during the concert, hence the common name of the festival (English promenade, from the French promener - to walk ).

  From the very beginning, the festival was distinguished by a high level of professional skill of the participants. Festival sponsor Newman hired a young conductor, Henry Wood, who shared his vision of shaping the public's musical taste. Initially, Wood offered only popular pieces to the public, but gradually increased the level of complexity of the festival music. Wood conducted nearly every promenade concert for 50 years, until his death in 1944. Later the concerts were conducted by M. Sargent, G. Solti, K. Davis, L. Slatkin and other famous conductors.

  In 1927, the BBC corporation was involved in the organization of "promenade" concerts, since then the BBC Symphony Orchestra has been the permanent orchestra of the festival. Since the 1960s. BBC Proms operates as a summer festival, with about 70 concerts held annually. Special “promenade” concerts for children are organized. Today, in addition to classical music, the festival programs include traditional and folk music (Chinese, Indian, and so on).

  Every single concert is now broadcast on BBC radio. You can also listen to concerts on the Internet. The last concert of each season is called “the last evening of the promenade concerts”. It is broadcast on television all over the world.

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Prom 31: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky

Kirill Gerstein piano

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Dausgaard conductor

The Promenades, formally known as BBC Proms, or Henry Wood's The Promenade Concerts featured on the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, mainly at the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Founded in 1895, each season currently consists of over 70 concerts at the Albert Hall, a series of chamber concerts at Cadogan Hall, additional Proms in the park, and related educational and children's activities. In 2009, the total number of concerts reached 100 for the first time. In the context of classical music festivals, Jiří Beloglavek described Proms as “the world's largest and most democratic music festival”.

Since everything can be listened to on the Internet and on the radio, there is a desire to stay at home and listen - but this concert was a reminder that it was worth attending concerts in person.

On Promsy there is a tendency to play quite rarely performed things. These include the "Scythian Suite" (1915). It was first performed at Proms in 1987 under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle, in 2003 Gergiev and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra played it here again. It was only the 4th performance. True, I also found Prokofiev's work performed even less often - Symphonic Song for large orchestra, op. 57, 1933. Performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Doughgaard, it was a very bright blazing orchestral canvas.

The unfinished ballet was transformed by Prokofiev into a suite for orchestra, using a large brass section that reveals the full power of the orchestra.

Thomas Dausgaard and his orchestra filled the Albert Hall with sound. There were also tender moments, especially in the third movement with high strings, harp and woodwind.

A wonderful prologue to the charming charm of the First Piano Concerto performed by Kirill Gerstein. The technically flawless performance was littered with moments of unexpected beauty. Gerstein performed the original, unreconstructed version of the 1879 concerto, where every bar reflects Tchaikovsky's inspiration. This “allows us to return to Tchaikovsky's original intentions,” Kirill told me when I spoke to him after the concert.

Kirill Gerstein piano. Photo: BBC / Chris Christodoulou

The pianist was sitting very close to those in the front row of the arena. I envied those who were able to enjoy Gerstein's flawless technique at extremely close range. He played Tchaikovsky with great feeling, light and fluid, in complete harmony with the orchestra.

The strings were wonderful, producing a deep, rich, thrilling tone. I was very impressed by the solo of the main cellist Martin Storey.

It was interesting to watch how Kirill Gershtein made eye contact with the performer, whose instrument picked up the melody. And watch the conductor, who himself listened with pleasure to the pianist's play, leaning on the lid of the piano from his conductor's stand.

Since Proms is a highly anticipated event, the audience at the concerts gathers knowledgeable, well versed in music. Often with scores in hand. And it is very rare to see how it flares up spontaneously with such delight as during the performance of the First Concerto. The audience could not resist and applauded after the first movement. It was a delight to listen to Tchaikovsky's marvelous music at the Royal Albert Hall, performed with such love and understanding.

Naturally, there was an encore, as the audience clapped and stamped. For an encore, Gerstein masterfully performed Liszt: Transcendental? Tude No. 7.

Thomas Dausgaard conductor. Photo: BBC / Chris Christodoulou

And the final chord was "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky (1911-13). A piece written several years earlier than Prokofiev's Scythian Suite.

The concept of "The Sacred Spring" was based on Stravinsky's dream, in which he saw an ancient ritual - a young girl surrounded by elders dances to the point of exhaustion to awaken spring and dies.

The primitivism of our ancestors, for whom rhythm, sacred symbol and subtlety of gesture were great and sacred concepts, was perfectly conveyed in a performance where rhythm shockingly prevailed over harmony.

Dausgaard and BBC SSO breathed life into music by showing how irresistible the power of nature is. Full of energy, always on the edge, but not out of control, despite the constantly changing irregular rhythms, the music was mesmerizing. Each section of the orchestra was impressive, both trumpets and percussion, but it was difficult to take your eyes off the drum group.

Brilliant end to the evening. Long ovations and shouts of bravo.

I liked it very much.

specially for the Music Seasons.

LONDON, July 14 - RIA Novosti, Alexander Smotrov. The annual BBC Proms Music Festival kicks off in the UK on Friday.

As the director of the festival, Nicholas Kenyon, told reporters, the main themes of this year will be the works of Mozart and Shostakovich.

“This year we have focused our attention on two giants of the classical repertoire: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (on the 250th anniversary of his birth) and Dmitry Shostakovich (100th birthday). These two great people are both comparison and contrast, and their music is more popular than ever in the 21st century, "said the director of the festival.

He also revealed that the 112th season of the festival, officially known as Henry Wood's Promenade Concerts (after their first conductor), will be staged at two prestigious London venues - Royal Albert Hall and Cadogen Hall. Between July 14 and September 9, a total of 90 concerts will take place on these main stages, and according to Kenyon, "this is probably the limit of what we can fit into a festival." In addition, the Royal Geographical Society will host four free film screenings of films about Mozart's music (The Magic Flute and Amadeus) and films associated with Shostakovich's name (Testimony and Hamlet). There are also planned concerts of classical music in parks in London, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester and Swansea.

The first concert - "prom" on Friday evening, July 14 will open with two excerpts from the works of Mozart "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Idomeneo", and at the end of the evening there will be Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor. For the first time, Czech conductor Jiri Beloglavek will conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra during this year's festival. In this regard, during the first evening, two works by Czech composers - Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák, will also be performed.

The concert on July 19 will be dedicated to the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, celebrated this year. The British head of state has been invited to this evening. There will be a performance of a hymn in honor of the Queen, specially written for her 80th birthday by the court composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davis, with verses by the poet laureate Andrew Motion. It will be performed by a children's choir made up of singers from across the UK. Also this evening, works by Mozart and Dvořák will sound from the stage of the Royal Albert Hall.

Dmitry Shostakovich's music will be played during 26 out of 90 proms this year. The weekend from 18 to 20 August is entirely dedicated to the music of the great Soviet composer, and the orchestra will be conducted by the artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater, conductor of the English National Opera Valery Gergiev. Famous Russian musicians who will perform at BBC Proms this year include conductor Vladimir Ashkenazi, pianist Yevgeny Kisin, and trumpet player Sergei Nakaryakov.

The festival will end on September 9 with a grandiose three-hour "prom", where works by Shostakovich, Borodin, Verdi, Rubinstein, Prokofiev, Wagner, Bizet, Elgar will be performed. The famous Russian baritone Dmitry Hvorostovsky will sing for the sophisticated British public that evening, and the evening will end with the performance of two "unofficial" anthems of Russia and England - the songs "Moscow Nights" and "Jerusalem".

The jubilee of the famous Proms was slightly tainted by a bad si
The 100th anniversary cycle of the Promenade Concerts, the largest annual event of the British musical summer, has ended in London. This year the BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, or simply Proms, have achieved a record audience popularity in a century. The average attendance rate was 86.4%, and 96% of tickets were sold for a good half of the concerts.

The first Promenade Concerts were held in 1895 in London's Queen's Hall by the young conductor Henry Wood. The main secret of their appeal was affordability: tickets were cheaper because they were not selling seats. Although literal "festivities" were not supposed then, people liked to listen to music in an informal setting - just as in our time someone likes to sit not in armchairs, but on the floor. At first, the programs were divided into a serious and entertaining part; Over the years, Proms began to play the role of a solid educational event, and the term promenade became more and more conventional. It was there that the premieres of many works by Schoenberg, Mahler, Sibelius, Busoni, young composers of Britain, as well as Tchaikovsky, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Khachaturian and many others took place.
Almost unbelievably, Sir Henry Wood has been conducting the Promenade Concerts for half a century. The concerts were interrupted only by the bombing of World War II, after which the magnificent Albert Hall became the permanent venue for the Proms, with acoustics allowing performances of anything from chamber music to Mahler's Eighth Symphony, known as the "Symphony of a Thousand Members".
Since 1930, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and other groups of the corporation have become an indispensable participant in the cycle. Sir Henry was replaced by no less famous Englishmen: Adrienne Boult, Malcolm Sargent, William Glock.
The current series, which included 68 concerts, was attended by world-famous soloists and musical groups. The end of the cycle was marked by the participation of the largest luminaries of the world conducting art. These include, no doubt, Christoph von Donagni and Claudio Abbado, both of whom have included works by Gustav Mahler in their programs. Interest in the tacit competition between the two luminaries was fueled by a not too correct interview given by Christoph von Donagny to The Times on the day of Claudio Abbado's performance with the Berlin Philharmonic. According to Donanyi, Abbado is a "good" conductor, but the orchestra members have a hard time with him. Abbado strives to conduct by heart, although his memory is not as impeccable as, for example, that of Lorin Maazel. Knowing this, the musicians are forced to insure themselves, listening to each other more attentively than usual - which sometimes leads to very good results. When two outstanding interpreters of Mahler's music try to outdo each other, only the listener wins. The performances of both masters were described by critics in the best possible colors. Abbado performed the Ninth, the last of Mahler's completed symphonies, with a rare sonic perfection, and the final Adagio, written by the composer shortly before his death, made the audience listen to the tragic but serene music without taking a breath. Donanyi, who, on the contrary, chose the First Symphony, rich in bright, characteristic colors, was able, together with the Cleveland Orchestra led by him, to interpret it as the purest and absolute music in the world.
Not everything at the Promenade Concerts is as successful as the organizers want. And it was precisely Beethoven's program of the brilliant Lorin Maazel, cited by Donanyi as a model, that was awarded a devastating defeat by London music critics. True, there was noted the delicate work in details and the successes that were made under the direction of Maazel not the most famous of the American orchestras - Pittsburgh. For this, Richard Fairman, a critic of the Financial Times, called Maazel a surgeon, not a conductor. The cold and calculating manner of his performance was caused only by the desire to be different from others. The conductor disposed of the tempo, dynamics and orchestral balance as he wanted, resulting in bad taste in the first movement, aimlessness in movement in the second, toothlessness in the scherzo and chaos in the finale. Lorina Maazel could not save and took part in the performance of Nina Rautio. Moreover, she was particularly unlucky. As any schoolchild knows today, in the finale of the Ninth, written on the text of "Ode to Joy" by Friedrich Schiller, before the conclusion, Beethoven placed a short, quiet and heartfelt episode of Poco adagio, where the soprano, leading the quartet of solo singers, should take the upper B. To the chagrin of us, the compatriots of the famous singer, this si turned out to be somewhat more sonorous than it should have - which could not but anger such a strict and encyclopedically educated critic as the columnist for The Times Stephen Pettit.
But the last night left no chance for skeptics. The listeners, many of whom preferred to spend their time, as of old, on their feet, singing and celebrating with the musicians, and the central event of the night was the performance of the anthem "Rule Britain!" the British favorite baritone Bryn Turfel, dressed in the uniform of a rugby fan. The current Proms director, Sir Andrew Davis, was delighted to encourage a battery of flappers, while the BBC's choir and orchestra ladies tried to out-dress flags and balloons with their dresses. Surprisingly, but all this time music sounded - albeit not Mahler. Londoners paid tribute to the great Henry Wood with his renditions of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor; plays were performed by British classics of the 20th century William Walton and Ralph Vaughan Williams, a concertina for a marimba by Paul Creston, with drummer Evelyn Glennie as a soloist, Berlioz's Hungarian March and Meditation from Massenet's opera Thais, inspired by violinist Michael Davis and an unknown ballooning master. The composition of the latter (in the shape of a heart) landed on the dome of the Albert Hall rotunda at the same time as the last sounds of the violin and marked the departure from the Promenade Concerts until the next, 101st summer.

BBC Proms) - a series of annual "promenade" concerts held at the Albert Hall in London in July-September. This international music festival, founded in 1895, is now organized by the BBC Corporation. In addition to the usual seating, these daily organized concerts sell hundreds of cheap standing places (£ 5) - hence the name Promenade Concert, which is a concert you can listen to while walking (from fr. promener - "walk").

The idea of \u200b\u200bbringing classical music closer to the general public at low prices came from “promenade” concerts that took place in London parks, where people could stroll and listen to orchestras and musical ensembles at the same time. This idea was invented by Robert Newman (eng. Robert newman ), the head of Queens Hall (eng. Queens hall ) - a 2,500-seat concert hall in central London. He hired a young conductor, Henry Wood, who shared his vision of shaping the musical taste of the public by offering popular pieces to begin with, gradually raising standards. Wood conducted nearly every promenade concert for 50 years, until his death in 1944. Only in the last years of his life did he begin to share his responsibilities with other conductors.

Henry Wood's influence on British musical life cannot be underestimated. Many doubted that an Englishman would be capable of such a task, especially that he would conduct the works of Richard Wagner.

In 1941, Queens Hall was completely destroyed by bombs. During the war, "promenade" concerts were held at the Albert Hall, then in Bristol and Bedford. After the war, the Albert Hall became a permanent venue for the festival.

In 1927, the BBC corporation was involved in the organization of "promenade" concerts. Every single concert is now broadcast on BBC radio and some of it is shown on television. You can also listen to concerts over the Internet. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is a permanent orchestra. In total, 80 groups (orchestras, choirs, etc.) participate in the performances. Special “promenade” concerts for children, “promenade” concerts with national music (Chinese, Hindu and so on) are organized.

The last concert of each season is called “the last evening of the promenade concerts”. It is broadcast on television all over the world.

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