LONDON – The BBC Proms proclaims itself as the greatest classical music festival in the world and does so with the confidence of knowing it’s got the artistic goods to back up its sweeping claim. With ...

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The Proms has to be the greatest classical music festival on Earth, as welcoming to the nervous classical novice as it is to the cognoscenti. This year’s season has already delivered some ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joanne Shurvell writes about travel, food, culture and fashion. Leading Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek aptly described the Proms ...

Given the familiarity of most of the works being performed at this year’s Proms in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss, one can’t help but feel that an opportunity ...

This post has been corrected. See below for details. The Proms in London is the biggest event in all musicdom. It is advertised as the world’s largest music festival, which it is. The first concert is ...

John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London have rightly earned a reputation for holding audiences rapt with their vivid realisations of music. Last night, you could have heard a pin drop in the majestic ...

At first glance, the 2008 Proms programme may actually seem quite conservative. Unlike last year, there are no brass days, no evenings of Indian music, and certainly no songs from the shows. Indeed, ...