The Independent (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A real highlight of this year's BBC Proms has occurred already. It was the performance by Nigel Kennedy last weekend. The sold-out show will be transmitted on BBC2 tonight. You might wonder, as I did, why the BBC, which runs the Proms and broadcasts many of them live, did not broadcast this event live, but decided to wait a full week before showing it. There is a technical reason for...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Englishness came under close scrutiny in the second Prom of the season: the refulgence of Bax, the mysticism of Finzi, the attitude of Kennedy. Actually, there were two Kennedys at this BBC Concert Orchestra programme under Paul Daniel. The tenor Andrew Kennedy led the BBC Chorus in Gerald Finzi's wonderful setting of Wordsworth's ode, Intimations of Immortality, where past memory...
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The 2008 BBC Proms have begun and brought the return of Nigel Kennedy to the festival after an absence of 21 years.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jeff Beck, the rock guitarist, was making a surprise appearance at the Proms last night -- and creating a piece of musical history. Beck, 64, who made his name with the Yardbirds in the 1960s, was due to play a guitar solo during a late-night concert of jazz and blues organised by Nigel Kennedy, the violinist. The two men have got to know each other over the past few months through a...
Life of a musician-Robin Hill (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
As Nigel Kennedy prepares to perform Elgar's Violin Concerto tonight at the BBC Proms 2008 you can be assured that he won't have ingested any prescribed medication to combat nerves prior to his concert. However, what he does after the performance, in order to relax, may be a different matter. This point was recently highlighted in many newspapers and blogs. One example was in The Guardian...
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
NIGEL KENNEDY last night returned to the Proms for the first time in 21 years after bosses finally agreed to let him showcase his own music.
The Stage | TV Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Of course, the talking heads are tragically bereft of the much-missed Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne, but those that are still with us speak with affection and awe at their talents. Lovely. BBC Proms 2008 (Saturday 6.45pm, BBC2) My word, but it’s a barren wasteland on the box on a Saturday night now. It’s enough to make you watch Big Brother . Or catch up with Bonekickers on the iPlayer....
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Ivan Hewett reviews Proms 2, 3, 4 and 5 - Nigel Kennedy and Bellowhead at Folk Day.
St Bloggie de Riviere (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
One of the more useless subjects I studied for 'A' level all those eons ago was Music. Useless as a credible career choice, that is, seeing as I was not destined for a Nigel Kennedy-esque life as a musician, far from it! Still I did get to have a season ticket to the English National Opera with my fellow students, and we would go up to town with Miss Hayward and soak up the culture. It...
