ITS THE PROSCARS! Proms Awards 2021

[jayne lee wilson]

Your nominations are invited for….

Best Symphonic Performance

Best Concertante Performance

Best Orchestral in Other Genres

Best Program Planning

Best Innovative Concert Concept

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And finally..... Best Concert!

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A few or as many as you like, or even add some (hopefully mischievous) Alternative Awards....
e.g...."What I hated most about Proms 2021..."

[Serial_Apologist]

One has to have listened to all of them to make a balanced judgement, though...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Your nominations are invited for….

Best Symphonic Performance

Best Concertante Performance

Best Orchestral in Other Genres

Best Program Planning

Best Innovative Concert Concept

***
And finally..... Best Concert!

***

A few or as many as you like, or even add some (hopefully mischievous) Alternative Awards....
e.g...."What I hated most about Proms 2021..."

Great idea, Jayne, but could we please dump the US spelling?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

One has to have listened to all of them to make a balanced judgement, though...

My thoughts too, but one can make a reasoned choice based on personal listening choices.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

My thoughts too, but one can make a reasoned choice based on personal listening choices.

In the (newly added) “best choral concert” category, I’d put the recent Bach St Matthew Passion at the top, though it would be a tough choice, with the JEG Prom running neck and neck.

[edashtav]

May we add Best encore performance, please, Jayne?
There were some crackers during this Prom Season.

[jayne lee wilson]

One has to have listened to all of them to make a balanced judgement, though...

Subjective Nominations and additional categories welcome....
Just substitute "favorite" for "best"....

[gradus]

Symphonic performance : Arnold 5th symphony

[cloughie]

One has to have listened to all of them to make a balanced judgement, though...

Well that disqualifies more than a few then! …and I’d add the Biggest Turkey as another category - the dreadful Mozart Last 3 gets my vote for that. Best concert has to be the Halle concert.

[cloughie]

Subjective Nominations and additional categories welcome....
Just substitute "favorite" for "best"....

At this stage of my life I only do ‘Subjective’ - that’s what fires my musical passion!

[Ein Heldenleben]

Haven’t listened to every concert but I would be severely torn between

Symphony - Rattle / LSO all Stravinsky programme - unbelievable playing
Arnold Symphony 5 - BBC SO - so good I listened to it 3 times back to back .
Korngold Symphony In F # Wilson / Sinfonia - gorgeous playing ..
(Honourable mention for Brabbins Pastoral)


Final choice Arnold.

Concerto Ben Grosvenor Beethoven 4 with the incomparable Mark Elder

Best Orchestral - Rattle Stravinsky with the LSO

Best Program Planning Wilson / Sinfonia of London

Most innovative programme Manchester Collective

Best overall performance ( new category ) Chopin Raindrop Prelude encore by Pavel K.

Best overall concert mmm….

Ok best for me Elder / Hallé Beethoven , Saint-Seans
Honourable mention Jurowski / LPO Hindemith et al….

[edashtav]

Symphony - Arnold Symphony 5 - BBC SO Oramo

(Honourable mention for Hindemith Mathis der Maler)
Best concerto: Bartok Violin Concerto no 2 Pat. Kop.

Best Orchestral : Richard Strauss Don Juan & Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses - RLPO Domingo Hindoyan

Best Programme Planning: Jurowski LPO Stravinsky ; Walton ; JSB ; Hindemith.

Most innovative programme :Manchester Collective

Best overall performance ( new category ) Chopin Raindrop Prelude encore by Pavel Koleshnikov

Best overall concert : Stravinsky x 3 LSO Rattle

[jonfan]

Plenty of superb symphonic glories this year aided by amazing engineering.
Brahms: Symphony No 4 Bancroft/BBCNOW
Mozart: Symphonies 39,40,41 Emelyanychev/SCO
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No 3 Elder/Hallé
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 Petrenko/RPO
Sibelius: Symphony No 2 Stasevska/BBCSO
Beethoven: Symphony No 6 Brabbins/BBCSO
but my favourite because they captured the revolution in the piece with the excitement of the newly discovered
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 Heywood/NYO of GB

Best Concerto
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 Grosvenor-Elder/Hallé

Best programme planning
Pergolesi: Stabat mater - Stravinsky: Pulcinella Brabbins:BBCSSO

Best querky solo programme [new category!]:
Martin Baker organ recital an improvisation included 'Coronation Street' theme

Best choral:
Bach: St Matthew Passion Cohen/Arcangelo

Best overall:
Hallé/Elder

[LHC]

I haven’t heard every concert this year, but from the ones I heard or watched, my votes would go to:

Best Symphonic Performance:
Korngold Symphony in F; Sinfonia of London, Wilson

Best Concerto:
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4; Ben Grosvenor with the Halle, Elder
With an honorable mention for Florence Price Piano Concerto in One Movement; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason with Chineke Orchestra, Bovell

Best choral:
Handel and Bach choral works with the Monteverdi Choir and JEG celebrating his 60th performance at the Proms

Best programme planning:
Stravinsky with the LSO and Simon Rattle

Best Concert:
Chin, Beethoven and Saint-Saens with the Halle, Grosvenor, Lapwood and Elder. A traditional programme, but who cares when it is played as well as this.

A special mention as well for the creation of the Proms Festival Orchestra to celebrate the contribution of freelance musicians after so many have lost work as a result of the pandemic. The concert itself may not have reached the heights of some others, but it was still a wonderful contribution to this season.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Just substitute "favorite" for "best"....

I would never do that.