Currently listening rather belatedly to Prom 19 with Oliver Knussen conducting. This is one of the few concerts this year where the programming itself is really exciting, unpredictable, intriguing. There's something in it of Reconciling the Seemingly Disparate, and yet I can't help but feel that programs like this ought not to be as unusual as they are. Every single concert ought to make you see familiar pieces afresh and help you discover new pieces that you wouldn't have considered.
Apparently attendances are notably lower for Proms concerts like this. Shame.
