We proved that this could be done (just!) on our way to Prom 62; the train we should have been on was cancelled and the next one left very little margin as we sprinted across Hyde Park.
However we arrived in time to hear Nikolaj Znaider perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the ECYO under Colin Davis (not long since my daughter last heard him conduct). This performance was definitely on the expansive side, and sometimes the soloist’s tone was a bit too restrained for my taste, but we definitely approved. The orchestra really got a chance to shine in Sibelius’ second symphony after the interval. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a symphony by Sibelius live before (probably because being married to a fan of his music I get plenty of it at home).
Earlier my husband took my daughter to Prom 58, with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic. This was also a success, although the brass got rather the upper hand in places, especially in Bartok’s Miraculous Mandarin suite; perhaps this is just the fault of the music.
The Guardian‘s reviews are here and here.
I would have liked to have gone to more Proms this year. Much of the programming appealed and the quality of the performances seems to have been uniformly high (unless there was a bad patch in early August which I missed).