Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| 20220822 | Unique performances with BBC orchestras and choirs and other great orchestras Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 20220823 | Unique performances with BBC orchestras and choirs and other great orchestras Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 20220824 | Unique performances with BBC orchestras and choirs and other great orchestras Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | 20220425 | This week Afternoon Concert celebrates Berlin ensembles; today it's the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Brahms' Symphony No.2 and that orchestra's cello section in music by Julius Klengel. Plus violinist Arabella Steinbacher plays Prokofiev with the BBC Philharmonic, countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski sings Handel with Il Pomo d'Oro and The Dover Quartet and the Pavel Haas Quartet join forces to play Mendelssohn's gorgeous String Octet. Presented by Ian Skelly. 2pm Mozart - Overture: Cosi fan Tutte, K.588 Basel Chamber Orchestra Louis Langrée (conductor) Poulenc - Oboe Sonata François Leleux (oboe) Emmanuel Strosser (piano) c. 2.20 Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor Arabella Steinbacher (violin) John Storgards (conductor) Julius Klengel - Hymnus, Op.57 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic 3pm Brahms - Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73 Kirill Petrenko (conductor) c. 3.45 Mendelssohn - Octet in E flat, Op.20 Dover String Quartet Music by Mozart, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Klengel, Brahms, Handel and Mendelssohn. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Brahms's First Piano Concerto - Live From Salford | 20220520 | Concluding this week's focus on romantic piano concertos, today's is Brahms's mighty Piano Concerto no.1 performed live from Salford by Stephen Hough and the BBC Philharmonic. Plus there's more CPE Bach Chamber music from the Nevermind Ensemble, and the Vienna Philharmonic performs Franck's Symphony in D minor. Presented by Fiona Talkington. 2pm Franck Symphony in D minor, Op.48 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Alain Altinoglu (conductor) c.2.40 CPE Bach Quartet in G major, Wq.95 3pm – LIVE from MediaCity, Salford Brahms Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, Op.15 Stephen Hough (piano) Jac van Steen (conductor) c.3.55 Respighi Il tramonto Alma Sade (mezzo-soprano) Janine Jansen (violin) Boris Brovtsyn (violin) Amihai Grosz (viola) Daniel Blendulf (cello) Stephen Hough plays Brahms in Salford, plus Franck and Respighi. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Brahms's First Symphony From Prague | 20220225 | Tom McKinney ends the week with more concert performances from around Europe including Brahms's Symphony No.1 and Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra from Prague, and music by Mozart, Ethel Smyth, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Francesco Cesarini. Plus there'll be more from the Catalan ensemble Vespres d'Arnadi and the mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital. John Williams – Olympic Fanfare and Theme (for the Los Angeles Games, 1984) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra John Williams (conductor) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Petite Suite de Concert BBC Concert Orchestra Bramwell Tovey (conductor) c. 2.20pm Lutoslawski – Concerto for Orchestra Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Jakub Hrusa (conductor) 3pm Brahms – Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.18 Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Alexander Liebreich (conductor) c. 3.45pm Trad. Bulgarian arr. Avi Avital – Bucimis Avi Avital (mandolin) Norwegian Radio Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor) Franco Cesarini – Bulgarian Dances II, Op.43 Barcelona Symphonic Wind Band José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana (conductor) c. 4.10pm Mozart – Symphony No.10 in G, K.74 Dani Espasa (conductor) Presented by Tom McKinney Performance of Brahms's First Symphony and Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra in Prague. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Friday - Bruch For Two Pianos | 20220311 | Strauss and Bruch from Seoul, as well as more from the Bach Family with the Controcorrente Orchestra. Presented by PENNY GORE We've two different looks at J.S. Bach - music by him and his sons on period instruments, as well as the second part of a big band arrangement of his Goldberg Variations. Max Bruch's Concerto for two pianos, with its achingly beautiful slow movement, is also on the bill of fayre as well as the suite from RICHARD STRAUSS's opera Der Rosenkavalier. Roderick Williams Ave verum corpus BBC Singers Sofi Jeannin, conductor Bach arr. Bill Dobbins The Goldberg Project, Part 2 WDR Big Band Cologne Jörg Achim Keller, leader Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 Alfia Bakieva, violin Emiliano Rodolfi, recorder Alessandro Naasello, recorder 3.00pm Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A flat minor, op. 88a Suite from 'Der Rosenkavalier Minsoo Sohn, piano Jiyeong Mun, piano KBS Symphony Orchestra Sascha Goetzel, conductor Johann Christian Bach Sinfonia in G minor, op. 6/6 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Concerto in F for two harpsichords, Wq.46 Andreas Staier, harpsichord Luca Quintavalle, harpsichord Strauss and Bruck from Seoul, as well as more from the Bach family. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Friday - Dalia Stasevska And The Bbc So | 20220722 | Presented by Ian Skelly, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra's recent Prom with conductor Dalia Stasevska, performing music from Iceland and Russia, pairing Jóhann Jóhannsson's atmospheric reworkings of Durham miners' songs with Rachmaninov's popular Second Piano Concerto, and Hildur Guðnadóttir with Tchaikovsky. Plus today's Proms Artist Choice. Also including: 2.00pm Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op.45: III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace Dalia Stasevska, conductor Judith Weir: All the ends of the earth for chorus BBC Singers Endymion Ensemble David Hill, conductor c.2.30pm Prom 8 (first broadcast live on 20 July) Jóhannsson: The Miners' Hymns – They Being Dead Yet Speaketh Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (35 mins) Hildur Guðnadóttir: The Fact of the Matter (BBC commission: world premiere) Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet' (19 mins) Denis Kozhukhin, piano Dalia Stasevska conducts a programme of Russian and Icelandic music at the BBC Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Friday - Mendelssohn And Mahler | 20220812 | Presented by Ian Skelly. Another chance to hear the recent Prom with Ryan Bancroft conducting BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Caroline Shaw, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Mahler's Fourth Symphony. Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Clara-Jumi Kang (violin) Miah Persson (soprano) Ryan Bancroft (conductor) Plus the Proms Artist Choice feature – in which a Proms 2022 performer or conductor introduces a favourite work – and listener requests. Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC NOW in music by Shaw, Mendelssohn and Mahler. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Friday - The Cbso At The Proms | 20220729 | Ian Skelly introduces music by Rachmaninov, Glinka and Ethel Smyth performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor designate, Kazuki Yamada, at this year's Proms. Plus a choice of music from Ian's Prom Guest and the last of this week's listener suggestions. Sergey Rachmaninov: Prelude in G# minor op32 Nikolai Lugansky, piano BBC PROM - Yamada conducts the CBSO Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture Ethel Smyth: Concerto for Violin and Horn INTERVAL Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor Another chance to hear the CBSO at the Proms under its new chief conductor designate. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Friday - Woyrsch's First Symphony | 20220527 | Ian Skelly wraps up his week of music making from and about Spain with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Miguel Ã?ngel Gómez MartÃnez conducting a rarely heard symphony by Felix Woyrsch. Also, more from organist Olivier Latry in Barcelona, Steven Osborne plays Rachmaninov's Corelli Variations, Radio 3 New Generation Artists Katharina Konradi and Catriona Morison sing duets from Schumann's Spanish Songbooks, and music from Jordi Savall. Including: Ravel: ‘Alborada del Gracioso' from ‘Miroirs BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena, conductor Rachmaninov: Corelli Variations Steven Osborne, piano Anon: Folias Criollas Antonio de Cabazon: Pavana con sua glosa Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall Liszt: Weinen Klagen Sorgen Zagen Olivier Latry, organ (The organ of Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona) 3.00 Woyrsch: Symphony No 1 RTEV Symphony Orchestra Miguel Ã?ngel Gómez MartÃnez, conductor Schumann: “Erste Begebnungâ€? Op74 Schumann: “Botschaftâ€? Op74 Schumann: “Bedeckt mich mir Blumenâ€? Op138/4 Katharina Konradi, soprano Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano Joseph Middleton, piano Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnol The RTVE Symphony Orchestra perform a rarely heard symphony by Felix Woyrsch. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Monday - Brahms's Third Symphony | 20220307 | Roderick Cox conducts Brahms, and Barbara Hannigan conducts Haydn, Busoni and Canadian composer Claude Vivier Presented by PENNY GORE Soprano Barbara Hannigan has achieved great acclaim on the conductor's podium and, this afternoon, conducts the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in a diverse programme of music old and new. Also Roderick Cox, winner of the 2018 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, leads the BBC Philharmonic in the warmest, most glowing of Brahms' four symphonies 2.00pm Berceuse élégiaque, op. 42 Göteborg Symphony Orchestra Barbara Hannigan, conductor Anonymous Emperadriu de la ciutat joyosa (Llibre vermell de Montserrat) Antonio Cesti Intorno all'idol mio, from 'Orontea Cristina Segura, mezzo-soprano Ensemble Exclamatio Lonely Child Aphrodite Patoulidou, soprano Monteverdi Disprezzata Regina 3.00pm Symphony no.3 in F Roderick Cox, conductor Cécile Chaminade Callirhoë Suite, op. 37 Göteborg Opera Orchestra Henrik Schaefer, conductor Symphony No. 26 D minor, Hob. I:26 ('Lamentatione') Roderick Cox conducts Brahms, and Barbara Hannigan conducts Haydn. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Monday - Johan Dalene Plays Barber | 20220801 | Penny Gore introduces another chance to hear Johan Dalene's Proms performance of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, alongside music by two American composers, Leonard Bernstein and George Walker, and Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony. Plus today's Proms Artist Choice and listener requests. Bernstein: Candide – overture George Walker: Variations for Orchestra Barber: Violin Concerto INTERVAL Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor Johan Dalene (violin) Jordan de Souza (conductor) Johan Dalene plays Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto at the BBC Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Monday - Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez Conducts Brahms | 20220523 | Ian Skelly introduces performances with a Spanish flavour, today featuring the RTVE Symphony Orchestra performing Brahms's First Symphony in Madrid and 17th-century choral music from the Cererols Choir in Barcelona. Including: Anselm Ferrer: Ave Maria Richard Strauss: Don Juan BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, conductor Joan Cererols (1618-1676): Dies Irae Marc Diaz, conductor Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E minor Op.81/3 Casals Quartet 3.00 Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor Pablo González, conductor Jésus Torres: Transfiguration for cello, accordion and string orchestra Asler Polo, cello Iñaki Alberdi, accordion RTVE Symphony Orchestar Joan Marc: Requiem - Sanctus/Benedictus, Angus Dei, Communio, Absolta Marc DÃaz, conductor Performances with a Spanish flavour, including the RTVE Symphony Orchestra playing Brahms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Monday - Peter Donohoe Plays Pejacevic | 20220228 | Ian Skelly starts a new week of afternoons, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra in new concerto recordings at 3pm each day. Today, Peter Donohoe is the soloist in a new recording of Pejacevic's Piano Concerto. Also, music by Mendelssohn and Wallen, recordings from the early music group Ars Antique Austria, and the BBC Philharmonic play Roberto Gerhard's full ballet score of Don Quixote after the novel by Cervantes. Including: Ludovic Bource: The Artist (excerpt) Ernst van Tiel (conductor) Smyth: Komm süsser Tod BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Felix Mendelssohn: Overture The Hebrides Roderick Cox (conductor) Amy Bryce: So All Voices Can Fly Philip Cobb (trumpet) BBC Symphony Chorus Richard Pearce (organ) Neil Ferris (conductor) Errollyn Wallen See That I am God c. 3pm Pejacevic: Piano Concerto in G Minor Op33 Peter Donohoe (piano) Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote Ballet Juanjo Mena (conductor) Peter Donohoe in a new recording of Pejacevic's Piano Concerto. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Monday - Puccini's Il Tabarro At The Bbc Proms | 20220808 | Fiona Talkington introduces another chance to hear Puccini's one-act operatic masterpiece “Il Tabarro� at the BBC Proms - a score that swirls and throbs with the energy of the River Seine. Natalya Romaniw stars as the unhappily married Giorgetta, whose affair is the catalyst for murder. Two orchestral favourites set the watery scene: Respighi's Fountains of Rome – by turns glistening in the sunlight and swathed in dawn mist – and the irrepressible musical antics of Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Respighi: Fountains of Rome INTERVAL Puccini: Il Tabarro Michele.... George Gagnidze (baritone) Giorgetta.... Natalya Romaniw (soparno) Luigi.... Ivan Gyngazov (tenor) La Frugola.... Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano) ‘Tinca'.... Alasdair Elliott (tenor) ‘Talpa'.... Simon Shibambu (bass) Ballad-Seller.... Jung Soo Yun (tenor) Lovers..... Laura Lolita Perešivana (soprano) and Ryan Vaughan Davies (tenor) Philharmonia Voices Hallé Sir Mark Elder (conductor) Plus the Proms Artist Choice feature – in which a Proms 2022 performer or conductor introduces a favourite work – and listener requests. Sir Mark Elder conducts Puccini's one-act opera Il Tabarro at the BBC Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras Unique performances with BBC orchestras and choirs and other great orchestras |
| Monday - Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto | 20220516 | This week Afternoon Concert features some of our best-loved piano concertos, each day at 3pm, and we've early music from Madrid. Today, Behzod Abduraimov performs Rachmaninov's ever-popular Piano Concerto no.2 with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, as part of a concert from which we also hear Prokofiev's Seventh Symphony. Plus the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Spain-Dunk's Lament for String Orchestra, and the Ulster Orchestra perform Mozart's Jupiter Symphony. Presented by Penny Gore. 2pm Suleiman Yudakov Procession de fetes de Khorezm Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor) c.2.05 Josquin Ave Maria… Virgo serena Ockeghem Alma redemptoris mater Mouton Nesciens Mater Stile Antico c.2.20 Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551 'Jupiter Michael Collins (conductor) Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, Op.18 Behzod Abduraimov (piano) c.3.40 Susan Spain-Dunk Lament for string orchestra c.3.45 Prokofiev Symphony no.7 in C sharp minor, Op.131 Bahzod Abduraimov plays Rachmaninov, plus music by Mozart and Prokofiev. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Monday - Scheherazade At The Proms | 20220725 | Ian Skelly offers another chance to hear the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' 'Two Scheherazades' Prom from last Thursday alongside a Prom Artist choice of music and ideas inspired by its theme from listeners. Koday; Hary Janos Suite Jac van Steen, conductor BBC PROM pt 1 Maurice Ravel: Sheherazade - ouverture de Feerie Sally Beamish: Hive (world premiere performance) Catrin Finch (harp) BBC NOW Ariane Matiakh, conductor INTERVAL Prom Artist Choice: Catrin Finch introduces a piece of music for the interval. Ravel: Introduction and Allegro Skaila Kanga (harp) Nash Ensemble BBC PROM pt2 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Lesley Hatfield (violin) Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov with 1,001 stories from the Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Monday - Sheherazade At The Proms | 20220725 | Ian Skelly offer another chance to hear the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' 'Two Sheherzades' Prom from last Thurday alongside a Prom Artist choice of music and ideas inspired by its theme from listeners. Koday; Hary Janos Suite Jac van Steen, conductor BBC PROM Maurice Ravel: Sheherazade - ouverture de Feerie Sally Beamish: Hive (world premiere performance) INTERVAL Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade Catrin Finch (harp) BBC NOW Ariane Matiakh, conductor Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov with 1,001 stories from the Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Prokofiev's Cinderella From Prague | 20220222 | FIONA TALKINGTON with concert performances from around Europe including Prokofiev's 'Cinderella' from Prague and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with Saint-Saens' Symphony No.3. Plus there'll be more from the Catalan ensemble Vespres d'Arnadi and the mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital. Beethoven – Drei Equale, WoO.30 BBC Symphony Orchestra Anthony Weedon (conductor) Vivaldi – Mandolin Concerto in C, RV.425 Avi Avital (mandolin) Norwegian Radio Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor) Brahms – Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op.56a Prague Symphony Orchestra Tomas Brauner (conductor) Milhaud – Violin Sonata, Op.257 Antje Weithaas (violin) Mahan esfahani (harpsichord) 3pm Prokofiev – Suite from “Cinderella� (excerpts from Op.107 and 109) Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Holly Mathieson (conductor) c. 3.45pm Pergolesi – Salve Regina in C minor Marta Mateu (soprano) Dani Espasa (conductor) c. 4pm Suk – Piano Pieces, Op.7 Lukas Vondracek (piano) c. 4.25pm Saint-Saens – Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 “Organ� Ilan Volkov (conductor) Presented by FIONA TALKINGTON The Prague Symphony Orchestra perform Prokofiev and Brahms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Thursday - Loops, Spells And The New World | 20220728 | Ian Skelly with music for the afternoon including another chance to hear the Folk Connections Prom from Sage Gateshead with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Spell Songs and the Voices of River's Edge. Also in the programme the choice of Ian's Prom artist guest. Charles Ives: America Simon Preston (organ) William Grant Still: Kaintuck Richard Fields, piano Cincinnati Philharmonic Orchestra Jindong Cai, conductor BBC PROM - Folk Connections from Sage Gateshead John Adams Shaker Loops |
| Thursday - Missa 1724 | 20220512 | Penny Gore with more music from around Europe, continuing this week's focus on the Czech Republic and Poland with music by Zelenka performed by Collegium 1704 in Warsaw. There's music from the Leos Janacek International Music Festival in Ostrava, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra play Tailleferre, and Dvorak in Montreal. Including: Edmund Finnis: The Air, Turning Ilan Volkov, conductor Stamitz: Orchestral Quartet in F, op. 14/4 Camerata Janacek Pavel Dolezal, director Tailleferre: Marchand d'Oiseaux c.3pm Zelenka: Missa 1724 Collegium Vocale 1704 Vaclav Luks, conductor Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte Ulster Orchestra Nil Venditti, conductor c.4.05pm Dvorak: Serenade for String Orchestra in E, op. 22 Montreal Symphony Orchestra Rafael Payare, conductor Zelenka's Missa 1724 with Collegium 1704 in Warsaw. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Thursday - Opera Gala | 20220407 | This week Afternoon Concert features French Orchestras - today it's the Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus in an opera gala given at the Opera Garnier in Paris conducted by GUSTAVO DUDAMEL. A starry line-up of soloists sing excerpts from Carmen, Falstaff and Der Rosenkavalier. Plus highlights of a recital Yulianna Avdeeva gave at La Roque d'Anthéron International Piano Festival, with music by Bach and Shostakovich. Presented by Ian Skelly. 2pm Wagner Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin GUSTAVO DUDAMEL (conductor) c.2.10 Bach English Suite no.2 in A minor, BWV.807 Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) c.2.30 Elgar String Quartet Op.83 Escher Quartet c.3pm Bizet Carmen - extracts (Habanera, Flower Song, Les voici! Voici la quadrille) Clémentine Margaine (mezzo-soprano) Matthew Polenzani (tenor) Paris Opera Chorus Paris Opera Children's Chorus c.3.40 Strauss Final Scene of Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59 Diana Damrau (soprano) Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) c.3.55 Verdi Alto là ! Chi va là from Falstaff Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur (mezzo-soprano) Tobias Westman (tenor) Kiup Lee (tenor) Timothée Varon (baritone) Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) Aaron Pendleton (bass) c.4.15 Bach Toccata in D, BWV.912 c.4.25 Chopin Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, Op.11 – 1st movt Orchestra of the 18th Century Frans Brüggen (conductor) c.4.50 Shostakovich arr Krzysztof Meyer Prelude and Fugue no.5 in D major, Op.87'5 Music by Bach, Bizet and Strauss. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Thursday - Ravel's Daphnis Et Chloe | 20220818 | Penny Gore presents, including another chance to hear the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Conductor Andrew Gourlay conducts Ravel's complete ballet Daphnis and Chloe and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Kicking off the concert, a special commission from Hollywood legend, Danny Elfman. Plus today's Proms Artists' Choice and music by child prodigies. 2.15pm Danny Elfman: Wunderkammer Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofé) Interval c.3.00pm Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Simone Dinnerstein (piano) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Andrew Gourlay (conductor) The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain perform Gershwin and Ravel at the BBC Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Thursday - Vaughan Williams And Tippett | 20220721 | Ian Skelly introduces an afternoon focussing on the BBC Philharmonic's recent Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring the fourth symphonies of Vaughan Williams and Tippett. Plus Sir Andrew Davis with today's Proms Artist choice, and recent BBC Philharmonic recordings of music by Ruth Gipps. 2.00pm Walton: Orb and sceptre - coronation march John Storgards, conductor Purcell: To Arms, Heroic Prince, from 'The Libertine, Z. 600'; Excerpts from 'Bonduca, Z. 574 Anna Prohaska, soprano Julia Böhme, contralto Richard Resch, tenor Nikolay Borchev, baritone La Folia Baroque Orchestra Robin-Peter Müller, violin and conductor Finzi: 5 Bagatelles Op.23 Mark Simpson, clarinet Richard Uttley, piano c.2.30pm Prom 6 (first broadcast live 19 July) - Part 1 of 2 Tippett: Symphony No. 4 Sir Andrew Davis, conductor c.3.10pm Proms Artist Choice: Sir Andrew Davies Finzi: Dies natalis Op.8 for voice and string orchestra Wilfred Brown, tenor English Chamber Orchestra Chrisopher Finzi, conductor c.3.35pm Prom 6 (first broadcast live 19 July) - Part 2 of 2 c.4.35pm Gipps: Cringlemire Garden Gipps: Ambervalia Rumon Gamba, conductor The BBC Philharmonic play music by Vaughan Williams and Tippett at the BBC Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Thursday - Yu Kosuge Plays Ravel | 20220303 | Presented by Ian Skelly. In today's 3pm concerto, the Japanese pianist Yu Kosuge joins the BBC SO for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G. The orchestra also play music by Piazzolla and Schumann's 'Rhenish' symphony. Plus Scarlatti and Sarri from Vienna, and Bach from Melk, and DAVID HILL conducts the BBC Singers in new studio recording of music by ELIZABETH MACONCHY. Mel Bonis: Suite Orientale BBC Symphony Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) A Scarlatti Sinfonia Avanti la Serenata 'Clori, Dorino e Amore Sarri: Recorder Concerto in A minor Ensemble 1700 Dorothee Oberlinger, (recorder and direction) Maconchy: Two Epitaphs - Our life is nothing by a winter's day ; As the tree falls DAVID HILL (conductor) Piazzolla: Tangazo - variaciones sobra Buenos Aires Dalia Stasevska (conductor) c. 3pm Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Yu Kosuge (piano) Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) Petr Wajsar: Prague Metamorphoses Prague Symphony Orchestra Tomas Brauner (conductor) Smetana Hall, Municipal House, Prague 7/5/21 JS Bach: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150, cantata Aldona Bartnik sop Francesca Cassinari sop Nausicaa Nisati contralto Raffaele Giordani tenor Salvo Vitale bass La Risonanza Fabio Bonizzoni Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 ‘Rhenish' in Eb Op.97 Sakari Oramo (conductor) Japanese pianist Yu Kosuge plays Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Tuesday - A Prom For Royal Occasions | 20220726 | Ian Skelly introduces an afternoon of performance which includes the chance to hear the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra combine forces to present a varied selection of music for royal occasions at the Proms. Plus a Prom Artist choice of music and listener suggestions. Michael Tippett: Birthday Suite for Prince Charles Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti, conductor BBC PROM 'Music for Royal Occasions Arthur Bliss: ‘Jubilant' Fanfare George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest William Walton: Coronation March ‘Orb and Sceptre Edward Elgar: O hearken thou, op. 64 William Harris: The Windsor Dances (arr. Jonathan Manners) King Henry VIII of England: Pastime with good company Benjamin Britten: Courtly Dances from ‘Gloriana Hubert Parry: Coronation Anthem ‘I Was Glad INTERVAL. Proms Guest: Charyl Frances-Hoad Judith Weir: Piano Concerto William Howard, piano The Schubert Ensemble John Ireland: Epic March Judith Weir: I love all beauteous things William Byrd: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth Charles Villiers Stanford: Coronation Gloria in B flat George Frideric Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 – Overture Water Music, Suite No. 1 – II: Adagio e staccato Water Music, Suite No. 1 – V: Air. Water Music, Suite No. 1 – XI: Alla Hornpipe Ralph Vaughan Williams: Silence and Music Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Your Servant, Elizabeth (BBC commission: world premiere) Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major Barry Wordsworth, conductor A royal Prom fest from the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Tuesday - Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto | 20220517 | This week Afternoon Concert features piano concertos and early music from Madrid. Today's concerto is Beethoven's Piano Concerto no.3, performed by Kirill Gerstein with the NDR Elbphilharmonie conducted by Alan Gilbert. Plus Antoine Tamestit is soloist in Berlioz's Harold in Italy and the Ulster Orchestra perform Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. Presented by Penny Gore. 2pm Rossini Overture from The Barber of Seville Rafael Payare (conductor) c.2.10 Berlioz Harold en Italie - symphony for viola and orchestra, Op.16 Antoine Tamestit (viola) Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble Marc Minkowski (conductor) c.2.50 Josquin Salve Regina a 5 Stile Antico 3pm Beethoven Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, Op.37 Kirill Gerstein (piano) NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Alan Gilbert (conductor) c.3.35 Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1945) Dinis Sousa (conductor) c.4.15 Jacquet of Mantua Dum vastos Adriae fluctus c.4.25 Gyorgy Kurtag …quasi una Fantasia..., Op.27'1 c.4.35 Marianne Martinez Sant'Elena al Calvario - 2 arias (Raggio di luce: Nel mirar quell sasso amato) Ilona Domnich (soprano) BBC Concert Orchestra Jane Glover (conductor) Music by Beethoven, Berlioz and Stravinsky. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Tuesday - John Wilson, Sinfonia Of London | 20220719 | Presented by Ian Skelly. Today's Prom features John Wilson conducting his new super-orchestra, the Sinfonia of London, in an all-British programme. Adam Walker plays Huw Watkins' s Flute Concerto and the Prom culminates in Elgar's ever-popular Enigma Variations. Plus today's Proms Artist choice in the interval of the Prom. 2.00pm Elgar: Sursum corda (Elevation) Op.11 for brass, organ and string orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra John Wilson, conductor Frank Ferko: Reflection on Thomas Tallis' If ye love me for chorus ORA Singers Suzi Digby, conductor c.2.13pm Prom 2 (first broadcast live on 16 July) - Part 1 of 2 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis(15 mins) Huw Watkins: Flute Concerto Bax: Tintagel Adam Walker, flute c.3.45pm Proms Artist Choice: Adam Walker Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E Flat 'Symphony of a Thousand': I. Hymnus, Veni Creator Christine Brewer (soprano), Soile Isokoski, Juliane Banse (sopranos), Birgit Remmert, Jane Henschel (mezzos), Jon Villars (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) & John Relyea (bass) CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, Toronto Children's Choir, London Symphony Chorus City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Simon Rattle, conductor c.4.50pm Prom 2 (first broadcast live on 16 July) - Part 2 of 2 Walton: Partita for Orchestra Elgar: ‘Enigma' Variations Another chance to hear the recent Prom with John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Tuesday - Kit Armstrong Plays Mozart | 20220301 | With Ian Skelly. Continuing this week's series of concertos at 3pm, the young American pianist Kit Armstrong joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mozart's Piano Concerto No.20, and Dalia Stasevska conducts the orchestra in Dawson's Negro Symphony. Plus new recordings from the BBC Singers and DAVID HILL, and more music from the early music group Ars Antiqua Austria. Ryan Latimer: Antiarkie for orchestra Pierre André Valade (conductor) Mayr: Suite in D, from 'Pythagorisches Schmids-Füncklein Gustav Holst: Four Partsongs (ed. Imogen Holst): Imogen Holst: A Hymne to Christ DAVID HILL (conductor) Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin KBS Symphony Orchestra Francisco Valero-Terribas (conductor) c. 3pm Mozart: Piano Concerto in D Minor No.20 K466 Kit Armstrong (piano) Anja Bihlmaier (conductor) Mayr: Suite in D minor, from 'Pythagorisches Schmids-Füncklein Ars Antique Austria Dawson: Folk Symphony Dalia Stasevska (conductor) Kit Armstrong plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Tuesday - Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances | 20220816 | Presented by Penny Gore. Including another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms in the premiere of Julian Anderson's Symphony No 2 and Martinu's Concerto for Two Pianos with the Labequès. Plus today's Proms Artists' Choice. c.2.25pm Julian Anderson: Symphony No. 2, ‘Prague Panoramas' [BBC co-commission: world premiere of complete symphony] Bohuslav Martinů: Concerto for Two Pianos Interval c.3.35 Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos) Semyon Bychkov (conductor) The BBC SO and Semyon Bychkov perform Rachmaninov, Anderson and Martinu at the BBC Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Tuesday - Sea Sketches At The Proms | 20220802 | Presented by Penny Gore. Another chance to hear the recent Prom with Andrew Manze, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and a programme of sea-themed music culminating in Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony in the composers' 150th anniversary year. Carwithen: Bishop Rock Grace Williams: Sea Sketches INTERVAL Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) Elizabeth Llewellyn, soprano Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Chorus of Wales Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a sea-themed Prom. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Tuesday - Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra | 20220809 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. Another chance to hear the recent Prom with the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson performing a symphony by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, Chopin's Second Piano Concerto with soloist Anna Fedorova, and Brahms's Fourth Symphony. Valentin Silvestrov: Symphony No. 7 Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Ludwig van Beethoven: ‘Abscheulicher! … Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern' (Fidelio) Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano) Anna Fedorova (piano) Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor) Plus the Proms Artist Choice feature – in which a Proms 2022 performer or conductor introduces a favourite work – and listener requests. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra in Chopin and Silvestrov. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Also Sprach Zarathustra | 20220615 | Ian Skelly introduces performances by the SWR Symphony Orchestra, including Richard Strauss's tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra. Plus there's music by Messiaen, Franck, Korngold and Ruth Gipps, alongside highlights from the recent Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival. Ruth Gipps - Chanticleer Overture BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Olivier Messiaen - Les Offrandes oubliées, Alexandre Kantorow (piano) Teodor Currentzis (conductor) c. 2.20 Cesar Franck - Les Eolides BBC Symphony Orchestra Chris Hopkins (conductor) c. 2.30 Erich Korngold - Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 Fedor Rudin (violin) Yi-Chen Lin (conductor) 3pm Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra Robert Trevino (conductor) 3.40 Duke Ellington / Juan Tizol arr. Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann - Caravan 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic The SWR Symphony Orchestra perform Richard Strauss's tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique | 20220817 | Penny Gore presents another chance to hear the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Ryan Bancroft in their recent Prom performing Gavin Higgins's Concerto Grosso, with the Tredegar Band, and Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. Plus today's Proms Artists' Choice. 2pm Gavin Higgins: Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra (BBC commission: world premiere) c.2.35pm Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op 14 Ryan Bancroft (conductor) The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Ryan Bancroft plus Tredegar Band. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Blomstedt Conducts Stenhammar | 20220309 | More music from women composers, as well as opera arias by Handel and Vivaldi Presented by PENNY GORE Following on from yesterday's International Women's Day, we've a rare baroque aria from Bianca Maria Meda, as well as Vivaldi and Handel. There are two contrasting concertos: Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto and a lyrical, turn-of-the-century work by Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar 2.00pm Cari musici Hana BlažÃková, soprano Hathor Consort Romina Lischka, viola da gamba and conductor Farà la mia spada, from 'La Virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio, overo Il Tigrane, RV 740 Senti bell'idol mio, from 'Silla, HWV 10 Cristina Segura, mezzo-soprano Ensemble Exclamatio Robert Plane, clarinet BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thomas Sondergard, conductor 3.00 Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 23 Martin Sturfält, piano Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Claude Vivier Wo bist du Licht! Tuuri Dede, mezzo-soprano Göteborg Symphony Orchestra Barbara Hannigan, conductor More music from women composers, as well as Handel and Vivaldi. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Dido At The Proms | 20220727 | Ian Skelly introduces music for the afternoon, including another chance to hear La Nuova Musica in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas from last Tuesday at this year's Proms. Plus music suggested by Ian's Prom guest and listeners' suggestions. Henry Purcell: Fantasia Upon One Note Z735 Fretwork Hector Berlioz: 'Royal Hunt and Storm' from 'The Trojans Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Bernard Haitink, conductor BBC PROM Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Alice Coote - Dido James Newby - Aeneas Gemma Summerfield - Belinda Madeleine Shaw - Sorceress Nardus Williams - Second Woman Nicky Spence - Sailor Tim Mead - Spirit La Nuova Muisca Choir David Bates, harpsichord/conductor Alice Coote and James Newby as Purcell's tragic lovers at this year's Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Grieg's Peer Gynt Suites | 20220316 | This week, Afternoon Concert features Scandinavian symphonic music - today it's the turn of Grieg's ever-popular Peer Gynt Suites, performed by the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Pietari Inkinen. There's also Weber's Second Clarinet Concerto played by soloist Nicholas Carpenter with the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Bramwell Tovey, and music from Delius, Purcell and Lehar. Presented by FIONA TALKINGTON. ELIZABETH MACONCHY Proud Thames - Coronation Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra ANDREW DAVIS (conductor) Clarinet Concerto no.2 Nicholas Carpenter (clarinet) Bramwell Tovey (conductor) Chaconne in G minor, Z.730 Concentus Musicus Wien Stefan Gottfried (conductor) Daybreak (Florida Suite) Franz Lehar Lippen schweigen, closing waltz from 'The Merry Widow Camilla Nylund (soprano) Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) Dresden Philharmonic Marek Janowski (conductor) Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2 Pietari Inkinen (conductor) Pavane Franz Lehar Gold and silver - waltz Op.79 Music by Grieg, Purcell, Delius and Carl Maria von Weber Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Leif Ove Andsnes At The Bbc Proms | 20220810 | Another chance to hear Leif Ove Andsnes direct the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in a full programme of Mozart, including his Piano Concertos No 20 in D minor and No 22 in E flat. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture - The Marriage of Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Plus the Proms Artist Choice feature, in which a Proms 2022 performer or conductor introduces a favourite work, and listener requests. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Leif Ove Andsnes directs the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in a full programme of Mozart. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Peer Gynt Suites | 20220316 | This week, Afternoon Concert features Scandinavian symphonic music - today it's the turn of Grieg's ever-popular Peer Gynt Suites, performed by the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Pietari Inkinen. There's also Weber's Second Clarinet Concerto played by soloist Nicholas Carpenter with the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Bramwell Tovey, and music from Delius, Purcell and Lehar. Presented by PENNY GORE. ELIZABETH MACONCHY Proud Thames - Coronation Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra ANDREW DAVIS (conductor) Clarinet Concerto no.2 Nicholas Carpenter (clarinet) Bramwell Tovey (conductor) Chaconne in G minor, Z.730 Concentus Musicus Wien Stefan Gottfried (conductor) Daybreak (Florida Suite) Franz Lehar Lippen schweigen, closing waltz from 'The Merry Widow Camilla Nylund (soprano) Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) Dresden Philharmonic Marek Janowski (conductor) Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2 Pietari Inkinen (conductor) Pavane Franz Lehar Gold and silver - waltz Op.79 Music by Grieg, Purcell, Delius and Carl Maria von Weber. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Rite Of Spring | 20220803 | Penny Gore introduces another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra's recent Prom, as Martyn Brabbins conducts the orchestra in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and they're joined by Tom Borrow for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G. The Prom begins with a tribute to Harrison Birtwistle who died in April. Birtwistle: Sonance Severance 2000 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Xenakis: Jonchaies INTERVAL Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Tom Borrow, piano Martyn Brabbins, conductor Martyn Brabbins conducts Stravinsky at the BBC Proms. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Saint-sa\u00ebns Organ Symphony | 20220406 | Featuring performance by French orchestras - today it's the turn of the French National Orchestra, joined by Olivier Latry for Saint-Saëns' mighty Organ Symphony. Plus Strauss's Metamorphosen, and the UK premiere broadcast of the 5 Klavierstucke by Johanna Muller-Hermann. Presented by Ian Skelly 2pm Strauss Metamorphosen KBS Symphony Orchestra Sascha Goetzel (conductor) c.2.40 Johanna Muller-Hermann 5 Klavierstucke Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano) c.3pm Saint-Saëns Symphony no.3 in C minor, Op.78 ‘Organ Olivier Latry (organ) Cristian Măcelaru (conductor) c.3.45 Nicola Fago Alla gente a dio Diletta (Il Faraone sommerso) Jakub Jozef Orlinski (countertenor) Il Pomo d'Oro Zefira Valova (conductor) Music by Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Strauss and Johanna Muller-Hermann Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| Wednesday - Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony In Spain | 20220525 | Ian Skelly introduces more music making from Spain, including Shostakovich and Ravel from Madrid with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Pablo González and pianist Yeol Eum Son; and from Barcelona, the Casals Quartet playing Haydn. Plus the BBC National Orchestra of Wales playing Prokofiev. Including: Prokofiev: Love For Three Oranges (Suite) Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd, conductor Anselm Ferrer: Lamentatio - 2. Sabbato Sancto Cererols Choir Marc DÃaz, conductor Haydn: Quartet in D Op20/4 3.00 Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 Pablo González, conductor Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Yeal Eum Son, piano Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez conducts the RTVE Symphony Orchestra. Pianist Yeol Eum Son performs Ravel. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |