BBC Proms

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
		20050802		..Guardian Young Composers' Concert. Music by some of the UK's most talented young composers in a concert from Cadogan Hall, featuring winning pieces from the seventh competition.
		20050802		Guardian Young Composers' Concert. Music by some of the UK's most talented young composers in a concert from Cadogan Hall, featuring winning pieces from the seventh competition. Guardian Young Composers' Concert. Music by some of the UK's most talented young composers in a concert from Cadogan Hall, featuring winning pieces from the seventh competition.
		20060724		BBC Proms Composer Portrait George Benjamin Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Following the UK premiere of his work Dance Figures, George Benjamin talks to Christopher Cook about his music and introduces performances of his chamber works. Piano Figures (nos. 3,4,5,6) Viola, Viola George Benjamin (piano) Catherine Bullock and Juliet Jopling (viola) BBC Proms Composer Portrait George Benjamin Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Following the UK premiere of his work Dance Figures, George Benjamin talks to Christopher Cook about his music and introduces performances of his chamber works. Piano Figures (nos. 3,4,5,6) Viola, Viola George Benjamin (piano) Catherine Bullock and Juliet Jopling (viola)
	2008, Prom 2: Bbc Concert Orchestra, Nigel Kennedy, Prom 2 - Christmas Repeat	20081225		BBC Concert Orchestra under Paul Daniel in Bax and Finzi, and Nigel Kennedy in Elgar. Martin Handley presents performances from the BBC Proms 2008. The BBC Concert Orchestra under Paul Daniel accompanies tenor Andrew Kennedy in a celtic tone-poem by Bax and Finzi's setting of Wordsworth. Plus the much-anticipated return to the Royal Albert Hall of maverick violinist Nigel Kennedy for a performance of Elgar's Violin Concerto. Andrew Kennedy (tenor) bbc concert orchestra bbc symphony chorus elgar: violin concerto finzi: intimations of immortality nigel kennedy (violin) paul daniel (conductor) bax: the garden of fand BBC Concert Orchestra under Paul Daniel in Bax and Finzi, and Nigel Kennedy in Elgar. BBC Concert Orchestra under Paul Daniel in Bax and Finzi, and Nigel Kennedy in Elgar. Martin Handley presents performances from the BBC Proms 2008. The BBC Concert Orchestra under Paul Daniel accompanies tenor Andrew Kennedy in a celtic tone-poem by Bax and Finzi's setting of Wordsworth. Plus the much-anticipated return to the Royal Albert Hall of maverick violinist Nigel Kennedy for a performance of Elgar's Violin Concerto. Andrew Kennedy (tenor) bbc concert orchestra bbc symphony chorus elgar: violin concerto. finzi: intimations of immortality nigel kennedy (violin) paul daniel (conductor) bax: the garden of fand
	2008, Prom 26: The King's Singers		20081226	The King's Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary year with an Anglo-French programme. Presented by Brian Kay, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The King's Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary year at the 2008 Proms with a wide-ranging Anglo-French programme. From Lassus to Bridge they perform a variety of French Renaissance madrigals, Victorian part-songs and English folk songs, as well as a selection of Poulenc's Chansons francaises. And British composer John McCabe brings a contemporary note with his Scenes in America deserta - commissioned by and dedicated to the ensemble. Poulenc: Chansons francaises, Op 130 (selection) bridge: the goslings english folk songs: hobbs: phillis is my only joy janequin: la guerre victorian part songs: john mccabe: scenes in america deserta french renaissance madrigals: lassus: dessus le marche d'arras lassus: toutes les nuits passereau: il est bel et bon rogers: hears not my phyllis trad. arr. b chilcott: greensleeves trad. g langford: blow away the morning dew trad. g langford: widdicombe fair trad. p lawson: the turtle dove trad. se lovatt: the little green lane The King's Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary year with an Anglo-French programme. Presented by Brian Kay, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The King's Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary year at the 2008 Proms with a wide-ranging Anglo-French programme. From Lassus to Bridge they perform a variety of French Renaissance madrigals, Victorian part-songs and English folk songs, as well as a selection of Poulenc's Chansons francaises. And British composer John McCabe brings a contemporary note with his Scenes in America deserta - commissioned by and dedicated to the ensemble. Poulenc: Chansons francaises, Op 130 (selection) bridge: the goslings english folk songs: hobbs: phillis is my only joy janequin: la guerre victorian part songs: john mccabe: scenes in america deserta french renaissance madrigals: lassus: dessus le marche d'arras lassus: toutes les nuits passereau: il est bel et bon rogers: hears not my phyllis trad. arr. b chilcott: greensleeves trad. arr. g langford: blow away the morning dew trad. arr. g langford: widdicombe fair. trad. arr. p lawson: the turtle dove trad. arr. se lovatt: the little green lane The King's Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary year with an Anglo-French programme.
	2008, Prom 3: Nigel Kennedy Quintet		20090101	A Prom featuring Nigel Kennedy and his Polish-based jazz quintet NKQ. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from the BBC Proms 2008 season featuring Nigel Kennedy and his Polish-based jazz quintet NKQ. Since moving to Poland a few years ago, Kennedy has teamed up with some of the country's finest jazz musicians. In this performance his Quintet are joined for a guest appearance by jazz-funk-soul fusion singer Xantone Blacq. Nigel Kennedy (violin) adam kowalewski (double bass) pawel dobrowolski (percussion) piotr wylezol (piano) tomasz grzegorski (saxophone) xantone blacq (vocals) A Prom featuring Nigel Kennedy and his Polish-based jazz quintet NKQ. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from the BBC Proms 2008 season featuring Nigel Kennedy and his Polish-based jazz quintet NKQ. Since moving to Poland a few years ago, Kennedy has teamed up with some of the country's finest jazz musicians. In this performance his Quintet are joined for a guest appearance by jazz-funk-soul fusion singer Xantone Blacq. Nigel Kennedy (violin) adam kowalewski (double bass) pawel dobrowolski (percussion) piotr wylezol (piano) tomasz grzegorski (saxophone) xantone blacq (vocals). A Prom featuring Nigel Kennedy and his Polish-based jazz quintet NKQ.
	2008, Prom 30: Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales		20081223	An America-focused Prom, with works by Torke, Adams, Bernstein and Ellington. Presented by Geoffrey Smith, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. A concert of 20th-century Americana featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under the baton of Kristjan Jarvi. To mark the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing tonight, Jarvi launches the programme with Michael Torke's Javelin, written for the 1994 games, which is followed by John Adams's evocation of Richard Nixon's visit to China in the 1970s. Young cellist Han-Na Chang joins the orchestra for Three Mediations from Bernstein's personal and thought-provoking theatre piece Mass, while New York finally comes to town with a jazz work by Duke Ellington. Han-Na Chang (cello) John Adams: the chairman dances bbc national orchestra of wales bernstein: three meditations (mass) ellington: harlem. kristjan jarvi (conductor) michael torke: javelin An America-focused Prom, with works by Torke, Adams, Bernstein and Ellington. An America-focused Prom, with works by Torke, Adams, Bernstein and Ellington. Presented by Geoffrey Smith, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. A concert of 20th-century Americana featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under the baton of Kristjan Jarvi. To mark the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing tonight, Jarvi launches the programme with Michael Torke's Javelin, written for the 1994 games, which is followed by John Adams's evocation of Richard Nixon's visit to China in the 1970s. Young cellist Han-Na Chang joins the orchestra for Three Mediations from Bernstein's personal and thought-provoking theatre piece Mass, while New York finally comes to town with a jazz work by Duke Ellington. Han-Na Chang (cello) bbc national orchestra of wales bernstein: three meditations (mass) ellington: harlem. john adams: the chairman dances kristjan jarvi (conductor) michael torke: javelin
	2008, Prom 32: Bbc Singers		20081222	Organist James O'Donnell performs Messiaen's Messe de la Pentecote. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. James O'Donnell puts the organ of the Royal Albert Hall through its paces in one of the landmarks of 20th-century repertoire for the instrument, Messiaen's Messe de la Pentecôte, which draws musical inspiration from birdsong and concludes with a shattering depiction of pentecostal tongues of fire engulfing the Apostles. Alongside it, sacred French music for the same church feast from an earlier tradition: a Renaissance mass by Pierre de Manchicourt, a composer who, though little known today, ended his life as master of the royal chapel of Philip II of Spain and who no less a figure than Orlando Lassus called a 'distinguished and excellent composer of music'. James O'Donnell (organ) andrew carwood (conductor) olivier messiaen: messe de la pentecôte bbc singers interspersed with pierre de manchicourt: missa veni sancte spiritus Organist James O'Donnell performs Messiaen's Messe de la Pentecote. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. James O'Donnell puts the organ of the Royal Albert Hall through its paces in one of the landmarks of 20th-century repertoire for the instrument, Messiaen's Messe de la Pentecôte, which draws musical inspiration from birdsong and concludes with a shattering depiction of pentecostal tongues of fire engulfing the Apostles. Alongside it, sacred French music for the same church feast from an earlier tradition: a Renaissance mass by Pierre de Manchicourt, a composer who, though little known today, ended his life as master of the royal chapel of Philip II of Spain and who no less a figure than Orlando Lassus called a 'distinguished and excellent composer of music'. James O'Donnell (organ) andrew carwood (conductor) olivier messiaen: messe de la pentecôte bbc singers interspersed with pierre de manchicourt: missa veni sancte spiritus. Organist James O'Donnell performs Messiaen's Messe de la Pentecote.
	2008, Prom 36: Rachmaninov Vespers		20081224	The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier perform Rachmaninov's Vespers. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. Rachmaninov's Vespers, his heartfelt setting of the Orthodox All-Night Vigil, is performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and its outgoing chief conductor and artistic director Paul Hillier. Written shortly before the composer emigrated, the piece is based on chants of the Russian Orthodox Church, evoking the rich, expressive choral sound of his native land. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Paul Hillier (conductor) rachmaninov: all-night vigil (vespers) The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier perform Rachmaninov's Vespers. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. Rachmaninov's Vespers, his heartfelt setting of the Orthodox All-Night Vigil, is performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and its outgoing chief conductor and artistic director Paul Hillier. Written shortly before the composer emigrated, the piece is based on chants of the Russian Orthodox Church, evoking the rich, expressive choral sound of his native land. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Paul Hillier (conductor) rachmaninov: all-night vigil (vespers) The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier perform Rachmaninov's Vespers. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. Rachmaninov's Vespers, his heartfelt setting of the Orthodox All-Night Vigil, is performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and its outgoing chief conductor and artistic director Paul Hillier. Written shortly before the composer emigrated, the piece is based on chants of the Russian Orthodox Church, evoking the rich, expressive choral sound of his native land. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir paul hillier (conductor) rachmaninov: all-night vigil (vespers). The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier perform Rachmaninov's Vespers.
	2008, Prom 38: Daniel Barenboim - West-eastern Divan, Prom 38 - Christmas Repeat	20081226		Austrian classics performed by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the 2008 BBC Proms. Presented by Martin Handley. A concert given as part of the 2008 BBC Proms by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under its founder-conductor Daniel Barenboim, in what was their third appearance at the Royal Albert Hall. They combine an austere masterpiece by Schoenberg with a quirky, sunny piece by Haydn with Brahms's final symphony. Ramon Ortega Quero (oboe) Daniel Barenboim (conductor) haydn: sinfonia concertante in b flat brahms: symphony no 4 in e minor guy braunstein (violin) hassan moataz el molla (cello) mor biron (bassoon) schoenberg: variations for orchestra west-eastern divan orchestra Austrian classics performed by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the 2008 BBC Proms. Presented by Martin Handley. A concert given as part of the 2008 BBC Proms by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under its founder-conductor Daniel Barenboim, in what was their third appearance at the Royal Albert Hall. They combine an austere masterpiece by Schoenberg with a quirky, sunny piece by Haydn with Brahms's final symphony. Ramon Ortega Quero (oboe) brahms: symphony no 4 in e minor. daniel barenboim (conductor) haydn: sinfonia concertante in b flat guy braunstein (violin) hassan moataz el molla (cello) mor biron (bassoon) schoenberg: variations for orchestra west-eastern divan orchestra Austrian classics performed by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the 2008 BBC Proms.
	2008, Prom 56: Rautavaara And Tavener		20081230	With Rautavaara's Cantus arcticus and the premiere of Tavener's Cantus mysticus. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. A concert given as part of the BBC Proms 2008 featuring Einojuhani Rautavaara's most popular work - a soundscape for taped birdsong and orchestra, set against John Tavener's early cantata The Whale, the work that the London Sinfonietta premiered at its first concert 40 years ago. The programme concludes with the UK premiere of Tavener's Cantus mysticus, which uses texts by Goethe Dante and Buddhist scripture to explore the creative feminine element in the divine. Patricia Rozario (soprano) David Wilson-johnson (baritone) david atherton (conductor) einojuhani rautavaara: cantus arcticus john tavener: cantus mysticus (uk premiere); the whale london sinfonietta london sinfonietta chorus mark van de wiel (clarinet) susan bickley (mezzo-soprano) With Rautavaara's Cantus arcticus and the premiere of Tavener's Cantus mysticus. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. A concert given as part of the BBC Proms 2008 featuring Einojuhani Rautavaara's most popular work - a soundscape for taped birdsong and orchestra, set against John Tavener's early cantata The Whale, the work that the London Sinfonietta premiered at its first concert 40 years ago. The programme concludes with the UK premiere of Tavener's Cantus mysticus, which uses texts by Goethe Dante and Buddhist scripture to explore the creative feminine element in the divine. Patricia Rozario (soprano) david atherton (conductor) einojuhani rautavaara: cantus arcticus david wilson-johnson (baritone) john tavener: cantus mysticus (uk premiere); the whale. london sinfonietta london sinfonietta chorus mark van de wiel (clarinet) susan bickley (mezzo-soprano) With Rautavaara's Cantus arcticus and the premiere of Tavener's Cantus mysticus.
	2008, Prom 57: Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Prom 57 - Repeat	20090105		BBC Proms 2008: New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel perform Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky. BBC Proms 2008: New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel perform Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky. BBC Proms 2008: New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel perform Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky. Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom in which the New York Philharmonic and its music director Lorin Maazel perform a work jointly commissioned from Steven Stucky by the orchestra and the BBC. This is followed by a performance of Gershwin's jazz-inspired Piano Concerto, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Stravinsky's seminal ballet The Rite of Spring. Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) gershwin: piano concerto in f lorin maazel (conductor) steven stucky: rhapsodies (bbc/nypo co-commission) new york philharmonic stravinsky: the rite of spring plus a look at a proms chamber music concert from 1997 and a concert by polyphony, including: part: 7 advent antiphons.
	2008, Prom 58: Ravel, Bartok, Tchaikovsky, Prom 58 - Repeat	20090106		Proms 2008: The New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel in Ravel, Bartok and Tchaikovsky. Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom given by the New York Philharmonic under music director Lorin Maazel, in which they perform music from two great 20th century ballets and a symphony by the 19th century's greatest ballet composer. The concert begins with Ravel's fairy tale-inspired Mother Goose, which began life as an amusement at the piano, and was developed into an orchestral ballet score. This is followed by Bartok's ballet The Miraculous Mandarin, a dark tale of robbery, passion and murder, with a colourful orchestral score, as well as Tchaikovsky's powerful Fourth Symphony, exploring the theme of Fate. New York Philharmonic bartok: the miraculous mandarin suite lorin maazel (conductor) ravel: mother goose suite tchaikovsky: symphony no 4 plus a proms chamber music concert from 2000, and a piano duet recital by steven osborne and Paul Lewis, including: schubert: fantasia in f minor, d940 Proms 2008: The New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel in Ravel, Bartok and Tchaikovsky. Proms 2008: The New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel in Ravel, Bartok and Tchaikovsky. Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom given by the New York Philharmonic under music director Lorin Maazel, in which they perform music from two great 20th century ballets and a symphony by the 19th century's greatest ballet composer. The concert begins with Ravel's fairy tale-inspired Mother Goose, which began life as an amusement at the piano, and was developed into an orchestral ballet score. This is followed by Bartok's ballet The Miraculous Mandarin, a dark tale of robbery, passion and murder, with a colourful orchestral score, as well as Tchaikovsky's powerful Fourth Symphony, exploring the theme of Fate. New York Philharmonic bartok: the miraculous mandarin suite lorin maazel (conductor) ravel: mother goose suite tchaikovsky: symphony no 4 plus a proms chamber music concert from 2000, and a piano duet recital by steven osborne and paul lewis, including: schubert: fantasia in f minor, d940.
	2008, Prom 60: Lang Lang		20081231	Chinese pianist Lang Lang in music by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Schubert and Debussy. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Petroc Trelawny presents a BBC Proms concert given in 2008 by Chinese pianist Lang Lang, who performs a solo recital in typical high-octane style. This popular programme features some of his favourite composers and a duet performance with the nine-year-old pianist he has dubbed 'little Mozart'. Lang Lang (piano) chopin: grande polonaise brilliante, op 22 debussy: la fille aux cheveux de lin; les collines d'anacapri (preludes, book 1) liszt, transcr. horowitz: hungarian rhapsody no 2, s244. marc yu (piano) mozart: piano sonata no 13 in b flat, k333 rachmaninov: preludes: in g minor, op 23 no 5; in b flat, op 23 no 2 schubert: fantasia in f minor, d940 - for piano duet traditional chinese: moonlight reflections; spring dance Chinese pianist Lang Lang in music by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Schubert and Debussy. Chinese pianist Lang Lang in music by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Schubert and Debussy. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Petroc Trelawny presents a BBC Proms concert given in 2008 by Chinese pianist Lang Lang, who performs a solo recital in typical high-octane style. This popular programme features some of his favourite composers and a duet performance with the nine-year-old pianist he has dubbed 'little Mozart'. Lang Lang (piano) chopin: grande polonaise brilliante, op 22 debussy: la fille aux cheveux de lin; les collines d'anacapri (preludes, book 1) liszt, transcr. horowitz: hungarian rhapsody no 2, s244. marc yu (piano) mozart: piano sonata no 13 in b flat, k333 rachmaninov: preludes: in g minor, op 23 no 5; in b flat, op 23 no 2 schubert: fantasia in f minor, d940 - for piano duet traditional chinese: moonlight reflections; spring dance
	2008, Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius, Prom 62 - Repeat	20090107		BBC Proms 2008: Colin Davis conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Nikolaj Znaider. Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom in which by the young players of the Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra, are led by Colin Davis in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider, as well as Sibelius' much-loved symphony. Nikolaj Znaider (violin) Colin Davis (conductor) beethoven: violin concerto in d gustav mahler jugendorchester sibelius: symphony no 2 in d plus music from a proms chamber music concert from 1999, with the baritone David Wilson-johnson and members of the orchestra of the age of enlightenment. including: rameau: aquilon et arithie BBC Proms 2008: Colin Davis conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Nikolaj Znaider. Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom in which by the young players of the Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra, are led by Colin Davis in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider, as well as Sibelius' much-loved symphony. Nikolaj Znaider (violin) Colin Davis (conductor) beethoven: violin concerto in d gustav mahler jugendorchester sibelius: symphony no 2 in d plus music from a proms chamber music concert from 1999, with the baritone David Wilson-johnson and members of the orchestra of the age of enlightenment. including: rameau: aquilon et arithie BBC Proms 2008: Colin Davis conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Nikolaj Znaider. BBC Proms 2008: Colin Davis conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Nikolaj Znaider. Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom in which by the young players of the Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra, are led by Colin Davis in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider, as well as Sibelius' much-loved symphony. Nikolaj Znaider (violin) colin davis (conductor) beethoven: violin concerto in d gustav mahler jugendorchester sibelius: symphony no 2 in d plus music from a proms chamber music concert from 1999, with the baritone david wilson-johnson and members of the orchestra of the age of enlightenment. including: rameau: aquilon et arithie.
	2008, Prom 63: Motets, Chansons Ragas, Messiaen		20081225	A concert featuring Messiaen's Cinq rechants plus motets, chansons and Indian night ragas. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. A performance of Messiaen's Cinq rechants - a work which draws its inspiration from a mixture of Sanskrit texts, traditional Indian rhythms, Renaissance polyphony and ancient tales and mythology, creating a sensual, vocally virtuosic and highly charged synthesis of styles and language. The opening sequence likewise weaves together music of the East and West. Nishat Khan joins the BBC Singers in a short sequence of French Renaissance motets and chansons - exploring the season of spring and the erotic imagery associated with it - woven around improvised classical Indian ragas, echoing the mood of Messiaen. And Nishat Khan concludes the programme with a selection of night ragas, chosen according to the mood of the occasion. Motets and chansons by Claudin de Sermisy, Jean Richafort, Antoine Brumel and Claude Le Jeune, interspersed with Indian ragas David Hill (conductor). bbc singers messiaen: cinq rechants natasha ahmad (tanpura) night ragas nishat khan (sitar) rashid mustafa thirak (tabla) A concert featuring Messiaen's Cinq rechants plus motets, chansons and Indian night ragas. A concert featuring Messiaen's Cinq rechants plus motets, chansons and Indian night ragas. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. A performance of Messiaen's Cinq rechants - a work which draws its inspiration from a mixture of Sanskrit texts, traditional Indian rhythms, Renaissance polyphony and ancient tales and mythology, creating a sensual, vocally virtuosic and highly charged synthesis of styles and language. The opening sequence likewise weaves together music of the East and West. Nishat Khan joins the BBC Singers in a short sequence of French Renaissance motets and chansons - exploring the season of spring and the erotic imagery associated with it - woven around improvised classical Indian ragas, echoing the mood of Messiaen. And Nishat Khan concludes the programme with a selection of night ragas, chosen according to the mood of the occasion. Motets and chansons by Claudin de Sermisy, Jean Richafort, Antoine Brumel and Claude Le Jeune, interspersed with Indian ragas bbc singers david hill (conductor). messiaen: cinq rechants natasha ahmad (tanpura) night ragas nishat khan (sitar) rashid mustafa thirak (tabla)
	2008, Prom 64: Wagner, Messiaen, 29/12/2008		20081229	The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle perform Wagner and Messiaen. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. From the BBC Proms 2008, the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle in two works based on the tragic story of the forbidden love between the Cornish knight Tristan and Isolde the Irish princess. Wagner's own concert version of the overture to his great opera of love and death combined with the final aria of his heroine is followed by the centrepiece of Messiaen's trilogy on the same subject: the monumental Turangalila Symphony. Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Simon Rattle (conductor) wagner: prelude and liebestod (tristan und isolde) berlin philharmonic messiaen: turangalila symphony tristan murail (ondes martenot) The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle perform Wagner and Messiaen. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. From the BBC Proms 2008, the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle in two works based on the tragic story of the forbidden love between the Cornish knight Tristan and Isolde the Irish princess. Wagner's own concert version of the overture to his great opera of love and death combined with the final aria of his heroine is followed by the centrepiece of Messiaen's trilogy on the same subject: the monumental Turangalila Symphony. Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Simon Rattle (conductor) wagner: prelude and liebestod (tristan und isolde) berlin philharmonic messiaen: turangalila symphony tristan murail (ondes martenot) The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle perform Wagner and Messiaen. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. From the BBC Proms 2008, the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle in two works based on the tragic story of the forbidden love between the Cornish knight Tristan and Isolde the Irish princess. Wagner's own concert version of the overture to his great opera of love and death combined with the final aria of his heroine is followed by the centrepiece of Messiaen's trilogy on the same subject: the monumental Turangalila Symphony. Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) berlin philharmonic messiaen: turangalila symphony. simon rattle (conductor) wagner: prelude and liebestod (tristan und isolde) tristan murail (ondes martenot) The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle perform Wagner and Messiaen.
	2008, Prom 65: Brahms, Shostakovich, 30/12/2008		20081230	The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle in Brahms's Symphony No 3, plus Shostakovich. Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given as part of the BBC Proms 2008 by the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle, featuring symphonic masterpieces by Brahms and Shostakovich. The opening three chords of Brahms's Third Symphony announce the motto on the notes F A F 'frei aber froh' (free but joyful). A motto, or musical signature, can also be heard in the finale of Shostakovich's Symphony No 10, written soon after the death of Joseph Stalin. Berlin Philharmonic Simon Rattle (conductor) brahms: symphony no 3 shostakovich: symphony no 10 The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle in Brahms's Symphony No 3, plus Shostakovich. Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given as part of the BBC Proms 2008 by the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle, featuring symphonic masterpieces by Brahms and Shostakovich. The opening three chords of Brahms's Third Symphony announce the motto on the notes F A F 'frei aber froh' (free but joyful). A motto, or musical signature, can also be heard in the finale of Shostakovich's Symphony No 10, written soon after the death of Joseph Stalin. Berlin Philharmonic Simon Rattle (conductor) brahms: symphony no 3 shostakovich: symphony no 10 The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle in Brahms's Symphony No 3, plus Shostakovich. The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle in Brahms's Symphony No 3, plus Shostakovich. Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given as part of the BBC Proms 2008 by the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle, featuring symphonic masterpieces by Brahms and Shostakovich. The opening three chords of Brahms's Third Symphony announce the motto on the notes F A F 'frei aber froh' (free but joyful). A motto, or musical signature, can also be heard in the finale of Shostakovich's Symphony No 10, written soon after the death of Joseph Stalin. Berlin Philharmonic shostakovich: symphony no 10. simon rattle (conductor) brahms: symphony no 3
	2008, Prom 71: Turnage, Mahler, Prom 71: Turnage, Mahler - Christmas Repeat		20090101	Chicago SO/Haitink in Mark-Anthony Turnage's Chicago Remains and Mahler's Symphony No 6. Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under its principal conductor Bernard Haitink as part of the BBC Proms 2008 season. Famous for his interpretations of Mahler, Haitink conducts the composer's massive Sixth Symphony, preceded by a recent piece by Mark-Anthony Turnage. Turnage takes as his inspiration not only the city's unique orchestra, but also the work of Chicago poet Carl Sandburg. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) mark-anthony turnage: chicago remains (european premiere) mahler: symphony no 6 Chicago SO/Haitink in Mark-Anthony Turnage's Chicago Remains and Mahler's Symphony No 6. Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under its principal conductor Bernard Haitink as part of the BBC Proms 2008 season. Famous for his interpretations of Mahler, Haitink conducts the composer's massive Sixth Symphony, preceded by a recent piece by Mark-Anthony Turnage. Turnage takes as his inspiration not only the city's unique orchestra, but also the work of Chicago poet Carl Sandburg. Chicago Symphony Orchestra bernard haitink (conductor) mark-anthony turnage: chicago remains (european premiere) mahler: symphony no 6. Chicago SO/Haitink in Mark-Anthony Turnage's Chicago Remains and Mahler's Symphony No 6.
	2008, Prom 72: Mozart, Shostakovich, Prom 72: Mozart, Shostakovich - Christmas Repeat		20090102	Murray Perahia and Chicago SO under Bernard Haitink in Mozart, plus Shostakovich. Petroc Trelawny presents one of the hottest concerts in the BBC Proms 2008 season, which featured the return of pianist Murray Perahia to the festival after an absence of more than 20 years when he joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His collaborations with conductor Bernard Haitink are always keenly anticipated, and his recordings of Mozart's concertos are world-famous. Haitink also conducts the symphony Shostakovich himself suppressed fearing the wrath of Stalin's regime - it remained unperformed for a quarter of a century. Murray Perahia (piano) Bernard Haitink (conductor) mozart: piano concerto no 24 in c minor, k491 chicago symphony orchestra shostakovich: symphony no 4 Murray Perahia and Chicago SO under Bernard Haitink in Mozart, plus Shostakovich. Petroc Trelawny presents one of the hottest concerts in the BBC Proms 2008 season, which featured the return of pianist Murray Perahia to the festival after an absence of more than 20 years when he joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His collaborations with conductor Bernard Haitink are always keenly anticipated, and his recordings of Mozart's concertos are world-famous. Haitink also conducts the symphony Shostakovich himself suppressed fearing the wrath of Stalin's regime - it remained unperformed for a quarter of a century. Murray Perahia (piano) Bernard Haitink (conductor) mozart: piano concerto no 24 in c minor, k491 chicago symphony orchestra shostakovich: symphony no 4 Murray Perahia and Chicago SO under Bernard Haitink in Mozart, plus Shostakovich. Murray Perahia and Chicago SO under Bernard Haitink in Mozart, plus Shostakovich. Petroc Trelawny presents one of the hottest concerts in the BBC Proms 2008 season, which featured the return of pianist Murray Perahia to the festival after an absence of more than 20 years when he joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His collaborations with conductor Bernard Haitink are always keenly anticipated, and his recordings of Mozart's concertos are world-famous. Haitink also conducts the symphony Shostakovich himself suppressed fearing the wrath of Stalin's regime - it remained unperformed for a quarter of a century. Murray Perahia (piano) bernard haitink (conductor) mozart: piano concerto no 24 in c minor, k491 chicago symphony orchestra shostakovich: symphony no 4.
	2008, Prom 74: Pintscher, Mahler, Prom 74 - Repeat	20090109		With Catherine Bott. BBC Proms 2008: Pintscher: Herodiade Fragmente; Mahler: Symphony No 1 Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a Prom in which the Orchestre de Paris and conductor Christoph Eschenbach pair early Mahler with a major work by Matthias Pintscher, who is considered to be one of the most arresting compositional voices of our time. American soprano Marisol Montalvo sings Pintscher's Herodiade Fragments, based on texts by the French Symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme. Like Mahler before him, Pintscher pushes to the limits the relationship between the human voice and the huge orchestra at his disposal. Orchestre de Paris christoph eschenbach (conductor) matthias pintscher: herodiade-fragmente mahler: symphony no 1 followed by a look back at the 1998 proms chamber music season, and a piano recital by thomas ades, including: janacek: in the mists marisol montalvo (soprano) with catherine bott. bbc proms 2008: pintscher: herodiade fragmente; mahler: symphony no 1 With Catherine Bott. BBC Proms 2008: Pintscher: Herodiade Fragmente; Mahler: Symphony No 1 Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a Prom in which the Orchestre de Paris and conductor Christoph Eschenbach pair early Mahler with a major work by Matthias Pintscher, who is considered to be one of the most arresting compositional voices of our time. American soprano Marisol Montalvo sings Pintscher's Herodiade Fragments, based on texts by the French Symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme. Like Mahler before him, Pintscher pushes to the limits the relationship between the human voice and the huge orchestra at his disposal. Orchestre de Paris christoph eschenbach (conductor) matthias pintscher: herodiade-fragmente mahler: symphony no 1 followed by a look back at the 1998 proms chamber music season, and a piano recital by thomas ades, including: janacek: in the mists marisol montalvo (soprano) With Catherine Bott. BBC Proms 2008: Pintscher: Herodiade Fragmente; Mahler: Symphony No 1 Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a Prom in which the Orchestre de Paris and conductor Christoph Eschenbach pair early Mahler with a major work by Matthias Pintscher, who is considered to be one of the most arresting compositional voices of our time. American soprano Marisol Montalvo sings Pintscher's Herodiade Fragments, based on texts by the French Symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme. Like Mahler before him, Pintscher pushes to the limits the relationship between the human voice and the huge orchestra at his disposal. Orchestre de Paris christoph eschenbach (conductor) matthias pintscher: herodiade-fragmente followed by a look back at the 1998 proms chamber music season, and a piano recital by thomas ades, including: janacek: in the mists. marisol montalvo (soprano) With Catherine Bott. BBC Proms 2008: Pintscher: Herodiade Fragmente; Mahler: Symphony No 1
	2008, Prom 76: Last Night Of The Proms, Prom 76: Last Night Christmas Repeat	20081231		Roger Norrington is master of ceremonies in the Last Night of the BBC Proms 2008. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Roger Norrington is master of ceremonies for the traditional festivities of the Last Night of the 2008 Proms season. Star turns are provided by bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, who brings operatic heroes and villains vividly to life, and French pianist Helene Grimaud, soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. The celebrations also include Anna Meredith's nation-hopping commission, entitled froms, as well as a lyrical work from anniversary composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Beethoven: Overture (The Creatures of Prometheus) Roger Norrington (conductor) anna leese, sophie bevan (sopranos) anna meredith: froms (bbc commission; world premiere) arne, arr. elgar: jerusalem arne, arr. sargent: rule, britannia! bbc singers bbc symphony chorus bbc symphony orchestra beethoven: fantasia in c minor for piano, chorus and orchestra (choral fantasy) cora burggraaf (mezzo-soprano) denza, arr. rimsky-korsakov: funiculi, funicula elgar: pomp and circumstance march no 1 helene grimaud (piano) henry wood: fanfares jonathan lemalu (bass-baritone) nathan vale, joshua ellicott (tenors) parry, orch. elgar: jerusalem puccini: tre sbirri, una carrozza (tosca, act 1) roger norrington (conductor) the national anthem bryn terfel (bass-baritone) trad, arr. chris hazell: folk song medley: the turtle dove (england); loch lomond (scotland); cariad cyntaf (wales); molly malone (ireland) (bbc commission; world premiere) vaughan williams: sea songs vaughan williams: silent noon verdi: ehi paggio!... l'onore ladri!' (falstaff, act 1) wagner: wie todesahnung damm'rung... o du, mein holder abendstern (tannhauser, act 3) beethoven: overture (the creatures of prometheus) Roger Norrington is master of ceremonies in the Last Night of the BBC Proms 2008. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Roger Norrington is master of ceremonies for the traditional festivities of the Last Night of the 2008 Proms season. Star turns are provided by bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, who brings operatic heroes and villains vividly to life, and French pianist Helene Grimaud, soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. The celebrations also include Anna Meredith's nation-hopping commission, entitled froms, as well as a lyrical work from anniversary composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Beethoven: Overture (The Creatures of Prometheus) anna leese, sophie bevan (sopranos) anna meredith: froms (bbc commission; world premiere) arne, arr. sargent: rule, britannia! bbc singers bbc symphony chorus bbc symphony orchestra beethoven: fantasia in c minor for piano, chorus and orchestra (choral fantasy) cora burggraaf (mezzo-soprano) denza, arr. rimsky-korsakov: funiculi, funicula elgar: pomp and circumstance march no 1 helene grimaud (piano) henry wood: fanfares jonathan lemalu (bass-baritone) nathan vale, joshua ellicott (tenors) parry, orch. elgar: jerusalem puccini: tre sbirri, una carrozza (tosca, act 1) roger norrington (conductor). the national anthem bryn terfel (bass-baritone) trad, arr. chris hazell: folk song medley: the turtle dove (england); loch lomond (scotland); cariad cyntaf (wales); molly malone (ireland) (bbc commission; world premiere) vaughan williams: sea songs vaughan williams: silent noon verdi: ehi paggio!... l'onore ladri!' (falstaff, act 1) wagner: wie todesahnung damm'rung... o du, mein holder abendstern (tannhauser, act 3) Roger Norrington is master of ceremonies in the Last Night of the BBC Proms 2008.
	2008, Prom 8: Obrecht, Josquin Desprez		20090102	The Tallis Scholars perform mass settings by Ockeghem, Obrecht and Desprez. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips, perform mass settings by two masters of the Renaissance. Both settings are based on the melody of the chanson Malheur me bat (Misfortune has struck me), whose original text is lost and which is performed here to a specially commissioned version by French poet Jacques Darras. Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips (conductor) ockeghem: malheur me bat josquin desprez: missa malheur me bat. obrecht: missa malheur me bat The Tallis Scholars perform mass settings by Ockeghem, Obrecht and Desprez. The Tallis Scholars perform mass settings by Ockeghem, Obrecht and Desprez. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips, perform mass settings by two masters of the Renaissance. Both settings are based on the melody of the chanson Malheur me bat (Misfortune has struck me), whose original text is lost and which is performed here to a specially commissioned version by French poet Jacques Darras. Tallis Scholars josquin desprez: missa malheur me bat. obrecht: missa malheur me bat peter phillips (conductor) ockeghem: malheur me bat
	2008, Proms 2008: Puccini - Il Tabarro		20081229	A performance of Puccini's Il tabarro with an international cast and the BBC Philharmonic. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Part of a Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2008 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. In August, 2008 Gianandrea Noseda celebrated Puccini's 150th anniversary by conducting the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers and an international cast in a concert performance of his one-act opera Il tabarro. Puccini: Il tabarro (concert performance; sung in Italian) Barbara Frittoli (Giorgetta) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) alastair miles (il talpa) allan clayton (a song-vendor) barry banks (il tinca) bbc philharmonic bbc singers edgaras montvidas (young lover) jane henschel (la frugola) katherine broderick (young lover) lado ataneli (michele) miro dvorsky (luigi) A performance of Puccini's Il tabarro with an international cast and the BBC Philharmonic. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Part of a Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2008 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. In August, 2008 Gianandrea Noseda celebrated Puccini's 150th anniversary by conducting the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers and an international cast in a concert performance of his one-act opera Il tabarro. Puccini: Il tabarro (concert performance; sung in Italian) Barbara Frittoli (Giorgetta) alastair miles (il talpa) allan clayton (a song-vendor) barry banks (il tinca) bbc philharmonic bbc singers edgaras montvidas (young lover) gianandrea noseda (conductor). jane henschel (la frugola) katherine broderick (young lover) lado ataneli (michele) miro dvorsky (luigi) A performance of Puccini's Il tabarro with an international cast and the BBC Philharmonic.
	2009, 19/08/2009	20090819		Sara Mohr-Pietsch and composer Fraser Trainer, one of the judges, present a guide to 2009's BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition. They track how winners were selected, through visiting workshops and group sessions. There's a report on the premieres of the resulting works at the Royal College of Music with the Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon. For 2009, the winners have the added challenge of composing a new work for the Last Night of the Proms. Sara Mohr-Pietsch profiles the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition 2009.
	2009, Last Night Of The Proms 2009		20091231	From the BBC Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents the festivities of the Last Night of the Proms. In charge of proceedings in September was American principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson. The programme includes music by three of BBC Radio 3's Composers of the Year 2009: a concerto by Haydn, played by former New Generation Artist Alison Balsom, a famous lament by Purcell, sung by Sarah Connolly, and orchestral fireworks by Handel. Oliver Knussen's opening Flourish with Fireworks is complemented by fanfares specially written by six young Proms Inspire composers. And there's fun and games in memory of Gerard Hoffnung with Malcom Arnold's uproarious piece which includes vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and rifles all played by guest celebrities. Oliver Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks Purcell, arr. Henry Wood: New Suite Purcell: Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament); With drooping wings ye cupids come (Dido and Aeneas) Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Villa-Lobos: Choros No 10 (Rasga o Coracao) Arnold: A Grand, Grand Overture Ketelbey: In a Monastery Garden Piazzolla: Libertango Gershwin, arr. Barry Forgie: They can't take that away from me (Shall We Dance) BBC Proms Inspire composers: Fireworks Fanfares Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (excerpts) Arne, arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia! Parry: Jerusalem Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 The National Anthem Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Alison Balsom (trumpet) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus David Robertson (conductor). David Robertson conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the Last Night of the Proms 2009.
	2009, Prom 02: Haydn's Creation, Prom 02: Haydn's Creation	20090718		From the Royal Albert Hall, Louise Fryer introduces a spectacular performance of Haydn's Creation oratorio. Paul McCreesh conducts a huge vocal ensemble in a re-creation of the giant versions that Haydn himself directed in the last decade of his life. Haydn: The Creation (sung in English - ed. Paul McCreesh/Timothy Roberts) Gabriel.... Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Eve.... Sophie Bevan (soprano) Uriel.... Mark Padmore (tenor) Raphael.... Neal Davies (bass) Adam.... Peter Harvey (bass) Chetham's Chamber Choir Members of the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir Gabrieli Consort and Players Paul McCreesh (conductor). Paul McCreesh conducts a spectacular performance of Haydn's Creation oratorio.
	2009, Prom 03: Stan Tracey, Prom 03: Stan Tracey	20090718		Presented by Geoffrey Smith from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Almost two centuries after Haydn celebrated God's glorious work in The Creation, Stan Tracey - known to his fans as the Godfather of British Jazz - also went back to the beginning, brilliantly. The former Ted Heath Orchestra member and longtime resident pianist at Ronnie Scott's brings his 1987 ode to creation to the BBC Proms for the first time. Stan Tracey: Genesis Stan Tracey and his Orchestra. Stan Tracey and his Orchestra perform Tracey's 1987 jazz masterpiece Genesis.
	2009, Prom 05: Mahler's 9th Symphony, Prom 05: Mahler's 9th	20090720		From the Royal Albert Hall, Bernard Haitink conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 9. Begun in the summer of 1909, Mahler's last completed symphony was written at a time of crisis, following the loss of a daughter, his forced resignation from the Vienna Court Opera, the diagnosis of his own fatal heart disease and the breakdown of his marriage. Yet while the first movement is permeated by premonitions of death and the last fades away into nothingness, the enduring impression is one of resigned, even joyful acceptance of man's fate. One of the world's great Mahler interpreters, Haitink celebrates both his 80th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his UK debut in 2009. Bernard Haitink conducts the LSO in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 9.
	2009, Prom 06: Haydn, Macmillan, Prom 06: Bbc Singers/boyd	20090720		From the Royal Albert Hall, Douglas Boyd directs a performance of two powerful sacred works. Haydn's Seven Last Words were commissioned by Cadiz Cathedral for performance on Good Friday 1786. Haydn regarded these orchestral meditations upon Christ's Crucifixion as among his most successful works. He quickly arranged the music for piano and string quartet and later adapted it as a cantata. Two centuries later, James MacMillan's Seven Last Words was commissioned by BBC Television and shown in nightly instalments during Holy Week 1994. Revived to mark the composer's 50th birthday, this powerfully dramatic cantata is underscored by echoes of plainsong, Bach chorales and traditional Scottish laments. Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Renata Pokupic (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Darren Jeffery (bass-baritone) BBC Singers Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd (conductor) Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross. Manchester Camerata. Haydn: The Seven Last Words. James MacMillan: Seven Last Words.
	2009, Prom 11: David Titterington	20090725		David Titterington takes to the Royal Albert Hall's Willis organ to perform Elgar's grand sonata composed in 1895 for Worcester Cathedral's new organist Hugh Blair to play for a group of visiting Americans. The so-called Second Sonata is in fact a free transcription by Ivor Atkins, Blair's successor, of the Severn Suite, compiled from youthful sketches by the elderly Elgar in 1930. The transatlantic connection is continued in Peter Dickinson's Blue Rose Variations, in which the British composer, born in the year of Elgar's death, takes a famous tune by Edward MacDowell and gives it a blues and ragtime spin. David Titterington (organ) Elgar, arr. Atkins: Organ Sonata No 2 Peter Dickinson: Blue Rose Variations Elgar: Organ Sonata No 1 in G. David Titterington (organ). Elgar: Organ Sonatas. Peter Dickinson: Blue Rose Variations.
	2009, Prom 17: Bach Motets	20090728	20091221	From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Petroc Trelawny introduces John Eliot Gardiner and his hand-picked choir and ensemble performing a selection of Bach motets. Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Bach; Komm, Jesu, Komm!, BWV229; Furchte dich nicht, BWV228; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV227; Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV225. Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner in Bach motets Presented by Catherine Bott. A late-night Prom in which John Eliot Gardiner and his hand-picked choir and ensemble perform some of Bach's motets. While Bach's great Passions languished unheard for almost a century after his death, his motets continued to be sung by the Leipzig choirs for which they were written. The concert features four of them, including Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing to the Lord a new song), a work which had even Mozart exclaiming, 'Now, there's a piece one can learn from'. Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm!, BWV229; Furchte dich nicht, BWV228; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV227; Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV225 Followed by two solo performances from the 2009 Proms New Generation Artist weekend. Violinist Alina Ibragimova plays Bach's Partita No 3 in E, BWV 1006, while Maxim Rysanov performs Bach's Suite No 4 in E flat, BWV1010 in an arrangement for the viola. The Monteverdi Choir under John Eliot Gardiner perform four Bach motets.
	2009, Prom 22 - Mgm Musicals	20090801		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. John Wilson and his hand-picked Orchestra celebrate the MGM musical with songs from unforgettable movie classics, including The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St Louis, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, High Society, Gigi and Singin' in the Rain. Remarkably, although the original orchestral parts were lost when the studio destroyed its music library to make way for a car park, Wilson has succeeded in reconstructing the scores by painstakingly transcribing each soundtrack by ear. He is joined by starry singers from the classical and musical theatre worlds, as well as by the elite Maida Vale Singers Kim Criswell (singer) Sarah Fox (soprano) Thomas Allen (baritone) Curtis Stigers (singer) Seth MacFarlane (singer) The John Wilson Orchestra John Wilson (conductor). John Wilson and his Orchestra celebrate MGM film musicals with songs from movie classics.
	2009, Prom 27 - Harrison Birtwistle Celebration	20090804		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp. The London Sinfonietta and Harrison Birtwistle have formed a close bond over the last four decades. Under the baton of their co-founder David Atherton, Sinfonietta revisit three of the composer's early works - all of which the ensemble originally premiered. One of the themes of this year's season is 1934, England at the Crossroads, the year Birtwistle was born, and a turning point for British music in the 20th century. Verses for Ensemble showcases the virtuosity of the ensemble with brass, wind and percussion all vying for the listener's attention. In Silbury Air and Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum, Birtwistle explores the mysterious and the mechanical with imaginary landscapes and colliding musical ideas. David Atherton (conductor) Harrison Birtwistle: Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum; Silbury Air; Verses for Ensembles. The London Sinfonietta celebrates Harrison Birtwistle's music with three virtuosic works.
	2009, Prom 27: Harrison Birtwistle 75th Birthday Prom		20091229	From the BBC Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents a late-night Prom marking the 75th birthday of composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle given at the Royal Albert Hall in August. The London Sinfonietta and Birtwistle have formed a close bond over the past four decades, and under the baton of their co-founder David Atherton, they revisit three of the composer's early works - all of which the ensemble originally premiered. Verses for Ensemble showcases the virtuosity of the ensemble with brass, wind and percussion all vying for the listener's attention. In Silbury Air and Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum, Birtwistle explores the mysterious and the mechanical with imaginary landscapes and colliding musical ideas. Harrison Birtwistle: Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum; Silbury Air; Verses for Ensembles David Atherton (conductor). Petroc Trelawny presents a Prom marking the 75th birthday of Sir Harrison Birtwistle.
	2009, Prom 3: Stan Tracey		20091224	Catherine Bott presents a late-night jazz Prom from the opening weekend of the 2009 season, in which the great pianist and composer Stan Tracey - known to his fans as the Godfather of British Jazz - recreates the biblical version of the Big Bang as a big band suite. Stan Tracey and his Orchestra Stan Tracey: Genesis. The great pianist Stan Tracey and his orchestra perform his jazz masterpiece Genesis.
	2009, Prom 37 - Philip Glass	20090812		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp. In the first Prom devoted exclusively to the music of American minimalist composer Philip Glass, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus are joined by violinist Gidon Kremer and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, both long-term advocates of Glass' music. Harmonic, pulsing and with constant repetition of small figures or phrases, minimalism blossomed from a small underground movement on the west coast of the United States in the 1960s, becoming one of the most popular forms of late 20th century music. Philip Glass, one of its early pioneers, is one of the most prolific, influential and instantly identifiable composers of our age. This concert showcases two of his most important works for full orchestra: his first major orchestral score - the Violin Concerto of 1987 - and the Toltec Symphony of 2004, which takes its title from the ancient pre-Columbian culture that reigned in Mesoamerica long before the coming of the Europeans. Gidon Kremer (violin) Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) Philip Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (A Toltec Symphony - UK premiere). A Prom devoted to Philip Glass' music. Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (UK premiere)
	2009, Prom 37: Philip Glass		20091228	From the BBC Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents a concert devoted exclusively to the music of American minimalist composer Philip Glass. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus are joined by violinist Gidon Kremer and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, both long-term advocates of Glass's music. Harmonic, pulsing and with constant repetition of small figures or phrases, minimalism blossomed from a small underground movement on the west coast of the United States in the 1960s to becoming one of the most popular forms of late 20th-century music. Philip Glass, one of its early pioneers, is one of the most prolific, influential and instantly identifiable composers of our age. This Prom showcases two of his most important works for full orchestra: his first major orchestral score - the Violin Concerto of 1987 - and the Toltec Symphony of 2004, which takes its title from the ancient pre-Columbian culture that reigned in Mesoamerica long before the coming of the Europeans. Philip Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (A Toltec Symphony) Gidon Kremer (violin) Dennis Russell Davies (conductor). Petroc Trelawny presents a concert devoted to works by minimalist composer Philip Glass.
	2009, Prom 45 - Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain	20090818		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp. The all-singing, all strumming players of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain make their Proms debut with a specially-devised programme including a rendition of the Last Night favourite, Jerusalem, by Parry, plus Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries and the March from The Dambusters. During Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, they invite ukulele playing members of the audience at the Royal Albert Hall and at home to join in. Listeners can prepare for this by playing along with the tutorials at bbc.co.uk/proms. Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain make their Proms debut.
	2009, Prom 45: Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain		20091230	From the BBC Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in a specially devised programme including the Last Night favourite Jerusalem, Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, popular songs and the Dambusters March. Plus the massed rendition of Beethoven's Ode to Joy given by the orchestra and around 1,000 audience members in the Royal Albert Hall. Petroc Trelawny presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in a special programme.
	2009, Prom 49 - West-eastern Divan Orchestra	20090821		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra play Mendelssohn's Octet and Berg's musical monument to friendship. The ensemble includes Daniel Baremboim's violinist son Michael and his pianist protege Karim Said, a relative of the orchestra's co-founder, the late Edward Said. Michael Barenboim (violin) Karim Said (piano) Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Mendelssohn: Octet Berg: Chamber Concerto. Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform music by Mendelssohn and Berg.
	2009, Prom 54 - Michael Nyman	20090825		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Now best known for his soundtracks to such movies as The Piano, Gattaca and Wonderland, Michael Nyman started out as a musicologist, editing scores by Handel and Purcell. Nyman makes his Proms debut with his band performing selections from some of his best-known scores and the world premiere of a piece specially commissioned by the BBC for this concert. Anu Komsi (soprano) Michael Nyman Band Michael Nyman (director/piano) Michael Nyman: The Draughtsman's Contract (excerpts); The Musicologist Scores (BBC commission: world premiere); Blume; Psalm (Six Celan Songs); Memorial (The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover). Michael Nyman and his band perform excerpts from his film soundtracks and a world premiere
	2009, Prom 58 - Andriessen, Martland, De Bondt	20090828		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp. A high-intensity Prom featuring some of the world's best wind players, including the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, who celebrates the music of iconoclastic Dutch composer Louis Andriessen's with his minimalist masterpiece De Staat (The State). It is followed by a work by Andriessen's English pupil Steve Martland, written for the last big Purcell anniversary in 1995. The concert ends with Doors Closed, a belated London premiere of a 1980s classic by a leading Dutch pupil of Andriessen's, Cornelis de Bondt. It is a musical ritual of death superimposing the funeral march from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony on the famous Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Lucas Vis (conductor) Bart Schneemann (conductor) Louis Andriessen: De staat Steve Martland: Beat the Retreat Cornelis de Bondt: Doors Closed (London premiere). The Netherlands Wind Ensemble in music by Andriessen, Steve Martland and Cornelis de Bondt
	2009, Prom 58: Netherlands Wind Ensemble		20091222	Catherine Bott presents a high-intensity late-night Prom given by some of the world's best wind players. The Netherlands Wind Ensemble perform Steve Martland's Beat the Retreat, a work written for the last big Purcell anniversary in 1995. In celebration of the 70th birthday of Martland's iconoclastic teacher, Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, there is the minimalist masterpiece De Staat (The State). The concert ends with Doors Closed, a belated London premiere for a 1980s classic by a leading Dutch pupil of Andriessen's, Cornelis de Bondt. It is a musical ritual of death superimposing the funeral march from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony on the famous Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Steve Martland: Beat the Retreat Louis Andriessen: De Staat Cornelis de Bondt: Doors Closed Lucas Vis (conductor) Bart Schneemann (conductor) - De Bondt only. Netherlands Wind Ensemble perform Steve Martland, Louis Andriessen and Cornelis de Bondt. Catherine Bott presents a high-intensity late-night Prom given by some of the world's best wind players. The Netherlands Wind Ensemble perform Steve Martland's Beat the Retreat, a work written for the last big Purcell anniversary in 1995. In celebration of the 70th birthday of Martland's iconoclastic teacher, Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, there is the minimalist masterpiece De Staat (The State). The concert ends with Doors Closed, a belated London premiere for a 1980s classic by a leading Dutch pupil of Andriessen's, Cornelis de Bondt. It is a musical ritual of death superimposing the funeral march from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony on the famous Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Steve Martland: Beat the Retreat Louis Andriessen: De Staat Cornelis de Bondt: Doors Closed Lucas Vis (conductor) Bart Schneemann (conductor) - De Bondt only. Netherlands Wind Ensemble perform Steve Martland, Louis Andriessen and Cornelis de Bondt.
	2009, Prom 60: Martha Argerich		20100102	In a performance from the BBC Proms 2009 pianist Martha Argerich, performs Ravel's jazz-inspired concerto. Ravel reappears as the orchestrator of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and the programme begins with an exotic work composed in 1979 by the Frenchman, Claude Viver. Huge orchestral forces conjure up the immensity of the cosmos and the piece suggests that human nature is just as vast and unfathomable. Martha Argerich (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor) Vivier: Orion Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Prokofiev: Symphonic Suite (The Love for Three Oranges) Musorgsky, orch Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition. Martha Argerich and the Royal Philharmonic in Ravel. Plus Mussorgsky and Prokofiev.
	2009, Prom 66 - Nash Ensemble	20090904		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp. The Nash Ensemble and Diego Masson celebrate the 80th birthday of American composer George Crumb with three hauntingly beautiful pieces. To mark the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission to the moon, mezzo-soprano Hilary Summers sings Night of the Four Moons, a work composed by Crumb during the Apollo 11 flight. Crumb often incorporates theatre into his work and Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale) draws inspiration from the songs of humpback whales for which the three performers on stage are required to wear masks to efface their human presence. Soprano Claire Booth leads a septet of performers in Ancient Voices of Children, a highly expressive cycle set to verses by Federico Garcia Lorca. Claire Booth (soprano) Hilary Summers (mezzo-soprano) Diego Masson (conductor) George Crumb: Night of the Four Moons; Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale); Ancient Voices of Children. Nash Ensemble in Crumb: Night of the Four Moons; Vox balaenae; Ancient Voices of Children.
	2009, Prom 71	20090908		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. A performance of two of Peter Maxwell Davies' most important choral works. Westerlings imagines the early Norse settlers colonising Orkney in the 8th century. In one of the most virtuosic works in the entire choral repertoire, George Mackay Brown's poems are set alongside wordless seascapes, creating an enormously atmospheric piece which vividly evokes the cold and wet and hardships endured by the settlers rowing their longboats across the waters from Scandinavia. Sightings of whales and fish, waves and birds, culminate at landfall in a haunting setting of the Lord's Prayer, sung in the old Norse of ancient Orkney. This is followed by another piece with powerfully Orcadian roots - Solstice of Light, for chorus, organ and solo tenor - which sets more words by Brown, charting the whole history of the Orkney archipelago. It begins as the islands first emerge from seas and ice, then describes the prehistoric builders of cairns and stone circles; the Celtic men and women who bring a religion of dance and light; Viking marauders who murder the islands' own saint, Magnus; and finally the story is brought into our own times to those who would despoil the Orkneys in search of oil, minerals and uranium. Ed Lyon (tenor) David Goode (organ) BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Peter Maxwell Davies: Westerlings; Solstice of Light. A performance of Peter Maxwell Davies' choral works Westerlings and Solstice of Light.
	2009, Prom 71: Peter Maxwell Davies Celebration		20091223	Catherine Bott presents a concert given as part of the Proms' celebration of the 75th birthday of composer Peter Maxwell Davies, featuring a performance of two of his most important choral works. Westerlings imagines the early Norse settlers colonising Orkney in the 8th century. In one of the most virtuosic works in the entire choral repertoire, George Mackay Brown's poems are set alongside wordless 'seascapes', creating an enormously atmospheric piece which vividly conjures up the cold and wet and other hardships endured by the settlers, rowing their longboats across the waters from Scandinavia. Sightings of whales and fish, waves and birds, culminate - at landfall - in a haunting setting of the Lord's Prayer, sung in the old Norse of ancient Orkney. It is followed by another piece with powerfully Orcadian roots: Solstice of Light, for chorus, organ and solo tenor, sets more words by Brown charting the whole history of the Orkney archipelago. It begins as the islands first emerge from seas and ice, then describes the prehistoric builders of cairns and stone circles, the Celtic men and women who bring a religion of dance and light, Viking marauders who murder the islands' own saint - Magnus - and finally brings the story into our own times of those who would rape and despoil the Orkneys in search of the treasures of today - oil, minerals, uranium. Ed Lyon (tenor) David Goode (organ) BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Peter Maxwell Davies: Westerlings; Solstice of Light. BBC Singers/David Hill in Peter Maxwell Davies's Westerlings and Solstice of Light.
	2009, Prom 75	20090911		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp. East meets West as cellist Yo-Yo Ma returns with his cross-cultural Silk Road Ensemble, after their successful Proms debut in 2004, with more from this truly mesmerising musical journey - a mix of traditional and contemporary flavours, inspired by the ancient trade route which united China and Europe. Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma Various composers: Silk Road Suite Giovanni Sollima: The Taranta Project Angel Lam: Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain Trad, arr. Li Cang Sang and Wu Tong: Ambush from Ten Sides. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble perform contemporary and traditional music.
	2009, Prom 75: Silk Road Ensemble With Yo-yo Ma		20091226	From the BBC Proms 2009 season, the sounds of East meeting West with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his cross-cultural Silk Road Ensemble. They present a mix of traditional and contemporary flavours, inspired by the ancient trade route which united China and Europe and a perfect celebration of ten years of the ensemble. Various composers: Silk Road Suite Giovanni Sollima: The Taranta Project Angel Lam: Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain Trad., arr. Li Cang Sang, Wu Tong: Ambush from Ten Sides Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma. The sounds of East meeting West with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble. From the BBC Proms 2009 season, the sounds of East meeting West with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his cross-cultural Silk Road Ensemble. They present a mix of traditional and contemporary flavours, inspired by the ancient trade route which united China and Europe and a perfect celebration of ten years of the ensemble. Various composers: Silk Road Suite Giovanni Sollima: The Taranta Project Angel Lam: Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain Trad., arr. Li Cang Sang, Wu Tong: Ambush from Ten Sides Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma. The sounds of East meeting West with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble.
	2009, Proms Composer Portraits, Augusta Read Thomas	20090909		Andrew McGregor talks to American composer Augusta Read Thomas and introduces performances of her works. Musicians from the Royal College of Music ...A Circle Around the Sun... for violin, cello, and piano; Invocations, from Sun Threads for string quartet; Passion Prayers for solo cello and ensemble. Andrew McGregor talks to composer Augusta Read Thomas, with performances of her works.
	2009, Proms Composer Portraits, Jorg Widmann	20090729		Presented by Tom Service. In a discussion from the Royal College of Music, composer and clarrinettist Jörg Widmann talks about his new orchestral work, given its UK premiere at the 2009 BBC Proms, and introduces performances of some of his chamber works given by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Widmann: Air (UK premiere) Michael Kidd (horn) Widmann: Fünf Bruchstücke Victoria Kerby (clarinet) Timothy End (piano) Widmann: Fantasie Jörg Widmann (clarinet). Tom Service talks to Jörg Widmann and introduces performances of his orchestral work. Presented by Tom Service. In a discussion from the Royal College of Music, composer and clarrinettist Jörg Widmann talks about his new orchestral work, given its UK premiere at the 2009 BBC Proms, and introduces performances of some of his chamber works given by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Widmann: Air (UK premiere) Michael Kidd (horn) Widmann: Fünf Bruchstücke Victoria Kerby (clarinet) Timothy End (piano) Widmann: Fantasie Jörg Widmann (clarinet). Tom Service talks to Jörg Widmann and introduces performances of his orchestral work.
	2009, Proms Composer Portraits, Louis Andriessen	20090817		Andrew McGregor talks to Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and introduces performances of his chamber works. Andriessen: A Very Sharp Trumpet Sonata; A Very Sad Trumpet Sonata (UK premiere); Image de Moreau, for solo piano; Xenia, for solo violin; Bells for Haarlem (UK premiere) With musicians from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Andrew McGregor talks to Louis Andriessen and introduces performances of his chamber works
	2009, Proms Composer Portraits, Michael Jarrell	20090803		Presented by Tom Service. In a programme recorded at the Royal Northern College of Music, Swiss composer Michael Jarrell discusses his new Proms co-commission and introduces performances of some of his chamber works given by students from the Royal Northern College of Music. Michael Jarrell: Nachlese II, for violin and cello Michael Gurevich (violin) Philip Higham (cello) Michael Jarrell: Assonances VII, for solo percussion Toby Kearney (percussion). Michael Jarrell talks to Tom Service and introduces performances of his chamber works. Presented by Tom Service. In a programme recorded at the Royal Northern College of Music, Swiss composer Michael Jarrell discusses his new Proms co-commission and introduces performances of some of his chamber works given by students from the Royal Northern College of Music. Michael Jarrell: Nachlese II, for violin and cello Michael Gurevich (violin) Philip Higham (cello) Michael Jarrell: Assonances VII, for solo percussion Toby Kearney (percussion). Michael Jarrell talks to Tom Service and introduces performances of his chamber works.
	2009, Proms In The Park	20090912		Highlights from the five Proms in the Park events, taking place in Hyde Park, Hillsborough Castle, Glasgow Green, Singleton Park in Swansea and Buile Hill Park in Salford. Highlights from the Proms in the Park events, from England, N Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
	2009, Proms Plus, 13/08/2009	20090813		Christopher Cook discusses Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring with director of the Royal Ballet Monica Mason and choreographer Millicent Hodson, who has reconstructed Nijinsky's original choreography for the celebrated ballet. Christopher Cook discusses The Rite of Spring with Royal Ballet director Monica Mason.
	2009, Proms Plus, Agon	20090828		As part of a series celebrating Stravinsky's ballets, Louise Fryer is joined by composer Julian Anderson and Stravinsky biographer Stephen Walsh to discuss the composer's final example, Agon. Louise Fryer discusses Stravinsky's final ballet, Agon.
	2009, Proms Plus, Gianandrea Noseda/richard Wigley	20090806		Conductor Gianandrea Noseda and Richard Wigley, general manager of the BBC Philharmonic join Martin Handley to talk about their Italian-themed Prom. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda talks to Martin Handley to talk about his Italian-themed Prom.
	2009, Proms Plus, Handel's Samson	20090820		Catherine Bott is joined by conductor Harry Bicket and musicologist Dr Berta Joncas for an introduction to Handel's oratorio Samson. Catherine Bott and conductor Harry Bicket introduce Handel's oratorio Samson.
	2009, Proms Plus, Literary Composers	20090823		Susan Hitch is joined by broadcaster the Rev Richard Coles and novelist Janice Galloway talk to about the diaries, poetry and letters of their favourite composers. Richard Coles and Janice Galloway on the diaries and letters of their favourite composers.
	2009, Proms Plus, Middle-eastern Literature	20090822		Edward Stourton talks to Rana Mitter about how the literature of the Middle East has informed his understanding of the region - and selects his personal choice of readings. Edward Stourton discusses how Middle East literature has helped him understand the region.
	2009, Proms Plus, Partenope	20090719		Catherine Bott and the conductor of the 2009 Proms performance of Handel's opera Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Dr Suzanne Aspden from Oxford University discuss Handel's Partenope. Catherine Bott, Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Dr Suzanne Aspden discuss Handel's Partenope.
	2009, Proms Plus, Prom 64 Talk	20090903		Sara Mohr-Pietsch, with conductor Vladimir Jurowski and pianist Tamara Stefanovich, discusses Prom 64, which includes multiple piano works by Mozart and Zimmerman. Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Prom 64, with its multiple piano works by Mozart and Zimmerman
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Anniversary Composers	20090825		Sara Mohr-Pietsch hosts a discussion at the Royal College of Music about Radio 3's four anniversary composers in 2009 - Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn - with members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor Roger Norrington is joined by the OAE's principal oboist, Anthony Robson, and viola player Nicholas Logi. Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Radio 3's 2009 anniversary composers with members of the OAE.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Cultural Events Of 1934	20090726		Proms Literary Festival Rector of the Royal College of Art and former head of the Arts Council Christopher Frayling joins novelist DJ Taylor to discuss the wider importance of key cultural events in the year 1934, which saw the death of Holst and Delius, and the birth of Harrison Birtwistle and Peter Maxwell Davies. Among the topics they discuss are HG Wells's futuristic novel The Shape of Things to Come and the arrival of the Bauhaus designer emigres in Britain. Christopher Frayling and DJ Taylor discuss the key cultural events in the year 1934.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Fin-de-siecle Vienna	20090805		Proms Literary Festival Susan Hitch presents a programme recorded in front of an audience in which writer and film-maker Dennis Marks, and professor of modern German literature Karen Leeder, explore the literary legacy of fin-de-siecle Vienna - the world that surrounded Gustav Mahler. The Proms Literary Festival explores Gustav Mahler's fin-de-siecle Vienna.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Gilbert And Sullivan	20090811		In a discussion recorded in front of an audience, Ian McMillan explores the power of the partnership between Gilbert and Sullivan with writer Ian Bradley, author of a complete annoted version of their works. Ian McMillan explores the power of the partnership between Gilbert and Sullivan.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Mountain Writing	20090827		Proms Literary Festival Stephen Venables, the first Briton to climb Everest without supplementary oxygen, and Chris Smith, mountaineering enthusiast as well as former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, talk to Ian McMillan about their favourite mountain writing. Stephen Venables and Lord Smith tell Ian McMillan about their favourite mountain writing.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Samuel Johnson	20090812		In a programme recorded in front of a Proms audience, Ian McMillan is joined by Lynda Mugglestone of Pembroke College, Oxford, and journalist Matthew Parris to explore the myth and reality of Dr Samuel Johnson, and his continuing hold on the English language. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755, held centre stage in defining and describing the English language for at least 150 years until the publication of the Oxford English Dictionary. Personally unimposing - he was blind in one eye, deaf in one ear, and suffered from an assortment of physical tics which may have been Tourettes - Johnson rose from a modest background as the son of a bookseller in Uttoxeter to become one of the most quoted men of English letters. His idiosyncratic dictionary is laden with his own personality, and he refers to words like lunch as 'as much food as one's hands can hold' and lexicographer as 'a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original and detailing the signification of words'. Ian McMillan and Lynda Mugglestone explore the myth and reality of Samuel Johnson.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Sherlock Holmes	20090907		Author AN Wilson and BBC TV producer Steven Moffat talk to Matthew Sweet about the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes and his love of Mendelssohn. AN Wilson talks about the appeal of Sherlock Holmes and his love of Mendelssohn.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Tennyson	20090802		Proms Literary Festival Former poet laureate Andrew Motion introduces a personal choice of poems by another poet Laureate, Alfred Tennyson. Actress Fiona Shaw performs Andrew's choices, including excerpts from In Memoriam and The Lady of Shallot in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Andrew also talks to Matthew Sweet about Tennyson, revealing him to be a much stranger poet than is generally believed - a troubled figured, rhapsodic in his poetry, both antiquated and modern. In his life he was touched by great joy and tragedy, yet was always willing to grasp the great issues of the Victorian Age, of history, faith and evolution. Andrew Motion introduces a personal choice of Tennyson's poems. Readings are by Fiona Shaw
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Great Bollywood Stories	20090816		In a discussion in front of an audience as part of the Proms Literary Festival 2009, Rana Mitter is joined by writer Jamila Gavin and theatre director Jatinder Verma to discuss the appeal of the stories at the heart of Bollywood cinema, how they have changed over the years and their impact on rival film industries. Rana Mitter discusses the appeal of the stories at the heart of Bollywood cinema.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Ian Mcmillan On Don Quixote	20090911		Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote is one of fiction's best-loved characters and the hero of a book many consider a landmark of modern literature. The knight has featured in artworks by Dore, Dali and Picasso, and has been the inspiration for music by Telemann, Mendelssohn and Richard Strauss. Actor Andrew Sachs offers his own dramatic version of Quixote, spurred on by Ian McMillan and literary critic John Mullan's reflections on the character and his followers in the world of letters. Actor Andrew Sachs presents his own dramatic version of Quixote.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Music And Philosophy In Fin De Siecle Vienna	20090904		Susan Hitch invites philosophers Roger Scruton and AC Grayling to consider how iconoclastic thought found an echo in groundbreaking music in fin de siecle Vienna and how it resonates even today. What did Mahler owe to his study of Nietzsche? Were there many musicians who knew of and were inspired by Freud's Interpretation of Dreams when it appeared in 1899? And how did Wittgenstein respond to the music of late 19th century Vienna? The Austrian capital was a place of challenge and iconoclasm during this period and the boundaries between concert hall and study were blurring as thinkers and musicians re-evaluated the nature of human experience. Philosophers Roger Scruton and AC Grayling on intellectual life in fin de siecle Vienna.
	2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Victorian Villains	20090731		Proms Literary Festival In a programme recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, Matthew Sweet introduces dramatic readings celebrating the infamous villains from Victorian fiction and is joined on stage by award-winning biographer Michael Holroyd and writer Elaine Showalter. Matthew Sweet, Michael Holroyd and Elaine Showalter celebrate Victorian villains.
	2009, Proms Plus, Schnittke And Shostakovich	20090824		Suzy Klein discusses Schnittke and Shostakovich with composer, writer and broadcaster Gerard McBurney, and Russian music expert Dr Marina Frolova-Walker. A discussion on Schnittke and Shostakovich with Gerard McBurney and Marina Frolova-Walker.
	2009, Proms Plus, Shostakovich	20090819		Andrew McGregor discusses Shostakovich with musicologist David Nice and lecturer Dr Philip Ross Bullock. Andrew McGregor discusses Shostakovich with musicologist David Nice.
	2009, Proms Plus, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies At 75	20090908		Celebrating his 75th birthday year in 2009, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies reflects on his career both as a composer and conductor. Hosted by Martin Handley.
	2009, Proms Plus, The Orpheus Myth	20090815		In front of an audience at the Proms Literary Festival, Susan Hitch is joined by award-winning writer Philip Pullman to discuss the powerful legend of Orpheus, exploring the influence of myth as a subject for fiction. The classical tale of Orpheus has influenced musicians and writers from Igor Stravinsky to John Milton to Nick Cave. Orpheus, whose lyre and songs could charm even Hades, king of the underworld, journeys into the kingdom of the dead to plead for the release of his wife Eurydice. Succeeding where all others have failed, he is offered a deal. He can take his wife with him, but only if he makes his return journey without turning to look at her as she walks behind him back into the land of the living. Where his heroism and charm have succeeded, his human flaw of curiosity proves his undoing. Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, on the powerful classical myth of Orpheus.
	2009, Proms Plus, The Victorian Novel	20090804		Proms Literary Festival As part of the festival's Victorian season, Matthew Sweet is joined by Roy Hattersley and Valentine Cunningham as they champion the Victorian novel in all its forms. From the elegance of Jane Austen and the thrilling sensation novels of Wilkie Collins to the stately realism of George Eliot and the bleakness of Thomas Hardy, the Victorian novel is a treasure trove of literary riches. Roy and Valentine argue that these should still be seen as pinnacles of English literature and their mix of character, social upheaval, storytelling, melodrama, malign fate and high style demonstrate a commitment to portray the whole of life that is as relevant today as it has ever been. With Matthew Sweet. Roy Hattersley and Valentine Cunningham champion the Victorian novel.
	2009, Proms Plus, Xenakis	20090902		Martin Handley discusses Iannis Xenakis with the composer's friend and biographer Nouritza Matossian, and percussionist Colin Currie. Martin Handley discusses Iannis Xenakis with Nouritza Matossian and Colin Currie.
	2010, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon	20100806		Each year the Proms holds a competition for young composers. Entries are received from all over the country and judged by a distinguished panel of composers. The winners have their entries played in a special concert given by the Aurora Orchestra and conducted by Nicholas Collon, held at the Royal College of Music. The young composers also receive a commission to write a new work to be performed at the Royal Albert Hall later in the year. Sara Mohr-pietsch introduces the concert, meets some of the composers and finds out a little of what goes on behind the scenes. Sara Mohr-pietsch introduces the winning entries from the competition for young composers. Each year the Proms holds a competition for young composers. Entries are received from all over the country and judged by a distinguished panel of composers. The winners have their entries played in a special concert given by the Aurora Orchestra and conducted by Nicholas Collon, held at the Royal College of Music. The young composers also receive a commission to write a new work to be performed at the Royal Albert Hall later in the year. Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the concert, meets some of the composers and finds out a little of what goes on behind the scenes. Each year the Proms holds a competition for young composers. Entries are received from all over the country and judged by a distinguished panel of composers. The winners have their entries played in a special concert given by the Aurora Orchestra and conducted by Nicholas Collon, held at the Royal College of Music. The young composers also receive a commission to write a new work to be performed at the Royal Albert Hall later in the year. Sara Mohr-pietsch introduces the concert, meets some of the composers and finds out a little of what goes on behind the scenes. Sara Mohr-pietsch introduces the winning entries from the competition for young composers. Each year the Proms holds a competition for young composers. Entries are received from all over the country and judged by a distinguished panel of composers. The winners have their entries played in a special concert given by the Aurora Orchestra and conducted by Nicholas Collon, held at the Royal College of Music. The young composers also receive a commission to write a new work to be performed at the Royal Albert Hall later in the year. Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the concert, meets some of the composers and finds out a little of what goes on behind the scenes. Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the winning entries from the competition for young composers.
	2010, Bbc Proms In The Park
	2010, Prom 01: Mahler - Symphony No. 8 (symphony Of A Thousand)	20100716		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Mahler's spectacular 'Symphony of a Thousand' launches the 2010 BBC Proms. "Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound. There are no longer human voices, but planets and suns revolving." So Mahler described his Eighth Symphony, which tonight 100 years after its premiere and 150 years after the composer's birth, will raise the roof of the Royal Albert Hall. Setting a hymn to the divine creative spirit alongside words from the closing scene of Goethe's Faust the symphony expresses the idea of redemption through the power of love. To do this Mahler uses huge forces: eight vocal soloists, a large orchestra and massed adult and children's choirs, tonight including choristers from three of London's great cathedrals, and choirs from Crouch End to Sydney including the BBC's own Symphony Chorus. It's a celebratory start to two months of music making at the world's greatest music festival and a tribute to the Proms founder and conductor - Sir Henry Wood - who gave the work its UK premiere 80 years ago. Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major, 'Symphony of a Thousand' Mardi Byers (soprano) Twyla Robinson (soprano) Malin Christensson (soprano) Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) Kelley O'Connor (mezzo-soprano) Nikolai Schukoff (tenor) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (baritone) Tomasz Konieczny (bass) Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Choristers of Westminster Abbey Choristers of Westminster Cathedral BBC Symphony Chorus Crouch End Festival Chorus Sydney Philharmonia Choirs BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 19th July at 2pm. Mahler's Eighth Symphony launches the 2010 Proms Season from the Royal Albert Hall. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Mahler's spectacular 'Symphony of a Thousand' launches the 2010 BBC Proms. "Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound. There are no longer human voices, but planets and suns revolving." So Mahler described his Eighth Symphony, which tonight 100 years after its premiere and 150 years after the composer's birth, will raise the roof of the Royal Albert Hall. Setting a hymn to the divine creative spirit alongside words from the closing scene of Goethe's Faust the symphony expresses the idea of redemption through the power of love. To do this Mahler uses huge forces: eight vocal soloists, a large orchestra and massed adult and children's choirs, tonight including choristers from three of London's great cathedrals, and choirs from Crouch End to Sydney including the BBC's own Symphony Chorus. It's a celebratory start to two months of music making at the world's greatest music festival and a tribute to the Proms founder and conductor - Sir Henry Wood - who gave the work its UK premiere 80 years ago. Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major, 'Symphony of a Thousand' Mardi Byers (soprano) Twyla Robinson (soprano) Malin Christensson (soprano) Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) Kelley O'Connor (mezzo-soprano) Nikolai Schukoff (tenor) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (baritone) Tomasz Konieczny (bass) Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Choristers of Westminster Abbey Choristers of Westminster Cathedral BBC Symphony Chorus Crouch End Festival Chorus Sydney Philharmonia Choirs BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 19th July at 2pm. Mahler's Eighth Symphony launches the 2010 Proms Season from the Royal Albert Hall.
	2010, Prom 07 - Maria Joao Pires		20101227	From the BBC Proms 2010 Presented by Petroc Trelawny For such a huge venue - it holds almost six thousand people - the Royal Albert Hall can be amazingly intimate when the focus is on a single performer. What better way for the Proms to celebrate the 200th birthday this year of Fr退d退ric Chopin than another chance to hear a late-night performance of his Nocturnes for solo piano, played in July by acclaimed Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires. Chopin: Nocturnes, op 9, nos. 1, 2 and 3 op 15, nos. 1, 2 and 3 op 27, nos. 1 and 2 op 62, nos. 1 and 2 op 72, no 1 Lento con gran espressione, KK IVa No.16 Maria João Pires (piano). The perfect late-night Prom: Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires plays Chopin's Nocturnes. From the BBC Proms 2010 Presented by Petroc Trelawny For such a huge venue - it holds almost six thousand people - the Royal Albert Hall can be amazingly intimate when the focus is on a single performer. What better way for the Proms to celebrate the 200th birthday this year of Fr退d退ric Chopin than another chance to hear a late-night performance of his Nocturnes for solo piano, played in July by acclaimed Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires. Chopin: Nocturnes, op 9, nos. 1, 2 and 3 op 15, nos. 1, 2 and 3 op 27, nos. 1 and 2 op 62, nos. 1 and 2 op 72, no 1 Lento con gran espressione, KK IVa No.16 Maria João Pires (piano). The perfect late-night Prom: Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires plays Chopin's Nocturnes.
	2010, Prom 07: Maria Joao Pires	20100721		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service For such a huge venue - it holds almost six thousand people - the Royal Albert Hall can be amazingly intimate when the focus is on a single performer. What better way for the Proms to celebrate the 200th birthday this year of Frederic Chopin than with a late-night performance of his Nocturnes for solo piano, played by acclaimed Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires. Chopin: Nocturnes, op 9, nos. 1, 2 and 3 op 15, nos. 1, 2 and 3 op 27, nos. 1 and 2 op 62, nos. 1 and 2 Lento con gran espressione, KK IVa No.16 'Nocturne' in C minor, KK IVb No.8 Maria Joao Pires (piano). The perfect late-night Prom: Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires plays Chopin's Nocturnes.
	2010, Prom 17 - Scottish Chamber Orchestra	20100729	20101228	BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Douglas Boyd directs members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in two classics for wind ensemble. Dvorák: Serenade in D minor for winds, cello and double bass, Op. 44 Mozart: Serenade in B flat, K361 'Gran Partita' Douglas Boyd (conductor). The Scottish Chamber Orchestra in two classics for wind ensemble by Dvorak and Mozart. Presented by Petroc Trelawny Another chance to hear Douglas Boyd directing members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in two classics for wind ensemble. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Douglas Boyd directs members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in two classics for wind ensemble. Dvorák: Serenade in D minor for winds, cello and double bass, Op. 44 Mozart: Serenade in B flat, K361 'Gran Partita' Douglas Boyd (conductor). The Scottish Chamber Orchestra in two classics for wind ensemble by Dvorak and Mozart. BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by Petroc Trelawny Another chance to hear Douglas Boyd directing members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in two classics for wind ensemble. Dvorák: Serenade in D minor for winds, cello and double bass, Op. 44 Mozart: Serenade in B flat, K361 'Gran Partita' Douglas Boyd (conductor). The Scottish Chamber Orchestra in two classics for wind ensemble by Dvorak and Mozart.
	2010, Prom 20: Wayne Marshall - Organ	20100801		2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer. Wayne Marshall returns to the Proms with a programme of Wagner, whose operatic grandeur translates very well to the king of instruments, particularly when played on the Royal Albert Hall's magnificent organ. In previous proms performances Marshall has thrilled audiences with his flamboyant improvisation skills, and these can be heard again in an improvisation on themes from Tristan and Isolde. Wagner arr. Lemare: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Overture Lemare: Tannhauser Overture Improvisation on themes from Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" Lemare: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure Wayne Marshall, organ. Wayne Marshall plays Wagner on the organ of the Royal Albert Hall, London. BBC PROMS 2010 Wayne Marshall returns to the Proms with a programme of Wagner, whose operatic grandeur translates very well to the king of instruments, particularly when played on the Royal Albert Hall's magnificent organ. In previous proms performances Marshall has thrilled audiences with his flamboyant improvisation skills, and these can be heard again in an improvisation on themes from Tristan and Isolde. Wagner arr. Lemare: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Overture Wagner arr. Lemare: Tannhauser Overture Wagner arr. Lemare: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer. Wayne Marshall returns to the Proms with a programme of Wagner, whose operatic grandeur translates very well to the king of instruments, particularly when played on the Royal Albert Hall's magnificent organ. In previous proms performances Marshall has thrilled audiences with his flamboyant improvisation skills, and these can be heard again in an improvisation on themes from Tristan and Isolde. Wagner arr. Lemare: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Overture Lemare: Tannhauser Overture Improvisation on themes from Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" Lemare: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure Wayne Marshall, organ. Wayne Marshall plays Wagner on the organ of the Royal Albert Hall, London. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer. Wayne Marshall returns to the Proms with a programme of Wagner, whose operatic grandeur translates very well to the king of instruments, particularly when played on the Royal Albert Hall's magnificent organ. In previous proms performances Marshall has thrilled audiences with his flamboyant improvisation skills, and these can be heard again in an improvisation on themes from Tristan and Isolde. Wagner arr. Lemare: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Overture Wagner arr. Lemare: Tannhauser Overture Improvisation on themes from Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" Wagner arr. Lemare: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure Wayne Marshall, organ. Wayne Marshall plays Wagner on the organ of the Royal Albert Hall, London.
	2010, Prom 24: Bbcsso/runnicles (2)	20100804		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod Chief conductor Donald Runnicles teams up once again at the Proms with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Scottish mezzo Karen Cargill to perform Mahler's massive Third Symphony. The composer himself wrote 'My symphony will be something such as the world has not had before! The whole of Nature finds a voice.' The Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus are joined by the ladies of the Edinburgh Festival chorus to create the sound world of bells and an angelic choir before the symphony reaches its radiant conclusion. Mahler: Symphony No.3 in D minor Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano Edinburgh Festival Chorus (women's voices) Donald Runnicles, conductor. The BBC SSO and Donald Runnicles perform Mahler's expansive Third Symphony. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod Chief conductor Donald Runnicles teams up once again at the Proms with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Scottish mezzo Karen Cargill to perform Mahler's massive Third Symphony. The composer himself wrote 'My symphony will be something such as the world has not had before! The whole of Nature finds a voice.' The Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus are joined by the ladies of the Edinburgh Festival chorus to create the sound world of bells and an angelic choir before the symphony reaches its radiant conclusion. Mahler: Symphony No.3 in D minor Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano Edinburgh Festival Chorus (women's voices) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, conductor. The BBC SSO and Donald Runnicles perform Mahler's expansive Third Symphony.
	2010, Prom 25 - Bbc Singers, London Sinfonietta		20101230	From the BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by John Shea Another chance to hear this Late Night Prom which pairs music by Igor Stravinsky with one of the composers he most admired - J S Bach. At the heart of the concert the two composers overlap in Stravinsky's orchestral arrangement of one of the Bach's masterpieces: the great Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel Hoch", in which he subjects a Lutheran Christmas hymn to a staggering array of blindingly clever techniques - but all-the-while producing music so charming and fluent that the unsuspecting listener would never know what was going on below the surface. The concert ends with a work by Stravinsky which, like Bach's, combines austerity with a deeply-felt spirituality: Threni - setting words from the Biblical Lamentations of Jeremiah. Bach: Chorale "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein" Bach: Canonic Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV769 Bach arr. Stravinsky: Chorale Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV 769 Stravinsky: Threni Elizabeth Atherton, soprano Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano Alan Oke, tenor Andrew Kennedy, tenor David Wilson-Johnson, baritone Sir John Tomlinson, bass Daniel Hyde, organ BBC Singers London Sinfonietta David Atherton, conductor. The BBC Singers and the London Sinfonietta perform music by Stravinsky and Bach. Another chance to hear this Late Night Prom which pairs music by Igor Stravinsky with one of the composers he most admired - J S Bach. At the heart of the concert the two composers overlap in Stravinsky's orchestral arrangement of one of the Bach's masterpieces: the great Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel Hoch", in which he subjects a Lutheran Christmas hymn to a staggering array of blindingly clever techniques - but all-the-while producing music so charming and fluent that the unsuspecting listener would never know what was going on below the surface. Bach arr. Stravinsky: Chorale Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV 769 From the BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by John Shea Another chance to hear this Late Night Prom which pairs music by Igor Stravinsky with one of the composers he most admired - J S Bach. At the heart of the concert the two composers overlap in Stravinsky's orchestral arrangement of one of the Bach's masterpieces: the great Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel Hoch", in which he subjects a Lutheran Christmas hymn to a staggering array of blindingly clever techniques - but all-the-while producing music so charming and fluent that the unsuspecting listener would never know what was going on below the surface. The concert ends with a work by Stravinsky which, like Bach's, combines austerity with a deeply-felt spirituality: Threni - setting words from the Biblical Lamentations of Jeremiah. Bach: Chorale "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein" Bach: Canonic Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV769 Bach arr. Stravinsky: Chorale Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV 769 Stravinsky: Threni Elizabeth Atherton, soprano Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano Alan Oke, tenor Andrew Kennedy, tenor David Wilson-Johnson, baritone Sir John Tomlinson, bass Daniel Hyde, organ BBC Singers London Sinfonietta David Atherton, conductor. The BBC Singers and the London Sinfonietta perform music by Stravinsky and Bach. From the BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by John Shea Another chance to hear this Late Night Prom which pairs music by Igor Stravinsky with one of the composers he most admired - J S Bach. At the heart of the concert the two composers overlap in Stravinsky's orchestral arrangement of one of the Bach's masterpieces: the great Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel Hoch", in which he subjects a Lutheran Christmas hymn to a staggering array of blindingly clever techniques - but all-the-while producing music so charming and fluent that the unsuspecting listener would never know what was going on below the surface. The concert ends with a work by Stravinsky which, like Bach's, combines austerity with a deeply-felt spirituality: Threni - setting words from the Biblical Lamentations of Jeremiah. Bach: Chorale "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein" Bach: Canonic Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV769 Bach arr. Stravinsky: Chorale Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV 769 Stravinsky: Threni Elizabeth Atherton, soprano Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano Alan Oke, tenor Andrew Kennedy, tenor David Wilson-Johnson, baritone Sir John Tomlinson, bass Daniel Hyde, organ BBC Singers London Sinfonietta David Atherton, conductor. The BBC Singers and the London Sinfonietta perform music by Stravinsky and Bach.
	2010, Prom 25: Bbc Singers/london Sinfonietta	20100804		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer This Late Night Prom pairs music by Igor Stravinsky with one of the composers he most admired - J S Bach. At the heart of the concert the two composers overlap in Stravinsky's orchestral arrangement of one of the Bach's masterpieces: the great Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel Hoch", in which he subjects a Lutheran Christmas hymn to a staggering array of blindingly clever techniques - but all-the-while producing music so charming and fluent that the unsuspecting listener would never know what was going on below the surface. The concert ends with a work by Stravinsky which, like Bach's, combines austerity with a deeply-felt spirituality: Threni - setting words from the Biblical Lamentations of Jeremiah. Bach: Chorale "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein" Bach: Canonic Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV769 Bach arr. Stravinsky: Chorale Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV 769 Stravinsky: Threni Elizabeth Atherton, soprano Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano Alan Oke, tenor Andrew Kennedy, tenor David Wilson-Johnson, baritone Sir John Tomlinson, bass Daniel Hyde, organ BBC Singers London Sinfonietta David Atherton, conductor. The BBC Singers and the London Sinfonietta perform music by Stravinsky and JS Bach. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer This Late Night Prom pairs music by Igor Stravinsky with one of the composers he most admired - J S Bach. At the heart of the concert the two composers overlap in Stravinsky's orchestral arrangement of one of the Bach's masterpieces: the great Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel Hoch", in which he subjects a Lutheran Christmas hymn to a staggering array of blindingly clever techniques - but all-the-while producing music so charming and fluent that the unsuspecting listener would never know what was going on below the surface. The concert ends with a work by Stravinsky which, like Bach's, combines austerity with a deeply-felt spirituality: Threni - setting words from the Biblical Lamentations of Jeremiah. Bach: Chorale "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein" Bach: Canonic Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV769 Bach arr. Stravinsky: Chorale Variations on "Von Himmel hoch" BWV 769 Stravinsky: Threni Elizabeth Atherton, soprano Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano Alan Oke, tenor Andrew Kennedy, tenor David Wilson-Johnson, baritone Sir John Tomlinson, bass Daniel Hyde, organ BBC Singers London Sinfonietta David Atherton, conductor. The BBC Singers and the London Sinfonietta perform music by Stravinsky and JS Bach.
	2010, Prom 28: Bcmg/george Benjamin	20100806		2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Composer George Benjamin, fifty this year, has been at the centre of musical life in the UK for three decades, and in this Late Night Prom he conducts music by three generations of British composers alongside a new work by a contemporary Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen, whose Wald (Forest) takes its cue from a theme on the composer's own instrument, the horn. Oliver Knussen: Two Organa Hans Abrahamsen: Wald (BBC co-commission with Asko Schonberg: UK premiere) Luke Bedford: Or voit tout en aventure George Benjamin: Three Inventions Claire Booth, soprano Birmingham Contemporary Music Group George Benjamin, conductor. Composer George Benjamin conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. BBC PROMS 2010 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Composer George Benjamin, fifty this year, has been at the centre of musical life in the UK for three decades, and in this Late Night Prom he conducts music by three generations of British composers alongside a new work by a contemporary Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen, whose Wald (Forest) takes its cue from a theme on the composer's own instrument, the horn. Oliver Knussen: Two Organa Hans Abrahamsen: Wald (BBC co-commission with Asko Schonberg: UK premiere) Luke Bedford: Or voit tout en aventure George Benjamin: Three Inventions Claire Booth, soprano Birmingham Contemporary Music Group George Benjamin, conductor. Composer George Benjamin conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Composer George Benjamin, fifty this year, has been at the centre of musical life in the UK for three decades, and in this Late Night Prom he conducts music by three generations of British composers alongside a new work by a contemporary Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen, whose Wald (Forest) takes its cue from a theme on the composer's own instrument, the horn. Oliver Knussen: Two Organa Hans Abrahamsen: Wald (BBC co-commission with Asko Schonberg: UK premiere) Luke Bedford: Or voit tout en aventure George Benjamin: Three Inventions Claire Booth, soprano Birmingham Contemporary Music Group George Benjamin, conductor. Composer George Benjamin conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
	2010, Prom 30 - Bbc Symphony Chorus And London Brass	20100808		2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch. Choral music with a French flavour in this Prom matinee with the BBC Symphony Chorus conducted by its Director, Stephen Jackson. Bookends to the programme are two masterworks from the 20th century a cappella choral repertoire. Daniel-Lesur's Le Cantique de Cantiques, composed in 1953, is a beautifully-shaped and lusciously-scored setting of words from the Biblical Song of Songs, in which the eroticism of the ancient texts is portrayed in music of dreamy sensuality. Poulenc's Figure Humaine confronts the dark reality of life in Occupied France and is one of the most thrilling moments in the entire choral repertoire. In between, two works for brass by Toru Takemitsu - music of harmonic elegance and dream-like stillness, and a new piece by Stephen Montague, exploring the joys of language and human utterance. Daniel-Lesur: Le cantique des cantiques Takemitsu: Garden Rain* Stephen Montague: Wilful Chants (BBC commission: world premiere) Takemitsu: Signals from Heaven* Poulenc: Figure humaine Soloists from Trinity College of Music Chamber Choir London Brass O Duo Stephen Jackson (conductor) Andrew Crowley (conductor) EXTRA NOTES: Poulenc's Figure Humaine confronts the dark reality of life in Occupied France and Composed to be performed on the long-awaited day of liberation, Poulenc's cantata - setting words by poet-turned-Resistance-member Paul Eluard - is a paean to his homeland, culminating in a hymn to liberty which is one of the most thrilling moments in the entire choral repertoire. Toru Takemitsu - though Japanese - counted Claude Debussy as a major influence and his music, like much of Debussy's, has a harmonic elegance and dream-like stillness. In contrast, Stephen Montague's new piece - a BBC commission here receiving its first performance - is an energetic exploration of the joys of language and human utterance, a virtuoso tapestry of many different world languages and even some that don't exist! BBC Symphony Chorus in Daniel-Lesur, Poulenc, Takemitsu and Stephen Montague. BBC PROMS 2010 Bookends to the programme are two masterworks from the 20th century a cappella choral repertoire. Daniel-Lesur's Le Cantique de Cantiques, composed in 1953, is a beautifully-shaped and lusciously-scored setting of words from the Biblical Song of Songs, in which the eroticism of the ancient texts is portrayed in music of dreamy sensuality. Poulenc's Figure Humaine confronts the dark reality of life in Occupied France and is one of the most thrilling moments in the entire choral repertoire. Toru Takemitsu - though Japanese - counted Claude Debussy as a major influence and his music, like much of Debussy's, has a harmonic elegance and dream-like stillness. In contrast, Stephen Montague's new piece - a BBC commission here receiving its first performance - is an energetic exploration of the joys of language and human utterance, a virtuoso tapestry of many different world languages and even some that don't exist! 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch. Choral music with a French flavour in this Prom matinee with the BBC Symphony Chorus conducted by its Director, Stephen Jackson. Bookends to the programme are two masterworks from the 20th century a cappella choral repertoire. Daniel-Lesur's Le Cantique de Cantiques, composed in 1953, is a beautifully-shaped and lusciously-scored setting of words from the Biblical Song of Songs, in which the eroticism of the ancient texts is portrayed in music of dreamy sensuality. Poulenc's Figure Humaine confronts the dark reality of life in Occupied France and is one of the most thrilling moments in the entire choral repertoire. In between, two works for brass by Toru Takemitsu - music of harmonic elegance and dream-like stillness, and a new piece by Stephen Montague, exploring the joys of language and human utterance. Daniel-Lesur: Le cantique des cantiques Takemitsu: Garden Rain Stephen Montague: Wilful Chants (BBC commission: world premiere) Takemitsu: Signals from Heaven* Poulenc: Figure humaine Soloists from Trinity College of Music Chamber Choir London Brass O Duo Stephen Jackson (conductor) Andrew Crowley (conductor) EXTRA NOTES: Poulenc's Figure Humaine confronts the dark reality of life in Occupied France and Composed to be performed on the long-awaited day of liberation, Poulenc's cantata - setting words by poet-turned-Resistance-member Paul Eluard - is a paean to his homeland, culminating in a hymn to liberty which is one of the most thrilling moments in the entire choral repertoire. Toru Takemitsu - though Japanese - counted Claude Debussy as a major influence and his music, like much of Debussy's, has a harmonic elegance and dream-like stillness. In contrast, Stephen Montague's new piece - a BBC commission here receiving its first performance - is an energetic exploration of the joys of language and human utterance, a virtuoso tapestry of many different world languages and even some that don't exist! BBC Symphony Chorus in Daniel-Lesur, Poulenc, Takemitsu and Stephen Montague. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Choral music with a French flavour in this Prom matinee with the BBC Symphony Chorus conducted by its Director, Stephen Jackson. Bookends to the programme are two masterworks from the 20th century a cappella choral repertoire. Daniel-Lesur's Le Cantique de Cantiques, composed in 1953, is a beautifully-shaped and lusciously-scored setting of words from the Biblical Song of Songs, in which the eroticism of the ancient texts is portrayed in music of dreamy sensuality. Poulenc's Figure Humaine confronts the dark reality of life in Occupied France and is one of the most thrilling moments in the entire choral repertoire. In between, two works for brass by Toru Takemitsu - music of harmonic elegance and dream-like stillness, and a new piece by Stephen Montague, exploring the joys of language and human utterance. Daniel-Lesur: Le cantique des cantiques Takemitsu: Garden Rain Stephen Montague: Wilful Chants (BBC commission: world premiere) Takemitsu: Signals from Heaven* Poulenc: Figure humaine Soloists from Trinity College of Music Chamber Choir London Brass O Duo Stephen Jackson (conductor) *Andrew Crowley (conductor) EXTRA NOTES: Poulenc's Figure Humaine confronts the dark reality of life in Occupied France and Composed to be performed on the long-awaited day of liberation, Poulenc's cantata - setting words by poet-turned-Resistance-member Paul Eluard - is a paean to his homeland, culminating in a hymn to liberty which is one of the most thrilling moments in the entire choral repertoire. Toru Takemitsu - though Japanese - counted Claude Debussy as a major influence and his music, like much of Debussy's, has a harmonic elegance and dream-like stillness. In contrast, Stephen Montague's new piece - a BBC commission here receiving its first performance - is an energetic exploration of the joys of language and human utterance, a virtuoso tapestry of many different world languages and even some that don't exist! BBC Symphony Chorus in Daniel-Lesur, Poulenc, Takemitsu and Stephen Montague.
	2010, Prom 33 - Ilham Al Madfai And Friends	20100809		2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Lucy Duran. Two generations interpreting Iraqi music for a contemporary audience: Pioneering Iraqi singer and guitarist Ilham Al Madfai and his group play his own songs and traditional Iraqi favourites, and are joined by Ilham's student, oud player Khyam Allami. Damascus-born and London-raised, Khyam is the first student of Radio 3's World Routes Academy. The music promises to be rhythmically powerful, as the band includes not only a Western-style bass guitar and drum kit rhythm section, but also two additional percussionists. Traditional Iraqi instruments the joza (spike fiddle) and qanun (zither) are also included in the line-up. Ilham Al Madfai (guitar/vocals) Khyam Allami (oud) Saro Kevorkian (drums) Faisal Ghazi; Walid Kamel (oriental percussion) Andrea Piccioni (percussion) Omar Bashir (oud) Azad Omar Mohammed (ney) Jamil Al Asadi (qanoon) Luca Scansani (electric bass) EXTRA NOTES: Ilham Al-Madfai was once known as the Beatle of Baghdad. He formed his first band in the 1960s, the first band in Iraq that used "modern" instruments in playing Arabic music. His family was against his involvement in music, and sent him to London to study architecture. But he continued to perform with a group, particularly at Cafe Baghdad in London. Leading musicians attended his gigs including Paul Mccartney, Donovan and Georgie Fame. Ilham returned to Iraq to develop his musical career. He introduced Spanish guitar rhythms from Andalusia to Iraqi folk song, appealing to a newer, younger audience. He reached a peak in popularity during the 70s, becoming Iraq's most popular musician of the time. Iraqi singer/guitarist Ilham Al Madfai and oud player Khyam Allami play Iraqi favourites. BBC PROMS 2010 Two generations interpreting Iraqi music for a contemporary audience: Pioneering Iraqi singer and guitarist Ilham Al Madfai and his group play his own songs and traditional Iraqi favourites, and are joined by Ilham's student, oud player Khyam Allami. Damascus-born and London-raised, Khyam is the first student of Radio 3's World Routes Academy. The music promises to be rhythmically powerful, as the band includes not only a Western-style bass guitar and drum kit rhythm section, but also two additional percussionists. Traditional Iraqi instruments the joza (spike fiddle) and qanun (zither) are also included in the line-up. Ilham Al-Madfai was once known as the Beatle of Baghdad. He formed his first band in the 1960s, the first band in Iraq that used "modern" instruments in playing Arabic music. His family was against his involvement in music, and sent him to London to study architecture. But he continued to perform with a group, particularly at Cafe Baghdad in London. Leading musicians attended his gigs including Paul McCartney, Donovan and Georgie Fame. Ilham returned to Iraq to develop his musical career. He introduced Spanish guitar rhythms from Andalusia to Iraqi folk song, appealing to a newer, younger audience. He reached a peak in popularity during the 70s, becoming Iraq's most popular musician of the time. Presented by Lucy Duran. Faisal Ghazi; Walid Kamel (oriental percussion) Andrea Piccioni (percussion) Omar Bashir (oud) Jamil Al Asadi (qanoon)
	2010, Prom 43 - Part: St John Passion	20100817		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The thoughtful, dignified, spacious music of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has become one of the most distinctive sounds in contemporary music, and this evening's Late Night Prom presents a performance of a choral work which summarises his unassuming and deceptively simple style - a setting of the Christian Passion narrative from the Gospel according to St John. Arvo Pärt : St John Passion Andrew Kennedy (tenor - Pilate) Brindley Sherratt (baritone - Jesus) Iain Farrington (organ) Endymion BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Extra notes: Pärt's St John Passion is not a work in which the harrowing events of Christ's arrest, trial, crucifixion and death are used as the vehicle for large-scale, overly dramatic musical gestures. Rather, the piece makes its impact through quiet understatement and ritualised intensity - the music only occasionally raising its voice. In our noisy, over-emotionalised, hyper-sensitive contemporary world Pärt's piece takes us to a place of deep contemplation and solemn ceremony - sounding both fresh and modern, and - at the same time - as if it springs from some great well of primeval music. An unforgettable late-night listen, which will turn the great spaces of the Albert Hall into something like an ancient Romanesque basilica... David Hill conducts the BBC Singers and soloists in Arvo Part's St John Passion. Pärt's St John Passion is not a work in which the harrowing events of Christ's arrest, trial, crucifixion and death are used as the vehicle for large-scale, overly dramatic musical gestures. Rather, the piece makes its impact through quiet understatement and ritualised intensity - the music only occasionally raising its voice. In our noisy, over-emotionalised, hyper-sensitive contemporary world Pärt's piece takes us to a place of deep contemplation and solemn ceremony - sounding both fresh and modern, and - at the same time - as if it springs from some great well of primeval music. An unforgettable late-night listen, which will turn the great spaces of the Albert Hall into something like an ancient Romanesque basilica... BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The thoughtful, dignified, spacious music of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has become one of the most distinctive sounds in contemporary music, and this evening's Late Night Prom presents a performance of a choral work which summarises his unassuming and deceptively simple style - a setting of the Christian Passion narrative from the Gospel according to St John. Arvo Pärt : St John Passion Andrew Kennedy (tenor - Pilate) Brindley Sherratt (baritone - Jesus) Iain Farrington (organ) Endymion BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Extra notes: Pärt's St John Passion is not a work in which the harrowing events of Christ's arrest, trial, crucifixion and death are used as the vehicle for large-scale, overly dramatic musical gestures. Rather, the piece makes its impact through quiet understatement and ritualised intensity - the music only occasionally raising its voice. In our noisy, over-emotionalised, hyper-sensitive contemporary world Pärt's piece takes us to a place of deep contemplation and solemn ceremony - sounding both fresh and modern, and - at the same time - as if it springs from some great well of primeval music. An unforgettable late-night listen, which will turn the great spaces of the Albert Hall into something like an ancient Romanesque basilica... David Hill conducts the BBC Singers and soloists in Arvo Part's St John Passion. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The thoughtful, dignified, spacious music of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt has become one of the most distinctive sounds in contemporary music, and this evening's Late Night Prom presents a performance of a choral work which summarises his unassuming and deceptively simple style - a setting of the Christian Passion narrative from the Gospel according to St John. Arvo Pärt : St John Passion Andrew Kennedy (tenor - Pilate) Brindley Sherratt (baritone - Jesus) Iain Farrington (organ) Endymion BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Extra notes: Pärt's St John Passion is not a work in which the harrowing events of Christ's arrest, trial, crucifixion and death are used as the vehicle for large-scale, overly dramatic musical gestures. Rather, the piece makes its impact through quiet understatement and ritualised intensity - the music only occasionally raising its voice. In our noisy, over-emotionalised, hyper-sensitive contemporary world Pärt's piece takes us to a place of deep contemplation and solemn ceremony - sounding both fresh and modern, and - at the same time - as if it springs from some great well of primeval music. An unforgettable late-night listen, which will turn the great spaces of the Albert Hall into something like an ancient Romanesque basilica... David Hill conducts the BBC Singers and soloists in Arvo Part's St John Passion.
	2010, Prom 47 - Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra	20100820		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Experimental music of the 1960s and 1970s from American pioneers John Cage and Morton Feldman, and British heroes of the movement, Cornelius Cardew and Howard Skempton, whose music was as individual and inventive as their Stateside counterparts. John Cage: First Construction (in Metal) Cardew: Bun No. 1 (London premiere) Howard Skempton: Lento Feldman: Piano and Orchestra (London premiere) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra John Tilbury (piano) Ilan Volkov (conductor). The BBC SSO and Ilan Volkov perform British and American experimental music. Cardew: Bun No. 1 (London premiere) BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Experimental music of the 1960s and 1970s from American pioneers John Cage and Morton Feldman, and British heroes of the movement, Cornelius Cardew and Howard Skempton, whose music was as individual and inventive as their Stateside counterparts. John Cage: First Construction (in Metal) Cardew: Bun No. 1 (London premiere) Howard Skempton: Lento Feldman: Piano and Orchestra (London premiere) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra John Tilbury (piano) Ilan Volkov (conductor). The BBC SSO and Ilan Volkov perform British and American experimental music. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Experimental music of the 1960s and 1970s from American pioneers John Cage and Morton Feldman, and British heroes of the movement, Cornelius Cardew and Howard Skempton, whose music was as individual and inventive as their Stateside counterparts. John Cage: First Construction (in Metal) Cardew: Bun No. 1 (London premiere) Howard Skempton: Lento Feldman: Piano and Orchestra (London premiere) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra John Tilbury (piano) Ilan Volkov (conductor). The BBC SSO and Ilan Volkov perform British and American experimental music.
	2010, Prom 49 - A Celebration Of Rodgers And Hammerstein	20100822		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Kim Criswell heads the cast marking the 50th anniversary of the death of American lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. With the John Wilson Orchestra under John Wilson they perform a glorious medley of songs from the evergreen musicals Hammerstein wrote with composer Richard Rodgers, the Waltz king of the musical. From the ground-breaking scores of Oklahoma! and the dark-themed Carousel, to the family favourites - The King and I and The Sound of Music. Musicals expert John Wilson conducts the lushly-scored movie orchestrations. Featuring excerpts from Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song and Kim Criswell, Sierra Bogess, Julian Ovenden, Anna-Jane Casey and Rod Gilfry, vocalists Maida Vale Singers John Wilson, conductor. John Wilson conducts his orchestra in a celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Kim Criswell heads the cast marking the 50th anniversary of the death of American lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. With the John Wilson Orchestra under John Wilson they perform a glorious medley of songs from the evergreen musicals Hammerstein wrote with composer Richard Rodgers, the Waltz king of the musical. From the ground-breaking scores of Oklahoma! and the dark-themed Carousel, to the family favourites - The King and I and The Sound of Music. Musicals expert John Wilson conducts the lushly-scored movie orchestrations. Featuring excerpts from Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song and The Sound of Music. Kim Criswell, Sierra Bogess, Julian Ovenden, Anna-Jane Casey and Rod Gilfry, vocalists Maida Vale Singers John Wilson Orchestra John Wilson, conductor. John Wilson conducts his orchestra in a celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals.
	2010, Prom 55 - Jamie Cullum	20100826		2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Jazz singer, songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum is joined by the Heritage Orchestra to perform a set of classic number is this Late Night Prom. Cullum has spent the last 10 years forging his own unique brand of music, influenced by pop, rock and electronica, but always with jazz at its core. Tonight he is joined by the Heritage Orchestra - a 40-piece line-up originally formed to play at London's Cargo club, and always found at the cutting edge of boundary-crossing musical projects. Singer, songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum reworks classic numbers in his own jazz style. BBC PROMS 2010 Jazz singer, songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum is joined by the Heritage Orchestra to perform a set of classic number is this Late Night Prom. Cullum has spent the last 10 years forging his own unique brand of music, influenced by pop, rock and electronica, but always with jazz at its core. Tonight he is joined by the Heritage Orchestra - a 40-piece line-up originally formed to play at London's Cargo club, and always found at the cutting edge of boundary-crossing musical projects. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Jazz singer, songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum is joined by the Heritage Orchestra to perform a set of classic number is this Late Night Prom. Cullum has spent the last 10 years forging his own unique brand of music, influenced by pop, rock and electronica, but always with jazz at its core. Tonight he is joined by the Heritage Orchestra - a 40-piece line-up originally formed to play at London's Cargo club, and always found at the cutting edge of boundary-crossing musical projects. Singer, songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum reworks classic numbers in his own jazz style. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Jazz singer, songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum is joined by the Heritage Orchestra to perform a set of classic number is this Late Night Prom. Cullum has spent the last 10 years forging his own unique brand of music, influenced by pop, rock and electronica, but always with jazz at its core. Tonight he is joined by the Heritage Orchestra - a 40-piece line-up originally formed to play at London's Cargo club, and always found at the cutting edge of boundary-crossing musical projects. Singer, songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum reworks classic numbers in his own jazz style.
	2010, Prom 62, Hindemith, Mahler, Bruckner - Part 2	20100901		2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Proms welcomes the last of its youth orchestras for this season. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra was founded 25 years ago by Claudio Abbado and nowadays chooses from among the world's leading conductors for its tours. The veteran Swedish maestro Herbert Blomstedt has made something of a speciality of the music of Hindemith and Bruckner and the concert features symphonies by both composers - the orchestral work that Hindemith based on his opera about 'Mathis the Painter' and Bruckner's final unfinished masterpiece. Between these symphonies, the leading German baritone Christian Gerhaher sings Mahler's youthful 'Songs of a Wayfarer', telling of a young man's unrequited love. Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor Christian Gerhaher, baritone Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Herbert Blomstedt, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th September at 2.00pm. Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Gustav Mahler Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 9. BBC PROMS 2010 The Proms welcomes the last of its youth orchestras for this season. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra was founded 25 years ago by Claudio Abbado and nowadays chooses from among the world's leading conductors for its tours. The veteran Swedish maestro Herbert Blomstedt has made something of a speciality of the music of Hindemith and Bruckner and the concert features symphonies by both composers - the orchestral work that Hindemith based on his opera about 'Mathis the Painter' and Bruckner's final unfinished masterpiece. Between these symphonies, the leading German baritone Christian Gerhaher sings Mahler's youthful 'Songs of a Wayfarer', telling of a young man's unrequited love. Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Proms welcomes the last of its youth orchestras for this season. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra was founded 25 years ago by Claudio Abbado and nowadays chooses from among the world's leading conductors for its tours. The veteran Swedish maestro Herbert Blomstedt has made something of a speciality of the music of Hindemith and Bruckner and the concert features symphonies by both composers - the orchestral work that Hindemith based on his opera about 'Mathis the Painter' and Bruckner's final unfinished masterpiece. Between these symphonies, the leading German baritone Christian Gerhaher sings Mahler's youthful 'Songs of a Wayfarer', telling of a young man's unrequited love. Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor Christian Gerhaher, baritone Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Herbert Blomstedt, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th September at 2.00pm. Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Gustav Mahler Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 9. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Proms welcomes the last of its youth orchestras for this season. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra was founded 25 years ago by Claudio Abbado and nowadays chooses from among the world's leading conductors for its tours. The veteran Swedish maestro Herbert Blomstedt has made something of a speciality of the music of Hindemith and Bruckner and the concert features symphonies by both composers - the orchestral work that Hindemith based on his opera about 'Mathis the Painter' and Bruckner's final unfinished masterpiece. Between these symphonies, the leading German baritone Christian Gerhaher sings Mahler's youthful 'Songs of a Wayfarer', telling of a young man's unrequited love. Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor Christian Gerhaher, baritone Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Herbert Blomstedt, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th September at 2.00pm. Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Gustav Mahler Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 9.
	2010, Prom 64: Wf Bach, Arne, Pergolesi	20100902		2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service The Early Opera Company and its conductor Christian Curnyn feature three composers born in 1710 who straddled the divide between the baroque and classical styles. Thomas Arne was the leading figure in London in his day, and his symphonies show off the latest trends in taste and refinement. JS Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, showed great promise, but had a disappointingly uneven career, although his music forged a new path. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, a work of great lyrical beauty, is still as popular today as it was in the composer's tragically short lifetime. W. F. Bach: Sinfonia in D minor Arne: Symphony No. 4 in C minor Pergolesi: Stabat mater Elizabeth Watts, soprano Anna Stephany, mezzo-soprano Christian Curnyn, conductor. The Early Opera Company performs works by Arne, WF Bach and Pergolesi. BBC PROMS 2010 The Early Opera Company and its conductor Christian Curnyn feature three composers born in 1710 who straddled the divide between the baroque and classical styles. Thomas Arne was the leading figure in London in his day, and his symphonies show off the latest trends in taste and refinement. JS Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, showed great promise, but had a disappointingly uneven career, although his music forged a new path. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, a work of great lyrical beauty, is still as popular today as it was in the composer's tragically short lifetime. W. F. Bach: Sinfonia in D minor Arne: Symphony No. 4 in C minor 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service The Early Opera Company and its conductor Christian Curnyn feature three composers born in 1710 who straddled the divide between the baroque and classical styles. Thomas Arne was the leading figure in London in his day, and his symphonies show off the latest trends in taste and refinement. JS Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, showed great promise, but had a disappointingly uneven career, although his music forged a new path. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, a work of great lyrical beauty, is still as popular today as it was in the composer's tragically short lifetime. W. F. Bach: Sinfonia in D minor Arne: Symphony No. 4 in C minor Pergolesi: Stabat mater Elizabeth Watts, soprano Anna Stephany, mezzo-soprano Christian Curnyn, conductor. The Early Opera Company performs works by Arne, WF Bach and Pergolesi. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service The Early Opera Company and its conductor Christian Curnyn feature three composers born in 1710 who straddled the divide between the baroque and classical styles. Thomas Arne was the leading figure in London in his day, and his symphonies show off the latest trends in taste and refinement. JS Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, showed great promise, but had a disappointingly uneven career, although his music forged a new path. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, a work of great lyrical beauty, is still as popular today as it was in the composer's tragically short lifetime. W. F. Bach: Sinfonia in D minor Arne: Symphony No. 4 in C minor Pergolesi: Stabat mater Elizabeth Watts, soprano Anna Stephany, mezzo-soprano Early Opera Company Christian Curnyn, conductor. The Early Opera Company performs works by Arne, WF Bach and Pergolesi.
	2010, Prom 70: Ensemble Matheus	20100906		2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The musicians of Ensemble Matheus from Brittany in the far west of France have been making a name for themselves in recent years with their thrilling performances of Baroque music. Tonight they make their Proms debut with their founder-director Jean-Christophe Spinosi in music from the heart of their repertory, by Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi. Celebrated French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux join the group for arias and duets by Handel and one of his greatest operatic rivals in early eighteenth-century London, Nicola Porpora - including music he wrote for the famous castrato Farinelli. Handel: Julius Caesar - Empiro dirò tu sei Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Aure lievi, che spirate' Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Sol da te, mio dolce amore' & 'Sorge l'irato nembo' Telemann: Concerto in E minor for recorder, flute and strings Porpora: Polifemo - 'Alto Giove' Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Ah sleale...Io ti getto elmo' Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in D major, RV 513 Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Dimmi pastore' Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Laurence Paugam (violin) Alexis Kossenko (recorder) Jean-Marc Goujon (flute) Jean-Christophe Spinosi (violin/director). Ensemble Matheus and singers in baroque works by Handel, Vivaldi, Porpora, Telemann. BBC PROMS 2010 The musicians of Ensemble Matheus from Brittany in the far west of France have been making a name for themselves in recent years with their thrilling performances of Baroque music. Tonight they make their Proms debut with their founder-director Jean-Christophe Spinosi in music from the heart of their repertory, by Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The musicians of Ensemble Matheus from Brittany in the far west of France have been making a name for themselves in recent years with their thrilling performances of Baroque music. Tonight they make their Proms debut with their founder-director Jean-Christophe Spinosi in music from the heart of their repertory, by Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi. Celebrated French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux join the group for arias and duets by Handel and one of his greatest operatic rivals in early eighteenth-century London, Nicola Porpora - including music he wrote for the famous castrato Farinelli. Handel: Julius Caesar - Empiro dirò tu sei Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Aure lievi, che spirate' Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Sol da te, mio dolce amore' & 'Sorge l'irato nembo' Telemann: Concerto in E minor for recorder, flute and strings Porpora: Polifemo - 'Alto Giove' Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Ah sleale...Io ti getto elmo' Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in D major, RV 513 Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Dimmi pastore' Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Laurence Paugam (violin) Alexis Kossenko (recorder) Jean-Marc Goujon (flute) Jean-Christophe Spinosi (violin/director). Ensemble Matheus and singers in baroque works by Handel, Vivaldi, Porpora, Telemann. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The musicians of Ensemble Matheus from Brittany in the far west of France have been making a name for themselves in recent years with their thrilling performances of Baroque music. Tonight they make their Proms debut with their founder-director Jean-Christophe Spinosi in music from the heart of their repertory, by Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi. Celebrated French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux join the group for arias and duets by Handel and one of his greatest operatic rivals in early eighteenth-century London, Nicola Porpora - including music he wrote for the famous castrato Farinelli. Handel: Julius Caesar - Empiro dirò tu sei Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Aure lievi, che spirate' Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Sol da te, mio dolce amore' & 'Sorge l'irato nembo' Telemann: Concerto in E minor for recorder, flute and strings Porpora: Polifemo - 'Alto Giove' Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Ah sleale...Io ti getto elmo' Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in D major, RV 513 Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Dimmi pastore' Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Laurence Paugam (violin) Alexis Kossenko (recorder) Jean-Marc Goujon (flute) Ensemble Matheus Jean-Christophe Spinosi (violin/director). Ensemble Matheus and singers in baroque works by Handel, Vivaldi, Porpora, Telemann.
	2010, Prom 73 - Penguin Cafe	20100908		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott 'I think our recordings have been put in the classical, folk, pop, rock, avantgarde, chillout, world and dance sections of record shop,' says Arthur Jeffes, leader of Penguin Caf退, the 21st-century reincarnation of the Penguin Caf退 Orchestra made famous by his father Simon Jeffes. For its debut in this Late Night Prom the Penguin Caf退's wide-ranging lineup of ukulele, dulcitone, penny whistles and guitars alongside violin, cello and piano, is supplemented by the Northumbrian smallpipes - played by their star champion Kathryn Tickell. Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian smallpipes) Penguin Caf退. The Penguin Cafe makes its Proms debut, playing with Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott 'I think our recordings have been put in the classical, folk, pop, rock, avantgarde, chillout, world and dance sections of record shop,' says Arthur Jeffes, leader of Penguin Caf退, the 21st-century reincarnation of the Penguin Caf退 Orchestra made famous by his father Simon Jeffes. For its debut in this Late Night Prom the Penguin Caf退's wide-ranging lineup of ukulele, dulcitone, penny whistles and guitars alongside violin, cello and piano, is supplemented by the Northumbrian smallpipes - played by their star champion Kathryn Tickell. Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian smallpipes) Penguin Caf退. The Penguin Cafe makes its Proms debut, playing with Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell.
	2010, Prom 73 - Penguin Cafe	20101229		BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by Catherine Bott Another chance to hear the quirky music of the Penguin Caf退. 'I think our recordings have been put in the classical, folk, pop, rock, avantgarde, chillout, world and dance sections of record shop,' says Arthur Jeffes, leader of Penguin Caf退, the 21st-century reincarnation of the Penguin Caf退 Orchestra made famous by his father Simon Jeffes. In this Late Night Prom from September the Penguin Caf退's wide-ranging lineup: ukulele, dulcitone, penny whistles and guitars alongside violin, cello and piano, supplemented by the Northumbrian smallpipes - played by their star champion Kathryn Tickell. Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian smallpipes) The Penguin Cafe makes its Proms debut, playing with Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell. BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by Catherine Bott Another chance to hear the quirky music of the Penguin Caf退. 'I think our recordings have been put in the classical, folk, pop, rock, avantgarde, chillout, world and dance sections of record shop,' says Arthur Jeffes, leader of Penguin Caf退, the 21st-century reincarnation of the Penguin Caf退 Orchestra made famous by his father Simon Jeffes. In this Late Night Prom from September the Penguin Caf退's wide-ranging lineup: ukulele, dulcitone, penny whistles and guitars alongside violin, cello and piano, supplemented by the Northumbrian smallpipes - played by their star champion Kathryn Tickell. Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian smallpipes) Penguin Caf退. The Penguin Cafe makes its Proms debut, playing with Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell.
	2010, Prom 75 - Monteverdi's Vespers	20100910		2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Monteverdi's resplendent Vespers. Published 400 years ago in 1610, Monteverdi's choral masterpiece is a glorious summation of the different styles of Venetian church music of the 1600s. Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir make the most of the vast spaces of the Royal Albert Hall to perform the music with which they made their Proms debut in 1968. The London Oratory Junior Choir & The Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner in Monteverdi: Vespers. BBC PROMS 2010 Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Monteverdi's resplendent Vespers. Published 400 years ago in 1610, Monteverdi's choral masterpiece is a glorious summation of the different styles of Venetian church music of the 1600s. Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir make the most of the vast spaces of the Royal Albert Hall to perform the music with which they made their Proms debut in 1968. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Monteverdi's resplendent Vespers. Published 400 years ago in 1610, Monteverdi's choral masterpiece is a glorious summation of the different styles of Venetian church music of the 1600s. Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir make the most of the vast spaces of the Royal Albert Hall to perform the music with which they made their Proms debut in 1968. The London Oratory Junior Choir & The Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner in Monteverdi: Vespers. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Monteverdi's resplendent Vespers. Published 400 years ago in 1610, Monteverdi's choral masterpiece is a glorious summation of the different styles of Venetian church music of the 1600s. Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir make the most of the vast spaces of the Royal Albert Hall to perform the music with which they made their Proms debut in 1968. English Baroque Soloists The London Oratory Junior Choir & The Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner in Monteverdi: Vespers.
	2010, Prom 76, Last Night Of The Proms		20101231	From the BBC Proms 2010 Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein Another chance to hear the traditional Last Night festivities as Jirí Belohlàvek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform an evening of great music, vivid colour and occasional noises-off. Adding the solo glamour are American soprano Ren退e Fleming and Ukrainian born viola player Maxim Rysanov each acknowledged for the excellence of their music making as well as their on-stage elegance. Known for her roles as great operatic heroines, Fleming sings a series of intimate songs by Richard Strauss and what is perhaps her signature piece - Rusalka's romantic entreaty to the moon. Rysanov, a current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and movements from Vaughan Williams rarely-heard Viola Suite. Other works include the premiere of Jonathan Dove's joyous setting of a poem by Walt Whitman, Tchaikovsky's sun-drenched homage to Italy and there's an opportunity for the combined forces of the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus to shine in Parry's much loved choral ode. All this and the traditional Last Night fare make this one of the musical highlights of the year. Jonathan Dove: A Song of Joys (BBC Commission - world premiere) Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien Tchaikovsky arr. Rysanov: Variations on a Rococo Theme Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens R. Strauss: Verführung, Op. 33. No. Strauss: Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. Strauss: Ständchen, Op. 17 No. Strauss: Winterweihe, Op. 48. Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. Chabrier: Joyeuse Marche Smetana: Dalibor - "Dobra! Já mu je dam!... Jak je mi?" Dvorak: Rusalka - Song to the Moon Vaughan Williams: Suite for viola and small orchestra - Prelude; Galop Wagner: Lohengrin - Bridal Chorus Rodgers & Hammerstein: Carousel - 'You'll never walk alone' Trad, arr. Nic Raine: Fisher's Hornpipe Arne arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia! Parry, orch. Elgar: Jerusalem Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') The National Anthem Auld Lang Syne Ren退e Fleming (soprano) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Jirí Belohlàvek (conductor). Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein present 2010's Last Night of the Proms. Another chance to hear the traditional Last Night festivities as Jirí Belohlàvek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform an evening of great music, vivid colour and occasional noises-off. Adding the solo glamour are American soprano Ren退e Fleming and Ukrainian born viola player Maxim Rysanov each acknowledged for the excellence of their music making as well as their on-stage elegance. Known for her roles as great operatic heroines, Fleming sings a series of intimate songs by Richard Strauss and what is perhaps her signature piece - Rusalka's romantic entreaty to the moon. Rysanov, a current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and movements from Vaughan Williams rarely-heard Viola Suite. Other works include the premiere of Jonathan Dove's joyous setting of a poem by Walt Whitman, Tchaikovsky's sun-drenched homage to Italy and there's an opportunity for the combined forces of the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus to shine in Parry's much loved choral ode. All this and the traditional Last Night fare make this one of the musical highlights of the year. Tchaikovsky arr. Rysanov: Variations on a Rococo Theme R. Strauss: Verführung, Op. 33. No. 1 R. Strauss: Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. 1 R. Strauss: Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 R. Strauss: Winterweihe, Op. 48. No. 4 R. Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Smetana: Dalibor - "Dobra! Já mu je dam!... Jak je mi?" Trad, arr. Nic Raine: Fisher's Hornpipe Arne arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia! Parry, orch. Elgar: Jerusalem Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') From the BBC Proms 2010 Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein Another chance to hear the traditional Last Night festivities as Jirí Belohlàvek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform an evening of great music, vivid colour and occasional noises-off. Adding the solo glamour are American soprano Ren退e Fleming and Ukrainian born viola player Maxim Rysanov each acknowledged for the excellence of their music making as well as their on-stage elegance. Known for her roles as great operatic heroines, Fleming sings a series of intimate songs by Richard Strauss and what is perhaps her signature piece - Rusalka's romantic entreaty to the moon. Rysanov, a current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and movements from Vaughan Williams rarely-heard Viola Suite. Other works include the premiere of Jonathan Dove's joyous setting of a poem by Walt Whitman, Tchaikovsky's sun-drenched homage to Italy and there's an opportunity for the combined forces of the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus to shine in Parry's much loved choral ode. All this and the traditional Last Night fare make this one of the musical highlights of the year. Jonathan Dove: A Song of Joys (BBC Commission - world premiere) Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien Tchaikovsky arr. Rysanov: Variations on a Rococo Theme Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens R. Strauss: Verführung, Op. 33. No. Strauss: Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. Strauss: Ständchen, Op. 17 No. Strauss: Winterweihe, Op. 48. Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. Chabrier: Joyeuse Marche Smetana: Dalibor - "Dobra! Já mu je dam!... Jak je mi?" Dvorak: Rusalka - Song to the Moon Vaughan Williams: Suite for viola and small orchestra - Prelude; Galop Wagner: Lohengrin - Bridal Chorus Rodgers & Hammerstein: Carousel - 'You'll never walk alone' Trad, arr. Nic Raine: Fisher's Hornpipe Arne arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia! Parry, orch. Elgar: Jerusalem Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') The National Anthem Auld Lang Syne Ren退e Fleming (soprano) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Jirí Belohlàvek (conductor). Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein present 2010's Last Night of the Proms. From the BBC Proms 2010 Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein Another chance to hear the traditional Last Night festivities as Jirí Belohlàvek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform an evening of great music, vivid colour and occasional noises-off. Adding the solo glamour are American soprano Ren退e Fleming and Ukrainian born viola player Maxim Rysanov each acknowledged for the excellence of their music making as well as their on-stage elegance. Known for her roles as great operatic heroines, Fleming sings a series of intimate songs by Richard Strauss and what is perhaps her signature piece - Rusalka's romantic entreaty to the moon. Rysanov, a current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and movements from Vaughan Williams rarely-heard Viola Suite. Other works include the premiere of Jonathan Dove's joyous setting of a poem by Walt Whitman, Tchaikovsky's sun-drenched homage to Italy and there's an opportunity for the combined forces of the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus to shine in Parry's much loved choral ode. All this and the traditional Last Night fare make this one of the musical highlights of the year. Jonathan Dove: A Song of Joys (BBC Commission - world premiere) Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien Tchaikovsky arr. Rysanov: Variations on a Rococo Theme Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens R. Strauss: Verführung, Op. 33. No. 1 R. Strauss: Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. 1 R. Strauss: Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 R. Strauss: Winterweihe, Op. 48. No. 4 R. Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Chabrier: Joyeuse Marche Smetana: Dalibor - "Dobra! Já mu je dam!... Jak je mi?" Dvorak: Rusalka - Song to the Moon Vaughan Williams: Suite for viola and small orchestra - Prelude; Galop Wagner: Lohengrin - Bridal Chorus Rodgers & Hammerstein: Carousel - 'You'll never walk alone' Trad, arr. Nic Raine: Fisher's Hornpipe Arne arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia! Parry, orch. Elgar: Jerusalem Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') The National Anthem Auld Lang Syne BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Ren退e Fleming (soprano) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Jirí Belohlàvek (conductor). Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein present 2010's Last Night of the Proms.
	2010, Proms 38 - Bach Organ Music	20100814		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch The mighty Father Willis organ of the Albert Hall is unleashed by David Briggs, Organist Emeritus at Gloucester Cathedral, for the third of today's Bach Proms. The programme starts with two contrasting original works for the instrument - a small-scale chorale prelude based on the Advent hymn "Sleepers Wake", preceded by the great Passacaglia in C minor: twenty-one variations and a fugue founded on a repeated bass line. Three pieces demonstrate the organ's traditional role playing transcriptions of orchestral works - a role extending back to Bach's own day - including the cantata movement 'Sheep may safely graze', and David Briggs's own arrangement of the best known of Bach's orchestral suites, including the popular 'Air on the G String'. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645 Bach, arr. Stainton B Taylor: Aria 'Schafe können sicher weiden', BWV 208 Virgil Fox:'Komm, süsser Tod', BWV 478 David Briggs:Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 David Briggs (organ). David Briggs gives a Bach organ recital, featuring original works and arrangements. The mighty Father Willis organ of the Albert Hall is unleashed by David Briggs, Organist Emeritus at Gloucester Cathedral, for the third of today's Bach Proms. The programme starts with two contrasting original works for the instrument - a small-scale chorale prelude based on the Advent hymn "Sleepers Wake", preceded by the great Passacaglia in C minor: twenty-one variations and a fugue founded on a repeated bass line. Three pieces demonstrate the organ's traditional role playing transcriptions of orchestral works - a role extending back to Bach's own day - including the cantata movement 'Sheep may safely graze', and David Briggs's own arrangement of the best known of Bach's orchestral suites, including the popular 'Air on the G String'. Bach, arr. Stainton B Taylor: Aria 'Schafe können sicher weiden', BWV 208 Bach, arr. Virgil Fox:'Komm, süsser Tod', BWV 478 Bach, arr. David Briggs:Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch The mighty Father Willis organ of the Albert Hall is unleashed by David Briggs, Organist Emeritus at Gloucester Cathedral, for the third of today's Bach Proms. The programme starts with two contrasting original works for the instrument - a small-scale chorale prelude based on the Advent hymn "Sleepers Wake", preceded by the great Passacaglia in C minor: twenty-one variations and a fugue founded on a repeated bass line. Three pieces demonstrate the organ's traditional role playing transcriptions of orchestral works - a role extending back to Bach's own day - including the cantata movement 'Sheep may safely graze', and David Briggs's own arrangement of the best known of Bach's orchestral suites, including the popular 'Air on the G String'. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645 Bach, arr. Stainton B Taylor: Aria 'Schafe können sicher weiden', BWV 208 Virgil Fox:'Komm, süsser Tod', BWV 478 David Briggs:Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 David Briggs (organ). David Briggs gives a Bach organ recital, featuring original works and arrangements. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch The mighty Father Willis organ of the Albert Hall is unleashed by David Briggs, Organist Emeritus at Gloucester Cathedral, for the third of today's Bach Proms. The programme starts with two contrasting original works for the instrument - a small-scale chorale prelude based on the Advent hymn "Sleepers Wake", preceded by the great Passacaglia in C minor: twenty-one variations and a fugue founded on a repeated bass line. Three pieces demonstrate the organ's traditional role playing transcriptions of orchestral works - a role extending back to Bach's own day - including the cantata movement 'Sheep may safely graze', and David Briggs's own arrangement of the best known of Bach's orchestral suites, including the popular 'Air on the G String'. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645 Bach, arr. Stainton B Taylor: Aria 'Schafe können sicher weiden', BWV 208 Bach, arr. Virgil Fox:'Komm, süsser Tod', BWV 478 Bach, arr. David Briggs:Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 David Briggs (organ). David Briggs gives a Bach organ recital, featuring original works and arrangements.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 01 - Schubert Songs, Schumann's Dichterliebe	20100719		Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Schumann's bicentenary is celebrated in this first Chamber Prom of the season with the composer at his most intimate and poignant in the sixteen Heine settings of Dichterliebe - 'A Poet's Love' - which trace a poet's increasing dejection as he reflects upon his imagined love. They are performed by one of Britain's foremost tenors, Mark Padmore, partnered by the pianist Imogen Cooper and their programme also includes a sequence of songs by Schubert and one of his lively piano miniatures. Schubert: Die Forelle, D550 Des Fischers Liebesglück, D933 Vor meiner Wiege, D927 Die Sterne, D939 Drei Klavierstücke D946 - No 3 in C major Schumann: Dichterliebe, op 48 Mark Padmore (tenor) Imogen Cooper (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 24th July at 2pm. Mark Padmore and Imogen Cooper perform Schubert songs and Schumann's Dichterliebe. Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Schumann's bicentenary is celebrated in this first Chamber Prom of the season with the composer at his most intimate and poignant in the sixteen Heine settings of Dichterliebe - 'A Poet's Love' - which trace a poet's increasing dejection as he reflects upon his imagined love. They are performed by one of Britain's foremost tenors, Mark Padmore, partnered by the pianist Imogen Cooper and their programme also includes a sequence of songs by Schubert and one of his lively piano miniatures. Schubert: Die Forelle, D550 Des Fischers Liebesglück, D933 Vor meiner Wiege, D927 Die Sterne, D939 Drei Klavierstücke D946 - No 3 in C major Schumann: Dichterliebe, op 48 Mark Padmore (tenor) Imogen Cooper (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 24th July at 2pm. Mark Padmore and Imogen Cooper perform Schubert songs and Schumann's Dichterliebe.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 01 - Schubert Songs, Schumann's Dichterliebe	20100724		Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Schumann's bicentenary is celebrated in this first Chamber Prom of the season with the composer at his most intimate and poignant in the sixteen Heine settings of Dichterliebe - 'A Poet's Love' - which trace a poet's increasing dejection as he reflects upon his imagined love. They are performed by one of Britain's foremost tenors, Mark Padmore, partnered by the pianist Imogen Cooper and their programme also includes a sequence of songs by Schubert and one of his lively piano miniatures. Schubert: Die Forelle, D550 Des Fischers Liebesglück, D933 Vor meiner Wiege, D927 Die Sterne, D939 Drei Klavierstücke D946 - No 3 in C major Schumann: Dichterliebe, op 48 Mark Padmore (tenor) Imogen Cooper (piano). Mark Padmore and Imogen Cooper perform Schumann's Dichterliebe and songs by Schubert. Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Schumann's bicentenary is celebrated in this first Chamber Prom of the season with the composer at his most intimate and poignant in the sixteen Heine settings of Dichterliebe - 'A Poet's Love' - which trace a poet's increasing dejection as he reflects upon his imagined love. They are performed by one of Britain's foremost tenors, Mark Padmore, partnered by the pianist Imogen Cooper and their programme also includes a sequence of songs by Schubert and one of his lively piano miniatures. Schubert: Die Forelle, D550 Des Fischers Liebesglück, D933 Vor meiner Wiege, D927 Die Sterne, D939 Drei Klavierstücke D946 - No 3 in C major Schumann: Dichterliebe, op 48 Mark Padmore (tenor) Imogen Cooper (piano). Mark Padmore and Imogen Cooper perform Schumann's Dichterliebe and songs by Schubert.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 02: Francesco Piemontesi And Navarra Quartet	20100726		Presented by Catherine Bott A recital featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists Francesco Piemontesi and Navarra Quartet. A selection of Debussy's miniature piano masterpieces, his Preludes, is followed by Haydn's String Quartet op 20 no 3 in G minor. Then the performers come together for Schumann's melodic and passionate Piano Quintet. Debussy: Preludes: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Les collines d'Anacapri; La Terrasse des audiences; Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest Haydn: String Quartet op 20 no 3 in G minor Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Pianist Francesco Piemontesi and the Navarra Quartet play Debussy, Haydn and Schumann. Presented by Catherine Bott A recital featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists Francesco Piemontesi and Navarra Quartet. A selection of Debussy's miniature piano masterpieces, his Preludes, is followed by Haydn's String Quartet op 20 no 3 in G minor. Then the performers come together for Schumann's melodic and passionate Piano Quintet. Debussy: Preludes: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Les collines d'Anacapri; La Terrasse des audiences; Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest Haydn: String Quartet op 20 no 3 in G minor Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Navarra Quartet. Pianist Francesco Piemontesi and the Navarra Quartet play Debussy, Haydn and Schumann.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 02: Francesco Piemontesi And Navarra Quartet	20100731		Presented by Catherine Bott A recital featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists Francesco Piemontesi and Navarra Quartet. A selection of Debussy's miniature piano masterpieces, his Preludes, is followed by Haydn's String Quartet op 20 no 3 in G minor. Then the performers come together for Schumann's melodic and passionate Piano Quintet. Debussy: Preludes: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Les collines d'Anacapri; La Terrasse des audiences; Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest Haydn: String Quartet op 20 no 3 in G minor Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Pianist Francesco Piemontesi and the Navarra Quartet play Debussy, Haydn and Schumann.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 03 - Christensson, Neven, Eijsackers	20100802		Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Catherine Bott Two of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hugo Wolf with some of his greatest songs - the German translations of Italian poetry that make up his Italienishes Liederbuch. The Swedish soprano Malin Christensson and the Dutch baritone Henk Neven, partnered by pianist Hans Eijsackers, combine these with the more sombre sound of Brahms in settings of Heinrich Heine, and the expressive melodies of Berg, which push the boundaries of Romantic Lieder. Brahms: Four settings of Heine: Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!, Op. 71 No. 1; Sommerabend, Op. 85 No. 1; Mondenschein, Op. 85 No. 2; Meerfahrt, Op. 96 No. 4 Berg:Seven Early Songs Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch - selection Malin Christensson, soprano Henk Neven, baritone Hans Eijsackers, piano. Malin Christensson (soprano) and Henk Neven (baritone) perform Brahms, Berg and Wolf. Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Catherine Bott Two of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hugo Wolf with some of his greatest songs - the German translations of Italian poetry that make up his Italienishes Liederbuch. The Swedish soprano Malin Christensson and the Dutch baritone Henk Neven, partnered by pianist Hans Eijsackers, combine these with the more sombre sound of Brahms in settings of Heinrich Heine, and the expressive melodies of Berg, which push the boundaries of Romantic Lieder. Brahms: Four settings of Heine: Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!, Op. 71 No. 1; Sommerabend, Op. 85 No. 1; Mondenschein, Op. 85 No. 2; Meerfahrt, Op. 96 No. 4 Berg:Seven Early Songs Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch - selection Malin Christensson, soprano Henk Neven, baritone Hans Eijsackers, piano. Malin Christensson (soprano) and Henk Neven (baritone) perform Brahms, Berg and Wolf.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 03 - Christensson, Neven, Eijsackers	20100807		Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Catherine Bott Two of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hugo Wolf with some of his greatest songs - the German translations of Italian poetry that make up his Italienishes Liederbuch. The Swedish soprano Malin Christensson and the Dutch baritone Henk Neven, partnered by pianist Hans Eijsackers, combine these with the more sombre sound of Brahms in settings of Heinrich Heine, and the expressive melodies of Berg, which push the boundaries of Romantic Lieder. Brahms: Four settings of Heine: Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!, Op. 71 No. 1; Sommerabend, Op. 85 No. Mondenschein, Op. 2; Meerfahrt, Op. 96 No. 4 Berg:Seven Early Songs Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch - selection Malin Christensson, soprano Henk Neven, baritone Hans Eijsackers, piano. Malin Christensson (soprano) and Henk Neven (baritone) perform Brahms, Berg and Wolf.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 04 - Musica Ad Rhenum	20100809		2010 Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott. As a taster to Saturday's Bach Day, the Amsterdam-based Musica ad Rhenum directed by Jed Wentz perform a programme of chamber music by Bach, and two of his sons. This year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and his Flute Sonata and Keyboard Fantasia can be heard along side a Trio Sonata by his younger brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel. The concert begins and ends with the head of the Bach family dynasty, Johann Sebastian, including the richly resonant Trio Sonata from his Musical Offering - a tribute to King Frederick the Great JS Bach: Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1038 WF Bach: Flute Sonata in E minor, BR B17 CPE Bach: Trio Sonata in C major, W149 WF Bach: Keyboard Fantasia in E minor, BR A24 JS Bach: Musical Offering - Trio Sonata Jed Wentz (flute/director). Musica ad Rhenum in music by Bach and his sons Wilhelm Friedrich and Carl Philipp Emanuel. BBC PROMS 2010 As a taster to Saturday's Bach Day, the Amsterdam-based Musica ad Rhenum directed by Jed Wentz perform a programme of chamber music by Bach, and two of his sons. This year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and his Flute Sonata and Keyboard Fantasia can be heard along side a Trio Sonata by his younger brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel. The concert begins and ends with the head of the Bach family dynasty, Johann Sebastian, including the richly resonant Trio Sonata from his Musical Offering - a tribute to King Frederick the Great Presented by Catherine Bott. JS Bach: Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1038 WF Bach: Flute Sonata in E minor, BR B17 CPE Bach: Trio Sonata in C major, W149 WF Bach: Keyboard Fantasia in E minor, BR A24
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 05 - Julia Fischer, Milana Chernyavska	20100816		BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Following her Proms performance of Shostakovich's 1st Concerto last night, violinist Julia Fischer plays a more intimate concert of chamber works. Her recital starts with the technically demanding but intensely expressive first solo sonata by Belgian virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe, and then she is joined by regular chamber partner Milana Chernyavska to perform the large-scale and Romantically turbulent sonata by C退sar Franck. Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin Franck: Sonata in A major for violin and piano Julia Fischer (violin) Milana Chernyavska (piano) This Prom is repeated on Saturday 21st August at 2pm. Catherine Bott presents Julia Fischer (violin) in music by Ysaye and Franck. Following her Proms performance of Shostakovich's 1st Concerto last night, violinist Julia Fischer plays a more intimate concert of chamber works. Her recital starts with the technically demanding but intensely expressive first solo sonata by Belgian virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe, and then she is joined by regular chamber partner Milana Chernyavska to perform the large-scale and Romantically turbulent sonata by C退sar Franck. Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Following her Proms performance of Shostakovich's 1st Concerto last night, violinist Julia Fischer plays a more intimate concert of chamber works. Her recital starts with the technically demanding but intensely expressive first solo sonata by Belgian virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe, and then she is joined by regular chamber partner Milana Chernyavska to perform the large-scale and Romantically turbulent sonata by C退sar Franck. Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin Franck: Sonata in A major for violin and piano Julia Fischer (violin) Milana Chernyavska (piano) This Prom is repeated on Saturday 21st August at 2pm. Catherine Bott presents Julia Fischer (violin) in music by Ysaye and Franck. BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Following her Proms performance of Shostakovich's 1st Concerto last night, violinist Julia Fischer plays a more intimate concert of chamber works. Her recital starts with the technically demanding but intensely expressive first solo sonata by Belgian virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe, and then she is joined by regular chamber partner Milana Chernyavska to perform the large-scale and Romantically turbulent sonata by C退sar Franck. Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin Franck: Sonata in A major for violin and piano Julia Fischer (violin) Milana Chernyavska (piano) This Prom is repeated on Saturday 21st August at 2pm. Catherine Bott presents Julia Fischer (violin) in music by Ysaye and Franck.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 05 - Julia Fischer, Milana Chernyavska	20100821		Catherine Bott presents Julia Fischer (violin) in music by Ysaye and Franck. Catherine Bott presents Julia Fischer (violin) in music by Ysaye and Franck. Catherine Bott presents Julia Fischer (violin) in music by Ysaye and Franck.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 06: Stile Antico	20100823		CHAMBER MUSIC 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The young British vocal ensemble Stile Antico perform The Song of Songs - sensuous polyphonic music from the courts of Renaissance Europe. The programme celebrates some of the greatest composers of the age, with works by Ceballos, Clemens non Papa, Gombert, Guerrero, Lassus, Palestrina, Praetorius, Victoria and Vivanco, interspersed with plainchant. Repeated on Saturday 28th August at 2.00pm. Vocal ensemble Stile Antico in Renaissance polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2010 The young British vocal ensemble Stile Antico perform The Song of Songs - sensuous polyphonic music from the courts of Renaissance Europe. The programme celebrates some of the greatest composers of the age, with works by Ceballos, Clemens non Papa, Gombert, Guerrero, Lassus, Palestrina, Praetorius, Victoria and Vivanco, interspersed with plainchant. CHAMBER MUSIC 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The young British vocal ensemble Stile Antico perform The Song of Songs - sensuous polyphonic music from the courts of Renaissance Europe. The programme celebrates some of the greatest composers of the age, with works by Ceballos, Clemens non Papa, Gombert, Guerrero, Lassus, Palestrina, Praetorius, Victoria and Vivanco, interspersed with plainchant. Repeated on Saturday 28th August at 2.00pm. Vocal ensemble Stile Antico in Renaissance polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The young British vocal ensemble Stile Antico perform The Song of Songs - sensuous polyphonic music from the courts of Renaissance Europe. The programme celebrates some of the greatest composers of the age, with works by Ceballos, Clemens non Papa, Gombert, Guerrero, Lassus, Palestrina, Praetorius, Victoria and Vivanco, interspersed with plainchant. Repeated on Saturday 28th August at 2.00pm. Vocal ensemble Stile Antico in Renaissance polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 06: Stile Antico	20100828		Vocal ensemble Stile Antico in Renaissance polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 07 - Lars Vogt	20100830		2010 Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott. Following his Proms performance of Grieg's Concerto last night, pianist Lars Vogt plays a more intimate concert of chamber works. The recital begins with Janacek's impressionistic last major piano work, it's 'mistiness' captured in these miniatures by evocative harmonies and constantly shifting perspectives. Schubert's Sonata is by contrast one of his more expansive solo works in which the easy-going tone is interrupted by anguished outbursts, though the mood lightens again for the playful conclusion. Janacek: In the Mists Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major, D894 Lars Vogt, piano This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 4th September at 2.00pm. Lars Vogt (piano) performs Janacek's In the Mists and Schubert's Piano Sonata in G, D894. BBC PROMS 2010 Following his Proms performance of Grieg's Concerto last night, pianist Lars Vogt plays a more intimate concert of chamber works. The recital begins with Janacek's impressionistic last major piano work, it's 'mistiness' captured in these miniatures by evocative harmonies and constantly shifting perspectives. Schubert's Sonata is by contrast one of his more expansive solo works in which the easy-going tone is interrupted by anguished outbursts, though the mood lightens again for the playful conclusion. 2010 Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott. Following his Proms performance of Grieg's Concerto last night, pianist Lars Vogt plays a more intimate concert of chamber works. The recital begins with Janacek's impressionistic last major piano work, it's 'mistiness' captured in these miniatures by evocative harmonies and constantly shifting perspectives. Schubert's Sonata is by contrast one of his more expansive solo works in which the easy-going tone is interrupted by anguished outbursts, though the mood lightens again for the playful conclusion. Janacek: In the Mists Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major, D894 Lars Vogt, piano This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 4th September at 2.00pm. Lars Vogt (piano) performs Janacek's In the Mists and Schubert's Piano Sonata in G, D894. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott. Following his Proms performance of Grieg's Concerto last night, pianist Lars Vogt plays a more intimate concert of chamber works. The recital begins with Janacek's impressionistic last major piano work, it's 'mistiness' captured in these miniatures by evocative harmonies and constantly shifting perspectives. Schubert's Sonata is by contrast one of his more expansive solo works in which the easy-going tone is interrupted by anguished outbursts, though the mood lightens again for the playful conclusion. Janacek: In the Mists Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major, D894 Lars Vogt, piano This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 4th September at 2.00pm. Lars Vogt (piano) performs Janacek's In the Mists and Schubert's Piano Sonata in G, D894.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 07 - Lars Vogt	20100904		Lars Vogt (piano) performs Janacek's In the Mists and Schubert's Piano Sonata in G, D894.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 08 - Le Poeme Harmonique	20100906		2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Vibrant French ensemble Le Poème Harmonique and their director Vincent Dumestre conjure up the carnivalesque atmosphere of 17th century Venice, where the streets and palaces provided a cultural melting pot for both popular and artistic styles of the day. Along with Claudio Monteverdi's expressive 'Lament of the Nymph', there's music by lesser-known contemporaries Benedetto Ferrari and Francesco Manelli, the first composer to write operas for the paying public as opposed to the privileged court. Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Monteverdi: Dormo Ancora (from Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patrria) Marini: Sonata terza Manelli: Bergamasca: La Barchetta passaggiera Manelli: Canzonetta: Sguardo lusinghiero Manelli: Jacara: Aria alla napolitana Manelli: Ciaccona: Acceso mio core Ferrari: Chi non sa come Amor Ferrari: Son ruinato, appassionato Anon: Villanella ch'all'acqua vai Vincent Dumestre (theorbo/baroque guitar/director) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 11th September at 2.00pm. Vincent Dumestre directs le Poeme Harmonique in carnival music from 17th-century Venice. BBC PROMS 2010 Vibrant French ensemble Le Poème Harmonique and their director Vincent Dumestre conjure up the carnivalesque atmosphere of 17th century Venice, where the streets and palaces provided a cultural melting pot for both popular and artistic styles of the day. Along with Claudio Monteverdi's expressive 'Lament of the Nymph', there's music by lesser-known contemporaries Benedetto Ferrari and Francesco Manelli, the first composer to write operas for the paying public as opposed to the privileged court. 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Vibrant French ensemble Le Poème Harmonique and their director Vincent Dumestre conjure up the carnivalesque atmosphere of 17th century Venice, where the streets and palaces provided a cultural melting pot for both popular and artistic styles of the day. Along with Claudio Monteverdi's expressive 'Lament of the Nymph', there's music by lesser-known contemporaries Benedetto Ferrari and Francesco Manelli, the first composer to write operas for the paying public as opposed to the privileged court. Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Monteverdi: Dormo Ancora (from Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patrria) Marini: Sonata terza Manelli: Bergamasca: La Barchetta passaggiera Manelli: Canzonetta: Sguardo lusinghiero Manelli: Jacara: Aria alla napolitana Manelli: Ciaccona: Acceso mio core Ferrari: Chi non sa come Amor Ferrari: Son ruinato, appassionato Anon: Villanella ch'all'acqua vai Vincent Dumestre (theorbo/baroque guitar/director) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 11th September at 2.00pm. Vincent Dumestre directs le Poeme Harmonique in carnival music from 17th-century Venice. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Vibrant French ensemble Le Poème Harmonique and their director Vincent Dumestre conjure up the carnivalesque atmosphere of 17th century Venice, where the streets and palaces provided a cultural melting pot for both popular and artistic styles of the day. Along with Claudio Monteverdi's expressive 'Lament of the Nymph', there's music by lesser-known contemporaries Benedetto Ferrari and Francesco Manelli, the first composer to write operas for the paying public as opposed to the privileged court. Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Monteverdi: Dormo Ancora (from Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patrria) Marini: Sonata terza Manelli: Bergamasca: La Barchetta passaggiera Manelli: Canzonetta: Sguardo lusinghiero Manelli: Jacara: Aria alla napolitana Manelli: Ciaccona: Acceso mio core Ferrari: Chi non sa come Amor Ferrari: Son ruinato, appassionato Anon: Villanella ch'all'acqua vai Vincent Dumestre (theorbo/baroque guitar/director) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 11th September at 2.00pm. Vincent Dumestre directs le Poeme Harmonique in carnival music from 17th-century Venice.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 08 - Le Poeme Harmonique	20100911		Vincent Dumestre directs le Poeme Harmonique in carnival music from 17th-century Venice.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Psm 01 - Brandenburg Concertos	20100814		BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Proms Bach Day launches with the complete Brandenburg Concertos in two concerts given by the English Baroque Soloists and conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Written for the small orchestra of fine musicians at the court of Anhalt-Cöthen, where Bach was Kapellmeister for six years from 1717, each concerto uses a different line-up of musicians. "No other set of concertos" maintains Gardiner, "can compare with Bach's for diversity of instrument make-up, for the prominence and variety of wind instruments, or for the myriad textural contrasts this allows." Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 4 in G major BWV 1049 Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner in Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1, 4, 6. Proms Bach Day launches with the complete Brandenburg Concertos in two concerts given by the English Baroque Soloists and conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Written for the small orchestra of fine musicians at the court of Anhalt-Cöthen, where Bach was Kapellmeister for six years from 1717, each concerto uses a different line-up of musicians. "No other set of concertos" maintains Gardiner, "can compare with Bach's for diversity of instrument make-up, for the prominence and variety of wind instruments, or for the myriad textural contrasts this allows." Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Proms Bach Day launches with the complete Brandenburg Concertos in two concerts given by the English Baroque Soloists and conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Written for the small orchestra of fine musicians at the court of Anhalt-Cöthen, where Bach was Kapellmeister for six years from 1717, each concerto uses a different line-up of musicians. "No other set of concertos" maintains Gardiner, "can compare with Bach's for diversity of instrument make-up, for the prominence and variety of wind instruments, or for the myriad textural contrasts this allows." Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 4 in G major BWV 1049 Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner in Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1, 4, 6. BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Proms Bach Day launches with the complete Brandenburg Concertos in two concerts given by the English Baroque Soloists and conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Written for the small orchestra of fine musicians at the court of Anhalt-Cöthen, where Bach was Kapellmeister for six years from 1717, each concerto uses a different line-up of musicians. "No other set of concertos" maintains Gardiner, "can compare with Bach's for diversity of instrument make-up, for the prominence and variety of wind instruments, or for the myriad textural contrasts this allows." Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner in Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1, 4, 6.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Psm 02 - Brandenburg Concertos	20100814		BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Proms Bach Day continues with the second concert of Brandenburg Concertos given by the English Baroque Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 5 in D major BWV 1050 2 in F major, BWV 1047 Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner in Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 3, 5, 2. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Proms Bach Day continues with the second concert of Brandenburg Concertos given by the English Baroque Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 5 in D major BWV 1050 2 in F major, BWV 1047 Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner in Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 3, 5, 2. BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Proms Bach Day continues with the second concert of Brandenburg Concertos given by the English Baroque Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner in Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 3, 5, 2.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Psm 03 - I Fagiolini	20100821		2010 Proms Saturday Matinee live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer. Two leading vocal and instrumental ensembles combine for a programme of music from the Renaissance to the present. Britten quoted Dowland's well-known lute song in his Lachrymae, which spotlights the viola, and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lawrence Power also appears in Israeli composer Betty Olivero's war-torn work that draws on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, as well as the laments of mourning women. Meanwhile Brett Dean responds both to Carlo Gesualdo's music and to his violent temper. Dowland: Flow, my tears Britten: Lachrymae Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday - 'Tristis est anima mea' (Responsory 2) Gesualdo: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo Brett Dean: Carlo Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - excerpts Betty Olivero: Neharot, Neharot (UK Premiere) Lawrence Power, viola I Fagiolini Robert Hollingworth, director Britten Sinfonia, Ryan Wigglesworth conductor. I Fagiolini and the Britten Sinfonia in music from the Renaissance to today. BBC PROMS 2010 Two leading vocal and instrumental ensembles combine for a programme of music from the Renaissance to the present. Britten quoted Dowland's well-known lute song in his Lachrymae, which spotlights the viola, and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lawrence Power also appears in Israeli composer Betty Olivero's war-torn work that draws on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, as well as the laments of mourning women. Meanwhile Brett Dean responds both to Carlo Gesualdo's music and to his violent temper. 2010 Proms Saturday Matinee live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer. Two leading vocal and instrumental ensembles combine for a programme of music from the Renaissance to the present. Britten quoted Dowland's well-known lute song in his Lachrymae, which spotlights the viola, and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lawrence Power also appears in Israeli composer Betty Olivero's war-torn work that draws on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, as well as the laments of mourning women. Meanwhile Brett Dean responds both to Carlo Gesualdo's music and to his violent temper. Dowland: Flow, my tears Britten: Lachrymae Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday - 'Tristis est anima mea' (Responsory 2) Gesualdo: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo Brett Dean: Carlo Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - excerpts Betty Olivero: Neharot, Neharot (UK Premiere) Lawrence Power, viola I Fagiolini Robert Hollingworth, director Britten Sinfonia, Ryan Wigglesworth conductor. I Fagiolini and the Britten Sinfonia in music from the Renaissance to today. BBC PROMS 2010 Proms Saturday Matinee live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer. Two leading vocal and instrumental ensembles combine for a programme of music from the Renaissance to the present. Britten quoted Dowland's well-known lute song in his Lachrymae, which spotlights the viola, and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lawrence Power also appears in Israeli composer Betty Olivero's war-torn work that draws on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, as well as the laments of mourning women. Meanwhile Brett Dean responds both to Carlo Gesualdo's music and to his violent temper. Dowland: Flow, my tears Britten: Lachrymae Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday - 'Tristis est anima mea' (Responsory 2) Gesualdo: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo Brett Dean: Carlo Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - excerpts Betty Olivero: Neharot, Neharot (UK Premiere) Lawrence Power, viola I Fagiolini Robert Hollingworth, director Britten Sinfonia, Ryan Wigglesworth conductor. I Fagiolini and the Britten Sinfonia in music from the Renaissance to today.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Psm 04 - Nash Ensemble, Robin Holloway	20100828		BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The Nash Ensemble and tenor Toby Spence perform a programme combining past and present with music by Schumann and Robin Holloway. Robin Holloway's 5 Fantasy-Pieces frame the Schumann song-cycle that inspired them, and the concert ends with Schumann's romantic Piano Quartet. Holloway: Fantasy-Pieces (on the Heine 'Liederkreis' of Schumann) Op.16 Schumann: Liederkreis, Op.24 Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.47 Toby Spence, tenor Ian Brown, piano Edward Gardner, conductor. The Nash Ensemble and tenor Toby Spence perform music by Robin Holloway and Schumann. The Nash Ensemble and tenor Toby Spence perform a programme combining past and present with music by Schumann and Robin Holloway. Robin Holloway's 5 Fantasy-Pieces frame the Schumann song-cycle that inspired them, and the concert ends with Schumann's romantic Piano Quartet. BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The Nash Ensemble and tenor Toby Spence perform a programme combining past and present with music by Schumann and Robin Holloway. Robin Holloway's 5 Fantasy-Pieces frame the Schumann song-cycle that inspired them, and the concert ends with Schumann's romantic Piano Quartet. Holloway: Fantasy-Pieces (on the Heine 'Liederkreis' of Schumann) Op.16 Schumann: Liederkreis, Op.24 Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.47 Toby Spence, tenor Ian Brown, piano Edward Gardner, conductor. The Nash Ensemble and tenor Toby Spence perform music by Robin Holloway and Schumann. BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The Nash Ensemble and tenor Toby Spence perform a programme combining past and present with music by Schumann and Robin Holloway. Robin Holloway's 5 Fantasy-Pieces frame the Schumann song-cycle that inspired them, and the concert ends with Schumann's romantic Piano Quartet. Holloway: Fantasy-Pieces (on the Heine 'Liederkreis' of Schumann) Op.16 Schumann: Liederkreis, Op.24 Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.47 Toby Spence, tenor Ian Brown, piano Nash Ensemble Edward Gardner, conductor. The Nash Ensemble and tenor Toby Spence perform music by Robin Holloway and Schumann.
	2010, Proms Chamber Music, Psm 05 - Bbc Singers, Endymion	20100904		2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Music which casts a glance over its shoulder to the works of previous generations is the keynote of this Proms Saturday Matinee, including pieces by living composers which have been inspired by the music of earlier times. Judith Weir's All the Ends of the Earth takes as its starting-point the newly-invented style of four-part singing developed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in the 13th century, while Brian Ferneyhough's work for string quartet is based on music by the Tudor composer Christopher Tye. Jonathan Harvey's motet for Easter is inspired by the work of Tye's contemporary John Taverner, as is Gabriel Jackson's new piece, a BBC commission, which makes a 21st-century contribution to the popular Renaissance form initiated by Taverner, the In nomine. Completing the programme, another BBC commission by the Edinburgh-born but California-based Thea Musgrave. Ithaca sets a modern poetic description of Odysseus' epic journey back to his island home after the Trojan Wars. And - a classical companion-piece - Bayan Northcott, in his Hymn to Cybele, sets words by Catullus in honour of the wild mountain Mother-Goddess whose followers were noted for their orgiastic nocturnal dances of self-mutilation. Judith Weir: All the Ends of the Earth Thea Musgrave: Ithaca (BBC commission; World Premiere) Bayan Northcott: Hymn to Cybele Brian Ferneyhough: Dum transisset I-IV (London premiere) Taverner: Dum transisset Jonathan Harvey: Dum transisset sabbatum Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas - In nomine Domini (Benedictus) Gabriel Jackson: In nomine Domini (BBC commission: world premiere) Arditti Quartet Endymion BBC Singers David Hill (conductor). Prom featuring new music with ancient roots, by Weir, Musgrave, Northcott and Harvey. BBC PROMS 2010 Judith Weir's All the Ends of the Earth takes as its starting-point the newly-invented style of four-part singing developed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in the 13th century, while Brian Ferneyhough's work for string quartet is based on music by the Tudor composer Christopher Tye. Jonathan Harvey's motet for Easter is inspired by the work of Tye's contemporary John Taverner, as is Gabriel Jackson's new piece, a BBC commission, which makes a 21st-century contribution to the popular Renaissance form initiated by Taverner, the In nomine. Completing the programme, another BBC commission by the Edinburgh-born but California-based Thea Musgrave. Ithaca sets a modern poetic description of Odysseus' epic journey back to his island home after the Trojan Wars. And - a classical companion-piece - Bayan Northcott, in his Hymn to Cybele, sets words by Catullus in honour of the wild mountain Mother-Goddess whose followers were noted for their orgiastic nocturnal dances of self-mutilation. 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Music which casts a glance over its shoulder to the works of previous generations is the keynote of this Proms Saturday Matinee, including pieces by living composers which have been inspired by the music of earlier times. Judith Weir's All the Ends of the Earth takes as its starting-point the newly-invented style of four-part singing developed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in the 13th century, while Brian Ferneyhough's work for string quartet is based on music by the Tudor composer Christopher Tye. Jonathan Harvey's motet for Easter is inspired by the work of Tye's contemporary John Taverner, as is Gabriel Jackson's new piece, a BBC commission, which makes a 21st-century contribution to the popular Renaissance form initiated by Taverner, the In nomine. Completing the programme, another BBC commission by the Edinburgh-born but California-based Thea Musgrave. Ithaca sets a modern poetic description of Odysseus' epic journey back to his island home after the Trojan Wars. And - a classical companion-piece - Bayan Northcott, in his Hymn to Cybele, sets words by Catullus in honour of the wild mountain Mother-Goddess whose followers were noted for their orgiastic nocturnal dances of self-mutilation. Judith Weir: All the Ends of the Earth Thea Musgrave: Ithaca (BBC commission; World Premiere) Bayan Northcott: Hymn to Cybele Brian Ferneyhough: Dum transisset I-IV (London premiere) Taverner: Dum transisset Jonathan Harvey: Dum transisset sabbatum Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas - In nomine Domini (Benedictus) Gabriel Jackson: In nomine Domini (BBC commission: world premiere) Arditti Quartet Endymion BBC Singers David Hill (conductor). Prom featuring new music with ancient roots, by Weir, Musgrave, Northcott and Harvey. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Music which casts a glance over its shoulder to the works of previous generations is the keynote of this Proms Saturday Matinee, including pieces by living composers which have been inspired by the music of earlier times. Judith Weir's All the Ends of the Earth takes as its starting-point the newly-invented style of four-part singing developed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in the 13th century, while Brian Ferneyhough's work for string quartet is based on music by the Tudor composer Christopher Tye. Jonathan Harvey's motet for Easter is inspired by the work of Tye's contemporary John Taverner, as is Gabriel Jackson's new piece, a BBC commission, which makes a 21st-century contribution to the popular Renaissance form initiated by Taverner, the In nomine. Completing the programme, another BBC commission by the Edinburgh-born but California-based Thea Musgrave. Ithaca sets a modern poetic description of Odysseus' epic journey back to his island home after the Trojan Wars. And - a classical companion-piece - Bayan Northcott, in his Hymn to Cybele, sets words by Catullus in honour of the wild mountain Mother-Goddess whose followers were noted for their orgiastic nocturnal dances of self-mutilation. Judith Weir: All the Ends of the Earth Thea Musgrave: Ithaca (BBC commission; World Premiere) Bayan Northcott: Hymn to Cybele Brian Ferneyhough: Dum transisset I-IV (London premiere) Taverner: Dum transisset Jonathan Harvey: Dum transisset sabbatum Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas - In nomine Domini (Benedictus) Gabriel Jackson: In nomine Domini (BBC commission: world premiere) Arditti Quartet Endymion BBC Singers David Hill (conductor). Prom featuring new music with ancient roots, by Weir, Musgrave, Northcott and Harvey.
	2010, Proms Composer Portraits, Huw Watkins	20100817		BBC Proms 2010 Presented by Andrew Mcgregor Following the premiere of his Violin Concerto in tonight's Prom, composer Huw Watkins talks to Andrew Mcgregor about his music and introduces performances of his chamber works performed by Watkins himself and students from the Royal College of Music. Huw Watkins - Gig Nicola Crowe (flute) Jessica Grimes (clarinet) Mali Lewis (harp) Yuka Matsumoto (violin) Agata Policinska Malocco (violin) Edmund Smith (viola) Frederique Legrand (cello) Huw Watkins - Four Inventions Huw Watkins (piano) Huw Watkins - Sad Steps Charis Jenson (violin) Anna Blackmur (violin) Rebecca Dyson (viola) Jessica Tickle (viola) Ariana Kashefi (cello) Colin Clark (cello) Huw Watkins talks to Andrew Mcgregor and introduces performances of his chamber works. BBC Proms 2010 Presented by Andrew Mcgregor Following the premiere of his Violin Concerto in tonight's Prom, composer Huw Watkins talks to Andrew Mcgregor about his music and introduces performances of his chamber works performed by Watkins himself and students from the Royal College of Music. Huw Watkins - Gig Nicola Crowe (flute) Jessica Grimes (clarinet) Mali Lewis (harp) Yuka Matsumoto (violin) Agata Policinska Malocco (violin) Edmund Smith (viola) Frederique Legrand (cello) Huw Watkins - Four Inventions Huw Watkins (piano) Huw Watkins - Sad Steps Charis Jenson (violin) Anna Blackmur (violin) Rebecca Dyson (viola) Jessica Tickle (viola) Ariana Kashefi (cello) Colin Clark (cello) Huw Watkins talks to Andrew Mcgregor and introduces performances of his chamber works. BBC Proms 2010 Presented by Andrew McGregor Following the premiere of his Violin Concerto in tonight's Prom, composer Huw Watkins talks to Andrew McGregor about his music and introduces performances of his chamber works performed by Watkins himself and students from the Royal College of Music. Huw Watkins - Gig Nicola Crowe (flute) Jessica Grimes (clarinet) Mali Lewis (harp) Yuka Matsumoto (violin) Agata Policinska Malocco (violin) Edmund Smith (viola) Frederique Legrand (cello) Huw Watkins - Four Inventions Huw Watkins (piano) Huw Watkins - Sad Steps Charis Jenson (violin) Anna Blackmur (violin) Rebecca Dyson (viola) Jessica Tickle (viola) Ariana Kashefi (cello) Colin Clark (cello) Huw Watkins talks to Andrew McGregor and introduces performances of his chamber works.
	2010, Proms Composer Portraits, James Dillon	20100819		BBC Proms 2010 Proms Composer Portrait Presented by Andrew Mcgregor Following the UK premiere of his work 'La navette' in tonight's Prom, composer James Dillon talks to Andrew Mcgregor about his music and introduces performances of his chamber works performed by students from the Royal Scottish Academy MusicLab. James Dillon - Zone (...de azul) James Dillon - Charm James Dillon - Dragonfly James Dillon -.Once Upon a Time Sarah Hayes (flute/piccolo) Fraser Langston (clarinet) Arlene Cochrane (oboe) Anna Mary Lynch (bassoon) David Smith (horn) Bryan Allen (trumpet) Davur Juul Magnussen (trombone) Willem Mathlener (violin) Viola: Emma Peebles (viola) Duncan Strachan (cello) Chris Sergeant (double bass) Ed Cohen (piano). Composer James Dillon talks to Andrew Mcgregor and introduces some of his chamber works. BBC Proms 2010 Proms Composer Portrait Presented by Andrew Mcgregor Following the UK premiere of his work 'La navette' in tonight's Prom, composer James Dillon talks to Andrew Mcgregor about his music and introduces performances of his chamber works performed by students from the Royal Scottish Academy MusicLab. James Dillon - Zone (...de azul) James Dillon - Charm James Dillon - Dragonfly James Dillon -.Once Upon a Time Sarah Hayes (flute/piccolo) Fraser Langston (clarinet) Arlene Cochrane (oboe) Anna Mary Lynch (bassoon) David Smith (horn) Bryan Allen (trumpet) Davur Juul Magnussen (trombone) Willem Mathlener (violin) Viola: Emma Peebles (viola) Duncan Strachan (cello) Chris Sergeant (double bass) Ed Cohen (piano). Composer James Dillon talks to Andrew Mcgregor and introduces some of his chamber works. BBC Proms 2010 Proms Composer Portrait Presented by Andrew McGregor Following the UK premiere of his work 'La navette' in tonight's Prom, composer James Dillon talks to Andrew McGregor about his music and introduces performances of his chamber works performed by students from the Royal Scottish Academy MusicLab. James Dillon - Zone (...de azul) James Dillon - Charm James Dillon - Dragonfly James Dillon -.Once Upon a Time Sarah Hayes (flute/piccolo) Fraser Langston (clarinet) Arlene Cochrane (oboe) Anna Mary Lynch (bassoon) David Smith (horn) Bryan Allen (trumpet) Davur Juul Magnussen (trombone) Willem Mathlener (violin) Viola: Emma Peebles (viola) Duncan Strachan (cello) Chris Sergeant (double bass) Ed Cohen (piano). Composer James Dillon talks to Andrew McGregor and introduces some of his chamber works.
	2010, Proms Composer Portraits, Pcp 01 - Colin Matthews	20100728		Tom Service talks to Colin Matthews and introduces a selection of his chamber works performed by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Chaconne with Chorale and Moto perpetuo Scorrevole Calmo Duo No. 3 Enigma No. 1 Britten arr. Matthews: Sonnet. Tom Service talks to Colin Matthews and introduces a selection of his chamber works. Tom Service talks to Colin Matthews and introduces a selection of his chamber works performed by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Chaconne with Chorale and Moto perpetuo Scorrevole Calmo Duo No. 3 Enigma No. 1 Britten arr. Matthews: Sonnet. Tom Service talks to Colin Matthews and introduces a selection of his chamber works.
	2010, Proms Composer Portraits, Tansy Davies	20100908		Tansy Davies, in conversation with Tom Service, discusses her new Proms commission and introduces her chamber works grind show (electric), salt box and neon, performed by musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Tansy Davies discusses her music with Tom Service and introduces recitals of three works. Tansy Davies, in conversation with Tom Service, discusses her new Proms commission and introduces her chamber works grind show (electric), salt box and neon, performed by musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Tansy Davies discusses her music with Tom Service and introduces recitals of three works.
	2010, Proms Plus, Berlin Writing	20100903		Philip Kerr, the best-selling author of the Berlin Noir trilogy joins presenter Anne Mcelvoy to discuss writing inspired by the city of Berlin. He argues that Berlin is the "Ur" city of the 20th century: it was the city to which people fled after the Russian Revolution, the permissive, cultural heart of the Weimar Republic and the centre of the Cold War. The influence of Berlin on British writers and artists has been tremendous and there'll be excerpts of writing by Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood, John Le Carre and David Bowie. Their conversation is recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Literary Festival. Anne Mcelvoy is joined by novelist Philip Kerr to discuss writing inspired by Berlin. He argues that Berlin is the "Ur" city of the 20th century: it was the city to which people fled after the Russian Revolution, the permissive, cultural heart of the Weimar Republic and the centre of the Cold War. The influence of Berlin on British writers and artists has been tremendous and there'll be excerpts of writing by Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood, John Le Carre and David Bowie. Philip Kerr, the best-selling author of the Berlin Noir trilogy joins presenter Anne Mcelvoy to discuss writing inspired by the city of Berlin. He argues that Berlin is the "Ur" city of the 20th century: it was the city to which people fled after the Russian Revolution, the permissive, cultural heart of the Weimar Republic and the centre of the Cold War. The influence of Berlin on British writers and artists has been tremendous and there'll be excerpts of writing by Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood, John Le Carre and David Bowie. Their conversation is recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Literary Festival. Anne Mcelvoy is joined by novelist Philip Kerr to discuss writing inspired by Berlin. Philip Kerr, the best-selling author of the Berlin Noir trilogy joins presenter Anne McElvoy to discuss writing inspired by the city of Berlin. He argues that Berlin is the "Ur" city of the 20th century: it was the city to which people fled after the Russian Revolution, the permissive, cultural heart of the Weimar Republic and the centre of the Cold War. The influence of Berlin on British writers and artists has been tremendous and there'll be excerpts of writing by Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood, John Le Carre and David Bowie. Their conversation is recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Literary Festival. Anne McElvoy is joined by novelist Philip Kerr to discuss writing inspired by Berlin.
	2010, Proms Plus, Childe Harold	20100809		Tom Holland, award winning historian of Rubicon, and novelist Ben Markovits join presenter Matthew Sweet to explore Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - the poem which thrust Lord Byron into stardom and made him a Romantic hero overnight. The poem tells the story of a disillisioned young man's overseas journey and was inspired by Byron's own travels in southern Europe. But it also launched the idea of the Byronic hero, who became so influential in the romantic era. Tonight's BBC Proms concert features Hector Berlioz's musical version - Harold in Italy. Matthew Sweet guests are two writers who have re-interpreted Byron for the twenty-first century.Tom Holland has written a novel based on the myth of Byron's life and work called "The Vampyre". He describes Byron as the "David Bowie of his age" - able to reinvent himself to the world, but not just a doomed poet - also a brilliantly successful writer. Benjamin Markovits has written the first parts of a trilogy about Byron's life and loves. Their discussion is recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Literary Festival. Matthew Sweet hosts a discusson on Lord Byron and his breakthrough poem. The poem tells the story of a disillisioned young man's overseas journey and was inspired by Byron's own travels in southern Europe. But it also launched the idea of the Byronic hero, who became so influential in the romantic era. Tonight's BBC Proms concert features Hector Berlioz's musical version - Harold in Italy. Matthew Sweet guests are two writers who have re-interpreted Byron for the twenty-first century.Tom Holland has written a novel based on the myth of Byron's life and work called "The Vampyre". He describes Byron as the "David Bowie of his age" - able to reinvent himself to the world, but not just a doomed poet - also a brilliantly successful writer. Benjamin Markovits has written the first parts of a trilogy about Byron's life and loves. Tom Holland, award winning historian of Rubicon, and novelist Ben Markovits join presenter Matthew Sweet to explore Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - the poem which thrust Lord Byron into stardom and made him a Romantic hero overnight. Matthew Sweet hosts a discusson on Lord Byron and his breakthrough poem.
	2010, Proms Plus, From Howards End To Henry Wood	20100905		Matthew Sweet explores the Edwardian cultural landscape in 1910, to understand the painting, literature and theatrical performance that would have been part of the experience of the audience who attended the last night of the Proms 100 years ago. Historian Juliet Gardiner and writer Juliet Nicolson join an audience at the Royal College of Music to talk about the key arts and social movements of the time, discuss the extent to which international artistic trends permeated British work, and whether the iconoclastic power of modernism would have already been evident to arts-goers of the time. Producer: Lisa Davis. Matthew Sweet on the Edwardian cultural landscape in 1910. Matthew Sweet explores the Edwardian cultural landscape in 1910, to understand the painting, literature and theatrical performance that would have been part of the experience of the audience who attended the last night of the Proms 100 years ago. Historian Juliet Gardiner and writer Juliet Nicolson join an audience at the Royal College of Music to talk about the key arts and social movements of the time, discuss the extent to which international artistic trends permeated British work, and whether the iconoclastic power of modernism would have already been evident to arts-goers of the time. Matthew Sweet explores the Edwardian cultural landscape in 1910, to understand the painting, literature and theatrical performance that would have been part of the experience of the audience who attended the last night of the Proms 100 years ago. Historian Juliet Gardiner and writer Juliet Nicolson join an audience at the Royal College of Music to talk about the key arts and social movements of the time, discuss the extent to which international artistic trends permeated British work, and whether the iconoclastic power of modernism would have already been evident to arts-goers of the time. Producer: Lisa Davis. Matthew Sweet on the Edwardian cultural landscape in 1910. Matthew Sweet explores the Edwardian cultural landscape in 1910, to understand the painting, literature and theatrical performance that would have been part of the experience of the audience who attended the last night of the Proms 100 years ago. Historian Juliet Gardiner and writer Juliet Nicolson join an audience at the Royal College of Music to talk about the key arts and social movements of the time, discuss the extent to which international artistic trends permeated British work, and whether the iconoclastic power of modernism would have already been evident to arts-goers of the time. Producer: Lisa Davis. Matthew Sweet on the Edwardian cultural landscape in 1910.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Intro - Minnesota	20100827		Martin Handley presents a Proms Plus event from the Royal College of Music, with Brian Newhouse, host of the Minnesota Orchestra's broadcasts, and violist Sam Bergman, who discuss the works in tonight's Prom and orchestral life in Minnesota. Members of the Minnesota Orchestra discuss the vibrant musical life in their home state. Martin Handley presents a Proms Plus event from the Royal College of Music, with Brian Newhouse, host of the Minnesota Orchestra's broadcasts, and violist Sam Bergman, who discuss the works in tonight's Prom and orchestral life in Minnesota. Members of the Minnesota Orchestra discuss the vibrant musical life in their home state. Martin Handley presents a Proms Plus event from the Royal College of Music, with Brian Newhouse, host of the Minnesota Orchestra's broadcasts, and violist Sam Bergman, who discuss the works in tonight's Prom and orchestral life in Minnesota. Members of the Minnesota Orchestra discuss the vibrant musical life in their home state.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Intro - The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra	20100825		The Artistic Directors of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Isabelle van Keulen and Terje Tønnesen, join Fiona Talkington to discuss the work of the orchestra, and composer Bent Sørensen talks about his new piano concerto, La mattina, receiving its UK premiere this evening. Artistic directors of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra discuss the work of the orchestra. The Artistic Directors of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Isabelle van Keulen and Terje Tønnesen, join Fiona Talkington to discuss the work of the orchestra, and composer Bent Sørensen talks about his new piano concerto, La mattina, receiving its UK premiere this evening. Artistic directors of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra discuss the work of the orchestra. The Artistic Directors of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Isabelle van Keulen and Terje Tønnesen, join Fiona Talkington to discuss the work of the orchestra, and composer Bent Sørensen talks about his new piano concerto, La mattina, receiving its UK premiere this evening. Artistic directors of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra discuss the work of the orchestra.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Intro: Bach	20100814		The idea of performing Bach transcriptions is highly appealing to tonight's conductor Andrew Litton. In this Proms Intro for Bach Day, Sara Mohr-pietsch asks him what makes a good transcription and why Bach's music has been re-imagined by so many other composers. Two young UK-based composers have reworked Bach themselves for this concert, and they give their insights into the musical process. Sara Mohr-pietsch discusses Bach with Andrew Litton, Tarik O'Regan and Alissa Firsova. The idea of performing Bach transcriptions is highly appealing to tonight's conductor Andrew Litton. In this Proms Intro for Bach Day, Sara Mohr-Pietsch asks him what makes a good transcription and why Bach's music has been re-imagined by so many other composers. Two young UK-based composers have reworked Bach themselves for this concert, and they give their insights into the musical process. The idea of performing Bach transcriptions is highly appealing to tonight's conductor Andrew Litton. In this Proms Intro for Bach Day, Sara Mohr-pietsch asks him what makes a good transcription and why Bach's music has been re-imagined by so many other composers. Two young UK-based composers have reworked Bach themselves for this concert, and they give their insights into the musical process. Sara Mohr-pietsch discusses Bach with Andrew Litton, Tarik O'Regan and Alissa Firsova. The idea of performing Bach transcriptions is highly appealing to tonight's conductor Andrew Litton. In this Proms Intro for Bach Day, Sara Mohr-Pietsch asks him what makes a good transcription and why Bach's music has been re-imagined by so many other composers. Two young UK-based composers have reworked Bach themselves for this concert, and they give their insights into the musical process. Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Bach with Andrew Litton, Tarik O'Regan and Alissa Firsova.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Intro: Beethoven	20100721		Petroc Trelawny talks to the author and broadcaster John Suchet, a passionate devotee of Beethoven. Over the last ten years he has written five books about the life and work of who he considers to be the greatest composer of them all. His talks about Beethoven, focusing on the man behind the music, have caught the imagination of audiences all over the country and introduced many new fans to his music. Suchet's last book Treasures of Beethoven examined letters and documents to and from the composer. The actor Paul Rhys illustrates the talk with readings from these letters. Petroc Trelawny talks to broadcaster John Suchet, a passionate devotee of Beethoven. Petroc Trelawny talks to the author and broadcaster John Suchet, a passionate devotee of Beethoven. Over the last ten years he has written five books about the life and work of who he considers to be the greatest composer of them all. His talks about Beethoven, focusing on the man behind the music, have caught the imagination of audiences all over the country and introduced many new fans to his music. Suchet's last book Treasures of Beethoven examined letters and documents to and from the composer. The actor Paul Rhys illustrates the talk with readings from these letters. Petroc Trelawny talks to broadcaster John Suchet, a passionate devotee of Beethoven.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Intro: Schumann	20100725		To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth, pianist Lucy Parham talks to Sara Mohr-pietsch about his life and works. Their discussion, recorded earlier today at the Royal College of Music, is interspersed with readings from Robert and Clara Schumann's diaries. Pianist Lucy Parham talks with Sara Mohr-pietsch about Schumann's life and works. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth, pianist Lucy Parham talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his life and works. Their discussion, recorded earlier today at the Royal College of Music, is interspersed with readings from Robert and Clara Schumann's diaries. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth, pianist Lucy Parham talks to Sara Mohr-pietsch about his life and works. Their discussion, recorded earlier today at the Royal College of Music, is interspersed with readings from Robert and Clara Schumann's diaries. Pianist Lucy Parham talks with Sara Mohr-pietsch about Schumann's life and works. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth, pianist Lucy Parham talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his life and works. Their discussion, recorded earlier today at the Royal College of Music, is interspersed with readings from Robert and Clara Schumann's diaries. Pianist Lucy Parham talks with Sara Mohr-Pietsch about Schumann's life and works.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Intro: Simon Boccanegra	20100718		Louise Fryer discusses Verdi's compelling drama Simon Boccanegra with the 19th-century opera specialists Alexandra Wilson and Roger Parker, including the genesis of the opera, the place it held in Verdi's career, and its political relevance in Italy at the time. Louise Fryer talks to Alexandra Wilson and Roger Parker about Simon Boccanegra. Louise Fryer discusses Verdi's compelling drama Simon Boccanegra with the 19th-century opera specialists Alexandra Wilson and Roger Parker, including the genesis of the opera, the place it held in Verdi's career, and its political relevance in Italy at the time. Louise Fryer talks to Alexandra Wilson and Roger Parker about Simon Boccanegra.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Intro: Stephen Sondheim	20100731		Highlights from the Proms Plus event earlier this evening at the Royal College of Music at which Petroc Trelawny talked to the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim about his work and to tonight's conductor David Charles Abell. Petroc Trelawny talks to Stephen Sondheim and to tonight's conductor David Charles Abell. Highlights from the Proms Plus event earlier this evening at the Royal College of Music at which Petroc Trelawny talked to the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim about his work and to tonight's conductor David Charles Abell. Petroc Trelawny talks to Stephen Sondheim and to tonight's conductor David Charles Abell.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Intro: The Mastersingers	20100717		Louise Fryer discusses The Mastersingers of Nuremberg with Patrick Carnegy, author of Wagner and the Art of the Theatre, and Anthony Negus of WNO's music staff. Louise Fryer discusses The Mastersingers with Patrick Carnegy and Anthony Negus of WNO.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Hansel And Gretel	20100831		Ian Mcmillan is joined by Anne Fine, former Children's Laureate and prize-winning author, and the well-known child psychotherapist Margaret Rustin to discuss the manifold and sometimes unexpected themes of the Grimm Brothers' 'Hansel and Gretel', the many interpretations it has been given and the story's continuing relevance to children today. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival, prior to a BBC Proms performance of Humperdinck's operatic version of the story. Ian Mcmillan is joined by Anne Fine and Margaret Rustin to discuss Hansel and Gretel. Ian Mcmillan is joined by Anne Fine, former Children's Laureate and prize-winning author, and the well-known child psychotherapist Margaret Rustin to discuss the manifold and sometimes unexpected themes of the Grimm Brothers' 'Hansel and Gretel', the many interpretations it has been given and the story's continuing relevance to children today. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival, prior to a BBC Proms performance of Humperdinck's operatic version of the story. Ian Mcmillan is joined by Anne Fine and Margaret Rustin to discuss Hansel and Gretel. Ian McMillan is joined by Anne Fine, former Children's Laureate and prize-winning author, and the well-known child psychotherapist Margaret Rustin to discuss the manifold and sometimes unexpected themes of the Grimm Brothers' 'Hansel and Gretel', the many interpretations it has been given and the story's continuing relevance to children today. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival, prior to a BBC Proms performance of Humperdinck's operatic version of the story. Ian McMillan is joined by Anne Fine and Margaret Rustin to discuss Hansel and Gretel.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Pasternak	20100816		Susan Hitch explores the life and work of Boris Pasternak, Nobel Prize-winning poet and author, who died 50 years ago. Her guests on stage at the Proms Literary Festival are Jonathan Myerson, who dramatized Dr Zhivago for the BBC, and Professor of Russian Donald Rayfield. Pasternak is most famous in the UK for his sprawling epic novel Dr Zhivago which sets the concerns, desires and stories of individuals in the vast landscape of Russian revolutionary politics and history. Susan and guests discuss the circumstances of the book's publication: it was smuggled out of Russia during the height of the Cold War, and the subsequent film adaptation by David Lean made Pasternak a global literary hero. But does that tell the real story of Pasternak? Jonathan Myerson and Donald Rayfield explore the misunderstood complexity of the novel, and the fact that the compromises Pasternak adopted in his life mean he's no straightforward Cold War darling of the West. Recorded in front of an audience, with readings performed by Adjoa Andoh, at the Royal College of Music just before BBC Prom 41 which has a Russian flavour with music from Scriabin and Stravinsky and is conducted by Valery Gergiev. Susan Hitch explores the life and work of author and poet Boris Pasternak. Susan Hitch explores the life and work of Boris Pasternak, Nobel Prize-winning poet and author, who died 50 years ago. Her guests on stage at the Proms Literary Festival are Jonathan Myerson, who dramatized Dr Zhivago for the BBC, and Professor of Russian Donald Rayfield. Pasternak is most famous in the UK for his sprawling epic novel Dr Zhivago which sets the concerns, desires and stories of individuals in the vast landscape of Russian revolutionary politics and history. Susan and guests discuss the circumstances of the book's publication: it was smuggled out of Russia during the height of the Cold War, and the subsequent film adaptation by David Lean made Pasternak a global literary hero. But does that tell the real story of Pasternak? Jonathan Myerson and Donald Rayfield explore the misunderstood complexity of the novel, and the fact that the compromises Pasternak adopted in his life mean he's no straightforward Cold War darling of the West. Susan Hitch explores the life and work of Boris Pasternak, Nobel Prize-winning poet and author, who died 50 years ago. Her guests on stage at the Proms Literary Festival are Jonathan Myerson, who dramatized Dr Zhivago for the BBC, and Professor of Russian Donald Rayfield. Pasternak is most famous in the UK for his sprawling epic novel Dr Zhivago which sets the concerns, desires and stories of individuals in the vast landscape of Russian revolutionary politics and history. Susan and guests discuss the circumstances of the book's publication: it was smuggled out of Russia during the height of the Cold War, and the subsequent film adaptation by David Lean made Pasternak a global literary hero. But does that tell the real story of Pasternak? Jonathan Myerson and Donald Rayfield explore the misunderstood complexity of the novel, and the fact that the compromises Pasternak adopted in his life mean he's no straightforward Cold War darling of the West. Recorded in front of an audience, with readings performed by Adjoa Andoh, at the Royal College of Music just before BBC Prom 41 which has a Russian flavour with music from Scriabin and Stravinsky and is conducted by Valery Gergiev. Susan Hitch explores the life and work of author and poet Boris Pasternak. Susan Hitch explores the life and work of Boris Pasternak, Nobel Prize-winning poet and author, who died 50 years ago. Her guests on stage at the Proms Literary Festival are Jonathan Myerson, who dramatized Dr Zhivago for the BBC, and Professor of Russian Donald Rayfield. Pasternak is most famous in the UK for his sprawling epic novel Dr Zhivago which sets the concerns, desires and stories of individuals in the vast landscape of Russian revolutionary politics and history. Susan and guests discuss the circumstances of the book's publication: it was smuggled out of Russia during the height of the Cold War, and the subsequent film adaptation by David Lean made Pasternak a global literary hero. But does that tell the real story of Pasternak? Jonathan Myerson and Donald Rayfield explore the misunderstood complexity of the novel, and the fact that the compromises Pasternak adopted in his life mean he's no straightforward Cold War darling of the West. Recorded in front of an audience, with readings performed by Adjoa Andoh, at the Royal College of Music just before BBC Prom 41 which has a Russian flavour with music from Scriabin and Stravinsky and is conducted by Valery Gergiev. Susan Hitch explores the life and work of author and poet Boris Pasternak.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Poetry About Music	20100902		Ian Mcmillan presents a Proms Literary Festival programme recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, exploring poetry about music. Poetry and music have been associated from the earliest tradition of oral epic poetry, and music has inspired poets from Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson, for example in her work "Musicians wrestle everywhere" Tonight's guests, David Harsent and Jo Shapcott, have both been inspired to writer poems about music. David's recent collection includes "Duet" and "Harp Strings" and he has regularly worked with Harrison Birtwistle to write libretti for opera, including The Minotaur. Jo Shapcott poems include "Shapcott's Variations" and she has written lyrics for or had her words set to music by composers such as John Mccabe, Detlev Glamert, Errolyn Wallen and John Woolrich. David Harsent and Jo Shapcott join Ian Mcmillan to explore how the subject of music itself inspires poets, the difference between writing poetry and writing libretti, and the orchestration of a poem. Ian Mcmillan is joined by Jo Shapcott and David Harsent to explore poetry about music. Tonight's guests, David Harsent and Jo Shapcott, have both been inspired to writer poems about music. David's recent collection includes "Duet" and "Harp Strings" and he has regularly worked with Harrison Birtwistle to write libretti for opera, including The Minotaur. Jo Shapcott poems include "Shapcott's Variations" and she has written lyrics for or had her words set to music by composers such as John McCabe, Detlev Glamert, Errolyn Wallen and John Woolrich. Ian Mcmillan presents a Proms Literary Festival programme recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, exploring poetry about music. Poetry and music have been associated from the earliest tradition of oral epic poetry, and music has inspired poets from Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson, for example in her work "Musicians wrestle everywhere" Tonight's guests, David Harsent and Jo Shapcott, have both been inspired to writer poems about music. David's recent collection includes "Duet" and "Harp Strings" and he has regularly worked with Harrison Birtwistle to write libretti for opera, including The Minotaur. Jo Shapcott poems include "Shapcott's Variations" and she has written lyrics for or had her words set to music by composers such as John Mccabe, Detlev Glamert, Errolyn Wallen and John Woolrich. David Harsent and Jo Shapcott join Ian Mcmillan to explore how the subject of music itself inspires poets, the difference between writing poetry and writing libretti, and the orchestration of a poem. Ian Mcmillan is joined by Jo Shapcott and David Harsent to explore poetry about music. Ian McMillan presents a Proms Literary Festival programme recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, exploring poetry about music. Poetry and music have been associated from the earliest tradition of oral epic poetry, and music has inspired poets from Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson, for example in her work "Musicians wrestle everywhere" Tonight's guests, David Harsent and Jo Shapcott, have both been inspired to writer poems about music. David's recent collection includes "Duet" and "Harp Strings" and he has regularly worked with Harrison Birtwistle to write libretti for opera, including The Minotaur. Jo Shapcott poems include "Shapcott's Variations" and she has written lyrics for or had her words set to music by composers such as John McCabe, Detlev Glamert, Errolyn Wallen and John Woolrich. David Harsent and Jo Shapcott join Ian McMillan to explore how the subject of music itself inspires poets, the difference between writing poetry and writing libretti, and the orchestration of a poem. Ian McMillan is joined by Jo Shapcott and David Harsent to explore poetry about music.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Tolstoy	20100815		Susan Hitch joins an audience at the Royal College of Music to mark one hundred years since the death of Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina - a writer whose works regularly appear in the top ten of the greatest novels of all time. Susan's guests on stage are James Meek, former Moscow correspondent and prize-winning author of "The People's Act of Love" set in turn of the century Russia, and Anthony Briggs, translator of a recent edition of War and Peace and a biographer of Tolstoy. We know Tolstoy is a great writer - but what about the man himself? James Meek and Anthony Briggs debate his personal influence. Why did he become such an international philosphical celebrity - with hordes of reporters despatched to his deathbed, logging Tolstoy's last hours and morsels consumed in minute detail? Do we need to remember him more as a spiritual teacher who counted Ghandhi amongst his followers, rather than a novelist? And do James and Anthony believe his books give signs of an author who embraced the diversity of human experience - or reveal what he believed to be his misanthropy and pessimism? Part of a series of debates at this year's Proms Literary Festival celebrating the three Russian authors whose anniversaries fall this year: Chekhov, Pasternak and Tolstoy himself. Producer: Natalie Steed. Susan Hitch discusses the life, work and legacy of author Leo Tolstoy. We know Tolstoy is a great writer - but what about the man himself? James Meek and Anthony Briggs debate his personal influence. Why did he become such an international philosphical celebrity - with hordes of reporters despatched to his deathbed, logging Tolstoy's last hours and morsels consumed in minute detail? Do we need to remember him more as a spiritual teacher who counted Ghandhi amongst his followers, rather than a novelist? And do James and Anthony believe his books give signs of an author who embraced the diversity of human experience - or reveal what he believed to be his misanthropy and pessimism? Susan Hitch joins an audience at the Royal College of Music to mark one hundred years since the death of Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina - a writer whose works regularly appear in the top ten of the greatest novels of all time. Susan's guests on stage are James Meek, former Moscow correspondent and prize-winning author of "The People's Act of Love" set in turn of the century Russia, and Anthony Briggs, translator of a recent edition of War and Peace and a biographer of Tolstoy. We know Tolstoy is a great writer - but what about the man himself? James Meek and Anthony Briggs debate his personal influence. Why did he become such an international philosphical celebrity - with hordes of reporters despatched to his deathbed, logging Tolstoy's last hours and morsels consumed in minute detail? Do we need to remember him more as a spiritual teacher who counted Ghandhi amongst his followers, rather than a novelist? And do James and Anthony believe his books give signs of an author who embraced the diversity of human experience - or reveal what he believed to be his misanthropy and pessimism? Part of a series of debates at this year's Proms Literary Festival celebrating the three Russian authors whose anniversaries fall this year: Chekhov, Pasternak and Tolstoy himself. Producer: Natalie Steed. Susan Hitch discusses the life, work and legacy of author Leo Tolstoy. Susan Hitch joins an audience at the Royal College of Music to mark one hundred years since the death of Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina - a writer whose works regularly appear in the top ten of the greatest novels of all time. Susan's guests on stage are James Meek, former Moscow correspondent and prize-winning author of "The People's Act of Love" set in turn of the century Russia, and Anthony Briggs, translator of a recent edition of War and Peace and a biographer of Tolstoy. We know Tolstoy is a great writer - but what about the man himself? James Meek and Anthony Briggs debate his personal influence. Why did he become such an international philosphical celebrity - with hordes of reporters despatched to his deathbed, logging Tolstoy's last hours and morsels consumed in minute detail? Do we need to remember him more as a spiritual teacher who counted Ghandhi amongst his followers, rather than a novelist? And do James and Anthony believe his books give signs of an author who embraced the diversity of human experience - or reveal what he believed to be his misanthropy and pessimism? Part of a series of debates at this year's Proms Literary Festival celebrating the three Russian authors whose anniversaries fall this year: Chekhov, Pasternak and Tolstoy himself. Producer: Natalie Steed. Susan Hitch discusses the life, work and legacy of author Leo Tolstoy.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Beethoven	20100727		Rana Mitter discusses whether we should still consider Beethoven as the embodiment of the archetypal romantic artist with a tortured soul. With guests Phil Grabsky, director of the film 'In Search of Beethoven' and eighteenth century historian Tim Blanning. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival. Rana Mitter asks whether Beethoven still embodies the archetypal romantic artist. Rana Mitter discusses whether we should still consider Beethoven as the embodiment of the archetypal romantic artist with a tortured soul. With guests Phil Grabsky, director of the film 'In Search of Beethoven' and eighteenth century historian Tim Blanning. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival. Rana Mitter discusses whether we should still consider Beethoven as the embodiment of the archetypal romantic artist with a tortured soul. With guests Phil Grabsky, director of the film 'In Search of Beethoven' and eighteenth century historian Tim Blanning. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival. Rana Mitter asks whether Beethoven still embodies the archetypal romantic artist. Rana Mitter discusses whether we should still consider Beethoven as the embodiment of the archetypal romantic artist with a tortured soul. With guests Phil Grabsky, director of the film 'In Search of Beethoven' and eighteenth century historian Tim Blanning. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival. Rana Mitter asks whether Beethoven still embodies the archetypal romantic artist.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Byron	20100719		George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, romantic poet and political hero is discussed by critic Tom Paulin and Nick Dear, writer of the BBC drama 'Byron" in the opening event of this year's BBC Proms Literary Festival. Tom Paul and Nick Dear discuss why Bryon's life and work had such an enduring appeal. Is it the story of his reckless love affairs, international political activism and early death after defending Greek liberty - as portrayed in Nick's film, which starred Jonny Lee Miller as the poet himself? Or is it actually the power of his writing itself - from Don Juan, to the Prisoner of Chillon and the creation of the "Byronic hero". Byron's writings borught to life some of the most enduring romantic heroes in literature - and they have had a powerful attraction for other artists. The 2010 Proms features several adaptations of Byron's work by composers - and this literary event precedes a concert featuring two settings by Schumann and Tchaikovsky of Byron's metaphysical poem Manfred, about a Swiss noble who seeks forgiveness from spirits for his past actions. The Proms Literary Festival is now in its third year - tackling some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience right next door to the Albert Hall at the Royal College of Music and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Night Waves presenter Matthew Sweet hosts this Byron debate recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Tom Paulin and Nick Dear discuss romantic poet and political hero Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, romantic poet and political hero is discussed by critic Tom Paulin and Nick Dear, writer of the BBC drama 'Byron" in the opening event of this year's BBC Proms Literary Festival. Tom Paul and Nick Dear discuss why Bryon's life and work had such an enduring appeal. Is it the story of his reckless love affairs, international political activism and early death after defending Greek liberty - as portrayed in Nick's film, which starred Jonny Lee Miller as the poet himself? Or is it actually the power of his writing itself - from Don Juan, to the Prisoner of Chillon and the creation of the "Byronic hero". Byron's writings borught to life some of the most enduring romantic heroes in literature - and they have had a powerful attraction for other artists. The 2010 Proms features several adaptations of Byron's work by composers - and this literary event precedes a concert featuring two settings by Schumann and Tchaikovsky of Byron's metaphysical poem Manfred, about a Swiss noble who seeks forgiveness from spirits for his past actions. The Proms Literary Festival is now in its third year - tackling some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience right next door to the Albert Hall at the Royal College of Music and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Night Waves presenter Matthew Sweet hosts this Byron debate recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Tom Paulin and Nick Dear discuss romantic poet and political hero Byron.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Chekhov	20100722		Award-winning nature writer William Fiennes and Russian specialist Rosamund Bartlett join an audience at the Royal College of Music to discuss the life and work of the playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov, 150 years after his birth. Presented by Susan Hitch. Susan Hitch on the life and work of Anton Chekhov, 150 years after his birth. Award-winning nature writer William Fiennes and Russian specialist Rosamund Bartlett join an audience at the Royal College of Music to discuss the life and work of the playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov, 150 years after his birth. Presented by Susan Hitch. Susan Hitch on the life and work of Anton Chekhov, 150 years after his birth.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Divine Poetry	20100824		Composer James MacMillan, whose music often reflects his Catholic faith, and religious poet Michael Symmons Roberts explore the relationship between poetry and the divine. From John Donne to Elizabeth Bishop to John Berryman, writers have used poetry to contemplate the sacred. And poetry has in turn inspired composers in their own exploration of the divine, from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, a personal favourite of James Macmillan, to Alexander Scriabin's The Divine Poem which is part of tonight's BBC Prom. James Macmillan and Michael Symmons Roberts have often worked together to create new poems and new compositions. They join presenter Susan Hitch and an audience at the Royal College of Music to share their ideas on why poetry is the written form that lends itself to musings on the divine, why it continues to appeal to composers, and how music and language can illuminate each other. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Literary Festival. Producer: Allegra McIlroy. James MacMillan and poet Michael Symmons Roberts on links between poetry and the divine. From John Donne to Elizabeth Bishop to John Berryman, writers have used poetry to contemplate the sacred. And poetry has in turn inspired composers in their own exploration of the divine, from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, a personal favourite of James Macmillan, to Alexander Scriabin's The Divine Poem which is part of tonight's BBC Prom. James Macmillan and Michael Symmons Roberts have often worked together to create new poems and new compositions. They join presenter Susan Hitch and an audience at the Royal College of Music to share their ideas on why poetry is the written form that lends itself to musings on the divine, why it continues to appeal to composers, and how music and language can illuminate each other. Composer James MacMillan, whose music often reflects his Catholic faith, and religious poet Michael Symmons Roberts explore the relationship between poetry and the divine. From John Donne to Elizabeth Bishop to John Berryman, writers have used poetry to contemplate the sacred. And poetry has in turn inspired composers in their own exploration of the divine, from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, a personal favourite of James Macmillan, to Alexander Scriabin's The Divine Poem which is part of tonight's BBC Prom. James Macmillan and Michael Symmons Roberts have often worked together to create new poems and new compositions. They join presenter Susan Hitch and an audience at the Royal College of Music to share their ideas on why poetry is the written form that lends itself to musings on the divine, why it continues to appeal to composers, and how music and language can illuminate each other. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Literary Festival. Producer: Allegra McIlroy. James MacMillan and poet Michael Symmons Roberts on links between poetry and the divine. Composer James MacMillan, whose music often reflects his Catholic faith, and religious poet Michael Symmons Roberts explore the relationship between poetry and the divine. From John Donne to Elizabeth Bishop to John Berryman, writers have used poetry to contemplate the sacred. And poetry has in turn inspired composers in their own exploration of the divine, from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, a personal favourite of James Macmillan, to Alexander Scriabin's The Divine Poem which is part of tonight's BBC Prom. James Macmillan and Michael Symmons Roberts have often worked together to create new poems and new compositions. They join presenter Susan Hitch and an audience at the Royal College of Music to share their ideas on why poetry is the written form that lends itself to musings on the divine, why it continues to appeal to composers, and how music and language can illuminate each other. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Literary Festival. Producer: Allegra McIlroy. James MacMillan and poet Michael Symmons Roberts on links between poetry and the divine.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Pepys	20100803		Journalist and author Max Hastings and historian Jenny Uglow join presenter Ian Mcmillan for performed extracts and discussion to mark the 350 years since Samuel Pepys started the most influential diary in British history. It's one of the most important sources for the English Restoration period - and from 1660 onwards provides eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Plague of London, the Great Fire of London and the second Anglo-Dutch War. But why does Pepys' work still talk to us across three and a half centuries? Is it the intimate confessions of his sexual misdemeanours - including being caught in flagrante by his wife? Or the frustrated insecurity about his career and need to work harder? Or is it the fascinating timeless window on one man's inner self? Jenny Uglow's recently published biography of Charles II's reign draws heavily on Pepys for the set-pieces of the age. Max Hastings has recommended reading Pepys at bedtime as a corrective to any ideas that we face unprecedented disorder in our own age. They bring their own perspectives on Pepys to an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival. The Verb's Ian Mcmillan is the host. Max Hastings, Jenny Uglow and Ian Mcmillan discuss Samuel Pepys' famous diary. Jenny Uglow's recently published biography of Charles II's reign draws heavily on Pepys for the set-pieces of the age. Max Hastings has recommended reading Pepys at bedtime as a corrective to any ideas that we face unprecedented disorder in our own age. They bring their own perspectives on Pepys to an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival. The Verb's Ian McMillan is the host. Journalist and author Max Hastings and historian Jenny Uglow join presenter Ian Mcmillan for performed extracts and discussion to mark the 350 years since Samuel Pepys started the most influential diary in British history. It's one of the most important sources for the English Restoration period - and from 1660 onwards provides eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Plague of London, the Great Fire of London and the second Anglo-Dutch War. But why does Pepys' work still talk to us across three and a half centuries? Is it the intimate confessions of his sexual misdemeanours - including being caught in flagrante by his wife? Or the frustrated insecurity about his career and need to work harder? Or is it the fascinating timeless window on one man's inner self? Jenny Uglow's recently published biography of Charles II's reign draws heavily on Pepys for the set-pieces of the age. Max Hastings has recommended reading Pepys at bedtime as a corrective to any ideas that we face unprecedented disorder in our own age. They bring their own perspectives on Pepys to an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival. The Verb's Ian Mcmillan is the host. Max Hastings, Jenny Uglow and Ian Mcmillan discuss Samuel Pepys' famous diary. Journalist and author Max Hastings and historian Jenny Uglow join presenter Ian McMillan for performed extracts and discussion to mark the 350 years since Samuel Pepys started the most influential diary in British history. It's one of the most important sources for the English Restoration period - and from 1660 onwards provides eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Plague of London, the Great Fire of London and the second Anglo-Dutch War. But why does Pepys' work still talk to us across three and a half centuries? Is it the intimate confessions of his sexual misdemeanours - including being caught in flagrante by his wife? Or the frustrated insecurity about his career and need to work harder? Or is it the fascinating timeless window on one man's inner self? Jenny Uglow's recently published biography of Charles II's reign draws heavily on Pepys for the set-pieces of the age. Max Hastings has recommended reading Pepys at bedtime as a corrective to any ideas that we face unprecedented disorder in our own age. They bring their own perspectives on Pepys to an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of the Proms Literary Festival. The Verb's Ian McMillan is the host. Max Hastings, Jenny Uglow and Ian McMillan discuss Samuel Pepys' famous diary.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: Romanticism	20100821		Matthew Sweet is joined by critic Jonathan Bate and playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi to discuss the shared themes of the Romantic movement - the emotion and intuition which connect its poetry, visual art and music. Romanticism means Brahms, Schumann, Schubert and Chopin but how did their work link to Byron, Keats, Blake and Heine? Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the shared themes of the Romantic movement. Matthew Sweet is joined by critic Jonathan Bate and playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi to discuss the shared themes of the Romantic movement - the emotion and intuition which connect its poetry, visual art and music. Romanticism means Brahms, Schumann, Schubert and Chopin but how did their work link to Byron, Keats, Blake and Heine? Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Matthew Sweet is joined by critic Jonathan Bate and playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi to discuss the shared themes of the Romantic movement - the emotion and intuition which connect its poetry, visual art and music. Romanticism means Brahms, Schumann, Schubert and Chopin but how did their work link to Byron, Keats, Blake and Heine? Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the shared themes of the Romantic movement. Matthew Sweet is joined by critic Jonathan Bate and playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi to discuss the shared themes of the Romantic movement - the emotion and intuition which connect its poetry, visual art and music. Romanticism means Brahms, Schumann, Schubert and Chopin but how did their work link to Byron, Keats, Blake and Heine? Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the shared themes of the Romantic movement.
	2010, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival: The History Of Love	20100801		Novelist Howard Jacobson and classics scholar Mary Beard chart the inspirational influence of famous love affairs from Tristan and Isolde to Romeo and Juliet. One is held-up as the archetypal story of doomed young lovers. The other is a timeless tragic love-triangle. Romeo and Juliet and Tristan and Isolde have bequeathed powerful ideas about the course of true love. In fact, medieval and early modern storylines have proved remarkably robust in shaping the way we think about love. But can we trace the components of the great romances of myth and literature? Passion, ardour, youth and violence perhaps? And how do some of the other great historical figures add to our understanding, for instance, Anthony and Cleopatra or Dido and Aeneas? Howard Jacobson and Mary Beard join presenter Rana Mitter and an audience at the BBC Proms Literary Festival to discuss what they believe to be the great examples of the love affair and choose their favourite readings to illustrate how language evokes their power. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music before Prom 21 which features Berlioz and Wagner's classic interpretations of these two stories. Howard Jacobson, Mary Beard and Rana Mitter discuss what makes a great love story. One is held-up as the archetypal story of doomed young lovers. The other is a timeless tragic love-triangle. Romeo and Juliet and Tristan and Isolde have bequeathed powerful ideas about the course of true love. In fact, medieval and early modern storylines have proved remarkably robust in shaping the way we think about love. But can we trace the components of the great romances of myth and literature? Passion, ardour, youth and violence perhaps? And how do some of the other great historical figures add to our understanding, for instance, Anthony and Cleopatra or Dido and Aeneas? Howard Jacobson and Mary Beard join presenter Rana Mitter and an audience at the BBC Proms Literary Festival to discuss what they believe to be the great examples of the love affair and choose their favourite readings to illustrate how language evokes their power. Novelist Howard Jacobson and classics scholar Mary Beard chart the inspirational influence of famous love affairs from Tristan and Isolde to Romeo and Juliet. One is held-up as the archetypal story of doomed young lovers. The other is a timeless tragic love-triangle. Romeo and Juliet and Tristan and Isolde have bequeathed powerful ideas about the course of true love. In fact, medieval and early modern storylines have proved remarkably robust in shaping the way we think about love. But can we trace the components of the great romances of myth and literature? Passion, ardour, youth and violence perhaps? And how do some of the other great historical figures add to our understanding, for instance, Anthony and Cleopatra or Dido and Aeneas? Howard Jacobson and Mary Beard join presenter Rana Mitter and an audience at the BBC Proms Literary Festival to discuss what they believe to be the great examples of the love affair and choose their favourite readings to illustrate how language evokes their power. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music before Prom 21 which features Berlioz and Wagner's classic interpretations of these two stories. Howard Jacobson, Mary Beard and Rana Mitter discuss what makes a great love story. Novelist Howard Jacobson and classics scholar Mary Beard chart the inspirational influence of famous love affairs from Tristan and Isolde to Romeo and Juliet. One is held-up as the archetypal story of doomed young lovers. The other is a timeless tragic love-triangle. Romeo and Juliet and Tristan and Isolde have bequeathed powerful ideas about the course of true love. In fact, medieval and early modern storylines have proved remarkably robust in shaping the way we think about love. But can we trace the components of the great romances of myth and literature? Passion, ardour, youth and violence perhaps? And how do some of the other great historical figures add to our understanding, for instance, Anthony and Cleopatra or Dido and Aeneas? Howard Jacobson and Mary Beard join presenter Rana Mitter and an audience at the BBC Proms Literary Festival to discuss what they believe to be the great examples of the love affair and choose their favourite readings to illustrate how language evokes their power. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music before Prom 21 which features Berlioz and Wagner's classic interpretations of these two stories. Howard Jacobson, Mary Beard and Rana Mitter discuss what makes a great love story.
	2010, Proms Plus, Schiller	20100828		Rana Mitter is joined by singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, verse playwright Peter Oswald and poet David Constantine to discuss Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy, famously set to music by Beethoven in his 9th Symphony which will be performed as part of tonight's Prom. Both Schiller and Beethoven saw Europe torn apart by war and revolution. Our guests tonight discuss how the optimism of the Ode to Joy, Friedrich Schiller's great work on unity and brotherhood, is tempered by an anxiety about the realities of war. The sentiments of the poem have a continuing universal appeal - it was performed by Leonard Bernstein to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, has become the anthem of the European Union, and Billy Bragg created a version to be sung by choirs of English schoolchildren. Rana Mitter and guests explore different versions of the Ode to Joy in a Proms Literary Festival programme recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Producer: Allegra McIlroy. Rana Mitter and guests discuss Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy. Both Schiller and Beethoven saw Europe torn apart by war and revolution. Our guests tonight discuss how the optimism of the Ode to Joy, Friedrich Schiller's great work on unity and brotherhood, is tempered by an anxiety about the realities of war. The sentiments of the poem have a continuing universal appeal - it was performed by Leonard Bernstein to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, has become the anthem of the European Union, and Billy Bragg created a version to be sung by choirs of English schoolchildren. Rana Mitter is joined by singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, verse playwright Peter Oswald and poet David Constantine to discuss Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy, famously set to music by Beethoven in his 9th Symphony which will be performed as part of tonight's Prom. Both Schiller and Beethoven saw Europe torn apart by war and revolution. Our guests tonight discuss how the optimism of the Ode to Joy, Friedrich Schiller's great work on unity and brotherhood, is tempered by an anxiety about the realities of war. The sentiments of the poem have a continuing universal appeal - it was performed by Leonard Bernstein to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, has become the anthem of the European Union, and Billy Bragg created a version to be sung by choirs of English schoolchildren. Rana Mitter and guests explore different versions of the Ode to Joy in a Proms Literary Festival programme recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Producer: Allegra McIlroy. Rana Mitter and guests discuss Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy. Rana Mitter is joined by singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, verse playwright Peter Oswald and poet David Constantine to discuss Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy, famously set to music by Beethoven in his 9th Symphony which will be performed as part of tonight's Prom. Both Schiller and Beethoven saw Europe torn apart by war and revolution. Our guests tonight discuss how the optimism of the Ode to Joy, Friedrich Schiller's great work on unity and brotherhood, is tempered by an anxiety about the realities of war. The sentiments of the poem have a continuing universal appeal - it was performed by Leonard Bernstein to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, has become the anthem of the European Union, and Billy Bragg created a version to be sung by choirs of English schoolchildren. Rana Mitter and guests explore different versions of the Ode to Joy in a Proms Literary Festival programme recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. Producer: Allegra McIlroy. Rana Mitter and guests discuss Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy.
	2010, Proms Plus, Surrealists	20100829		An examination of Czech genius from Kafka and Capek to Hrabal and beyond. Rana Mitter and his guests Rajendra Chitnis and James Hawes explode the stereotype of a nation enchanted by erotic surrealism and existential gloom. Producer: Zahid Warley. Rana Mitter examines Czech genius, from Kafka and Capek to Hrabal and beyond. An examination of Czech genius from Kafka and Capek to Hrabal and beyond. Rana Mitter and his guests Rajendra Chitnis and James Hawes explode the stereotype of a nation enchanted by erotic surrealism and existential gloom. An examination of Czech genius from Kafka and Capek to Hrabal and beyond. Rana Mitter and his guests Rajendra Chitnis and James Hawes explode the stereotype of a nation enchanted by erotic surrealism and existential gloom. Producer: Zahid Warley. Rana Mitter examines Czech genius, from Kafka and Capek to Hrabal and beyond. An examination of Czech genius from Kafka and Capek to Hrabal and beyond. Rana Mitter and his guests Rajendra Chitnis and James Hawes explode the stereotype of a nation enchanted by erotic surrealism and existential gloom. Producer: Zahid Warley. Rana Mitter examines Czech genius, from Kafka and Capek to Hrabal and beyond.
	2011, 17/07/2011	20110717		2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer British organist Stephen Farr puts the mighty Albert Hall instrument through its paces in a programme which celebrates two musical anniversaries and includes the world premiere of a major new work. The anniversary composers are Jehan Alain, the French organist born in 1911 and killed in World War II, and Franz Liszt, whose music for organ is the match, in virtuosity and sheer elan, of his more familiar works for piano. Concluding the programme, Stephen Farr gives the first performance of a characteristically imaginative new work for organ by the British composer Judith Bingham. This suite of pieces depicts a lavish, but imaginary, ceremonial crown in which is framed seven fabulous gemstones of legend. Each movement of the suite takes one of these jewels to represents an aspect of royalty, good and bad - such as divinity and splendour, but also treachery and cruelty, representing the best and the worst of the human race. Alain: Litanies Liszt: Prelude 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' (arr. Winterberger) JS Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott', BWV 721 Judith Bingham: The Everlasting Crown (World Premiere) Stephen Farr (organ). Organist Stephen Farr performs music by Jehan Alain, Liszt, Bach and Bingham. BBC PROMS 2011 Concluding the programme, Stephen Farr gives the first performance of a characteristically imaginative new work for organ by the British composer Judith Bingham. This suite of pieces depicts a lavish, but imaginary, ceremonial crown in which is framed seven fabulous gemstones of legend. Each movement of the suite takes one of these jewels to represents an aspect of royalty, good and bad - such as divinity and splendour, but also treachery and cruelty, representing the best and the worst of the human race. Liszt: Prelude 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' (arr. Winterberger) 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer British organist Stephen Farr puts the mighty Albert Hall instrument through its paces in a programme which celebrates two musical anniversaries and includes the world premiere of a major new work. The anniversary composers are Jehan Alain, the French organist born in 1911 and killed in World War II, and Franz Liszt, whose music for organ is the match, in virtuosity and sheer elan, of his more familiar works for piano. Concluding the programme, Stephen Farr gives the first performance of a characteristically imaginative new work for organ by the British composer Judith Bingham. This suite of pieces depicts a lavish, but imaginary, ceremonial crown in which is framed seven fabulous gemstones of legend. Each movement of the suite takes one of these jewels to represents an aspect of royalty, good and bad - such as divinity and splendour, but also treachery and cruelty, representing the best and the worst of the human race. Alain: Litanies Liszt: Prelude 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' (arr. Winterberger) JS Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott', BWV 721 Judith Bingham: The Everlasting Crown (World Premiere) Stephen Farr (organ). Organist Stephen Farr performs music by Jehan Alain, Liszt, Bach and Bingham. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer British organist Stephen Farr puts the mighty Albert Hall instrument through its paces in a programme which celebrates two musical anniversaries and includes the world premiere of a major new work. The anniversary composers are Jehan Alain, the French organist born in 1911 and killed in World War II, and Franz Liszt, whose music for organ is the match, in virtuosity and sheer elan, of his more familiar works for piano. Concluding the programme, Stephen Farr gives the first performance of a characteristically imaginative new work for organ by the British composer Judith Bingham. This suite of pieces depicts a lavish, but imaginary, ceremonial crown in which is framed seven fabulous gemstones of legend. Each movement of the suite takes one of these jewels to represents an aspect of royalty, good and bad - such as divinity and splendour, but also treachery and cruelty, representing the best and the worst of the human race. Alain: Litanies Liszt: Prelude 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' (arr. Winterberger) JS Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott', BWV 721 Judith Bingham: The Everlasting Crown (World Premiere) Stephen Farr (organ). Organist Stephen Farr performs music by Jehan Alain, Liszt, Bach and Bingham.
	2011, Bbc Proms In The Park	20110910		Now in its 16th year - Sir Terry Wogan presents BBC Proms in the Park, live from London's Hyde Park. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by their Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart in a selection of popular classics and are joined by some very special guests. This year's guests include mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins; tenor Russell Watson; singer-songwriter Josh Groban and finale guests Westlife. Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris brings the sound of the didgeridoo and wobble board to the Last Night celebrations and the pianist Lang Lang attempts to be the first artist to play both Proms in the Park and the Last Night of the Proms on the same evening. Finally, the Hyde Park crowd link up to the Royal Albert Hall to join in the nation's biggest singalong and the Last Night of the Proms Finale. Sir Terry Wogan presents BBC Proms in the Park live from London's Hyde Park. Now in its 16th year - Sir Terry Wogan presents BBC Proms in the Park, live from London's Hyde Park. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by their Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart in a selection of popular classics and are joined by some very special guests. This year's guests include mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins; tenor Russell Watson; singer-songwriter Josh Groban and finale guests Westlife. Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris brings the sound of the didgeridoo and wobble board to the Last Night celebrations and the pianist Lang Lang attempts to be the first artist to play both Proms in the Park and the Last Night of the Proms on the same evening. Now in its 16th year - Sir Terry Wogan presents BBC Proms in the Park, live from London's Hyde Park. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by their Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart in a selection of popular classics and are joined by some very special guests. This year's guests include mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins; tenor Russell Watson; singer-songwriter Josh Groban and finale guests Westlife. Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris brings the sound of the didgeridoo and wobble board to the Last Night celebrations and the pianist Lang Lang attempts to be the first artist to play both Proms in the Park and the Last Night of the Proms on the same evening. Finally, the Hyde Park crowd link up to the Royal Albert Hall to join in the nation's biggest singalong and the Last Night of the Proms Finale. Sir Terry Wogan presents BBC Proms in the Park live from London's Hyde Park. Now in its 16th year - Sir Terry Wogan presents BBC Proms in the Park, live from London's Hyde Park. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by their Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart in a selection of popular classics and are joined by some very special guests. This year's guests include mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins; tenor Russell Watson; singer-songwriter Josh Groban and finale guests Westlife. Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris brings the sound of the didgeridoo and wobble board to the Last Night celebrations and the pianist Lang Lang attempts to be the first artist to play both Proms in the Park and the Last Night of the Proms on the same evening. Finally, the Hyde Park crowd link up to the Royal Albert Hall to join in the nation's biggest singalong and the Last Night of the Proms Finale. Sir Terry Wogan presents BBC Proms in the Park live from London's Hyde Park.
	2011, Prom 04 - Proms Choral Sunday: Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony	20110717		2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service The first Choral Sunday of the season boasts the grandest statement of British choral music, Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. Two BBC orchestras, four brass bands, six choruses, four youth choruses and four star soloists join together for the Proms debut of this epic English "Symphony of a Thousand". According to conductor Martyn Brabbins it will be one of the biggest classical undertakings ever mounted - "It's going to be a fantastic sonic spectacle, Gothic in the sense of architecture, detail, grandeur and mystery". Written in 1920, it's only been performed in concert five times since. The Gothic Symphony won a place in the Guinness Book of Records for being the longest symphony, requiring the largest forces. This is a rare chance to hear a unique and massive work, and not to be missed. Brian: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'The Gothic' Susan Gritton (soprano) Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Peter Auty (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) CBSO Youth Chorus Eltham College Boys' Choir Southend Boys' and Girls' Choirs Bach Choir BBC National Chorus of Wales Brighton Festival Chorus Côr Caerdydd Huddersfield Choral Society London Symphony Chorus BBC Concert Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales Martyn Brabbins (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 19 July at 2pm. BBC CO, NOW and other musicians in the Proms debut of Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. BBC PROMS 2011 The first Choral Sunday of the season boasts the grandest statement of British choral music, Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. Two BBC orchestras, four brass bands, six choruses, four youth choruses and four star soloists join together for the Proms debut of this epic English "Symphony of a Thousand". According to conductor Martyn Brabbins it will be one of the biggest classical undertakings ever mounted - "It's going to be a fantastic sonic spectacle, Gothic in the sense of architecture, detail, grandeur and mystery". Written in 1920, it's only been performed in concert five times since. The Gothic Symphony won a place in the Guinness Book of Records for being the longest symphony, requiring the largest forces. This is a rare chance to hear a unique and massive work, and not to be missed. Brian: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'The Gothic' 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service The first Choral Sunday of the season boasts the grandest statement of British choral music, Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. Two BBC orchestras, four brass bands, six choruses, four youth choruses and four star soloists join together for the Proms debut of this epic English "Symphony of a Thousand". According to conductor Martyn Brabbins it will be one of the biggest classical undertakings ever mounted - "It's going to be a fantastic sonic spectacle, Gothic in the sense of architecture, detail, grandeur and mystery". Written in 1920, it's only been performed in concert five times since. The Gothic Symphony won a place in the Guinness Book of Records for being the longest symphony, requiring the largest forces. This is a rare chance to hear a unique and massive work, and not to be missed. Brian: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'The Gothic' Susan Gritton (soprano) Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Peter Auty (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) CBSO Youth Chorus Eltham College Boys' Choir Southend Boys' and Girls' Choirs Bach Choir BBC National Chorus of Wales Brighton Festival Chorus Côr Caerdydd Huddersfield Choral Society London Symphony Chorus BBC Concert Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales Martyn Brabbins (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 19 July at 2pm. BBC CO, NOW and other musicians in the Proms debut of Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service The first Choral Sunday of the season boasts the grandest statement of British choral music, Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. Two BBC orchestras, four brass bands, six choruses, four youth choruses and four star soloists join together for the Proms debut of this epic English "Symphony of a Thousand". According to conductor Martyn Brabbins it will be one of the biggest classical undertakings ever mounted - "It's going to be a fantastic sonic spectacle, Gothic in the sense of architecture, detail, grandeur and mystery". Written in 1920, it's only been performed in concert five times since. The Gothic Symphony won a place in the Guinness Book of Records for being the longest symphony, requiring the largest forces. This is a rare chance to hear a unique and massive work, and not to be missed. Brian: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'The Gothic' Susan Gritton (soprano) Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Peter Auty (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) CBSO Youth Chorus Eltham College Boys' Choir Southend Boys' and Girls' Choirs Bach Choir BBC National Chorus of Wales Brighton Festival Chorus Côr Caerdydd Huddersfield Choral Society London Symphony Chorus BBC Concert Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales Martyn Brabbins (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 19 July at 2pm. BBC CO, NOW and other musicians in the Proms debut of Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony.
	2011, Prom 07 - Schubert's String Quintet	20110719		2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny One of the greatest pieces of chamber music for the first of this season's Late Night Proms. A leading quartet of our time is joined by the distinguished cellist and founder member of the Berg Quartet, Valentin Erben. Barely thirty years old, but already near death, Schubert had his String Quintet rejected by his publisher and only performed and published many years after his death. But its exploratory outer movements and the sublimely transcendent slow movement, continue to inspire musicians, poets, film makers and audiences to this day. Schubert: Quintet in C major, D956 Belcea Quartet Valentin Erben (cello). The Belcea Quartet and cellist Valentin Erben perform Schubert's Quintet in C, D956. BBC PROMS 2011 One of the greatest pieces of chamber music for the first of this season's Late Night Proms. A leading quartet of our time is joined by the distinguished cellist and founder member of the Berg Quartet, Valentin Erben. Barely thirty years old, but already near death, Schubert had his String Quintet rejected by his publisher and only performed and published many years after his death. But its exploratory outer movements and the sublimely transcendent slow movement, continue to inspire musicians, poets, film makers and audiences to this day. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny One of the greatest pieces of chamber music for the first of this season's Late Night Proms. A leading quartet of our time is joined by the distinguished cellist and founder member of the Berg Quartet, Valentin Erben. Barely thirty years old, but already near death, Schubert had his String Quintet rejected by his publisher and only performed and published many years after his death. But its exploratory outer movements and the sublimely transcendent slow movement, continue to inspire musicians, poets, film makers and audiences to this day. Schubert: Quintet in C major, D956 Belcea Quartet Valentin Erben (cello). The Belcea Quartet and cellist Valentin Erben perform Schubert's Quintet in C, D956. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny One of the greatest pieces of chamber music for the first of this season's Late Night Proms. A leading quartet of our time is joined by the distinguished cellist and founder member of the Berg Quartet, Valentin Erben. Barely thirty years old, but already near death, Schubert had his String Quintet rejected by his publisher and only performed and published many years after his death. But its exploratory outer movements and the sublimely transcendent slow movement, continue to inspire musicians, poets, film makers and audiences to this day. Schubert: Quintet in C major, D956 Belcea Quartet Valentin Erben (cello). The Belcea Quartet and cellist Valentin Erben perform Schubert's Quintet in C, D956.
	2011, Prom 13 - Verdi's Requiem	20110724		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod Verdi's Requiem - his great sacred masterpiece - storms the heavens with a stellar line up of soloists and massed choirs in the second of the Proms Choral Sundays. The ultimate in dramatic intensity, this extraordinary work speaks of heaven and hell, fire and earth, darkness and light in music that is as much theatrical as devotional. Verdi completed it in 1874, and conducted the premiere himself in Milan. Three large-scale choirs and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by a Verdi specialist whose recent Cologne recording, which also featured bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, has been much acclaimed. Soloists Marina Poplavskaya and Joseph Calleja both sang alongside Furlanetto in last year's Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House. Verdi: Requiem Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) Mariana Pentcheva (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Chorus of Wales London Philharmonic Choir Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 26th July at 2pm. Semyon Bychkov conducts a line-up of soloists and massed choirs in Verdi's Requiem. The ultimate in dramatic intensity, this extraordinary work speaks of heaven and hell, fire and earth, darkness and light in music that is as much theatrical as devotional. Verdi completed it in 1874, and conducted the premiere himself in Milan. Three large-scale choirs and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by a Verdi specialist whose recent Cologne recording, which also featured bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, has been much acclaimed. Soloists Marina Poplavskaya and Joseph Calleja both sang alongside Furlanetto in last year's Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod Verdi's Requiem - his great sacred masterpiece - storms the heavens with a stellar line up of soloists and massed choirs in the second of the Proms Choral Sundays. The ultimate in dramatic intensity, this extraordinary work speaks of heaven and hell, fire and earth, darkness and light in music that is as much theatrical as devotional. Verdi completed it in 1874, and conducted the premiere himself in Milan. Three large-scale choirs and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by a Verdi specialist whose recent Cologne recording, which also featured bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, has been much acclaimed. Soloists Marina Poplavskaya and Joseph Calleja both sang alongside Furlanetto in last year's Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House. Verdi: Requiem Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) Mariana Pentcheva (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Chorus of Wales London Philharmonic Choir Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 26th July at 2pm. Semyon Bychkov conducts a line-up of soloists and massed choirs in Verdi's Requiem. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod Verdi's Requiem - his great sacred masterpiece - storms the heavens with a stellar line up of soloists and massed choirs in the second of the Proms Choral Sundays. The ultimate in dramatic intensity, this extraordinary work speaks of heaven and hell, fire and earth, darkness and light in music that is as much theatrical as devotional. Verdi completed it in 1874, and conducted the premiere himself in Milan. Three large-scale choirs and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by a Verdi specialist whose recent Cologne recording, which also featured bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, has been much acclaimed. Soloists Marina Poplavskaya and Joseph Calleja both sang alongside Furlanetto in last year's Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House. Verdi: Requiem Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) Mariana Pentcheva (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Chorus of Wales London Philharmonic Choir BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 26th July at 2pm. Semyon Bychkov conducts a line-up of soloists and massed choirs in Verdi's Requiem.
	2011, Prom 14 - Mahler's Symphony No 9	20110725		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Mahler's last completed symphony, and one he never lived to hear, is brought to life in the Royal Albert Hall by Sir Roger Norrington in one of his final concerts as Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, a post he has held for 13 years. The Ninth Symphony was a work written at a time of personal crisis for Mahler, following the death of his daughter Maria, the loss of his job at the Vienna Court Opera and the diagnosis of his own heart disease. Musically, however, while allusions to death abound, ultimately the work fades into peaceful resignation; as Alban Berg described it: "it expresses an extraordinary love of the earth, of nature, the longing to live in peace, to enjoy it completely to the very heart of one's being, before death comes, as irresistibly it does". Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) Sir Roger Norrington (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 27th July at 2pm. Roger Norrington leads the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No 9. The Ninth Symphony was a work written at a time of personal crisis for Mahler, following the death of his daughter Maria, the loss of his job at the Vienna Court Opera and the diagnosis of his own heart disease. Musically, however, while allusions to death abound, ultimately the work fades into peaceful resignation; as Alban Berg described it: "it expresses an extraordinary love of the earth, of nature, the longing to live in peace, to enjoy it completely to the very heart of one's being, before death comes, as irresistibly it does". Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Mahler's last completed symphony, and one he never lived to hear, is brought to life in the Royal Albert Hall by Sir Roger Norrington in one of his final concerts as Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, a post he has held for 13 years. The Ninth Symphony was a work written at a time of personal crisis for Mahler, following the death of his daughter Maria, the loss of his job at the Vienna Court Opera and the diagnosis of his own heart disease. Musically, however, while allusions to death abound, ultimately the work fades into peaceful resignation; as Alban Berg described it: "it expresses an extraordinary love of the earth, of nature, the longing to live in peace, to enjoy it completely to the very heart of one's being, before death comes, as irresistibly it does". Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) Sir Roger Norrington (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 27th July at 2pm. Roger Norrington leads the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No 9. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Mahler's last completed symphony, and one he never lived to hear, is brought to life in the Royal Albert Hall by Sir Roger Norrington in one of his final concerts as Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, a post he has held for 13 years. The Ninth Symphony was a work written at a time of personal crisis for Mahler, following the death of his daughter Maria, the loss of his job at the Vienna Court Opera and the diagnosis of his own heart disease. Musically, however, while allusions to death abound, ultimately the work fades into peaceful resignation; as Alban Berg described it: "it expresses an extraordinary love of the earth, of nature, the longing to live in peace, to enjoy it completely to the very heart of one's being, before death comes, as irresistibly it does". Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) Sir Roger Norrington (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 27th July at 2pm. Roger Norrington leads the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No 9.
	2011, Prom 17 - World Routes Academy	20110727		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Lucy Duran For the 2011 World Routes Academy, acclaimed South Indian singer Aruna Sairam and her prot退g退, London born veena player Hari Sivanesan, present a concert of the classical music of South India. Having worked together as mentor and prot退g退 both in India and the UK throughout 2011, Aruna Sairam and Hari Sivanesan bring a unique programme of music for the voice and the veena, drawing on centuries of musical tradition. The World Routes Academy aims to support and inspire young UK based world music artists by bringing them together with an internationally renowned artist in the same field and belonging to the same tradition. BBC Radio 3 appointed young London born veena player Hari Sivanesan as its 2011 World Routes Academy prot退g退 and paired him up with mentor Aruna Sairam, who is based in Chennai, and is regarded as the leading South Indian female vocalist of her generation. Set 1: Hari Sivanesan (veena) Pirashanna Thevarajah (percussion) Set 2: Aruna Sairam (vocalist) Set 3: Aruna Sairam (vocalist) Hari Sivanesan (veena with percussion and mrindangam) Aruna Sairam (vocals) Patri Satish Kumar (mrindangam) Bangalore RN Prakash (ghatam) Jyotsna Srikanth (violin). Vocalist Aruna Sairam and veena player Hari Sivanesan in South Indian classical music. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Lucy Duran For the 2011 World Routes Academy, acclaimed South Indian singer Aruna Sairam and her prot退g退, London born veena player Hari Sivanesan, present a concert of the classical music of South India. Having worked together as mentor and prot退g退 both in India and the UK throughout 2011, Aruna Sairam and Hari Sivanesan bring a unique programme of music for the voice and the veena, drawing on centuries of musical tradition. The World Routes Academy aims to support and inspire young UK based world music artists by bringing them together with an internationally renowned artist in the same field and belonging to the same tradition. BBC Radio 3 appointed young London born veena player Hari Sivanesan as its 2011 World Routes Academy prot退g退 and paired him up with mentor Aruna Sairam, who is based in Chennai, and is regarded as the leading South Indian female vocalist of her generation. Set 1: Hari Sivanesan (veena) Pirashanna Thevarajah (percussion) Set 2: Aruna Sairam (vocalist) Set 3: Aruna Sairam (vocalist) Hari Sivanesan (veena with percussion and mrindangam) Aruna Sairam (vocals) Hari Sivanesan (veena) Patri Satish Kumar (mrindangam) Bangalore RN Prakash (ghatam) Jyotsna Srikanth (violin). Vocalist Aruna Sairam and veena player Hari Sivanesan in South Indian classical music.
	2011, Prom 25 - Grainger	20110802		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Charles Hazlewood A Late Night Prom celebrating anniversary composer Percy Grainger. Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell leads the way into the musical world of a composer she finds 'quirky and outrageous and very unconventional', concentrating on Grainger's fascinating and varied responses to folk music. Trad: Green Bushes Grainger: Green Bushes Early One Morning, Tulluchgorum and Music for a New Crossing (medley) Grainger: Molly on the Shore Shepherd's Hey (medley) Grainger: Early One Morning Trad: Sea Shanty Grainger: Shallow Brown Trad: Scotch Strathspey & Reel Grainger: Scotch Strathspey & Reel June Tabor (folk singer) Wilson Family (Shanty singers) Kathryn Tickell Band BBC Singers (men's voices) Northern Sinfonia John Harle (conductor). A Prom celebrating the quirky music of Percy Grainger. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Charles Hazlewood A Late Night Prom celebrating anniversary composer Percy Grainger. Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell leads the way into the musical world of a composer she finds 'quirky and outrageous and very unconventional', concentrating on Grainger's fascinating and varied responses to folk music. Trad: Green Bushes Grainger: Green Bushes Early One Morning, Tulluchgorum and Music for a New Crossing (medley) Grainger: Molly on the Shore Shepherd's Hey (medley) Grainger: Early One Morning Trad: Sea Shanty Grainger: Shallow Brown Trad: Scotch Strathspey & Reel Grainger: Scotch Strathspey & Reel June Tabor (folk singer) Wilson Family (Shanty singers) Kathryn Tickell Band BBC Singers (men's voices) Northern Sinfonia John Harle (conductor). A Prom celebrating the quirky music of Percy Grainger.
	2011, Prom 28 - Victoria	20110804		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Marking the 400th anniversary of his death, music by the great Spanish Renaissance composer Victoria performed by one of the world's leading specialists in early music - the Tallis Scholars. At the heart of their programme is Victoria's glorious Requiem - composed in 1603 for the funeral rites of the Dowager Empress Maria, sister of Philip II of Spain - a summation and a farewell to the music of Spain's Golden Age. Victoria: Dum complerentur Victoria: Lamentations for Good Friday Victoria: Officium defunctorum (Requiem) The Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips (conductor). Peter Philips conducts the Tallis Scholars in a celebration of Tomas Luis de Victoria. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Marking the 400th anniversary of his death, music by the great Spanish Renaissance composer Victoria performed by one of the world's leading specialists in early music - the Tallis Scholars. At the heart of their programme is Victoria's glorious Requiem - composed in 1603 for the funeral rites of the Dowager Empress Maria, sister of Philip II of Spain - a summation and a farewell to the music of Spain's Golden Age. Victoria: Dum complerentur Victoria: Lamentations for Good Friday Victoria: Officium defunctorum (Requiem) The Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips (conductor). Peter Philips conducts the Tallis Scholars in a celebration of Tomas Luis de Victoria.
	2011, Prom 29 - Mahler	20110805		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod In one of the most eagerly anticipated Proms of the season the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra returns to the Royal Albert Hall to perform Mahler's epic 'Resurrection' Symphony. Formed from pupils of Venezuela's El Sistema programme, an initiative that offers every child a free musical education, the players have been performing together since childhood, and have lit up concert halls around the world with their technical skill, passion and deep musicality - as their concert master violinist Alejandro Carreno says: "for us this isn't a job, not even a concert, for us music is all of life". Tonight under the baton of fellow El Sistema alumni Gustavo Dudamel they team up with the young singers of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and distinguished soloists to perform a colossus of the repertoire. Written for vast forces, Mahler's symphony takes a journey from the graveside, asks the question 'is there life after death?' and ends with a triumphant promise of eternal life. It's a work Alejandro Carreno and all the orchestra love, "Mahler's music is so descriptive, the atmosphere it creates is like that of an opera. We hugely enjoy playing his music." Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Miah Persson (soprano) Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano) Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) The Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 9th August at 2pm. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No 2. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod In one of the most eagerly anticipated Proms of the season the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra returns to the Royal Albert Hall to perform Mahler's epic 'Resurrection' Symphony. Formed from pupils of Venezuela's El Sistema programme, an initiative that offers every child a free musical education, the players have been performing together since childhood, and have lit up concert halls around the world with their technical skill, passion and deep musicality - as their concert master violinist Alejandro Carreno says: "for us this isn't a job, not even a concert, for us music is all of life". Tonight under the baton of fellow El Sistema alumni Gustavo Dudamel they team up with the young singers of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and distinguished soloists to perform a colossus of the repertoire. Written for vast forces, Mahler's symphony takes a journey from the graveside, asks the question 'is there life after death?' and ends with a triumphant promise of eternal life. It's a work Alejandro Carreno and all the orchestra love, "Mahler's music is so descriptive, the atmosphere it creates is like that of an opera. We hugely enjoy playing his music." Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Miah Persson (soprano) Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano) National Youth Choir of Great Britain Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) The Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 9th August at 2pm. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No 2.
	2011, Prom 31 - Nigel Kennedy In Bach	20110806		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Nigel Kennedy brings his unique musical style and his love of the works of Bach to a programme of solo violin works. J. S. Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major - Prelude Partita No. 2 in D minor Nigel Kennedy (violin). Violin recital by Nigel Kennedy. Bach: Partita No 3 in E (Prelude); Partita No 2. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Nigel Kennedy brings his unique musical style and his love of the works of Bach to a programme of solo violin works. J. S. Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major - Prelude Partita No. 2 in D minor Nigel Kennedy (violin). Violin recital by Nigel Kennedy. Bach: Partita No 3 in E (Prelude); Partita No 2.
	2011, Prom 36 - Steve Reich And Ensemble Modern	20110810		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Steve Reich brings his distinctive and pioneering style to the Proms, in celebration of his 75th birthday this year. His hypnotic rhythms and elements taken from jazz and non-Western traditions produce some ravishing music. Clapping Music shows off the percussive abilities of two people who make music with nothing but their own bodies. In Electric Counterpoint a single electric guitarist builds up alluring layers of sound with a multiple guitar soundtrack. Music for 18 Musicians is a seminal piece from the 1970s and one of Reich's best-known works. The exotic colours and percussive textures are very striking, as is the unusual ensemble, featuring multiple pianos, marimbas and xylophones. It is a work Reich himself is still very satisfied with, and its enduring nature has led to many contemporary electronica artists sampling it today. Steve Reich: Steve Reich (percussion, piano) Mats Bergström (guitar) Synergy Vocals Ensemble Modern. Steve Reich performs Clapping Music, Electric Counterpoint and Music for 18 Musicians. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Steve Reich brings his distinctive and pioneering style to the Proms, in celebration of his 75th birthday this year. His hypnotic rhythms and elements taken from jazz and non-Western traditions produce some ravishing music. Clapping Music shows off the percussive abilities of two people who make music with nothing but their own bodies. In Electric Counterpoint a single electric guitarist builds up alluring layers of sound with a multiple guitar soundtrack. Music for 18 Musicians is a seminal piece from the 1970s and one of Reich's best-known works. The exotic colours and percussive textures are very striking, as is the unusual ensemble, featuring multiple pianos, marimbas and xylophones. It is a work Reich himself is still very satisfied with, and its enduring nature has led to many contemporary electronica artists sampling it today. Steve Reich: Clapping Music Electric Counterpoint Music for 18 Musicians Steve Reich (percussion, piano) Mats Bergström (guitar) Synergy Vocals Ensemble Modern. Steve Reich performs Clapping Music, Electric Counterpoint and Music for 18 Musicians.
	2011, Prom 39 - Spaghetti Western Orchestra	20110812		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Charles Hazlewood The inventive multi-taskers of the Spaghetti Western Orchestra perform the epic scores of Ennio Morricone from the films of Sergio Leone. The Australian group recreates Morricone's classic soundtracks from films such as 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and 'For a Few Dollars More' with only five players by using extraordinary virtuosity on a variety of instruments conventional and rather less so. "We really embraced the absurdity of a bunch of Aussie guys trying to do what Morricone did with a cast of hundreds", so expect new uses for an asthma inhaler and a cornflake packet as well as a rich vein of humour. Spaghetti Western Orchestra. The Spaghetti Western Orchestra performs the film scores of Ennio Morricone. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Charles Hazlewood The inventive multi-taskers of the Spaghetti Western Orchestra perform the epic scores of Ennio Morricone from the films of Sergio Leone. The Australian group recreates Morricone's classic soundtracks from films such as 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and 'For a Few Dollars More' with only five players by using extraordinary virtuosity on a variety of instruments conventional and rather less so. "We really embraced the absurdity of a bunch of Aussie guys trying to do what Morricone did with a cast of hundreds", so expect new uses for an asthma inhaler and a cornflake packet as well as a rich vein of humour. Spaghetti Western Orchestra. The Spaghetti Western Orchestra performs the film scores of Ennio Morricone.
	2011, Prom 46 - Viktoria Mullova, Matthew Barley	20110818		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor A concert celebrating the special partnership of Russian-born violinist Viktoria Mullova and her husband, British cellist Matthew Barley. Together with three friends they explore folk, gypsy and jazz-inpired music that encompasses a masterpiece by the Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly and the worlds of the Modern Jazz Quartet and the American jazz-rock group Weather Report. As well as making an intriguing programme, the music in the concert says something about Viktoria Mullova herself. According to her husband, she 'loves simplicity and emotional directness and power, as well as virtuosity that comes from the heart and for the heart (as opposed to showing off)'. Bratsch, Arr. Barley: Bi Lovengo John Lewis/Bratch, Arr. Barley: Django Kodaly: Duo, Op. 7 Joe Zawinul, Arr. Barley: Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat Matthew Barley: Yura Joe Zawinul, Arr. Barley: The Peasant DuOud, Arr. Barley: For Nedim (for Nadia) Viktoria Mullova (violin) Matthew Barley (cello) Julian Joseph (piano) Paul Clarvis (percussion) Sam Walton (percussion). Viktoria Mullova, Matthew Barley and friends play folk, gypsy and jazz-inspired music. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor A concert celebrating the special partnership of Russian-born violinist Viktoria Mullova and her husband, British cellist Matthew Barley. Together with three friends they explore folk, gypsy and jazz-inpired music that encompasses a masterpiece by the Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly and the worlds of the Modern Jazz Quartet and the American jazz-rock group Weather Report. As well as making an intriguing programme, the music in the concert says something about Viktoria Mullova herself. According to her husband, she 'loves simplicity and emotional directness and power, as well as virtuosity that comes from the heart and for the heart (as opposed to showing off)'. Bratsch, Arr. Barley: Bi Lovengo John Lewis/Bratch, Arr. Barley: Django Kodaly: Duo, Op. 7 Joe Zawinul, Arr. Barley: Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat Matthew Barley: Yura Joe Zawinul, Arr. Barley: The Peasant DuOud, Arr. Barley: For Nedim (for Nadia) Viktoria Mullova (violin) Matthew Barley (cello) Julian Joseph (piano) Paul Clarvis (percussion) Sam Walton (percussion). Viktoria Mullova, Matthew Barley and friends play folk, gypsy and jazz-inspired music.
	2011, Prom 48 - Brahms, Schumann	20110819		2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and their Associate Guest Conductor, Andrew Manze, continue the celebration of Brahms in this late night concert with a richly romantic programme with pianist Angela Hewitt. Angela Hewitt starts the concert on solo piano with the first two of the popular Op. 117 Intermezzos by Brahms written in 1892. Inspired by a Scottish folk song the first's beautiful melody is concealed in an inner part, and the second intermezzo uses arpeggios as a texture. They are two sad lullabies and some of the last piano music Brahms wrote before he died in 1897. At the beginning of Brahms' life, in 1853 he met Robert Schumann who became his musical father figure during their short but intense friendship. Schumann's Introduction and Allegro was written in 1849 just before Brahms met the Schumanns and was premiered with Clara Schumann at the keyboard. It was later dedicated to Brahms, and Clara was to became the great love of Brahms's life. Finally we observe Brahms through the prism of an admirer - Arnold Schoenberg - who arranged his piano quartet for orchestra in 1937 and highlighted the influence that Brahms had in music travelling from Bach and Beethoven, through to the music composed in the twentieth century. Brahms: Three intermezzos, Op. 117 - Nos. 1 & 2 Schumann: Introduction and Concert Allegro, Op. 134 Brahm, Arr. Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Angela Hewitt (piano) Andrew Manze (conductor). Angela Hewitt (piano) joins the BBC SSO under Andrew Manze in music by Brahms and Schumann BBC PROMS 2011 Angela Hewitt starts the concert on solo piano with the first two of the popular Op. 117 Intermezzos by Brahms written in 1892. Inspired by a Scottish folk song the first's beautiful melody is concealed in an inner part, and the second intermezzo uses arpeggios as a texture. They are two sad lullabies and some of the last piano music Brahms wrote before he died in 1897. At the beginning of Brahms' life, in 1853 he met Robert Schumann who became his musical father figure during their short but intense friendship. Schumann's Introduction and Allegro was written in 1849 just before Brahms met the Schumanns and was premiered with Clara Schumann at the keyboard. It was later dedicated to Brahms, and Clara was to became the great love of Brahms's life. Finally we observe Brahms through the prism of an admirer - Arnold Schoenberg - who arranged his piano quartet for orchestra in 1937 and highlighted the influence that Brahms had in music travelling from Bach and Beethoven, through to the music composed in the twentieth century. Brahms: Three intermezzos, Op. 117 - Nos. 1 & 2 Schumann: Introduction and Concert Allegro, Op. 134 Brahm, Arr. Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and their Associate Guest Conductor, Andrew Manze, continue the celebration of Brahms in this late night concert with a richly romantic programme with pianist Angela Hewitt. Angela Hewitt starts the concert on solo piano with the first two of the popular Op. 117 Intermezzos by Brahms written in 1892. Inspired by a Scottish folk song the first's beautiful melody is concealed in an inner part, and the second intermezzo uses arpeggios as a texture. They are two sad lullabies and some of the last piano music Brahms wrote before he died in 1897. At the beginning of Brahms' life, in 1853 he met Robert Schumann who became his musical father figure during their short but intense friendship. Schumann's Introduction and Allegro was written in 1849 just before Brahms met the Schumanns and was premiered with Clara Schumann at the keyboard. It was later dedicated to Brahms, and Clara was to became the great love of Brahms's life. Finally we observe Brahms through the prism of an admirer - Arnold Schoenberg - who arranged his piano quartet for orchestra in 1937 and highlighted the influence that Brahms had in music travelling from Bach and Beethoven, through to the music composed in the twentieth century. Brahms: Three intermezzos, Op. 117 - Nos. 1 & 2 Schumann: Introduction and Concert Allegro, Op. 134 Brahm, Arr. Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Angela Hewitt (piano) Andrew Manze (conductor). Angela Hewitt (piano) joins the BBC SSO under Andrew Manze in music by Brahms and Schumann BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and their Associate Guest Conductor, Andrew Manze, continue the celebration of Brahms in this late night concert with a richly romantic programme with pianist Angela Hewitt. Angela Hewitt starts the concert on solo piano with the first two of the popular Op. 117 Intermezzos by Brahms written in 1892. Inspired by a Scottish folk song the first's beautiful melody is concealed in an inner part, and the second intermezzo uses arpeggios as a texture. They are two sad lullabies and some of the last piano music Brahms wrote before he died in 1897. At the beginning of Brahms' life, in 1853 he met Robert Schumann who became his musical father figure during their short but intense friendship. Schumann's Introduction and Allegro was written in 1849 just before Brahms met the Schumanns and was premiered with Clara Schumann at the keyboard. It was later dedicated to Brahms, and Clara was to became the great love of Brahms's life. Finally we observe Brahms through the prism of an admirer - Arnold Schoenberg - who arranged his piano quartet for orchestra in 1937 and highlighted the influence that Brahms had in music travelling from Bach and Beethoven, through to the music composed in the twentieth century. Brahms: Three intermezzos, Op. 117 - Nos. 1 & 2 Schumann: Introduction and Concert Allegro, Op. 134 Brahm, Arr. Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Angela Hewitt (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Andrew Manze (conductor). Angela Hewitt (piano) joins the BBC SSO under Andrew Manze in music by Brahms and Schumann
	2011, Prom 54 - Liszt	20110824		2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor. A Late Night Prom celebrating the keyboard genius of anniversary composer, Franz Liszt. French pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin plays a selection of virtuosic works spanning the whole of the composer-pianist's imaginative and emotional world. Liszt: Legend No. 2 (St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Water) Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H Liszt: B退n退diction de Dieu dans las solitude Liszt: Venezia e Napoli Marc-Andr退 Hamelin (piano). Marc-Andre Hamelin gives a recital of piano music by Liszt. BBC PROMS 2011 A Late Night Prom celebrating the keyboard genius of anniversary composer, Franz Liszt. French pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin plays a selection of virtuosic works spanning the whole of the composer-pianist's imaginative and emotional world. Liszt: Legend No. 2 (St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Water) 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor. A Late Night Prom celebrating the keyboard genius of anniversary composer, Franz Liszt. French pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin plays a selection of virtuosic works spanning the whole of the composer-pianist's imaginative and emotional world. Liszt: Legend No. 2 (St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Water) Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H Liszt: B退n退diction de Dieu dans las solitude Liszt: Venezia e Napoli Marc-Andr退 Hamelin (piano). Marc-Andre Hamelin gives a recital of piano music by Liszt. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor. A Late Night Prom celebrating the keyboard genius of anniversary composer, Franz Liszt. French pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin plays a selection of virtuosic works spanning the whole of the composer-pianist's imaginative and emotional world. Liszt: Legend No. 2 (St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Water) Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H Liszt: B退n退diction de Dieu dans las solitude Liszt: Venezia e Napoli Marc-Andr退 Hamelin (piano). Marc-Andre Hamelin gives a recital of piano music by Liszt.
	2011, Prom 64 - Audience Choice	20110902		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott An Audience Choice Late Night Prom. The Budapest Festival Orchestra and Music Director Ivan Fischer have a wide repertoire - and in the second of their two Proms tonight they're letting the audience in the Royal Albert Hall choose precisely what they want to hear. So tune in and be surprised! Iván Fischer (conductor). The Budapest Festival Orchestra plays music chosen by the audience. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott An Audience Choice Late Night Prom. The Budapest Festival Orchestra and Music Director Ivan Fischer have a wide repertoire - and in the second of their two Proms tonight they're letting the audience in the Royal Albert Hall choose precisely what they want to hear. So tune in and be surprised! Iván Fischer (conductor). The Budapest Festival Orchestra plays music chosen by the audience.
	2011, Prom 66 - Escaich, Bach, Reger, Franck, Liszt	20110904		2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Making his Prom debut the Parisian organist Thierry Escaich, one of today's most famed exponents of the art of improvisation, demonstrates his skills in a variety of styles on the mighty Albert Hall instrument, and also plays concert works by four great organist-composers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Improvisation has always been part of the organist's musical armoury, and never more so than amongst the great French players of the instrument. Thierry Escaich: Overture in the Baroque Style (improvisation) J. S. Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BWV 659 Thierry Escaich: Evocation III (on 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland') (UK Premiere) Reger: Chorale Prelude 'Jauchz, Erd, und Himmel, juble hell', Op. 67 No. 15 Franck: Chorale No. 2 in B minor Liszt: Adagio in D flat major, S759 Thierry Escaich: Triptych on Themes by Liszt (improvisation) Thierry Escaich (organ). Thierry Escaich (organ) in improvisations and 18th and 19th century concert works. BBC PROMS 2011 Making his Prom debut the Parisian organist Thierry Escaich, one of today's most famed exponents of the art of improvisation, demonstrates his skills in a variety of styles on the mighty Albert Hall instrument, and also plays concert works by four great organist-composers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Improvisation has always been part of the organist's musical armoury, and never more so than amongst the great French players of the instrument. J. S. Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BWV 659 Reger: Chorale Prelude 'Jauchz, Erd, und Himmel, juble hell', Op. 67 No. 15 Franck: Chorale No. 2 in B minor 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Making his Prom debut the Parisian organist Thierry Escaich, one of today's most famed exponents of the art of improvisation, demonstrates his skills in a variety of styles on the mighty Albert Hall instrument, and also plays concert works by four great organist-composers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Improvisation has always been part of the organist's musical armoury, and never more so than amongst the great French players of the instrument. Thierry Escaich: Overture in the Baroque Style (improvisation) J. S. Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BWV 659 Thierry Escaich: Evocation III (on 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland') (UK Premiere) Reger: Chorale Prelude 'Jauchz, Erd, und Himmel, juble hell', Op. 67 No. 15 Franck: Chorale No. 2 in B minor Liszt: Adagio in D flat major, S759 Thierry Escaich: Triptych on Themes by Liszt (improvisation) Thierry Escaich (organ). Thierry Escaich (organ) in improvisations and 18th and 19th century concert works. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Making his Prom debut the Parisian organist Thierry Escaich, one of today's most famed exponents of the art of improvisation, demonstrates his skills in a variety of styles on the mighty Albert Hall instrument, and also plays concert works by four great organist-composers from the 18th and 19th centuries. Improvisation has always been part of the organist's musical armoury, and never more so than amongst the great French players of the instrument. Thierry Escaich: Overture in the Baroque Style (improvisation) J. S. Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BWV 659 Thierry Escaich: Evocation III (on 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland') (UK Premiere) Reger: Chorale Prelude 'Jauchz, Erd, und Himmel, juble hell', Op. 67 No. 15 Franck: Chorale No. 2 in B minor Liszt: Adagio in D flat major, S759 Thierry Escaich: Triptych on Themes by Liszt (improvisation) Thierry Escaich (organ). Thierry Escaich (organ) in improvisations and 18th and 19th century concert works.
	2011, Prom 67 - Beethoven's Missa Solemnis	20110904		2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor In the last of this season's Choral Sundays, Sir Colin Davis tackles the largest and longest of Beethoven's non-stage works, the Missa Solemnis. This monumental work seems to skirt the boundaries of whether it is music made for the concert hall or the church. "My chief aim was to awaken and permanently instill religious feelings not only into the singers but also into the listeners," Beethoven himself wrote of the work. The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and London Philharmonic Choir lead the huge forces in what Beethoven considered to be his supreme achievement in music. The quartet of soloists, made up of soprano Helena Juntunen, mezzo Sarah Connolly, tenor Paul Groves, and bass Matthew Rose, have demanding roles in this work, where the orchestra, chorus, and quartet each take on changing and challenging musical roles. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Helena Juntunen (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Paul Groves (tenor) Matthew Rose (bass) London Symphony Chorus Sir Colin Davis (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Tuesday 6 September at 2.30pm. Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. BBC PROMS 2011 In the last of this season's Choral Sundays, Sir Colin Davis tackles the largest and longest of Beethoven's non-stage works, the Missa Solemnis. This monumental work seems to skirt the boundaries of whether it is music made for the concert hall or the church. "My chief aim was to awaken and permanently instill religious feelings not only into the singers but also into the listeners," Beethoven himself wrote of the work. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor In the last of this season's Choral Sundays, Sir Colin Davis tackles the largest and longest of Beethoven's non-stage works, the Missa Solemnis. This monumental work seems to skirt the boundaries of whether it is music made for the concert hall or the church. "My chief aim was to awaken and permanently instill religious feelings not only into the singers but also into the listeners," Beethoven himself wrote of the work. The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and London Philharmonic Choir lead the huge forces in what Beethoven considered to be his supreme achievement in music. The quartet of soloists, made up of soprano Helena Juntunen, mezzo Sarah Connolly, tenor Paul Groves, and bass Matthew Rose, have demanding roles in this work, where the orchestra, chorus, and quartet each take on changing and challenging musical roles. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Helena Juntunen (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Paul Groves (tenor) Matthew Rose (bass) London Symphony Chorus Sir Colin Davis (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Tuesday 6 September at 2.30pm. Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor In the last of this season's Choral Sundays, Sir Colin Davis tackles the largest and longest of Beethoven's non-stage works, the Missa Solemnis. This monumental work seems to skirt the boundaries of whether it is music made for the concert hall or the church. "My chief aim was to awaken and permanently instill religious feelings not only into the singers but also into the listeners," Beethoven himself wrote of the work. The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and London Philharmonic Choir lead the huge forces in what Beethoven considered to be his supreme achievement in music. The quartet of soloists, made up of soprano Helena Juntunen, mezzo Sarah Connolly, tenor Paul Groves, and bass Matthew Rose, have demanding roles in this work, where the orchestra, chorus, and quartet each take on changing and challenging musical roles. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Helena Juntunen (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Paul Groves (tenor) Matthew Rose (bass) London Philharmonic Choir London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Tuesday 6 September at 2.30pm. Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
	2011, Prom 71 - Stan Kenton Tribute	20110907		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Jez Nelson A Late Night centenary tribute to the great American band leader Stan Kenton whose orchestra during the late 1940s and early 1950s was the biggest jazz attraction in the world. Drawing to its ranks the cream of America's soloists and arrangers his famous 'wall of sound' is still hugely influential on the big bands today. The BBC Big Band celebrates his legacy in a programme that includes some of his classical arrangements with special guest vocalist Claire Martin. Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm (excerpt) Sampson (arr. Bill Holman): Stompin' At The Savoy Strouse: (arr. Bill Holman): Lot Of Livin' To Do Greer (arr. Kenton): All About Ronnie Warren (arr. Kenton): Jeepers Creepers Johnston (arr Paich): My Old Flame Kenton: Concerto To End All Concertos Lecuona (arr. Bill Holman): Malaguena Burke (arr. Kenton): Black Coffee Strayhorn (arr. Niehaus): Daydream Richards: Cuban Fire Suite Claire Martin (vocalist) Jiggs Whigham (conductor). The BBC Big Band with vocalist Claire Martin perform a tribute to Stan Kenton. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Jez Nelson A Late Night centenary tribute to the great American band leader Stan Kenton whose orchestra during the late 1940s and early 1950s was the biggest jazz attraction in the world. Drawing to its ranks the cream of America's soloists and arrangers his famous 'wall of sound' is still hugely influential on the big bands today. The BBC Big Band celebrates his legacy in a programme that includes some of his classical arrangements with special guest vocalist Claire Martin. Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm (excerpt) Sampson (arr. Bill Holman): Stompin' At The Savoy Strouse: (arr. Bill Holman): Lot Of Livin' To Do Greer (arr. Kenton): All About Ronnie Warren (arr. Kenton): Jeepers Creepers Johnston (arr Paich): My Old Flame Kenton: Concerto To End All Concertos Lecuona (arr. Bill Holman): Malaguena Burke (arr. Kenton): Black Coffee Strayhorn (arr. Niehaus): Daydream Richards: Cuban Fire Suite Claire Martin (vocalist) BBC Big Band Jiggs Whigham (conductor). The BBC Big Band with vocalist Claire Martin perform a tribute to Stan Kenton.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt	20110905		CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Featured Proms artist Christian Tetzlaff is joined by pianist Lars Vogt for a Proms Saturday matin退e. Mozart's final Violin Sonata is followed by Bartok's first. A favourite composer of Tetzlaff's, Bartok stretches tonality in his Sonata, combining dance rhythms with rhapsodic passages and requires a virtuosic technique from the performers. Mozart: Violin Sonata in A major, K526 Bartok: Violin Sonata No. Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Lars Vogt (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 10 September at 2pm. Christian Tetzlaff (violin) and Lars Vogt (piano) perform Mozart and Bartok. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Featured Proms artist Christian Tetzlaff is joined by pianist Lars Vogt for a Proms Saturday matin退e. Mozart's final Violin Sonata is followed by Bartok's first. A favourite composer of Tetzlaff's, Bartok stretches tonality in his Sonata, combining dance rhythms with rhapsodic passages and requires a virtuosic technique from the performers. Bartok: Violin Sonata No. 1 CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Featured Proms artist Christian Tetzlaff is joined by pianist Lars Vogt for a Proms Saturday matin退e. Mozart's final Violin Sonata is followed by Bartok's first. A favourite composer of Tetzlaff's, Bartok stretches tonality in his Sonata, combining dance rhythms with rhapsodic passages and requires a virtuosic technique from the performers. Mozart: Violin Sonata in A major, K526 Bartok: Violin Sonata No. Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Lars Vogt (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 10 September at 2pm. Christian Tetzlaff (violin) and Lars Vogt (piano) perform Mozart and Bartok. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Featured Proms artist Christian Tetzlaff is joined by pianist Lars Vogt for a Proms Saturday matin退e. Mozart's final Violin Sonata is followed by Bartok's first. A favourite composer of Tetzlaff's, Bartok stretches tonality in his Sonata, combining dance rhythms with rhapsodic passages and requires a virtuosic technique from the performers. Mozart: Violin Sonata in A major, K526 Bartok: Violin Sonata No. 1 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Lars Vogt (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 10 September at 2pm. Christian Tetzlaff (violin) and Lars Vogt (piano) perform Mozart and Bartok.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt	20110910
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Khatia Buniatishvili	20110808		CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott BBC New Generation Artist Khatia Buniatishvili explores the virtuosity of two great composer-pianists. Liszt - one of this year's anniversary compoers - is a favourite of hers and she begins her concert with his Sonata in B minor, technically one of the most demanding works ever written for piano. Similarly virtuosic is Prokofiev's 7th Sonata, a work written amid Stalin's brutal rule in the early years of World War II it contains some of the composers most dissonant and troubled music. Khatia Buniatishvili very much admires pianists of previous generations, a passion which influences her own unique style of pianism. Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor Liszt: LiebestrÃume - No. 3: O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 13th August at 2pm. Young Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs music by Liszt and Prokofiev. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 BBC New Generation Artist Khatia Buniatishvili explores the virtuosity of two great composer-pianists. Liszt - one of this year's anniversary compoers - is a favourite of hers and she begins her concert with his Sonata in B minor, technically one of the most demanding works ever written for piano. Similarly virtuosic is Prokofiev's 7th Sonata, a work written amid Stalin's brutal rule in the early years of World War II it contains some of the composers most dissonant and troubled music. Liszt: LiebestrÃume - No. 3: O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Khatia Buniatishvili	20110813		CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott BBC New Generation Artist Khatia Buniatishvili explores the virtuosity of two great composer-pianists. Liszt - one of this year's anniversary compoers - is a favourite of hers and she begins her concert with his Sonata in B minor, technically one of the most demanding works ever written for piano. Similarly virtuosic is Prokofiev's 7th Sonata, a work written amid Stalin's brutal rule in the early years of World War II it contains some of the composers most dissonant and troubled music. Khatia Buniatishvili very much admires pianists of previous generations, a passion which influences her own unique style of pianism. Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor Liszt: Liebesträume - No. 3: O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 13th August at 2pm. Young Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs music by Liszt and Prokofiev. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 BBC New Generation Artist Khatia Buniatishvili explores the virtuosity of two great composer-pianists. Liszt - one of this year's anniversary compoers - is a favourite of hers and she begins her concert with his Sonata in B minor, technically one of the most demanding works ever written for piano. Similarly virtuosic is Prokofiev's 7th Sonata, a work written amid Stalin's brutal rule in the early years of World War II it contains some of the composers most dissonant and troubled music. Liszt: Liebesträume - No. 3: O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott BBC New Generation Artist Khatia Buniatishvili explores the virtuosity of two great composer-pianists. Liszt - one of this year's anniversary compoers - is a favourite of hers and she begins her concert with his Sonata in B minor, technically one of the most demanding works ever written for piano. Similarly virtuosic is Prokofiev's 7th Sonata, a work written amid Stalin's brutal rule in the early years of World War II it contains some of the composers most dissonant and troubled music. Khatia Buniatishvili very much admires pianists of previous generations, a passion which influences her own unique style of pianism. Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor Liszt: Liebesträume - No. 3: O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 13th August at 2pm. Young Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs music by Liszt and Prokofiev. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott BBC New Generation Artist Khatia Buniatishvili explores the virtuosity of two great composer-pianists. Liszt - one of this year's anniversary compoers - is a favourite of hers and she begins her concert with his Sonata in B minor, technically one of the most demanding works ever written for piano. Similarly virtuosic is Prokofiev's 7th Sonata, a work written amid Stalin's brutal rule in the early years of World War II it contains some of the composers most dissonant and troubled music. Khatia Buniatishvili very much admires pianists of previous generations, a passion which influences her own unique style of pianism. Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor Liszt: Liebesträume - No. 3: O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 13th August at 2pm. Young Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs music by Liszt and Prokofiev.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 01 - Bach's Goldberg Variations	20110718		CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Acclaimed harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs a masterwork by J.S. Bach, "composed for music lovers to refresh their spirits" according to its first edition. Consisting of an exquisitely beautiful aria and a set of 30 variations, this is one of the great examples of variation form as well as a peak of the keyboard repertoire. These days the Goldberg Variations are often played on the piano by performers who believe the piano is a more communicative instrument, but Esfahani dismisses the views of those who think the harpsichord inexpressive in one word - "absurd!". Listen to what is sure to be a masterful performance and judge for yourself. Bach: 'Goldberg' Variations BWV 988 Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 23 July at 2pm. Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs Bach's masterwork the Goldberg Variations. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Acclaimed harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs a masterwork by J.S. Bach, "composed for music lovers to refresh their spirits" according to its first edition. Consisting of an exquisitely beautiful aria and a set of 30 variations, this is one of the great examples of variation form as well as a peak of the keyboard repertoire. These days the Goldberg Variations are often played on the piano by performers who believe the piano is a more communicative instrument, but Esfahani dismisses the views of those who think the harpsichord inexpressive in one word - "absurd!". Listen to what is sure to be a masterful performance and judge for yourself. J.S. Bach: 'Goldberg' Variations BWV 988 CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Acclaimed harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs a masterwork by J.S. Bach, "composed for music lovers to refresh their spirits" according to its first edition. Consisting of an exquisitely beautiful aria and a set of 30 variations, this is one of the great examples of variation form as well as a peak of the keyboard repertoire. These days the Goldberg Variations are often played on the piano by performers who believe the piano is a more communicative instrument, but Esfahani dismisses the views of those who think the harpsichord inexpressive in one word - "absurd!". Listen to what is sure to be a masterful performance and judge for yourself. Bach: 'Goldberg' Variations BWV 988 Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 23 July at 2pm. Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs Bach's masterwork the Goldberg Variations. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Acclaimed harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs a masterwork by J.S. Bach, "composed for music lovers to refresh their spirits" according to its first edition. Consisting of an exquisitely beautiful aria and a set of 30 variations, this is one of the great examples of variation form as well as a peak of the keyboard repertoire. These days the Goldberg Variations are often played on the piano by performers who believe the piano is a more communicative instrument, but Esfahani dismisses the views of those who think the harpsichord inexpressive in one word - "absurd!". Listen to what is sure to be a masterful performance and judge for yourself. J.S. Bach: 'Goldberg' Variations BWV 988 Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 23 July at 2pm. Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs Bach's masterwork the Goldberg Variations.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 01 - Bach's Goldberg Variations	20110723		Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) performs Bach's masterwork the Goldberg Variations.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 02 - Elias String Quartet, Julian Bliss	20110725		CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The second of this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts features old and new. Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Elias Quartet play Purcell, Brahms, and the world premiere of a new Celtic-inspired work by Sally Beamish, and are joined by clarinetist Julian Bliss for Brahms's glowing, autumnal quintet. Purcell: Fantasia No. 6 in F major 7 in C minor Sally Beamish: Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) BBC Commission, World Premiere Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Julian Bliss (clarinet) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 30th July at 2pm. Julian Bliss and the Elias Quartet perform Purcell, Beamish and Brahms. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 The second of this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts features old and new. Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Elias Quartet play Purcell, Brahms, and the world premiere of a new Celtic-inspired work by Sally Beamish, and are joined by clarinetist Julian Bliss for Brahms's glowing, autumnal quintet. Purcell: Fantasia No. 6 in F major Purcell: Fantasia No. 7 in C minor Sally Beamish: Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) BBC Commission, World Premiere CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The second of this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts features old and new. Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Elias Quartet play Purcell, Brahms, and the world premiere of a new Celtic-inspired work by Sally Beamish, and are joined by clarinetist Julian Bliss for Brahms's glowing, autumnal quintet. Purcell: Fantasia No. 6 in F major 7 in C minor Sally Beamish: Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) BBC Commission, World Premiere Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Julian Bliss (clarinet) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 30th July at 2pm. Julian Bliss and the Elias Quartet perform Purcell, Beamish and Brahms. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The second of this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts features old and new. Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Elias Quartet play Purcell, Brahms, and the world premiere of a new Celtic-inspired work by Sally Beamish, and are joined by clarinetist Julian Bliss for Brahms's glowing, autumnal quintet. Purcell: Fantasia No. 6 in F major Purcell: Fantasia No. 7 in C minor Sally Beamish: Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) BBC Commission, World Premiere Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Julian Bliss (clarinet) Elias Quartet This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 30th July at 2pm. Julian Bliss and the Elias Quartet perform Purcell, Beamish and Brahms.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 02 - Elias String Quartet, Julian Bliss	20110730		Julian Bliss and the Elias Quartet perform Purcell, Beamish and Brahms.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 03 - Les Talens Lyriques	20110801		BBC Proms Chamber Music 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques explore French Baroque music with an Italian flavour, taking the Italian-born naturalised Frenchman Lully as their inspiration. Couperin and Rameau blend the best of both countries in their vivacious and delicately poised instrumental works and Mont退clair retells the classical story of the death of Lucretia in music of drama and passion. Couperin: Les nations - La Pi退montoise (excerpts) Lully: Armida's monologue : "Ah, Rinaldo, e dove sei?" (from the ballet Les amours d退guis退s) Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts - Premier concert Mont退clair: Cantata "Morte di Lucrezia" Les Talens Lyriques: Eug退nie Warnier (soprano) Virginie Descharmes (violin) Yuki Koike (violin) Jocelyn Daubigney (flute) Stefanie Troffaes (flute) Isabelle Saaint-Yves (viola da gamba) Christophe Rousset (harpsichord/director) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 6th August at 2pm. Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset perform French Baroque music. Lully: Armida's monologue : "Ah, Rinaldo ! Dove sei ?" (from the ballet Les amours d退guis退s) Isabelle Saint-Yves (viola da gamba) BBC Proms Chamber Music 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques explore French Baroque music with an Italian flavour, taking the Italian-born naturalised Frenchman Lully as their inspiration. Couperin and Rameau blend the best of both countries in their vivacious and delicately poised instrumental works and Mont退clair retells the classical story of the death of Lucretia in music of drama and passion. Couperin: Les nations - La Pi退montoise (excerpts) Lully: Armida's monologue : "Ah, Rinaldo, e dove sei?" (from the ballet Les amours d退guis退s) Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts - Premier concert Mont退clair: Cantata "Morte di Lucrezia" Les Talens Lyriques: Eug退nie Warnier (soprano) Virginie Descharmes (violin) Yuki Koike (violin) Jocelyn Daubigney (flute) Stefanie Troffaes (flute) Isabelle Saaint-Yves (viola da gamba) Christophe Rousset (harpsichord/director) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 6th August at 2pm. Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset perform French Baroque music. BBC Proms Chamber Music 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques explore French Baroque music with an Italian flavour, taking the Italian-born naturalised Frenchman Lully as their inspiration. Couperin and Rameau blend the best of both countries in their vivacious and delicately poised instrumental works and Mont退clair retells the classical story of the death of Lucretia in music of drama and passion. Couperin: Les nations - La Pi退montoise (excerpts) Lully: Armida's monologue : "Ah, Rinaldo ! Dove sei ?" (from the ballet Les amours d退guis退s) Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts - Premier concert Mont退clair: Cantata "Morte di Lucrezia" Les Talens Lyriques: Eug退nie Warnier (soprano) Virginie Descharmes (violin) Yuki Koike (violin) Jocelyn Daubigney (flute) Stefanie Troffaes (flute) Isabelle Saint-Yves (viola da gamba) Christophe Rousset (harpsichord/director) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 6th August at 2pm. Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset perform French Baroque music.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 03 - Les Talens Lyriques	20110806		Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset perform French Baroque music.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 05 - Nicholas Daniel, Tom Poster, Aronowitz Ensemble	20110815		CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Catherine Bott A concert which pairs youthful works by English composers Frank Bridge and his pupil Benjamin Britten. Written when the composer was just 19, Britten's Phantasy oboe quartet is full of flamboyant and lyrical writing which today's oboist Nicholas Daniel describes as "a virtuoso piece in every respect". Britten honoured his mentor with two sets of variations - the famous set for string orchestra - and this newly-rediscovered piano piece. Bridge's own Piano Quintet was written before the events of the First World War cast a shadow over his creative outlook. Britten: Phantasy for oboe and string trio Bridge: Three Idylls for string quartet - No. Britten: Piano Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (London premiere) Bridge: Piano Quintet Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Tom Poster (piano) Aronowitz Ensemble This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 20th August at 2pm. Nicholas Daniel, Tom Poster and the Aronowitz Ensemble perform music by Britten and Bridge BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 A concert which pairs youthful works by English composers Frank Bridge and his pupil Benjamin Britten. Written when the composer was just 19, Britten's Phantasy oboe quartet is full of flamboyant and lyrical writing which today's oboist Nicholas Daniel describes as "a virtuoso piece in every respect". Britten honoured his mentor with two sets of variations - the famous set for string orchestra - and this newly-rediscovered piano piece. Bridge's own Piano Quintet was written before the events of the First World War cast a shadow over his creative outlook. Bridge: Three Idylls for string quartet - No. 2
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 05 - Nicholas Daniel, Tom Poster, Aronowitz Ensemble	20110820		CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Catherine Bott A concert which pairs youthful works by English composers Frank Bridge and his pupil Benjamin Britten. Written when the composer was just 19, Britten's Phantasy oboe quartet is full of flamboyant and lyrical writing which today's oboist Nicholas Daniel describes as "a virtuoso piece in every respect". Britten honoured his mentor with two sets of variations - the famous set for string orchestra - and this newly-rediscovered piano piece. Bridge's own Piano Quintet was written before the events of the First World War cast a shadow over his creative outlook. Britten: Phantasy for oboe and string trio Bridge: Three Idylls for string quartet - No. Britten: Piano Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (London premiere) Bridge: Piano Quintet Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Tom Poster (piano) Aronowitz Ensemble This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 20th August at 2pm. Nicholas Daniel, Tom Poster and the Aronowitz Ensemble play music by Britten and Bridge. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 A concert which pairs youthful works by English composers Frank Bridge and his pupil Benjamin Britten. Written when the composer was just 19, Britten's Phantasy oboe quartet is full of flamboyant and lyrical writing which today's oboist Nicholas Daniel describes as "a virtuoso piece in every respect". Britten honoured his mentor with two sets of variations - the famous set for string orchestra - and this newly-rediscovered piano piece. Bridge's own Piano Quintet was written before the events of the First World War cast a shadow over his creative outlook. Bridge: Three Idylls for string quartet - No. 2 CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Catherine Bott A concert which pairs youthful works by English composers Frank Bridge and his pupil Benjamin Britten. Written when the composer was just 19, Britten's Phantasy oboe quartet is full of flamboyant and lyrical writing which today's oboist Nicholas Daniel describes as "a virtuoso piece in every respect". Britten honoured his mentor with two sets of variations - the famous set for string orchestra - and this newly-rediscovered piano piece. Bridge's own Piano Quintet was written before the events of the First World War cast a shadow over his creative outlook. Britten: Phantasy for oboe and string trio Bridge: Three Idylls for string quartet - No. Britten: Piano Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (London premiere) Bridge: Piano Quintet Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Tom Poster (piano) Aronowitz Ensemble This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 20th August at 2pm. Nicholas Daniel, Tom Poster and the Aronowitz Ensemble play music by Britten and Bridge. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Catherine Bott A concert which pairs youthful works by English composers Frank Bridge and his pupil Benjamin Britten. Written when the composer was just 19, Britten's Phantasy oboe quartet is full of flamboyant and lyrical writing which today's oboist Nicholas Daniel describes as "a virtuoso piece in every respect". Britten honoured his mentor with two sets of variations - the famous set for string orchestra - and this newly-rediscovered piano piece. Bridge's own Piano Quintet was written before the events of the First World War cast a shadow over his creative outlook. Britten: Phantasy for oboe and string trio Bridge: Three Idylls for string quartet - No. 2 Britten: Piano Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (London premiere) Bridge: Piano Quintet Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Tom Poster (piano) Aronowitz Ensemble This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 20th August at 2pm. Nicholas Daniel, Tom Poster and the Aronowitz Ensemble play music by Britten and Bridge.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 06 - Martinu, Dutilleux, Prokofiev	20110822		CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The internationally renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud is a featured artist at this year's Proms, and he brings a chamber programme to Cadogan Hall with his regular pianist, Eric Le Sage. Three contrasting works share the same genesis, all being composed in the early 1940s under the shadow of World War II, but all have a sunny nature. Martinu's sonorous work was completed in America after he fled his native Czechoslovakia, and it has a seriousness at its core. Prokofiev's magnificent sonata was written in Moscow, and is one of his classic works - both brilliantly virtuosic and warmly lyrical. Dutilleux's Sonatine, an early work in his long and disinguished career, follows in the footsteps of his predecessor Debussy. Martinu: Flute Sonata Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine Prokofiev: Flute Sonata Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Eric Le Sage (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 27th August at 2pm. Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Eric Le Sage (piano) in music by Martinu, Dutilleux and Prokofiev. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Three contrasting works share the same genesis, all being composed in the early 1940s under the shadow of World War II, but all have a sunny nature. Martinu's sonorous work was completed in America after he fled his native Czechoslovakia, and it has a seriousness at its core. Prokofiev's magnificent sonata was written in Moscow, and is one of his classic works - both brilliantly virtuosic and warmly lyrical. Dutilleux's Sonatine, an early work in his long and disinguished career, follows in the footsteps of his predecessor Debussy. CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The internationally renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud is a featured artist at this year's Proms, and he brings a chamber programme to Cadogan Hall with his regular pianist, Eric Le Sage. Three contrasting works share the same genesis, all being composed in the early 1940s under the shadow of World War II, but all have a sunny nature. Martinu's sonorous work was completed in America after he fled his native Czechoslovakia, and it has a seriousness at its core. Prokofiev's magnificent sonata was written in Moscow, and is one of his classic works - both brilliantly virtuosic and warmly lyrical. Dutilleux's Sonatine, an early work in his long and disinguished career, follows in the footsteps of his predecessor Debussy. Martinu: Flute Sonata Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine Prokofiev: Flute Sonata Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Eric Le Sage (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 27th August at 2pm. Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Eric Le Sage (piano) in music by Martinu, Dutilleux and Prokofiev. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The internationally renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud is a featured artist at this year's Proms, and he brings a chamber programme to Cadogan Hall with his regular pianist, Eric Le Sage. Three contrasting works share the same genesis, all being composed in the early 1940s under the shadow of World War II, but all have a sunny nature. Martinu's sonorous work was completed in America after he fled his native Czechoslovakia, and it has a seriousness at its core. Prokofiev's magnificent sonata was written in Moscow, and is one of his classic works - both brilliantly virtuosic and warmly lyrical. Dutilleux's Sonatine, an early work in his long and disinguished career, follows in the footsteps of his predecessor Debussy. Martinu: Flute Sonata Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine Prokofiev: Flute Sonata Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Eric Le Sage (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 27th August at 2pm. Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Eric Le Sage (piano) in music by Martinu, Dutilleux and Prokofiev.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 06 - Martinu, Dutilleux, Prokofiev	20110827
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 07 - Fitkin, Gismonti/carneiro, Rachmaninov	20110829		CHAMBER MUSIC Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play in a typically eclectic programme combining the old and the new. Graham Fitkin's L was composed in 2005 for Yo-Yo Ma's 50th birthday and today receives its London premiere. After a Brazilian interlude, this is followed by one of the most romantic works of the cello repertoire: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata. Graham Fitkin's new Cello Concerto will be performed by Yo-Yo Ma in a Prom later this week. Graham Fitkin: L (London Premiere) Egberto Gismonti/Geraldo Carneiro: Bodas de prata and Quatro cantos Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 3rd September at 2pm. Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) perform Fitkin, Gismonti/Carneiro and Rachmaninov. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play in a typically eclectic programme combining the old and the new. Graham Fitkin's L was composed in 2005 for Yo-Yo Ma's 50th birthday and today receives its London premiere. After a Brazilian interlude, this is followed by one of the most romantic works of the cello repertoire: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata. Graham Fitkin's new Cello Concerto will be performed by Yo-Yo Ma in a Prom later this week. CHAMBER MUSIC Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play in a typically eclectic programme combining the old and the new. Graham Fitkin's L was composed in 2005 for Yo-Yo Ma's 50th birthday and today receives its London premiere. After a Brazilian interlude, this is followed by one of the most romantic works of the cello repertoire: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata. Graham Fitkin's new Cello Concerto will be performed by Yo-Yo Ma in a Prom later this week. Graham Fitkin: L (London Premiere) Egberto Gismonti/Geraldo Carneiro: Bodas de prata and Quatro cantos Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 3rd September at 2pm. Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) perform Fitkin, Gismonti/Carneiro and Rachmaninov. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play in a typically eclectic programme combining the old and the new. Graham Fitkin's L was composed in 2005 for Yo-Yo Ma's 50th birthday and today receives its London premiere. After a Brazilian interlude, this is followed by one of the most romantic works of the cello repertoire: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata. Graham Fitkin's new Cello Concerto will be performed by Yo-Yo Ma in a Prom later this week. Graham Fitkin: L (London Premiere) Egberto Gismonti/Geraldo Carneiro: Bodas de prata and Quatro cantos Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 3rd September at 2pm. Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) perform Fitkin, Gismonti/Carneiro and Rachmaninov.
	2011, Proms Chamber Music, Pcm 07 - Fitkin, Gismonti/carneiro, Rachmaninov	20110903		Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) perform Fitkin, Gismonti/Carneiro and Rachmaninov.
	2011, Proms Composer Portraits, Graham Fitkin	20110831		Graham Fitkin, in conversation with Tom Service, discusses his Cello Concerto for Yo-Yo Ma and introduces performances of his chamber works Sciosophy, Hurl and Sinew by musicians from the London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble. Graham Fitkin discusses his cello concerto and presents performances of his chamber works. Graham Fitkin, in conversation with Tom Service, discusses his Cello Concerto for Yo-Yo Ma and introduces performances of his chamber works Sciosophy, Hurl and Sinew by musicians from the London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble. Graham Fitkin discusses his cello concerto and presents performances of his chamber works.
	2011, Proms Composer Portraits, Kevin Volans	20110822		PROMS PLUS PORTRAIT Kevin Volans, in conversation with Martin Handley, discusses the world premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 3 and introduces performances of his chamber works, including 1,000 Bars, Asanga and his 10th String Quartet by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Kevin Volans discusses his music with Martin Handley. Kevin Volans, in conversation with Martin Handley, discusses the world premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 3 and introduces performances of his chamber works, including 1,000 Bars, Asanga and his 10th String Quartet by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. PROMS PLUS PORTRAIT Kevin Volans, in conversation with Martin Handley, discusses the world premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 3 and introduces performances of his chamber works, including 1,000 Bars, Asanga and his 10th String Quartet by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Kevin Volans discusses his music with Martin Handley. PROMS PLUS PORTRAIT Kevin Volans, in conversation with Martin Handley, discusses the world premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 3 and introduces performances of his chamber works, including 1,000 Bars, Asanga and his 10th String Quartet by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Kevin Volans discusses his music with Martin Handley.
	2011, Proms Composer Portraits, Pascal Dusapin	20110727		Presented by Andrew McGregor at the Royal College of Music. Pascal Dusapin discusses his chamber music with Andrew McGregor, and introduces performances of his String Quartet No.6, 'Hinterland', and Trio Rombach by musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Pascal Dusapin discusses his chamber music with Andrew McGregor. Presented by Andrew McGregor at the Royal College of Music. Pascal Dusapin discusses his chamber music with Andrew McGregor, and introduces performances of his String Quartet No.6, 'Hinterland', and Trio Rombach by musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Pascal Dusapin discusses his chamber music with Andrew McGregor.
	2011, Proms Composer Portraits, Thomas Larcher	20110818		PROMS PLUS PORTRAIT Andrew McGregor talks to composer Thomas Larcher, whose Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra was given its world premiere in this evening's Prom The composer also introduces performances of his Antennen- Requiem für H. and extracts from his Cello Sonata and Kraken by musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music. Andrew McGregor in conversation with composer Thomas Larcher. Andrew McGregor talks to composer Thomas Larcher, whose Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra was given its world premiere in this evening's Prom The composer also introduces performances of his Antennen- Requiem für H. and extracts from his Cello Sonata and Kraken by musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music. PROMS PLUS PORTRAIT Andrew McGregor talks to composer Thomas Larcher, whose Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra was given its world premiere in this evening's Prom The composer also introduces performances of his Antennen- Requiem für H. and extracts from his Cello Sonata and Kraken by musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music. Andrew McGregor in conversation with composer Thomas Larcher. PROMS PLUS PORTRAIT Andrew McGregor talks to composer Thomas Larcher, whose Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra was given its world premiere in this evening's Prom The composer also introduces performances of his Antennen- Requiem für H. and extracts from his Cello Sonata and Kraken by musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music. Andrew McGregor in conversation with composer Thomas Larcher.
	2011, Proms Plus Choral Sundays, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis	20110904		PROMS PLUS INTRO 2011 Live from the Royal College of Music, London Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Beethoven's Missa solemnis, with recorded extracts and with live music examples from members of the London Symphony Orchestra. Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Beethoven's Missa solemnis. PROMS PLUS INTRO 2011 Live from the Royal College of Music, London Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Beethoven's Missa solemnis, with recorded extracts and with live music examples from members of the London Symphony Orchestra. Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Beethoven's Missa solemnis.
	2011, Proms Plus Choral Sundays, Havergal Brian's Choral Symphony	20110717		PROMS PLUS Live from the Royal College of Music, London Sarah Walker presents the first in a series of live introductions to the music being performed in Proms Choral Sundays. Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is explored with help from musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing live extracts from the work. Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is a work like no other: It calls for two orchestras, multiple choirs and soloists plus brass bands, and at almost two hours long is in the Guinness Book of Records under 'Longest Symphony'. Sarah Walker will look at the inspirations behind the work, and introduce listeners to Brian's distinctive musical sound-world. Sarah Walker presents an introduction to Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. Sarah Walker presents the first in a series of live introductions to the music being performed in Proms Choral Sundays. Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is explored with help from musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing live extracts from the work. Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is a work like no other: It calls for two orchestras, multiple choirs and soloists plus brass bands, and at almost two hours long is in the Guinness Book of Records under 'Longest Symphony'. Sarah Walker will look at the inspirations behind the work, and introduce listeners to Brian's distinctive musical sound-world. PROMS PLUS Live from the Royal College of Music, London Sarah Walker presents the first in a series of live introductions to the music being performed in Proms Choral Sundays. Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is explored with help from musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing live extracts from the work. Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is a work like no other: It calls for two orchestras, multiple choirs and soloists plus brass bands, and at almost two hours long is in the Guinness Book of Records under 'Longest Symphony'. Sarah Walker will look at the inspirations behind the work, and introduce listeners to Brian's distinctive musical sound-world. Sarah Walker presents an introduction to Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. PROMS PLUS Live from the Royal College of Music, London Sarah Walker presents the first in a series of live introductions to the music being performed in Proms Choral Sundays. Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is explored with help from musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing live extracts from the work. Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony is a work like no other: It calls for two orchestras, multiple choirs and soloists plus brass bands, and at almost two hours long is in the Guinness Book of Records under 'Longest Symphony'. Sarah Walker will look at the inspirations behind the work, and introduce listeners to Brian's distinctive musical sound-world. Sarah Walker presents an introduction to Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony.
	2011, Proms Plus Choral Sundays, Intro: Britten's Choral Music	20110814		PROMS PLUS CHORAL SUNDAY Live from the Royal College of Music, London Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Britten's works in tonight's Prom and considers the context of their composition, with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Britten's choral works. PROMS PLUS CHORAL SUNDAY Live from the Royal College of Music, London Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Britten's works in tonight's Prom and considers the context of their composition, with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores Britten's choral works.
	2011, Proms Plus Choral Sundays, Intro: Mahler's Das Klagende Lied	20110807		PROMS PLUS Live from the Royal College of Music, London Andrew McGregor explores Mahler's Das klagende Lied with recorded extracts and live music examples from members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers. Andrew McGregor explores Mahler's Das klagende Lied. PROMS PLUS Live from the Royal College of Music, London Andrew McGregor explores Mahler's Das klagende Lied with recorded extracts and live music examples from members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers. Andrew McGregor explores Mahler's Das klagende Lied.
	2011, Proms Plus Choral Sundays, Mozart Requiem	20110821		PROMS PLUS CHORAL SUNDAY Live from the Royal College of Music, London Matthew Rowe explores the works in tonight's Prom, including Mozart's Requiem, and considers the context of their composition with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the City of London Sinfonia. Matthew Rowe explores the works in Prom 50, including Mozart's Requiem. PROMS PLUS CHORAL SUNDAY Live from the Royal College of Music, London Matthew Rowe explores the works in tonight's Prom, including Mozart's Requiem, and considers the context of their composition with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the City of London Sinfonia. Matthew Rowe explores the works in Prom 50, including Mozart's Requiem.
	2011, Proms Plus Choral Sundays, Proms Intro: Mendelssohn's Elijah	20110828		PROMS PLUS CHORAL SUNDAY Live from the Royal College of Music, London Andrew McGregor explores Mendelssohn's Elijah with recorded extracts and with live music examples from members of the Gabrieli Consort and Players. Andrew McGregor explores Mendelssohn's Elijah with members of the Gabrieli Consort. PROMS PLUS CHORAL SUNDAY Live from the Royal College of Music, London Andrew McGregor explores Mendelssohn's Elijah with recorded extracts and with live music examples from members of the Gabrieli Consort and Players. Andrew McGregor explores Mendelssohn's Elijah with members of the Gabrieli Consort.
	2011, Proms Plus Choral Sundays, Proms Intro: Rachmaninov's Choral Music	20110731		Live from the Royal College of Music, London Sarah Walker explores Rachmaninov's colourful choral works and considers the context of their composition, with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the BBC Philharmonic. Sarah Walker explores Rachmaninov's choral works. Live from the Royal College of Music, London Sarah Walker explores Rachmaninov's colourful choral works and considers the context of their composition, with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the BBC Philharmonic. Sarah Walker explores Rachmaninov's choral works.
	2011, Proms Plus Choral Sundays, Verdi's Requiem	20110724		Live from the Royal College of Music, London Matthew Rowe explores the richly dramatic music of Verdi's Requiem and considers the context of its composition, with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Matthew Rowe introduces the music of Verdi's Requiem and places it in context. Live from the Royal College of Music, London Matthew Rowe explores the richly dramatic music of Verdi's Requiem and considers the context of its composition, with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Matthew Rowe introduces the music of Verdi's Requiem and places it in context.
	2011, Proms Plus, 26/08/2011	20110826		The death of Prince Albert 150 years ago inspired the creation of the home of the Proms, the Royal Albert Hall. Historians Kate Williams and Dan Cruickshank join Matthew Sweet to reassess the Prince Consort and his legacy "the Albertopolis". Producer: Georgia Mann. Matthew Sweet and guests reassess Prince Albert and his legacy, the Royal Albert Hall. The death of Prince Albert 150 years ago inspired the creation of the home of the Proms, the Royal Albert Hall. Historians Kate Williams and Dan Cruickshank join Matthew Sweet to reassess the Prince Consort and his legacy "the Albertopolis". The death of Prince Albert 150 years ago inspired the creation of the home of the Proms, the Royal Albert Hall. Historians Kate Williams and Dan Cruickshank join Matthew Sweet to reassess the Prince Consort and his legacy "the Albertopolis". Producer: Georgia Mann. Matthew Sweet and guests reassess Prince Albert and his legacy, the Royal Albert Hall. The death of Prince Albert 150 years ago inspired the creation of the home of the Proms, the Royal Albert Hall. Historians Kate Williams and Dan Cruickshank join Matthew Sweet to reassess the Prince Consort and his legacy "the Albertopolis". Producer: Georgia Mann. Matthew Sweet and guests reassess Prince Albert and his legacy, the Royal Albert Hall.
	2011, Proms Plus, Bbc Proms Inspire Young Composers' Concert	20110812		BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Concert The Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, performs the winning entries from this year's Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition. Now in its thirteenth year, the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition continues to provide a platform for budding composers across the UK, providing what most composers only dream of - the chance to have their music played by professional musicians and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Entries of all genres and for any instrumentation are welcomed and each composition is judged on the following criteria - compositional idea, originality, creativity and appropriate technical ability. The only rules are that entries should last no longer than five minutes and be scored so that other musicians can perform them. Now in its thirteenth year, the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition continues to provide a platform for budding composers across the UK, providing what most composers only dream of - the chance to have their music played by professional musicians and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Entries of all genres and for any instrumentation are welcomed and each composition is judged on the following criteria - compositional idea, originality, creativity and appropriate technical ability. The only rules are that entries should last no longer than five minutes and be scored so that other musicians can perform them. Inspire Young Composers' Concert with the Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon. BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Concert The Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, performs the winning entries from this year's Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition. Now in its thirteenth year, the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition continues to provide a platform for budding composers across the UK, providing what most composers only dream of - the chance to have their music played by professional musicians and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Entries of all genres and for any instrumentation are welcomed and each composition is judged on the following criteria - compositional idea, originality, creativity and appropriate technical ability. The only rules are that entries should last no longer than five minutes and be scored so that other musicians can perform them. BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Concert The Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, performs the winning entries from this year's Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition. Now in its thirteenth year, the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition continues to provide a platform for budding composers across the UK, providing what most composers only dream of - the chance to have their music played by professional musicians and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Entries of all genres and for any instrumentation are welcomed and each composition is judged on the following criteria - compositional idea, originality, creativity and appropriate technical ability. The only rules are that entries should last no longer than five minutes and be scored so that other musicians can perform them. Inspire Young Composers' Concert with the Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon.
	2011, Proms Plus, Intro: Brahms	20110819		PROMS PLUS INTRO Presented by Tom Service. Despite the popularity of Brahms's music, the man behind it remains little known and often misunderstood. Musicologist Kenneth Hamilton and critic and broadcaster Stephen Johnson seek out the real Brahms. Musicologist Kenneth Hamilton talks to Stephen Johnson about the real Brahms. Despite the popularity of Brahms's music, the man behind it remains little known and often misunderstood. Musicologist Kenneth Hamilton and critic and broadcaster Stephen Johnson seek out the real Brahms. PROMS PLUS INTRO Presented by Tom Service. Despite the popularity of Brahms's music, the man behind it remains little known and often misunderstood. Musicologist Kenneth Hamilton and critic and broadcaster Stephen Johnson seek out the real Brahms. Musicologist Kenneth Hamilton talks to Stephen Johnson about the real Brahms. PROMS PLUS INTRO Presented by Tom Service. Despite the popularity of Brahms's music, the man behind it remains little known and often misunderstood. Musicologist Kenneth Hamilton and critic and broadcaster Stephen Johnson seek out the real Brahms. Musicologist Kenneth Hamilton talks to Stephen Johnson about the real Brahms.
	2011, Proms Plus, Intro: Liszt	20110801		Recorded at the Royal College of Music Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Liszt's birth, Louise Fryer is joined by pianist Stephen Hough and Liszt's biographer, Malcolm Hayes, to explore a composer who was also the most celebrated performer of his day. Louise Fryer is joined by Stephen Hough and Malcolm Hayes to discuss Liszt. Recorded at the Royal College of Music Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Liszt's birth, Louise Fryer is joined by pianist Stephen Hough and Liszt's biographer, Malcolm Hayes, to explore a composer who was also the most celebrated performer of his day. Louise Fryer is joined by Stephen Hough and Malcolm Hayes to discuss Liszt.
	2011, Proms Plus, John Eliot Gardiner	20110909		PROMS PLUS INTRO Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about tonight's performance of Der Freischütz by Weber in the version reimagined for French audiences by Berlioz. This work is rarely performed and is regarded as the corner-stone of German Romantic opera. Recorded earlier this evening at the Royal College of Music, London. John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about the Proms performance of Der Freischutz. Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about tonight's performance of Der Freischütz by Weber in the version reimagined for French audiences by Berlioz. This work is rarely performed and is regarded as the corner-stone of German Romantic opera. Recorded earlier this evening at the Royal College of Music, London. PROMS PLUS INTRO Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about tonight's performance of Der Freischütz by Weber in the version reimagined for French audiences by Berlioz. This work is rarely performed and is regarded as the corner-stone of German Romantic opera. Recorded earlier this evening at the Royal College of Music, London. John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about the Proms performance of Der Freischutz. PROMS PLUS INTRO Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about tonight's performance of Der Freischütz by Weber in the version reimagined for French audiences by Berlioz. This work is rarely performed and is regarded as the corner-stone of German Romantic opera. Recorded earlier this evening at the Royal College of Music, London. John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about the Proms performance of Der Freischutz.
	2011, Proms Plus, Literary: Dante	20110817		Dante's Divine Comedy and his character Francesca da Rimini have inspired writers from Shakespeare and Milton, to TS Eliot and the Beats. Historical novelist Sarah Dunant and Margaret Keane, author of 'Inferno', discuss the great Italian poet. Susan Hitch hosts this discussion recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Sarah Dunant and Margaret Kean on the influence of Dante from Shakespeare to the Beats. Dante's Divine Comedy and his character Francesca da Rimini have inspired writers from Shakespeare and Milton, to TS Eliot and the Beats. Historical novelist Sarah Dunant and Margaret Keane, author of 'Inferno', discuss the great Italian poet. Dante's Divine Comedy and his character Francesca da Rimini have inspired writers from Shakespeare and Milton, to TS Eliot and the Beats. Historical novelist Sarah Dunant and Margaret Keane, author of 'Inferno', discuss the great Italian poet. Susan Hitch hosts this discussion recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Sarah Dunant and Margaret Kean on the influence of Dante from Shakespeare to the Beats. Dante's Divine Comedy and his character Francesca da Rimini have inspired writers from Shakespeare and Milton, to TS Eliot and the Beats. Historical novelist Sarah Dunant and Margaret Keane, author of 'Inferno', discuss the great Italian poet. Susan Hitch hosts this discussion recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Sarah Dunant and Margaret Kean on the influence of Dante from Shakespeare to the Beats.
	2011, Proms Plus, Literary: Humour In Literature	20110813		Since Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 600 years ago, writers have been making us laugh - but what makes literary comic gold? Comedians Natalie Haynes and Steve Punt unveil and perform their favourite humorous writing from down the ages, from Aristophanes and Chaucer to Dorothy Parker and P.G. Wodehouse. Night Waves presenter Matthew Sweet hosts this discussion recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Comedians Natalie Haynes and Steve Punt talk about their favourite humorous writing. Since Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 600 years ago, writers have been making us laugh - but what makes literary comic gold? Comedians Natalie Haynes and Steve Punt unveil and perform their favourite humorous writing from down the ages, from Aristophanes and Chaucer to Dorothy Parker and P.G. Wodehouse. Night Waves presenter Matthew Sweet hosts this discussion recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Comedians Natalie Haynes and Steve Punt talk about their favourite humorous writing.
	2011, Proms Plus, Literary: Kipling	20110802		Great bard of the British Empire - or propagandist for imperialism? Rudyard Kipling died 75 years ago. Kipling specialist Daniel Karlin and historian and political activist Tariq Ali discuss the writer and poet whose reputation has divided readers over the last hundred years. Rana Mitter presents. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Rana Mitter is joined by Daniel Karlin and Tariq Ali to discuss Rudyard Kipling. Great bard of the British Empire - or propagandist for imperialism? Rudyard Kipling died 75 years ago. Kipling specialist Daniel Karlin and historian and political activist Tariq Ali discuss the writer and poet whose reputation has divided readers over the last hundred years. Rana Mitter presents. Great bard of the British Empire - or propagandist for imperialism? Rudyard Kipling died 75 years ago. Kipling specialist Daniel Karlin and historian and political activist Tariq Ali discuss the writer and poet whose reputation has divided readers over the last hundred years. Rana Mitter presents. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Rana Mitter is joined by Daniel Karlin and Tariq Ali to discuss Rudyard Kipling. Great bard of the British Empire - or propagandist for imperialism? Rudyard Kipling died 75 years ago. Kipling specialist Daniel Karlin and historian and political activist Tariq Ali discuss the writer and poet whose reputation has divided readers over the last hundred years. Rana Mitter presents. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Rana Mitter is joined by Daniel Karlin and Tariq Ali to discuss Rudyard Kipling.
	2011, Proms Plus, Literary: Music In The Movies	20110812		Composers have played a crucial role in the cinema since the first film was made over a hundred of years ago. In the early years composers like William Walton, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein and Erich Korngold were all involved. Directors and film composers formed relationships like Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock, Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone and, more recently Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard. Other directors like Terence Davies and Woody Allen use period music as a soundtrack to explore their recurrent themes of memory and longing. Sir Ronald Harwood, Oscar winning screenwriter of The Pianist and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Neil Brand, doyen of silent film pianists, discuss the role of music in film - from The Keystone Kops to indie films. Matthew Sweet presents. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood and pianist Neil Brand discuss the role of music in film. Composers have played a crucial role in the cinema since the first film was made over a hundred of years ago. In the early years composers like William Walton, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein and Erich Korngold were all involved. Directors and film composers formed relationships like Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock, Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone and, more recently Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard. Other directors like Terence Davies and Woody Allen use period music as a soundtrack to explore their recurrent themes of memory and longing. Sir Ronald Harwood, Oscar winning screenwriter of The Pianist and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Neil Brand, doyen of silent film pianists, discuss the role of music in film - from The Keystone Kops to indie films. Matthew Sweet presents. Composers have played a crucial role in the cinema since the first film was made over a hundred of years ago. In the early years composers like William Walton, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein and Erich Korngold were all involved. Directors and film composers formed relationships like Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock, Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone and, more recently Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard. Other directors like Terence Davies and Woody Allen use period music as a soundtrack to explore their recurrent themes of memory and longing. Sir Ronald Harwood, Oscar winning screenwriter of The Pianist and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Neil Brand, doyen of silent film pianists, discuss the role of music in film - from The Keystone Kops to indie films. Matthew Sweet presents. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood and pianist Neil Brand discuss the role of music in film. Composers have played a crucial role in the cinema since the first film was made over a hundred of years ago. In the early years composers like William Walton, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein and Erich Korngold were all involved. Directors and film composers formed relationships like Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock, Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone and, more recently Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard. Other directors like Terence Davies and Woody Allen use period music as a soundtrack to explore their recurrent themes of memory and longing. Sir Ronald Harwood, Oscar winning screenwriter of The Pianist and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Neil Brand, doyen of silent film pianists, discuss the role of music in film - from The Keystone Kops to indie films. Matthew Sweet presents. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood and pianist Neil Brand discuss the role of music in film.
	2011, Proms Plus, Literary: Musicians' Literary Passions	20110730		Musicians' Literary Passions: A leading musician from this year's Proms season introduce their favourite works of fiction. Ian McMillan presents. The programme is the first in a new series, part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Pianist Stephen Hough discusses his favourite works of fiction with Ian McMillan. Musicians' Literary Passions: A leading musician from this year's Proms season introduce their favourite works of fiction. Ian McMillan presents. Musicians' Literary Passions: A leading musician from this year's Proms season introduce their favourite works of fiction. Ian McMillan presents. The programme is the first in a new series, part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Pianist Stephen Hough discusses his favourite works of fiction with Ian McMillan. Musicians' Literary Passions: A leading musician from this year's Proms season introduce their favourite works of fiction. Ian McMillan presents. The programme is the first in a new series, part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Pianist Stephen Hough discusses his favourite works of fiction with Ian McMillan.
	2011, Proms Plus, Literary: Scandinavian Crime Writing	20110808		Val McDermid and Louise Welsh, award winning crime writers, explore the explosion in Scandinavian crime writing from Sweden's Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and rising Norwegian star Jo Nesbo. Rana Mitter hosts. The last decade has seen Scandinavian crime fiction become a publishing sensation. But the phenomenon began in the 1960s with a Swedish couple, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, who wrote the Martin Beck series of novels, written to highlight what they saw as the degeneration of Sweden. Henning Mankell's Inspector Kurt Wallender is now as famous for Kenneth Branagh's TV portrayal and for the Swedish television adaptation as it is for Mankell's original novels and Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium Trilogy' has sold over 40 million copies and has been filmed in both Sweden and America. So what is the international appeal of the novels famed for their bleak and cold plots? The crime writers Louise Welsh and Val McDermid explore their favourite Scandinavian writers and discuss the success of the Scandinavian genre, how political the books are and why the protagonists tend to the stereotype of the Scandinavian melancholic. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts, in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just in advance of the concerts themselves. Val McDermid and Louise Welsh on the explosion in Scandinavian crime writing. Val McDermid and Louise Welsh, award winning crime writers, explore the explosion in Scandinavian crime writing from Sweden's Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and rising Norwegian star Jo Nesbo. Rana Mitter hosts. The last decade has seen Scandinavian crime fiction become a publishing sensation. But the phenomenon began in the 1960s with a Swedish couple, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, who wrote the Martin Beck series of novels, written to highlight what they saw as the degeneration of Sweden. Henning Mankell's Inspector Kurt Wallender is now as famous for Kenneth Branagh's TV portrayal and for the Swedish television adaptation as it is for Mankell's original novels and Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium Trilogy' has sold over 40 million copies and has been filmed in both Sweden and America. So what is the international appeal of the novels famed for their bleak and cold plots?
	2011, Proms Plus, Musicians' Literary Passions: Andrew Litton	20110820		Musicians Literary Passions: Leading American conductor Andrew Litton continues our new series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season introduce a personal choice of readings from their favourite fiction and poetry. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Producer: Gavin Heard. Conductor Andrew Litton reveals his favourite fiction and poetry to Anne McElvoy. Musicians Literary Passions: Leading American conductor Andrew Litton continues our new series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season introduce a personal choice of readings from their favourite fiction and poetry. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Musicians Literary Passions: Leading American conductor Andrew Litton continues our new series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season introduce a personal choice of readings from their favourite fiction and poetry. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Producer: Gavin Heard. Conductor Andrew Litton reveals his favourite fiction and poetry to Anne McElvoy. Musicians Literary Passions: Leading American conductor Andrew Litton continues our new series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season introduce a personal choice of readings from their favourite fiction and poetry. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Producer: Gavin Heard. Conductor Andrew Litton reveals his favourite fiction and poetry to Anne McElvoy.
	2011, Proms Plus, Musicians' Literary Passions: Matthew Barley	20110827		Musicians' Literary Passions: Matthew Barley, described as 'probably the world's most adventurous cellist' continues our new series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season introduce their favourite works of fiction. He's in conversation with Susan Hitch. Producer: Gavin Heard. Susan Hitch is joined by cellist Matthew Barley, who introduces his favourite fiction. Musicians' Literary Passions: Matthew Barley, described as 'probably the world's most adventurous cellist' continues our new series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season introduce their favourite works of fiction. He's in conversation with Susan Hitch. Musicians' Literary Passions: Matthew Barley, described as 'probably the world's most adventurous cellist' continues our new series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season introduce their favourite works of fiction. He's in conversation with Susan Hitch. Producer: Gavin Heard. Susan Hitch is joined by cellist Matthew Barley, who introduces his favourite fiction. Musicians' Literary Passions: Matthew Barley, described as 'probably the world's most adventurous cellist' continues our new series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season introduce their favourite works of fiction. He's in conversation with Susan Hitch. Producer: Gavin Heard. Susan Hitch is joined by cellist Matthew Barley, who introduces his favourite fiction.
	2011, Proms Plus, Musicians' Literary Passions: Tasmin Little	20110903		Tasmin Little, creator of the groundbreaking Naked Violin project, completes our series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season discuss their favourite works of fiction and poetry - accompanied by readings. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Violinist Tasmin Little discusses her literary passions with Anne McElvoy. Tasmin Little, creator of the groundbreaking Naked Violin project, completes our series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season discuss their favourite works of fiction and poetry - accompanied by readings. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Tasmin Little, creator of the groundbreaking Naked Violin project, completes our series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season discuss their favourite works of fiction and poetry - accompanied by readings. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Violinist Tasmin Little discusses her literary passions with Anne McElvoy. Tasmin Little, creator of the groundbreaking Naked Violin project, completes our series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season discuss their favourite works of fiction and poetry - accompanied by readings. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Violinist Tasmin Little discusses her literary passions with Anne McElvoy.
	2011, Proms Plus, Proms Literary: Faust	20110726		What would persuade a man to sell his soul? The myth of Faust has fascinated writers for centuries. Matthew Sweet discusses its enduring appeal with playwright Mark Ravenhill, the author of 'Faust is Dead' and the actor Simon Callow. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts. They're recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just before the concerts themselves. Matthew Sweet discusses the appeal of the Faust myth with Mark Ravenhill and Simon Callow. What would persuade a man to sell his soul? The myth of Faust has fascinated writers for centuries. Matthew Sweet discusses its enduring appeal with playwright Mark Ravenhill, the author of 'Faust is Dead' and the actor Simon Callow. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts. They're recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just before the concerts themselves. What would persuade a man to sell his soul? The myth of Faust has fascinated writers for centuries. Matthew Sweet discusses its enduring appeal with playwright Mark Ravenhill, the author of 'Faust is Dead' and the actor Simon Callow. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts. They're recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just before the concerts themselves. Matthew Sweet discusses the appeal of the Faust myth with Mark Ravenhill and Simon Callow. What would persuade a man to sell his soul? The myth of Faust has fascinated writers for centuries. Matthew Sweet discusses its enduring appeal with playwright Mark Ravenhill, the author of 'Faust is Dead' and the actor Simon Callow. The programme is part of Radio 3's Proms Plus Literary exploring some of the literary and cultural dimensions of this year's Proms concerts. They're recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music, right next door to the Albert Hall and just before the concerts themselves. Matthew Sweet discusses the appeal of the Faust myth with Mark Ravenhill and Simon Callow.
	2011, Proms Plus, Proms Poetry Competition 2011	20110906		Poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, and presenter of Radio 3's The Verb, Ian McMillan, introduce the winning entries in the first ever Proms Poetry Competition. The entries in the competition have all been inspired by a piece of music played in this year's Proms. Poets Michael Rosen and Ian McMillan present the Proms Poetry Competition winning entries. Poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, and presenter of Radio 3's The Verb, Ian McMillan, introduce the winning entries in the first ever Proms Poetry Competition. The entries in the competition have all been inspired by a piece of music played in this year's Proms. Poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, and presenter of Radio 3's The Verb, Ian McMillan, introduce the winning entries in the first ever Proms Poetry Competition. The entries in the competition have all been inspired by a piece of music played in this year's Proms. Poets Michael Rosen and Ian McMillan present the Proms Poetry Competition winning entries. Poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, and presenter of Radio 3's The Verb, Ian McMillan, introduce the winning entries in the first ever Proms Poetry Competition. The entries in the competition have all been inspired by a piece of music played in this year's Proms. Poets Michael Rosen and Ian McMillan present the Proms Poetry Competition winning entries.
	2011, Proms Plus, The Piano In Fiction	20110908		How well do the great works of fiction depict musical instruments? Music lover Rabbi Julia Neuberger is joined by a BBC pianist to explore the piano's literary life across the ages - and to perform its fictional incarnations. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Anne McElvoy discusses the piano in literature with Rabbi Julia Neuberger and a pianist. How well do the great works of fiction depict musical instruments? Music lover Rabbi Julia Neuberger is joined by a BBC pianist to explore the piano's literary life across the ages - and to perform its fictional incarnations. Presented by Anne McElvoy. How well do the great works of fiction depict musical instruments? Music lover Rabbi Julia Neuberger is joined by a BBC pianist to explore the piano's literary life across the ages - and to perform its fictional incarnations. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Anne McElvoy discusses the piano in literature with Rabbi Julia Neuberger and a pianist. How well do the great works of fiction depict musical instruments? Music lover Rabbi Julia Neuberger is joined by a BBC pianist to explore the piano's literary life across the ages - and to perform its fictional incarnations. Presented by Anne McElvoy. Anne McElvoy discusses the piano in literature with Rabbi Julia Neuberger and a pianist.
	2011, Proms Plus, William Golding	20110830		William Golding, Nobel prize winner, author of Lord of the Flies and Rites of Passage was born a hundred years ago. His biographer John Carey and award winning writer Andrew O'Hagan celebrate the centenary of one of Britain's greatest post-war novelists, in conversation with Ian McMillan. Producer: Eliane Glaser. Ian McMillan and guests celebrate the work of William Golding. William Golding, Nobel prize winner, author of Lord of the Flies and Rites of Passage was born a hundred years ago. His biographer John Carey and award winning writer Andrew O'Hagan celebrate the centenary of one of Britain's greatest post-war novelists, in conversation with Ian McMillan. William Golding, Nobel prize winner, author of Lord of the Flies and Rites of Passage was born a hundred years ago. His biographer John Carey and award winning writer Andrew O'Hagan celebrate the centenary of one of Britain's greatest post-war novelists, in conversation with Ian McMillan. Producer: Eliane Glaser. Ian McMillan and guests celebrate the work of William Golding. William Golding, Nobel prize winner, author of Lord of the Flies and Rites of Passage was born a hundred years ago. His biographer John Carey and award winning writer Andrew O'Hagan celebrate the centenary of one of Britain's greatest post-war novelists, in conversation with Ian McMillan. Producer: Eliane Glaser. Ian McMillan and guests celebrate the work of William Golding.
	2011, Proms Saturday Matinees, Psm 01 - Bennett, Dutilleux, Maconchy	20110813		SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Live from the Cadogan Hall Presented by Christopher Cook Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, one of Britain's most respected and versatile musicians, celebrates his 75th birthday this year and the first of this season's contemporary music matinees pays tribute to his distinctive creative voice and to two of his favourite composers Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Dream Dancing Henri Dutilleux: Les citations Maconchy: Romanza Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Jazz Calendar Paul Silverthorne (viola) London Sinfonietta Nicholas Collon (conductor). Christopher Cook presents a concert paying tribute to Richard Rodney Bennett. BBC PROMS SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Live from the Cadogan Hall Presented by Christopher Cook Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, one of Britain's most respected and versatile musicians, celebrates his 75th birthday this year and the first of this season's contemporary music matinees pays tribute to his distinctive creative voice and to two of his favourite composers Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Dream Dancing Henri Dutilleux: Les citations Maconchy: Romanza Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Jazz Calendar Paul Silverthorne (viola) London Sinfonietta Nicholas Collon (conductor). Christopher Cook presents a concert paying tribute to Richard Rodney Bennett. BBC PROMS SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Live from the Cadogan Hall Presented by Christopher Cook Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, one of Britain's most respected and versatile musicians, celebrates his 75th birthday this year and the first of this season's contemporary music matinees pays tribute to his distinctive creative voice and to two of his favourite composers Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Dream Dancing Henri Dutilleux: Les citations Maconchy: Romanza Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Jazz Calendar Paul Silverthorne (viola) London Sinfonietta Nicholas Collon (conductor). Christopher Cook presents a concert paying tribute to Richard Rodney Bennett.
	2011, Proms Saturday Matinees, Psm 02 - Maxwell Davies, Aperghis, Birtwistle	20110820		SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Live from the Cadogan Hall Presented by Christopher Cook A concert of contemporary musical encounters. The new piano concerto by Greek-born French composer Georges Aperghis takes its inspiration from the technique of filming dialogue with shot and reverse shot, while Harrison Birtwistle vividly retells the Biblical story of Jacob wrestling with the Angel. Meanwhile, Peter Maxwell Davies reflects on a sonnet by Michelangelo in a work specially composed for the BBC Singers. David Atherton conducts the London Sinfonietta and BBC Singers with Nicolas Hodges, a pianist who excels in cutting-edge contemporary music. Andrew West and Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts take the challenging parts of Jacob and the Angel. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Il rozzo martello Georges Aperghis: Champ-Contrechamp (BBC Commission; World Premiere) Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Angel Fighter (UK premiere) Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor) Andrew Watts (Counter tenor) Nicolas Hodges (Piano) David Atherton (conductor). BBC Singers and London Sinfonietta in music by Maxwell Davies, Aperghis and Birtwistle. BBC PROMS SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 A concert of contemporary musical encounters. The new piano concerto by Greek-born French composer Georges Aperghis takes its inspiration from the technique of filming dialogue with shot and reverse shot, while Harrison Birtwistle vividly retells the Biblical story of Jacob wrestling with the Angel. Meanwhile, Peter Maxwell Davies reflects on a sonnet by Michelangelo in a work specially composed for the BBC Singers. David Atherton conducts the London Sinfonietta and BBC Singers with Nicolas Hodges, a pianist who excels in cutting-edge contemporary music. Andrew West and Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts take the challenging parts of Jacob and the Angel. SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Live from the Cadogan Hall Presented by Christopher Cook A concert of contemporary musical encounters. The new piano concerto by Greek-born French composer Georges Aperghis takes its inspiration from the technique of filming dialogue with shot and reverse shot, while Harrison Birtwistle vividly retells the Biblical story of Jacob wrestling with the Angel. Meanwhile, Peter Maxwell Davies reflects on a sonnet by Michelangelo in a work specially composed for the BBC Singers. David Atherton conducts the London Sinfonietta and BBC Singers with Nicolas Hodges, a pianist who excels in cutting-edge contemporary music. Andrew West and Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts take the challenging parts of Jacob and the Angel. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Il rozzo martello Georges Aperghis: Champ-Contrechamp (BBC Commission; World Premiere) Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Angel Fighter (UK premiere) Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor) Andrew Watts (Counter tenor) Nicolas Hodges (Piano) David Atherton (conductor). BBC Singers and London Sinfonietta in music by Maxwell Davies, Aperghis and Birtwistle. BBC PROMS SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Live from the Cadogan Hall Presented by Christopher Cook A concert of contemporary musical encounters. The new piano concerto by Greek-born French composer Georges Aperghis takes its inspiration from the technique of filming dialogue with shot and reverse shot, while Harrison Birtwistle vividly retells the Biblical story of Jacob wrestling with the Angel. Meanwhile, Peter Maxwell Davies reflects on a sonnet by Michelangelo in a work specially composed for the BBC Singers. David Atherton conducts the London Sinfonietta and BBC Singers with Nicolas Hodges, a pianist who excels in cutting-edge contemporary music. Andrew West and Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts take the challenging parts of Jacob and the Angel. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Il rozzo martello Georges Aperghis: Champ-Contrechamp (BBC Commission; World Premiere) Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Angel Fighter (UK premiere) Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor) Andrew Watts (Counter tenor) Nicolas Hodges (Piano) BBC Singers London Sinfonietta David Atherton (conductor). BBC Singers and London Sinfonietta in music by Maxwell Davies, Aperghis and Birtwistle.
	2011, Proms Saturday Matinees, Psm 03 - Hildegard, Britten, Birtwistle, Wishart	20110827		SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Christopher Cook Medieval and modern, mystical and material all collide in this Prom which has as its focus songs by the 11th century German Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, performed both in their original versions and as re-imagined in a brand new work by Stevie Wishart. Her BBC commission takes Hildegard's words to create "a sonic tapestry of frayed threads from hundreds of years ago, woven into a new pattern". Completing the programme, two modern works which also have their roots in the medieval world - Britten's cycle wittily juxtaposes sacred and secular lyrics and is one of his last works, while Harrison Birtwistle's setting takes words from a source that was to become a well-spring of inspiration in his later career - the legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - and is one of his earliest published pieces Hildegard of Bingen: Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum - selection Britten: Sacred and Profane Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Narration: A Description of the Passing of a Year Stevie Wishart: Out of This World (BBC Commission; world premiere) BBC Singers Sinfonye Stevie Wishart (director) Robert Hollingworth (conductor). BBC Singers and Sinfonye in music by Hildegard of Bingen, Britten, Birtwistle and Wishart. BBC PROMS SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Medieval and modern, mystical and material all collide in this Prom which has as its focus songs by the 11th century German Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, performed both in their original versions and as re-imagined in a brand new work by Stevie Wishart. Her BBC commission takes Hildegard's words to create "a sonic tapestry of frayed threads from hundreds of years ago, woven into a new pattern". SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Christopher Cook Medieval and modern, mystical and material all collide in this Prom which has as its focus songs by the 11th century German Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, performed both in their original versions and as re-imagined in a brand new work by Stevie Wishart. Her BBC commission takes Hildegard's words to create "a sonic tapestry of frayed threads from hundreds of years ago, woven into a new pattern". Completing the programme, two modern works which also have their roots in the medieval world - Britten's cycle wittily juxtaposes sacred and secular lyrics and is one of his last works, while Harrison Birtwistle's setting takes words from a source that was to become a well-spring of inspiration in his later career - the legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - and is one of his earliest published pieces Hildegard of Bingen: Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum - selection Britten: Sacred and Profane Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Narration: A Description of the Passing of a Year Stevie Wishart: Out of This World (BBC Commission; world premiere) BBC Singers Sinfonye Stevie Wishart (director) Robert Hollingworth (conductor). BBC Singers and Sinfonye in music by Hildegard of Bingen, Britten, Birtwistle and Wishart. BBC PROMS SATURDAY MATINEES 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Christopher Cook Medieval and modern, mystical and material all collide in this Prom which has as its focus songs by the 11th century German Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, performed both in their original versions and as re-imagined in a brand new work by Stevie Wishart. Her BBC commission takes Hildegard's words to create "a sonic tapestry of frayed threads from hundreds of years ago, woven into a new pattern". Completing the programme, two modern works which also have their roots in the medieval world - Britten's cycle wittily juxtaposes sacred and secular lyrics and is one of his last works, while Harrison Birtwistle's setting takes words from a source that was to become a well-spring of inspiration in his later career - the legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - and is one of his earliest published pieces Hildegard of Bingen: Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum - selection Britten: Sacred and Profane Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Narration: A Description of the Passing of a Year Stevie Wishart: Out of This World (BBC Commission; world premiere) BBC Singers Sinfonye Stevie Wishart (director) Robert Hollingworth (conductor). BBC Singers and Sinfonye in music by Hildegard of Bingen, Britten, Birtwistle and Wishart.
	2011, Proms Saturday Matinees, Psm 04 - Tippett, Tavener, Gubaidulina	20110903		SATURDAY MATINEE 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Christopher Cook Strings and voices are centre-stage in this concert - with a solo cello taking the part of protagonists both human and divine. In Tavener's "Popule meus", the cello represents the all-merciful God in a piece which explores modern man's rejection of the Deity. In Gubaidulina's "Canticle of the Sun", setting the famous hymn to creation by St Francis of Assisi, the cello becomes the saint himself, glorying in the world around him, in life and even death. Added to this mix, the ever life-enhancing music of Sir Michael Tippett - a suite for strings, together with a part-song setting Gerard Manley Hopkins' celebration of a bird in flight, and a motet which commemorates another formed of winged creature - the heavenly host of angels. Tippett: The Windhover Tippett: Plebs angelica Sir John Tavener: Popule meus (UK Premiere) Tippett: Little Music for Strings Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun Natalie Clein (cello) BBC Singers Britten Sinfonia David Hill (conductor). Natalie Clein (cello), BBC Singers, Britten Sinfonia in Tippett, Tavener and Gubaidulina. BBC PROMS SATURDAY MATINEE 2011 Strings and voices are centre-stage in this concert - with a solo cello taking the part of protagonists both human and divine. In Tavener's "Popule meus", the cello represents the all-merciful God in a piece which explores modern man's rejection of the Deity. In Gubaidulina's "Canticle of the Sun", setting the famous hymn to creation by St Francis of Assisi, the cello becomes the saint himself, glorying in the world around him, in life and even death. SATURDAY MATINEE 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Christopher Cook Strings and voices are centre-stage in this concert - with a solo cello taking the part of protagonists both human and divine. In Tavener's "Popule meus", the cello represents the all-merciful God in a piece which explores modern man's rejection of the Deity. In Gubaidulina's "Canticle of the Sun", setting the famous hymn to creation by St Francis of Assisi, the cello becomes the saint himself, glorying in the world around him, in life and even death. Added to this mix, the ever life-enhancing music of Sir Michael Tippett - a suite for strings, together with a part-song setting Gerard Manley Hopkins' celebration of a bird in flight, and a motet which commemorates another formed of winged creature - the heavenly host of angels. Tippett: The Windhover Tippett: Plebs angelica Sir John Tavener: Popule meus (UK Premiere) Tippett: Little Music for Strings Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun Natalie Clein (cello) BBC Singers Britten Sinfonia David Hill (conductor). Natalie Clein (cello), BBC Singers, Britten Sinfonia in Tippett, Tavener and Gubaidulina. BBC PROMS SATURDAY MATINEE 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Christopher Cook Strings and voices are centre-stage in this concert - with a solo cello taking the part of protagonists both human and divine. In Tavener's "Popule meus", the cello represents the all-merciful God in a piece which explores modern man's rejection of the Deity. In Gubaidulina's "Canticle of the Sun", setting the famous hymn to creation by St Francis of Assisi, the cello becomes the saint himself, glorying in the world around him, in life and even death. Added to this mix, the ever life-enhancing music of Sir Michael Tippett - a suite for strings, together with a part-song setting Gerard Manley Hopkins' celebration of a bird in flight, and a motet which commemorates another formed of winged creature - the heavenly host of angels. Tippett: The Windhover Tippett: Plebs angelica Sir John Tavener: Popule meus (UK Premiere) Tippett: Little Music for Strings Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun Natalie Clein (cello) BBC Singers Britten Sinfonia David Hill (conductor). Natalie Clein (cello), BBC Singers, Britten Sinfonia in Tippett, Tavener and Gubaidulina.
01	2009, Nga Weekend, Pcm 07	20090829		BBC Proms 2009 New Generation Artists Celebration Weekend. From Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Catherine Bott. A celebration of the 10th anniversary of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artist scheme. Some of its young artists are joined by a starry line-up of performers who have benefited from it over the past decade and are now enjoying international careers. Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, Op 18 No 4 Pavel Haas Quartet Alexander Goehr: Since Brass, nor Stone... Colin Currie (percussion) Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1 Jerusalem Quartet. . A celebration of Radio 3's NGA scheme. Featuring Beethoven, Goehr and Haydn. BBC Proms 2009 New Generation Artists Celebration Weekend. From Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Catherine Bott. A celebration of the 10th anniversary of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artist scheme. Some of its young artists are joined by a starry line-up of performers who have benefited from it over the past decade and are now enjoying international careers. Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, Op 18 No 4 Pavel Haas Quartet Alexander Goehr: Since Brass, nor Stone... Colin Currie (percussion) Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1 Jerusalem Quartet. A celebration of Radio 3's NGA scheme. Featuring Beethoven, Goehr and Haydn.
01	2009, Prom 04: Handel's Partenope, Act 1	20090719		Catherine Bott presents a concert performance of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian. Partenope is a dazzling comic parody of a typically convoluted plot, which only unravels when the supposed Prince of Armenia is challenged to fight bare-chested and is exposed as the disguised Rosmira, her challenger's abandoned fiancee. Handel: Partenope (Act 1) Cast (from Danish Opera) Partenope.... Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Rosmira.... Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano) Arsace.... Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Armindo.... Christophe Dumax (countertenor) Emilio.... Bo Kristian Jensen (tenor) Ormonte.... Palle Knudsen (bass) Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor). . A concert performance of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian - Act 1.
01	2009, Prom 1: First Night Of The Proms, Part 1	20090717		Petroc Trelawny presents the first night of the 2009 BBC Proms season from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The BBC Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek opens the new series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts with a programme that gives a taste of some of the treasures in store over the eight weeks of the 2009 season. Stephen Hough begins his complete cycle of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos and there's a nod to Stravinsky with performances of his complete ballet scores. Two starry former members of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists Scheme help launch its tenth birthday celebrations. Stravinsky: Fireworks Chabrier: Ode a la musique Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat. . The BBC SO under Jiri Belohlavek opens the 2009 series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
01	2009, Prom 10: Takemitsu, Debussy, Ravel, Sarasate, Hosokawa, Part 1	20090724		Jun Markl conducts the Orchestre de Lyon in a three-part concert tracing musical cross-fertilisations between East and West, and between France and Spain. Takemitsu's Ceremonial showcases the Japanese sho (mouth organ). Mayumi Miyata (sho) Orchestre National de Lyon Jun Markl (conductor) Takemitsu: Ceremonial - An Autumn Ode Debussy, orch Caplet: Pagodes (Estampes) Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole. . Takemitsu: Ceremonial. Debussy, orch. Caplet: Pagodes. Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole.
01	2009, Prom 12: Elgar/delius/holst, Part 1	20090725		As part of a celebration of the musical legacy of Elgar, Holst and Delius, who all died in 1934, Charles Mackerras contrasts Elgar's salute to the indomitable Cockney spirit of London with Delius's poetical evocation of the mountains. Rebecca Evans (soprano) Toby Spence (tenor) BBC Singers BBC Philharmonic Charles Mackerras (conductor) Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town) Delius: The Song of the High Hills. . Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town). Delius: The Song of the High Hills.
01	2009, Prom 13: Family Prom, Part 1	20090726		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Sarah Walker presents the first part of a family concert devised to give new and younger audiences a first taste of classical music and a flavour of the music to be heard throughout the season. Jennifer Pike (violin) BBC Philharmonic Tecwyn Evans (conductor) Khachaturian: Sabre Dance (Gayaneh) Chopin, orch. Stravinsky: Waltz in E flat, Op 18 (Grande valse brillante) Richard Rodney Bennett: Lilliburlero Variations (world premiere of the orchestral version) Holst: A Song of the Night Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4. . A family concert aimed at younger audiences, with works by Khachaturian, Holst and Elgar.
01	2009, Prom 14: Holst, Delius, Elgar, Part 1	20090726		From the Royal Albert Hall. Presented by Christopher Cook. David Atherton conducts the first Proms performance of Holst's ecstatic choral setting of poems by Keats. Susan Gritton (soprano) BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Orchestra of Wales David Atherton (conductor) Holst: First Choral Symphony. . Susan Gritton (soprano) and BBC NOW under David Atherton in Holst's First Choral Symphony.
01	2009, Prom 15: Smetana, Bartok, Martinu, Stravinsky, Part 1	20090727		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Donald Macleod. A performance of Smetana's rustic Bohemian comedy The Bartered Bride, which is set at a Slavic fair and known for its high-spirited overture, followed by Bartok's Dance Suite, which incorporates folk themes from Hungary, Romania and as far afield as Africa. There is also Martinu's Concerto for two pianos, composed just after his First Symphony in 1943, and which betrays some of the tensions of two years earlier when Martinu, like Bartok, was forced to flee to America. The piece ultimately finds release in an outpouring of the composer's characteristically effervescent vitality. Jaroslava Pechocova, Vaclav Macha (pianos) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Smetana: Overture (The Bartered Bride) Bartok: Dance Suite Martinu: Concerto for two pianos. . Smetana: Overture (Bartered Bride). Bartok: Dance Suite. Martinu: Concerto for two pianos.
01	2009, Prom 16: Casken, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Part 1	20090728		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Donald Macleod Andris Nelsons, the CBSO's new Music Director, makes his Proms debut. This concert celebrates both the 2009 International Year of Astronomy and John Casken's birthday with the Barnsley-born composer's evocation of Orion the hunter ever journeying towards the unknown across the Northumbrian night sky. Stephen Hough continues his exploration of the complete Tchaikovsky piano concertos with the unfairly neglected Concerto No 2, whose middle movement unexpectedly flowers into a minor triple concerto for piano, violin and cello. Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) John Casken: Orion over Farne Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 2 in G. . John Casken: Orion over Farne. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 2 in G.
01	2009, Prom 18: Widmann, Mozart And Bruckner, Part 1	20090729		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Tom Service. The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra returns to the Proms after its successful 2006 debut and is led again by its British-born principal conductor Jonathan Nott. In this compelling Austro-German programme stretching across two and-a-half-centuries, composers acknowledge their debt to older masters. With German composer Jorg Widmann's Con brio, a short orchestral showpiece inspired by Beethoven, followed by the third of Mozart's five violin concertos, featuring award-winning young German soloist Arabella Steinbacher, making her much-awaited Proms debut. Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Jonathan Nott (conductor) Jorg Widmann: Con brio (UK premiere) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216. . Bamberg SO under Jonathan Nott. Widmann: Con brio. Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216
01	2009, Prom 19: Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Part 1	20090730		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The Halle under music director Mark Elder perform two radical masterpieces by Berlioz. Sally Matthews (soprano) Susan Graham, Sarah Castle (mezzo-sopranos) Steve Davislim (tenor) Halle Choir Halle Youth Choir Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) Berlioz: Overture (Benvenuto Cellini); La mort de Cleopatre. . The Halle/Mark Elder perform Berlioz: Overture (Benvenuto Cellini); La mort de Cleopatre.
01	2009, Prom 20: Stravinsky, Schumann, Mendelsssohn, Part 1	20090731		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra continues the Proms Stravinsky ballet series with the complete choral version of Pulcinella, the zany Neapolitan comedy in which the composer's reworkings of rediscovered 18th-century scores (reputedly by Pergolesi) resulted in the creation of a whole new - and wholly modern - neo-Classical style. With young French-Canadian maestro Yannick N退zet-S退guin making his Proms debut as conductor. Stravinsky: Pulcinella Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) Yannick N退zet-S退guin (conductor). . Louise Fryer presents the SCO in the complete choral version of Stravinsky's Pulcinella.
01	2009, Prom 23: Evolution, Part 1	20090802		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sarah Walker. Evolution! As part of 2009's Darwin celebrations CBBC presenters Gemma Hunt and Barney Harwood, with special guest David Attenborough, host this family Prom inspired by the natural world. Gemma Hunt (presenter) Barney Harwood (presenter) David Attenborough (guest presenter) London Philharmonic Choir BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood (conductor)
01	2009, Prom 24: Foskett, Beethoven, Berlioz, Part 1	20090802		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. Susanna Malkki conducts a Prom featuring a new work, From Trumpet, by young Paris-based British composer Ben Foskett. It precedes Beethoven's Fourth Symphony in which, after the great leap forward of the Eroica, the composer took a last look back at the more serene, Classical style of Haydn. Simon Preston (organ) Jorg Schneider (tenor) Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Trinity Boys Choir BBC Symphony Chorus The Bach Choir Crouch End Festival Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Susanna Malkki (conductor) Ben Foskett: From Trumpet (BBC commission; world premiere) Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat. . BBC SO under Susanna Malkki in Ben Foskett's From Trumpet and Beethoven's Symphony No 4.
01	2009, Prom 25: Berlioz, Jarrell, Beethoven, Part 1	20090803		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Tom Service. Principal conductor Thierry Fischer brings the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to the Proms to perform music by Berlioz as well as the premiere of a new triple concerto by his Swiss compatriot, Michael Jarrell. Co-commissioned by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, it brings together a trio of the finest woodwind players. Sillages refers to the wake a ship makes through water, and likewise the lines of the three soloists leave a trail of orchestra sound behind them. Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Francois Leleux (oboe) Paul Meyer (clarinet) Thierry Fischer (conductor) Berlioz: Overture (Les francs-juges) Michael Jarrell: Sillages (BBC co-commission; world premiere). . BBCNOW/Thierry Fischer in Berlioz: Overture (Les francs-juges). Michael Jarrell: Sillages.
01	2009, Prom 26: Mendelssohn, Holliger, Prokofiev, Part 1	20090804		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Martin Handley presents a Prom which brings together works from opposite ends of Mendelssohn's life - his early first symphony, written when he was only 15, and his lyrical Violin Concerto. The soloist is the exciting German violinist Isabelle Faust, making her Proms debut. Isabelle Faust (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor)
01	2009, Prom 28: Stravinsky, Mozart, Mahler, Part 1	20090805		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Rob Cowan presents the first of two Proms with the BBC Philharmonic under their chief conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Joining them is brilliant young Scottish bassoonist Karen Geoghegan, who makes her Proms debut with Mozart's concerto, written when the composer was just 18. Continuing the Proms survey of the complete Stravinsky ballets is his 'featherweight and sugared' - as he called it - score commissioned for a 1944 Broadway revue. Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Stravinsky: Scenes de ballet Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191. . BBC Philharmonic in Stravinsky: Scenes de ballet. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191
01	2009, Prom 29: Mendelssohn, Maxwell Davies, Respighi, Part 1	20090806		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The BBC Philharmonic's Italian-born chief conductor Gianandrea Noseda pays tribute to his native land - and continues the Proms cycle of Mendelssohn symphonies - with the sun-drenched work that the 21-year-old Mendelssohn composed while holidaying in Rome. And American mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux joins the orchestra for Rossini's operatic retelling of the Cinderella story, his third stage-work for Rome's Teatro Valle. Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) Rossini: Mura felice (La donna del lago); Rossini: Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto...Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola). . The BBC Philharmonic pay tribute to Italy with music by Mendelssohn and Rossini.
01	2009, Prom 30: Respighi, Grime, Stravinsky, Knussen, Balakirev, Part 1	20090807		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor. Oliver Knussen, the BBC Symphony Orchestra's new artist-in-association, conducts a programme of music which demonstrates perfect mastery of the orchestra by the featured composers. With the second part of Respighi's Roman trilogy, there is a dawn-to-dusk tour of the city's most famous fountains. Then there's the first Proms performance of Helen Grime's dramatic evocation of the electric atmosphere before a storm. They are followed by Stravinsky's 1936, ballet Jeu de cartes, a musical poker game in three 'deals', ending with the Joker trounced by a royal flush. Martin Owen (horn) Oliver Knussen (conductor) Respighi: Fountains of Rome Helen Grime: Virga Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes. . The BBC SO under Oliver Knussen performs works by Respighi, Helen Grime and Stravinsky.
01	2009, Prom 31: Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, Respighi, Part 1	20090808		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan. The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain make its annual Proms visit with its new principal conductor, Vasily Petrenko - who made his Proms debut in 2008 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Stephen Hough features in a popular favourite from Petrenko's homeland, Russia, as part of his Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto cycle. Stephen Hough (piano) Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor. . NYO/Vasily Petrenko with Stephen Hough (piano) in Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1.
01	2009, Prom 32: Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski, Saint-saens, Part 1	20090809		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sarah Walker. As part of a day of music for multiple pianos, the Britten Sinfonia is joined by piano duos in a programme beginning with Faure's Dolly suite, followed by Mozart's playful and intimate double concerto. Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos) Philip Moore, Simon Crawford-Phillips (pianos) Lidija and Sanja Bizjak (pianos) Ludovic Morlot (conductor) Faure, orch Rabaud: Dolly Suite Mozart: Concerto in E flat for two pianos, K365. . Britten Sinfonia in Faure: Dolly Suite. Mozart: Concerto in E flat for two pianos, K365.
01	2009, Prom 33: Antheil, Adams, Bartok, Stravinsky, Part 1	20090809		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sarah Walker. Piano Day at the Proms concludes, in extrovert style, with a plethora of pianists joining forces (and hands!) for some of the most striking multiple-keyboard music in the repertoire. The notorious Ballet mecanique by George Antheil, 20th-century bad boy of American music, is performed by an ensemble which includes four pianos, a large array of percussion and two propellers. In John Adams' Grand Pianola Music, two pianos are joined by other instruments for a piece which references everything from Beethoven sonatas to marching band music, and was inspired by a dream of limo-sized Steinways chasing Adams down California's Interstate Highway 5. Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) Elena Manistina (mezzo-soprano) Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) Kostas Smoriginas (bass) John Constable, Alissa Firsova, Rolf Hind, Tom Poster, Ashley Wass, Llyr Williams (pianos) Philip Moore, Simon Crawford-Phillips (pianos) Colin Currie, Sam Walton (percussion) BBC Singers Synergy Vocals London Sinfonietta Edward Gardner (conductor) Antheil: Ballet mecanique John Adams: Grand Pianola Music. . From the Royal Albert Hall. George Antheil: Ballet mecanique. Adams: Grand Pianola Music.
01	2009, Prom 34: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Part 1	20090810		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is conducted by its new principal conductor Kirill Karabits in Stravinsky's Hans Christian Andersen-inspired ballet, The Fairy's Kiss, a work paying tribute to the memory of Tchaikovsky. Kirill Karabits (conductor) Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss. . The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Kirill Karabits in Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss.
01	2009, Prom 35: Patience, Part 1	20090811		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. Charles Mackerras is an acknowledged expert in the music of Gilbert and Sullivan and he returns to the Proms to conduct a performance of the exuberant operetta Patience. Patience opened the famous Savoy Theatre in London in 1881 - the first theatre in the world to be lit by incandescent electric light - and it satirises the fad of the 1870s and 1880s known as the 'aesthetic craze', when poets, painters and composers were prolific but, some argued, empty and self-indulgent. It centres on Patience, the simple village milkmaid, who cares nothing for poetry. Gilbert and Sullivan: Patience (semi-staged) - Part 1 Patience.... Rebecca Bottone (soprano) Lady Jane.... Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano) Lady Angela.... Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Lady Ella.... Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano) Lady Saphir.... Sophie-Louise Dann (mezzo-soprano) Reginald Bunthorne.... Simon Butteriss (baritone) Archibald Grosvenor.... Toby Stafford-Allen (baritone) Colonel Calverley.... Donald Maxwell (baritone) Major Murgatroyd.... Graeme Danby (bass) Lt Duke of Dunstable.... Bonaventura Bottone (tenor) Chorus of English National Opera
01	2009, Prom 36: Handel Celebration, Part 1	20090812		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Catherine Bott. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, one of the leading British period ensembles, offer a selection of Handel's greatest choral successes. Featuring The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, one of his most beloved works, from his oratorio Solomon, as well as excerpts from his satirical semi-opera Semele. And, recreating a historic moment, the Royal Albert Hall transforms into Westminster Abbey as the musicians perform the anthems that Handel wrote for George II's coronation in 1727. Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Alastair Ross (organ) Harry Christophers (conductor) Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon); Coronation anthem - Let thy hand be strengthened; Semele (excerpts); Coronation anthem - My heart is inditing. . The Sixteen under Harry Christophers in Handel: Coronation Anthems; Semele (excerpts).
01	2009, Prom 38: Ravel, Chin, Stravinsky, Part 1	20090813		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Ilan Volkov perform works spanning almost a century. Begun as a homage to the Viennese waltz but twisted by his wartime experiences into a darker vision of a society whirling to disaster, Ravel's La valse was actually rejected by Diaghilev - who commissioned it - and only finally staged in the year of his death, choreographed by Nijinsky's sister Bronislava. Unsuk Chin's new Cello Concerto was written specially for Alban Gerhardt, an early member of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme. Alban Gerhardt (cello) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Ravel: La valse Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto (BBC commission: world premiere). . BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Ravel: La valse and Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto.
01	2009, Prom 39: Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle, Part 1	20090814		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sarah Walker. The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform two works for strings - Popcorn Superhet Receiver by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood is a gritty and exciting work inspired by the medium of radio. It won the Radio 3 Listeners' Award at the 2006 British Composer Awards. This is followed by Stravinsky's classically-poised ballet Apollo. Strings of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Jonny Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver Stravinsky: Apollo. . BBC Symphony Orchestra in Jonny Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver. Stravinsky: Apollo.
01	2009, Prom 40: Stravinsky, Beethoven, Part 1	20090815		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer. Ilan Volkov, making his last Proms appearance as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor, leads the SSO in a performance of Stravinsky's lesser-known work Orpheus, a continuation of the series of Stravinsky's eleven ballet scores. Dating from 1947, it is both abstract and beautiful, and ritualises the familiar story of Orpheus whilst harking back to the music of early European composers. Ilan Volkov (conductor) Stravinsky: Orpheus. . Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky's ballet Orpheus.
01	2009, Prom 41: Indian Voices Day - Khyal And Kerala, Part 1	20090816		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Indian Voices Day begins with a selection of music from the north of India, with inspiring singing including the classical style known as Khyal, as well as the virtuoso vocal style from Varanasi. Among the artists featured are traditional singer Manjiri Asnare Kelkar and superstar Pandit Ram Narayan, considered the greatest living player of the sarangi, the short-necked fiddle. There is also a performance by Asima, a ground-breaking young vocal ensemble from Kerala, in the south of India. Pandit Ram Narayan (sarangi) Manjiri Asnare Kelkar, Pandits Rajan, Sajan Mishra (vocals) Aruna Narayan (sarangi) Akbar Latif, Babar Latif (tablas) Sudhir Nayak (harmonium). . Indian Voices Day begins with performers including Asima and Pandit Ram Narayan.
01	2009, Prom 42: Indian Voices Day - Bollywood, Part 1	20090816		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Fiona Talkington. The Proms Indian Voices Day concludes with the first-ever Bollywood Prom, an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza fronted by Shaan, one of the most versatile artists of the younger generation, and featuring performances from Shaan's own band and dancers from Honey's Academy. Shaan (vocalist) Honey's Dance Academy The Groove. . Fiona Talkington presents an all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood Prom.
01	2009, Prom 43: Falla, Andriessen, Ravel, Part 1	20090817		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor. Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his first Proms appearance as the Philharmonia's new principal conductor. The orchestra performs Falla's fiery flamenco vision of a midnight exorcism, and is then joined by the Labeque sisters for the UK premiere of the new concerto by radical Dutch composer Louis Andriessen. Katia Labeque (piano) Marielle Labeque (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Falla: El amor brujo Louis Andriessen: The Hague Hacking (UK premiere). . Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen in music by Falla and Andriessen.
01	2009, Prom 44: Prokofiev, Bartok, Dvorak, Part 1	20090818		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. Hungary's leading orchestra returns to the Proms, under principal conductor Ivan Fischer, to perform Prokofiev's klezmer-tinged overture and Bartok's expansive Second Violin Concerto, with dynamic soloist Leonidas Kavakos. Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Budapest Festival Orchestra Ivan Fischer (conductor) Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes Bartok: Violin Concerto No 2. . Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer in Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, plus Bartok.
01	2009, Prom 46: Glanert, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Part 1	20090819		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in German composer Detlev Glanert's new piece, Shoreless River, which is a foretaste of his forthcoming opera, Das Holzschiff (The Wooden Ship). Denis Matsuev, winner of the 1998 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and a virtuoso in the grand Russian tradition, makes his Proms debut in Rachmaninov's demanding set of variations on Paganini's Caprice. Denis Matsuev (piano) Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Detlev Glanert: Shoreless River (UK premiere) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. . BBC SO in Detlev Glanert: Shoreless River. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
01	2009, Prom 47: Samson, Act 1	20090820		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Catherine Bott. A cast of leading Handel singers and players - with tenor Mark Padmore in the title role - perform the tragic story of Samson, the Israelite hero cut off in his prime after falling for the wrong woman. Handel: Samson (Act 1) Dalila.... Susan Gritton (soprano) Micah.... Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Samson.... Mark Padmore (tenor) Manoa.... Neal Davies (bass) Harapha.... Christopher Purves (bass) Israelite Woman/Philistine Woman/Virgin.... Lucy Crowe (soprano) Israelite Man/Philistine Man/Messenger.... Ben Johnson (tenor) The Choir of the English Concert The New Company The English Concert Harry Bicket (conductor). . Catherine Bott presents Act 1 of Handel's oratorio Samson, featuring tenor Mark Padmore.
01	2009, Prom 48: West-eastern Divan Orchestra, Part 1	20090821		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. As part of a two-day Proms residency, Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra performs a concert in which it revisits its roots in Weimar and the poetry of Goethe. Franz Liszt led music in Weimar for a decade in the mid-19th century, and Barenboim conducts one of his ground-breaking symphonic poems alongside a masterpiece by a composer he controversially championed - Wagner. Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Liszt: Les Preludes Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde). . West-Eastern Divan. Liszt: Les Preludes. Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde).
01	2009, Prom 50: Fidelio, Part 1	20090822		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook. Daniel Barenboim conducts his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a German version of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, featuring an English narration devised by the co-founder of the orchestra - scholar and historian Edward Said. The work's themes are given a particular poignancy by the participation of Barenboim and Said's ground-breaking group, which was founded in 1999 to bring together young Israeli and Arab musicians, and continues to serve as a beacon of trust, understanding and dialogue between nations in conflict. Fidelio, first performed in 1805, is an impassioned defence of freedom and justice and a celebration of the power of love as its heroine, Leonore, rescues her falsely incarcerated husband from imprisonment and execution. Beethoven: Fidelio (Part 1) - concert performance; sung in German, with English narration by Edward Said Leonore/narrator.... Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) Florestan.... Simon O'Neill (tenor) Don Pizarro.... Gerd Grochowski (bass-baritone) Rocco.... John Tomlinson (bass) Marzelline.... Adriana Kucerova (soprano) Jacquino.... Stephen Rugamer Don Fernando.... Viktor Rud BBC Singers Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Daniel Barenboim (conductor). . The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim in Part 1 of Beethoven's Fidelio.
01	2009, Prom 51: Haydn, Szymanowski, Brahms, Part 1	20090823		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. Osmo Vanska returns to the Proms to conduct the first Haydn symphony in a celebration of the 'father' of the form. With its tick-tocking slow movement, the Clock was one of the 12 'London' Symphonies that Haydn wrote for his two extended visits to the capital in the early 1790s. It is followed by Szymanowski's devotional and serene Stabat mater, which was partly inspired by the tragic death of his teenage niece. The BBC Symphony Chorus and three international soloists join the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Helena Juntunen (soprano) Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) Scott Hendricks (baritone) Osmo Vanska (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D (Clock) Szymanowski: Stabat mater (sung in Polish). . BBC SO and Chorus in Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D (Clock). Szymanowski: Stabat mater.
01	2009, Prom 52: Schnittke, Shostakovich, Part 1	20090824		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The London Symphony Orchestra and its mercurial Russian conductor Valery Gergiev perform the belated UK premiere of an early work by Alfred Schnittke, written in response to the atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki. Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano) London Symphony Chorus Valery Gergiev (conductor) Schnittke: Nagasaki (UK premiere). . The LSO under Valery Gergiev perform the UK premiere of Schnittke's early work Nagasaki.
01	2009, Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Part 1	20090825		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Roger Norrington conducts a programme of popular works, celebrating Radio 3's Composers of the Year 2009. It begins with Purcell's suite Abdelazar, with its famous tune later used by Britten in his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato then joins one of the world's leading period instrument orchestras for famous arias by Handel and a dramatic scena by Haydn. Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Roger Norrington (conductor) Purcell: Suite: Abdelazar Handel: Ombra mai fu (Xerxes); Ah, mio cor! (Alcina); Suite No 2 in D (Water Music) Haydn: Scena di Berenice. . Roger Norrington conducts the OAE in works by Handel, Haydn and Purcell.
01	2009, Prom 55: Adams, Mozart, Strauss, Part 1	20090826		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer. Edinburgh-born Donald Runnicles, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor-designate conducts John Adams's colourful, energetic and witty tribute to the Russian polymath Nicolas Slonimsky, plus Mozart's stormy D minor Piano Concerto, with Radio 3 New Generation Artist Shai Wosner making his Proms debut. Shai Wosner (piano) Donald Runnicles (conductor) Adams: Slonimsky's Earbox Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466. . BBC SSO/Donald Runnicles. Adams: Slonimsky's Earbox. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20.
01	2009, Prom 56: Saunders, Chopin, Strauss, Part 1	20090827		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. Under the baton of chief conductor Fabio Luisi, making his Proms debut, the Dresden Staatskapelle performs a revised, expanded version of a 2006 work by British-born, Berlin-based composer Rebecca Saunders, followed by Chopin's virtuosic and poetic Piano Concerto No 2, featuring Royal Albert Hall favourite Lang Lang. Lang Lang (piano) Staatskapelle Dresden Fabio Luisi (conductor) Rebecca Saunders: traces (UK premiere of revised version) Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor. . Dresden Staatskapelle/Fabio Luisi. Rebecca Saunders: traces. Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2.
01	2009, Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Part 1	20090828		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and pincipal guest conductor David Robertson complete the Proms's survey of Stravinsky's ballets with Agon. It is a dazzling set of 12 dances for as many dancers that the septuagenarian composer based on material taken from a 17th-century dance manual and re-energised using his own unique 20th-century viewpoint. And Stephen Hough completes his Proms one-man piano marathon of Tchaikovsky's concertante works with the curiously neglected Concert Fantasia. Stephen Hough (piano) Steven Isserlis (cello) David Robertson (conductor) Stravinsky: Agon Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia in G, Op 56. . BBC SO/David Robertson in Stravinsky: Agon. Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia in G, Op 56.
01	2009, Prom 59: Schubert, Mahler, Part 1	20090829		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan. David Zinman and his Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich open with the overture Schubert published as part of his incidental music to Helmina von Chezy's play Rosamunde. American soprano Dawn Upshaw is the soloist in Osvaldo Golijov's She Was Here, an intense exploration of loss and consolation in which the Argentinian-born composer seeks to find a contemporary resonance within four iconic Schubert songs. Dawn Upshaw (soprano) David Zinman (conductor) Schubert: Overture (Rosamunde) Schubert/Osvaldo Golijov: She Was Here (UK premiere). . Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. Schubert: Overture (Rosamunde), Osvaldo Golijov: She Was Here.
01	2009, Prom 60: Vivier, Ravel, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Part 1	20090830		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Donald Macleod. The programme begins with an exotic work composed in 1979 by the Frenchman Claude Vivier. Huge orchestral forces conjure up the immensity of the cosmos, and the piece suggests that human nature is just as vast and unfathomable. The brilliant, mercurial pianist Martha Argerich returns to the Proms, playing Ravel's jazz-inspired concerto. Martha Argerich (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor) Vivier: Orion Ravel: Piano Concerto in G. . RPO/Charles Dutoit. Claude Vivier: Orion. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G with Martha Argerich.
01	2009, Prom 61: Sibelius, Duparc, Ravel, Part 1	20090831		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Mariss Jansons conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Sibelius's Symphony No 1. Sibelius stopped composing decades before his death. However, the seven symphonies he left place him securely among the greatest symphonists of the 20th century. Mariss Jansons (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 1 in E minor. . Mariss Jansons conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Sibelius's Symphony No 1.
01	2009, Prom 62: Haydn, Shostakovich, Part 1	20090901		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Mariss Jansons and his Dutch orchestra perform Haydn's Military Symphony, composed on his second visit to London in 1794-95, at a time when England and Holland were allied with Austria against republican France. According to an early review, the slow movement - graphically portraying 'the hellish roar of war increase to a climax of horrid sublimity' - was greeted with repeated cries of 'Encore! in which the Ladies themselves could not forbear to join.' Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Haydn Symphony No 100 in G (Military). . Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons in Haydn: Symphony No 100 in G (Military).
01	2009, Prom 63: Xenakis, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Part 1	20090902		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook. The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Xenakis's Nomos Gamma, with 98 players dispersed among the audience in the arena, including eight percussionists. The transience of life and the finality of death are then confronted in Rachmaninov's evocative Stygian tone poem The Isle of the Dead, composed in 1909. Leigh Melrose (baritone) Colin Currie (percussion) David Robertson (conductor) Xenakis: Nomos Gamma Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead. . BBC Symphony Orchestra in Xenakis: Nomos Gamma and Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead.
01	2009, Prom 64: Ibert, Debussy, Mozart, Zimmermann, Brahms, Part 1	20090903		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. A mixed programme of colourful orchestral works and brilliant piano showpieces, featuring Ibert's Bacchanale followed by Debussy's Jeux - depicting a game of tennis. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (pianos) London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) Ibert: Bacchanale Debussy: Jeux. . London Philharmonic/Vladimir Jurowski in Ibert: Bacchanale. Debussy: Jeux.
01	2009, Prom 65: Ligeti, Mahler, Schoenberg, Strauss, Part 1	20090904		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. Rising star conductor Jonathan Nott and one of the world's top youth orchestras, the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, in Ligeti's haunting Atmospheres - a work made famous by Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is followed by Mahler's poignant Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children), featuring baritone Matthias Goerne, and Schoenberg's ground-breaking Five Orchestral Pieces, premiered at the Proms in 1912 by Henry Wood. Matthias Goerne (baritone) Jonathan Nott (conductor) Ligeti: Atmospheres Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces, Op 16. . The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester perform music by Ligeti, Mahler and Schoenberg.
01	2009, Prom 67: Janacek, Mccabe, Dvorak, Part 1	20090905		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer. Forest life abounds in this concert. Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen was based on a newspaper comic-strip adventure, a story of forest-dwellers both animal and human, and nature's ever-turning circle of life and death. Some of Janacek's most engaging and luminous music was selected by the Czech conductor Vaclav Talich and re-orchestrated to form this suite. John McCabe celebrates his 70th birthday in 2009, and the Proms marks it with a performance of his Horn Concerto, commissioned by the BBC in 2007. The soloist is David Pyatt, a past principal horn with the BBC NOW. It is a work infused with the shifting moods and smoky lines of West Coast jazz, but there is also a contrast between urban up-tempo sections and the slower pace of the rainforest soundscapes that open and close the concerto. David Pyatt (horn) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) Janacek, arr. Talich: The Cunning Little Vixen (suite) John McCabe: Horn Concerto (Rainforest IV). . BBC NOW/Jac van Steen. Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (suite). McCabe: Horn Concerto.
01	2009, Prom 68: Handel, Part 1	20090906		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. Baroque music specialist Nicholas McGegan is at the helm of this large-scale performance of Handel's most celebrated oratorio, Messiah. This is the climax of the Proms commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. The Northern Sinfonia is joined by over 200 young voices from across the UK and a distinguished cast of soloists. Handel: Messiah (Part 1) Dominique Labelle (soprano) Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Matthew Rose (bass) City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus Halle Youth Choir National Youth Choir of Great Britain National Youth Choir of Wales Quay Voices (The Sage Gateshead) RSCM Millennium Youth Choir Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir Nicholas McGegan (conductor). . Nicholas McGegan directs Handel's most celebrated oratorio, Messiah (Part 1).
01	2009, Prom 69: Mendelssohn, Mahler, Part 1	20090907		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Donald Macleod. Radio 3's 2009 Mendelssohn bicentenary celebrations continue with Riccardo Chailly conducting the orchestra of which the composer himself was music director for the last 12 years of his life. Palestinian-Israeli pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar is soloist in Mendelssohn's youthful First Concerto which he completed in just three days at the age of 22. Saleem Abboud Ashkar (piano) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 25. . Leipzig Gewandhaus, with Saleem Abboud Ashkar (piano) in Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No 1 From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Donald Macleod. Radio 3's 2009 Mendelssohn bicentenary celebrations continue with Riccardo Chailly conducting the orchestra of which the composer himself was music director for the last 12 years of his life. Palestinian-Israeli pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar is soloist in Mendelssohn's youthful First Concerto which he completed in just three days at the age of 22. Saleem Abboud Ashkar (piano) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 25. Leipzig Gewandhaus, with Saleem Abboud Ashkar (piano) in Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No 1
01	2009, Prom 7: Purcell's The Fairy Queen, Acts 1-3	20090721		Francesca Gilpin directs a semi-staged production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen, based on the original production for Glyndebourne by Jonathan Kent. Adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Purcell's most lavish theatre score takes the form of a series of fantastical masques presented for the entertainment of Titania, Oberon and their fairy court. Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Acts 1-3) Carolyn Sampson, Lucy Crowe, Claire Debono, Anna Devin (sopranos) Sean Clayton, Ed Lyon, Adrian Ward (tenors) Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone) Lukas Kargl (baritone) Drunken Poet/Bottom.... Desmond Barrit Puck.... Jotham Annan Oberon.... Joseph Millson Titania.... Sally Dexter Egeus.... Terrence Hardiman Theseus.... William Gaunt Quince.... Paul McCleary Snug.... Brian Pettifer Mopsa/Flute.... Robert Burt Snout.... Jack Chissick Starveling.... Roger Sloman Lysander.... Oliver Kieran-Jones Helena.... Helen Bradbury Hermia.... Susannah Wise Demetrius.... Oliver Le Sueur Director.... Francesca Gilpin Glyndebourne Chorus Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment William Christie (conductor). . Francesca Gilpin directs a semi-staged production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen (Acts 1-3).
01	2009, Prom 70: Mendelssohn, Maxwell Davies, Sibelius, Part 1	20090908		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. A long-time resident of the Orkney Islands, master of the Queen's music Peter Maxwell Davies celebrates his 75th birthday by conducting Mendelssohn's sea-sprayed Hebridean overture and the UK premiere of his own new violin concerto, inspired by traditional Orkney folk and fiddle music. It was written for the soloist, Daniel Hope, and commissioned by Mendelssohn's own orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, who gave the work's premiere. Daniel Hope (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor) Mendelssohn: Overture (The Hebrides) Peter Maxwell Davies: Violin Concerto No 2 (Fiddler on the Shore) - UK premiere. . The Royal Philharmonic/Peter Maxwell Davies in music by Mendelssohn and Maxwell Davies.
01	2009, Prom 72: Mendelssohn, Read Thomas, Beethoven, Part 1	20090909		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor. The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Mendelssohn's magical overture that he wrote at the age of only 17, coupled with extracts from his later incidental music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Augusta Read Thomas's new Violin Concerto No 3, subtitled Juggler in Paradise, is intended to suggest or invoke the image of the violin's role. The soloist plays a rhapsodic cadenza throughout, making a path through rich orchestral textures dominated by a pointillistic paradise of bell sounds. Jennifer Koh (violin) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture and incidental music Augusta Read Thomas: Violin Concerto No 3 - Juggler in Paradise (BBC co-commission). . BBC SO/Belohlavek in Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Thomas: Violin Concerto No 3.
01	2009, Prom 73: Haydn, Schubert, Part 1	20090910		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Franz Welser-Most conducts the incomparable Vienna Philharmonic in the 2009 season's last symphony by the father of the form, 'Papa' Haydn. One of the first set of 12 London Symphonies, No 97 was composed and premiered during Haydn's first visit to England in 1791-2. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Franz Welser-Most (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 97 in C. . Franz Welser-Most conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Haydn's Symphony No 97 in C.
01	2009, Prom 74: R Strauss, Brahms, Part 1	20090911		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The Vienna Philharmonic is conducted by its distinguished long-term associate and honorary member Zubin Mehta. Together they perfom Webern's late Romantic-influenced Passacaglia before Strauss' quintessentially quixotic set of 'fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character'. Christian Frohn (viola) Tamas Varga (cello) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta (conductor) Webern: Passacaglia, Op 1 R Strauss: Don Quixote. . Vienna Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta in Strauss' Don Quixote and Webern's Passacaglia.
01	2009, Prom 76: Last Night Of The Proms, Part 1	20090912		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sean Rafferty. Proms-featured pianist Stephen Hough joins Sean in the Radio 3 box for the traditional Last Night festivities, led for the first time by David Robertson, principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The programme includes music by some of Radio 3's Composers of the Year: a concerto by Haydn, played by former New Generation Artist Alison Balsom and a famous lament by Purcell, sung by Sarah Connolly. There is also Oliver Knussen's Flourish, sparked by Stravinsky's Fireworks from the First Night. Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Alison Balsom (trumpet) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus David Robertson (conductor) Oliver Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks Purcell, arr. Henry Wood: New Suite Purcell: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in Earth (Dido's Lament); With drooping wings ye cupids come (Dido and Aeneas) Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Villa-Lobos: Choros No 10 (Rasga o Coracao). . David Robertson conducts the Last Night festivities. Music is from Purcell, Haydn, Mahler.
01	2009, Prom 8: 800th Anniversary Of Cambridge University, Part 1	20090722		Tom Service presents a celebration of Cambridge University's 800th anniversary with a concert of music given by a convocation of the university's college choirs, featuring two soloists and a conductor who are among its graduates. As professor of music, Thomas Stanford taught Vaughan Williams, who wrote his Wasps Overture for a university staging of Aristophanes's comedy, and later set verses by a former University Orator, George Herbert, in his Five Mystical Songs. Ryan Wigglesworth went to Oxford but is now a Cambridge lecturer and fellow of Corpus Christi College. Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Choirs of King's, St John's, Clare, Gonville and Caius and Trinity Colleges BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Overture (The Wasps) Ryan Wigglesworth: The Genesis of Secrecy (BBC commission; world premiere) Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs. . Vaughan Williams: The Wasps; 5 songs. Ryan Wigglesworth: The Genesis of Secrecy.
01	2009, Prom 9: Moeran, Finzi, Elgar, Part 1	20090723		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic in some lesser-known works of the English repertoire. EJ Moeran's Symphony, introduced to the Proms in 1938 by Henry Wood, was written partly in Norfolk and partly in County Kerry and seems to evoke the landscapes, seashores and folk idioms of both locations. Finzi's neo-Classical Grand Fantasia caps an unaccompanied and clearly Bach-inspired piano solo with a jaunty Toccata. Leon McCawley (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Moeran: Symphony in G minor Finzi: Grand Fantasia and Toccata. . Moeran: Symphony in G minor. Finzi: Grand Fantasia and Toccata.
01	2009, Proms Chamber Concerts, Pcm 01 - Henry Viii Anniversary	20090720
01	2009, Proms Chamber Concerts, Pcm 01 - Henry Viii Anniversary	20090720		From Cadogan Hall, Andrew Carwood directs The Cardinall's Musick in a programme marking the 500th anniversary of the coronation of Henry VIII. Richly sonorous and grand in design, the music of the time combines massive choral writing with a complex layering of solo lines. The mix of sacred and secular includes songs by King Henry himself and settings of texts in his honour by leading composers of the day. Henry VIII: Pastyme with good companye Fayrfax: Gloria (Missa Regali ex progenie) W Cornysh: Ah, Robin, gentle Robin Henry VIII: Helas, madame Fayrfax: Benedicte! What dreamed I? Sampson: Psallite felices Taverner: Christe Jesu, pastor bone Tallis: Sancte Deus, sancte fortis Ludford: Domine Jesu Christe. . Live from Cadogan Hall, Andrew Carwood directs The Cardinall's Musick.
01	2009, Proms Chamber Concerts, Pcm 01 - Henry Viii Anniversary	20090725
01	2010, Prom 02: Wagner - The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg, Part 1	20100717		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. Welsh National Opera brings its new production of Wagner's Mastersingers of Nuremberg to the Royal Albert Hall, and the celebrated bass-baritone Bryn Terfel makes his debut in the role of Hans Sachs, the shoemaker and poet at the heart of this monumental work - part comedy, part love story, part meditation on the transformative power of art. In 16th-century Nuremberg, the Mastersingers are a highly influential guild of singers who meet for an annual singing competition - a challenge requiring a high level of technical expertise, and rewarded by a coveted prize. For the forthcoming competition, the goldsmith, Pogner, offers an extra prize - the hand in marriage of his daughter, Eva. Into the town comes a young knight, Walther, with no experience in the craft of singing, but he falls instantly in love with Eva. He performs a song for a chance to enter the competition, but is judged to be unworthy by the pedantic town clerk, Beckmesser, who is also keen to win Eva's hand. Hans Sachs is the only member of the establishment willing to listen to the newcomer and to give him a chance in his quest. Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Act I) c.5.30pm Interval c.5.55pm Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Act II) c.7.00pm c.8.00pm Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Act III) Hans Sachs.... Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Walther von Stoltzing.... Raymond Very (tenor) Eva.... Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Beckmesser.... Christopher Purves (baritone) David.... Andrew Tortise (tenor) Pogner.... Brindley Sherratt (bass) Magdalene.... Anna Burford (mezzo-soprano) Nightwatchman.... David Soar (bass-baritone) Kothner.... Simon Thorpe (bass/baritone) Nachtigall.... David Stout (baritone) Schwartz.... Paul Hodges (baritone) Zorn.... Rhys Meirion (tenor) Eisslinger.... Andrew Rees (tenor) Moser.... Stephen Rooke (tenor) Foltz.... Arwel Huw Morgan (bass-baritone) Vogelgesang.... Geraint Dodd (tenor) Ortel.... Owen Webb (baritone) Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Lothar Koenigs (conductor). . Welsh National Opera performs Wagner's The Mastersingers of Nuremberg.
01	2010, Prom 03: Simon Boccanegra, Part 1	20100718		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Donald Macleod. Classic Verdi themes are at the heart of his opera Simon Boccanegra: the clash of love and power, and an intense relationship between Boccanegra and his long-lost daughter Amelia. The Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has sung over 130 different operatic roles, which must be something of a record. But he had never sung a baritone role until a year ago, when he took on a part he had long wanted to play: Simon Boccanegra, the Doge of Genoa. 'Verdi didn't have any children,' says Domingo, 'and in any opera when you have the parts of father and daughter, he wrote his best music'. This Proms semi-staging is based on the Royal Opera House production by Elijah Moshinsky, with a starry cast conducted by the Music Director at Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano. Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Prologue and Act I) Simon Boccanegra.... Placido Domingo (baritone) Amelia Grimaldi (Maria Boccanegra).... Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) Gabriele Adorno.... Joseph Calleja (tenor) Jacopo Fiesco.... Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) Paolo Albiani.... Jonathan Summers (baritone) Pietro.... Lukas Jakobski (bass) Captain.... Lee Hickenbottom (tenor) Maid.... Louise Armit (mezzo-soprano) Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Antonio Pappano (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 20 July at 2pm. . Placido Domingo stars in Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
01	2010, Prom 04: Schumann, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Part 1	20100719		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service An evening of heady romanticism as Byron's tortured hero Manfred takes centre stage in tonight's performance by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Inspired by Lord Byron's dramatic poem, Schumann provided incidental music which captures the story's ghostly, brooding atmosphere, whilst Tchaikovsky wrote a symphony in the style of tone poem, one of his most highly charged and theatrical orchestral works. Guilt, death, religion and temptation are the Byronic themes depicted by both composers in their works, which arguably gave the moody protagonist much more fame than the original poem would have done alone. The RLPO is joined by Macedonian pianist and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Simon Trpceski to perform the ever popular piano concerto No 2 by Rachmaninov. At the helm is Liverpool's own adopted hero Vassily Petrenko. Schumann, orch. Mahler: Manfred - overture Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Simon Trpceski (piano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 21st July at 2pm. . The RLPO under Vassily Petrenko perform works by Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.
01	2010, Prom 05: Wagner, Mendelssohn, Schuller, Part 1	20100720		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The Russian-born conductor Semyon Bychkov has been in charge of the West German Radio Orchestra, based in Cologne, for more than ten years now and their performances and recordings have been widely acclaimed. For tonight's Prom they are joined by the violinist Viviane Hagner for Mendelssohn's evergreen Violin Concerto. The programme begins with one of Wagner's most atmospheric operatic preludes and also includes a work by the veteran American composer Gunther Schuller. Finally, the orchestra performs one of Richard Strauss's most spectacularly colourful scores - his Alpine Symphony. Augmented by organ and an offstage band including twelve horns, Strauss's portrait of the mountain-climber's exhilarating day's adventure provides conductor and orchestra with a fearsome challenge of their own. Wagner: Lohengrin - Prelude (Act 1) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Gunther Schuller: Where the Word Ends (UK premiere) Viviane Hagner (violin) WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 22nd July at 2pm. . Semyon Bychkov conducts the West German Radio Orchestra - music by Wagner and Strauss.
01	2010, Prom 06: Beethoven Piano Concertos 1, 4, Part 1	20100721		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham A Beethoven Night at the Proms. Distinguished pianist, Paul Lewis, launches his complete cycle of piano concertos with the exuberant First and the more introspective but still tensely dramatic Fourth. He is partnered by Jiri Belohlavek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with whom he recently recorded all five concertos. And there is more characteristic Beethovenian drama with two heroic overtures: one battling against oppression and the other recounting the legend of the Creatures of Prometheus who were created with fire from the gods Beethoven: Overture 'Egmont' Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C major Paul Lewis (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 23rd July at 2pm. . Paul Lewis launches his complete cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos.
01	2010, Prom 08: Britten, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Part 1	20100722		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan. Two immensely powerful pieces from World War II frame this concert, given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer. Prokofiev's First Piano Concerto, by contrast, is witty and exuberant. In just a quarter of an hour it condenses a three movement concerto into just a single arch. As the Nazis invaded, Britten received an anonymous invitation from the Japanese government to write a work commemorating the founding of the Mikado dynasty 2600 years earlier. He completed his Sinfonia da Requiem the following year, but the Japanese government rejected it as inappropriate for their celebrations and too Christian in its nature. The work reflects the composer's feelings about the inhumanity of war and, based on the liturgy of the mass of the dead, he dedicated it to the memory of his parents. Shostakovich was rather closer to the action than Britten, when Russia entered the war against Germany, in 1941. He was in Leningrad where, between July and October, he witnessed first-hand the Nazis's siege of the city while he worked on his Seventh Symphony. "I was in no hurry to leave the city where a true fighting spirit reigned. Women, children and old people acted courageously. I will always remember the women of Leningrad who selflessly struggled to put out incendiary bombs.I worked day and night, I could hear ack-ack guns firing and shells exploding as I worked, but I never stopped writing." Prokofiev's concerto exploits the percussive potential of the piano, and in turn expresses his take on clean neo-classical lines, contrasted with tumbling leaps and richer more romantic textures, indebted to Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky. Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat major Alexander Toradze (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 26th July at 2pm. . Thierry Fischer conducts Shostakovich's 7th Symphony dedicated to the siege of Leningrad.
01	2010, Prom 09: Parry, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Part 1	20100723		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Vassily Sinaisky, the BBC Philharmonic's Chief Guest Conductor, is a champion of both Russian and English repertoire, and this Prom draws these two passions together. The evening opens with the first Proms performance of Parry's Symphonic Fantasia, and closes with Tchaikovsky's swansong, his 'Pathetique' Symphony. Vassily Sinaisky admits "even though it is my favourite piece, I try not to conduct it too much, as every performance of it should be a special event". At the centre of the BBC Philharmonic's first appearance this season is Scriabin's Piano Concerto, with Argentinean soloist Nelson Goerner, whose performances of the great Romantic concertos are much admired. A relatively early work, the influence of Chopin on Scriabin's music can be clearly detected here. Parry: Symphonic Fantasia in B minor, '1912' (Symphony No. 5) Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathetique' Nelson Goerner (piano) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). . Nelson Goerner (piano), BBC Philharmonic conducted by Vassily Sinaisky in Parry, Scriabin.
01	2010, Prom 10, Doctor Who Prom - Part 1	20100724		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny The Doctor is back. Two years ago he appeared at the Proms via video link, this year he's here in person. Doctor Who (Matt Smith) comes to the Royal Albert Hall with his assistant Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) for an action-packed evening alongside the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the London Philharmonic Choir. Monsters from the current run of the massively successful BBC series threaten to disrupt proceedings, and only the Doctor - ably assisted by conductors Ben Foster and Grant Llewellyn - can save the day. They're joined by Grant Llewellyn, a regular partner with the orchestra, for some classical favourites with a suitably celestial theme, including Mars from Holst's Planets Suite and John Adams's thrilling Short Ride in a Fast Machine (possibly even a time machine!). The score for each TV programme is written by Murray Gold and recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in their Cardiff studio, conducted by Ben Foster. Thrills, spills, adventures, monsters and special guests are all guaranteed along the way in this Proms spectacular. Petroc Trelawny has the unenviable task of keeping everything in order for Radio 3 - though sadly without the help of a sonic screwdriver. Murray Gold: Music from Doctor Who - The Madman with a Box (Prologue); An Untimely Arrival; I am The Doctor; Battle in the Skies Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Walton: Portsmouth Point Overture Holst: Mars (from The Planets) The Doctor (Matt Smith) Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) Rory (Arthur Darvil) Mark Chambers: singer Yamit Mamo: singer Murray Gold Band London Philharmonic Choir BBC National Orchestra of Wales Ben Foster (conductor) Grant Llewellyn (conductor). . The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform music by Murray Gold from the drama series. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny The Doctor is back. Two years ago he appeared at the Proms via video link, this year he's here in person. Doctor Who (Matt Smith) comes to the Royal Albert Hall with his assistant Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) for an action-packed evening alongside the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the London Philharmonic Choir. Monsters from the current run of the massively successful BBC series threaten to disrupt proceedings, and only the Doctor - ably assisted by conductors Ben Foster and Grant Llewellyn - can save the day. They're joined by Grant Llewellyn, a regular partner with the orchestra, for some classical favourites with a suitably celestial theme, including Mars from Holst's Planets Suite and John Adams's thrilling Short Ride in a Fast Machine (possibly even a time machine!). The score for each TV programme is written by Murray Gold and recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in their Cardiff studio, conducted by Ben Foster. Thrills, spills, adventures, monsters and special guests are all guaranteed along the way in this Proms spectacular. Petroc Trelawny has the unenviable task of keeping everything in order for Radio 3 - though sadly without the help of a sonic screwdriver. Murray Gold: Music from Doctor Who - The Madman with a Box (Prologue); An Untimely Arrival; I am The Doctor; Battle in the Skies Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Walton: Portsmouth Point Overture Holst: Mars (from The Planets) The Doctor (Matt Smith) Rory (Arthur Darvil) Mark Chambers: singer Yamit Mamo: singer Murray Gold Band Ben Foster (conductor) Grant Llewellyn (conductor). The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform music by Murray Gold from the drama series.
01	2010, Prom 12, Schumann, J Strauss Ii, J Strauss I - Part 1	20100725		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Schumann's lyrical Piano Concerto continues the season's bicentenary celebrations of the composer's birth. Conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by acclaimed pianist Christian Zacharias who is fascinated by Schumann's music. 'Schumann, of course, is not easy', says Zacharias. 'He has rhythmically intricate ideas which suggest one thing but which actually hide another', like the 'hidden waltz' of the finale. After the interval, the spirit of the traditional Proms Viennese night is revived, with a variety of classics from the Strauss family. Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52 Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Christian Zacharias (piano) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 28th July at 2pm. . Christian Zacharias (piano) and the BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky in Schumann. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Schumann's lyrical Piano Concerto continues the season's bicentenary celebrations of the composer's birth. Conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by acclaimed pianist Christian Zacharias who is fascinated by Schumann's music. 'Schumann, of course, is not easy', says Zacharias. 'He has rhythmically intricate ideas which suggest one thing but which actually hide another', like the 'hidden waltz' of the finale. After the interval, the spirit of the traditional Proms Viennese night is revived, with a variety of classics from the Strauss family. Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52 Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Christian Zacharias (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 28th July at 2pm. Christian Zacharias (piano) and the BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky in Schumann.
01	2010, Prom 13, Cherubini, Schumann, Holt, Strauss - Part 1	20100726		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Principal conductor Thierry Fischer directs the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a programme full of drama, excitement and the unexpected, opening with an overture of dark and stormy tensions. Schumann's optimistic first symphony then launches a complete cycle at the 2010 BBC Proms, marking the bicentenary of the composer's birth. Simon Holt's percussion concerto is scored for a collection of instruments laid out on a table, in much the same fashion that Holt's great uncle, a taxidermist, laid out the tools of his trade. Finally, music based on the exploits of a mischievous villain from German folklore. Merry Till Eulenspiegel cavorts through life, until he must answer for his crimes and trumpets and drums herald his journey to the scaffold, where his pranks are ended. Cherubini: M退d退e - overture Colin Currie (percussion) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 29th July at 2pm. . Colin Currie (percussion) and BBC NOW under Thierry Fischer in Cherubini and Schumann. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Principal conductor Thierry Fischer directs the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a programme full of drama, excitement and the unexpected, opening with an overture of dark and stormy tensions. Schumann's optimistic first symphony then launches a complete cycle at the 2010 BBC Proms, marking the bicentenary of the composer's birth. Simon Holt's percussion concerto is scored for a collection of instruments laid out on a table, in much the same fashion that Holt's great uncle, a taxidermist, laid out the tools of his trade. Finally, music based on the exploits of a mischievous villain from German folklore. Merry Till Eulenspiegel cavorts through life, until he must answer for his crimes and trumpets and drums herald his journey to the scaffold, where his pranks are ended. Cherubini: M退d退e - overture Colin Currie (percussion) Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 29th July at 2pm. Colin Currie (percussion) and BBC NOW under Thierry Fischer in Cherubini and Schumann.
01	2010, Prom 14, Beethoven - Part 1	20100727		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham A welcome return to the Proms for this polished German chamber orchestra in the second of the season's Beethoven Nights which revive a tradition common during the first decades of the Proms. Tonight, Artistic Director Paavo Jarvi conducts three works by Beethoven beginning with his First Symphony in which he staked his claim as the rightful heir to the Classical symphonic tradition. The orchestra is joined by American soloist Hilary Hahn in the richly expressive Violin Concerto - a work whose technical difficulties make it a pinnacle of the violin repertoire. The programme concludes with the Fifth Symphony with its explosive opening four-note motive among the most recognised and arresting beginnings to any work of classical music. Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Hilary Hahn (violin) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Paavo Jarvi (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 30th July at 2pm. . The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie under Paavo Jarvi in an all-Beethoven concert. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham A welcome return to the Proms for this polished German chamber orchestra in the second of the season's Beethoven Nights which revive a tradition common during the first decades of the Proms. Tonight, Artistic Director Paavo Jarvi conducts three works by Beethoven beginning with his First Symphony in which he staked his claim as the rightful heir to the Classical symphonic tradition. The orchestra is joined by American soloist Hilary Hahn in the richly expressive Violin Concerto - a work whose technical difficulties make it a pinnacle of the violin repertoire. The programme concludes with the Fifth Symphony with its explosive opening four-note motive among the most recognised and arresting beginnings to any work of classical music. Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Hilary Hahn (violin) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Paavo Jarvi (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 30th July at 2pm. The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie under Paavo Jarvi in an all-Beethoven concert.
01	2010, Prom 15, Stockhausen, Matthews, Schumann - Part 1	20100728		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in this wide-ranging programme, opening with Stockhausen's festive overture from 1977 and continuing with a trio of recent British works, including Colin Matthew's Violin Concerto with soloist Leila Josefowicz. The Proms' Schumann symphony cycle, celebrating the bicentenary of the composer's birth, continues with the Third Symphony. It's the most pictorial, evoking by turns a beer garden by the Rhine and the Gothic magnificence of Cologne Cathedral. A century later Bernd Alois Zimmermann's witty Rhine-Church Festival Dances, celebrated the same German region. Stockhausen: Jubilee Leila Josefowicz (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Oliver Knussen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 2nd August at 2pm. . Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Stockhausen's Jubilee overture. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in this wide-ranging programme, opening with Stockhausen's festive overture from 1977 and continuing with a trio of recent British works, including Colin Matthew's Violin Concerto with soloist Leila Josefowicz. The Proms' Schumann symphony cycle, celebrating the bicentenary of the composer's birth, continues with the Third Symphony. It's the most pictorial, evoking by turns a beer garden by the Rhine and the Gothic magnificence of Cologne Cathedral. A century later Bernd Alois Zimmermann's witty Rhine-Church Festival Dances, celebrated the same German region. Stockhausen: Jubilee Leila Josefowicz (violin) Oliver Knussen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 2nd August at 2pm. Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Stockhausen's Jubilee overture.
01	2010, Prom 16, Wagner, Beethoven, Dvorak - Part 1	20100729		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Pianist Paul Lewis continues his cycle of all five Beethoven piano concertos. Beethoven revised No 2 many times before it was published. He was developing the form and there is still a youthful feel about this concerto, looking back in style to Haydn and Mozart. The Beethoven concerto is framed by Wagner's lively overture to Rienzi, which opened the very first Prom in 1895, and the ever-popular New World Symphony by Dvorak. The CBSO is conducted by its Latvian Music Director Andris Nelsons. Wagner: Rienzi - overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat Paul Lewis (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 3rd August at 2pm. . Paul Lewis (piano) and the CBSO conducted by Andris Nelsons in Wagner and Beethoven. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Pianist Paul Lewis continues his cycle of all five Beethoven piano concertos. Beethoven revised No 2 many times before it was published. He was developing the form and there is still a youthful feel about this concerto, looking back in style to Haydn and Mozart. The Beethoven concerto is framed by Wagner's lively overture to Rienzi, which opened the very first Prom in 1895, and the ever-popular New World Symphony by Dvorak. The CBSO is conducted by its Latvian Music Director Andris Nelsons. Wagner: Rienzi - overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat Paul Lewis (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 3rd August at 2pm. Paul Lewis (piano) and the CBSO conducted by Andris Nelsons in Wagner and Beethoven.
01	2010, Prom 18, Dean, Mahler, Shostakovich - Part 1	20100730		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Youth Orchestras have played an important part in the Proms for many years and the first of this year's visitors has travelled the furthest. The Australian Youth Orchestra brings with it music by its compatriot Brett Dean (who is also a former viola-player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and by Shostakovich. His powerful 10th Symphony includes coded references both to his own love for a young woman and also to the brutality of Josef Stalin, who had died in the year the symphony was composed. The orchestra and conductor Sir Mark Elder are also joined by the young Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova for some of Mahler's songs - settings of poems from the folk-based collection called Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn). Brett Dean: Amphitheatre (London premiere) Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - selection Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) The Australian Youth Orchestra Sir Mark Elder (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 4th August at 2pm. . Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Mark Elder in works by Brett Dean and Mahler. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Youth Orchestras have played an important part in the Proms for many years and the first of this year's visitors has travelled the furthest. The Australian Youth Orchestra brings with it music by its compatriot Brett Dean (who is also a former viola-player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and by Shostakovich. His powerful 10th Symphony includes coded references both to his own love for a young woman and also to the brutality of Josef Stalin, who had died in the year the symphony was composed. The orchestra and conductor Sir Mark Elder are also joined by the young Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova for some of Mahler's songs - settings of poems from the folk-based collection called Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn). Brett Dean: Amphitheatre (London premiere) Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - selection Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) Sir Mark Elder (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 4th August at 2pm. Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Mark Elder in works by Brett Dean and Mahler.
01	2010, Prom 19, Sondheim At 80 - Part 1	20100731		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Sondheim at 80 In celebration of Stephen Sondheim's unique talents a star-studded cast performs songs from some of his best-loved shows. Bryn Terfel is the demon barber of Fleet Street and he's joined by Maria Freedman, Simon Russell Beale, Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell, with a special guest appearance from Dame Judi Dench. David Charles Abell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, and a specially formed BBC Proms Sondheim Ensemble. Sondheim: Selections from The Frogs, Follies, Sunday In The Park With George, Into The Woods and A Little Night Music. Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Simon Russell Beale, Dame Judi Dench Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell, vocalists BBC Proms Sondheim Ensemble BBC Performing Arts Fund Singers BBC Concert Orchestra David Charles Abell, conductor. . The BBC CO and David Charles Abell celebrate the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Sondheim at 80 In celebration of Stephen Sondheim's unique talents a star-studded cast performs songs from some of his best-loved shows. Bryn Terfel is the demon barber of Fleet Street and he's joined by Maria Freedman, Simon Russell Beale, Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell, with a special guest appearance from Dame Judi Dench. David Charles Abell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, and a specially formed BBC Proms Sondheim Ensemble. Sondheim: Selections from The Frogs, Follies, Sunday In The Park With George, Into The Woods and A Little Night Music. Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Simon Russell Beale, Dame Judi Dench Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell, vocalists BBC Performing Arts Fund Singers David Charles Abell, conductor. The BBC CO and David Charles Abell celebrate the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Sondheim at 80 In celebration of Stephen Sondheim's unique talents a star-studded cast performs songs from some of his best-loved shows. Bryn Terfel is the demon barber of Fleet Street and he's joined by Maria Freedman, Simon Russell Beale, Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell, with a special guest appearance from Dame Judi Dench. David Charles Abell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, and a specially formed BBC Proms Sondheim Ensemble. Sondheim: Selections from The Frogs, Follies, Sunday In The Park With George, Into The Woods and A Little Night Music. Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Simon Russell Beale, Dame Judi Dench Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell, vocalists BBC Performing Arts Fund Singers David Charles Abell, conductor. The BBC CO and David Charles Abell celebrate the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim.
01	2010, Prom 21, Berlioz, Wagner - Part 1	20100801		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor. Sir Simon Rattle evokes two iconic pairs of lovers in Berlioz's response to Shakespeare, and Wagner's re-working of a medieval celtic legend, with the distinguished soloists Violetta Urman and Ben Heppner as Isolde and Tristan, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Berlioz first discovered Shakespeare through performances of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, involving his future wife Harriet Smithson, and these had a deep influence on his work. In his dramatic symphony based on the star-crossed lovers' tale, he pays hommage to Beethoven, and in later life he looked upon this Love Scene as one of his greatest achievements. Attending one of the early performances of Romeo and Juliet in Paris was Richard Wagner, who later drew inspiration from this for Tristan and Isolde. He became intrigued with the medieval romantic legend at a time when he was enthralled with Matilde von Wesendonck, and he poured some of his most heartfelt passion into the opera. Act 2 is laden with the erotically charged symbolism of Night and Day, with the lovers constrained by propriety in the Day, only able to freely express their desires in the Night. Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene Isolde....Violeta Urmana, soprano Tristan....Ben Heppner, tenor King Mark....Franz-Josef Selig, bass Brangane....Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano Melot....Timothy Robinson, tenor Kurwenal....Henk Neven, baritone Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Simon Rattle, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 5th August at 2pm. . The Love Scene from Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet with the OAE and Sir Simon Rattle. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor. Sir Simon Rattle evokes two iconic pairs of lovers in Berlioz's response to Shakespeare, and Wagner's re-working of a medieval celtic legend, with the distinguished soloists Violetta Urman and Ben Heppner as Isolde and Tristan, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Berlioz first discovered Shakespeare through performances of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, involving his future wife Harriet Smithson, and these had a deep influence on his work. In his dramatic symphony based on the star-crossed lovers' tale, he pays hommage to Beethoven, and in later life he looked upon this Love Scene as one of his greatest achievements. Attending one of the early performances of Romeo and Juliet in Paris was Richard Wagner, who later drew inspiration from this for Tristan and Isolde. He became intrigued with the medieval romantic legend at a time when he was enthralled with Matilde von Wesendonck, and he poured some of his most heartfelt passion into the opera. Act 2 is laden with the erotically charged symbolism of Night and Day, with the lovers constrained by propriety in the Day, only able to freely express their desires in the Night. Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene Isolde....Violeta Urmana, soprano Tristan....Ben Heppner, tenor King Mark....Franz-Josef Selig, bass Brangane....Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano Melot....Timothy Robinson, tenor Kurwenal....Henk Neven, baritone Sir Simon Rattle, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 5th August at 2pm. The Love Scene from Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet with the OAE and Sir Simon Rattle. Berlioz first discovered Shakespeare through performances of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, involving his future wife Harriet Smithson, and these had a deep influence on his work. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew Mcgregor. Sir Simon Rattle evokes two iconic pairs of lovers in Berlioz's response to Shakespeare, and Wagner's re-working of a medieval celtic legend, with the distinguished soloists Violetta Urman and Ben Heppner as Isolde and Tristan, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Berlioz first discovered Shakespeare through performances of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, involving his future wife Harriet Smithson, and these had a deep influence on his work. In his dramatic symphony based on the star-crossed lovers' tale, he pays hommage to Beethoven, and in later life he looked upon this Love Scene as one of his greatest achievements. Attending one of the early performances of Romeo and Juliet in Paris was Richard Wagner, who later drew inspiration from this for Tristan and Isolde. He became intrigued with the medieval romantic legend at a time when he was enthralled with Matilde von Wesendonck, and he poured some of his most heartfelt passion into the opera. Act 2 is laden with the erotically charged symbolism of Night and Day, with the lovers constrained by propriety in the Day, only able to freely express their desires in the Night. Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene Isolde....Violeta Urmana, soprano Tristan....Ben Heppner, tenor King Mark....Franz-Josef Selig, bass Brangane....Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano Melot....Timothy Robinson, tenor Kurwenal....Henk Neven, baritone Sir Simon Rattle, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 5th August at 2pm. The Love Scene from Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet with the OAE and Sir Simon Rattle
01	2010, Prom 22, Mozart, Ligeti, Ravel - Part 1	20100802		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jonathan Nott present a typically wide-ranging programme placing contemporary works alongside classics of the repertoire and ending with three glittering showpieces by Ravel. Pierre Laurent Aimard plays an adventurous solo piece by Ligeti and concertos by Mozart and George Benjamin - the latter an exploration of the contrasting and complementary sounds that the piano and orchestra can make. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat, K595 Ligeti: Musica ricercata - No 2: Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale George Benjamin: Duet (London premiere) Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano BBC Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Nott, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Friday 6th August at 2pm. . Jonathan Nott conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Mozart, Ligeti and Benjamin. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jonathan Nott present a typically wide-ranging programme placing contemporary works alongside classics of the repertoire and ending with three glittering showpieces by Ravel. Pierre Laurent Aimard plays an adventurous solo piece by Ligeti and concertos by Mozart and George Benjamin - the latter an exploration of the contrasting and complementary sounds that the piano and orchestra can make. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat, K595 Ligeti: Musica ricercata - No 2: Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale George Benjamin: Duet (London premiere) Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano Jonathan Nott, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Friday 6th August at 2pm. Jonathan Nott conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Mozart, Ligeti and Benjamin.
01	2010, Prom 23, Foulds, Vaughan Williams, Elgar - Part 1	20100803		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Donald Runnicles makes his first Proms appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in an all-British programme featuring former BBC Young Musician of the Year Nicola Benedetti in her Prom debut. The concert features Vaughan Williams' choral masterpiece written for sixteen solo singers and orchestra as a tribute to Proms founder, Henry Wood. Tonight's performance showcases singers from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Foulds: Dynamic Triptych Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Emily Mitchell, Natalie Montakhab, sopranos Jemma Brown, Beth Mackay, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Lynda-Jane Workman, mezzo-sopranos Stephen Chambers, Warren Gillespie, John Pumphrey, Ronan Busfield, tenors James Birchall, Owain Browne, Michel de Souza, Ross McInroy, basses Ashley Wass, piano Nicola Benedetti, violin BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 9th August at 2pm. . Donald Runnicles makes his first Proms appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC SSO. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Donald Runnicles makes his first Proms appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in an all-British programme featuring former BBC Young Musician of the Year Nicola Benedetti in her Prom debut. The concert features Vaughan Williams' choral masterpiece written for sixteen solo singers and orchestra as a tribute to Proms founder, Henry Wood. Tonight's performance showcases singers from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Foulds: Dynamic Triptych Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Emily Mitchell, Natalie Montakhab, sopranos Jemma Brown, Beth Mackay, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Lynda-Jane Workman, mezzo-sopranos Stephen Chambers, Warren Gillespie, John Pumphrey, Ronan Busfield, tenors James Birchall, Owain Browne, Michel de Souza, Ross McInroy, basses Ashley Wass, piano Nicola Benedetti, violin Donald Runnicles, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 9th August at 2pm. Donald Runnicles makes his first Proms appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC SSO.
01	2010, Prom 26, Mahler: Symphonies Nos 4 And 5 - Part 1	20100805		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Valery Gergiev makes the first of his two appearances this season conducting the World Orchestra for Peace, an ensemble of first-rate players from around the world, in two symphonies by Mahler whose 150th anniversary it is. The often child-like innocence of the Fourth is followed by the funereal, stormy and ultimately life-affirming Fifth. Mahler: Symphony No.4 in G major Camilla Tilling, soprano World Orchestra for Peace Valery Gergiev, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 10th August at 2pm. . Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace in Mahler's Symphony No 4 in G. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Valery Gergiev makes the first of his two appearances this season conducting the World Orchestra for Peace, an ensemble of first-rate players from around the world, in two symphonies by Mahler whose 150th anniversary it is. The often child-like innocence of the Fourth is followed by the funereal, stormy and ultimately life-affirming Fifth. Mahler: Symphony No.4 in G major Camilla Tilling, soprano Valery Gergiev, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 10th August at 2pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace in Mahler's Symphony No 4 in G.
01	2010, Prom 27, Foulds, Beethoven, Strauss - Part 1	20100806		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. Beethoven's Third concerto is more turbulent than those that precede it, and it shows a more experimental side of Beethoven's musical language. The concert opens with music by John Foulds who had a varied life as a musician - as a cellist with the Halle, as a conductor, a cinema pianist, and a composer of both serious and light music. He had a fascination for Indian music and mysticism, and this had an impact on his work. In this symphonic poem he evokes a spring day. In the final work Strauss places himself at the forefront of his epic tone poem, casting himself as the central heroic figure and portraying his own life as a struggle against adversity. Foulds: April - England, Op.48 No.1 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Paul Lewis, piano Halle Sir Mark Elder, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 11th August at 2pm. . Paul Lewis plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the Halle. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. Beethoven's Third concerto is more turbulent than those that precede it, and it shows a more experimental side of Beethoven's musical language. The concert opens with music by John Foulds who had a varied life as a musician - as a cellist with the Halle, as a conductor, a cinema pianist, and a composer of both serious and light music. He had a fascination for Indian music and mysticism, and this had an impact on his work. In this symphonic poem he evokes a spring day. In the final work Strauss places himself at the forefront of his epic tone poem, casting himself as the central heroic figure and portraying his own life as a struggle against adversity. Foulds: April - England, Op.48 No.1 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Paul Lewis, piano Sir Mark Elder, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 11th August at 2pm. Paul Lewis plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the Halle. The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. Beethoven's Third concerto is more turbulent than those that precede it, and it shows a more experimental side of Beethoven's musical language. The concert opens with music by John Foulds who had a varied life as a musician - as a cellist with the Halle, as a conductor, a cinema pianist, and a composer of both serious and light music. He had a fascination for Indian music and mysticism, and this had an impact on his work. In this symphonic poem he evokes a spring day. In the final work Strauss places himself at the forefront of his epic tone poem, casting himself as the central heroic figure and portraying his own life as a struggle against adversity. Foulds: April - England, Op.48 No.1 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Paul Lewis, piano Sir Mark Elder, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 11th August at 2pm. Paul Lewis plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the Halle.
01	2010, Prom 29, Part 1	20100807		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod. The National Youth Orchestra's annual Prom puts the spotlight this year on two brilliantly orchestrated nineteenth century French masterworks: Paul Dukas's thrilling mix of witty narrative and symphonic momentum and the symphony that made the young Hector Berlioz's name. Both works have a dark side - the Sorcerer's Apprentice summoning the anarchic spirits while his master is out of the way and the opium-fuelled nightmares of a young love-sick artist which include his own execution and a witches Sabbath. The programme also includes the London premiere of Julian Anderson's own capricious, contrast-packed 'Fantasias' a work which showcases the plentiful talent in each of the NYO's instrumental sections in turn. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Julian Anderson: Fantasias (London premiere) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 12th August at 2pm. . NYO/Semyon Bychkov in Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Julian Anderson's Fantasias. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod. The National Youth Orchestra's annual Prom puts the spotlight this year on two brilliantly orchestrated nineteenth century French masterworks: Paul Dukas's thrilling mix of witty narrative and symphonic momentum and the symphony that made the young Hector Berlioz's name. Both works have a dark side - the Sorcerer's Apprentice summoning the anarchic spirits while his master is out of the way and the opium-fuelled nightmares of a young love-sick artist which include his own execution and a witches Sabbath. The programme also includes the London premiere of Julian Anderson's own capricious, contrast-packed 'Fantasias' a work which showcases the plentiful talent in each of the NYO's instrumental sections in turn. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Julian Anderson: Fantasias (London premiere) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 12th August at 2pm. NYO/Semyon Bychkov in Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Julian Anderson's Fantasias. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod. The National Youth Orchestra's annual Prom puts the spotlight this year on two brilliantly orchestrated nineteenth century French masterworks: Paul Dukas's thrilling mix of witty narrative and symphonic momentum and the symphony that made the young Hector Berlioz's name. Both works have a dark side - the Sorcerer's Apprentice summoning the anarchic spirits while his master is out of the way and the opium-fuelled nightmares of a young love-sick artist which include his own execution and a witches Sabbath. The programme also includes the London premiere of Julian Anderson's own capricious, contrast-packed 'Fantasias' a work which showcases the plentiful talent in each of the NYO's instrumental sections in turn. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Julian Anderson: Fantasias (London premiere) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 12th August at 2pm. NYO/Semyon Bychkov in Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Julian Anderson's Fantasias.
01	2010, Prom 31, Part 1	20100808		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers Messiaen: Un sourire Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453 Louis Lortie (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 13th August at 2pm. . BBC SO in Messiaen's Un sourire and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 17 (with Louis Lortie). BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers Messiaen: Un sourire Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453 Louis Lortie (piano) Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 13th August at 2pm. BBC SO in Messiaen's Un sourire and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 17 (with Louis Lortie). Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers Messiaen: Un sourire Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453 Louis Lortie (piano) Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 13th August at 2pm. BBC SO in Messiaen's Un sourire and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 17 (with Louis Lortie).
01	2010, Prom 32, Tchaikovsky, Janacek, Berlioz - Part 1	20100809		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch The European Youth Orchestra performs three gripping orchestral narratives: Tchaikovsky's hyper-Romantic portrayal of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers with possibly the world's most famous love-theme, Janacek's powerful depiction of 3 episodes from Gogol's novel about Cossack bravery; and finally Berlioz's symphonic re-imagining of Byron's epic poem about the travels of a world-weary young man, disillusioned with a life of pleasure. Berlioz portrays the melancholy dreamer through the solo viola. Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet' Janacek: Taras Bulba Maxim Rysanov (viola) European Union Youth Orchestra Matthias Bamert (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 18th August at 2pm. . The European Youth Orchestra performs music by Tchaikovsky and Janacek. Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch The European Youth Orchestra performs three gripping orchestral narratives: Tchaikovsky's hyper-Romantic portrayal of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers with possibly the world's most famous love-theme, Janacek's powerful depiction of 3 episodes from Gogol's novel about Cossack bravery; and finally Berlioz's symphonic re-imagining of Byron's epic poem about the travels of a world-weary young man, disillusioned with a life of pleasure.
01	2010, Prom 34, Schreker, Korngold, Mahler - Part 1	20100810		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The conductor Ingo Metzmacher and his Berlin orchestra evoke the spirit of turn-of the century Vienna with an orchestral dream sequence, a romantic concerto and an epic symphony. Gustav Mahler had a profound influence on the younger generation of Austrian composers, and Franz Schreker was no exception. In his operas he experimented with sounds and colours in a highly expressive way, and this orchestral interlude could almost be a counterpart to Mahler's nocturnal movements in his Seventh Symphony. In his youth, Erich Korngold was mentored by Mahler, who pronounced the younger composer to be a genius when only 9 years old. After leaving Vienna for Hollywood he focussed on the movies, but his Violin Concerto marked a return to the concert platform and is suffused with lush harmonies recalling his early days in Austria, as well as cleverly incorporating themes from his film scores. It remains one of his most popular works. Mahler's symphonies are at once highly personal and universal, running the full gamut of human emotions. The Seventh includes bittersweet questions on the meaning of existence, a night-walk, a nightmarish scherzo, a magical serenade and an exuberant celebratory finale. Schreker: Der ferne Klang - Nachtstück Korngold: Violin Concerto Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 17th September at 2pm. . Deutches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ingo Metzmacher in works by Schreker and Korngold. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The conductor Ingo Metzmacher and his Berlin orchestra evoke the spirit of turn-of the century Vienna with an orchestral dream sequence, a romantic concerto and an epic symphony. Gustav Mahler had a profound influence on the younger generation of Austrian composers, and Franz Schreker was no exception. In his operas he experimented with sounds and colours in a highly expressive way, and this orchestral interlude could almost be a counterpart to Mahler's nocturnal movements in his Seventh Symphony. In his youth, Erich Korngold was mentored by Mahler, who pronounced the younger composer to be a genius when only 9 years old. After leaving Vienna for Hollywood he focussed on the movies, but his Violin Concerto marked a return to the concert platform and is suffused with lush harmonies recalling his early days in Austria, as well as cleverly incorporating themes from his film scores. It remains one of his most popular works. Mahler's symphonies are at once highly personal and universal, running the full gamut of human emotions. The Seventh includes bittersweet questions on the meaning of existence, a night-walk, a nightmarish scherzo, a magical serenade and an exuberant celebratory finale. Schreker: Der ferne Klang - Nachtstück Korngold: Violin Concerto Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 17th September at 2pm. Deutches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ingo Metzmacher in works by Schreker and Korngold. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The conductor Ingo Metzmacher and his Berlin orchestra evoke the spirit of turn-of the century Vienna with an orchestral dream sequence, a romantic concerto and an epic symphony. Gustav Mahler had a profound influence on the younger generation of Austrian composers, and Franz Schreker was no exception. In his operas he experimented with sounds and colours in a highly expressive way, and this orchestral interlude could almost be a counterpart to Mahler's nocturnal movements in his Seventh Symphony. In his youth, Erich Korngold was mentored by Mahler, who pronounced the younger composer to be a genius when only 9 years old. After leaving Vienna for Hollywood he focussed on the movies, but his Violin Concerto marked a return to the concert platform and is suffused with lush harmonies recalling his early days in Austria, as well as cleverly incorporating themes from his film scores. It remains one of his most popular works. Mahler's symphonies are at once highly personal and universal, running the full gamut of human emotions. The Seventh includes bittersweet questions on the meaning of existence, a night-walk, a nightmarish scherzo, a magical serenade and an exuberant celebratory finale. Schreker: Der ferne Klang - Nachtstück Korngold: Violin Concerto Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 17th September at 2pm. Deutches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ingo Metzmacher in works by Schreker and Korngold.
01	2010, Prom 35, Ligeti, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius - Part 1	20100811		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Thomas Dausgaard conducts his Danish orchestra and choirs in an expansive, almost cosmic, programme. Three short choral pieces by György Ligeti - including Lux aeterna, heard in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - take us to ethereal heights, while Ligeti himself recognised the mesmeric, free-floating character of Rued Langgaard's 1918 Music of the Spheres as prefiguring his own style. Tchaikovsky's captivating concerto and Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, overwhelming in its nobly expansive final-movement 'Swan Hymn' climax, complete the evening. Ligeti: Night Ligeti: Morning Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Henning Kraggerud (violin) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Danish National Concert Choir Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 16th August at 2pm. . Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Danish National SO in Ligeti and Tchaikovsky. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Thomas Dausgaard conducts his Danish orchestra and choirs in an expansive, almost cosmic, programme. Three short choral pieces by György Ligeti - including Lux aeterna, heard in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - take us to ethereal heights, while Ligeti himself recognised the mesmeric, free-floating character of Rued Langgaard's 1918 Music of the Spheres as prefiguring his own style. Tchaikovsky's captivating concerto and Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, overwhelming in its nobly expansive final-movement 'Swan Hymn' climax, complete the evening. Ligeti: Night Ligeti: Morning Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Henning Kraggerud (violin) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Danish National Concert Choir Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 16th August at 2pm. Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Danish National SO in Ligeti and Tchaikovsky. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew Mcgregor Thomas Dausgaard conducts his Danish orchestra and choirs in an expansive, almost cosmic, programme. Three short choral pieces by György Ligeti - including Lux aeterna, heard in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - take us to ethereal heights, while Ligeti himself recognised the mesmeric, free-floating character of Rued Langgaard's 1918 Music of the Spheres as prefiguring his own style. Tchaikovsky's captivating concerto and Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, overwhelming in its nobly expansive final-movement 'Swan Hymn' climax, complete the evening. Ligeti: Night Ligeti: Morning Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Henning Kraggerud (violin) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Danish National Concert Choir Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 16th August at 2pm. Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Danish National SO in Ligeti and Tchaikovsky.
01	2010, Prom 36, Berlioz, Chopin, Roussel, Ravel - Part 1	20100812		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Proms debut of young French conductor Lionel Bringuier as he leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by three of his compatriots as well as Chopin's youthfully romantic Second Piano Concerto. Chopin wrote his concerto at the age of 19 while crazily in love with an opera singer, but it's the work itself which is the object of adoration for tonight's soloist Nelson Freire who describes himself as having something of a 'crush' on the piece after first hearing it as a teenager. It provides a suitable celebration to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. The three other works on the programme chart French music over a century of changing musical tastes, beginning in 1844 with Berlioz's vivid evocation of a swashbuckling pirate adventure in his overture 'Le corsaire'. By 1912 the tides of modernism influenced Ravel's lavishly scored, pastoral ballet Daphnis and Chloë, with its famous opening soundscape of dawn breaking over the forest canopy, and by the 1930s Roussel's Third Symphony reflected the trends of neo-classicism. Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire' Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Nelson Freire (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Lionel Bringuier (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 25th August at 2.30pm. . BBC SO/Lionel Bringuier in Berlioz: Overture: Le corsaire. Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Proms debut of young French conductor Lionel Bringuier as he leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by three of his compatriots as well as Chopin's youthfully romantic Second Piano Concerto. Chopin wrote his concerto at the age of 19 while crazily in love with an opera singer, but it's the work itself which is the object of adoration for tonight's soloist Nelson Freire who describes himself as having something of a 'crush' on the piece after first hearing it as a teenager. It provides a suitable celebration to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. The three other works on the programme chart French music over a century of changing musical tastes, beginning in 1844 with Berlioz's vivid evocation of a swashbuckling pirate adventure in his overture 'Le corsaire'. By 1912 the tides of modernism influenced Ravel's lavishly scored, pastoral ballet Daphnis and Chloë, with its famous opening soundscape of dawn breaking over the forest canopy, and by the 1930s Roussel's Third Symphony reflected the trends of neo-classicism. Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire' Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Nelson Freire (piano) Lionel Bringuier (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 25th August at 2.30pm. BBC SO/Lionel Bringuier in Berlioz: Overture: Le corsaire. Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Proms debut of young French conductor Lionel Bringuier as he leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by three of his compatriots as well as Chopin's youthfully romantic Second Piano Concerto. Chopin wrote his concerto at the age of 19 while crazily in love with an opera singer, but it's the work itself which is the object of adoration for tonight's soloist Nelson Freire who describes himself as having something of a 'crush' on the piece after first hearing it as a teenager. It provides a suitable celebration to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. The three other works on the programme chart French music over a century of changing musical tastes, beginning in 1844 with Berlioz's vivid evocation of a swashbuckling pirate adventure in his overture 'Le corsaire'. By 1912 the tides of modernism influenced Ravel's lavishly scored, pastoral ballet Daphnis and Chloë, with its famous opening soundscape of dawn breaking over the forest canopy, and by the 1930s Roussel's Third Symphony reflected the trends of neo-classicism. Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire' Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Nelson Freire (piano) Lionel Bringuier (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 25th August at 2.30pm. BBC SO/Lionel Bringuier in Berlioz: Overture: Le corsaire. Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2.
01	2010, Prom 37, Verdi, Dallapiccola, Bruch, Schumann - Part 1	20100813		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Philharmonic returns to the Proms with Chief Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The first part of the concert conjures up flavours of Noseda's native Italy, commencing with Verdi's overture to his opera 'The Force of Destiny'. Dallapiccola's Partita is a dazzling piece from early in his career, ending with a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, sung by Sarah Tynan. Music from Germany after the interval, with Bruch's most popular work, his First Violin Concerto, and Schumann's Fourth Symphony which encapsulates the world of this most Romantic of composers, and continues the Proms' complete cycle in the bicentenary of his birth. Verdi: La forza del destino - overture Dallapiccola: Partita James Ehnes (violin) Sarah Tynan (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 17th August at 2pm. . The BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda performs music by Verdi and Dallapiccola. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Philharmonic returns to the Proms with Chief Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The first part of the concert conjures up flavours of Noseda's native Italy, commencing with Verdi's overture to his opera 'The Force of Destiny'. Dallapiccola's Partita is a dazzling piece from early in his career, ending with a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, sung by Sarah Tynan. Music from Germany after the interval, with Bruch's most popular work, his First Violin Concerto, and Schumann's Fourth Symphony which encapsulates the world of this most Romantic of composers, and continues the Proms' complete cycle in the bicentenary of his birth. Verdi: La forza del destino - overture Dallapiccola: Partita James Ehnes (violin) Sarah Tynan (soprano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 17th August at 2pm. The BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda performs music by Verdi and Dallapiccola. The BBC Philharmonic returns to the Proms with Chief Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Philharmonic returns to the Proms with Chief Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The first part of the concert conjures up flavours of Noseda's native Italy, commencing with Verdi's overture to his opera 'The Force of Destiny'. Dallapiccola's Partita is a dazzling piece from early in his career, ending with a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, sung by Sarah Tynan. Music from Germany after the interval, with Bruch's most popular work, his First Violin Concerto, and Schumann's Fourth Symphony which encapsulates the world of this most Romantic of composers, and continues the Proms' complete cycle in the bicentenary of his birth. Verdi: La forza del destino - overture Dallapiccola: Partita James Ehnes (violin) Sarah Tynan (soprano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 17th August at 2pm. The BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda performs music by Verdi and Dallapiccola.
01	2010, Prom 39, Bach Orchestral Transcriptions - Part 1	20100814		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch As a grand finale to Proms Bach Day, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton play works by J S Bach in arrangements made in the last hundred years or so, ranging from the subtleties of Walton's Wise Virgins Suite and the playfulness of Grainger's version of "Sheep may safely graze", to the richly-scored reworkings by Stokowski, Henry Wood, Sargent, Bantock and Respighi. Plus two special commissions from young composers who have taken Bach pieces as a springboard for their compositions. Bach, orch. Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Bach, orch. Henry Wood: 'Suite No. 6' - Prelude; Finale Tarik O'Regan Latent Manifest (BBC commission: world premiere) Walton: The Wise Virgins - suite Andrew Litton (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Thursday 19th August at 2pm. . Royal Philharmonic/Andrew Litton in Bach arrangements by Stokowski, Henry Wood and Walton. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch As a grand finale to Proms Bach Day, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton play works by J S Bach in arrangements made in the last hundred years or so, ranging from the subtleties of Walton's Wise Virgins Suite and the playfulness of Grainger's version of "Sheep may safely graze", to the richly-scored reworkings by Stokowski, Henry Wood, Sargent, Bantock and Respighi. Plus two special commissions from young composers who have taken Bach pieces as a springboard for their compositions. Bach, orch. Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Bach, orch. Henry Wood: 'Suite No. 6' - Prelude; Finale Tarik O'Regan Latent Manifest (BBC commission: world premiere) Walton: The Wise Virgins - suite Andrew Litton (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Thursday 19th August at 2pm. Royal Philharmonic/Andrew Litton in Bach arrangements by Stokowski, Henry Wood and Walton. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch As a grand finale to Proms Bach Day, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton play works by J S Bach in arrangements made in the last hundred years or so, ranging from the subtleties of Walton's Wise Virgins Suite and the playfulness of Grainger's version of "Sheep may safely graze", to the richly-scored reworkings by Stokowski, Henry Wood, Sargent, Bantock and Respighi. Plus two special commissions from young composers who have taken Bach pieces as a springboard for their compositions. Bach, orch. Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Henry Wood: 'Suite No. 6' - Prelude; Finale Tarik O'Regan Latent Manifest (BBC commission: world premiere) Walton: The Wise Virgins - suite Andrew Litton (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Thursday 19th August at 2pm. Royal Philharmonic/Andrew Litton in Bach arrangements by Stokowski, Henry Wood and Walton.
01	2010, Prom 40, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Prokofiev - Part 1	20100815		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Who better to conduct an all-Russian programme at the BBC Proms than Vladimir Jurowski, the dynamic Russian Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Tonight's concert ranges from Mussorgsky's vision of a witches' sabbath (with a bit of help from his friend Rimsky) through Scriabin's dreams, to powerhouse works by the two central Russian composers of the twentieth century. Prokofiev's hard-hitting Third Symphony uses music from his opera The Fiery Angel, while Shostakovich was writing his First Violin Concerto at the very time that the Soviet authorities announced their clampdown on music that didn't conform. Julia Fischer is the soloist, returning to the Proms after her triumphant debut with the Brahms Concerto two years ago. Musorgsky, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on the Bare Mountain Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 Julia Fischer (violin) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 20th August at 2pm. . Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic in Mussorgsky and Shostakovich. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Who better to conduct an all-Russian programme at the BBC Proms than Vladimir Jurowski, the dynamic Russian Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Tonight's concert ranges from Mussorgsky's vision of a witches' sabbath (with a bit of help from his friend Rimsky) through Scriabin's dreams, to powerhouse works by the two central Russian composers of the twentieth century. Prokofiev's hard-hitting Third Symphony uses music from his opera The Fiery Angel, while Shostakovich was writing his First Violin Concerto at the very time that the Soviet authorities announced their clampdown on music that didn't conform. Julia Fischer is the soloist, returning to the Proms after her triumphant debut with the Brahms Concerto two years ago. Musorgsky, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on the Bare Mountain Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 Julia Fischer (violin) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 20th August at 2pm. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic in Mussorgsky and Shostakovich. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Who better to conduct an all-Russian programme at the BBC Proms than Vladimir Jurowski, the dynamic Russian Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Tonight's concert ranges from Mussorgsky's vision of a witches' sabbath (with a bit of help from his friend Rimsky) through Scriabin's dreams, to powerhouse works by the two central Russian composers of the twentieth century. Prokofiev's hard-hitting Third Symphony uses music from his opera The Fiery Angel, while Shostakovich was writing his First Violin Concerto at the very time that the Soviet authorities announced their clampdown on music that didn't conform. Julia Fischer is the soloist, returning to the Proms after her triumphant debut with the Brahms Concerto two years ago. Musorgsky, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on the Bare Mountain Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 Julia Fischer (violin) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 20th August at 2pm. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic in Mussorgsky and Shostakovich.
01	2010, Prom 41, Scriabin, Stravinsky - Part 1	20100816		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform the scintillating ballet score that Stravinsky wrote one hundred years ago for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Based on the Russian folk tale of the exotic Firebird imprisoned by the evil magician Kashchey, the work made him famous overnight. Scriabin too was nothing if not ambitious: he began his symphonic output with a massive work in six movements, complete with a choral finale in praise of art and including two solo vocal roles, taken tonight by members of Gergiev's Mariinsky Theatre. Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 in E major Nadezhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Skorokhodov (tenor) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Monday 23rd August at 2pm. . Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO and Chorus in Scriabin's massive First Symphony. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform the scintillating ballet score that Stravinsky wrote one hundred years ago for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Based on the Russian folk tale of the exotic Firebird imprisoned by the evil magician Kashchey, the work made him famous overnight. Scriabin too was nothing if not ambitious: he began his symphonic output with a massive work in six movements, complete with a choral finale in praise of art and including two solo vocal roles, taken tonight by members of Gergiev's Mariinsky Theatre. Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 in E major Nadezhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Skorokhodov (tenor) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Monday 23rd August at 2pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO and Chorus in Scriabin's massive First Symphony. Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform the scintillating ballet score that Stravinsky wrote one hundred years ago for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew Mcgregor Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform the scintillating ballet score that Stravinsky wrote one hundred years ago for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Based on the Russian folk tale of the exotic Firebird imprisoned by the evil magician Kashchey, the work made him famous overnight. Scriabin too was nothing if not ambitious: he began his symphonic output with a massive work in six movements, complete with a choral finale in praise of art and including two solo vocal roles, taken tonight by members of Gergiev's Mariinsky Theatre. Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 in E major Nadezhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Skorokhodov (tenor) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Monday 23rd August at 2pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO and Chorus in Scriabin's massive First Symphony.
01	2010, Prom 42, Part, Britten, Watkins, Shostakovich - Part 1	20100817		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the four evocative Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, the heartrending strings and tolling bell of the Cantus by Arvo Pärt (75 this year) which forms a hypnotic tribute to Britten, and the Fifth Symphony by one of Britten's great friends - a work which brought Shostakovich back into favour with Soviet authorities. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in the new concerto by Huw Watkins, who often appears as a pianist with her in recitals. Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten Britten: Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' Huw Watkins: Violin Concerto (BBC commission: world premiere) Alina Ibragimova (violin) Edward Gardner (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 24th August at 2.20pm. . BBC Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner in music by Part, Britten and Huw Watkins. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the four evocative Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, the heartrending strings and tolling bell of the Cantus by Arvo Pärt (75 this year) which forms a hypnotic tribute to Britten, and the Fifth Symphony by one of Britten's great friends - a work which brought Shostakovich back into favour with Soviet authorities. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in the new concerto by Huw Watkins, who often appears as a pianist with her in recitals. Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten Britten: Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' Huw Watkins: Violin Concerto (BBC commission: world premiere) Alina Ibragimova (violin) Edward Gardner (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 24th August at 2.20pm. BBC Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner in music by Part, Britten and Huw Watkins. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the four evocative Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, the heartrending strings and tolling bell of the Cantus by Arvo Pärt (75 this year) which forms a hypnotic tribute to Britten, and the Fifth Symphony by one of Britten's great friends - a work which brought Shostakovich back into favour with Soviet authorities. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the four evocative Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, the heartrending strings and tolling bell of the Cantus by Arvo Pärt (75 this year) which forms a hypnotic tribute to Britten, and the Fifth Symphony by one of Britten's great friends - a work which brought Shostakovich back into favour with Soviet authorities. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in the new concerto by Huw Watkins, who often appears as a pianist with her in recitals. Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten Britten: Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' Huw Watkins: Violin Concerto (BBC commission: world premiere) Alina Ibragimova (violin) Edward Gardner (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 24th August at 2.20pm. BBC Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner in music by Part, Britten and Huw Watkins.
01	2010, Prom 44, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky - Part 1	20100818		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Suzy Klein The Russian National Orchestra returns to the Proms in this its 20th anniversary year. After a dramatic overture by Beethoven, depicting the heroic Roman general Coriolanus, the orchestra focuses on music from its homeland. Rachmaninov is a composer close to the heart of tonight's soloist, Nikolai Lugansky, who performs the radiant and inventive piano variations on Paganini's theme. Tchaikovsky's orchestral suite was initially conceived as a symphony, but he found this form to be more flexible, and he also included a set of flamboyant variations at the end. Beethoven: Overture 'Coriolan' Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Andrey Boreyko (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 1st September at 2.20pm. . Russian National Orchestra/Andrey Boreyko in Beethoven and Rachmaninov. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Suzy Klein The Russian National Orchestra returns to the Proms in this its 20th anniversary year. After a dramatic overture by Beethoven, depicting the heroic Roman general Coriolanus, the orchestra focuses on music from its homeland. Rachmaninov is a composer close to the heart of tonight's soloist, Nikolai Lugansky, who performs the radiant and inventive piano variations on Paganini's theme. Tchaikovsky's orchestral suite was initially conceived as a symphony, but he found this form to be more flexible, and he also included a set of flamboyant variations at the end. Beethoven: Overture 'Coriolan' Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Andrey Boreyko (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 1st September at 2.20pm. Russian National Orchestra/Andrey Boreyko in Beethoven and Rachmaninov. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Suzy Klein The Russian National Orchestra returns to the Proms in this its 20th anniversary year. After a dramatic overture by Beethoven, depicting the heroic Roman general Coriolanus, the orchestra focuses on music from its homeland. Rachmaninov is a composer close to the heart of tonight's soloist, Nikolai Lugansky, who performs the radiant and inventive piano variations on Paganini's theme. Tchaikovsky's orchestral suite was initially conceived as a symphony, but he found this form to be more flexible, and he also included a set of flamboyant variations at the end. Beethoven: Overture 'Coriolan' Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Andrey Boreyko (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 1st September at 2.20pm. Russian National Orchestra/Andrey Boreyko in Beethoven and Rachmaninov.
01	2010, Prom 45, Mozart, Liszt, Dillon, Tchaikovsky - Part 1	20100819		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Marking the 75th anniversary of the formation of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, this Prom recreates the programme from 1962 when they first appeared at the Proms, with the addition of the UK premiere of James Dillon's single-movement 'La navette' which weaves string and woodwind textures across a sturdy framework of brass and percussion. A Mozart overture and two perennial Russian favourites are complemented by Liszt's virtuosic showpiece concerto with pianist Boris Giltburg. Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor - overture Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade Boris Giltburg (piano) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 27th August at 2.20pm. . The BBC SSO under Martyn Brabbins performs music by Mozart, Liszt and Rimsky-Korsakov. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Marking the 75th anniversary of the formation of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, this Prom recreates the programme from 1962 when they first appeared at the Proms, with the addition of the UK premiere of James Dillon's single-movement 'La navette' which weaves string and woodwind textures across a sturdy framework of brass and percussion. A Mozart overture and two perennial Russian favourites are complemented by Liszt's virtuosic showpiece concerto with pianist Boris Giltburg. Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor - overture Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade Boris Giltburg (piano) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 27th August at 2.20pm. The BBC SSO under Martyn Brabbins performs music by Mozart, Liszt and Rimsky-Korsakov. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Marking the 75th anniversary of the formation of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, this Prom recreates the programme from 1962 when they first appeared at the Proms, with the addition of the UK premiere of James Dillon's single-movement 'La navette' which weaves string and woodwind textures across a sturdy framework of brass and percussion. A Mozart overture and two perennial Russian favourites are complemented by Liszt's virtuosic showpiece concerto with pianist Boris Giltburg. Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor - overture Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade Boris Giltburg (piano) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 27th August at 2.20pm. The BBC SSO under Martyn Brabbins performs music by Mozart, Liszt and Rimsky-Korsakov.
01	2010, Prom 46, Mosolov, Part, Ravel, Scriabin - Part 1	20100820		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Esa-Pekka Salonen has been Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra for less than two years, but his distinctive programming and conducting has already made its mark on London's concert life, and their BBC Prom together epitomises their relationship. It starts with a bang - Alexander Mosolov's futuristic aural picture of industrial 1920s Soviet Russia - and continues with a UK premiere from Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, bringing to a climax the BBC Proms celebrations of his 75th birthday. Two early twentieth-century classics complete the programme: Ravel's remarkable piano concerto for the left hand only, and a sensual ochestral showpiece from Scriabin. Mosolov: The Foundry Arvo Pärt: Symphony No. 4, 'Los Angeles' (UK premiere) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 26th August at 2.20pm. . Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen in Mosolov: The Foundry. Part: Symphony No 4 (Los Angeles). BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Esa-Pekka Salonen has been Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra for less than two years, but his distinctive programming and conducting has already made its mark on London's concert life, and their BBC Prom together epitomises their relationship. It starts with a bang - Alexander Mosolov's futuristic aural picture of industrial 1920s Soviet Russia - and continues with a UK premiere from Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, bringing to a climax the BBC Proms celebrations of his 75th birthday. Two early twentieth-century classics complete the programme: Ravel's remarkable piano concerto for the left hand only, and a sensual ochestral showpiece from Scriabin. Mosolov: The Foundry Arvo Pärt: Symphony No. 4, 'Los Angeles' (UK premiere) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 26th August at 2.20pm. Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen in Mosolov: The Foundry. Part: Symphony No 4 (Los Angeles). BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch Esa-Pekka Salonen has been Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra for less than two years, but his distinctive programming and conducting has already made its mark on London's concert life, and their BBC Prom together epitomises their relationship. It starts with a bang - Alexander Mosolov's futuristic aural picture of industrial 1920s Soviet Russia - and continues with a UK premiere from Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, bringing to a climax the BBC Proms celebrations of his 75th birthday. Two early twentieth-century classics complete the programme: Ravel's remarkable piano concerto for the left hand only, and a sensual ochestral showpiece from Scriabin. Mosolov: The Foundry Arvo Pärt: Symphony No. 4, 'Los Angeles' (UK premiere) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 26th August at 2.20pm. Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen in Mosolov: The Foundry. Part: Symphony No 4 (Los Angeles).
01	2010, Prom 48, Wagner, Mahler, Beethoven - Part 1	20100821		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The young Montreal-born Yannick N退zet-S退guin has quickly become one of the names to watch among conductors. He brings the orchestra of which he is now Music Director to the Proms for a concert that includes one of Wagner's early operatic overtures and Beethoven's groundbreaking 3rd Symphony. Orchestra and conductor are joined by one of the world's leading baritones, Simon Keenlyside, for Mahler's poignant songs setting poems by Friedrich Rückert on the subjects of life, love and death. Wagner: Tannhäuser - Overture Mahler: Rückert-Lieder Simon Keenlyside, baritone Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Yannick N退zet-S退guin, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 14th September at 2.00pm. . Rotterdam Philharmonic/Yannick Nezet-Seguin in music by Wagner and Mahler. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The young Montreal-born Yannick N退zet-S退guin has quickly become one of the names to watch among conductors. He brings the orchestra of which he is now Music Director to the Proms for a concert that includes one of Wagner's early operatic overtures and Beethoven's groundbreaking 3rd Symphony. Orchestra and conductor are joined by one of the world's leading baritones, Simon Keenlyside, for Mahler's poignant songs setting poems by Friedrich Rückert on the subjects of life, love and death. Wagner: Tannhäuser - Overture Mahler: Rückert-Lieder Simon Keenlyside, baritone Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Yannick N退zet-S退guin, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 14th September at 2.00pm. Rotterdam Philharmonic/Yannick Nezet-Seguin in music by Wagner and Mahler. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The young Montreal-born Yannick N退zet-S退guin has quickly become one of the names to watch among conductors. He brings the orchestra of which he is now Music Director to the Proms for a concert that includes one of Wagner's early operatic overtures and Beethoven's groundbreaking 3rd Symphony. Orchestra and conductor are joined by one of the world's leading baritones, Simon Keenlyside, for Mahler's poignant songs setting poems by Friedrich Rückert on the subjects of life, love and death. Wagner: Tannhäuser - Overture Mahler: Rückert-Lieder Simon Keenlyside, baritone Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Yannick N退zet-S退guin, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 14th September at 2.00pm. Rotterdam Philharmonic/Yannick Nezet-Seguin in music by Wagner and Mahler.
01	2010, Prom 50, Mozart, Bartok, Haydn - Part 1	20100822		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor, David Robertson, makes the first of two appearances this season. Between Mozart's final operatic overture and the most determinedly optimistic of Haydn's 'London' symphonies come two contrasting works by Bartók: the unusually mellow and good-humoured Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring distinguished pianist Richard Goode, and the compact burst of fierce vocal virtuosity in which Bartók retells the Romanian coming-of-age parable of nine young hunters fleeing their roost. Mozart: The Magic Flute - Overture Bartók: Piano Concerto No.3 Richard Goode, piano Nicholas Phan, tenor Ashley Holland, baritone BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson, conductor. . The BBC Symphony Orchestra under David Robertson performs music by Mozart and Bartok. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor, David Robertson, makes the first of two appearances this season. Between Mozart's final operatic overture and the most determinedly optimistic of Haydn's 'London' symphonies come two contrasting works by Bartók: the unusually mellow and good-humoured Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring distinguished pianist Richard Goode, and the compact burst of fierce vocal virtuosity in which Bartók retells the Romanian coming-of-age parable of nine young hunters fleeing their roost. Mozart: The Magic Flute - Overture Bartók: Piano Concerto No.3 Richard Goode, piano Nicholas Phan, tenor Ashley Holland, baritone BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus David Robertson, conductor. The BBC Symphony Orchestra under David Robertson performs music by Mozart and Bartok.
01	2010, Prom 51, Schumann, Berlioz, Schnelzer - Part 1	20100823		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sings Berlioz's tender songs of love sought, found and lost with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Örebro, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. Also in the programme, romantic symphonies by Schumann and a new work by Albert Schnelzer. Eight years before he began his First Symphony in 1841, Schumann began an earlier one. Thomas Dausgaard - who has recorded a complete Schumann cycle with his agile Swedish Chamber Orchestra - opens with its sprightly first movement and ends the Proms' Schumann bicentenary symphony cycle with the biggest and most stirring of the set. Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer pays tribute both to Haydn's playful character and to film director Tim Burton, born in the Californian city of Burbank. Schumann: Symphony in G minor, 'Zwickau' (incomplete) Berlioz: Les nuits d'退t退 Nina Stemme, soprano Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Örebro Thomas Dausgaard, conductor This Prom is repeated on Monday 30th August at 2.00pm. . Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard in music by Schumann and Berlioz. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sings Berlioz's tender songs of love sought, found and lost with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Örebro, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. Also in the programme, romantic symphonies by Schumann and a new work by Albert Schnelzer. Eight years before he began his First Symphony in 1841, Schumann began an earlier one. Thomas Dausgaard - who has recorded a complete Schumann cycle with his agile Swedish Chamber Orchestra - opens with its sprightly first movement and ends the Proms' Schumann bicentenary symphony cycle with the biggest and most stirring of the set. Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer pays tribute both to Haydn's playful character and to film director Tim Burton, born in the Californian city of Burbank. Schumann: Symphony in G minor, 'Zwickau' (incomplete) Berlioz: Les nuits d'退t退 Nina Stemme, soprano Thomas Dausgaard, conductor This Prom is repeated on Monday 30th August at 2.00pm. Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard in music by Schumann and Berlioz. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sings Berlioz's tender songs of love sought, found and lost with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Örebro, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. Also in the programme, romantic symphonies by Schumann and a new work by Albert Schnelzer. Eight years before he began his First Symphony in 1841, Schumann began an earlier one. Thomas Dausgaard - who has recorded a complete Schumann cycle with his agile Swedish Chamber Orchestra - opens with its sprightly first movement and ends the Proms' Schumann bicentenary symphony cycle with the biggest and most stirring of the set. Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer pays tribute both to Haydn's playful character and to film director Tim Burton, born in the Californian city of Burbank. Schumann: Symphony in G minor, 'Zwickau' (incomplete) Berlioz: Les nuits d'退t退 Nina Stemme, soprano Thomas Dausgaard, conductor This Prom is repeated on Monday 30th August at 2.00pm. Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard in music by Schumann and Berlioz.
01	2010, Prom 52, Strauss, Ravel, Scriabin - Part 1	20100824		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Vladimir Ashkenazy and the visiting Sydney Symphony perform Richard Strauss's lushly romantic waltzes which conjure up eighteenth-century Vienna, and Scriabin's multi-coloured Third Symphony which portrays the cosmic dance between the human spirit and the cosmos. French-born pianist H退lène Grimaud joins them for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, which dances to the rhythms of the Jazz Age. R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - suite Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major H退lène Grimaud, piano Sydney Symphony Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor This Prom is repeated on Tuesday 31st August at 2.00pm. . Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Sydney Symphony in music by Strauss and Ravel. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Vladimir Ashkenazy and the visiting Sydney Symphony perform Richard Strauss's lushly romantic waltzes which conjure up eighteenth-century Vienna, and Scriabin's multi-coloured Third Symphony which portrays the cosmic dance between the human spirit and the cosmos. French-born pianist H退lène Grimaud joins them for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, which dances to the rhythms of the Jazz Age. R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - suite Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major H退lène Grimaud, piano Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor This Prom is repeated on Tuesday 31st August at 2.00pm. Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Sydney Symphony in music by Strauss and Ravel. Vladimir Ashkenazy and the visiting Sydney Symphony perform Richard Strauss's lushly romantic waltzes which conjure up eighteenth-century Vienna, and Scriabin's multi-coloured Third Symphony which portrays the cosmic dance between the human spirit and the cosmos. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Vladimir Ashkenazy and the visiting Sydney Symphony perform Richard Strauss's lushly romantic waltzes which conjure up eighteenth-century Vienna, and Scriabin's multi-coloured Third Symphony which portrays the cosmic dance between the human spirit and the cosmos. French-born pianist H退lène Grimaud joins them for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, which dances to the rhythms of the Jazz Age. R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - suite Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major H退lène Grimaud, piano Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor This Prom is repeated on Tuesday 31st August at 2.00pm. Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Sydney Symphony in music by Strauss and Ravel.
01	2010, Prom 53, Mozart, Sorensen, Grieg - Part 1	20100825		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Fiona Talkington The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra performs with joint Artistic Director Isabelle van Keulen and Principal Guest Director Leif Ove Andsnes leading from violin and piano respectively. Two contrasting works by Mozart - the sparkling 'Haffner' Symphony and the more dramatic C minor Piano Concerto - frame Scandinavian pieces new and old: Grieg's beloved string-orchestra classic and Danish Bent Sørensen's new piano concerto, La mattina, which the composer regards as containing both his 'darkest and most profound' music. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner' Bent Sørensen: La mattina* (UK premiere) Leif Ove Andsnes, piano/director Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Isabelle van Keulen, director/leader Per Kristian Skalstad, conductor This Prom is repeated on Thursday 2nd September at 2.00pm. . The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra performs music by Mozart and Bent Sorensen. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Fiona Talkington The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra performs with joint Artistic Director Isabelle van Keulen and Principal Guest Director Leif Ove Andsnes leading from violin and piano respectively. Two contrasting works by Mozart - the sparkling 'Haffner' Symphony and the more dramatic C minor Piano Concerto - frame Scandinavian pieces new and old: Grieg's beloved string-orchestra classic and Danish Bent Sørensen's new piano concerto, La mattina, which the composer regards as containing both his 'darkest and most profound' music. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner' Bent Sørensen: La mattina (UK premiere) Leif Ove Andsnes, piano/director Isabelle van Keulen, director/leader Per Kristian Skalstad, conductor This Prom is repeated on Thursday 2nd September at 2.00pm. The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra performs music by Mozart and Bent Sorensen. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Fiona Talkington The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra performs with joint Artistic Director Isabelle van Keulen and Principal Guest Director Leif Ove Andsnes leading from violin and piano respectively. Two contrasting works by Mozart - the sparkling 'Haffner' Symphony and the more dramatic C minor Piano Concerto - frame Scandinavian pieces new and old: Grieg's beloved string-orchestra classic and Danish Bent Sørensen's new piano concerto, La mattina, which the composer regards as containing both his 'darkest and most profound' music. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner' Bent Sørensen: La mattina (UK premiere) Leif Ove Andsnes, piano/director Isabelle van Keulen, director/leader *Per Kristian Skalstad, conductor This Prom is repeated on Thursday 2nd September at 2.00pm. The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra performs music by Mozart and Bent Sorensen.
01	2010, Prom 54, Turner, Barber, Sibelius - Part 1	20100826		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor, David Robertson, conducts two enduring works by composers who fashioned a new aesthetic out of Romantic roots, and the world premiere of a new commission in his 50th-birthday year from jazz-inspired Mark-Anthony Turnage, who has resolved not to write 'an old man's piece'! The expansive melodies and edgy pace of centenary composer Samuel Barber are at their most powerful in the Violin Concerto, played here by Israeli-American virtuoso Gil Shaham. Sibelius's Second Symphony traces a path from terse drama to great affirmation. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Hammered Out (World Premiere - BBC co-commission with Los Angeles Phiharmonic) Barber: Violin Concerto Gil Shaham, violin BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson, conductor This Prom is repeated on Wednesday 8th September at 2.00pm. . BBC SO/David Robertson in Turnage: Hammered. Barber: Violin Concerto. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor, David Robertson, conducts two enduring works by composers who fashioned a new aesthetic out of Romantic roots, and the world premiere of a new commission in his 50th-birthday year from jazz-inspired Mark-Anthony Turnage, who has resolved not to write 'an old man's piece'! The expansive melodies and edgy pace of centenary composer Samuel Barber are at their most powerful in the Violin Concerto, played here by Israeli-American virtuoso Gil Shaham. Sibelius's Second Symphony traces a path from terse drama to great affirmation. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Hammered Out (World Premiere - BBC co-commission with Los Angeles Phiharmonic) Barber: Violin Concerto Gil Shaham, violin David Robertson, conductor This Prom is repeated on Wednesday 8th September at 2.00pm. BBC SO/David Robertson in Turnage: Hammered. Barber: Violin Concerto. BBC SO/David Robertson in Turnage: Hammered. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew Mcgregor The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor, David Robertson, conducts two enduring works by composers who fashioned a new aesthetic out of Romantic roots, and the world premiere of a new commission in his 50th-birthday year from jazz-inspired Mark-Anthony Turnage, who has resolved not to write 'an old man's piece'! The expansive melodies and edgy pace of centenary composer Samuel Barber are at their most powerful in the Violin Concerto, played here by Israeli-American virtuoso Gil Shaham. Sibelius's Second Symphony traces a path from terse drama to great affirmation. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Hammered Out (World Premiere - BBC co-commission with Los Angeles Phiharmonic) Barber: Violin Concerto Gil Shaham, violin David Robertson, conductor This Prom is repeated on Wednesday 8th September at 2.00pm. BBC SO/David Robertson in Turnage: Hammered.
01	2010, Prom 56, Barber, Shostakovich, Bruckner - Part 1	20100827		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The first of two Proms given by the Minnesota Orchestra from the United States led by their Chief Conductor Osmo Vanska. Tonight they begin with a rarely-heard work by Samuel Barber, a cinematically imagined tone poem which he wrote as a young man after reading Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound'. Shostakovich's 1st Cello Concerto - one of the most popular works in the cello repertoire but also one of the most difficult - is performed by young American cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the concert ends with Bruckner's 4th Symphony, labelled 'Romantic' by the composer and inspired by tales of medieval romance. Barber: Music for a Scene from Shelley Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major Alisa Weilerstein, cello Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Friday 3rd September at 2.00pm. . The Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vanska performs music by Barber and Shostakovich. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The first of two Proms given by the Minnesota Orchestra from the United States led by their Chief Conductor Osmo Vanska. Tonight they begin with a rarely-heard work by Samuel Barber, a cinematically imagined tone poem which he wrote as a young man after reading Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound'. Shostakovich's 1st Cello Concerto - one of the most popular works in the cello repertoire but also one of the most difficult - is performed by young American cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the concert ends with Bruckner's 4th Symphony, labelled 'Romantic' by the composer and inspired by tales of medieval romance. Barber: Music for a Scene from Shelley Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major Alisa Weilerstein, cello Osmo Vänskä, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Friday 3rd September at 2.00pm. The Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vanska performs music by Barber and Shostakovich. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The first of two Proms given by the Minnesota Orchestra from the United States led by their Chief Conductor Osmo Vanska. Tonight they begin with a rarely-heard work by Samuel Barber, a cinematically imagined tone poem which he wrote as a young man after reading Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound'. Shostakovich's 1st Cello Concerto - one of the most popular works in the cello repertoire but also one of the most difficult - is performed by young American cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the concert ends with Bruckner's 4th Symphony, labelled 'Romantic' by the composer and inspired by tales of medieval romance. Barber: Music for a Scene from Shelley Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major Alisa Weilerstein, cello Osmo Vänskä, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Friday 3rd September at 2.00pm. The Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vanska performs music by Barber and Shostakovich.
01	2010, Prom 57, Berg, Beethoven - Part 1	20100828		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore. In the second concert of their visit to the Proms, the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vanska perform Berg's last completed work alongside Beethoven's final symphony. Violinist Gil Shaham is the soloist in Berg's concerto: a heartfelt tribute to a dead friend and dedicated "To the memory of an angel", and for the annual Proms performance of Beethoven's 9th - a work championing the brotherhood of humanity - the orchestra are joined by a line-up of international soloists and the BBC Symphony Chorus. Berg: Violin Concerto Gil Shaham, violin Helena Juntunen, soprano Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano Eric Cutler, tenor Neal Davies, bass BBC Symphony Chorus Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 6th September at 2.00pm. . Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vanska in Berg's Violin Concerto, with soloist Gil Shaham. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore. In the second concert of their visit to the Proms, the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vanska perform Berg's last completed work alongside Beethoven's final symphony. Violinist Gil Shaham is the soloist in Berg's concerto: a heartfelt tribute to a dead friend and dedicated "To the memory of an angel", and for the annual Proms performance of Beethoven's 9th - a work championing the brotherhood of humanity - the orchestra are joined by a line-up of international soloists and the BBC Symphony Chorus. Berg: Violin Concerto Gil Shaham, violin Helena Juntunen, soprano Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano Eric Cutler, tenor Neal Davies, bass Osmo Vänskä, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 6th September at 2.00pm. Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vanska in Berg's Violin Concerto, with soloist Gil Shaham. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore. In the second concert of their visit to the Proms, the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vanska perform Berg's last completed work alongside Beethoven's final symphony. Violinist Gil Shaham is the soloist in Berg's concerto: a heartfelt tribute to a dead friend and dedicated "To the memory of an angel", and for the annual Proms performance of Beethoven's 9th - a work championing the brotherhood of humanity - the orchestra are joined by a line-up of international soloists and the BBC Symphony Chorus. Berg: Violin Concerto Gil Shaham, violin Helena Juntunen, soprano Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano Eric Cutler, tenor Neal Davies, bass Osmo Vänskä, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 6th September at 2.00pm. Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vanska in Berg's Violin Concerto, with soloist Gil Shaham.
01	2010, Prom 58, Dvorak, Martinu, Grieg, Janacek - Part 1	20100829		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the visiting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra frame their programme with Dvorak's ebullient, life-affirming Carnival Overture and his radiant 8th Symphony. In between, Martinu's 6th Symphony dances with Czech and Moravian folk melodies and rhythms; there's a detour to the Norwegian fjords for Grieg's Piano Concerto with Lars Vogt; and back to the Moravian Janacek whose gentle Ballad of Blanik was inspired by recent Czech independence and the new nation's legendary guardians. Dvorák: Overture, 'Carnival' Martinu: Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No. 6) Lars Vogt, piano Czech Philhamonic Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 7th September at 2.20pm. . Czech Philharmonic/J Eliot Gardiner in Dvorak: Carnival Overture. Martinu: Symphony No 6. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the visiting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra frame their programme with Dvorak's ebullient, life-affirming Carnival Overture and his radiant 8th Symphony. In between, Martinu's 6th Symphony dances with Czech and Moravian folk melodies and rhythms; there's a detour to the Norwegian fjords for Grieg's Piano Concerto with Lars Vogt; and back to the Moravian Janacek whose gentle Ballad of Blanik was inspired by recent Czech independence and the new nation's legendary guardians. Dvorák: Overture, 'Carnival' Martinu: Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No. 6) Lars Vogt, piano Czech Philhamonic Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 7th September at 2.20pm. Czech Philharmonic/J Eliot Gardiner in Dvorak: Carnival Overture. Martinu: Symphony No 6. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the visiting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra frame their programme with Dvorak's ebullient, life-affirming Carnival Overture and his radiant 8th Symphony. In between, Martinu's 6th Symphony dances with Czech and Moravian folk melodies and rhythms; there's a detour to the Norwegian fjords for Grieg's Piano Concerto with Lars Vogt; and back to the Moravian Janacek whose gentle Ballad of Blanik was inspired by recent Czech independence and the new nation's legendary guardians. Dvorák: Overture, 'Carnival' Martinu: Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No. 6) Lars Vogt, piano Czech Philhamonic Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 7th September at 2.20pm. Czech Philharmonic/J Eliot Gardiner in Dvorak: Carnival Overture. Martinu: Symphony No 6.
01	2010, Prom 59, Children's Prom - Part 1	20100830		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The dynamic young conductor Nicholas Collon and his Aurora Orchestra take a whistle-stop tour through some exciting and enchanting moments in classical music for this Children's Prom. Helping them on their journey are talented young musicians from the National Children's and National Youth Chamber Orchestras. Adding to the fun onstage are Capoeira dancers, and a few additional surprises along the way. Gabrieli: Canzon from the Sacrae Symphoniae Lully: Alceste Suite - Lour退 pour les pecheurs John Adams: Chamber Symphony - Finale Bach (arr. Chris Willis): Fugue Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor National Children's Chamber Orchestra National Youth Chamber Orchestra Nicholas Collon, conductor. . Nicholas Collon conducts a children's Prom. Features Gabrieli, Lully, Adams, Bach, Brahms. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The dynamic young conductor Nicholas Collon and his Aurora Orchestra take a whistle-stop tour through some exciting and enchanting moments in classical music for this Children's Prom. Helping them on their journey are talented young musicians from the National Children's and National Youth Chamber Orchestras. Adding to the fun onstage are Capoeira dancers, and a few additional surprises along the way. Gabrieli: Canzon from the Sacrae Symphoniae Lully: Alceste Suite - Lour退 pour les pecheurs John Adams: Chamber Symphony - Finale Bach (arr. Chris Willis): Fugue Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor National Children's Chamber Orchestra Nicholas Collon, conductor. Nicholas Collon conducts a children's Prom. Features Gabrieli, Lully, Adams, Bach, Brahms. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The dynamic young conductor Nicholas Collon and his Aurora Orchestra take a whistle-stop tour through some exciting and enchanting moments in classical music for this Children's Prom. Helping them on their journey are talented young musicians from the National Children's and National Youth Chamber Orchestras. Adding to the fun onstage are Capoeira dancers, and a few additional surprises along the way. Gabrieli: Canzon from the Sacrae Symphoniae Lully: Alceste Suite - Lour退 pour les pecheurs John Adams: Chamber Symphony - Finale Bach (arr. Chris Willis): Fugue Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor National Children's Chamber Orchestra Nicholas Collon, conductor. Nicholas Collon conducts a children's Prom. Features Gabrieli, Lully, Adams, Bach, Brahms.
01	2010, Prom 60, Walton, Arnold, Bernstein, Gershwin - Part 1	20100830		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Making his Proms debut, the BBC Concert Orchestra's new Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart brings some American dazzle to the Royal Albert Hall, along with some classic pieces associated with his other orchestra, the Boston Pops. The programme includes a BBC commission from Graham Fitkin, who has composed PK for combined forces of the BBC Concert Orchestra and a family community group of musicians from Cornwall where he lives. Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow Arnold: Four Cornish Dances Graham Fitkin: PK (BBC commission: world premiere) BBC Proms Family Orchestra & Chorus Graham Fitkin, conductor Lincoln Abbotts, conductor BBC Concert Orchestra Keith Lockhart, conductor. . Keith Lockhart conducts the BBC CO in Walton, Butterworth, Arnold and Fitkin. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Making his Proms debut, the BBC Concert Orchestra's new Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart brings some American dazzle to the Royal Albert Hall, along with some classic pieces associated with his other orchestra, the Boston Pops. The programme includes a BBC commission from Graham Fitkin, who has composed PK for combined forces of the BBC Concert Orchestra and a family community group of musicians from Cornwall where he lives. Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow Arnold: Four Cornish Dances Graham Fitkin: PK (BBC commission: world premiere) BBC Proms Family Orchestra & Chorus Graham Fitkin, conductor Lincoln Abbotts, conductor Keith Lockhart, conductor. Keith Lockhart conducts the BBC CO in Walton, Butterworth, Arnold and Fitkin. The programme includes a BBC commission from Graham Fitkin, who has composed PK for combined forces of the BBC Concert Orchestra and a family community group of musicians from Cornwall where he lives. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Making his Proms debut, the BBC Concert Orchestra's new Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart brings some American dazzle to the Royal Albert Hall, along with some classic pieces associated with his other orchestra, the Boston Pops. The programme includes a BBC commission from Graham Fitkin, who has composed PK for combined forces of the BBC Concert Orchestra and a family community group of musicians from Cornwall where he lives. Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow Arnold: Four Cornish Dances Graham Fitkin: PK (BBC commission: world premiere) BBC Proms Family Orchestra & Chorus Graham Fitkin, conductor Lincoln Abbotts, conductor Keith Lockhart, conductor. Keith Lockhart conducts the BBC CO in Walton, Butterworth, Arnold and Fitkin.
01	2010, Prom 61, Hansel Und Gretel - Acts 1, 2	20100831		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne Festival Opera brings Hansel und Gretel to the Proms. Humperdinck's tuneful opera adds layers of psychological meaning to Grimm's fairy tale of abandoned children, absent parents and things that go bump in the woods at night. A delicious blend of styles from the fairy-music of Mendelssohn to the opulent harmonies and orchestration of Wagner, this is children's opera for grown-ups. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (semi-staged; sung in German) Acts I & II Alice Coote, Hänsel Lydia Teuscher, Gretel Irmgard Vilsmaier, Mother William Dazeley, Father Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Witch Tara Erraught, Sandman Ida Falk Winland, Dew Fairy Glyndebourne Festival Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati, conductor. . Glyndebourne Festival Opera/Robin Ticciati in Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (Acts 1, 2). BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne Festival Opera brings Hansel und Gretel to the Proms. Humperdinck's tuneful opera adds layers of psychological meaning to Grimm's fairy tale of abandoned children, absent parents and things that go bump in the woods at night. A delicious blend of styles from the fairy-music of Mendelssohn to the opulent harmonies and orchestration of Wagner, this is children's opera for grown-ups. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (semi-staged; sung in German) Acts I & II Alice Coote, Hänsel Lydia Teuscher, Gretel Irmgard Vilsmaier, Mother William Dazeley, Father Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Witch Tara Erraught, Sandman Ida Falk Winland, Dew Fairy Glyndebourne Festival Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati, conductor. Glyndebourne Festival Opera/Robin Ticciati in Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (Acts 1, 2). 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne Festival Opera brings Hansel und Gretel to the Proms. Humperdinck's tuneful opera adds layers of psychological meaning to Grimm's fairy tale of abandoned children, absent parents and things that go bump in the woods at night. A delicious blend of styles from the fairy-music of Mendelssohn to the opulent harmonies and orchestration of Wagner, this is children's opera for grown-ups. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (semi-staged; sung in German) Acts I & II Alice Coote, Hänsel Lydia Teuscher, Gretel Irmgard Vilsmaier, Mother William Dazeley, Father Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Witch Tara Erraught, Sandman Ida Falk Winland, Dew Fairy Glyndebourne Festival Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati, conductor. Glyndebourne Festival Opera/Robin Ticciati in Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (Acts 1, 2).
01	2010, Prom 62, Hindemith, Mahler, Bruckner - Part 1	20100901		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Proms welcomes the last of its youth orchestras for this season. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra was founded 25 years ago by Claudio Abbado and nowadays chooses from among the world's leading conductors for its tours. The veteran Swedish maestro Herbert Blomstedt has made something of a speciality of the music of Hindemith and Bruckner and the concert features symphonies by both composers - the orchestral work that Hindemith based on his opera about 'Mathis the Painter' and Bruckner's final unfinished masterpiece. Between these symphonies, the leading German baritone Christian Gerhaher sings Mahler's youthful 'Songs of a Wayfarer', telling of a young man's unrequited love. Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Christian Gerhaher, baritone Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Herbert Blomstedt, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th September at 2.00pm. . The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Herbert Blomstedt performs Hindemith and Mahler. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Proms welcomes the last of its youth orchestras for this season. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra was founded 25 years ago by Claudio Abbado and nowadays chooses from among the world's leading conductors for its tours. The veteran Swedish maestro Herbert Blomstedt has made something of a speciality of the music of Hindemith and Bruckner and the concert features symphonies by both composers - the orchestral work that Hindemith based on his opera about 'Mathis the Painter' and Bruckner's final unfinished masterpiece. Between these symphonies, the leading German baritone Christian Gerhaher sings Mahler's youthful 'Songs of a Wayfarer', telling of a young man's unrequited love. Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Christian Gerhaher, baritone Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Herbert Blomstedt, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th September at 2.00pm. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Herbert Blomstedt performs Hindemith and Mahler. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Proms welcomes the last of its youth orchestras for this season. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra was founded 25 years ago by Claudio Abbado and nowadays chooses from among the world's leading conductors for its tours. The veteran Swedish maestro Herbert Blomstedt has made something of a speciality of the music of Hindemith and Bruckner and the concert features symphonies by both composers - the orchestral work that Hindemith based on his opera about 'Mathis the Painter' and Bruckner's final unfinished masterpiece. Between these symphonies, the leading German baritone Christian Gerhaher sings Mahler's youthful 'Songs of a Wayfarer', telling of a young man's unrequited love. Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Christian Gerhaher, baritone Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Herbert Blomstedt, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th September at 2.00pm. The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Herbert Blomstedt performs Hindemith and Mahler.
01	2010, Prom 63, Rameau, Canteloube, Matalon, Mussorgsky - Part 1	20100902		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The BBC National Orchestra of Wales' French-born associate conductor, François-Xavier Roth, directs a mainly French-flavoured programme beginning with a brilliant suite by Rameau and a selection of Canteloube's seductive folk song settings. The title of Paris-based Argentinian composer Martin Matalon's new work translates as 'Lines of Flight' and relates to a technique in drawing where added lines produce depth and perspective in a picture. Finally a rarely-heard version of Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated with characteristic flair and imagination by founder of the Proms, Sir Henry Wood. Rameau: Dardanus - suite Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne - selection Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano BBC National Orchestra of Wales François-Xavier Roth, conductor This prom will be repeated on Thursday 9th September at 2.20pm. . The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Francois-Xavier Roth in Rameau and Canteloube. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The BBC National Orchestra of Wales' French-born associate conductor, François-Xavier Roth, directs a mainly French-flavoured programme beginning with a brilliant suite by Rameau and a selection of Canteloube's seductive folk song settings. The title of Paris-based Argentinian composer Martin Matalon's new work translates as 'Lines of Flight' and relates to a technique in drawing where added lines produce depth and perspective in a picture. Finally a rarely-heard version of Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated with characteristic flair and imagination by founder of the Proms, Sir Henry Wood. Rameau: Dardanus - suite Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne - selection Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano François-Xavier Roth, conductor This prom will be repeated on Thursday 9th September at 2.20pm. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Francois-Xavier Roth in Rameau and Canteloube. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The BBC National Orchestra of Wales' French-born associate conductor, François-Xavier Roth, directs a mainly French-flavoured programme beginning with a brilliant suite by Rameau and a selection of Canteloube's seductive folk song settings. The title of Paris-based Argentinian composer Martin Matalon's new work translates as 'Lines of Flight' and relates to a technique in drawing where added lines produce depth and perspective in a picture. Finally a rarely-heard version of Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated with characteristic flair and imagination by founder of the Proms, Sir Henry Wood. Rameau: Dardanus - suite Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne - selection Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano François-Xavier Roth, conductor This prom will be repeated on Thursday 9th September at 2.20pm. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Francois-Xavier Roth in Rameau and Canteloube.
01	2010, Prom 65, Beethoven, Mahler - Part 1	20100903		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Simon Rattle and his renowned Berlin Philharmoniker bring a feast of Austro-German classics to the Proms, in two concerts on successive nights, beginning with symphonies by Beethoven and Mahler - the youthful, precocious piece with which Mahler launched his symphonic odyssey, and Beethoven's punchy 4th Symphony, a work packed with drama beneath its sunny surfaces. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 13th September at 2.00pm. . Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic performs Beethoven's Symphony No 4 in B flat. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Simon Rattle and his renowned Berlin Philharmoniker bring a feast of Austro-German classics to the Proms, in two concerts on successive nights, beginning with symphonies by Beethoven and Mahler - the youthful, precocious piece with which Mahler launched his symphonic odyssey, and Beethoven's punchy 4th Symphony, a work packed with drama beneath its sunny surfaces. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 13th September at 2.00pm. Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic performs Beethoven's Symphony No 4 in B flat. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew Mcgregor Simon Rattle and his renowned Berlin Philharmoniker bring a feast of Austro-German classics to the Proms, in two concerts on successive nights, beginning with symphonies by Beethoven and Mahler - the youthful, precocious piece with which Mahler launched his symphonic odyssey, and Beethoven's punchy 4th Symphony, a work packed with drama beneath its sunny surfaces. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 13th September at 2.00pm. Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic performs Beethoven's Symphony No 4 in B flat.
01	2010, Prom 66, Wagner, Strauss, Webern, Berg - Part 1	20100904		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny In the second of their two BBC Proms this year, Simon Rattle and his renowned Berlin orchestra play music from the heart of the Austro-German repertoire. The atmospheric prelude to Wagner's last opera, is followed by Richard Strauss's swansong, with popular Finnish soprano, Karita Mattila, composed in the 1940s but full of nostalgia for the first Romantic age. After the interval, music from the avant-garde maelstrom of early twentieth-century Vienna, as Schoenberg and his pupils Berg and Webern take their cue from the innovations of Wagner, Strauss and Mahler to split traditional tonality at the seams. Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude (Act 1) R. Strauss: Four Last Songs Karita Mattila (soprano) Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 10th September at 2.20pm. . Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in music by Wagner and Strauss. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny In the second of their two BBC Proms this year, Simon Rattle and his renowned Berlin orchestra play music from the heart of the Austro-German repertoire. The atmospheric prelude to Wagner's last opera, is followed by Richard Strauss's swansong, with popular Finnish soprano, Karita Mattila, composed in the 1940s but full of nostalgia for the first Romantic age. After the interval, music from the avant-garde maelstrom of early twentieth-century Vienna, as Schoenberg and his pupils Berg and Webern take their cue from the innovations of Wagner, Strauss and Mahler to split traditional tonality at the seams. Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude (Act 1) R. Strauss: Four Last Songs Karita Mattila (soprano) Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 10th September at 2.20pm. Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in music by Wagner and Strauss. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny In the second of their two BBC Proms this year, Simon Rattle and his renowned Berlin orchestra play music from the heart of the Austro-German repertoire. The atmospheric prelude to Wagner's last opera, is followed by Richard Strauss's swansong, with popular Finnish soprano, Karita Mattila, composed in the 1940s but full of nostalgia for the first Romantic age. After the interval, music from the avant-garde maelstrom of early twentieth-century Vienna, as Schoenberg and his pupils Berg and Webern take their cue from the innovations of Wagner, Strauss and Mahler to split traditional tonality at the seams. Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude (Act 1) R. Strauss: Four Last Songs Karita Mattila (soprano) Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 10th September at 2.20pm. Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in music by Wagner and Strauss.
01	2010, Prom 67, Last Night Of The Proms 1910 - Part 1	20100905		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch In the first of two concerts paying tribute to Proms founder conductor Sir Henry Wood, Paul Daniel joins the BBC Concert Orchestra in a recreation of the mammoth Last Night of the Proms from 1910. The original programme has been supplemented by a BBC commission, continuing Wood's commitment to new works. David Matthews' Dark Pastoral is based on a small fragment of a Cello Concerto by Vaughan Williams. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman - overture Beethoven: Rondino for wind octet Paganini, arr. Pitt: Moto perpetuo Musorgsky, orch. Henry Wood: The Peep-Show Bizet: 'L'Arl退sienne - Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (excerpts) David Matthews/Vaughan Williams: Dark Pastoral (BBC commission: world premiere) Dvorák: Rondo in G minor, Op. 94 Beethoven: Overture 'Leonora' No. 3, Op. 72 Thomas: Mignon - 'Connais-tu le pays?' Dvorák, orch. Henry Wood: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7 Wagner: Kaisermarsch Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) Steven Isserlis (cello) BBC Concert Orchestra Paul Daniel (conductor). . Recreating 1910's Last Night of the Proms, with Wagner, Beethoven, Paganini, Mussorgsky. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch In the first of two concerts paying tribute to Proms founder conductor Sir Henry Wood, Paul Daniel joins the BBC Concert Orchestra in a recreation of the mammoth Last Night of the Proms from 1910. The original programme has been supplemented by a BBC commission, continuing Wood's commitment to new works. David Matthews' Dark Pastoral is based on a small fragment of a Cello Concerto by Vaughan Williams. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman - overture Beethoven: Rondino for wind octet Paganini, arr. Pitt: Moto perpetuo Musorgsky, orch. Henry Wood: The Peep-Show Bizet: 'L'Arl退sienne - Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (excerpts) David Matthews/Vaughan Williams: Dark Pastoral (BBC commission: world premiere) Dvorák: Rondo in G minor, Op. 94 Beethoven: Overture 'Leonora' No. 3, Op. 72 Thomas: Mignon - 'Connais-tu le pays?' Dvorák, orch. Henry Wood: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7 Wagner: Kaisermarsch Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) Steven Isserlis (cello) Paul Daniel (conductor). Recreating 1910's Last Night of the Proms, with Wagner, Beethoven, Paganini, Mussorgsky. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch In the first of two concerts paying tribute to Proms founder conductor Sir Henry Wood, Paul Daniel joins the BBC Concert Orchestra in a recreation of the mammoth Last Night of the Proms from 1910. The original programme has been supplemented by a BBC commission, continuing Wood's commitment to new works. David Matthews' Dark Pastoral is based on a small fragment of a Cello Concerto by Vaughan Williams. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman - overture Beethoven: Rondino for wind octet Paganini, arr. Pitt: Moto perpetuo Musorgsky, orch. Henry Wood: The Peep-Show Bizet: 'L'Arl退sienne - Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (excerpts) David Matthews/Vaughan Williams: Dark Pastoral (BBC commission: world premiere) Dvorák: Rondo in G minor, Op. 94 Beethoven: Overture 'Leonora' No. 3, Op. 72 Thomas: Mignon - 'Connais-tu le pays?' Dvorák, orch. Henry Wood: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. Wagner: Kaisermarsch Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) Steven Isserlis (cello) Paul Daniel (conductor). Recreating 1910's Last Night of the Proms, with Wagner, Beethoven, Paganini, Mussorgsky.
01	2010, Prom 68, Bliss, Bax, Sibelius, Parry - Part 1	20100905		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor To complete Henry Wood day, the Ulster Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor Paul Watkins perform music either premiered by or closely associated with Sir Henry Wood, founder conductor of the Proms. There is inevitably a strong English flavour to the programme with works by Arthur Bliss, Arnold Bax and Hubert Parry. An English composer forgotten now, but who gained recognition in her day, is Dorothy Howell, whose symphonic poem 'Lamia' was given its first performance at a Henry Wood Prom in 1919. The other works from Russia and Finland were all given their UK premiere performances by Henry Wood - including Rachmaninov's expansive First Piano Concerto, played tonight by soloist Steven Osborne. Bliss: Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood Bax: London Pageant Dorothy Howell: Lamia Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor (revised version) Steven Osborne (piano) Ulster Orchestra Paul Watkins (conductor). . The Ulster Orchestra in music linked with Henry Wood by Bliss, Bax, Howell, Rachmaninov. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor To complete Henry Wood day, the Ulster Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor Paul Watkins perform music either premiered by or closely associated with Sir Henry Wood, founder conductor of the Proms. There is inevitably a strong English flavour to the programme with works by Arthur Bliss, Arnold Bax and Hubert Parry. An English composer forgotten now, but who gained recognition in her day, is Dorothy Howell, whose symphonic poem 'Lamia' was given its first performance at a Henry Wood Prom in 1919. The other works from Russia and Finland were all given their UK premiere performances by Henry Wood - including Rachmaninov's expansive First Piano Concerto, played tonight by soloist Steven Osborne. Bliss: Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood Bax: London Pageant Dorothy Howell: Lamia Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor (revised version) Steven Osborne (piano) Paul Watkins (conductor). The Ulster Orchestra in music linked with Henry Wood by Bliss, Bax, Howell, Rachmaninov. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew Mcgregor To complete Henry Wood day, the Ulster Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor Paul Watkins perform music either premiered by or closely associated with Sir Henry Wood, founder conductor of the Proms. There is inevitably a strong English flavour to the programme with works by Arthur Bliss, Arnold Bax and Hubert Parry. An English composer forgotten now, but who gained recognition in her day, is Dorothy Howell, whose symphonic poem 'Lamia' was given its first performance at a Henry Wood Prom in 1919. The other works from Russia and Finland were all given their UK premiere performances by Henry Wood - including Rachmaninov's expansive First Piano Concerto, played tonight by soloist Steven Osborne. Bliss: Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood Bax: London Pageant Dorothy Howell: Lamia Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor (revised version) Steven Osborne (piano) Paul Watkins (conductor). The Ulster Orchestra in music linked with Henry Wood by Bliss, Bax, Howell, Rachmaninov.
01	2010, Prom 69, Berlioz, Beethoven, Macmillan, Respighi - Part 1	20100906		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its French-born Music Director, St退phane Denève, are joined by Paul Lewis as he completes his cycle of the five Beethoven piano concertos with the last and most proudly majestic of them all. Also featured are spectacular orchestral showpieces by Berlioz and Respighi, inspired respectively by Rome's lively street life and its imperial past; and cementing Celtic connections, the RSNO introduces a recent symphonic suite drawn from the Scottish composer James MacMillan's opera The Sacrifice, inspired by the medieval folk tales of The Mabinogion and premiered to great acclaim in 2007. Berlioz: Overture 'Roman Carnival' Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' Paul Lewis (piano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra St退phane Denève (conductor). . RSNO in Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (Paul Lewis). BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its French-born Music Director, St退phane Denève, are joined by Paul Lewis as he completes his cycle of the five Beethoven piano concertos with the last and most proudly majestic of them all. Also featured are spectacular orchestral showpieces by Berlioz and Respighi, inspired respectively by Rome's lively street life and its imperial past; and cementing Celtic connections, the RSNO introduces a recent symphonic suite drawn from the Scottish composer James MacMillan's opera The Sacrifice, inspired by the medieval folk tales of The Mabinogion and premiered to great acclaim in 2007. Berlioz: Overture 'Roman Carnival' Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' Paul Lewis (piano) St退phane Denève (conductor). RSNO in Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (Paul Lewis).
01	2010, Prom 71, Debussy, Stravinsky - Part 1	20100907		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Orchestre National de France and Music Director Daniele Gatti present three vibrant masterpieces with Parisian connections. Debussy's subtly shifting impression of the sea, completed in Eastborne and first performed in Paris, is now one of his best-loved works. His earlier Prelude, inspired by a Mallarm退 poem, alludes to the desires and dreams of the faun. Nijinsky danced his erotic choreography to Debussy's score for the Ballets russes in 1912, and this connection is followed through with Stravinsky's primeval Rite of Spring, which was performed by the Ballets russes in Paris the following year and provoked an even more sensational scandal for Diaghilev's company. Debussy: Pr退lude à l'après-midi d'un faune Debussy: La mer Daniele Gatti (conductor). . Orchestre National de France/Gatti in Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; La mer. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Orchestre National de France and Music Director Daniele Gatti present three vibrant masterpieces with Parisian connections. Debussy's subtly shifting impression of the sea, completed in Eastborne and first performed in Paris, is now one of his best-loved works. His earlier Prelude, inspired by a Mallarm退 poem, alludes to the desires and dreams of the faun. Nijinsky danced his erotic choreography to Debussy's score for the Ballets russes in 1912, and this connection is followed through with Stravinsky's primeval Rite of Spring, which was performed by the Ballets russes in Paris the following year and provoked an even more sensational scandal for Diaghilev's company. Debussy: Pr退lude à l'après-midi d'un faune Debussy: La mer Daniele Gatti (conductor). Orchestre National de France/Gatti in Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; La mer.
01	2010, Prom 72, Wagner, Davies, Bruckner - Part 1	20100908		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Bruckner, like his hero Wagner, composed on a vast scale. The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor, Jiri Belohlávek, pairs the festive prelude from Act 3 of Wagner's 'swan knight' romance with the most overarching and open-hearted of Bruckner's nine symphonies - a work whose slow movement was composed in the shadow of Wagner's death and enshrines Bruckner's musical memorial to the man he revered as the 'Master'. Always a composer of vivid and funky surprises, Tansy Davies promises in her new work to take us on a journey through the Tarot pack. Wagner: Lohengrin - Prelude (Act 3) Tansy Davies: Wild Card (BBC Commission; World Premiere) Jiri Belohlávek (conductor). . BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek in Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 3). Tansy Davies: Wild Card. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Bruckner, like his hero Wagner, composed on a vast scale. The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor, Jiri Belohlávek, pairs the festive prelude from Act 3 of Wagner's 'swan knight' romance with the most overarching and open-hearted of Bruckner's nine symphonies - a work whose slow movement was composed in the shadow of Wagner's death and enshrines Bruckner's musical memorial to the man he revered as the 'Master'. Always a composer of vivid and funky surprises, Tansy Davies promises in her new work to take us on a journey through the Tarot pack. Wagner: Lohengrin - Prelude (Act 3) Tansy Davies: Wild Card (BBC Commission; World Premiere) Jiri Belohlávek (conductor). BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek in Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 3). Tansy Davies: Wild Card. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Bruckner, like his hero Wagner, composed on a vast scale. The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor, Jiri Belohlávek, pairs the festive prelude from Act 3 of Wagner's 'swan knight' romance with the most overarching and open-hearted of Bruckner's nine symphonies - a work whose slow movement was composed in the shadow of Wagner's death and enshrines Bruckner's musical memorial to the man he revered as the 'Master'. Always a composer of vivid and funky surprises, Tansy Davies promises in her new work to take us on a journey through the Tarot pack. Wagner: Lohengrin - Prelude (Act 3) Tansy Davies: Wild Card (BBC Commission; World Premiere) Jiri Belohlávek (conductor). BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek in Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 3). Tansy Davies: Wild Card.
01	2010, Prom 74, Schubert, Schumann, Mozart - Part 1	20100909		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Romantic spirit of bicentenary composer Schumann hovers above the central works of this concert. His lyrical 'Introduction and Allegro appassionato' - in effect a single-movement piano concerto - is played by Finghin Collins, and Dorothea Röschmann is the soloist in Robin Holloway's illumination of Schumann's last song cycle, which sets poems and prayers by Mary Queen of Scots, written during her incarceration by her cousin Elizabeth I. Gianandrea Noseda frames these works with two well-known penultimate symphonies - Schubert's tantalisingly 'Unfinished' but nonetheless perfect work, and what is probably Mozart's darkest masterpiece. Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished' Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major, Op. 92 Finghin Collins (piano) Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). . The BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda performs Schubert and Schumann. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Romantic spirit of bicentenary composer Schumann hovers above the central works of this concert. His lyrical 'Introduction and Allegro appassionato' - in effect a single-movement piano concerto - is played by Finghin Collins, and Dorothea Röschmann is the soloist in Robin Holloway's illumination of Schumann's last song cycle, which sets poems and prayers by Mary Queen of Scots, written during her incarceration by her cousin Elizabeth I. Gianandrea Noseda frames these works with two well-known penultimate symphonies - Schubert's tantalisingly 'Unfinished' but nonetheless perfect work, and what is probably Mozart's darkest masterpiece. Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished' Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major, Op. 92 Finghin Collins (piano) Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). The BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda performs Schubert and Schumann. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Romantic spirit of bicentenary composer Schumann hovers above the central works of this concert. His lyrical 'Introduction and Allegro appassionato' - in effect a single-movement piano concerto - is played by Finghin Collins, and Dorothea Röschmann is the soloist in Robin Holloway's illumination of Schumann's last song cycle, which sets poems and prayers by Mary Queen of Scots, written during her incarceration by her cousin Elizabeth I. Gianandrea Noseda frames these works with two well-known penultimate symphonies - Schubert's tantalisingly 'Unfinished' but nonetheless perfect work, and what is probably Mozart's darkest masterpiece. Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished' Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major, Op. 92 Finghin Collins (piano) Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). The BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda performs Schubert and Schumann.
01	2010, Prom 76, Last Night Of The Proms - Part 1	20100911		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein host the traditional Last Night festivities as Jiri Belohlavek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform an evening of great music, vivid colour and occasional noises-off. Adding the solo glamour are American soprano Renee Fleming and Ukrainian born viola player Maxim Rysanov each acknowledged for the excellence of their music making as well as their on-stage elegance. Known for her roles as great operatic heroines, Fleming sings a series of intimate songs by Richard Strauss and what is perhaps her signature piece - Rusalka's romantic entreaty to the moon. Rysanov, a current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and movements from Vaughan Williams rarely-heard Viola Suite. Other works include the premiere of Jonathan Dove's joyous setting of a poem by Walt Whitman, Tchaikovsky's sun-drenched homage to Italy and there's an opportunity for the combined forces of the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus to shine in Parry's much loved choral ode. All this and the traditional Last Night fare make this one of the musical highlights of the year. Jonathan Dove: A Song of Joys (BBC Commission - world premiere) Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien Tchaikovsky arr. Rysanov: Variations on a Rococo Theme Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens R. Strauss: Verfahrung, Op. 33. No. 1 R. Strauss: Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. 1 R. Strauss: Standchen, Op. 17 No. 2 R. Strauss: Winterweihe, Op. 48. No. 4 R. Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Renee Fleming (soprano) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). . Soprano Renee Fleming adds the glamour to the traditional Last Night of the Proms. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein host the traditional Last Night festivities as Jiri Belohlavek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform an evening of great music, vivid colour and occasional noises-off. Adding the solo glamour are American soprano Renee Fleming and Ukrainian born viola player Maxim Rysanov each acknowledged for the excellence of their music making as well as their on-stage elegance. Known for her roles as great operatic heroines, Fleming sings a series of intimate songs by Richard Strauss and what is perhaps her signature piece - Rusalka's romantic entreaty to the moon. Rysanov, a current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and movements from Vaughan Williams rarely-heard Viola Suite. Other works include the premiere of Jonathan Dove's joyous setting of a poem by Walt Whitman, Tchaikovsky's sun-drenched homage to Italy and there's an opportunity for the combined forces of the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus to shine in Parry's much loved choral ode. All this and the traditional Last Night fare make this one of the musical highlights of the year. Jonathan Dove: A Song of Joys (BBC Commission - world premiere) Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien Tchaikovsky arr. Rysanov: Variations on a Rococo Theme Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens R. Strauss: Verfahrung, Op. 33. No. Strauss: Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. Strauss: Standchen, Op. 17 No. Strauss: Winterweihe, Op. 48. Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. Renee Fleming (soprano) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). Soprano Renee Fleming adds the glamour to the traditional Last Night of the Proms. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein host the traditional Last Night festivities as Jiri Belohlavek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform an evening of great music, vivid colour and occasional noises-off. Adding the solo glamour are American soprano Renee Fleming and Ukrainian born viola player Maxim Rysanov each acknowledged for the excellence of their music making as well as their on-stage elegance. Known for her roles as great operatic heroines, Fleming sings a series of intimate songs by Richard Strauss and what is perhaps her signature piece - Rusalka's romantic entreaty to the moon. Rysanov, a current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and movements from Vaughan Williams rarely-heard Viola Suite. Other works include the premiere of Jonathan Dove's joyous setting of a poem by Walt Whitman, Tchaikovsky's sun-drenched homage to Italy and there's an opportunity for the combined forces of the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus to shine in Parry's much loved choral ode. All this and the traditional Last Night fare make this one of the musical highlights of the year. Jonathan Dove: A Song of Joys (BBC Commission - world premiere) Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien Tchaikovsky arr. Rysanov: Variations on a Rococo Theme Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens R. Strauss: Verfahrung, Op. 33. No. 1 R. Strauss: Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. 1 R. Strauss: Standchen, Op. 17 No. 2 R. Strauss: Winterweihe, Op. 48. No. 4 R. Strauss: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Renee Fleming (soprano) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). Soprano Renee Fleming adds the glamour to the traditional Last Night of the Proms.
01	2011, Prom 02, Act 1	20110716		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty Antonio Pappano comes to the Proms with his Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, for a rare performance of Rossini's grandest of operas about the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland and the hero who shoots an apple from his son's head. Michele Pertusi takes the title role and the character of Arnold, one of Rossini's most demanding tenor parts, (complete with numerous high Cs), is sung by the American tenor John Osborn. Rossini: William Tell, Act I William Tell.... Michele Pertusi (baritone) Arnold Melchthal.... John Osborn (tenor) Walter Furst.... Matthew Rose (bass) Melchthal.... Fr退d退ric Caton (bass) Jemmy.... Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano) Gesler.... Nicolas Courjal (bass) Rodolphe.... Carlo Bosi (tenor) Ruodi.... Celso Albelo (tenor) Leuthold.... Mark Stone (baritone) Mathilde.... Malyn Byström (soprano) Hedwige.... Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Huntsman.... Davide Malvestio (bass) Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome Antonio Pappano (conductor). . The Academy of Santa Cecilia from Rome performs Act 1 of Rossini's opera William Tell. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty Antonio Pappano comes to the Proms with his Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, for a rare performance of Rossini's grandest of operas about the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland and the hero who shoots an apple from his son's head. Michele Pertusi takes the title role and the character of Arnold, one of Rossini's most demanding tenor parts, (complete with numerous high Cs), is sung by the American tenor John Osborn. Rossini: William Tell, Act I William Tell....Michele Pertusi (baritone) Arnold Melchthal....John Osborn (tenor) Walter Furst....Matthew Rose (bass) Melchthal....Fr退d退ric Caton (bass) Jemmy....Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano) Gesler....Nicolas Courjal (bass) Rodolphe....Carlo Bosi (tenor) Ruodi....Celso Albelo (tenor) Leuthold....Mark Stone (baritone) Mathilde....Malyn Byström (soprano) Hedwige....Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Huntsman....Davide Malvestio (bass) Antonio Pappano (conductor). The Academy of Santa Cecilia from Rome performs Act 1 of Rossini's opera William Tell. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty Antonio Pappano comes to the Proms with his Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, for a rare performance of Rossini's grandest of operas about the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland and the hero who shoots an apple from his son's head. Michele Pertusi takes the title role and the character of Arnold, one of Rossini's most demanding tenor parts, (complete with numerous high Cs), is sung by the American tenor John Osborn. Rossini: William Tell, Act I William Tell - Michele Pertusi (baritone) Arnold Melchthal - John Osborn (tenor) Walter Furst - Matthew Rose (bass) Melchthal - Fr退d退ric Caton (bass) Jemmy - Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano) Gesler - Nicolas Courjal (bass) Rodolphe - Carlo Bosi (tenor) Ruodi - Celso Albelo (tenor) Leuthold - Mark Stone (baritone) Mathilde - Malyn Byström (soprano) Hedwige - Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Huntsman - Davide Malvestio (bass) Antonio Pappano (conductor). The Academy of Santa Cecilia from Rome performs Act 1 of Rossini's opera William Tell.
01	2011, Prom 05, Messiaen, Dusapin	20110718		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and is joined by Proms first-timers Gautier and Renaud Capuçon, and pianist Frank Braley for Beethoven's Triple Concerto. There's also colourful music by Messiaen alongside the UK premiere of an exciting new work for large orchestra by Pascal Dusapin. Pascal Dusapin is one of the most exciting contemporary voices around, combining stylistic experimentation with emotional directness. Dusapin studied briefly with Olivier Messiaen, whose first orchestral work, Les offrandes oubli退es, opens the concert. Messiaen: Les offrandes oubli退es Pascal Dusapin: Morning in Long Island - Concerto No. 1 for large orchestra (BBC co-commission with Radio France; UK Premiere) Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 20 July at 2pm. . Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in music by Messiaen and Pascal Dusapin. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and is joined by Proms first-timers Gautier and Renaud Capuçon, and pianist Frank Braley for Beethoven's Triple Concerto. There's also colourful music by Messiaen alongside the UK premiere of an exciting new work for large orchestra by Pascal Dusapin. Pascal Dusapin is one of the most exciting contemporary voices around, combining stylistic experimentation with emotional directness. Dusapin studied briefly with Olivier Messiaen, whose first orchestral work, Les offrandes oubli退es, opens the concert. Messiaen: Les offrandes oubli退es Pascal Dusapin: Morning in Long Island - Concerto No. 1 for large orchestra (BBC co-commission with Radio France; UK Premiere) Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 20 July at 2pm. Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in music by Messiaen and Pascal Dusapin. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and is joined by Proms first-timers Gautier and Renaud Capuçon, and pianist Frank Braley for Beethoven's Triple Concerto. There's also colourful music by Messiaen alongside the UK premiere of an exciting new work for large orchestra by Pascal Dusapin. Pascal Dusapin is one of the most exciting contemporary voices around, combining stylistic experimentation with emotional directness. Dusapin studied briefly with Olivier Messiaen, whose first orchestral work, Les offrandes oubli退es, opens the concert. Messiaen: Les offrandes oubli退es Pascal Dusapin: Morning in Long Island - Concerto No. 1 for large orchestra (BBC co-commission with Radio France; UK Premiere) Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 20 July at 2pm. Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in music by Messiaen and Pascal Dusapin.
01	2011, Prom 06, Weber, Brahms	20110719		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The most influential orchestral work of the 20th century is at the heart of tonight's Prom. Stravinsky's Rite caused a scandal at its premiere in 1913 and still sounds sensational nearly 100 years later. Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in this riot of orchestral colour. The first half of the concert pairs works by German Romantics from either end of the 19th century, Weber's Oberon overture and Brahms's beautiful Double Concerto, featuring the brothers Capuçon as soloists. Brahms's final work for orchestra, the Double Concerto, was in part a gesture of reconciliation towards his friend the violinist Joseph Joachim and makes huge demands on both soloists. Weber: Oberon - overture Brahms: Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Double Concerto) Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 21 July at 2pm. . Renaud Capucon (violin) and Gautier Capucon (cello) in music by Weber and Brahms. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The most influential orchestral work of the 20th century is at the heart of tonight's Prom. Stravinsky's Rite caused a scandal at its premiere in 1913 and still sounds sensational nearly 100 years later. Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in this riot of orchestral colour. The first half of the concert pairs works by German Romantics from either end of the 19th century, Weber's Oberon overture and Brahms's beautiful Double Concerto, featuring the brothers Capuçon as soloists. Brahms's final work for orchestra, the Double Concerto, was in part a gesture of reconciliation towards his friend the violinist Joseph Joachim and makes huge demands on both soloists. Weber: Oberon - overture Brahms: Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Double Concerto) Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 21 July at 2pm. Renaud Capucon (violin) and Gautier Capucon (cello) in music by Weber and Brahms. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The most influential orchestral work of the 20th century is at the heart of tonight's Prom. Stravinsky's Rite caused a scandal at its premiere in 1913 and still sounds sensational nearly 100 years later. Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in this riot of orchestral colour. The first half of the concert pairs works by German Romantics from either end of the 19th century, Weber's Oberon overture and Brahms's beautiful Double Concerto, featuring the brothers Capuçon as soloists. Brahms's final work for orchestra, the Double Concerto, was in part a gesture of reconciliation towards his friend the violinist Joseph Joachim and makes huge demands on both soloists. Weber: Oberon - overture Brahms: Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Double Concerto) Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 21 July at 2pm. Renaud Capucon (violin) and Gautier Capucon (cello) in music by Weber and Brahms.
01	2011, Prom 08, Dvorak	20110720		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service A Czech evening with Dvorak's Cello Concerto and a Proms first performance for the six symphonic poems of Má vlast by Smetana. Dvorák's Cello Concerto is full of melody and heartfelt sentiment, to which French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras will bring both youthful urgency and intimacy, if his recording with tonight's conductor is anything to go by. The work is widely regarded as the finest concerto ever written for the instrument. Nostalgia turns to nationalism in the second half, with Smetana's Má vlast - a glorious musical touchstone for 'the resurrection of the Czech nation, its future happiness and glory'. Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlávek (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 22 July at 2pm. . Jean-Guihen Queyras, BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek. Dvorak: Cello Concerto. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service A Czech evening with Dvorak's Cello Concerto and a Proms first performance for the six symphonic poems of Má vlast by Smetana. Dvorák's Cello Concerto is full of melody and heartfelt sentiment, to which French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras will bring both youthful urgency and intimacy, if his recording with tonight's conductor is anything to go by. The work is widely regarded as the finest concerto ever written for the instrument. Nostalgia turns to nationalism in the second half, with Smetana's Má vlast - a glorious musical touchstone for 'the resurrection of the Czech nation, its future happiness and glory'. Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlávek (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 22 July at 2pm. Jean-Guihen Queyras, BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek. Dvorak: Cello Concerto. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service A Czech evening with Dvorak's Cello Concerto and a Proms first performance for the six symphonic poems of Má vlast by Smetana. Dvorák's Cello Concerto is full of melody and heartfelt sentiment, to which French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras will bring both youthful urgency and intimacy, if his recording with tonight's conductor is anything to go by. The work is widely regarded as the finest concerto ever written for the instrument. Nostalgia turns to nationalism in the second half, with Smetana's Má vlast - a glorious musical touchstone for 'the resurrection of the Czech nation, its future happiness and glory'. Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlávek (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 22 July at 2pm. Jean-Guihen Queyras, BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek. Dvorak: Cello Concerto.
01	2011, Prom 09, Sibelius	20110721		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Two works by Sibelius begin this concert with Sir Mark Elder and the Hall退. Scènes Historiques Suite No 2 reveals the composer's lighter side, opening with The Chase, in which horns are heard through the mist, followed by a wild chase, with impelling rhythms. The great Seventh Symphony has long been admired for its intensity and concision; its conclusion has been called "the grandest celebration of C major there ever was". Bartók's last completed concerto was written in conditions of great poverty and adversity during the composer's exile in New York, but none of this is apparent from the work itself., which is generally melodic, mellow, even nostalgic in tone. It is championed tonight by András Schiff, appearing at the Proms for the first time since his 2006 solo recital. And, to close, a joyous sequence of sonic snapshots: Janácek's Sinfonietta is his typically bold evocation of a beloved city, the Moravian regional capital, Brno. Sibelius: Scènes historiques - Suite No. 2 Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major András Schiff (piano) Hall退 Sir Mark Elder (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 24 July at 2pm. . Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Sibelius: Scenes Historiques Suite No 2; Symphony No 7. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Two works by Sibelius begin this concert with Sir Mark Elder and the Hall退. Scènes Historiques Suite No 2 reveals the composer's lighter side, opening with The Chase, in which horns are heard through the mist, followed by a wild chase, with impelling rhythms. The great Seventh Symphony has long been admired for its intensity and concision; its conclusion has been called "the grandest celebration of C major there ever was". Bartók's last completed concerto was written in conditions of great poverty and adversity during the composer's exile in New York, but none of this is apparent from the work itself., which is generally melodic, mellow, even nostalgic in tone. It is championed tonight by András Schiff, appearing at the Proms for the first time since his 2006 solo recital. And, to close, a joyous sequence of sonic snapshots: Janácek's Sinfonietta is his typically bold evocation of a beloved city, the Moravian regional capital, Brno. Sibelius: Scènes historiques - Suite No. 2 Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major András Schiff (piano) Sir Mark Elder (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 24 July at 2pm. Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Sibelius: Scenes Historiques Suite No 2; Symphony No 7. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Two works by Sibelius begin this concert with Sir Mark Elder and the Hall退. Scènes Historiques Suite No 2 reveals the composer's lighter side, opening with The Chase, in which horns are heard through the mist, followed by a wild chase, with impelling rhythms. The great Seventh Symphony has long been admired for its intensity and concision; its conclusion has been called "the grandest celebration of C major there ever was". Bartók's last completed concerto was written in conditions of great poverty and adversity during the composer's exile in New York, but none of this is apparent from the work itself., which is generally melodic, mellow, even nostalgic in tone. It is championed tonight by András Schiff, appearing at the Proms for the first time since his 2006 solo recital. And, to close, a joyous sequence of sonic snapshots: Janácek's Sinfonietta is his typically bold evocation of a beloved city, the Moravian regional capital, Brno. Sibelius: Scènes historiques - Suite No. Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major András Schiff (piano) Sir Mark Elder (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 24 July at 2pm. Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Sibelius: Scenes Historiques Suite No 2; Symphony No 7.
01	2011, Prom 1, Weir, Brahms, Liszt	20110715		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny New British music, Brahms and Liszt and lavish choral works are some of the musical threads which trace their way through the 2011 Proms season and they are all represented in this opening celebration. The performers are the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and a starry line-up of soloists under the baton of Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek. A new work by leading British composer Judith Weir provides the opening flourish - a short choral and orchestral fanfare based on the four words of the title: Stars, Night, Music and Light. Brahms and Liszt not only form a witty partnership in rhyming slang they are both in their own ways at the core of European music in the 19th Century and many of their major works appear throughout the season. Tonight's concert includes Brahms's festive overture and Liszt's virtuosic concerto performed by young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor who makes his Proms debut. After the interval Belohlavek leads orchestra, chorus and soloists in Janacek's extraordinary celebration of Slavic culture. Judith Weir: Stars, Night, Music and Light (BBC commission; world premiere) Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Hibla Gerzmava (soprano) Dagmar Peckova (mezzo-soprano) Stefan Vinke (tenor) Jan Martiník (bass) David Goode (organ) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 18 July at 2pm. . Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Weir, Brahms and Liszt. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny New British music, Brahms and Liszt and lavish choral works are some of the musical threads which trace their way through the 2011 Proms season and they are all represented in this opening celebration. The performers are the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and a starry line-up of soloists under the baton of Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek. A new work by leading British composer Judith Weir provides the opening flourish - a short choral and orchestral fanfare based on the four words of the title: Stars, Night, Music and Light. Brahms and Liszt not only form a witty partnership in rhyming slang they are both in their own ways at the core of European music in the 19th Century and many of their major works appear throughout the season. Tonight's concert includes Brahms's festive overture and Liszt's virtuosic concerto performed by young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor who makes his Proms debut. After the interval Belohlavek leads orchestra, chorus and soloists in Janacek's extraordinary celebration of Slavic culture. Judith Weir: Stars, Night, Music and Light (BBC commission; world premiere) Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Hibla Gerzmava (soprano) Dagmar Peckova (mezzo-soprano) Stefan Vinke (tenor) Jan Martiník (bass) David Goode (organ) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 18 July at 2pm. Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Weir, Brahms and Liszt. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny New British music, Brahms and Liszt and lavish choral works are some of the musical threads which trace their way through the 2011 Proms season and they are all represented in this opening celebration. The performers are the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and a starry line-up of soloists under the baton of Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek. A new work by leading British composer Judith Weir provides the opening flourish - a short choral and orchestral fanfare based on the four words of the title: Stars, Night, Music and Light. Brahms and Liszt not only form a witty partnership in rhyming slang they are both in their own ways at the core of European music in the 19th Century and many of their major works appear throughout the season. Tonight's concert includes Brahms's festive overture and Liszt's virtuosic concerto performed by young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor who makes his Proms debut. After the interval Belohlavek leads orchestra, chorus and soloists in Janacek's extraordinary celebration of Slavic culture. Judith Weir: Stars, Night, Music and Light (BBC commission; world premiere) Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Hibla Gerzmava (soprano) Dagmar Peckova (mezzo-soprano) Stefan Vinke (tenor) Jan Martiník (bass) David Goode (organ) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 18 July at 2pm. Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Weir, Brahms and Liszt.
01	2011, Prom 10, Debussy, Ravel	20110722		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Juanjo Mena, the new Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, makes his Proms debut with a glittering and inventive Franco-Spanish programme. Debussy's three evocative Images are interspersed with equally colourful impressions of Spain by Ravel, while Falla supplies the authentic Spanish experience with his haunting depiction of the sights, sounds and scents of Andalusia and the gardens of the Alhambra in Granada. Debussy: Images - Gigues Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole Debussy: Images - Rondes de printemps Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 25 July at 2pm. . Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Debussy and Ravel. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Juanjo Mena, the new Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, makes his Proms debut with a glittering and inventive Franco-Spanish programme. Debussy's three evocative Images are interspersed with equally colourful impressions of Spain by Ravel, while Falla supplies the authentic Spanish experience with his haunting depiction of the sights, sounds and scents of Andalusia and the gardens of the Alhambra in Granada. Debussy: Images - Gigues Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole Debussy: Images - Rondes de printemps Steven Osborne (piano) Juanjo Mena (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 25 July at 2pm. Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Debussy and Ravel.
01	2011, Prom 11, Part 1	20110723		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Music composed by Nitin Sawhney for the acclaimed BBC One series 'Human Planet', alongside artists from across the globe who featured in Radio 3's accompanying series 'Music Planet'. Charles Hazlewood conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, whose players also make an appearance as the Scrapheap Orchestra, with instruments created from junk objects. 'Human Planet' was the first BBC Natural History series to focus on the human race, demonstrating how people around the world have adapted to sometimes harsh environments to survive. 'Music Planet' visited the same locations and environments, and explored the music of those places. The TV score is interleaved with Music Planet artists, starting with the mighty voice of Greenland's Rasmus Lyberth, followed by Zambian singer and storyteller Enock Mbongwe, and Mongolian throat-singers Khusugtun. Later on, Ayarkhaan, three women from the Sakha Republic, create a thunderous sound from their mouth harps, and the Bibilang Shark-Calling Group perform their unique repertoire of songs for shark hunting. The project to create a Scrapheap Orchestra from junk and found objects will be the subject of a television film to be broadcast on BBC FOUR in the autumn. Part One Ayarkhaan Bibilang Shark-Calling Group Khusugtun Rasmus BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood (conductor). . A Prom featuring music for the BBC series Human Planet and Music Planet. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Music composed by Nitin Sawhney for the acclaimed BBC One series 'Human Planet', alongside artists from across the globe who featured in Radio 3's accompanying series 'Music Planet'. Charles Hazlewood conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, whose players also make an appearance as the Scrapheap Orchestra, with instruments created from junk objects. 'Human Planet' was the first BBC Natural History series to focus on the human race, demonstrating how people around the world have adapted to sometimes harsh environments to survive. 'Music Planet' visited the same locations and environments, and explored the music of those places. The TV score is interleaved with Music Planet artists, starting with the mighty voice of Greenland's Rasmus Lyberth, followed by Zambian singer and storyteller Enock Mbongwe, and Mongolian throat-singers Khusugtun. Later on, Ayarkhaan, three women from the Sakha Republic, create a thunderous sound from their mouth harps, and the Bibilang Shark-Calling Group perform their unique repertoire of songs for shark hunting. The project to create a Scrapheap Orchestra from junk and found objects will be the subject of a television film to be broadcast on BBC FOUR in the autumn. Part One Charles Hazlewood (conductor). A Prom featuring music for the BBC series Human Planet and Music Planet.
01	2011, Prom 15, Kodaly, Bartok	20110726		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The dynamic Vladimir Jurowksi conducts the London Philharmonic in an all-Hungarian programme, including a rare performance of the Goethe-inspired Faust Symphony by Franz Liszt, one of this year's featured composers. The multi award winning pianist, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, plays one of the most technically challenging of all piano concertos, and the programme opens with Kodaly's effervescent dances. After declaring for years that: 'Anything to do with Goethe is dangerous to handle,' Liszt finally found inspiration for his 'three character portraits' after a visit from the novelist, George Eliot. The symphony concludes with a grandiose setting of the 'Chorus mysticus' unheard at the Proms since 1967. Kodaly: Dances of Galanta Bartok: Piano Concerto No.1 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) Marco Jentzsch (tenor) London Philharmonic Choir (men's voices) London Symphony Chorus (men's voices) London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 28th July at 2pm. . Vladimir Jurowski leads the London Philharmonic in music by Kodaly and Bartok. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The dynamic Vladimir Jurowksi conducts the London Philharmonic in an all-Hungarian programme, including a rare performance of the Goethe-inspired Faust Symphony by Franz Liszt, one of this year's featured composers. The multi award winning pianist, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, plays one of the most technically challenging of all piano concertos, and the programme opens with Kodaly's effervescent dances. After declaring for years that: 'Anything to do with Goethe is dangerous to handle,' Liszt finally found inspiration for his 'three character portraits' after a visit from the novelist, George Eliot. The symphony concludes with a grandiose setting of the 'Chorus mysticus' unheard at the Proms since 1967. Kodaly: Dances of Galanta Bartok: Piano Concerto No.1 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) Marco Jentzsch (tenor) London Philharmonic Choir (men's voices) London Symphony Chorus (men's voices) London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 28th July at 2pm. Vladimir Jurowski leads the London Philharmonic in music by Kodaly and Bartok.
01	2011, Prom 16, Berlioz, Faure, Dusapin	20110727		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley French connections abound in the first of two proms given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer. Berlioz's dramatic Corsaire overture and Faur退's elegant Pavane preface the UK premiere of a new quartet concerto by Pascal Dusapin. Stravinsky's blazing Firebird, premiered in Paris for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, completes the programme. Dusapin (b.1955) is one of the leading composers in France today. His new quartet, written for the Arditti Quartet, uses orchestral forces to expand the territory of the soloists. Dusapin explores the relationship between the orchestra and soloists, with musical ideas migrating from the quartet to the orchestral forces behind. Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire' Faur退: Pavane Pascal: Dusapin: String Quartet no.6, 'Hinterland' ('Hapax' for string quartet and orchestra) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 29th July at 2pm. . Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC NOW in music by Berlioz, Faure and Dusapin. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley French connections abound in the first of two proms given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer. Berlioz's dramatic Corsaire overture and Faur退's elegant Pavane preface the UK premiere of a new quartet concerto by Pascal Dusapin. Stravinsky's blazing Firebird, premiered in Paris for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, completes the programme. Dusapin (b.1955) is one of the leading composers in France today. His new quartet, written for the Arditti Quartet, uses orchestral forces to expand the territory of the soloists. Dusapin explores the relationship between the orchestra and soloists, with musical ideas migrating from the quartet to the orchestral forces behind. Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire' Faur退: Pavane Pascal: Dusapin: String Quartet no.6, 'Hinterland' ('Hapax' for string quartet and orchestra) Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 29th July at 2pm. Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC NOW in music by Berlioz, Faure and Dusapin.
01	2011, Prom 18, Beethoven, Dalbavie	20110728		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Thierry Fischer for two major new concertos. Framing them are two of Beethoven's most inventive and joyous symphonies. Carter's Flute Concerto is a dazzling creation. Written in 2008 at the age of 99, it contrasts the flute's lyrical qualities with a percussive orchestral texture. Dalbavie set out to write a homage to Debussy, and whilst his concerto is certainly rooted in the great French tradition, it's also full of fireworks and exploding excitement. Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C major Marc-Andr退 Dalbavie: Flute Concerto (London premiere) Emmanuel Pahud (flute) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 31st July at 2pm. . Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Beethoven and Dalbavie. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Thierry Fischer for two major new concertos. Framing them are two of Beethoven's most inventive and joyous symphonies. Carter's Flute Concerto is a dazzling creation. Written in 2008 at the age of 99, it contrasts the flute's lyrical qualities with a percussive orchestral texture. Dalbavie set out to write a homage to Debussy, and whilst his concerto is certainly rooted in the great French tradition, it's also full of fireworks and exploding excitement. Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C major Marc-Andr退 Dalbavie: Flute Concerto (London premiere) Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 31st July at 2pm. Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Beethoven and Dalbavie.
01	2011, Prom 19, Honegger, Bridge, Berg	20110729		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny A typically thought-provoking programme from the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Artist in Association, Oliver Knussen, showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside 20th-century classics. All the composers are masters of orchestral colour, and each creates a unique and concentrated soundworld. Arthur Honegger's depictions of a steam locomotive and pastoral idyll are followed by Frank Bridge's quietly anguished Shakespearean scene of death by drowning (from Hamlet) and the splintered, wintry fluidity of Italian composer Niccolò Castiglioni. Soprano Claire Booth (who made her professional debut in the music of Knussen) sings Berg's heady paean to the restorative powers of fermented grape juice. And the concert closes with Debussy's astonishing, inspirational evocation of shifting seas. Honegger: Pacific 231 Honegger: Pastorale d'退t退 Bridge: There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook Berg: Der Wein Claire Booth (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Oliver Knussen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 1st August at 2pm. . Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Honegger, Bridge and Berg. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny A typically thought-provoking programme from the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Artist in Association, Oliver Knussen, showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside 20th-century classics. All the composers are masters of orchestral colour, and each creates a unique and concentrated soundworld. Arthur Honegger's depictions of a steam locomotive and pastoral idyll are followed by Frank Bridge's quietly anguished Shakespearean scene of death by drowning (from Hamlet) and the splintered, wintry fluidity of Italian composer Niccolò Castiglioni. Soprano Claire Booth (who made her professional debut in the music of Knussen) sings Berg's heady paean to the restorative powers of fermented grape juice. And the concert closes with Debussy's astonishing, inspirational evocation of shifting seas. Honegger: Pacific 231 Honegger: Pastorale d'退t退 Bridge: There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook Berg: Der Wein Claire Booth (soprano) Oliver Knussen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 1st August at 2pm. Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Honegger, Bridge and Berg.
01	2011, Prom 20, Horrible Histories - Part 1	20110730		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sarah Walker The Proms teams up with CBBC's popular television series "Horrible Histories" for a family concert of songs by Richie Webb and stories and orchestral favourites, including music by Richard Strauss, Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev, Vaughan-Williams, Berlioz, Handel, Lully, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky. It all adds up to a horrible history of classical music! Part 1 Mathew Baynton (actor) Simon Farnaby (actor) Martha Howe-Douglas (actor) Jim Howick (actor) Laurence Rickard (actor) Ben Willbond (actor) Rattus Rattus (presenter) Louise Fryer (presenter) Choirs from The Music Centre Kids Company Choir Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon (Conductor). . The first part of a children's Prom, with the television series Horrible Histories. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sarah Walker The Proms teams up with CBBC's popular television series "Horrible Histories" for a family concert of songs by Richie Webb and stories and orchestral favourites, including music by Richard Strauss, Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev, Vaughan-Williams, Berlioz, Handel, Lully, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky. It all adds up to a horrible history of classical music! Part 1 Mathew Baynton (actor) Simon Farnaby (actor) Martha Howe-Douglas (actor) Jim Howick (actor) Laurence Rickard (actor) Ben Willbond (actor) Rattus Rattus (presenter) Louise Fryer (presenter) Choirs from The Music Centre Kids Company Choir Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon (Conductor). The first part of a children's Prom, with the television series Horrible Histories.
01	2011, Prom 21, Strauss, Walton	20110730		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan A Prom full of orchestral spectacle and panache. The centrepiece is Prokofiev's patriotic cantata based on music he wrote for Eisenstein's film about the epic struggles of the medieval Russian hero, Alexander Nevsky. Richard Strauss's hero, Don Juan, is less bloodthirsty but every bit as colourful, while Salome is one of Strauss's most seductive heroines. Violinist Midori joins the CBSO and Andris Nelsons for Walton's Concerto - a dramatic and lyrical work that makes huge technical demands on the soloist. R.Strauss: Don Juan Walton:Violin Concerto Midori (violin) Nadezhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano) CBSO Chorus City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 2nd August at 2pm. . CBSO under Andris Nelsons. Strauss: Don Juan. Walton: Violin Concerto (soloist: Midori). BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan A Prom full of orchestral spectacle and panache. The centrepiece is Prokofiev's patriotic cantata based on music he wrote for Eisenstein's film about the epic struggles of the medieval Russian hero, Alexander Nevsky. Richard Strauss's hero, Don Juan, is less bloodthirsty but every bit as colourful, while Salome is one of Strauss's most seductive heroines. Violinist Midori joins the CBSO and Andris Nelsons for Walton's Concerto - a dramatic and lyrical work that makes huge technical demands on the soloist. R.Strauss: Don Juan Walton:Violin Concerto Midori (violin) Nadezhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano) CBSO Chorus City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 2nd August at 2pm. CBSO under Andris Nelsons. Strauss: Don Juan. Walton: Violin Concerto (soloist: Midori).
01	2011, Prom 22, Rachmaninov: Spring, Women's And Men's Dances (aleko), Three Russian Songs	20110731		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The third Proms Choral Sunday explores the unique sound world of Rachmaninov. Three contrasting short works are framed by his cantata, Spring, which he composed in 1902 just after his famous Second Piano Concerto, and the evocative choral symphony, The Bells, composed a decade later. The Russian text of Spring tells of a man who harbours murderous thoughts towards his unfaithful wife during the winter, but is released from his anger and frustration by the return of spring. For The Bells, Rachmaninov turned to a Russian translation of poems by Edgar Allan Poe, and the work's four movements mirror the human life span from birth to death through the 'Silver Sleigh Bells', 'Mellow Wedding Bells', 'Loud Alarum Bells' and 'Mournful Iron Bells'. Rachmaninov: Spring Rachmaninov: Aleko - Women's and Men's Dances Rachmaninov: Three Russian Songs Svetla Vassileva (soprano) Misha Didyk (tenor) Alexei Tanovitski (bass) Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 3rd August at 2pm. . The BBC Philharmonic and Mariinsky Theatre Chorus in music by Rachmaninov. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The third Proms Choral Sunday explores the unique sound world of Rachmaninov. Three contrasting short works are framed by his cantata, Spring, which he composed in 1902 just after his famous Second Piano Concerto, and the evocative choral symphony, The Bells, composed a decade later. The Russian text of Spring tells of a man who harbours murderous thoughts towards his unfaithful wife during the winter, but is released from his anger and frustration by the return of spring. For The Bells, Rachmaninov turned to a Russian translation of poems by Edgar Allan Poe, and the work's four movements mirror the human life span from birth to death through the 'Silver Sleigh Bells', 'Mellow Wedding Bells', 'Loud Alarum Bells' and 'Mournful Iron Bells'. Rachmaninov: Spring Rachmaninov: Aleko - Women's and Men's Dances Rachmaninov: Three Russian Songs Svetla Vassileva (soprano) Misha Didyk (tenor) Alexei Tanovitski (bass) Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 3rd August at 2pm. The BBC Philharmonic and Mariinsky Theatre Chorus in music by Rachmaninov.
01	2011, Prom 23, Beethoven, Saint-saens	20110801		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Energy and Romantic drive characterise the music of tonight's Prom with the BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and pianist Stephen Hough. Beethoven's exhilarating Fourth Symphony is the perfect curtain-raiser to Saint-Saëns's sparkling Fifth Piano Concerto, with its colourful reminiscences of his foreign travels. The second half continues this season's anniversary exploration of Liszt's major works with his turbulent Dante Symphony, bringing to vivid musical life the dark world of the Inferno and Purgatorio sections of the Italian Renaissance poet's Divine Comedy. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major ('Egyptian') Stephen Hough (piano) Julia Doyle (soprano) CBSO Chorus (women's voices) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 4th August at 2pm. . Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Beethoven and Saint-Saëns. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Energy and Romantic drive characterise the music of tonight's Prom with the BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and pianist Stephen Hough. Beethoven's exhilarating Fourth Symphony is the perfect curtain-raiser to Saint-Saëns's sparkling Fifth Piano Concerto, with its colourful reminiscences of his foreign travels. The second half continues this season's anniversary exploration of Liszt's major works with his turbulent Dante Symphony, bringing to vivid musical life the dark world of the Inferno and Purgatorio sections of the Italian Renaissance poet's Divine Comedy. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major ('Egyptian') Stephen Hough (piano) Julia Doyle (soprano) CBSO Chorus (women's voices) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 4th August at 2pm. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Beethoven and Saint-Saëns. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Energy and Romantic drive characterise the music of tonight's Prom with the BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and pianist Stephen Hough. Beethoven's exhilarating Fourth Symphony is the perfect curtain-raiser to Saint-Saëns's sparkling Fifth Piano Concerto, with its colourful reminiscences of his foreign travels. The second half continues this season's anniversary exploration of Liszt's major works with his turbulent Dante Symphony, bringing to vivid musical life the dark world of the Inferno and Purgatorio sections of the Italian Renaissance poet's Divine Comedy. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major ('Egyptian') Stephen Hough (piano) Julia Doyle (soprano) CBSO Chorus (women's voices) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 4th August at 2pm. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Beethoven and Saint-Saëns.
01	2011, Prom 24, Elgar	20110802		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Tasmin Little performs Elgar's great Violin Concerto with Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. And to mark the 50th anniversary of Grainger's death, his In a Nutshell Suite receives a first outing at the Proms. The Violin Concerto is preceded by the BBC Singers performing one of Elgar's most radical part-songs, notated in two keys simultaneously in a manner which parallels the incorrigible experiments of the Australian composer Percy Grainger. Grainger's orchestral suite reaches its grand finale - called the Gum Suckers' March - by way of some unpredictable and darkly complex invention. And to round off the Prom there's music by Richard Strauss: once considered dangerously radical itself, his perky symphonic poem documents the adventures of a purely mythical rascal. Elgar: There is sweet music Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 5th August at 2pm. . The BBC SO in works by Elgar: There is sweet music; Violin Concerto in B minor. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Tasmin Little performs Elgar's great Violin Concerto with Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. And to mark the 50th anniversary of Grainger's death, his In a Nutshell Suite receives a first outing at the Proms. The Violin Concerto is preceded by the BBC Singers performing one of Elgar's most radical part-songs, notated in two keys simultaneously in a manner which parallels the incorrigible experiments of the Australian composer Percy Grainger. Grainger's orchestral suite reaches its grand finale - called the Gum Suckers' March - by way of some unpredictable and darkly complex invention. And to round off the Prom there's music by Richard Strauss: once considered dangerously radical itself, his perky symphonic poem documents the adventures of a purely mythical rascal. Elgar: There is sweet music Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Tasmin Little (violin) Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 5th August at 2pm. The BBC SO in works by Elgar: There is sweet music; Violin Concerto in B minor.
01	2011, Prom 26, Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel	20110803		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with chief conductor Donald Runnicles throws the musical focus on France, including a celebration of Henri Dutilleux's 95th Birthday. 'Tout un monde lointain' is one of Dutilleux's best loved works. Commissioned by the great Cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich, it ranks among the great cello concertos of the 20th century. The very French and vivid instrumental imagination and harmony evoke dreamlike qualities in Baudelaire's poems - the inspiration for this work. The masterly composition and orchestration of Maurice Ravel then take us to Spain, with his ever popular Bolero, and to Ancient Greece with his orchestral and choral masterpiece Daphnis and Chloë - written for the Ballets Russes in 1912. Ravel's slightly older contemporary, Debussy, also had his work Prelude a L'après-midi d'un faune staged and popularised by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, and it sets up a world of breathtaking orchestral textures. Debussy: Pr退lude à l'après-midi d'un faune Henri Dutilleux: 'Tout un monde lointain...' Ravel: Bol退ro Lynn Harrell (cello) Edinburgh Festival Chorus The BBC Scottish Symphoy Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 7th August at 2pm. . Donald Runnicles leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with chief conductor Donald Runnicles throws the musical focus on France, including a celebration of Henri Dutilleux's 95th Birthday. 'Tout un monde lointain' is one of Dutilleux's best loved works. Commissioned by the great Cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich, it ranks among the great cello concertos of the 20th century. The very French and vivid instrumental imagination and harmony evoke dreamlike qualities in Baudelaire's poems - the inspiration for this work. The masterly composition and orchestration of Maurice Ravel then take us to Spain, with his ever popular Bolero, and to Ancient Greece with his orchestral and choral masterpiece Daphnis and Chloë - written for the Ballets Russes in 1912. Ravel's slightly older contemporary, Debussy, also had his work Prelude a L'après-midi d'un faune staged and popularised by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, and it sets up a world of breathtaking orchestral textures. Debussy: Pr退lude à l'après-midi d'un faune Henri Dutilleux: 'Tout un monde lointain...' Ravel: Bol退ro Lynn Harrell (cello) Edinburgh Festival Chorus The BBC Scottish Symphoy Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 7th August at 2pm. Donald Runnicles leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel.
01	2011, Prom 27, Robin Holloway, Strauss	20110804		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra opens this Prom with a major world premiere by Robin Holloway and continue the Brahms focus of this Proms season. Renowned Strauss conductor Donald Runnicles is joined by international soprano Hillevi Martinpelto for the beautifully reflective Four Last Songs. Robin Holloway's Fifth Concerto for Orchestra challenges him to write on a smaller scale than previously, and this BBC commission contains some of his most opaque counterpoint and most varied orchestral textures. He describes the piece as like Manhattan, "when Sprawl is impossible, you must build upwards instead". The premiere of Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs was given in the Royal Albert Hall in 1950, just after the composer's death. They were his last completed works, and are full of calmness and acceptance. Brahms then journeys away from contemplation to revel in triumph and joy by the end of his masterful Second Symphony. Robin Holloway: Fifth Concerto for Orchestra (BBC Commission: world premiere) R.Strauss: Four Last Songs Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 8th August at 2pm. . Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC SSO in music by Robin Holloway and Strauss. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra opens this Prom with a major world premiere by Robin Holloway and continue the Brahms focus of this Proms season. Renowned Strauss conductor Donald Runnicles is joined by international soprano Hillevi Martinpelto for the beautifully reflective Four Last Songs. Robin Holloway's Fifth Concerto for Orchestra challenges him to write on a smaller scale than previously, and this BBC commission contains some of his most opaque counterpoint and most varied orchestral textures. He describes the piece as like Manhattan, "when Sprawl is impossible, you must build upwards instead". The premiere of Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs was given in the Royal Albert Hall in 1950, just after the composer's death. They were his last completed works, and are full of calmness and acceptance. Brahms then journeys away from contemplation to revel in triumph and joy by the end of his masterful Second Symphony. Robin Holloway: Fifth Concerto for Orchestra (BBC Commission: world premiere) R.Strauss: Four Last Songs Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano) Donald Runnicles (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 8th August at 2pm. Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC SSO in music by Robin Holloway and Strauss.
01	2011, Prom 30, Gabriel Prokofiev, Britten	20110806		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Petroc Trelawny The National Orchestra of Great Britain is joined by an equally youthful soloist - Benjamin Grosvenor, who turned 19 in July: he plays the Piano Concerto by another young prodigy, Benjamin Britten. Russian-born conductor Vladimir Jurowski conducts the NYOGB in music from one of the greatest and best-loved of all Russian ballets: Sergey Prokofiev's take on Shakespeare's teenage lovers Romeo and Juliet. And the concert starts bang up to date, with a piece by Prokofiev's grandson, Gabriel Prokofiev - a concerto created for the astonishing turntables virtuoso DJ Switch. If you're over the age of 18 you can't join the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. But their playing is stunning, and their annual appearance at the BBC Proms is always a highlight of the season. Gabriel Prokofiev: Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra Britten: Piano Concerto Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) DJ Switch (turntables) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 10th August at 2pm. . The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in music by Gabriel Prokofiev and Britten. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Petroc Trelawny The National Orchestra of Great Britain is joined by an equally youthful soloist - Benjamin Grosvenor, who turned 19 in July: he plays the Piano Concerto by another young prodigy, Benjamin Britten. Russian-born conductor Vladimir Jurowski conducts the NYOGB in music from one of the greatest and best-loved of all Russian ballets: Sergey Prokofiev's take on Shakespeare's teenage lovers Romeo and Juliet. And the concert starts bang up to date, with a piece by Prokofiev's grandson, Gabriel Prokofiev - a concerto created for the astonishing turntables virtuoso DJ Switch. If you're over the age of 18 you can't join the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. But their playing is stunning, and their annual appearance at the BBC Proms is always a highlight of the season. Gabriel Prokofiev: Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra Britten: Piano Concerto Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) DJ Switch (turntables) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 10th August at 2pm. The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in music by Gabriel Prokofiev and Britten.
01	2011, Prom 32, Brahms	20110807		PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Christian Tetzlaff plays Brahms' great Violin Concerto, with Edward Gardner conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. And four top soloists and the BBC Singers join for the orchestra for the original version of Mahler's rarely-heard Das klagende Lied. Featured artist Christian Tetzlaff has played many of the great violin concertos but this is his first Proms performance of the big-boned, technically demanding work by Brahms, all of whose concertos can be heard during this Proms season. With his early Das klagende Lied, Mahler hit upon his own unique style. Tonight's account includes 'Waldmärchen', the emotive first panel dealing with the quest of brother knights for a flower that will win a queen's hand but leads to sibling murder. The score of this original three-part version of the work resurfaced as recently as 1969. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Melanie Diener (soprano) Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) Stuart Skelton (tenor) Christopher Purves (baritone) Augustus Bell (treble) Matthew Lloyd-Wilson (treble) Oluwatimilehin Otudeko (treble) Theodore Beeny (treble) Thomas Fetherstonhaugh (treble) Timothy Fairbairn (treble) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 11th August at 2pm. . Christian Tetzlaff joins the BBC SO under Edward Gardner in Brahms's Violin Concerto. PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Christian Tetzlaff plays Brahms' great Violin Concerto, with Edward Gardner conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. And four top soloists and the BBC Singers join for the orchestra for the original version of Mahler's rarely-heard Das klagende Lied. Featured artist Christian Tetzlaff has played many of the great violin concertos but this is his first Proms performance of the big-boned, technically demanding work by Brahms, all of whose concertos can be heard during this Proms season. With his early Das klagende Lied, Mahler hit upon his own unique style. Tonight's account includes 'Waldmärchen', the emotive first panel dealing with the quest of brother knights for a flower that will win a queen's hand but leads to sibling murder. The score of this original three-part version of the work resurfaced as recently as 1969. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Melanie Diener (soprano) Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) Stuart Skelton (tenor) Christopher Purves (baritone) Augustus Bell (treble) Matthew Lloyd-Wilson (treble) Oluwatimilehin Otudeko (treble) Theodore Beeny (treble) Thomas Fetherstonhaugh (treble) Timothy Fairbairn (treble) Edward Gardner (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 11th August at 2pm. Christian Tetzlaff joins the BBC SO under Edward Gardner in Brahms's Violin Concerto. PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Christian Tetzlaff plays Brahms' great Violin Concerto, with Edward Gardner conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. And four top soloists and the BBC Singers join for the orchestra for the original version of Mahler's rarely-heard Das klagende Lied. Featured artist Christian Tetzlaff has played many of the great violin concertos but this is his first Proms performance of the big-boned, technically demanding work by Brahms, all of whose concertos can be heard during this Proms season. With his early Das klagende Lied, Mahler hit upon his own unique style. Tonight's account includes 'Waldmärchen', the emotive first panel dealing with the quest of brother knights for a flower that will win a queen's hand but leads to sibling murder. The score of this original three-part version of the work resurfaced as recently as 1969. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Melanie Diener (soprano) Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) Stuart Skelton (tenor) Christopher Purves (baritone) Augustus Bell (treble) Matthew Lloyd-Wilson (treble) Oluwatimilehin Otudeko (treble) Theodore Beeny (treble) Thomas Fetherstonhaugh (treble) Timothy Fairbairn (treble) Edward Gardner (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 11th August at 2pm. Christian Tetzlaff joins the BBC SO under Edward Gardner in Brahms's Violin Concerto.
01	2011, Prom 33, Sibelius, Grieg	20110808		PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London Presented by Katie Derham The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra comes to the Proms with its new Chief Conductor, Sakari Oramo. Sibelius claimed that his magical Sixth Symphony would offer the public 'pure cold water' rather than the 'cocktails' composed by his contemporaries. A contrasting symphony ends this concert: Nielsen's extrovert Fourth Symphony, which emerges from the dark days of the First World War. Between these two symphonies, the critically-acclaimed young German-Japanese pianist, Alice Sara Ott, makes her Proms debut playing the ever popular Grieg Concerto. Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Alice Sara Ott (piano) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 12th August at 2pm. . Sakari Oramo conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in Sibelius and Grieg.
01	2011, Prom 34, Bridge, Simon Holt	20110809		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Andrew McGregor French and English music combine in this Proms Entente-Cordiale. Saint-Saëns' ever-popular Organ Symphony dominates the programme, joined by a new double concerto, half man, half beast, from Simon Holt. Plus Proms featured composer Frank Bridge's orchestral picture of the wild and windy Sussex Downs, overlooking the Channel. French organ virtuoso Marcel Dupr退 was a regular visitor to the Royal Albert Hall throughout his life. He became a great friend of Sir Henry Wood and played the Organ Symphony at the Proms in 1935. Cortège et litanie is a dazzling crescendo, using the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ together with full symphony orchestra. The inspirational Parisian conductor Francois-Xavier Roth made a great impact at the Proms last year at the helm of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with whom he's Associate Guest Conductor. He gave the premiere of Simon Holt's Centauromachy in Cardiff last November. Written for solo clarinet and flugelhorn, it explores the dual nature of the mythical centaur and it's played by the two orchestral Principals for whom it was written. Radio 3 New Generation Artist Ben Johnson joins the orchestra for Bridge's noble and poignant setting of Rupert Brooke's most famous poem from the Great War. Bridge: Enter Spring Bridge: Blow out you bugles Simon Holt: Centauromachy (BBC Commission, London Premiere) Ben Johnson (tenor) Robert Plane (clarinet) Philippe Schartz (flugelhorn) Thomas Trotter (organ) BBC National Orchestra of Wales François-Xavier Roth (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 14th August at 2pm. . Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC NOW in music by Frank Bridge and Simon Holt. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Andrew McGregor French and English music combine in this Proms Entente-Cordiale. Saint-Saëns' ever-popular Organ Symphony dominates the programme, joined by a new double concerto, half man, half beast, from Simon Holt. Plus Proms featured composer Frank Bridge's orchestral picture of the wild and windy Sussex Downs, overlooking the Channel. French organ virtuoso Marcel Dupr退 was a regular visitor to the Royal Albert Hall throughout his life. He became a great friend of Sir Henry Wood and played the Organ Symphony at the Proms in 1935. Cortège et litanie is a dazzling crescendo, using the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ together with full symphony orchestra. The inspirational Parisian conductor Francois-Xavier Roth made a great impact at the Proms last year at the helm of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with whom he's Associate Guest Conductor. He gave the premiere of Simon Holt's Centauromachy in Cardiff last November. Written for solo clarinet and flugelhorn, it explores the dual nature of the mythical centaur and it's played by the two orchestral Principals for whom it was written. Radio 3 New Generation Artist Ben Johnson joins the orchestra for Bridge's noble and poignant setting of Rupert Brooke's most famous poem from the Great War. Bridge: Enter Spring Bridge: Blow out you bugles Simon Holt: Centauromachy (BBC Commission, London Premiere) Ben Johnson (tenor) Robert Plane (clarinet) Philippe Schartz (flugelhorn) Thomas Trotter (organ) François-Xavier Roth (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 14th August at 2pm. Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC NOW in music by Frank Bridge and Simon Holt.
01	2011, Prom 35, Liszt, Gliere	20110810		PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits perform three colourful scores, two of them with connections to Karabits's Ukrainian homeland. The concert begins with a swashbuckling tone-poem by Liszt telling the story of a legendary Ukrainian, Mazeppa, and it ends with Rachmaninov's most famous (and most lyrical) symphony. Between them comes a real novelty - a melody-filled concerto for wordless soprano and orchestra by Ukrainian-born composer Reinhold Glière. The effervescent Irish soprano Ailish Tynan takes the extraordinary solo part. Kirill Karabits has been Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for two seasons now and their relationship is blossoming into something rather special. Liszt: Mazeppa Glière: Concerto for Coloratura Soprano Ailish Tynan (soprano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 15th August at 2pm. . Kirill Karabits conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Liszt and Gliere. PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits perform three colourful scores, two of them with connections to Karabits's Ukrainian homeland. The concert begins with a swashbuckling tone-poem by Liszt telling the story of a legendary Ukrainian, Mazeppa, and it ends with Rachmaninov's most famous (and most lyrical) symphony. Between them comes a real novelty - a melody-filled concerto for wordless soprano and orchestra by Ukrainian-born composer Reinhold Glière. The effervescent Irish soprano Ailish Tynan takes the extraordinary solo part. Kirill Karabits has been Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for two seasons now and their relationship is blossoming into something rather special. Liszt: Mazeppa Glière: Concerto for Coloratura Soprano Ailish Tynan (soprano) Kirill Karabits (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 15th August at 2pm. Kirill Karabits conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Liszt and Gliere.
01	2011, Prom 37, Bridge, Brahms	20110811		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Chief Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky, continues his exploration of less-frequented corners of the repertoire, proceeding from an invigorating British concert-opener to an uncommon yet inescapably familiar concerto. Inspired by the fact that Bach and Beethoven arranged their own violin concertos for the keyboard, Dejan Lazić has done the same for the Brahms with engagingly idiomatic results. Julian Lloyd Webber is an ardent champion of Holst's Invocation. The concert ends with the masterpiece that put Elgar's name on the world's musical map, with his affectionate sketches of 'friends pictured within' - a firm favourite that retains its own aura of mystery. Bridge: Overture, 'Rebus' Brahms arr. Lazić: 'Piano Concerto No.3' in D major (after Violin Concerto) (UK Premiere) Dejan Lazić (piano) Julian Lloyd-Webber (cello) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 16th August at 2pm. . Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Bridge and Brahms. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Chief Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky, continues his exploration of less-frequented corners of the repertoire, proceeding from an invigorating British concert-opener to an uncommon yet inescapably familiar concerto. Inspired by the fact that Bach and Beethoven arranged their own violin concertos for the keyboard, Dejan Lazić has done the same for the Brahms with engagingly idiomatic results. Julian Lloyd Webber is an ardent champion of Holst's Invocation. The concert ends with the masterpiece that put Elgar's name on the world's musical map, with his affectionate sketches of 'friends pictured within' - a firm favourite that retains its own aura of mystery. Bridge: Overture, 'Rebus' Brahms arr. Lazić: 'Piano Concerto No.3' in D major (after Violin Concerto) (UK Premiere) Dejan Lazić (piano) Julian Lloyd-Webber (cello) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 16th August at 2pm. Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Bridge and Brahms.
01	2011, Prom 38, Herrmann, Morricone, Walton	20110812		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The BBC Concert Orchestra and principal conductor Keith Lockhart are joined by violinist Chloe Hanslip in this concert of music for the silver screen from both sides of the Atlantic. Celebrating the centenary of his birth there's a tribute to the film composers' composer Bernard Herrmann, alongside music by today's greatest living exponent John Williams. Passages from Henry V accompany William Walton's iconic music, and there's a tribute to the late John Barry with two of his most famous themes. With additional music by Ennio Morricone, Richard Rodney Bennett at 75, and a brand new suite from last year's film Norwegian Wood - music by BBC Concert Orchestra's composer in residence, Jonny Greenwood - this promises to be a spectacular celebration of the best of classic and modern film music. Herrmann: Music from The Man Who Knew Too Much, Citizen Kane, North by Northwest and Psycho Ennio Morricone: Cinema Paradiso - theme Walton arr. Muir Mathieson: Henry V - suite Chloë Hanslip (violin) BBC Concert Orchestra Keith Lockhart (conductor). . The BBC Concert Orchestra performs film music, including Herrmann, Morricone and Walton. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The BBC Concert Orchestra and principal conductor Keith Lockhart are joined by violinist Chloe Hanslip in this concert of music for the silver screen from both sides of the Atlantic. Celebrating the centenary of his birth there's a tribute to the film composers' composer Bernard Herrmann, alongside music by today's greatest living exponent John Williams. Passages from Henry V accompany William Walton's iconic music, and there's a tribute to the late John Barry with two of his most famous themes. With additional music by Ennio Morricone, Richard Rodney Bennett at 75, and a brand new suite from last year's film Norwegian Wood - music by BBC Concert Orchestra's composer in residence, Jonny Greenwood - this promises to be a spectacular celebration of the best of classic and modern film music. Herrmann: Music from The Man Who Knew Too Much, Citizen Kane, North by Northwest and Psycho Ennio Morricone: Cinema Paradiso - theme Walton arr. Muir Mathieson: Henry V - suite Chloë Hanslip (violin) Keith Lockhart (conductor). The BBC Concert Orchestra performs film music, including Herrmann, Morricone and Walton.
01	2011, Prom 40, Comedy Prom - Part 1	20110813		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Maverick Australian comedian Tim Minchin brings his own inimitable style of musical fun to the Royal Albert Hall as he hosts this first ever Comedy Prom. He'll be joined by pianist Danny Driver, who takes on both Reizenstein's Concerto popolare and conductor Andrew Litton. Soprano Susan Bullock, cabaret duo Kit and the Widow, and conducting sensation Sue Perkins all make an appearance alongside the ever versatile BBC Concert Orchestra and MD Jules Buckley. Part One Performers to include: Tim Minchin Sue Perkins Kit and the Widow Susan Bullock (soprano) Danny Driver (piano) Beardyman The Boy with Tape on his Face Doc Brown The Mongrels Jules Buckley (conductor) Andrew Litton (conductor). . Louise Fryer presents Part 1 of the first-ever comedy Prom, with Tim Minchin. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Maverick Australian comedian Tim Minchin brings his own inimitable style of musical fun to the Royal Albert Hall as he hosts this first ever Comedy Prom. He'll be joined by pianist Danny Driver, who takes on both Reizenstein's Concerto popolare and conductor Andrew Litton. Soprano Susan Bullock, cabaret duo Kit and the Widow, and conducting sensation Sue Perkins all make an appearance alongside the ever versatile BBC Concert Orchestra and MD Jules Buckley. Part One Performers to include: Susan Bullock (soprano) Danny Driver (piano) Beardyman The Boy with Tape on his Face Doc Brown The Mongrels Jules Buckley (conductor) Andrew Litton (conductor). Louise Fryer presents Part 1 of the first-ever comedy Prom, with Tim Minchin.
01	2011, Prom 41, Purcell	20110814		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Christopher Cook Continuing Proms Choral Sundays: Jiri Belohlavek conducts a recreation of an all-Britten concert originally conducted in 1963 by the composer, but with a contemporary twist provided by Joby Talbot, revisiting Britten's great hero Purcell. For Britten, the Spring Symphony represented 'the reawakening of the earth and life', while the Cantata Misericordium tells the Biblical story of the Good Samaritan. Purcell, Arr. Joby Talbot: Chacony in G Minor (BBC commission; World Premiere) Britten: Cantata Misericordium Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Alan Oke (tenor) Leigh Melrose (baritone) Trinity Boys Choir BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Wednesday 17th August at 2.15pm. . The BBC Singers and BBC SO in Britten's Cantata Misericordium and Sinfonia da Requiem. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Christopher Cook Continuing Proms Choral Sundays: Jiri Belohlavek conducts a recreation of an all-Britten concert originally conducted in 1963 by the composer, but with a contemporary twist provided by Joby Talbot, revisiting Britten's great hero Purcell. For Britten, the Spring Symphony represented 'the reawakening of the earth and life', while the Cantata Misericordium tells the Biblical story of the Good Samaritan. Purcell, Arr. Joby Talbot: Chacony in G Minor (BBC commission; World Premiere) Britten: Cantata Misericordium Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Alan Oke (tenor) Leigh Melrose (baritone) Trinity Boys Choir BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Wednesday 17th August at 2.15pm. The BBC Singers and BBC SO in Britten's Cantata Misericordium and Sinfonia da Requiem.
01	2011, Prom 42, Swan Lake - Act 1	20110815		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Valery Gergiev brings the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre to the Proms with music from their homeland. Two years ago their performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet-score The Sleeping Beauty was a highlight of the season. This year they bring another of Tchaikovsky's great dance works, Swan Lake. Swan Lake tells the story of Prince Siegfried and his love for the Swan Queen, Odette. She and her swan retinue are human beings under the spell of an evil sorcerer - swans by day, human beings by night. The story of how the terrible spell is eventually broken and Siegfried and Odette united for ever is one of the most romantic and passionate tales told in the world of ballet. Tchaikovsky's score is both vivid and subtle, especially when, as this evening, it is heard complete, rather than in the more often heard suite. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Act 1 Valery Gergiev (conductor). . The Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre performs Act 1 of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Valery Gergiev brings the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre to the Proms with music from their homeland. Two years ago their performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet-score The Sleeping Beauty was a highlight of the season. Swan Lake tells the story of Prince Siegfried and his love for the Swan Queen, Odette. She and her swan retinue are human beings under the spell of an evil sorcerer - swans by day, human beings by night. The story of how the terrible spell is eventually broken and Siegfried and Odette united for ever is one of the most romantic and passionate tales told in the world of ballet.
01	2011, Prom 43, Copland, Bax	20110816		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Andrew Litton and the RPO perform a programme by composers who have something, or someone, in common: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Copland's Fanfare was later incorporated into his Third Symphony, written for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which also commissioned Bartók at a time when he found himself in grave financial difficulty. Tonight, Yuja Wang makes her Proms debut in his fiendishly difficult Concerto No 2. Koussevitzky also championed Barber's music in the 1940s, and the original version of Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony was commissioned for the BSO's 50th anniversary and premiered under him. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Bax: Symphony No. 2 Yuja Wang (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Thursday 18th August at 2.15pm. . The Royal Philharmonic in Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Bax's Symphony No 2. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Andrew Litton and the RPO perform a programme by composers who have something, or someone, in common: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Copland's Fanfare was later incorporated into his Third Symphony, written for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which also commissioned Bartók at a time when he found himself in grave financial difficulty. Tonight, Yuja Wang makes her Proms debut in his fiendishly difficult Concerto No 2. Koussevitzky also championed Barber's music in the 1940s, and the original version of Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony was commissioned for the BSO's 50th anniversary and premiered under him. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Bax: Symphony No. 2 Yuja Wang (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Thursday 18th August at 2.15pm. The Royal Philharmonic in Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Bax's Symphony No 2.
01	2011, Prom 44, Shostakovich	20110817		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham An all-Russian programme, beginning with a four-movement suite taken from the first ballet score that Shostakovich wrote - The Age of Gold. The ballet itself was a failure - unlike the other dance work represented in this evening's concert, Petrushka. It is one of the great 20th-century ballets and its story of a puppet who comes to life elicited a colourful, masterly and hugely influential score from the young Stravinsky. The final music on the programme is by one of Stravinsky's heroes, Tchaikovsky. His special brand of passion, energy and lyricism is a perfect match for the story of Francesca da Rimini - the heroine of a murderous tale from Dante's Divine Comedy. The relationship between London's Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Esa-Pekka Salonen has deepened and matured in the three seasons that they've been together. They bring the fruits of this relationship to the Proms, including Shostakovich's 1st Violin Concerto with former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lisa Batiashvili as soloist. Shostakovich: The Age of Gold - Suite Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Philharmonic Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 19th August 2011 at 2.20pm. . Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in music by Shostakovich. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham An all-Russian programme, beginning with a four-movement suite taken from the first ballet score that Shostakovich wrote - The Age of Gold. The ballet itself was a failure - unlike the other dance work represented in this evening's concert, Petrushka. It is one of the great 20th-century ballets and its story of a puppet who comes to life elicited a colourful, masterly and hugely influential score from the young Stravinsky. The final music on the programme is by one of Stravinsky's heroes, Tchaikovsky. His special brand of passion, energy and lyricism is a perfect match for the story of Francesca da Rimini - the heroine of a murderous tale from Dante's Divine Comedy. The relationship between London's Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Esa-Pekka Salonen has deepened and matured in the three seasons that they've been together. They bring the fruits of this relationship to the Proms, including Shostakovich's 1st Violin Concerto with former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lisa Batiashvili as soloist. Shostakovich: The Age of Gold - Suite Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Philharmonic Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 19th August 2011 at 2.20pm. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in music by Shostakovich.
01	2011, Prom 45, Larcher	20110818		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor Ilan Volkov are joined by Proms featured artists, Viktoria Mullova and Matthew Barley, for the world premiere of Thomas Larcher's BBC Commission. The second half of the concert is dedicated to Bruckner's vast architectural masterpiece - his fifth symphony. The leading Austrian composer Thomas Larcher's first double concerto is predominantly solemn and sacred but very rhythmical. It utilises a concertino group as well as the two soloists and the orchestra to bring an added dimension of colour. The cellist Matthew Barley has helped Larcher incorporate improvisation and free time in the piece, building on aspects of rhythm, but Larcher says there is still a grounding in Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. Ilan Volkov is a renowned interpreter of Bruckner's Music. The 5th Symphony is one of his longest symphonies and, arguably, his most complex work. A huge challenge to perform, it is also a Symphony which embodies a unique atmosphere of spiritual exaltation in a dramatic struggle to overcome the pain and frustration of life. Thomas Larcher: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (BBC commission; world premiere) Viktoria Mullova (violin) Matthew Barley (cello) Christof Dienz (electric zither) Martin Brandlmayr (percussion) Luka Juhart (accordian) Thomas Larcher (prepared piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 21st August at 2pm. . Ilan Volkov leads the BBC SSO in the world premiere of Thomas Larcher's double concerto. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor Ilan Volkov are joined by Proms featured artists, Viktoria Mullova and Matthew Barley, for the world premiere of Thomas Larcher's BBC Commission. The second half of the concert is dedicated to Bruckner's vast architectural masterpiece - his fifth symphony. The leading Austrian composer Thomas Larcher's first double concerto is predominantly solemn and sacred but very rhythmical. It utilises a concertino group as well as the two soloists and the orchestra to bring an added dimension of colour. The cellist Matthew Barley has helped Larcher incorporate improvisation and free time in the piece, building on aspects of rhythm, but Larcher says there is still a grounding in Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. Ilan Volkov is a renowned interpreter of Bruckner's Music. The 5th Symphony is one of his longest symphonies and, arguably, his most complex work. A huge challenge to perform, it is also a Symphony which embodies a unique atmosphere of spiritual exaltation in a dramatic struggle to overcome the pain and frustration of life. Thomas Larcher: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (BBC commission; world premiere) Viktoria Mullova (violin) Matthew Barley (cello) Christof Dienz (electric zither) Martin Brandlmayr (percussion) Luka Juhart (accordian) Thomas Larcher (prepared piano) Ilan Volkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 21st August at 2pm. Ilan Volkov leads the BBC SSO in the world premiere of Thomas Larcher's double concerto.
01	2011, Prom 47, Symphony No 3	20110819		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The Chamber Orchestra of Europe celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and in tonight's Prom, with the conductor Bernard Haitink, focuses on the expressive musical world of Brahms. The Third Symphony is generally upbeat, but the energy of the final movement floats away to a quiet and elusive end. The First Piano Concerto is bound up with Brahms's intense friendship with Robert Schumann and his wife Clara, and his sense of loss at Schumann's tragic downward spiral into madness. Emanuel Ax is the soloist, a pianist renowned for his sensitive interpretations, and he rejoins the orchestra for more Brahms tomorrow. Haitink, a distinguished interpreter of Brahms, admires the COE's ability to play together like chamber musicians. Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major Emanuel Ax (piano) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Bernard Haitink (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 24th August at 2.25pm. . Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Brahms's Symphony No 3 in F. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The Chamber Orchestra of Europe celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and in tonight's Prom, with the conductor Bernard Haitink, focuses on the expressive musical world of Brahms. The Third Symphony is generally upbeat, but the energy of the final movement floats away to a quiet and elusive end. The First Piano Concerto is bound up with Brahms's intense friendship with Robert Schumann and his wife Clara, and his sense of loss at Schumann's tragic downward spiral into madness. Emanuel Ax is the soloist, a pianist renowned for his sensitive interpretations, and he rejoins the orchestra for more Brahms tomorrow. Haitink, a distinguished interpreter of Brahms, admires the COE's ability to play together like chamber musicians. Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major Emanuel Ax (piano) Bernard Haitink (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 24th August at 2.25pm. Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Brahms's Symphony No 3 in F. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The Chamber Orchestra of Europe celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and in tonight's Prom, with the conductor Bernard Haitink, focuses on the expressive musical world of Brahms. The Third Symphony is generally upbeat, but the energy of the final movement floats away to a quiet and elusive end. The First Piano Concerto is bound up with Brahms's intense friendship with Robert Schumann and his wife Clara, and his sense of loss at Schumann's tragic downward spiral into madness. Emanuel Ax is the soloist, a pianist renowned for his sensitive interpretations, and he rejoins the orchestra for more Brahms tomorrow. Haitink, a distinguished interpreter of Brahms, admires the COE's ability to play together like chamber musicians. Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major Emanuel Ax (piano) Bernard Haitink (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 24th August at 2.25pm. Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Brahms's Symphony No 3 in F.
01	2011, Prom 49, Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2	20110820		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and pianist Emanuel Ax in music by Brahms. In their second concert of Brahms's masterworks at this year's Proms, they open with a work long central to Emanuel Ax's repertoire. Brahms's Second Piano Concerto is on a grand Romantic scale and makes huge technical demands on the soloist. After the interval, the composer's astonishing final symphony, where the balance between expressiveness and structural control is most perfectly maintained. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Emanuel Ax (piano) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Bernard Haitink (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 22nd August at 2pm. . Louise Fryer presents soloist Emanuel Ax in Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and pianist Emanuel Ax in music by Brahms. In their second concert of Brahms's masterworks at this year's Proms, they open with a work long central to Emanuel Ax's repertoire. Brahms's Second Piano Concerto is on a grand Romantic scale and makes huge technical demands on the soloist. After the interval, the composer's astonishing final symphony, where the balance between expressiveness and structural control is most perfectly maintained. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Emanuel Ax (piano) Bernard Haitink (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 22nd August at 2pm. Louise Fryer presents soloist Emanuel Ax in Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and pianist Emanuel Ax in music by Brahms. In their second concert of Brahms's masterworks at this year's Proms, they open with a work long central to Emanuel Ax's repertoire. Brahms's Second Piano Concerto is on a grand Romantic scale and makes huge technical demands on the soloist. After the interval, the composer's astonishing final symphony, where the balance between expressiveness and structural control is most perfectly maintained. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Emanuel Ax (piano) Bernard Haitink (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 22nd August at 2pm. Louise Fryer presents soloist Emanuel Ax in Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2.
01	2011, Prom 50, Britten, Matthews	20110821		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Continuing the Proms Choral Sundays with Mozart's tragic masterpiece which was composed in the final months of his life and left unfinished at his death. Also on the programme is the young Benjamin Britten's tribute to his teacher, Frank Bridge, and a new work by Colin Matthews which arose out of what the composer describes as an obsession with the First World War. The work sets texts from the poet, Christopher Reid's Airs and Ditties of No Man's Land which have as their scenario the image of the corpses of two soldiers hanging on the barbed wire of no-man's-land. As they do so, scraps of song, memories and reflections pass through their minds. Stephen Layton conducts Polyphony, the group that he founded in 1986, along with the City of London Sinfonia of which he is now the Principal Conductor. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Colin Matthews: No Man's Land (world premiere) Emma Bell (soprano) Renata Pokupic (mezzo-soprano) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) James Rutherford (bass) Polyphony City of London Sinfonia Stephen Layton (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 23rd August at 2.30pm. . The City of London Sinfonia and Polyphony in music by Britten and Colin Matthews. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Continuing the Proms Choral Sundays with Mozart's tragic masterpiece which was composed in the final months of his life and left unfinished at his death. Also on the programme is the young Benjamin Britten's tribute to his teacher, Frank Bridge, and a new work by Colin Matthews which arose out of what the composer describes as an obsession with the First World War. The work sets texts from the poet, Christopher Reid's Airs and Ditties of No Man's Land which have as their scenario the image of the corpses of two soldiers hanging on the barbed wire of no-man's-land. As they do so, scraps of song, memories and reflections pass through their minds. Stephen Layton conducts Polyphony, the group that he founded in 1986, along with the City of London Sinfonia of which he is now the Principal Conductor. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Colin Matthews: No Man's Land (world premiere) Emma Bell (soprano) Renata Pokupic (mezzo-soprano) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) James Rutherford (bass) Stephen Layton (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 23rd August at 2.30pm. The City of London Sinfonia and Polyphony in music by Britten and Colin Matthews. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Continuing the Proms Choral Sundays with Mozart's tragic masterpiece which was composed in the final months of his life and left unfinished at his death. Also on the programme is the young Benjamin Britten's tribute to his teacher, Frank Bridge, and a new work by Colin Matthews which arose out of what the composer describes as an obsession with the First World War. The work sets texts from the poet, Christopher Reid's Airs and Ditties of No Man's Land which have as their scenario the image of the corpses of two soldiers hanging on the barbed wire of no-man's-land. As they do so, scraps of song, memories and reflections pass through their minds. Stephen Layton conducts Polyphony, the group that he founded in 1986, along with the City of London Sinfonia of which he is now the Principal Conductor. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Colin Matthews: No Man's Land (world premiere) Emma Bell (soprano) Renata Pokupic (mezzo-soprano) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) James Rutherford (bass) Stephen Layton (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 23rd August at 2.30pm. The City of London Sinfonia and Polyphony in music by Britten and Colin Matthews.
01	2011, Prom 51, Wagner, Liszt, Volans	20110822		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Wagner, Liszt and Brahms's First Symphony from Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, plus the world premiere of Kevin Volans's Piano Concerto for soloist Barry Douglas. After the familiar strains of Wagner's rousing overture there's a real rarity: Liszt's La notte is an extended version of a piano piece from the Ann退es de pèlerinage to which the composer added a middle section recalling his Hungarian roots. A late work that he wanted played at his own funeral, it is new to the Proms. So too is Kevin Volans's concerto, hot off the press and written for tonight's soloist. Expect the unexpected from a creative figure born in South Africa but now resident in Ireland whose output resists compartmentalisation. The long shadow of Ludwig van Beethoven inhibited Brahms's early attempts at symphonic writing but he surpassed all expectations with the magnificence of his First Symphony. Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Overture Liszt: La Notte Kevin Volans: Piano Concerto No. 3 (BBC Commission; World premiere) Barry Douglas (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 25th August at 2.30pm. . Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Wagner, Liszt and Volans. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Wagner, Liszt and Brahms's First Symphony from Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, plus the world premiere of Kevin Volans's Piano Concerto for soloist Barry Douglas. After the familiar strains of Wagner's rousing overture there's a real rarity: Liszt's La notte is an extended version of a piano piece from the Ann退es de pèlerinage to which the composer added a middle section recalling his Hungarian roots. A late work that he wanted played at his own funeral, it is new to the Proms. So too is Kevin Volans's concerto, hot off the press and written for tonight's soloist. Expect the unexpected from a creative figure born in South Africa but now resident in Ireland whose output resists compartmentalisation. The long shadow of Ludwig van Beethoven inhibited Brahms's early attempts at symphonic writing but he surpassed all expectations with the magnificence of his First Symphony. Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Overture Liszt: La Notte Kevin Volans: Piano Concerto No. 3 (BBC Commission; World premiere) Barry Douglas (piano) Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 25th August at 2.30pm. Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Wagner, Liszt and Volans. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Wagner, Liszt and Brahms's First Symphony from Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, plus the world premiere of Kevin Volans's Piano Concerto for soloist Barry Douglas. After the familiar strains of Wagner's rousing overture there's a real rarity: Liszt's La notte is an extended version of a piano piece from the Ann退es de pèlerinage to which the composer added a middle section recalling his Hungarian roots. A late work that he wanted played at his own funeral, it is new to the Proms. So too is Kevin Volans's concerto, hot off the press and written for tonight's soloist. Expect the unexpected from a creative figure born in South Africa but now resident in Ireland whose output resists compartmentalisation. The long shadow of Ludwig van Beethoven inhibited Brahms's early attempts at symphonic writing but he surpassed all expectations with the magnificence of his First Symphony. Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Overture Liszt: La Notte Kevin Volans: Piano Concerto No. 3 (BBC Commission; World premiere) Barry Douglas (piano) Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 25th August at 2.30pm. Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Wagner, Liszt and Volans.
01	2011, Prom 52, Prokofiev: Symphony No 1. Dutilleux: L'arbre Des Songes	20110823		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Valery Gergiev and his London Symphony Orchestra feature pairings of works by Prokofiev and Dutilleux. Prokofiev is represented by two very contrasted symphonies, the 1st and the 5th, and Dutilleux by a fanfare that he composed for Rostropovich to conduct and a concerto that he wrote for the great American violinist Isaac Stern to play. Gergiev always has something special to say about Prokofiev and the very different worlds of the Haydn-inspired 1st Symphony (the 'Classical') and the wartime 5th (written in a single month in 1944) are bound to bring out the best in him. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the virtuoso Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos for Dutilleux's nocturnal concerto, whose title translates as 'The Tree of Dreams'. Dutilleux celebrated his 95th birthday earlier this year and his music celebrates what he calls 'the joy of sound'. That joy is certainly apparent in the short fanfare that he composed for Mstislav Rostropovich's 70th birthday, whose spatial arrangement of instruments should suit the Royal Albert Hall perfectly. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Classical" Henri Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes Leonidas Kavakos (violin) London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 26th August at 2.30pm. . Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO. Prokofiev: Symphony No 1. Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Valery Gergiev and his London Symphony Orchestra feature pairings of works by Prokofiev and Dutilleux. Prokofiev is represented by two very contrasted symphonies, the 1st and the 5th, and Dutilleux by a fanfare that he composed for Rostropovich to conduct and a concerto that he wrote for the great American violinist Isaac Stern to play. Gergiev always has something special to say about Prokofiev and the very different worlds of the Haydn-inspired 1st Symphony (the 'Classical') and the wartime 5th (written in a single month in 1944) are bound to bring out the best in him. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the virtuoso Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos for Dutilleux's nocturnal concerto, whose title translates as 'The Tree of Dreams'. Dutilleux celebrated his 95th birthday earlier this year and his music celebrates what he calls 'the joy of sound'. That joy is certainly apparent in the short fanfare that he composed for Mstislav Rostropovich's 70th birthday, whose spatial arrangement of instruments should suit the Royal Albert Hall perfectly. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Classical" Henri Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 26th August at 2.30pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO. Prokofiev: Symphony No 1. Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Valery Gergiev and his London Symphony Orchestra feature pairings of works by Prokofiev and Dutilleux. Prokofiev is represented by two very contrasted symphonies, the 1st and the 5th, and Dutilleux by a fanfare that he composed for Rostropovich to conduct and a concerto that he wrote for the great American violinist Isaac Stern to play. Gergiev always has something special to say about Prokofiev and the very different worlds of the Haydn-inspired 1st Symphony (the 'Classical') and the wartime 5th (written in a single month in 1944) are bound to bring out the best in him. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the virtuoso Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos for Dutilleux's nocturnal concerto, whose title translates as 'The Tree of Dreams'. Dutilleux celebrated his 95th birthday earlier this year and his music celebrates what he calls 'the joy of sound'. That joy is certainly apparent in the short fanfare that he composed for Mstislav Rostropovich's 70th birthday, whose spatial arrangement of instruments should suit the Royal Albert Hall perfectly. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Classical" Henri Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 26th August at 2.30pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO. Prokofiev: Symphony No 1. Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes.
01	2011, Prom 53, Stravinsky, Ravel	20110824		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Sir Colin Davis conducts an orchestra of brilliant young musicians in a programme which ranges from Stravinsky's so-called 'war symphony' via the heady orientalism of Ravel to the dramatic Fate motif of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. The leading American mezzo soprano, Susan Graham joins them for Ravel's vision of the Orient, which is by turns sensuous, voluptuous and erotic. Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements Ravel: Sh退h退razade Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Sir Colin Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 31st August at 2.30pm. . Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements. Ravel: Sheherazade. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Sir Colin Davis conducts an orchestra of brilliant young musicians in a programme which ranges from Stravinsky's so-called 'war symphony' via the heady orientalism of Ravel to the dramatic Fate motif of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. The leading American mezzo soprano, Susan Graham joins them for Ravel's vision of the Orient, which is by turns sensuous, voluptuous and erotic. Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements Ravel: Sh退h退razade Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Sir Colin Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 31st August at 2.30pm. Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements. Ravel: Sheherazade. Sir Colin Davis conducts an orchestra of brilliant young musicians in a programme which ranges from Stravinsky's so-called 'war symphony' via the heady orientalism of Ravel to the dramatic Fate motif of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. The leading American mezzo soprano, Susan Graham joins them for Ravel's vision of the Orient, which is by turns sensuous, voluptuous and erotic. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer Sir Colin Davis conducts an orchestra of brilliant young musicians in a programme which ranges from Stravinsky's so-called 'war symphony' via the heady orientalism of Ravel to the dramatic Fate motif of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. The leading American mezzo soprano, Susan Graham joins them for Ravel's vision of the Orient, which is by turns sensuous, voluptuous and erotic. Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements Ravel: Sh退h退razade Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Sir Colin Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 31st August at 2.30pm. Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements. Ravel: Sheherazade.
01	2011, Prom 55, Rinaldo - Act 1	20110825		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its annual visit to the Proms with a new production of Handel's Rinaldo. Handel sets the action in the first Crusade, giving ample opportunity for battle scenes, a love story, abduction, magic, disguise and ultimately, a gracious conquering hero. For Handel this was his first opera written for the London stage, so he was out to impress, filling it with vivid, exciting and poignant arias, including the famous 'Lascia ch'io pianga'. The young knight Rinaldo is in love with Almirena, daughter of Goffredo, the leader of the Crusade. They are laying seige to the Saracens in Jerusalem, who are led by Argante. Argante's lover Armida is a powerful sorceress, and she attacks Rinaldo's forces and abducts Almirena. The period performance specialist Ottavio Dantone directs the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a superb cast including Sonia Prina in the title role. Handel: Rinaldo (semi-staged; sung in Italian) Act I Sonia Prina (Rinaldo) Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo) Annett Fritsch (Almirena) Brenda Rae (Armida) Luca Pisaroni (Argante) Tim Mead (Eustazio) William Towers (A Christian Magician) Glyndebourne Festival Opera Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Ottavio Dantone (director). . Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Act 1 of a new semi-staged production of Handel's Rinaldo. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its annual visit to the Proms with a new production of Handel's Rinaldo. Handel sets the action in the first Crusade, giving ample opportunity for battle scenes, a love story, abduction, magic, disguise and ultimately, a gracious conquering hero. For Handel this was his first opera written for the London stage, so he was out to impress, filling it with vivid, exciting and poignant arias, including the famous 'Lascia ch'io pianga'. The young knight Rinaldo is in love with Almirena, daughter of Goffredo, the leader of the Crusade. They are laying seige to the Saracens in Jerusalem, who are led by Argante. Argante's lover Armida is a powerful sorceress, and she attacks Rinaldo's forces and abducts Almirena. The period performance specialist Ottavio Dantone directs the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a superb cast including Sonia Prina in the title role. Handel: Rinaldo (semi-staged; sung in Italian) Act I Sonia Prina (Rinaldo) Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo) Annett Fritsch (Almirena) Brenda Rae (Armida) Luca Pisaroni (Argante) Tim Mead (Eustazio) William Towers (A Christian Magician) Ottavio Dantone (director). Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Act 1 of a new semi-staged production of Handel's Rinaldo.
01	2011, Prom 56, Strauss	20110826		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Mahler's epic Sixth Symphony, the Tragic, complete with fateful hammer blows: Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Plus an early piano concerto by Richard Strauss. In Semyon Bychkov's second Prom this season, he conducts one of Mahler's most perfectly realised works, 'the only Sixth, despite the "Pastoral" ', in the words of Alban Berg. This is music of exceptional range and power, whose hammer-blows seem to portend the crises in Mahler's own life and the wider world. The curtain-raiser is a mini-concerto with echoes of Brahms and Liszt, especially in its treatment of the piano.Kirill Gerstein, an exceptional artist with roots in jazz as well as the classics, makes his first Proms appearance in the main hall. R. Strauss: Burleske Kirill Gerstein (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 28th August at 2pm. . BBC Symphony Orchestra/Semyon Bychkov and Kirill Gerstein (piano) in Strauss: Burleske. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Mahler's epic Sixth Symphony, the Tragic, complete with fateful hammer blows: Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Plus an early piano concerto by Richard Strauss. In Semyon Bychkov's second Prom this season, he conducts one of Mahler's most perfectly realised works, 'the only Sixth, despite the "Pastoral" ', in the words of Alban Berg. This is music of exceptional range and power, whose hammer-blows seem to portend the crises in Mahler's own life and the wider world. The curtain-raiser is a mini-concerto with echoes of Brahms and Liszt, especially in its treatment of the piano.Kirill Gerstein, an exceptional artist with roots in jazz as well as the classics, makes his first Proms appearance in the main hall. R. Strauss: Burleske Kirill Gerstein (piano) Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 28th August at 2pm. BBC Symphony Orchestra/Semyon Bychkov and Kirill Gerstein (piano) in Strauss: Burleske. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Mahler's epic Sixth Symphony, the Tragic, complete with fateful hammer blows: Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Plus an early piano concerto by Richard Strauss. In Semyon Bychkov's second Prom this season, he conducts one of Mahler's most perfectly realised works, 'the only Sixth, despite the "Pastoral" ', in the words of Alban Berg. This is music of exceptional range and power, whose hammer-blows seem to portend the crises in Mahler's own life and the wider world. The curtain-raiser is a mini-concerto with echoes of Brahms and Liszt, especially in its treatment of the piano.Kirill Gerstein, an exceptional artist with roots in jazz as well as the classics, makes his first Proms appearance in the main hall. R. Strauss: Burleske Kirill Gerstein (piano) Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 28th August at 2pm. BBC Symphony Orchestra/Semyon Bychkov and Kirill Gerstein (piano) in Strauss: Burleske.
01	2011, Prom 57, Hillborg, Mozart	20110827		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Distinguished international guests, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and David Zinman, present top-flight Viennese classics and a post-minimalist work from Sweden. Anders Hillborg's Cold Heat leavens high-art finesse with the rampaging pulse and flow of street music. Quite a contrast with the autumnal poise of Mozart's final piano concerto, tonight featuring Maria João Pires, whose Late Night Chopin recital was a highlight of last year's Proms. After the interval, one of the great pinnacles of Western art music, a work inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution. Beethoven famously struck out the dedication to Napoleon Bonaparte when the latter declared himself Emperor but the heroic musical drama of the 'Eroica' stands for all time. Anders Hillborg: Cold Heat (UK premiere) Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 Maria João Pires (piano) Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich David Zinman (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 29 August at 2pm. . David Zinman leads the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich in music by Anders Hillborg and Mozart. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Distinguished international guests, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and David Zinman, present top-flight Viennese classics and a post-minimalist work from Sweden. Anders Hillborg's Cold Heat leavens high-art finesse with the rampaging pulse and flow of street music. Quite a contrast with the autumnal poise of Mozart's final piano concerto, tonight featuring Maria João Pires, whose Late Night Chopin recital was a highlight of last year's Proms. After the interval, one of the great pinnacles of Western art music, a work inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution. Beethoven famously struck out the dedication to Napoleon Bonaparte when the latter declared himself Emperor but the heroic musical drama of the 'Eroica' stands for all time. Anders Hillborg: Cold Heat (UK premiere) Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 Maria João Pires (piano) David Zinman (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 29 August at 2pm. David Zinman leads the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich in music by Anders Hillborg and Mozart. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Distinguished international guests, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and David Zinman, present top-flight Viennese classics and a post-minimalist work from Sweden. Anders Hillborg's Cold Heat leavens high-art finesse with the rampaging pulse and flow of street music. Quite a contrast with the autumnal poise of Mozart's final piano concerto, tonight featuring Maria João Pires, whose Late Night Chopin recital was a highlight of last year's Proms. After the interval, one of the great pinnacles of Western art music, a work inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution. Beethoven famously struck out the dedication to Napoleon Bonaparte when the latter declared himself Emperor but the heroic musical drama of the 'Eroica' stands for all time. Anders Hillborg: Cold Heat (UK premiere) Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 Maria João Pires (piano) David Zinman (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 29 August at 2pm. David Zinman leads the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich in music by Anders Hillborg and Mozart.
01	2011, Prom 58, Mendelssohn's Elijah - Part 1	20110828		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Mendelssohn's oratorio on the Biblical story of the prophet Elijah has been a favourite with English audiences for over 150 years. Conductor Paul McCreesh breathes new life into it in this performance with period instruments, a raft of enthusiastic choirs and a starry line-up of soloists. Mendelssohn wrote Elijah for the 1846 Birmingham Festival and clearly set out to write a work in the tradition of his revered Baroque predecessors, Bach and Handel. Opinions have differed as to whether he succeeded, with some people finding Elijah full of Victorian sentimentality. Given Paul McCreesh's track record in earlier music, this is the perfect opportunity to hear the work afresh, free of accrued conventions. Mendelssohn: Elijah - Part 1 Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Robert Murray (tenor) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Taplow Youth Choir Ulster Youth Chamber Choir Chetham's Chamber Choir North East Youth Chorale Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 30 August at 2.30pm. . Paul McCreesh leads the Gabrieli Consort and soloists in Part 1 of Mendelssohn's Elijah. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Mendelssohn's oratorio on the Biblical story of the prophet Elijah has been a favourite with English audiences for over 150 years. Conductor Paul McCreesh breathes new life into it in this performance with period instruments, a raft of enthusiastic choirs and a starry line-up of soloists. Mendelssohn wrote Elijah for the 1846 Birmingham Festival and clearly set out to write a work in the tradition of his revered Baroque predecessors, Bach and Handel. Opinions have differed as to whether he succeeded, with some people finding Elijah full of Victorian sentimentality. Given Paul McCreesh's track record in earlier music, this is the perfect opportunity to hear the work afresh, free of accrued conventions. Mendelssohn: Elijah - Part 1 Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Robert Murray (tenor) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Taplow Youth Choir Ulster Youth Chamber Choir Chetham's Chamber Choir North East Youth Chorale Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 30 August at 2.30pm. Paul McCreesh leads the Gabrieli Consort and soloists in Part 1 of Mendelssohn's Elijah. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Mendelssohn's oratorio on the Biblical story of the prophet Elijah has been a favourite with English audiences for over 150 years. Conductor Paul McCreesh breathes new life into it in this performance with period instruments, a raft of enthusiastic choirs and a starry line-up of soloists. Mendelssohn wrote Elijah for the 1846 Birmingham Festival and clearly set out to write a work in the tradition of his revered Baroque predecessors, Bach and Handel. Opinions have differed as to whether he succeeded, with some people finding Elijah full of Victorian sentimentality. Given Paul McCreesh's track record in earlier music, this is the perfect opportunity to hear the work afresh, free of accrued conventions. Mendelssohn: Elijah - Part 1 Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Robert Murray (tenor) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Taplow Youth Choir Ulster Youth Chamber Choir Chetham's Chamber Choir North East Youth Chorale Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 30 August at 2.30pm. Paul McCreesh leads the Gabrieli Consort and soloists in Part 1 of Mendelssohn's Elijah.
01	2011, Prom 59, Hooray For Hollywood - Part 1	20110829		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein John Wilson and his Orchestra are joined by starry soloists and the Maida Vale Singers to celebrate the Golden Age of Hollywood film Musicals, from the earliest days through to the 1960s. Back in the mid 20th century the Hollywood studios attracted the best composers, lyricists and orchestrators to write for their stars. The results are what John Wilson calls "miniature works of art" which were played by orchestras composed of virtuoso players. Matching that, the John Wilson Orchestra is made up of the cream of Britain's orchestral musicians who have wowed Proms audiences with the passion and sheer vivacity of their playing. They perform classics from the 1930s onwards, from films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers including the title numbers from 'Shall We Dance' and 'Top Hat', through the 40s and 50s with numbers from 'Strike up the Band' and 'Guys and Dolls', through to hit musical films from the 60s including 'Gypsy' and 'West Side Story'. Hooray for Hollywood, part 1 Caroline O'Connor (vocalist) Clare Teal (vocalist) Annalene Beechey (vocalist) Matthew Ford (vocalist) Sarah Fox (vocalist) Charles Castronovo (vocalist) The Maida Vale Singers The John Wilson Orchestra John Wilson (conductor). . John Wilson and his orchestra celebrate the golden age of Hollywood film musicals. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein John Wilson and his Orchestra are joined by starry soloists and the Maida Vale Singers to celebrate the Golden Age of Hollywood film Musicals, from the earliest days through to the 1960s. Back in the mid 20th century the Hollywood studios attracted the best composers, lyricists and orchestrators to write for their stars. The results are what John Wilson calls "miniature works of art" which were played by orchestras composed of virtuoso players. Matching that, the John Wilson Orchestra is made up of the cream of Britain's orchestral musicians who have wowed Proms audiences with the passion and sheer vivacity of their playing. They perform classics from the 1930s onwards, from films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers including the title numbers from 'Shall We Dance' and 'Top Hat', through the 40s and 50s with numbers from 'Strike up the Band' and 'Guys and Dolls', through to hit musical films from the 60s including 'Gypsy' and 'West Side Story'. Hooray for Hollywood, part 1 Caroline O'Connor (vocalist) Clare Teal (vocalist) Annalene Beechey (vocalist) Matthew Ford (vocalist) Sarah Fox (vocalist) Charles Castronovo (vocalist) The Maida Vale Singers The John Wilson Orchestra John Wilson (conductor). John Wilson and his orchestra celebrate the golden age of Hollywood film musicals.
01	2011, Prom 60, Mozart	20110830		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service The young French pianist, David Fray, makes his Proms debut playing a grandly imposing Mozart concerto, and Jaap Van Zweden conducts Bruckner's Eighth Symphony - a momentous musical journey from darkness to life. Tonight's conductor, Jaap van Zweden, was the youngest ever concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and in that role played almost all the Bruckner symphonies under some of the greatest Bruckner interpreters. Now the conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, he has been recording his own critically-acclaimed cycle of the Bruckner symphonies. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 David Fray (piano) Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Jaap van Zweden (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 1 September at 2.30pm. . Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and soloist David Fray in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 5. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service The young French pianist, David Fray, makes his Proms debut playing a grandly imposing Mozart concerto, and Jaap Van Zweden conducts Bruckner's Eighth Symphony - a momentous musical journey from darkness to life. Tonight's conductor, Jaap van Zweden, was the youngest ever concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and in that role played almost all the Bruckner symphonies under some of the greatest Bruckner interpreters. Now the conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, he has been recording his own critically-acclaimed cycle of the Bruckner symphonies. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 David Fray (piano) Jaap van Zweden (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 1 September at 2.30pm. Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and soloist David Fray in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 5. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service The young French pianist, David Fray, makes his Proms debut playing a grandly imposing Mozart concerto, and Jaap Van Zweden conducts Bruckner's Eighth Symphony - a momentous musical journey from darkness to life. Tonight's conductor, Jaap van Zweden, was the youngest ever concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and in that role played almost all the Bruckner symphonies under some of the greatest Bruckner interpreters. Now the conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, he has been recording his own critically-acclaimed cycle of the Bruckner symphonies. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 David Fray (piano) Jaap van Zweden (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 1 September at 2.30pm. Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and soloist David Fray in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 5.
01	2011, Prom 61, Fitkin	20110831		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Featured artist Yo-Yo Ma takes centre stage with a new work conceived especially for him by British composer Graham Fitkin. After the interval, the BBC SO's Principal Guest Conductor, David Robertson, directs the traditional annual Proms performance of Beethoven's Ninth, perhaps the richest, most provocative statement in the symphonic canon. An impressive team of soloists joins the BBC Symphony Chorus to project the finale's optimistic vision of hard-won triumph over adversity. Graham Fitkin: Cello Concerto Christine Brewer (soprano) Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) Toby Spence (tenor) Iain Paterson (bass-baritone) Philharmonia Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 2 September at 2.30pm. . Yo-Yo Ma and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under David Robertson in Fitkin: Cello Concerto. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Featured artist Yo-Yo Ma takes centre stage with a new work conceived especially for him by British composer Graham Fitkin. After the interval, the BBC SO's Principal Guest Conductor, David Robertson, directs the traditional annual Proms performance of Beethoven's Ninth, perhaps the richest, most provocative statement in the symphonic canon. An impressive team of soloists joins the BBC Symphony Chorus to project the finale's optimistic vision of hard-won triumph over adversity. Graham Fitkin: Cello Concerto Christine Brewer (soprano) Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) Toby Spence (tenor) Iain Paterson (bass-baritone) Philharmonia Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 2 September at 2.30pm. Yo-Yo Ma and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under David Robertson in Fitkin: Cello Concerto.
01	2011, Prom 62, Webern, Bruch	20110901		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor-for-life Zubin Mehta bring a colourful programme to the Proms. They begin with an early score by Webern and are then joined by Gil Shaham for Bruch's ever-popular 1st Violin Concerto. They end their concert in Spain, seen through both native and Russian eyes. The Israel Philharmonic is 75 years old this year and Bombay-born Zubin Mehta has been the orchestra's Music Director for the last 40 of those years. Their Prom programme reflects his wide musical interests, from the music of 20th-century Vienna (where he was educated) to colourful music that he has always conducted so well. The concert's second half certainly falls into this category, with pieces by Albeniz describing scenes from his native Spain. They were originally written for piano and have now been given glittering orchestral colours. The sparkle continues with Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Spanish Caprice', based on Spanish folksong and with the orchestra evoking the sounds of guitars and rustic revelry. Webern: Passacaglia, Op. 1 Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Gil Shaham (violin) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 7 September at 2.30pm. . Israel Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta in Webern: Passacaglia. Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor-for-life Zubin Mehta bring a colourful programme to the Proms. They begin with an early score by Webern and are then joined by Gil Shaham for Bruch's ever-popular 1st Violin Concerto. They end their concert in Spain, seen through both native and Russian eyes. The Israel Philharmonic is 75 years old this year and Bombay-born Zubin Mehta has been the orchestra's Music Director for the last 40 of those years. Their Prom programme reflects his wide musical interests, from the music of 20th-century Vienna (where he was educated) to colourful music that he has always conducted so well. The concert's second half certainly falls into this category, with pieces by Albeniz describing scenes from his native Spain. They were originally written for piano and have now been given glittering orchestral colours. The sparkle continues with Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Spanish Caprice', based on Spanish folksong and with the orchestra evoking the sounds of guitars and rustic revelry. Webern: Passacaglia, Op. 1 Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Gil Shaham (violin) Zubin Mehta (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 7 September at 2.30pm. Israel Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta in Webern: Passacaglia. Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1.
01	2011, Prom 63, Liszt, Mahler	20110902		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra perform the usual 4-movement version of Mahler's First Symphony after the interval, and the extra movement Blumine before it. And around Blumine are two devilish dances by their compatriot Franz Liszt - continuing the Proms celebrations of his bicentenary this year. The concert opens with the First Mephisto Waltz (inspired by the demon Mephistopheles who tempts Faust) and the first half ends with Dejan Lazic as the virtuoso soloist in the Totentanz - Dance of Death. It was in Budapest back in 1889 that Mahler - then Director of the Royal Budapest Opera - conducted the premiere of his First Symphony. At that point it had 5 movements, not the four we're used to today: in the 1890s Mahler removed a slow movement that he'd called Blumine - 'bouquet of flowers'. The Budapest Festival Orchestra was only founded in 1983, but it's already universally recognised as one of the world's great orchestras. Conducted throughout its life by Music Director and joint founder Ivan Fischer, the orchestra has built a reputation for shedding new light on old favourites. Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Mephisto Waltz No. 1) Mahler: Blumine Liszt: Totentanz Dejan Lazic (piano) Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 4 September at 2pm. . Ivan Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in music by Liszt and Mahler. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra perform the usual 4-movement version of Mahler's First Symphony after the interval, and the extra movement Blumine before it. And around Blumine are two devilish dances by their compatriot Franz Liszt - continuing the Proms celebrations of his bicentenary this year. The concert opens with the First Mephisto Waltz (inspired by the demon Mephistopheles who tempts Faust) and the first half ends with Dejan Lazic as the virtuoso soloist in the Totentanz - Dance of Death. It was in Budapest back in 1889 that Mahler - then Director of the Royal Budapest Opera - conducted the premiere of his First Symphony. At that point it had 5 movements, not the four we're used to today: in the 1890s Mahler removed a slow movement that he'd called Blumine - 'bouquet of flowers'. The Budapest Festival Orchestra was only founded in 1983, but it's already universally recognised as one of the world's great orchestras. Conducted throughout its life by Music Director and joint founder Ivan Fischer, the orchestra has built a reputation for shedding new light on old favourites. Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Mephisto Waltz No. 1) Mahler: Blumine Liszt: Totentanz Dejan Lazic (piano) Iván Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 4 September at 2pm. Ivan Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in music by Liszt and Mahler. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra perform the usual 4-movement version of Mahler's First Symphony after the interval, and the extra movement Blumine before it. And around Blumine are two devilish dances by their compatriot Franz Liszt - continuing the Proms celebrations of his bicentenary this year. The concert opens with the First Mephisto Waltz (inspired by the demon Mephistopheles who tempts Faust) and the first half ends with Dejan Lazic as the virtuoso soloist in the Totentanz - Dance of Death. It was in Budapest back in 1889 that Mahler - then Director of the Royal Budapest Opera - conducted the premiere of his First Symphony. At that point it had 5 movements, not the four we're used to today: in the 1890s Mahler removed a slow movement that he'd called Blumine - 'bouquet of flowers'. The Budapest Festival Orchestra was only founded in 1983, but it's already universally recognised as one of the world's great orchestras. Conducted throughout its life by Music Director and joint founder Ivan Fischer, the orchestra has built a reputation for shedding new light on old favourites. Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Mephisto Waltz No. 1) Mahler: Blumine Liszt: Totentanz Dejan Lazic (piano) Iván Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 4 September at 2pm. Ivan Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in music by Liszt and Mahler.
01	2011, Prom 65, Elgar, M Berkeley	20110903		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Guest Conductor Jac van Steen bring two dazzling concertos to the Proms. Canadian pianist Marc-Andr退 Hamelin displays his virtuosity in Rachmaninov's ever popular Rhapsody, and Proms featured organist David Goode plays Michael Berkeley's demanding concerto, which receives its London premiere. The programme includes two musical pictures: Elgar's Edwardian soundscape of Old London Town, and Kodály's suite Háry János, which brings to life the unlikely exploits of an old Hungarian hero. Michael Berkeley had the cavernous space of Westminster cathedral in mind with his organ concerto, he was a choirboy there. A central theme is of fire, a force that cleanses and obliterates all in its path. The Royal Albert Hall, with its immense Henry Willis organ and generous acoustic should prove an ideal venue. A sense of ritual and religious theatre also comes from offstage trumpets, high in the gallery. Soloist David Goode has already delighted promenaders twice this season, in Janacek's Glagolitic Mass and Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. An exceptional talent, he remains undaunted by the challenges of the concerto. Marc-Andr退 Hamelin has won great critical acclaim for his "jaw dropping technique" and "probing musicianship". He's been a tireless advocate of less familiar concertos, and he also is a composer. Here he brings his formidable talents to bear on a great favourite of the piano repertoire. Rachmaninov's Rhapsody is one of the most brilliant works for piano and orchestra, though with an underlying sense of devilry. Elgar: Overture Cockaigne (In London Town) Michael Berkeley: Organ Concerto (London premiere) Marc-Andr退 Hamelin (piano) David Goode (organ) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Monday 5 September at 2.00pm. . Jac van Steen conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Elgar and Michael Berkeley. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Guest Conductor Jac van Steen bring two dazzling concertos to the Proms. Canadian pianist Marc-Andr退 Hamelin displays his virtuosity in Rachmaninov's ever popular Rhapsody, and Proms featured organist David Goode plays Michael Berkeley's demanding concerto, which receives its London premiere. The programme includes two musical pictures: Elgar's Edwardian soundscape of Old London Town, and Kodály's suite Háry János, which brings to life the unlikely exploits of an old Hungarian hero. Michael Berkeley had the cavernous space of Westminster cathedral in mind with his organ concerto, he was a choirboy there. A central theme is of fire, a force that cleanses and obliterates all in its path. The Royal Albert Hall, with its immense Henry Willis organ and generous acoustic should prove an ideal venue. A sense of ritual and religious theatre also comes from offstage trumpets, high in the gallery. Soloist David Goode has already delighted promenaders twice this season, in Janacek's Glagolitic Mass and Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. An exceptional talent, he remains undaunted by the challenges of the concerto. Marc-Andr退 Hamelin has won great critical acclaim for his "jaw dropping technique" and "probing musicianship". He's been a tireless advocate of less familiar concertos, and he also is a composer. Here he brings his formidable talents to bear on a great favourite of the piano repertoire. Rachmaninov's Rhapsody is one of the most brilliant works for piano and orchestra, though with an underlying sense of devilry. Elgar: Overture Cockaigne (In London Town) Michael Berkeley: Organ Concerto (London premiere) Marc-Andr退 Hamelin (piano) David Goode (organ) Jac van Steen (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Monday 5 September at 2.00pm. Jac van Steen conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Elgar and Michael Berkeley.
01	2011, Prom 68, Braunfels, Beethoven	20110905		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra visits the Proms with its Music Director Manfred Honeck, bringing favourites by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. First on the programme though is a concert rarity: a flamboyant orchestral work by Walther Braunfels, whose career was knocked off course in Nazi Germany. Although profoundly influenced by Wagner he was also a huge admirer of Berlioz, as is evident in this work. Beethoven's Fourth Piano concerto, played by H退lène Grimaud, shows the intimate as well as the dramatic side of the composer. Tchaikovsky's triumphant symphony concludes the programme. This is the first of two Proms with the Pittsburgh Orchestra. Braunfels: Fantastic Appearances of a Theme of Hector Berlioz Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major H退lène Grimaud (piano) Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 8 September at 2.30pm. . Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Braunfels and Beethoven. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra visits the Proms with its Music Director Manfred Honeck, bringing favourites by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. First on the programme though is a concert rarity: a flamboyant orchestral work by Walther Braunfels, whose career was knocked off course in Nazi Germany. Although profoundly influenced by Wagner he was also a huge admirer of Berlioz, as is evident in this work. Beethoven's Fourth Piano concerto, played by H退lène Grimaud, shows the intimate as well as the dramatic side of the composer. Tchaikovsky's triumphant symphony concludes the programme. This is the first of two Proms with the Pittsburgh Orchestra. Braunfels: Fantastic Appearances of a Theme of Hector Berlioz Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major H退lène Grimaud (piano) Manfred Honeck (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 8 September at 2.30pm. Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Braunfels and Beethoven. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra visits the Proms with its Music Director Manfred Honeck, bringing favourites by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. First on the programme though is a concert rarity: a flamboyant orchestral work by Walther Braunfels, whose career was knocked off course in Nazi Germany. Although profoundly influenced by Wagner he was also a huge admirer of Berlioz, as is evident in this work. Beethoven's Fourth Piano concerto, played by H退lène Grimaud, shows the intimate as well as the dramatic side of the composer. Tchaikovsky's triumphant symphony concludes the programme. This is the first of two Proms with the Pittsburgh Orchestra. Braunfels: Fantastic Appearances of a Theme of Hector Berlioz Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major H退lène Grimaud (piano) Manfred Honeck (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 8 September at 2.30pm. Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Braunfels and Beethoven.
01	2011, Prom 69, Wagner, Rihm	20110906		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra returns for the second of two concerts with its Music Director Manfred Honeck. Mahler's turbulent Fifth Symphony is the main work. Written whilst he was recuperating from a sudden life-threatening illness, it is full of nostalgia. The famous Adagietto leads into a wonderfully transformative final movement. Before this the orchestra are joined by the celebrated German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter for 'Time Chant' - a never ending aria by her compatriot, Wolfgang Rihm. Wagner's ethereal Prelude to Lohengrin opens the programme. Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude, Act 1) Wolfgang Rihm: Gesungene Zeit Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 9 September at 2.30pm. . Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Wagner: Lohengrin (Act 1 prelude). Rihm: Gesungene Zeit. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra returns for the second of two concerts with its Music Director Manfred Honeck. Mahler's turbulent Fifth Symphony is the main work. Written whilst he was recuperating from a sudden life-threatening illness, it is full of nostalgia. The famous Adagietto leads into a wonderfully transformative final movement. Before this the orchestra are joined by the celebrated German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter for 'Time Chant' - a never ending aria by her compatriot, Wolfgang Rihm. Wagner's ethereal Prelude to Lohengrin opens the programme. Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude, Act 1) Wolfgang Rihm: Gesungene Zeit Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Manfred Honeck (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 9 September at 2.30pm. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Wagner: Lohengrin (Act 1 prelude). Rihm: Gesungene Zeit.
01	2011, Prom 70, Bridge, Birtwistle	20110907		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Head into outer space with Holst's planetary survey. Plus Sir Harrison Birtwistle's new Violin Concerto - his first for a stringed instrument - and Frank Bridge's Keats-inspired symphonic poem Isabella. Frank Bridge is at his most romantic and Lisztian in this symphonic poem , given its world premiere at the Proms by founder-conductor Henry Wood. Birtwistle's Violin Concerto was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Christian Tetzlaff and unveiled by him in March to rave reviews. The composer himself studied the clarinet, although he says, 'I had some violin lessons at school, so I have a memory of the physical feel of the instrument, in a sense. It's rather like remembering how to bowl a leg break in cricket, even if I couldn't do it now.' Holst's The Planets displays astonishing verve in its orchestration and in the radicalism of much of its content for its time. Bridge: Isabella Harrison Birtwistle: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (UK Premiere) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Holst Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 11 September at 2pm. . David Robertson conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Bridge and Birtwistle. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Head into outer space with Holst's planetary survey. Plus Sir Harrison Birtwistle's new Violin Concerto - his first for a stringed instrument - and Frank Bridge's Keats-inspired symphonic poem Isabella. Frank Bridge is at his most romantic and Lisztian in this symphonic poem , given its world premiere at the Proms by founder-conductor Henry Wood. Birtwistle's Violin Concerto was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Christian Tetzlaff and unveiled by him in March to rave reviews. The composer himself studied the clarinet, although he says, 'I had some violin lessons at school, so I have a memory of the physical feel of the instrument, in a sense. It's rather like remembering how to bowl a leg break in cricket, even if I couldn't do it now.' Holst's The Planets displays astonishing verve in its orchestration and in the radicalism of much of its content for its time. Bridge: Isabella Harrison Birtwistle: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (UK Premiere) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Holst Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 11 September at 2pm. David Robertson conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Bridge and Birtwistle.
01	2011, Prom 72, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky	20110908		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny One of the world's great orchestras comes to the Proms with a programme of familiar classics including Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, written for Philadelphia. Charles Dutoit conducts, and violinist Janine Jansen joins the orchestra for the ever-popular Tchaikovsky Concerto. These works are bookended by Sibelius's nationalistic tone poem and Ravel's apotheosis of the waltz, a piece whose unstoppable whirling may have been intended as a metaphor for the fate of European civilisation. Sibelius: Finlandia Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Janine Jansen (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor). . Charles Dutoit conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in music by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny One of the world's great orchestras comes to the Proms with a programme of familiar classics including Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, written for Philadelphia. Charles Dutoit conducts, and violinist Janine Jansen joins the orchestra for the ever-popular Tchaikovsky Concerto. These works are bookended by Sibelius's nationalistic tone poem and Ravel's apotheosis of the waltz, a piece whose unstoppable whirling may have been intended as a metaphor for the fate of European civilisation. Sibelius: Finlandia Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Janine Jansen (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor). Charles Dutoit conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in music by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny One of the world's great orchestras comes to the Proms with a programme of familiar classics including Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, written for Philadelphia. Charles Dutoit conducts, and violinist Janine Jansen joins the orchestra for the ever-popular Tchaikovsky Concerto. These works are bookended by Sibelius's nationalistic tone poem and Ravel's apotheosis of the waltz, a piece whose unstoppable whirling may have been intended as a metaphor for the fate of European civilisation. Sibelius: Finlandia Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Janine Jansen (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor). Charles Dutoit conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in music by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky.
01	2011, Prom 73, Weber's Der Freischutz (acts 1 And 2)	20110909		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley A rare chance to hear Weber's opera Der Freischutz, one of the cornerstones of German Romantic opera, reimagined by Berlioz for audiences at the Paris Opera. As originally composed, the work has spoken dialogue in German but, for the Paris production of 1841, Berlioz - a huge fan of Weber - replaced the dialogue with recitatives as well as adding the ballet expected by French audiences at the time. Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts, and tenor Andrew Kennedy as the forester-hero, Max, and the Belgian soprano Sophie Karthauser as his beloved Agathe lead the international cast in this dramatic tale of romance and magic. Weber: Der Freischütz (French Version, 1841) (Acts 1 & 2) Andrew Kennedy (Max) Sophie Karthäuser (Agathe) Gidon Saks (Kaspar) Virginie Pochon (Ännchen) Matthew Brook (Kuno) Luc Bertin-Hugault (A Hermit) Christian Pelissier (Zamiel) Samuel Evans (Kilian) Robert Davies (Ottokar) Monteverdi Choir Orchestre R退volutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). . John Eliot Gardiner conducts a French language version of Weber's opera Der Freischutz. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley A rare chance to hear Weber's opera Der Freischutz, one of the cornerstones of German Romantic opera, reimagined by Berlioz for audiences at the Paris Opera. As originally composed, the work has spoken dialogue in German but, for the Paris production of 1841, Berlioz - a huge fan of Weber - replaced the dialogue with recitatives as well as adding the ballet expected by French audiences at the time. Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts, and tenor Andrew Kennedy as the forester-hero, Max, and the Belgian soprano Sophie Karthauser as his beloved Agathe lead the international cast in this dramatic tale of romance and magic. Weber: Der Freischütz (French Version, 1841) (Acts 1 & 2) Andrew Kennedy (Max) Sophie Karthäuser (Agathe) Gidon Saks (Kaspar) Virginie Pochon (Ännchen) Matthew Brook (Kuno) Luc Bertin-Hugault (A Hermit) Christian Pelissier (Zamiel) Samuel Evans (Kilian) Robert Davies (Ottokar) Monteverdi Choir Orchestre R退volutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). John Eliot Gardiner conducts a French language version of Weber's opera Der Freischutz. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley A rare chance to hear Weber's opera Der Freischutz, one of the cornerstones of German Romantic opera, reimagined by Berlioz for audiences at the Paris Opera. As originally composed, the work has spoken dialogue in German but, for the Paris production of 1841, Berlioz - a huge fan of Weber - replaced the dialogue with recitatives as well as adding the ballet expected by French audiences at the time. Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts, and tenor Andrew Kennedy as the forester-hero, Max, and the Belgian soprano Sophie Karthauser as his beloved Agathe lead the international cast in this dramatic tale of romance and magic. Weber: Der Freischütz (French Version, 1841) (Acts 1 & 2) Andrew Kennedy (Max) Sophie Karthäuser (Agathe) Gidon Saks (Kaspar) Virginie Pochon (Ännchen) Matthew Brook (Kuno) Luc Bertin-Hugault (A Hermit) Christian Pelissier (Zamiel) Samuel Evans (Kilian) Robert Davies (Ottokar) Monteverdi Choir Orchestre R退volutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). John Eliot Gardiner conducts a French language version of Weber's opera Der Freischutz.
01	2011, Prom 74, Last Night Of The Proms: Maxwell Davies, Bartok, Wagner, Liszt	20110910		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein Conductor Edward Gardner leads the traditional festivities of the Last Night of the Proms with performers including super-star pianist Lang Lang playing Liszt and soprano Susan Bullock singing Wagner. Gardner, who is the youngest Last Night conductor since Sir Henry Wood himself on the first Last Night in 1895, brings a youthful verve to the celebrations, and it's an event he's looking forward to greatly: "I was aware of the Last Night as a kid and to be involved is extraordinary." He's joined by leading dramatic soprano Susan Bullock who performs Brunnhilde's famous 'Immolation Scene' which concludes Wagner's epic Ring cycle, as well as leading the customary communal singing after the Interval. Super-star pianist Lang Lang - the man who's inspired millions of Chinese children to take up the piano - performs Liszt, a composer who he describes as a "rock star" but also a "truly great musician" - words that could equally describe Lang Lang himself. But it's the Prommers who give the Proms their special atmosphere. Standing night after night in the arena and the gallery their attentiveness and enthusiasm for the music inspires performers to produce exceptional performances. They also organise the nightly collection which raises thousands of pounds every year for musical charities. So it's fitting that this year the party begins with a celebration of the Prommers with a new work by Peter Maxwell Davies commissioned by the Musicians Belevolent Fund who are one of the beneficiaries of the annual collection Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Musica benevolens (Musicians Benevolent Fund commission - World Premiere) Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin - suite Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Immolation Scene Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Lang Lang (piano) Susan Bullock (soprano) The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Household Division BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor). . Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein present the Last Night of the Proms. Music by Wagner, Liszt. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein Conductor Edward Gardner leads the traditional festivities of the Last Night of the Proms with performers including super-star pianist Lang Lang playing Liszt and soprano Susan Bullock singing Wagner. Gardner, who is the youngest Last Night conductor since Sir Henry Wood himself on the first Last Night in 1895, brings a youthful verve to the celebrations, and it's an event he's looking forward to greatly: "I was aware of the Last Night as a kid and to be involved is extraordinary." He's joined by leading dramatic soprano Susan Bullock who performs Brunnhilde's famous 'Immolation Scene' which concludes Wagner's epic Ring cycle, as well as leading the customary communal singing after the Interval. Super-star pianist Lang Lang - the man who's inspired millions of Chinese children to take up the piano - performs Liszt, a composer who he describes as a "rock star" but also a "truly great musician" - words that could equally describe Lang Lang himself. But it's the Prommers who give the Proms their special atmosphere. Standing night after night in the arena and the gallery their attentiveness and enthusiasm for the music inspires performers to produce exceptional performances. They also organise the nightly collection which raises thousands of pounds every year for musical charities. So it's fitting that this year the party begins with a celebration of the Prommers with a new work by Peter Maxwell Davies commissioned by the Musicians Belevolent Fund who are one of the beneficiaries of the annual collection Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Musica benevolens (Musicians Benevolent Fund commission - World Premiere) Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin - suite Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Immolation Scene Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Lang Lang (piano) Susan Bullock (soprano) The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Household Division BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor). Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein present the Last Night of the Proms. Music by Wagner, Liszt. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein Conductor Edward Gardner leads the traditional festivities of the Last Night of the Proms with performers including super-star pianist Lang Lang playing Liszt and soprano Susan Bullock singing Wagner. Gardner, who is the youngest Last Night conductor since Sir Henry Wood himself on the first Last Night in 1895, brings a youthful verve to the celebrations, and it's an event he's looking forward to greatly: "I was aware of the Last Night as a kid and to be involved is extraordinary." He's joined by leading dramatic soprano Susan Bullock who performs Brunnhilde's famous 'Immolation Scene' which concludes Wagner's epic Ring cycle, as well as leading the customary communal singing after the Interval. Super-star pianist Lang Lang - the man who's inspired millions of Chinese children to take up the piano - performs Liszt, a composer who he describes as a "rock star" but also a "truly great musician" - words that could equally describe Lang Lang himself. But it's the Prommers who give the Proms their special atmosphere. Standing night after night in the arena and the gallery their attentiveness and enthusiasm for the music inspires performers to produce exceptional performances. They also organise the nightly collection which raises thousands of pounds every year for musical charities. So it's fitting that this year the party begins with a celebration of the Prommers with a new work by Peter Maxwell Davies commissioned by the Musicians Belevolent Fund who are one of the beneficiaries of the annual collection Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Musica benevolens (Musicians Benevolent Fund commission - World Premiere) Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin - suite Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Immolation Scene Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Lang Lang (piano) Susan Bullock (soprano) The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Household Division BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor). Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein present the Last Night of the Proms. Music by Wagner, Liszt.
02	2009, Nga Weekend, Saturday - Part 2	20090829		BBC Proms 2009 New Generation Artists Celebration Weekend. From Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Catherine Bott. Bach: Partita No 3 in E, BWV 1006 Alina Ibragimova (violin) Bartok: Sonata for solo violin Tai Murray (violin). . Bach: Partita No 3 in E, BWV 1006. Bartok: Sonata for solo violin. BBC Proms 2009 New Generation Artists Celebration Weekend. From Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Catherine Bott. Bach: Partita No 3 in E, BWV 1006 Alina Ibragimova (violin) Bartok: Sonata for solo violin Tai Murray (violin).
02	2009, Prom 04: Handel's Partenope, Act 2	20090719		Catherine Bott presents a concert performance of Act 2 of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian. Partenope is a dazzling comic parody of a typically convoluted plot, which only unravels when the supposed Prince of Armenia is challenged to fight bare-chested and is exposed as the disguised Rosmira, her challenger's abandoned fiancee. Handel: Partenope (Act 2) Cast (from Danish Opera) Partenope.... Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Rosmira.... Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano) Arsace.... Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Armindo.... Christophe Dumax (countertenor) Emilio.... Bo Kristian Jensen (tenor) Ormonte.... Palle Knudsen (bass) Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor). . A concert performance of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian - Act 2.
02	2009, Prom 1: First Night Of The Proms, Part 2	20090717		Petroc Trelawny presents the second part of the First Night of the 2009 BBC Proms, as sisters Katia and Marielle Labeque kick off the season's focus on works for multiple pianos with Poulenc's Concerto. Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos. . From the BBC Proms, Katia and Marielle Labeque in Poulenc's Concerto for two pianos.
02	2009, Prom 10: Takemitsu, Debussy, Ravel, Sarasate, Hosokawa, Part 2	20090724		Jun Markl conducts the Orchestre de Lyon in a three-part concert tracing musical cross-fertilisations between East and West, and between France and Spain. A key influence on Takemitsu's Green was Debussy, who himself used oriental scales and sonorities on Pagodes and La mer. Akiko Suwanai (violin) Orchestre National de Lyon Jun Markl (conductor) Takemitsu: Green Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy Ravel: Tzigane. . Takemitsu: Green. Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy. Ravel: Tzigane.
02	2009, Prom 25: Berlioz, Jarrell, Beethoven, Part 2	20090803		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Tom Service. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales' Prom continues, as the Royal Albert Hall is filled with 33 wind players, 36 brass and 20 percussionists to give full dramatic effect to Berlioz's Symphonie funebre et triomphale. Written to commemorate the fallen heroes of the French Revolution of 1830, Berlioz himself conducted it with a military band of 200 (though that was for the open air). It begins with a funeral march followed by a funeral oration given by a solo trombone, before the final hymn of praise. Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Francois Leleux (oboe) Paul Meyer (clarinet) Thierry Fischer (conductor) Berlioz: Symphonie funebre et triomphale. . Presented by Tom Service. BBCNOW in Berlioz: Symphonie funebre et triomphale.
02	2009, Prom 47: Samson, Act 2	20090820		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Catherine Bott. A cast of leading Handel singers and players - with tenor Mark Padmore in the title role - perform the tragic story of Samson, the Israelite hero cut off in his prime after falling for the wrong woman. Handel: Samson (Act 2) Dalila.... Susan Gritton (soprano) Micah.... Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Samson.... Mark Padmore (tenor) Manoa.... Neal Davies (bass) Harapha.... Christopher Purves (bass) Israelite Woman/Philistine Woman/Virgin.... Lucy Crowe (soprano) Israelite Man/Philistine Man/Messenger.... Ben Johnson (tenor) The Choir of the English Concert The New Company The English Concert Harry Bicket (conductor). . Catherine Bott presents Act 2 of Handel's oratorio Samson, featuring tenor Mark Padmore.
02	2009, Prom 64: Ibert, Debussy, Mozart, Zimmermann, Brahms, Part 2	20090903		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. A mixed programme of colourful orchestral works and brilliant piano showpieces continues with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich joining forces to perform Mozart's Sonata and Zimmermann's Dialoge. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (pianos) London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) Mozart: Sonata in D for two pianos, K448 Zimmerman: Dialoge. . Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich in Mozart: Sonata, K448; Zimmerman: Dialoge.
02	2009, Proms Chamber Concerts, Pcm 02 - Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau	20090801		From Cadogan Hall, London. Louise Fryer presents a French song recital by American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and her duo partner Malcolm Martineau. Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Bizet: Chanson d'avril Franck: Nocturne Chabrier: Les cigales Bachelet: Chere nuit Duparc: Au pays ou se fait la guerre Ravel: Le Paon (Histoires naturelles) Caplet: Le corbeau et le renard Roussel: Reponse d'une epouse sage Debussy: Colloque sentimental (Fetes galantes) Honegger: Trois chansons de la petite sirene Rosenthal: La souris d'Angleterre (Chansons du monsieur Bleu) Poulenc: La dame de Monte-Carlo. . A French song recital by American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcolm Martineau
02	2009, Proms Chamber Concerts, Pcm 2 - Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau	20090727		From Cadogan Hall, London. Louise Fryer presents a French song recital by American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and her duo partner Malcolm Martineau. Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Bizet: Chanson d'avril Franck: Nocturne Chabrier: Les cigales Bachelet: Chere nuit Duparc: Au pays ou se fait la guerre Ravel: Le Paon (Histoires naturelles) Caplet: Le corbeau et le renard Roussel: Reponse d'une epouse sage Debussy: Colloque sentimental (Fetes galantes) Honegger: Trois chansons de la petite sirene Rosenthal: La souris d'Angleterre (Chansons du monsieur Bleu) Poulenc: La dame de Monte-Carlo. . A French song recital by American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcolm Martineau
02	2010, Prom 02: Wagner - The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg, Part 2	20100717		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. Welsh National Opera brings its new production of Wagner's Mastersingers of Nuremberg to the Royal Albert Hall, and the celebrated bass-baritone Bryn Terfel makes his debut in the role of Hans Sachs, the shoemaker and poet at the heart of this monumental work - part comedy, part love story, part meditation on the transformative power of art. In 16th-century Nuremberg, the Mastersingers are a highly influential guild of singers who meet for an annual singing competition - a challenge requiring a high level of technical expertise, and rewarded by a coveted prize. For the forthcoming competition, the goldsmith, Pogner, offers an extra prize - the hand in marriage of his daughter, Eva. Into the town comes a young knight, Walther, with no experience in the craft of singing, but he falls instantly in love with Eva. He performs a song for a chance to enter the competition, but is judged to be unworthy by the pedantic town clerk, Beckmesser, who is also keen to win Eva's hand. Hans Sachs is the only member of the establishment willing to listen to the newcomer and to give him a chance in his quest. Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Act I) c.5.30pm Interval c.5.55pm Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Act II) c.7.00pm c.8.00pm Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Act III) Hans Sachs.... Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Walther von Stoltzing.... Raymond Very (tenor) Eva.... Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Beckmesser.... Christopher Purves (baritone) David.... Andrew Tortise (tenor) Pogner.... Brindley Sherratt (bass) Magdalene.... Anna Burford (mezzo-soprano) Nightwatchman.... David Soar (bass-baritone) Kothner.... Simon Thorpe (bass/baritone) Nachtigall.... David Stout (baritone) Schwartz.... Paul Hodges (baritone) Zorn.... Rhys Meirion (tenor) Eisslinger.... Andrew Rees (tenor) Moser.... Stephen Rooke (tenor) Foltz.... Arwel Huw Morgan (bass-baritone) Vogelgesang.... Geraint Dodd (tenor) Ortel.... Owen Webb (baritone) Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Lothar Koenigs (conductor). . Welsh National Opera perform Wagner's The Mastersingers of Nuremberg.
02	2010, Prom 15, Stockhausen, Matthews, Schumann - Part 2	20100728		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in this wide-ranging programme, opening with Stockhausen's festive overture from 1977 and continuing with a trio of recent British works, including Colin Matthew's Violin Concerto with soloist Leila Josefowicz. The Proms' Schumann symphony cycle, celebrating the bicentenary of the composer's birth, continues with the Third Symphony. It's the most pictorial, evoking by turns a beer garden by the Rhine and the Gothic magnificence of Cologne Cathedral. A century later Bernd Alois Zimmermann's witty Rhine-Church Festival Dances, celebrated the same German region. Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Sonance Severance 2000 Colin Matthews: Violin Concerto (London premiere) Luke Bedford: Outblaze the Sky Leila Josefowicz (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Oliver Knussen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 2nd August at 2pm. . The BBC SO and violinist Leila Josefowicz perform a trio of recent British works. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in this wide-ranging programme, opening with Stockhausen's festive overture from 1977 and continuing with a trio of recent British works, including Colin Matthew's Violin Concerto with soloist Leila Josefowicz. The Proms' Schumann symphony cycle, celebrating the bicentenary of the composer's birth, continues with the Third Symphony. It's the most pictorial, evoking by turns a beer garden by the Rhine and the Gothic magnificence of Cologne Cathedral. A century later Bernd Alois Zimmermann's witty Rhine-Church Festival Dances, celebrated the same German region. Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Sonance Severance 2000 Colin Matthews: Violin Concerto (London premiere) Luke Bedford: Outblaze the Sky Leila Josefowicz (violin) Oliver Knussen (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 2nd August at 2pm. The BBC SO and violinist Leila Josefowicz perform a trio of recent British works.
02	2010, Prom 35, Ligeti, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius - Part 2	20100811		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Thomas Dausgaard conducts his Danish orchestra and choirs in an expansive, almost cosmic, programme. Three short choral pieces by György Ligeti - including Lux aeterna, heard in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - take us to ethereal heights, while Ligeti himself recognised the mesmeric, free-floating character of Rued Langgaard's 1918 Music of the Spheres as prefiguring his own style. Tchaikovsky's captivating concerto and Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, overwhelming in its nobly expansive final-movement 'Swan Hymn' climax, complete the evening. Ligeti: Lux aeterna Langgaard: Music of the Spheres (UK premiere) Henning Kraggerud (violin) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Danish National Concert Choir Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 16th August at 2pm. . Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Danish National SO in music by Ligeti and Rued Langgard. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Thomas Dausgaard conducts his Danish orchestra and choirs in an expansive, almost cosmic, programme. Three short choral pieces by György Ligeti - including Lux aeterna, heard in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - take us to ethereal heights, while Ligeti himself recognised the mesmeric, free-floating character of Rued Langgaard's 1918 Music of the Spheres as prefiguring his own style. Tchaikovsky's captivating concerto and Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, overwhelming in its nobly expansive final-movement 'Swan Hymn' climax, complete the evening. Ligeti: Lux aeterna Langgaard: Music of the Spheres (UK premiere) Henning Kraggerud (violin) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Danish National Concert Choir Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 16th August at 2pm. Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Danish National SO in music by Ligeti and Rued Langgard. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew Mcgregor Thomas Dausgaard conducts his Danish orchestra and choirs in an expansive, almost cosmic, programme. Three short choral pieces by György Ligeti - including Lux aeterna, heard in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - take us to ethereal heights, while Ligeti himself recognised the mesmeric, free-floating character of Rued Langgaard's 1918 Music of the Spheres as prefiguring his own style. Tchaikovsky's captivating concerto and Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, overwhelming in its nobly expansive final-movement 'Swan Hymn' climax, complete the evening. Ligeti: Lux aeterna Langgaard: Music of the Spheres (UK premiere) Henning Kraggerud (violin) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Danish National Concert Choir Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 16th August at 2pm. Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Danish National SO in music by Ligeti and Rued Langgard.
02	2010, Prom 58, Dvorak, Martinu, Grieg, Janacek - Part 2	20100829		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the visiting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra frame their programme with Dvorak's ebullient, life-affirming Carnival Overture and his radiant 8th Symphony. In between, Martinu's 6th Symphony dances with Czech and Moravian folk melodies and rhythms; there's a detour to the Norwegian fjords for Grieg's Piano Concerto with Lars Vogt; and back to the Moravian Janacek whose gentle Ballad of Blanik was inspired by recent Czech independence and the new nation's legendary guardians. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Lars Vogt, piano Czech Philhamonic Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 7th September at 2.20pm. . Czech Philharmonic/John Eliot Gardiner in Grieg: Piano Concerto (soloist - Lars Vogt). BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the visiting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra frame their programme with Dvorak's ebullient, life-affirming Carnival Overture and his radiant 8th Symphony. In between, Martinu's 6th Symphony dances with Czech and Moravian folk melodies and rhythms; there's a detour to the Norwegian fjords for Grieg's Piano Concerto with Lars Vogt; and back to the Moravian Janacek whose gentle Ballad of Blanik was inspired by recent Czech independence and the new nation's legendary guardians. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Lars Vogt, piano Czech Philhamonic Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 7th September at 2.20pm. Czech Philharmonic/John Eliot Gardiner in Grieg: Piano Concerto (soloist - Lars Vogt). 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the visiting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra frame their programme with Dvorak's ebullient, life-affirming Carnival Overture and his radiant 8th Symphony. In between, Martinu's 6th Symphony dances with Czech and Moravian folk melodies and rhythms; there's a detour to the Norwegian fjords for Grieg's Piano Concerto with Lars Vogt; and back to the Moravian Janacek whose gentle Ballad of Blanik was inspired by recent Czech independence and the new nation's legendary guardians. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Lars Vogt, piano Czech Philhamonic Orchestra Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 7th September at 2.20pm. Czech Philharmonic/John Eliot Gardiner in Grieg: Piano Concerto (soloist - Lars Vogt).
02	2011, Prom 02, Act 2	20110716		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty Antonio Pappano comes to the Proms with his Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, for a rare performance of Rossini's grandest of operas about the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland and the hero who shoots an apple from his son's head. Michele Pertusi takes the title role and the character of Arnold, one of Rossini's most demanding tenor parts, (complete with numerous high Cs), is sung by the American tenor John Osborn. Rossini: William Tell, Act II c.9.00pm Live Interval (see separate billing) c.9.20pm Rossini: William Tell, Acts III and IV William Tell.... Michele Pertusi (baritone) Arnold Melchthal.... John Osborn (tenor) Walter Furst.... Matthew Rose (bass) Melchthal.... Fr退d退ric Caton (bass) Jemmy.... Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano) Gesler.... Nicolas Courjal (bass) Rodolphe.... Carlo Bosi (tenor) Ruodi.... Celso Albelo (tenor) Leuthold.... Mark Stone (baritone) Mathilde.... Malyn Byström (soprano) Hedwige.... Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Huntsman.... Davide Malvestio (bass) Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome Antonio Pappano (conductor). . From the Royal Albert Hall, Sean Rafferty presents Act 2 of Rossini's William Tell. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty Antonio Pappano comes to the Proms with his Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, for a rare performance of Rossini's grandest of operas about the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland and the hero who shoots an apple from his son's head. Michele Pertusi takes the title role and the character of Arnold, one of Rossini's most demanding tenor parts, (complete with numerous high Cs), is sung by the American tenor John Osborn. Rossini: William Tell, Act II c.9.00pm Live Interval (see separate billing) c.9.20pm Rossini: William Tell, Acts III and IV William Tell....Michele Pertusi (baritone) Arnold Melchthal....John Osborn (tenor) Walter Furst....Matthew Rose (bass) Melchthal....Fr退d退ric Caton (bass) Jemmy....Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano) Gesler....Nicolas Courjal (bass) Rodolphe....Carlo Bosi (tenor) Ruodi....Celso Albelo (tenor) Leuthold....Mark Stone (baritone) Mathilde....Malyn Byström (soprano) Hedwige....Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Huntsman....Davide Malvestio (bass) Antonio Pappano (conductor). From the Royal Albert Hall, Sean Rafferty presents Act 2 of Rossini's William Tell. 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty Antonio Pappano comes to the Proms with his Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, for a rare performance of Rossini's grandest of operas about the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland and the hero who shoots an apple from his son's head. Michele Pertusi takes the title role and the character of Arnold, one of Rossini's most demanding tenor parts, (complete with numerous high Cs), is sung by the American tenor John Osborn. Rossini: William Tell, Act II c.9.00pm Live Interval (see separate billing) c.9.20pm Rossini: William Tell, Acts III and IV William Tell - Michele Pertusi (baritone) Arnold Melchthal - John Osborn (tenor) Walter Furst - Matthew Rose (bass) Melchthal - Fr退d退ric Caton (bass) Jemmy - Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano) Gesler - Nicolas Courjal (bass) Rodolphe - Carlo Bosi (tenor) Ruodi - Celso Albelo (tenor) Leuthold - Mark Stone (baritone) Mathilde - Malyn Byström (soprano) Hedwige - Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Huntsman - Davide Malvestio (bass) Antonio Pappano (conductor). From the Royal Albert Hall, Sean Rafferty presents Act 2 of Rossini's William Tell.
02	2011, Prom 43, Barber, Bartok	20110816		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Andrew Litton and the RPO perform a programme by composers who have something, or someone, in common: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Copland's Fanfare was later incorporated into his Third Symphony, written for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which also commissioned Bartók at a time when he found himself in grave financial difficulty. Tonight, Yuja Wang makes her Proms debut in his fiendishly difficult Concerto No 2. Koussevitzky also championed Barber's music in the 1940s, and the original version of Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony was commissioned for the BSO's 50th anniversary and premiered under him. Barber: Adagio for Strings Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2 Yuja Wang (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Thursday 18th August at 2.15pm. . The Royal Philharmonic with Yuja Wang (piano) in music by Barber and Bartok. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Andrew Litton and the RPO perform a programme by composers who have something, or someone, in common: Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Copland's Fanfare was later incorporated into his Third Symphony, written for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which also commissioned Bartók at a time when he found himself in grave financial difficulty. Tonight, Yuja Wang makes her Proms debut in his fiendishly difficult Concerto No 2. Koussevitzky also championed Barber's music in the 1940s, and the original version of Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony was commissioned for the BSO's 50th anniversary and premiered under him. Barber: Adagio for Strings Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2 Yuja Wang (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton (conductor) This prom will be repeated on Thursday 18th August at 2.15pm. The Royal Philharmonic with Yuja Wang (piano) in music by Barber and Bartok.
02	2011, Prom 55, Rinaldo - Act 2	20110825		BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its annual visit to the Proms with a new production of Handel's Rinaldo. Handel sets the action in the first Crusade, giving ample opportunity for battle scenes, a love story, abduction, magic, disguise and ultimately, a gracious conquering hero. For Handel this was his first opera written for the London stage, so he was out to impress, filling it with vivid, exciting and poignant arias, including the famous 'Lascia ch'io pianga'. The young knight Rinaldo is in love with Almirena, daughter of Goffredo, the leader of the Crusade. They are laying seige to the Saracens in Jerusalem, who are led by Argante. Argante's lover Armida is a powerful sorceress, and she attacks Rinaldo's forces and abducts Almirena. The period performance specialist Ottavio Dantone directs the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a superb cast including Sonia Prina in the title role. Handel: Rinaldo Act II Sonia Prina (Rinaldo) Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo) Annett Fritsch (Almirena) Brenda Rae (Armida) Luca Pisaroni (Argante) Tim Mead (Eustazio) William Towers (A Christian Magician) Glyndebourne Festival Opera Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Ottavio Dantone (director). . Martin Handley presents Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Act 2 of Handel's Rinaldo. BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its annual visit to the Proms with a new production of Handel's Rinaldo. Handel sets the action in the first Crusade, giving ample opportunity for battle scenes, a love story, abduction, magic, disguise and ultimately, a gracious conquering hero. For Handel this was his first opera written for the London stage, so he was out to impress, filling it with vivid, exciting and poignant arias, including the famous 'Lascia ch'io pianga'. The young knight Rinaldo is in love with Almirena, daughter of Goffredo, the leader of the Crusade. They are laying seige to the Saracens in Jerusalem, who are led by Argante. Argante's lover Armida is a powerful sorceress, and she attacks Rinaldo's forces and abducts Almirena. The period performance specialist Ottavio Dantone directs the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a superb cast including Sonia Prina in the title role. Handel: Rinaldo Act II Sonia Prina (Rinaldo) Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo) Annett Fritsch (Almirena) Brenda Rae (Armida) Luca Pisaroni (Argante) Tim Mead (Eustazio) William Towers (A Christian Magician) Ottavio Dantone (director). Martin Handley presents Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Act 2 of Handel's Rinaldo.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 09: Moeran, Finzi, Elgar, Part 2	20090727		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. A season of Stravinsky ballets opens with the colourful tale of the puppet Petrushka, whose tragedy is played out at St Petersburg's Shrovetide fair. BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version). . BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Belohlavek. Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 12: Elgar/delius/holst, Part 2	20090725		In the second part of a concert celebrating the musical legacy of the three great British composers who died in 1934, Charles Mackerras ventures across the solar system in a performance of Gustav Holst's ever-popular suite. BBC Singers BBC Philharmonic Charles Mackerras (conductor) Holst: The Planets. . BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic conducted by Charles Mackerras. Holst: The Planets.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 13: Family Prom, Part 2	20090726		From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Sarah Walker presents the conclusion of a free family concert devised to give new and younger audiences a first taste of classical music and a flavour of the music to be heard throughout the season. Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Jennifer Pike (violin) BBC Philharmonic Tecwyn Evans (conductor) New collaborative work: The Rough Guide to the Proms Family Orchestra (world premiere) BBC Proms Family Orchestra Lincoln Abbotts (director). . A family concert aimed at younger audiences, including works by Saint-Saens and Britten.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 14: Holst, Delius, Elgar, Part 2	20090726		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Christopher Cook presents the conclusion of a concert featuring the music of Elgar, Holst and Delius, who all died in 1934. Delius's Brigg Fair took an old Lincolnshire folk song and distilled it into an idyll of nostalgia for England's rural past, while Elgar took the very essence of friendship and poured it into a dazzlingly inventive set of variations, whose 1899 premiere transformed him overnight into England's foremost composer. BBC National Orchestra of Wales David Atherton (conductor) Delius: Brigg Fair Elgar: Enigma Variations. . BBC NOW conducted by David Atherton. Delius: Brigg Fair. Elgar: Enigma Variations.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 16: Casken, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Part 1	20090728		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Donald Macleod presents the conclusion of a Prom in which Andris Nelsons, the CBSO's music director, makes his Proms debut. The exploration of the complete Stravinsky ballets continues with the magical fairy-tale score he wrote for his first commission from Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) Stravinsky: The Firebird. . City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons. Stravinsky: The Firebird.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 18: Widmann, Mozart And Bruckner, Part 2	20090729		From the Royal Albert Hall, London Tom Service presents the conclusion of this Austro-German Prom, with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra performing Bruckner's Third Symphony, dedicated to Wagner, his revered master. Jonathan Nott (conductor) Bruckner: Symphony No 3 in D minor. . Tom Service presents the Bamberg SO performing Bruckner's Symphony No 3 in D minor.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 19: Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Part 2	20090730		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. In a performance given as part of the 200th anniverary celebrations of Mendelssohn's birth, Mark Elder conducts the Halle in the rarely heard Symphony No 2, which was wildly popular with the Victorians. Beethoven may have made the idea of a symphony with a choral finale famous, but Mendelssohn trumped him with his Hymn of Praise in 1840 - its choral finale so overwhelms the three preceding orchestral movements that Mendelssohn called the result a Symphony-Cantata. Sally Matthews (soprano) Susan Graham, Sarah Castle (mezzo-sopranos) Steve Davislim (tenor) Halle Choir Halle Youth Choir Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 in B flat (Lobgesang). . The Halle under Mark Elder perform Mendelssohn's Symphony No 2 in B flat (Lobgesang).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 20: Stravinsky, Schumann, Mendelsssohn, Part 2	20090731		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Louise Fryer presents the conclusion of a given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The bicentenary survey of Mendelssohn's symphonies continues with the SCO performing the one that quotes Luther's great Reformation hymn 'Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott'. Young French-Canadian maestro Yannick N退zet-S退guin makes his Proms debut as does prize-winning American pianist Nicholas Angelich in Schumann's popular Piano Concerto in A minor. Nicholas Angelich (piano) Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Staples (tenor) Brindley Sherratt (bass) Yannick N退zet-S退guin (conductor) Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation). . SCO in Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor and Mendelssohn's Symphony No 5.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 23: Evolution, Part 2	20090802		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sarah Walker. As part of 2009's Darwin celebrations CBBC presenters Gemma Hunt and Barney Harwood, with special guest David Attenborough, host the conclusion of a family Prom inspired by the natural world. DJ and drum and bass producer Goldie renews his acquaintance with the BBC Concert Orchestra after 2008's BBC TWO Maestro conducting competition, this time though as composer. His Darwin-inspired BBC commission, Sine tempore, is his first ever work for classical orchestra. Gemma Hunt (presenter) Barney Harwood (presenter) David Attenborough (guest presenter) London Philharmonic Choir Charles Hazlewood (conductor) Goldie: Sine tempore (BBC commission: world premiere) Arvo Part: If Bach had been a Beekeeper Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Koechlin: The Law of the Jungle Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
02 LAST	2009, Prom 24: Foskett, Beethoven, Berlioz, Part 2	20090802		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. The Prom concludes with Susanna Mälkki conducting Berlioz's spectacular and gargantuan Te Deum in which she marshalls vast massed choirs of adults and children, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and organist Simon Preston. At its 1855 Paris premiere, the work involved almost 1,000 performers. Simon Preston (organ) Jorg Schneider (tenor) Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Trinity Boys Choir BBC Symphony Chorus The Bach Choir Crouch End Festival Chorus Susanna Malkki (conductor) Berlioz: Te Deum. . The Prom concludes with Susanna Malkki conducts Berlioz's large-scale Te Deum.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 26: Mendelssohn, Holliger, Prokofiev, Part 2	20090804		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The Prom concludes with Thierry Fischer and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing music by Swiss composer Heinz Holliger. (S)irato is an anguished lament for Holliger's Hungarian teacher Sandor Veress, to whom the piece is dedicated. Fragments of Hungarian folk songs (collected by Bartok) revolve around a slowly evolving mass of orchestral sound. There's even a part for that most Hungarian of all instruments, the cimbalom. It is followed by Prokofiev's ballet score for Romeo and Juliet, revealing all the intimacy, tragedy and tenderness of Shakespeare's drama, and which was selected by the concert's conductor. Thierry Fischer (conductor) Heinz Holliger: (S)irato (UK premiere) Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts). . BBCNOW/Fischer in Holliger: (S)irato (UK premiere). Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
02 LAST	2009, Prom 28: Stravinsky, Mozart, Mahler, Part 2	20090805		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan. The Prom featuring the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda concludes with Mahler's powerful and tragic Sixth Symphony, a record of one man's heroic struggle against the repeated hammer-blows of fate. Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A minor. . The BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda perform Mahler's tragic Symphony No 6.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 29: Mendelssohn, Maxwell Davies, Respighi, Part 2	20090806		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The BBC Philharmonic's tribute to Italy concludes with Peter Maxwell Davies' palindromically entitled Roma amor, which is a serenade to the city, and begin a cycle of Respighi's Roman trilogy with his vivid tableaux celebrating the capital's famous pines. Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Peter Maxwell Davies: Roma amor Respighi: Pines of Rome. . The conclusion of an Italian Prom. Maxwell Davies: Roma amor. Respighi: Pines of Rome.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 30: Respighi, Grime, Stravinsky, Knussen, Balakirev, Part 2	20090807		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Andrew McGregor presents the conclusion of the Prom, with Oliver Knussen conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in his own Horn Concerto, followed by Balakirev's 'oriental fantasy' inspired by the Caucasus. Casella's arrangement of it propelled an already virtuosic keyboard piece into even more exotic extremes, using a large orchestra. Martin Owen (horn) Oliver Knussen (conductor) Oliver Knussen: Horn Concerto Balakirev orch Casella: Islamey. . The BBC SO under Olver Knussen perform his own Horn Concerto and Balakirev: Islamey.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 31: Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, Respighi, Part 2	20090808		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan. The National Youth Orchestra and new principal conductor Vasily Petrenko conclude their Prom through works by Lutoslawski and Respighi. Stephen Hough (piano) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra Respighi: Roman Festivals. . NYO/Vasily Petrenko in Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra. Respighi: Roman Festivals.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 32: Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski, Saint-saens, Part 2	20090809		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Sarah Walker presents the conclusion of a Prom for multiple pianos, with the Britten Sinfonia and piano duos featuring in Saint-Saens' playful zoological suite, contrasted with Lutoslawski's virtuosic reworking of a famous Paganini Caprice. Plus a new work for two pianos by Anna Meredith, whose nation-hopping piece, 'froms', introduced her to Proms audiences at 2008's Last Night. Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos) Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Phillips (pianos) Lidija and Sanja Bizjak (pianos) Ludovic Morlot (conductor) Anna Meredith: Left Light (BBC commission: world premiere) Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals. . Meredith: Left Light. Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini. Plus Saint-Saens.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 33: Antheil, Adams, Bartok, Stravinsky, Part 2	20090809		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Sarah Walker presents the conclusion of Piano Day at the Proms, with two classics of the 20th century multiple-piano repertoire: Bartok's vibrant Sonata, and - continuing the survey of Stravinsky ballets at the 2009 Proms - his visceral portrayal of Russian peasant wedding celebrations. Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) Elena Manistina (mezzo-soprano) Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) Kostas Smoriginas (bass) John Constable, Alissa Firsova, Rolf Hind, Tom Poster, Ashley Wass, Llyr Williams (pianos) Philip Moore, Simon Crawford-Phillips (pianos) Colin Currie, Sam Walton (percussion) BBC Singers Synergy Vocals London Sinfonietta Edward Gardner (conductor) Bartok: Sonata for two pianos and percussion Stravinsky: Les noces (sung in Russian). . Concluding Piano Day. Bartok: Sonata for two pianos and percussion. Stravinsky: Les noces.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 34: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Part 2	20090810		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Rob Cowan presents the conclusion of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Prom under new principal conductor Kirill Karabits. With Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, featuring celebrated Lithuanian-born violinist Julian Rachlin, followed by works by Khachaturian, including his colourful Soviet-era ballet Spartacus, which celebrates the Thracian gladiator whose rebel slave army almost defeated the might of Rome. Julian Rachlin (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Khachaturian: Spartacus (excerpts); Hopak (Gayane). . Bournemouth SO in Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Khachaturian: Spartacus (excerpts).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 35: Patience, Part 2	20090811		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Martin Handley presents the conclusion of a semi-staged version of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Patience. Gilbert and Sullivan: Patience (Part 2) Patience.... Rebecca Bottone (soprano) Lady Jane.... Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano) Lady Angela.... Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Lady Ella.... Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano) Lady Saphir.... Sophie-Louise Dann (mezzo-soprano) Reginald Bunthorne.... Simon Butteriss (baritone) Archibald Grosvenor.... Toby Stafford-Allen (baritone) Colonel Calverley.... Donald Maxwell (baritone) Major Murgatroyd.... Graeme Danby (bass) Lt Duke of Dunstable.... Bonaventura Bottone (tenor) Chorus of English National Opera
02 LAST	2009, Prom 36: Handel Celebration, Part 2	20090812		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Catherine Bott presents the conclusion of The Sixteen's Prom featuring Handel's greatest choral successes, with more anthems written for George II's coronation in 1727, including the well-loved Zadok The Priest. Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Alastair Ross (organ) Harry Christophers (conductor) Handel: Coronation anthem - The King shall rejoice; Motet - Salve Regina; Organ Concerto in F, Op 4 No 4 - original version; Coronation anthem - Zadok the Priest. . The Sixteen perform Handel choral works, including Zadok The Priest; Motet - Salve Regina.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 38: Ravel, Chin, Stravinsky, Part 2	20090813		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Christopher Cook presents the conclusion of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's Prom, which features Stravinsky's seminal, Diaghilev-commissioned The Rite of Spring, a work with many pounding rhythms, cataclysmic upheavals and the savage scenario of a young girl dancing herself to death. Alban Gerhardt (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. . BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov perfom Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 39: Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle, Part 2	20090814		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sarah Walker. The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs the central act of Harrison Birtwistle's 'lyric tragedy' The Mask of Orpheus, in which the central character journeys to the Underworld through a series of 17 arches. The wind, brass and percussion of the orchestra are joined by the BBC Singers and an impressive cast of soloists, led by conductors Martyn Brabbins and Ryan Wigglesworth. This work was a high point in Birtwistle's longstanding and continuing obsession with the Orpheus myth. It took him a decade to compose, working with the librettist Peter Zinovieff and sound engineer Barry Anderson, who realised the electronic interludes. Harrison Birtwistle: The Arches (The Mask of Orpheus) Orpheus (the man).... Alan Oke (tenor) Orpheus (myth/puppet).... Thomas Walker (tenor) Euridice (the woman).... Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Euridice (the myth)/Persephone.... Anna St退phany (mezzo-soprano) Hecate.... Claron McFadden (soprano) Charon/Caller/Hades.... Andrew Slater (bass-baritone) Fury 1/Woman 1.... Rachel Nicolls (soprano) Fury 2/Woman 2.... Anna Dennis (soprano) Fury 3/Woman 3.... Louise Poole (mezzo-soprano) Judge 1.... Christopher Gillett (tenor) Judge 2.... Hakan Vramsmo (baritone) Judge 3.... Tim Mirfin (bass) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Ryan Wigglesworth (2nd conductor) Ian Dearden (sound projection). . BBC Symphony Orchestra in Harrison Birtwistle: The Arches (The Mask of Orpheus).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 40: Stravinsky, Beethoven, Part 2	20090815		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer. Ilan Volkov's final Prom as BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra chief conductor concludes with the annual performance of Beethoven's great masterwork and homage to universal brotherhood, his Symphony No 9 (Choral). He is joined by the massed forces of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and a line up of leading soloists. Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Choral) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Caitlin Hulcup (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) James Rutherford (bass) Ilan Volkov (conductor). . Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO and CBSO in Beethoven's Symphony No 9 (Choral).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 41: Indian Voices Day - Khyal And Kerala, Part 2	20090816		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Fiona Talkington presents the conclusion of an Indian Voices Prom, with more music from the north of India, inspiring singing including the classical style known as Khyal, as well as the virtuoso vocal style from Varanasi. Featuring performances from traditional singers Pandits Rajan and Sajan Mishra, enhanced by Asima, a ground-breaking young vocal ensemble from Kerala, in the south of India. Pandit Ram Narayan (sarangi) Manjiri Asnare Kelkar, Pandits Rajan, Sajan Mishra (vocals) Aruna Narayan (sarangi) Akbar Latif, Babar Latif (tablas) Sudhir Nayak (harmonium). . Fiona Talkington with performances by traditional singers Pandits Rajan and Sajan Mishra.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 42: Indian Voices Day - Bollywood, Part 2	20090816		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Fiona Talkington presents the conclusion of the first-ever Bollywood Prom, an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza fronted by Shaan, one of the most versatile artists of the younger generation. With performances from Shaan's own band and dancers from Honey's Academy. Shaan (vocalist) Honey's Dance Academy The Groove. . Fiona Talkington presents the conclusion of the first-ever Bollywood Prom.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 43: Falla, Andriessen, Ravel, Part 2	20090817		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Andrew McGregor presents the conclusion of Esa-Pekka Salonen's first Prom as the Philharmonia Orchestra's principal conductor, which pairs Ravel's magical fairy-tale evocations in his Mother Goose Suite and the relentless crescendo of his Bolero. Katia and Marielle Labeque (piano) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; Bolero. . The Philharmonia perform under Esa-Pekka Salonen. Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; Bolero.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 44: Prokofiev, Bartok, Dvorak, Part 2	20090818		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The Prom concludes with Hungary's leading orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, under principal conductor Ivan Fischer performing Dvorak's most darkly dramatic and passionate symphony. Ivan Fischer (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 7 in D minor. . Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer in Dvorak: Symphony No 7 in D minor.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 46: Glanert, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Part 2	20090819		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor. The Prom concludes with renowned Shostakovich interpreter Semyon Bychkov conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the powerful and strikingly cinematic Symphony No 11, written in 1957. On the surface the work commemorates the failed anti-Tsarist uprising of 1905, but deep down it rages at the Soviet authorities. Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 (The Year 1905). . Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 11.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 48: West-eastern Divan Orchestra, Part 2	20090821		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. As part of a two-day Proms residency, Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra performs a concert in which it revisits its roots in Weimar and the poetry of Goethe. It concludes with a performance of music by Berlioz, a composer whom Barenboim championed. Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique. . The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's Prom concludes with Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 50: Fidelio, Part 2	20090822		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook. Daniel Barenboim conducts his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in the conclusion of a German version of Beethoven's only opera Fidelio, featuring an English narration devised by the co-founder of the orchestra - scholar and historian Edward Said. A work first performed in 1805, Fidelio is an impassioned defence of freedom and justice, and a celebration of the power of love as its heroine, Leonore, rescues her falsely incarcerated husband from imprisonment and execution. Beethoven: Fidelio (Part 2) - concert performance; sung in German, with English narration by Edward Said Leonore/narrator.... Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) Florestan.... Simon O'Neill (tenor) Don Pizarro.... Gerd Grochowski (bass-baritone) Rocco.... John Tomlinson (bass) Marzelline.... Adriana Kucerova (soprano) Jacquino.... Stephen Rugamer Don Fernando.... Viktor Rud BBC Singers Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Daniel Barenboim (conductor). . The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim in Part 2 of Beethoven's Fidelio.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 51: Haydn, Szymanowski, Brahms, Part 2	20090823		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. Osmo Vanska returns to the Proms to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Brahms's Hungarian-accented violin concerto, featuring American virtuoso Joshua Bell. Joshua Bell (violin) BBC Symphony Chorus Osmo Vanska (conductor) Brahms: Violin Concerto in D. . BBC SO/Osmo Vanska in Brahms's Violin Concerto in D, featuring Joshua Bell.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 52: Schnittke, Shostakovich, Part 2	20090824		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The London Symphony Orchestra and its mercurial Russian conductor Valery Gergiev perform Shostakovich's wartime symphony, written at the time of the Battle of Stalingrad. Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano) London Symphony Chorus Valery Gergiev (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor. . The LSO conducted by Valery Gergiev perform Shostakovich's Symphony No 8.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Part 2	20090825		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Roger Norrington and the OAE's celebration of Radio 3's four Composers of the Year in 2009 concludes with Mendessohn's evocative Scottish Symphony. Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Roger Norrington (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish). . Roger Norrington conducts the OAE in Mendessohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 55: Adams, Mozart, Strauss, Part 2	20090826		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer. Edinburgh-born Donald Runnicles, the BBC SSO's chief conductor-designate, leads his players in Richard Strauss's gargantuan and virtuosic orchestral canvas inspired by family life in the Strauss household - including bathtime and a vivid bedroom scene. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) Strauss: Symphonia domestica. . BBC SSO conducted by Donald Runnicles in Strauss: Symphonia domestica.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 56: Saunders, Chopin, Strauss, Part 2	20090827		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The Dresden Staatskapelle under chief conductor Fabio Luisi, making his Proms debut, performs a symphony inspired by an eventful mountain climb. Strauss dedicated it to the Staatskapelle, which premiered no fewer than nine of his fifteen operas. Staatskapelle Dresden Fabio Luisi (conductor) Strauss: An Alpine Symphony. . Dresden Staatskapelle under Fabio Luisi performs Richard Strauss's An Alpine Symphony.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Part 2	20090828		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. The BBC Symphony Orchestra under principal guest conductor David Robertson are joined by cellist Steven Isserlis for a performance of Tchaikovsky's 18th-century Rococo Variations, followed by Francesca da Rimini, his tale of forbidden love and eternal punishment inspired by a story in Dante's Inferno. Steven Isserlis (cello) David Robertson (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme; Francesca da Rimini. . BBC SO/David Robertson in Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme; Francesca da Rimini.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 59: Schubert, Mahler, Part 2	20090829		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan. Conductor David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich portray an angel's-eye view of Heaven in Mahler's Fourth Symphony with soloist Dawn Upshaw. Dawn Upshaw (soprano) David Zinman (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G. . Soloist Dawn Upshaw and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/David Zinman in Mahler's Fourth Symphony
02 LAST	2009, Prom 60: Vivier, Ravel, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Part 2	20090830		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Donald Macleod presents the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit. Charles Dutoit (conductor) Prokofiev: Suite (The Love for Three Oranges) Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition. . Charles Dutoit conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Prokofiev and Mussorgsky.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 61: Sibelius, Duparc, Ravel, Part 2	20090831		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Mariss Jansons conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in some of Duparc's finest songs. Upon his death Duparc left just 13 songs, yet each is a gem of textual subtlety and melodic inspiration; lustrous-toned Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena sings her own selection. Ravel's pastoral ballet Daphnis et Chloe, commissioned by Diaghilev in 1909, the year he met Stravinsky, is based on an ancient erotic novel. The second suite begins with a sunrise and ends in an orgy. Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) Mariss Jansons (conductor) Duparc: L'invitation au voyage; Extase (orch. Pierre de Breville); Le manoir de Rosemonde; Chanson triste; Phidyle Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No 2. . RCO/Mariss Jansons in Duparc: selection of songs and Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No 2.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 62: Haydn, Shostakovich, Part 2	20090901		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's second Prom of the 2009 season concludes with a performance of Shostakovich's Tenth, one of the composer's most popular symphonies, and a favourite of conductor Mariss Jansons. The work intertwines the composer's personal motto theme with that of a student with whom he was infatuated. Mariss Jansons (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor. . Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons in Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 63: Xenakis, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Part 2	20090902		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook. The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Xenakis's Ais, a work confronting the transience of life and the finality of death. A searing setting of ancient Greek texts by Homer and Sappho, with a wildly wide-ranging vocal line of powerful elemental utterances, it features a solo percussionist pitted against the orchestra. The concert concludes with Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony from 1945, a work that seems almost to laugh off the horrors of war. Leigh Melrose (baritone) Colin Currie (percussion) David Robertson (conductor) Xenakis: Ais Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 in E flat. . BBC Symphony Orchestra/David Robertson in Xenakis: Ais and Shostakovich: Symphony No 9.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 65: Ligeti, Mahler, Schoenberg, Strauss, Part 2	20090904		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. Jonathan Nott conducts one of the world's top youth orchestras, the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, in Richard Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra, a work inspired by the philosophical writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, and famously, used by Stanley Kubrick to accompany images of space in his film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Matthias Goerne (baritone) Jonathan Nott (conductor) Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra. . The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester under Jonathan Nott in Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 67: Janacek, Mccabe, Dvorak, Part 2	20090905		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer. Dvorak wrote his Ninth Symphony during a three-year stay in New York during the 1890s. He wrote the title 'From the New World' himself on the front page of the score, and declared that it was in the spirit of Negro and Red Indian folk music. Dvorak stopped short of using any actual American melodies, but it is often said that the spiritual Swing low, sweet chariot appears tantalisingly close on the flute in the first movement. It is also undeniable that in his Ninth Symphony Dvorak is longing for his native Czech heritage and its Bohemian melodies. BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 9 (From the New World). . BBC NOW/Jac van Steen in Dvorak's Symphony No 9 (From the New World).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 68: Handel, Part 2	20090906		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. The second half of the large-scale performance of Handel's Messiah, directed by Nicholas McGegan. Handel: Messiah (Parts 2 and 3) Dominique Labelle (soprano) Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Matthew Rose (bass) City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus Halle Youth Choir National Youth Choir of Great Britain National Youth Choir of Wales Quay Voices (The Sage Gateshead) RSCM Millennium Youth Choir Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir Northern Sinfonia Nicholas McGegan (conductor). . Nicholas McGegan directs Parts 2 and 3 of the large-scale performance of Handel's Messiah.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 69: Mendelssohn, Mahler, Part 2	20090907		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Donald Macleod. Riccardo Chailly conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Mahler's Tenth Symphony, left unfinished at his death but triumphantly premiered at the 1964 Proms in a 'performing version' prepared by musicologist Deryck Cooke and Berthold Goldschmidt. Written in the shadow of failing health and a collapsing marriage to his young wife Alma, Mahler scribbled notes in the margins of the manuscript - at one point he wrote 'to live for you, to die for you' and over the tender, peaceful ending, when he seems to have come to some resolution, he wrote just one word 'Almschi' - his nickname for his wife. Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Mahler, compl. Cooke: Symphony No 10. . Riccardo Chailly conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Mahler's Tenth Symphony. From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Donald Macleod. Riccardo Chailly conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Mahler's Tenth Symphony, left unfinished at his death but triumphantly premiered at the 1964 Proms in a 'performing version' prepared by musicologist Deryck Cooke and Berthold Goldschmidt. Written in the shadow of failing health and a collapsing marriage to his young wife Alma, Mahler scribbled notes in the margins of the manuscript - at one point he wrote 'to live for you, to die for you' and over the tender, peaceful ending, when he seems to have come to some resolution, he wrote just one word 'Almschi' - his nickname for his wife. Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Mahler, compl. Cooke: Symphony No 10. Riccardo Chailly conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Mahler's Tenth Symphony.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 7: Purcell's The Fairy Queen, Acts 4-5	20090721		Francesca Gilpin directs a semi-staged production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen, based on the original production for Glyndebourne by Jonathan Kent. Adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Purcell's most lavish theatre score takes the form of a series of fantastical masques presented for the entertainment of Titania, Oberon and their fairy court. Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Acts 4-5) Carolyn Sampson, Lucy Crowe, Claire Debono, Anna Devin (soprano) Sean Clayton, Ed Lyon, Adrian Ward (tenor) Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone) Lukas Kargl (baritone) Drunken Poet/Bottom.... Desmond Barrit Puck.... Jotham Annan Oberon.... Joseph Millson Titania.... Sally Dexter Egeus.... Terrence Hardiman Theseus.... William Gaunt Quince.... Paul McCleary Snug.... Brian Pettifer Mopsa/Flute.... Robert Burt Snout.... Jack Chissick Starveling.... Roger Sloman Lysander.... Oliver Kieran-Jones Helena.... Helen Bradbury Hermia.... Susannah Wise Demetrius.... Oliver Le Sueur Director.... Francesca Gilpin Glyndebourne Chorus Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment William Christie (conductor). . Francesca Gilpin directs a semi-staged production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen (Acts 4-5).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 70: Mendelssohn, Maxwell Davies, Sibelius, Part 2	20090908		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's permanent guest conductor Garry Walker makes his debut at the Proms in a performance of Sibelius' surging 'swan hymn' symphony. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Garry Walker (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat. . The Royal Philharmonic under Garry Walker performs Sibelius' Symphony No 5 in E flat.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 72: Mendelssohn, Read Thomas, Beethoven, Part 2	20090909		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor. The BBC SO's chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek takes the orchestra on a Beethovenian tour of the Austrian countryside. BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral). . BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jiri Belohlavek performs Beethoven's Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 73: Haydn, Schubert, Part 2	20090910		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The Vienna Philharmonic under Franz Welser-Most performs Schubert's Great Symphony in C, which was only ever given a rough run-through in Vienna during the composer's all-too-short lifetime. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Franz Welser-Most (conductor) Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C (Great). . The Vienna Philharmonic under Franz Welser-Most performs Schubert's Great Symphony in C.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 74: R Strauss, Brahms, Part 2	20090911		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Zubin Mehta conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Brahms' final symphony, which ends in a vast set of variations - his gloriously late-Romantic take on a Baroque-style passacaglia, using a theme borrowed from a Bach cantata. Zubin Mehta (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor. . Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta in Brahms' Symphony No 4 in E minor.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 76: Last Night Of The Proms, Part 2	20090912		From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sean Rafferty. Proms-featured pianist Stephen Hough joins Sean in the Radio 3 box for Part 2 of the traditional Last Night festivities, led for the first time by David Robertson, principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The programme concludes with orchestral fireworks by Handel, new fanfares specially-written by six young Proms Inspire composers for a special link-up with the Proms in the Parks events around the UK. And there is fun and games in memory of Gerard Hoffnung, with Malcom Arnold's uproarious piece that includes vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and rifles. Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Alison Balsom (trumpet) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus David Robertson (conductor) Arnold: A Grand, Grand Overture Ketelbey: In a Monastery Garden Piazzolla: Libertango Gershwin, arr. Barry Forgie: Shall We Dance - They can't take that away from me (BBC commission: world premiere) BBC Proms Inspire composers: Fireworks Fanfares (BBC commission: world premiere) Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks - excerpts Arne, arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia! Parry: Jerusalem Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 The National Anthem. . Sean Rafferty presents the conclusion of the traditional Last Night festivities.
02 LAST	2009, Prom 8: 800th Anniversary Of Cambridge University, Part 2	20090722		Presented by Tom Service. The celebration of Cambridge University's 800th anniversary continues, with music by Jonathan Harvey and Judith Weir, who studied at Cambridge, and Camille Saint-Saens, who was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university in 1893. Thomas Trotter (organ) Choirs of King's and St John's colleges (Harvey and Weir) Choirs of Clare, Gonville and Caius, and Trinity colleges (Stanford only) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor, Stanford and Saint-Saens) Stephen Cleobury (conductor, Weir only) Andrew Nethsingha (conductor, Harvey only) Stanford: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A Jonathan Harvey: Come, Holy Ghost Judith Weir: Ascending into Heaven Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ). . Stanford: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A. Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ).
02 LAST	2009, Prom 9: Moeran, Finzi, Elgar, Part 2	20090723		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic in some lesser-known works of the the English repertoire. The second half of the programme marks the 75th anniversary of Elgar's death with his Symphony No 2, a nobly expansive exploration of past sorrows recalled and exorcised. Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat. . BBC Philharmonic conducted by Vassily Sinaisky. Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 03: Simon Boccanegra, Part 2	20100718		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Donald Macleod. Classic Verdi themes are at the heart of his opera Simon Boccanegra: the clash of love and power, and an intense relationship between Boccanegra and his long-lost daughter Amelia. The Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has sung over 130 different operatic roles, which must be something of a record. But he had never sung a baritone role until a year ago, when he took on a part he had long wanted to play: Simon Boccanegra, the Doge of Genoa. 'Verdi didn't have any children,' says Domingo, 'and in any opera when you have the parts of father and daughter, he wrote his best music'. This Proms semi-staging is based on the Royal Opera House production by Elijah Moshinsky, with a starry cast conducted by the Music Director at Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano. Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Acts II and III) Simon Boccanegra.... Placido Domingo (baritone) Amelia Grimaldi (Maria Boccanegra).... Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) Gabriele Adorno.... Joseph Calleja (tenor) Jacopo Fiesco.... Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) Paolo Albiani.... Jonathan Summers (baritone) Pietro.... Lukas Jakobski (bass) Captain.... Lee Hickenbottom (tenor) Maid.... Louise Armit (mezzo-soprano) Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Antonio Pappano (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 20 July at 2pm. . The conclusion of Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra, with Placido Domingo in the title role.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 04: Schumann, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Part 2	20100719		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service An evening of heady romanticism as Byron's tortured hero Manfred takes centre stage in tonight's performance by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Inspired by Lord Byron's dramatic poem, Schumann provided incidental music which captures the story's ghostly, brooding atmosphere, whilst Tchaikovsky wrote a symphony in the style of tone poem, one of his most highly charged and theatrical orchestral works. Guilt, death, religion and temptation are the Byronic themes depicted by both composers in their works, which arguably gave the moody protagonist much more fame than the original poem would have done alone. The RLPO is joined by Macedonian pianist and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Simon Trpceski to perform the ever popular piano concerto No 2 by Rachmaninov. At the helm is Liverpool's own adopted hero Vassily Petrenko. Tchaikovsky: Manfred Simon Trpceski (piano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 21st July at 2pm. . Vassily Petrenko conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky's Manfred.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 05: Wagner, Mendelssohn, Schuller, Part 2	20100720		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The Russian-born conductor Semyon Bychkov has been in charge of the West German Radio Orchestra, based in Cologne, for more than ten years now and their performances and recordings have been widely acclaimed. For tonight's Prom they are joined by the violinist Viviane Hagner for Mendelssohn's evergreen Violin Concerto. The programme begins with one of Wagner's most atmospheric operatic preludes and also includes a work by the veteran American composer Gunther Schuller. Finally, the orchestra performs one of Richard Strauss's most spectacularly colourful scores - his Alpine Symphony. Augmented by organ and an offstage band including twelve horns, Strauss's portrait of the mountain-climber's exhilarating day's adventure provides conductor and orchestra with a fearsome challenge of their own. R Strauss: An Alpine Symphony Viviane Hagner (violin) WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 22nd July at 2pm. . Semyon Bychkov conducts the West German Radio Orchestra - music by Wagner and Strauss.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 06: Beethoven Piano Concertos 1, 4, Part 2	20100721		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham A Beethoven Night at the Proms. Distinguished pianist, Paul Lewis, launches his complete cycle of piano concertos with the exuberant First and the more introspective but still tensely dramatic Fourth. He is partnered by Jiri Belohlavek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with whom he recently recorded all five concertos. And there is more characteristic Beethovenian drama with two heroic overtures: one battling against oppression and the other recounting the legend of the Creatures of Prometheus who were created with fire from the gods Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus - overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G major Paul Lewis (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 23rd July at 2pm. . Paul Lewis launches his complete cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 08: Britten, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Part 2	20100722		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan. Two immensely powerful pieces from World War II frame this concert, given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer. Prokofiev's First Piano Concerto, by contrast, is witty and exuberant. In just a quarter of an hour it condenses a three movement concerto into just a single arch. As the Nazis invaded, Britten received an anonymous invitation from the Japanese government to write a work commemorating the founding of the Mikado dynasty 2600 years earlier. He completed his Sinfonia da Requiem the following year, but the Japanese government rejected it as inappropriate for their celebrations and too Christian in its nature. The work reflects the composer's feelings about the inhumanity of war and, based on the liturgy of the mass of the dead, he dedicated it to the memory of his parents. Shostakovich was rather closer to the action than Britten, when Russia entered the war against Germany, in 1941. He was in Leningrad where, between July and October, he witnessed first-hand the Nazis's siege of the city while he worked on his Seventh Symphony. "I was in no hurry to leave the city where a true fighting spirit reigned. Women, children and old people acted courageously. I will always remember the women of Leningrad who selflessly struggled to put out incendiary bombs.I worked day and night, I could hear ack-ack guns firing and shells exploding as I worked, but I never stopped writing." Prokofiev's concerto exploits the percussive potential of the piano, and in turn expresses his take on clean neo-classical lines, contrasted with tumbling leaps and richer more romantic textures, indebted to Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky. Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Leningrad' Alexander Toradze (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 26th July at 2pm. . Thierry Fischer conducts Shostakovich's 7th Symphony dedicated to the siege of Leningrad.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 09: Parry, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Part 2	20100723		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Vassily Sinaisky, the BBC Philharmonic's Chief Guest Conductor, is a champion of both Russian and English repertoire, and this Prom draws these two passions together. The evening opens with the first Proms performance of Parry's Symphonic Fantasia, and closes with Tchaikovsky's swansong, his 'Pathetique' Symphony. Vassily Sinaisky admits "even though it is my favourite piece, I try not to conduct it too much, as every performance of it should be a special event". At the centre of the BBC Philharmonic's first appearance this season is Scriabin's Piano Concerto, with Argentinean soloist Nelson Goerner, whose performances of the great Romantic concertos are much admired. A relatively early work, the influence of Chopin on Scriabin's music can be clearly detected here. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathetique' Nelson Goerner (piano) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 27th July at 2pm. . The BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky perform Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 10, Doctor Who Prom - Part 2	20100724		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny The Doctor is back. Two years ago he appeared at the Proms via video link, this year he's here in person. Doctor Who (Matt Smith) comes to the Royal Albert Hall with his assistant Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) for an action-packed evening alongside the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the London Philharmonic Choir. Monsters from the current run of the massively successful BBC series threaten to disrupt proceedings, and only the Doctor - ably assisted by conductors Ben Foster and Grant Llewellyn - can save the day. They're joined by Grant Llewellyn, a regular partner with the orchestra, for some classical favourites with a suitably celestial theme, including Mars from Holst's Planets Suite and John Adams's thrilling Short Ride in a Fast Machine (possibly even a time machine!). The score for each TV programme is written by Murray Gold and recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in their Cardiff studio, conducted by Ben Foster. Thrills, spills, adventures, monsters and special guests are all guaranteed along the way in this Proms spectacular. Petroc Trelawny has the unenviable task of keeping everything in order for Radio 3 - though sadly without the help of a sonic screwdriver. Murray Gold: Music from Doctor Who - Amy; Liz, Lizards, Vampires and Vincent; This is Gallifrey / Vale Decem; Pandorica Suite; Song of Freedom; Doctor Who Theme Orff: Carmina Burana - O Fortuna Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (from Die Walküre) The Doctor (Matt Smith) Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) Rory (Arthur Darvil) Mark Chambers: singer Yamit Mamo: singer Murray Gold Band London Philharmonic Choir BBC National Orchestra of Wales Ben Foster (conductor) Grant Llewellyn (conductor). . The second part of the Doctor Who Prom, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny The Doctor is back. Two years ago he appeared at the Proms via video link, this year he's here in person. Doctor Who (Matt Smith) comes to the Royal Albert Hall with his assistant Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) for an action-packed evening alongside the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the London Philharmonic Choir. Monsters from the current run of the massively successful BBC series threaten to disrupt proceedings, and only the Doctor - ably assisted by conductors Ben Foster and Grant Llewellyn - can save the day. They're joined by Grant Llewellyn, a regular partner with the orchestra, for some classical favourites with a suitably celestial theme, including Mars from Holst's Planets Suite and John Adams's thrilling Short Ride in a Fast Machine (possibly even a time machine!). The score for each TV programme is written by Murray Gold and recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in their Cardiff studio, conducted by Ben Foster. Thrills, spills, adventures, monsters and special guests are all guaranteed along the way in this Proms spectacular. Petroc Trelawny has the unenviable task of keeping everything in order for Radio 3 - though sadly without the help of a sonic screwdriver. Murray Gold: Music from Doctor Who - Amy; Liz, Lizards, Vampires and Vincent; This is Gallifrey / Vale Decem; Pandorica Suite; Song of Freedom; Doctor Who Theme Orff: Carmina Burana - O Fortuna Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (from Die Walküre) The Doctor (Matt Smith) Rory (Arthur Darvil) Mark Chambers: singer Yamit Mamo: singer Murray Gold Band Ben Foster (conductor) Grant Llewellyn (conductor). The second part of the Doctor Who Prom, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 12, Schumann, J Strauss Ii, J Strauss I - Part 2	20100725		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Schumann's lyrical Piano Concerto continues the season's bicentenary celebrations of the composer's birth. Conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by acclaimed pianist Christian Zacharias who is fascinated by Schumann's music. 'Schumann, of course, is not easy', says Zacharias. 'He has rhythmically intricate ideas which suggest one thing but which actually hide another', like the 'hidden waltz' of the finale. After the interval, the spirit of the traditional Proms Viennese night is revived, with a variety of classics from the Strauss family. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in E minor Op 72 No 2 Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus - overture Thunder and Lightning - polka Emperor Waltz By the Beautiful Blue Danube - waltz Johann Strauss I: Radetzky March Christian Zacharias (piano) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 28th July at 2pm. . Viennese classics from the Strauss family performed by the BBC Philharmonic. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Schumann's lyrical Piano Concerto continues the season's bicentenary celebrations of the composer's birth. Conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by acclaimed pianist Christian Zacharias who is fascinated by Schumann's music. 'Schumann, of course, is not easy', says Zacharias. 'He has rhythmically intricate ideas which suggest one thing but which actually hide another', like the 'hidden waltz' of the finale. After the interval, the spirit of the traditional Proms Viennese night is revived, with a variety of classics from the Strauss family. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in E minor Op 72 No 2 Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus - overture Thunder and Lightning - polka Emperor Waltz By the Beautiful Blue Danube - waltz Johann Strauss I: Radetzky March Christian Zacharias (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 28th July at 2pm. Viennese classics from the Strauss family performed by the BBC Philharmonic.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 13, Cherubini, Schumann, Holt, Strauss - Part 2	20100726		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Principal conductor Thierry Fischer directs the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a programme full of drama, excitement and the unexpected, opening with an overture of dark and stormy tensions. Schumann's optimistic first symphony then launches a complete cycle at the 2010 BBC Proms, marking the bicentenary of the composer's birth. Simon Holt's percussion concerto is scored for a collection of instruments laid out on a table, in much the same fashion that Holt's great uncle, a taxidermist, laid out the tools of his trade. Finally, music based on the exploits of a mischievous villain from German folklore. Merry Till Eulenspiegel cavorts through life, until he must answer for his crimes and trumpets and drums herald his journey to the scaffold, where his pranks are ended. Simon Holt: a table of noises (London premiere) Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Colin Currie (percussion) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 29th July at 2pm. . The BBC NOW perform Simon Holt's percussion concerto and Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Principal conductor Thierry Fischer directs the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a programme full of drama, excitement and the unexpected, opening with an overture of dark and stormy tensions. Schumann's optimistic first symphony then launches a complete cycle at the 2010 BBC Proms, marking the bicentenary of the composer's birth. Simon Holt's percussion concerto is scored for a collection of instruments laid out on a table, in much the same fashion that Holt's great uncle, a taxidermist, laid out the tools of his trade. Finally, music based on the exploits of a mischievous villain from German folklore. Merry Till Eulenspiegel cavorts through life, until he must answer for his crimes and trumpets and drums herald his journey to the scaffold, where his pranks are ended. Simon Holt: a table of noises (London premiere) Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Colin Currie (percussion) Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 29th July at 2pm. The BBC NOW perform Simon Holt's percussion concerto and Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 14, Beethoven - Part 2	20100727		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham A welcome return to the Proms for this polished German chamber orchestra in the second of the season's Beethoven Nights which revive a tradition common during the first decades of the Proms. Tonight, Artistic Director Paavo Jarvi conducts three works by Beethoven beginning with his First Symphony in which he staked his claim as the rightful heir to the Classical symphonic tradition. The orchestra is joined by American soloist Hilary Hahn in the richly expressive Violin Concerto - a work whose technical difficulties make it a pinnacle of the violin repertoire. The programme concludes with the Fifth Symphony with its explosive opening four-note motive among the most recognised and arresting beginnings to any work of classical music. Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Hilary Hahn (violin) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Paavo Järvi (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 30th July at 2pm. . Paavo Jarvi conducts Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in Beethoven's Symphony No 5. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham A welcome return to the Proms for this polished German chamber orchestra in the second of the season's Beethoven Nights which revive a tradition common during the first decades of the Proms. Tonight, Artistic Director Paavo Jarvi conducts three works by Beethoven beginning with his First Symphony in which he staked his claim as the rightful heir to the Classical symphonic tradition. The orchestra is joined by American soloist Hilary Hahn in the richly expressive Violin Concerto - a work whose technical difficulties make it a pinnacle of the violin repertoire. The programme concludes with the Fifth Symphony with its explosive opening four-note motive among the most recognised and arresting beginnings to any work of classical music. Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Hilary Hahn (violin) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Paavo Järvi (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 30th July at 2pm. Paavo Jarvi conducts Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in Beethoven's Symphony No 5.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 16, Wagner, Beethoven, Dvorak - Part 2	20100729		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Pianist Paul Lewis continues his cycle of all five Beethoven piano concertos. Beethoven revised No 2 many times before it was published. He was developing the form and there is still a youthful feel about this concerto, looking back in style to Haydn and Mozart. The Beethoven concerto is framed by Wagner's lively overture to Rienzi, which opened the very first Prom in 1895, and the ever-popular New World Symphony by Dvorak. The CBSO is conducted by its Latvian Music Director Andris Nelsons. Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor 'From the New World' Paul Lewis (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 3rd August at 2pm. . Andris Nelsons conducts the CBSO in Dvorak's Symphony No 9 (From the New World). BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Pianist Paul Lewis continues his cycle of all five Beethoven piano concertos. Beethoven revised No 2 many times before it was published. He was developing the form and there is still a youthful feel about this concerto, looking back in style to Haydn and Mozart. The Beethoven concerto is framed by Wagner's lively overture to Rienzi, which opened the very first Prom in 1895, and the ever-popular New World Symphony by Dvorak. The CBSO is conducted by its Latvian Music Director Andris Nelsons. Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor 'From the New World' Paul Lewis (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 3rd August at 2pm. Andris Nelsons conducts the CBSO in Dvorak's Symphony No 9 (From the New World).
02 LAST	2010, Prom 18, Dean, Mahler, Shostakovich - Part 2	20100730		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Youth Orchestras have played an important part in the Proms for many years and the first of this year's visitors has travelled the furthest. The Australian Youth Orchestra brings with it music by its compatriot Brett Dean (who is also a former viola-player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and by Shostakovich. His powerful 10th Symphony includes coded references both to his own love for a young woman and also to the brutality of Josef Stalin, who had died in the year the symphony was composed. The orchestra and conductor Sir Mark Elder are also joined by the young Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova for some of Mahler's songs - settings of poems from the folk-based collection called Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn). Brett Dean: Amphitheatre (London premiere) Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) The Australian Youth Orchestra Sir Mark Elder (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 4th August at 2pm. . Mark Elder conducts the Australian Youth Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 10. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Youth Orchestras have played an important part in the Proms for many years and the first of this year's visitors has travelled the furthest. The Australian Youth Orchestra brings with it music by its compatriot Brett Dean (who is also a former viola-player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and by Shostakovich. His powerful 10th Symphony includes coded references both to his own love for a young woman and also to the brutality of Josef Stalin, who had died in the year the symphony was composed. The orchestra and conductor Sir Mark Elder are also joined by the young Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova for some of Mahler's songs - settings of poems from the folk-based collection called Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn). Brett Dean: Amphitheatre (London premiere) Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) Sir Mark Elder (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 4th August at 2pm. Mark Elder conducts the Australian Youth Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 10.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 19, Sondheim At 80 - Part 2	20100731		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Sondheim at 80 In celebration of Stephen Sondheim's unique talents a star-studded cast performs songs from some of his best-loved shows. Bryn Terfel is the demon barber of Fleet Street and he's joined by Maria Freedman, Simon Russell Beale, Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell, with a special guest appearance from Dame Judi Dench. David Charles Abell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, and a specially formed BBC Proms Sondheim Ensemble. Sondheim: Selections from Sweeney Todd, Company, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Merrily We Roll Along and Sunday In The Park With George. Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Simon Russell Beale, Dame Judi Dench Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell, vocalists BBC Proms Sondheim Ensemble BBC Performing Arts Fund Singers BBC Concert Orchestra David Charles Abell, conductor. . The BBC CO and David Charles Abell celebrate the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Sondheim at 80 In celebration of Stephen Sondheim's unique talents a star-studded cast performs songs from some of his best-loved shows. Bryn Terfel is the demon barber of Fleet Street and he's joined by Maria Freedman, Simon Russell Beale, Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell, with a special guest appearance from Dame Judi Dench. David Charles Abell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, and a specially formed BBC Proms Sondheim Ensemble. Sondheim: Selections from Sweeney Todd, Company, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Merrily We Roll Along and Sunday In The Park With George. Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Simon Russell Beale, Dame Judi Dench Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell, vocalists BBC Performing Arts Fund Singers David Charles Abell, conductor. The BBC CO and David Charles Abell celebrate the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Sondheim at 80 In celebration of Stephen Sondheim's unique talents a star-studded cast performs songs from some of his best-loved shows. Bryn Terfel is the demon barber of Fleet Street and he's joined by Maria Freedman, Simon Russell Beale, Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell, with a special guest appearance from Dame Judi Dench. David Charles Abell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, and a specially formed BBC Proms Sondheim Ensemble. Sondheim: Selections from Sweeney Todd, Company, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Merrily We Roll Along and Sunday In The Park With George. Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Simon Russell Beale, Dame Judi Dench Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell, vocalists BBC Performing Arts Fund Singers David Charles Abell, conductor. The BBC CO and David Charles Abell celebrate the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 21, Berlioz, Wagner - Part 2	20100801		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor. Sir Simon Rattle evokes two iconic pairs of lovers in Berlioz's response to Shakespeare, and Wagner's re-working of a medieval celtic legend, with the distinguished soloists Violetta Urman and Ben Heppner as Isolde and Tristan, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Berlioz first discovered Shakespeare through performances of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, involving his future wife Harriet Smithson, and these had a deep influence on his work. In his dramatic symphony based on the star-crossed lovers' tale, he pays hommage to Beethoven, and in later life he looked upon this Love Scene as one of his greatest achievements. Attending one of the early performances of Romeo and Juliet in Paris was Richard Wagner, who later drew inspiration from this for Tristan and Isolde. He became intrigued with the medieval romantic legend at a time when he was enthralled with Matilde von Wesendonck, and he poured some of his most heartfelt passion into the opera. Act 2 is laden with the erotically charged symbolism of Night and Day, with the lovers constrained by propriety in the Day, only able to freely express their desires in the Night. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Act 2 Isolde....Violeta Urmana, soprano Tristan....Ben Heppner, tenor King Mark....Franz-Josef Selig, bass Brangane....Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano Melot....Timothy Robinson, tenor Kurwenal....Henk Neven, baritone Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Simon Rattle, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 5th August at 2pm. . Act 2 of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde with the OAE and Sir Simon Rattle. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor. Sir Simon Rattle evokes two iconic pairs of lovers in Berlioz's response to Shakespeare, and Wagner's re-working of a medieval celtic legend, with the distinguished soloists Violetta Urman and Ben Heppner as Isolde and Tristan, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Berlioz first discovered Shakespeare through performances of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, involving his future wife Harriet Smithson, and these had a deep influence on his work. In his dramatic symphony based on the star-crossed lovers' tale, he pays hommage to Beethoven, and in later life he looked upon this Love Scene as one of his greatest achievements. Attending one of the early performances of Romeo and Juliet in Paris was Richard Wagner, who later drew inspiration from this for Tristan and Isolde. He became intrigued with the medieval romantic legend at a time when he was enthralled with Matilde von Wesendonck, and he poured some of his most heartfelt passion into the opera. Act 2 is laden with the erotically charged symbolism of Night and Day, with the lovers constrained by propriety in the Day, only able to freely express their desires in the Night. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Act 2 Isolde....Violeta Urmana, soprano Tristan....Ben Heppner, tenor King Mark....Franz-Josef Selig, bass Brangane....Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano Melot....Timothy Robinson, tenor Kurwenal....Henk Neven, baritone Sir Simon Rattle, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 5th August at 2pm. Act 2 of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde with the OAE and Sir Simon Rattle. Berlioz first discovered Shakespeare through performances of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, involving his future wife Harriet Smithson, and these had a deep influence on his work. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew Mcgregor. Sir Simon Rattle evokes two iconic pairs of lovers in Berlioz's response to Shakespeare, and Wagner's re-working of a medieval celtic legend, with the distinguished soloists Violetta Urman and Ben Heppner as Isolde and Tristan, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Berlioz first discovered Shakespeare through performances of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, involving his future wife Harriet Smithson, and these had a deep influence on his work. In his dramatic symphony based on the star-crossed lovers' tale, he pays hommage to Beethoven, and in later life he looked upon this Love Scene as one of his greatest achievements. Attending one of the early performances of Romeo and Juliet in Paris was Richard Wagner, who later drew inspiration from this for Tristan and Isolde. He became intrigued with the medieval romantic legend at a time when he was enthralled with Matilde von Wesendonck, and he poured some of his most heartfelt passion into the opera. Act 2 is laden with the erotically charged symbolism of Night and Day, with the lovers constrained by propriety in the Day, only able to freely express their desires in the Night. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Act 2 Isolde....Violeta Urmana, soprano Tristan....Ben Heppner, tenor King Mark....Franz-Josef Selig, bass Brangane....Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano Melot....Timothy Robinson, tenor Kurwenal....Henk Neven, baritone Sir Simon Rattle, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 5th August at 2pm. Act 2 of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde with the OAE and Sir Simon Rattle
02 LAST	2010, Prom 22, Mozart, Ligeti, Ravel - Part 2	20100802		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jonathan Nott present a typically wide-ranging programme placing contemporary works alongside classics of the repertoire and ending with three glittering showpieces by Ravel. Pierre Laurent Aimard plays an adventurous solo piece by Ligeti and concertos by Mozart and George Benjamin - the latter an exploration of the contrasting and complementary sounds that the piano and orchestra can make. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Ravel: Miroirs - Une barque sur l'ocean Ravel: La Valse Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano BBC Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Nott, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Friday 6th August at 2pm. . Jonathan Nott conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in three pieces by Ravel. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jonathan Nott present a typically wide-ranging programme placing contemporary works alongside classics of the repertoire and ending with three glittering showpieces by Ravel. Pierre Laurent Aimard plays an adventurous solo piece by Ligeti and concertos by Mozart and George Benjamin - the latter an exploration of the contrasting and complementary sounds that the piano and orchestra can make. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Ravel: Miroirs - Une barque sur l'ocean Ravel: La Valse Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano Jonathan Nott, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Friday 6th August at 2pm. Jonathan Nott conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in three pieces by Ravel.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 23, Foulds, Vaughan Williams, Elgar - Part 2	20100803		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Donald Runnicles makes his first Proms appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in an all-British programme featuring former BBC Young Musician of the Year Nicola Benedetti in her Prom debut. The concert features Vaughan Williams' choral masterpiece written for sixteen solo singers and orchestra as a tribute to Proms founder, Henry Wood. Tonight's performance showcases singers from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A flat major Elin Pritchard, Marie Claire Breen, Emily Mitchell, Natalie Montakhab, sopranos Jemma Brown, Beth Mackay, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Lynda-Jane Workman, mezzo-sopranos Stephen Chambers, Warren Gillespie, John Pumphrey, Ronan Busfield, tenors James Birchall, Owain Browne, Michel de Souza, Ross McInroy, basses Ashley Wass, piano Nicola Benedetti, violin BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 9th August at 2pm. . Donald Runnicles makes his first Proms appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC SSO. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham Donald Runnicles makes his first Proms appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in an all-British programme featuring former BBC Young Musician of the Year Nicola Benedetti in her Prom debut. The concert features Vaughan Williams' choral masterpiece written for sixteen solo singers and orchestra as a tribute to Proms founder, Henry Wood. Tonight's performance showcases singers from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A flat major Elin Pritchard, Marie Claire Breen, Emily Mitchell, Natalie Montakhab, sopranos Jemma Brown, Beth Mackay, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Lynda-Jane Workman, mezzo-sopranos Stephen Chambers, Warren Gillespie, John Pumphrey, Ronan Busfield, tenors James Birchall, Owain Browne, Michel de Souza, Ross McInroy, basses Ashley Wass, piano Nicola Benedetti, violin Donald Runnicles, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Monday 9th August at 2pm. Donald Runnicles makes his first Proms appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC SSO.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 26, Mahler: Symphonies Nos 4 And 5 - Part 2	20100805		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Valery Gergiev makes the first of his two appearances this season conducting the World Orchestra for Peace, an ensemble of first-rate players from around the world, in two symphonies by Mahler whose 150th anniversary it is. The often child-like innocence of the Fourth is followed by the funereal, stormy and ultimately life-affirming Fifth. Mahler: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor Camilla Tilling, soprano World Orchestra for Peace Valery Gergiev, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 10th August at 2pm. . Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace in Mahler's Fifth Symphony. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Valery Gergiev makes the first of his two appearances this season conducting the World Orchestra for Peace, an ensemble of first-rate players from around the world, in two symphonies by Mahler whose 150th anniversary it is. The often child-like innocence of the Fourth is followed by the funereal, stormy and ultimately life-affirming Fifth. Mahler: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor Camilla Tilling, soprano Valery Gergiev, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 10th August at 2pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace in Mahler's Fifth Symphony.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 27, Foulds, Beethoven, Strauss - Part 2	20100806		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. Beethoven's Third concerto is more turbulent than those that precede it, and it shows a more experimental side of Beethoven's musical language. The concert opens with music by John Foulds who had a varied life as a musician - as a cellist with the Halle, as a conductor, a cinema pianist, and a composer of both serious and light music. He had a fascination for Indian music and mysticism, and this had an impact on his work. In this symphonic poem he evokes a spring day. In the final work Strauss places himself at the forefront of his epic tone poem, casting himself as the central heroic figure and portraying his own life as a struggle against adversity. R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Paul Lewis, piano Halle Sir Mark Elder, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 11th August at 2pm. . Mark Elder leads the Halle in Strauss' orchestral showpiece Ein Heldenleben. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. Beethoven's Third concerto is more turbulent than those that precede it, and it shows a more experimental side of Beethoven's musical language. The concert opens with music by John Foulds who had a varied life as a musician - as a cellist with the Halle, as a conductor, a cinema pianist, and a composer of both serious and light music. He had a fascination for Indian music and mysticism, and this had an impact on his work. In this symphonic poem he evokes a spring day. In the final work Strauss places himself at the forefront of his epic tone poem, casting himself as the central heroic figure and portraying his own life as a struggle against adversity. R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Paul Lewis, piano Sir Mark Elder, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 11th August at 2pm. Mark Elder leads the Halle in Strauss' orchestral showpiece Ein Heldenleben. The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. Beethoven's Third concerto is more turbulent than those that precede it, and it shows a more experimental side of Beethoven's musical language. The concert opens with music by John Foulds who had a varied life as a musician - as a cellist with the Halle, as a conductor, a cinema pianist, and a composer of both serious and light music. He had a fascination for Indian music and mysticism, and this had an impact on his work. In this symphonic poem he evokes a spring day. In the final work Strauss places himself at the forefront of his epic tone poem, casting himself as the central heroic figure and portraying his own life as a struggle against adversity. R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Paul Lewis, piano Sir Mark Elder, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 11th August at 2pm. Mark Elder leads the Halle in Strauss' orchestral showpiece Ein Heldenleben.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 29, Part 2	20100807		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod. The National Youth Orchestra's annual Prom puts the spotlight this year on two brilliantly orchestrated nineteenth century French masterworks: Paul Dukas's thrilling mix of witty narrative and symphonic momentum and the symphony that made the young Hector Berlioz's name. Both works have a dark side - the Sorcerer's Apprentice summoning the anarchic spirits while his master is out of the way and the opium-fuelled nightmares of a young love-sick artist which include his own execution and a witches Sabbath. The programme also includes the London premiere of Julian Anderson's own capricious, contrast-packed 'Fantasias' a work which showcases the plentiful talent in each of the NYO's instrumental sections in turn. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 12th August at 2pm. . Semyon Bychkov conducts the National Youth Orchestra in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod. The National Youth Orchestra's annual Prom puts the spotlight this year on two brilliantly orchestrated nineteenth century French masterworks: Paul Dukas's thrilling mix of witty narrative and symphonic momentum and the symphony that made the young Hector Berlioz's name. Both works have a dark side - the Sorcerer's Apprentice summoning the anarchic spirits while his master is out of the way and the opium-fuelled nightmares of a young love-sick artist which include his own execution and a witches Sabbath. The programme also includes the London premiere of Julian Anderson's own capricious, contrast-packed 'Fantasias' a work which showcases the plentiful talent in each of the NYO's instrumental sections in turn. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 12th August at 2pm. Semyon Bychkov conducts the National Youth Orchestra in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod. The National Youth Orchestra's annual Prom puts the spotlight this year on two brilliantly orchestrated nineteenth century French masterworks: Paul Dukas's thrilling mix of witty narrative and symphonic momentum and the symphony that made the young Hector Berlioz's name. Both works have a dark side - the Sorcerer's Apprentice summoning the anarchic spirits while his master is out of the way and the opium-fuelled nightmares of a young love-sick artist which include his own execution and a witches Sabbath. The programme also includes the London premiere of Julian Anderson's own capricious, contrast-packed 'Fantasias' a work which showcases the plentiful talent in each of the NYO's instrumental sections in turn. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Semyon Bychkov (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 12th August at 2pm. Semyon Bychkov conducts the National Youth Orchestra in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 31, Part 2	20100808		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers Parry: Elegy for Brahms Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor Louis Lortie (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 13th August at 2pm. . BBC SO/Andrew Davis in Parry's Elegy for Brahms and Brahms's Symphony No 4 in E minor. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers Parry: Elegy for Brahms Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor Louis Lortie (piano) Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 13th August at 2pm. BBC SO/Andrew Davis in Parry's Elegy for Brahms and Brahms's Symphony No 4 in E minor. Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers Parry: Elegy for Brahms Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor Louis Lortie (piano) Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 13th August at 2pm. BBC SO/Andrew Davis in Parry's Elegy for Brahms and Brahms's Symphony No 4 in E minor.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 32, Tchaikovsky, Janacek, Berlioz - Part 2	20100809		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch The European Youth Orchestra performs three gripping orchestral narratives: Tchaikovsky's hyper-Romantic portrayal of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers with possibly the world's most famous love-theme, Janacek's powerful depiction of 3 episodes from Gogol's novel about Cossack bravery; and finally Berlioz's symphonic re-imagining of Byron's epic poem about the travels of a world-weary young man, disillusioned with a life of pleasure. Berlioz portrays the melancholy dreamer through the solo viola. Berlioz: Harold in Italy Maxim Rysanov (viola) European Union Youth Orchestra Matthias Bamert (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 18th August at 2pm. . Mathias Bamert conducts the European Union Youth Orchestra in Berlioz's Harold in Italy. Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch The European Youth Orchestra performs three gripping orchestral narratives: Tchaikovsky's hyper-Romantic portrayal of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers with possibly the world's most famous love-theme, Janacek's powerful depiction of 3 episodes from Gogol's novel about Cossack bravery; and finally Berlioz's symphonic re-imagining of Byron's epic poem about the travels of a world-weary young man, disillusioned with a life of pleasure.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 34, Schreker, Korngold, Mahler - Part 2	20100810		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The conductor Ingo Metzmacher and his Berlin orchestra evoke the spirit of turn-of the century Vienna with an orchestral dream sequence, a romantic concerto and an epic symphony. Gustav Mahler had a profound influence on the younger generation of Austrian composers, and Franz Schreker was no exception. In his operas he experimented with sounds and colours in a highly expressive way, and this orchestral interlude could almost be a counterpart to Mahler's nocturnal movements in his Seventh Symphony. In his youth, Erich Korngold was mentored by Mahler, who pronounced the younger composer to be a genius when only 9 years old. After leaving Vienna for Hollywood he focussed on the movies, but his Violin Concerto marked a return to the concert platform and is suffused with lush harmonies recalling his early days in Austria, as well as cleverly incorporating themes from his film scores. It remains one of his most popular works. Mahler's symphonies are at once highly personal and universal, running the full gamut of human emotions. The Seventh includes bittersweet questions on the meaning of existence, a night-walk, a nightmarish scherzo, a magical serenade and an exuberant celebratory finale. Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 17th September at 2pm. . Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ingo Metzmacher in Mahler: Symphony No 7. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The conductor Ingo Metzmacher and his Berlin orchestra evoke the spirit of turn-of the century Vienna with an orchestral dream sequence, a romantic concerto and an epic symphony. Gustav Mahler had a profound influence on the younger generation of Austrian composers, and Franz Schreker was no exception. In his operas he experimented with sounds and colours in a highly expressive way, and this orchestral interlude could almost be a counterpart to Mahler's nocturnal movements in his Seventh Symphony. In his youth, Erich Korngold was mentored by Mahler, who pronounced the younger composer to be a genius when only 9 years old. After leaving Vienna for Hollywood he focussed on the movies, but his Violin Concerto marked a return to the concert platform and is suffused with lush harmonies recalling his early days in Austria, as well as cleverly incorporating themes from his film scores. It remains one of his most popular works. Mahler's symphonies are at once highly personal and universal, running the full gamut of human emotions. The Seventh includes bittersweet questions on the meaning of existence, a night-walk, a nightmarish scherzo, a magical serenade and an exuberant celebratory finale. Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 17th September at 2pm. Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ingo Metzmacher in Mahler: Symphony No 7. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein. The conductor Ingo Metzmacher and his Berlin orchestra evoke the spirit of turn-of the century Vienna with an orchestral dream sequence, a romantic concerto and an epic symphony. Gustav Mahler had a profound influence on the younger generation of Austrian composers, and Franz Schreker was no exception. In his operas he experimented with sounds and colours in a highly expressive way, and this orchestral interlude could almost be a counterpart to Mahler's nocturnal movements in his Seventh Symphony. In his youth, Erich Korngold was mentored by Mahler, who pronounced the younger composer to be a genius when only 9 years old. After leaving Vienna for Hollywood he focussed on the movies, but his Violin Concerto marked a return to the concert platform and is suffused with lush harmonies recalling his early days in Austria, as well as cleverly incorporating themes from his film scores. It remains one of his most popular works. Mahler's symphonies are at once highly personal and universal, running the full gamut of human emotions. The Seventh includes bittersweet questions on the meaning of existence, a night-walk, a nightmarish scherzo, a magical serenade and an exuberant celebratory finale. Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 17th September at 2pm. Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ingo Metzmacher in Mahler: Symphony No 7.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 36, Berlioz, Chopin, Roussel, Ravel - Part 2	20100812		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Proms debut of young French conductor Lionel Bringuier as he leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by three of his compatriots as well as Chopin's youthfully romantic Second Piano Concerto. Chopin wrote his concerto at the age of 19 while crazily in love with an opera singer, but it's the work itself which is the object of adoration for tonight's soloist Nelson Freire who describes himself as having something of a 'crush' on the piece after first hearing it as a teenager. It provides a suitable celebration to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. The three other works on the programme chart French music over a century of changing musical tastes, beginning in 1844 with Berlioz's vivid evocation of a swashbuckling pirate adventure in his overture 'Le corsaire'. By 1912 the tides of modernism influenced Ravel's lavishly scored, pastoral ballet Daphnis and Chloë, with its famous opening soundscape of dawn breaking over the forest canopy, and by the 1930s Roussel's Third Symphony reflected the trends of neo-classicism. Roussel: Symphony No. 3 Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë - Suite No. 2 Nelson Freire (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Lionel Bringuier (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 25th August at 2.30pm. . BBC SO/Lionel Bringuier in Roussel: Symphony No 3. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No 2. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Proms debut of young French conductor Lionel Bringuier as he leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by three of his compatriots as well as Chopin's youthfully romantic Second Piano Concerto. Chopin wrote his concerto at the age of 19 while crazily in love with an opera singer, but it's the work itself which is the object of adoration for tonight's soloist Nelson Freire who describes himself as having something of a 'crush' on the piece after first hearing it as a teenager. It provides a suitable celebration to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. The three other works on the programme chart French music over a century of changing musical tastes, beginning in 1844 with Berlioz's vivid evocation of a swashbuckling pirate adventure in his overture 'Le corsaire'. By 1912 the tides of modernism influenced Ravel's lavishly scored, pastoral ballet Daphnis and Chloë, with its famous opening soundscape of dawn breaking over the forest canopy, and by the 1930s Roussel's Third Symphony reflected the trends of neo-classicism. Roussel: Symphony No. 3 Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë - Suite No. 2 Nelson Freire (piano) Lionel Bringuier (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 25th August at 2.30pm. BBC SO/Lionel Bringuier in Roussel: Symphony No 3. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No 2. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham The Proms debut of young French conductor Lionel Bringuier as he leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by three of his compatriots as well as Chopin's youthfully romantic Second Piano Concerto. Chopin wrote his concerto at the age of 19 while crazily in love with an opera singer, but it's the work itself which is the object of adoration for tonight's soloist Nelson Freire who describes himself as having something of a 'crush' on the piece after first hearing it as a teenager. It provides a suitable celebration to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. The three other works on the programme chart French music over a century of changing musical tastes, beginning in 1844 with Berlioz's vivid evocation of a swashbuckling pirate adventure in his overture 'Le corsaire'. By 1912 the tides of modernism influenced Ravel's lavishly scored, pastoral ballet Daphnis and Chloë, with its famous opening soundscape of dawn breaking over the forest canopy, and by the 1930s Roussel's Third Symphony reflected the trends of neo-classicism. Roussel: Symphony No. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë - Suite No. Nelson Freire (piano) Lionel Bringuier (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 25th August at 2.30pm. BBC SO/Lionel Bringuier in Roussel: Symphony No 3. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No 2.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 37, Verdi, Dallapiccola, Bruch, Schumann - Part 2	20100813		BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Philharmonic returns to the Proms with Chief Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The first part of the concert conjures up flavours of Noseda's native Italy, commencing with Verdi's overture to his opera 'The Force of Destiny'. Dallapiccola's Partita is a dazzling piece from early in his career, ending with a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, sung by Sarah Tynan. Music from Germany after the interval, with Bruch's most popular work, his First Violin Concerto, and Schumann's Fourth Symphony which encapsulates the world of this most Romantic of composers, and continues the Proms' complete cycle in the bicentenary of his birth. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor (revised 1851) James Ehnes (violin) Sarah Tynan (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 17th August at 2pm. . BBC Philharmonic/Noseda in Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1. Schumann: Symphony No 4. BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Philharmonic returns to the Proms with Chief Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The first part of the concert conjures up flavours of Noseda's native Italy, commencing with Verdi's overture to his opera 'The Force of Destiny'. Dallapiccola's Partita is a dazzling piece from early in his career, ending with a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, sung by Sarah Tynan. Music from Germany after the interval, with Bruch's most popular work, his First Violin Concerto, and Schumann's Fourth Symphony which encapsulates the world of this most Romantic of composers, and continues the Proms' complete cycle in the bicentenary of his birth. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor (revised 1851) James Ehnes (violin) Sarah Tynan (soprano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 17th August at 2pm. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda in Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1. Schumann: Symphony No 4. The BBC Philharmonic returns to the Proms with Chief Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Philharmonic returns to the Proms with Chief Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The first part of the concert conjures up flavours of Noseda's native Italy, commencing with Verdi's overture to his opera 'The Force of Destiny'. Dallapiccola's Partita is a dazzling piece from early in his career, ending with a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, sung by Sarah Tynan. Music from Germany after the interval, with Bruch's most popular work, his First Violin Concerto, and Schumann's Fourth Symphony which encapsulates the world of this most Romantic of composers, and continues the Proms' complete cycle in the bicentenary of his birth. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor (revised 1851) James Ehnes (violin) Sarah Tynan (soprano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 17th August at 2pm. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda in Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1. Schumann: Symphony No 4.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 39, Bach Orchestral Transcriptions - Part 2	20100814		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch As a grand finale to Proms Bach Day, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton play works by J S Bach in arrangements made in the last hundred years or so, ranging from the subtleties of Walton's Wise Virgins Suite and the playfulness of Grainger's version of "Sheep may safely graze", to the richly-scored reworkings by Stokowski, Henry Wood, Sargent, Bantock and Respighi. Plus two special commissions from young composers who have taken Bach pieces as a springboard for their compositions. Grainger: Blithe Bells Bach, arr. Sargent: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 Alissa Firsova: Bach Allegro (BBC commission: world premiere) Bach, orch. Bantock: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 Bach, orch. Respighi: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Andrew Litton (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Thursday 19th August at 2pm. . The Royal Philharmonic in Bach arrangements by Grainger, Sargent, Bantock and Respighi. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch As a grand finale to Proms Bach Day, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton play works by J S Bach in arrangements made in the last hundred years or so, ranging from the subtleties of Walton's Wise Virgins Suite and the playfulness of Grainger's version of "Sheep may safely graze", to the richly-scored reworkings by Stokowski, Henry Wood, Sargent, Bantock and Respighi. Plus two special commissions from young composers who have taken Bach pieces as a springboard for their compositions. Grainger: Blithe Bells Bach, arr. Sargent: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 Alissa Firsova: Bach Allegro (BBC commission: world premiere) Bach, orch. Bantock: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 Bach, orch. Respighi: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Andrew Litton (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Thursday 19th August at 2pm. The Royal Philharmonic in Bach arrangements by Grainger, Sargent, Bantock and Respighi. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch As a grand finale to Proms Bach Day, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton play works by J S Bach in arrangements made in the last hundred years or so, ranging from the subtleties of Walton's Wise Virgins Suite and the playfulness of Grainger's version of "Sheep may safely graze", to the richly-scored reworkings by Stokowski, Henry Wood, Sargent, Bantock and Respighi. Plus two special commissions from young composers who have taken Bach pieces as a springboard for their compositions. Grainger: Blithe Bells Bach, arr. Sargent: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 Alissa Firsova: Bach Allegro (BBC commission: world premiere) Bach, orch. Bantock: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 Respighi: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Andrew Litton (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Thursday 19th August at 2pm. The Royal Philharmonic in Bach arrangements by Grainger, Sargent, Bantock and Respighi.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 40, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Prokofiev - Part 2	20100815		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Who better to conduct an all-Russian programme at the BBC Proms than Vladimir Jurowski, the dynamic Russian Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Tonight's concert ranges from Mussorgsky's vision of a witches' sabbath (with a bit of help from his friend Rimsky) through Scriabin's dreams, to powerhouse works by the two central Russian composers of the twentieth century. Prokofiev's hard-hitting Third Symphony uses music from his opera The Fiery Angel, while Shostakovich was writing his First Violin Concerto at the very time that the Soviet authorities announced their clampdown on music that didn't conform. Julia Fischer is the soloist, returning to the Proms after her triumphant debut with the Brahms Concerto two years ago. Scriabin:Rêverie Prokofiev:Symphony No. 3 in C minor Julia Fischer (violin) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 20th August at 2pm. . Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic in music by Scriabin and Prokofiev. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Who better to conduct an all-Russian programme at the BBC Proms than Vladimir Jurowski, the dynamic Russian Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Tonight's concert ranges from Mussorgsky's vision of a witches' sabbath (with a bit of help from his friend Rimsky) through Scriabin's dreams, to powerhouse works by the two central Russian composers of the twentieth century. Prokofiev's hard-hitting Third Symphony uses music from his opera The Fiery Angel, while Shostakovich was writing his First Violin Concerto at the very time that the Soviet authorities announced their clampdown on music that didn't conform. Julia Fischer is the soloist, returning to the Proms after her triumphant debut with the Brahms Concerto two years ago. Scriabin:Rêverie Prokofiev:Symphony No. 3 in C minor Julia Fischer (violin) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 20th August at 2pm. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic in music by Scriabin and Prokofiev. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Who better to conduct an all-Russian programme at the BBC Proms than Vladimir Jurowski, the dynamic Russian Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Tonight's concert ranges from Mussorgsky's vision of a witches' sabbath (with a bit of help from his friend Rimsky) through Scriabin's dreams, to powerhouse works by the two central Russian composers of the twentieth century. Prokofiev's hard-hitting Third Symphony uses music from his opera The Fiery Angel, while Shostakovich was writing his First Violin Concerto at the very time that the Soviet authorities announced their clampdown on music that didn't conform. Julia Fischer is the soloist, returning to the Proms after her triumphant debut with the Brahms Concerto two years ago. Scriabin:Rêverie Prokofiev:Symphony No. 3 in C minor Julia Fischer (violin) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 20th August at 2pm. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic in music by Scriabin and Prokofiev.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 41, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Part 2	20100816		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform the scintillating ballet score that Stravinsky wrote one hundred years ago for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Based on the Russian folk tale of the exotic Firebird imprisoned by the evil magician Kashchey, the work made him famous overnight. Scriabin too was nothing if not ambitious: he began his symphonic output with a massive work in six movements, complete with a choral finale in praise of art and including two solo vocal roles, taken tonight by members of Gergiev's Mariinsky Theatre. Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete) Nadezhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Skorokhodov (tenor) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Monday 23rd August at 2pm. . Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform the scintillating ballet score that Stravinsky wrote one hundred years ago for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Based on the Russian folk tale of the exotic Firebird imprisoned by the evil magician Kashchey, the work made him famous overnight. Scriabin too was nothing if not ambitious: he began his symphonic output with a massive work in six movements, complete with a choral finale in praise of art and including two solo vocal roles, taken tonight by members of Gergiev's Mariinsky Theatre. Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete) Nadezhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Skorokhodov (tenor) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Monday 23rd August at 2pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform the scintillating ballet score that Stravinsky wrote one hundred years ago for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew Mcgregor Valery Gergiev and the LSO perform the scintillating ballet score that Stravinsky wrote one hundred years ago for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Based on the Russian folk tale of the exotic Firebird imprisoned by the evil magician Kashchey, the work made him famous overnight. Scriabin too was nothing if not ambitious: he began his symphonic output with a massive work in six movements, complete with a choral finale in praise of art and including two solo vocal roles, taken tonight by members of Gergiev's Mariinsky Theatre. Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete) Nadezhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Skorokhodov (tenor) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom is repeated on Monday 23rd August at 2pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 42, Part, Britten, Watkins, Shostakovich - Part 2	20100817		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the four evocative Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, the heartrending strings and tolling bell of the Cantus by Arvo Pärt (75 this year) which forms a hypnotic tribute to Britten, and the Fifth Symphony by one of Britten's great friends - a work which brought Shostakovich back into favour with Soviet authorities. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in the new concerto by Huw Watkins, who often appears as a pianist with her in recitals. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor Alina Ibragimova (violin) Edward Gardner (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 24th August at 2.20pm. . Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the four evocative Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, the heartrending strings and tolling bell of the Cantus by Arvo Pärt (75 this year) which forms a hypnotic tribute to Britten, and the Fifth Symphony by one of Britten's great friends - a work which brought Shostakovich back into favour with Soviet authorities. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in the new concerto by Huw Watkins, who often appears as a pianist with her in recitals. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor Alina Ibragimova (violin) Edward Gardner (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 24th August at 2.20pm. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the four evocative Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, the heartrending strings and tolling bell of the Cantus by Arvo Pärt (75 this year) which forms a hypnotic tribute to Britten, and the Fifth Symphony by one of Britten's great friends - a work which brought Shostakovich back into favour with Soviet authorities. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the four evocative Sea Interludes from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, the heartrending strings and tolling bell of the Cantus by Arvo Pärt (75 this year) which forms a hypnotic tribute to Britten, and the Fifth Symphony by one of Britten's great friends - a work which brought Shostakovich back into favour with Soviet authorities. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in the new concerto by Huw Watkins, who often appears as a pianist with her in recitals. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor Alina Ibragimova (violin) Edward Gardner (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 24th August at 2.20pm. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 44, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky - Part 2	20100818		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Suzy Klein The Russian National Orchestra returns to the Proms in this its 20th anniversary year. After a dramatic overture by Beethoven, depicting the heroic Roman general Coriolanus, the orchestra focuses on music from its homeland. Rachmaninov is a composer close to the heart of tonight's soloist, Nikolai Lugansky, who performs the radiant and inventive piano variations on Paganini's theme. Tchaikovsky's orchestral suite was initially conceived as a symphony, but he found this form to be more flexible, and he also included a set of flamboyant variations at the end. Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55 Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Andrey Boreyko (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 1st September at 2.20pm. . Russian National Orchestra/Andrey Boreyko in Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No 3. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Suzy Klein The Russian National Orchestra returns to the Proms in this its 20th anniversary year. After a dramatic overture by Beethoven, depicting the heroic Roman general Coriolanus, the orchestra focuses on music from its homeland. Rachmaninov is a composer close to the heart of tonight's soloist, Nikolai Lugansky, who performs the radiant and inventive piano variations on Paganini's theme. Tchaikovsky's orchestral suite was initially conceived as a symphony, but he found this form to be more flexible, and he also included a set of flamboyant variations at the end. Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55 Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Andrey Boreyko (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 1st September at 2.20pm. Russian National Orchestra/Andrey Boreyko in Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No 3. BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Suzy Klein The Russian National Orchestra returns to the Proms in this its 20th anniversary year. After a dramatic overture by Beethoven, depicting the heroic Roman general Coriolanus, the orchestra focuses on music from its homeland. Rachmaninov is a composer close to the heart of tonight's soloist, Nikolai Lugansky, who performs the radiant and inventive piano variations on Paganini's theme. Tchaikovsky's orchestral suite was initially conceived as a symphony, but he found this form to be more flexible, and he also included a set of flamboyant variations at the end. Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55 Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Andrey Boreyko (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 1st September at 2.20pm. Russian National Orchestra/Andrey Boreyko in Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No 3.
02 LAST	2010, Prom 45, Mozart, Liszt, Dillon, Tchaikovsky - Part 2	20100819		BBC Proms 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Marking the 75th anniversary of the formation of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, this Prom recreates the programme from 1962 when they first appeared at the Proms, with the addition of the UK premiere of James Dillon's single-movement 'La navette' which weav