BBC Proms 2010 [Performance On 3]

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Prom 19, Stephen Sondheim At 80

20101227

BBC PROMS 2010

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Sondheim at 80

Relive this celebration of Stephen Sondheim's unique talents at a Prom recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in July. 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, 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.

A celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday, with songs from his best-loved shows.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Prom 49, Rogers And Hammerstein

20101228

BBC PROMS 2010

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Another chance to hear this glorious medley of songs from the evergreen musicals that lyricist Oscar Hammerstein wrote with composer Richard Rodgers, the Waltz king of the musical. Kim Criswell headed the cast at the Royal Albert Hall in August, performing numbers ranging 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 Orchestra

John Wilson, conductor.

Prom celebrating Rodgers and Hammerstein's show tunes and songs.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Prom 55, Jamie Cullum

20101231

From BBC PROMS 2010

Presented by John Shea.

Another chance to hear Jazz singer, songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum from the Albert Hall in August. He's joined by the Heritage Orchestra to perform a set of classic numbers in 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. 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. Introduced from the stage by Suzy Klein.

Jazz singer and pianist Jamie Cullum peforms classic numbers with the Heritage Orchestra.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Prom 69: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

20101220

From BBC PROMS 2010

Another chance to hear the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its French-born Music Director, St退phane Den耀ve, 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

James MacMillan: The Sacrifice - Three Interludes (London premiere)

Respighi: Pines of Rome

Paul Lewis (piano)

St退phane Den耀ve (conductor).

Stephane Deneve conducts the RSNO in Berlioz, Beethoven, MacMillan and Respighi.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Prom 70, Ensemble Matheus

20101229

From BBC Proms 2010

Presented by John Shea

The 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, another chance to hear 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 - Empio, dir , 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).

John Shea presents Ensemble Matheus peforming baroque music at the 2010 Proms.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Prom 75: Monteverdi's Vespers

20101222

From BBC PROMS 2010

Presented by Martin Handley

Another chance to hear Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting 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).

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir in Monteverdi's Vespers at Proms 2010.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Psm 1 And 2, Brandenburg Concertos

20101230

From BBC Proms 2010

Presented by John Shea

Another chance to hear the launch of Proms Bach Day at the Cadogan Hall, London, 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-C怀then, 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

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).

The English Baroque Soloists in all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos at Proms 2010.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Comments
Prom 19, Stephen Sondheim At 80	20101227	BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Sondheim at 80 Relive this celebration of Stephen Sondheim's unique talents at a Prom recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in July. 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, 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. A celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday, with songs from his best-loved shows. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
Prom 49, Rogers And Hammerstein	20101228	BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by Petroc Trelawny Another chance to hear this glorious medley of songs from the evergreen musicals that lyricist Oscar Hammerstein wrote with composer Richard Rodgers, the Waltz king of the musical. Kim Criswell headed the cast at the Royal Albert Hall in August, performing numbers ranging 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 Orchestra John Wilson, conductor. Prom celebrating Rodgers and Hammerstein's show tunes and songs. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
Prom 55, Jamie Cullum	20101231	From BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by John Shea. Another chance to hear Jazz singer, songwriter and pianist Jamie Cullum from the Albert Hall in August. He's joined by the Heritage Orchestra to perform a set of classic numbers in 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. 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. Introduced from the stage by Suzy Klein. Jazz singer and pianist Jamie Cullum peforms classic numbers with the Heritage Orchestra. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
Prom 69: Royal Scottish National Orchestra	20101220	From BBC PROMS 2010 Another chance to hear the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its French-born Music Director, St退phane Den耀ve, 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 James MacMillan: The Sacrifice - Three Interludes (London premiere) Respighi: Pines of Rome Paul Lewis (piano) St退phane Den耀ve (conductor). Stephane Deneve conducts the RSNO in Berlioz, Beethoven, MacMillan and Respighi. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
Prom 70, Ensemble Matheus	20101229	From BBC Proms 2010 Presented by John Shea The 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, another chance to hear 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 - Empio, dir , 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). John Shea presents Ensemble Matheus peforming baroque music at the 2010 Proms. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
Prom 75: Monteverdi's Vespers	20101222	From BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by Martin Handley Another chance to hear Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting 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). John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir in Monteverdi's Vespers at Proms 2010. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
Psm 1 And 2, Brandenburg Concertos	20101230	From BBC Proms 2010 Presented by John Shea Another chance to hear the launch of Proms Bach Day at the Cadogan Hall, London, 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-C怀then, 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 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). The English Baroque Soloists in all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos at Proms 2010. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.