BBC Proms [2015]

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Prom 08: Late Night With...BBC Asian Network

20150722

Live from the BBC Proms, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by Benny Dayal, Palak Muchhal, Naughty Boy and Bobby Friction.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Andrew McGregor

Benny Dayal, vocalist

Palak Muchhal, vocalist

Kanika Kapoor, vocalist

Arrow Benjamin, vocalist

Emeli Sand退, vocalist

Naughty Boy, live producer

Bobby Friction, presenter

Richard Davis, conductor

Indian singers Benny Dayal and Palak Muchhal, together with British Asian DJ, songwriter and producer Naughty Boy, headline a Prom by the BBC Philharmonic in association with BBC Asian Network and as part of the 50th anniversary this year of Asian programmes on the BBC. The event launches a new series of Proms curated in collaboration with six BBC national radio stations - including 6 Music, Radio 1 and Radio 2 - and BBC Music. Bobby Friction presents the very best of South Asian music, from Bollywood to contemporary sounds.

Benny Dayal, Palak Muchhal, Naughty Boy and Bobby Friction feature in an Asian music Prom.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 16: Late Night With, BBC Radio 1

20150729

Radio 1's first ever Prom is less concert and more dance-party - a musical homage to Ibiza and its infectious, energetic brand of club music. 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of Radio 1 in Ibiza, and the BBC Proms celebrate by bringing some of that Balearic ambience to the Royal Albert Hall. Celebrated British DJ Pete Tong introduces two decades' worth of club anthems, re-arranged for orchestra by Jules Buckley, and featuring contributions from chart-topping vocalists John Newman and Ella Eyre.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Introduced by Andrew McGregor

John Newman (vocalist)

Ella Eyre (vocalist)

Pete Tong (presenter)

Heritage Orchestra

Jules Buckley (conductor)

set list with original artists:

Right Here Right Now (Fatboy Slim)

Pjanoo (Erik Prydz)

Lola's Theme (Shapeshifters)

Children (Robert Miles)

9pm til I come (ATB)

Go (Moby)

Your Love (Frankie Knuckles)

Good Life (Inner City)

Belfast (Orbital)

Smokebelch II (Sabres of Paradise)

One More Time (Daft Punk)

Where Love Lives (Alison Limerick)

Rachel's Song (Perfecto Symphony / Vangelis)

Porcelain (Moby)

Insomnia (Faithless)

Waiting All Night (Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre)

Music sounds better with you (Stardust)

Strings of Life (Rhythm is Rhythm)

Jaguar (Knights of the Jaguar)

Nightmare (Brainbug)

Caf退 del Mar (Energy 52)

Feel the Love (Rudimental feat. John Newman)

You Got the Love (The Source feat. Candi Staton).

The Heritage Orchestra with Pete Tong and Jules Buckley celebrate Ibiza dance music.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 19: Alina Ibragimova Plays Bach

20150731

Live at the BBC Proms, the first of two late-night concerts in which Alina Ibragimova performs all six of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin, BWV 1001

Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin, BWV 1002

Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin, BWV 1003

Alina Ibragimova (violin)

When you place a single, solo instrumentalist in the Royal Albert Hall, a peculiar alchemy occurs.

Suddenly the huge space becomes charged with a collective energy, a concentration that amplifies the emotions and gestures of the music performed. When that happens at a Late Night Prom, it's particularly magical. Violinist Alina Ibragimova, making the first of several appearances this season, takes us back to what can seem like the purest expression of music, performing Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, split across two concerts (see also Prom 21).

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Alina Ibragimova plays Bach violin sonatas and partitas.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 21: Alina Ibragimova Plays Bach

20150801

Russian-born Alina Ibragimova gives the second of her two Late Night recitals of solo Bach, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004

Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C major for solo violin, BWV 1005

Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006

Alina Ibragimova (violin)

Alina's natural tendency towards a historically informed style of playing these works was formed while she was a teenager at the Yehudi Menuhin School. Her teachers at the time called for more vibrato, bigger gestures. 'I wanted something more direct,' she recalls. 'Less about me.'.

Alina Ibragimova (violin) in Bach: Partitas, BWV1004 and BWV1006; Sonata No 3, BWV1005.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 23: Verdi, Requiem

20150802

Karen Cargill, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Donald Runnicles, live at the BBC Proms, perform Verdi's Requiem.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Fiona Talkington

Verdi: Requiem

Angela Meade (soprano)

Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)

Yosep Kang (tenor)

Raymond Aceto (bass)

Concert Association of the Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Donald Runnicles (conductor)

After a powerfully disquieting performance of Strauss's Salome last year, Donald Runnicles returns for the first of two appearances this summer, bringing together two musical institutions of which he is music director and chief conductor: the chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the BBC SSO. They perform Verdi's Requiem - a work conductor Hans von Bülow described as 'an opera in ecclesiastical garb', written for the concert hall but distilling all the drama and intensity of the stage. At its core is the extended Dies irae sequence - a Day of Judgement whose terrors are not easily forgotten. The international cast of soloists includes Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill.

[This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 5th August at 2pm].

Verdi's Requiem: the BBC SSO under Donald Runnicles and singers including Karen Cargill.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 25: Monteverdi, L'orfeo

20150804

John Eliot Gardiner returns to the Proms with Monteverdi's groundbreaking opera in which the legendary musician Orpheus journeys to Hades to try to reclaim his beloved Eurydice. With the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Krystian Adam (Orpheus) and Mariana Flores (Eurydice)

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Donald Macleod

7.10pm:

Proms Extra

7.30pm:

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Orpheus - Krystian Adam (tenor)

Eurydice/Hope - Mariana Flores (soprano)

Music/Messenger - Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)

Charon/Pluto - Gianluca Buratto (bass)

Persephone - Francesca Boncompagni (soprano)

Apollo/Shepherd 1 - Andrew Tortise (tenor)

Nymph - Esther Brazil (mezzo-soprano)

Shepherd 2/Spirit 2/Echo - Gareth Treseder (tenor)

Spirit 1 - Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)

Shepherd 3 - James Hall (counter-tenor)

Shepherd 4/Spirit 3 - David Shipley (bass)

Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Monteverdi's Orfeo is the first great opera ? the moment when psychological truth and musical virtuosity came together to tell a story of love, loss and the power of art. Sir John Eliot Gardiner ? making the first of two appearances this year, tonight with the English Baroque Soloists ? transforms the Royal Albert Hall into the 17th-century Mantuan court of the Gonzagas with some of Monteverdi's loveliest melodies and most colourful instrumental writing, bringing the tale of Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice to fresh musical life.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 27: Late Night With, BBC Radio 6 Music

20150805

6Music's Mary Anne Hobbs presents a late night Prom performance featuring the influential German composer-performer Nils Frahm and the American duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Mary Anne Hobbs

Nils Frahm (piano/keyboards)

Members of Wayne McGregor

Random Dance

London Brass

For this late-night 6Music Prom, Mary Anne Hobbs brings together two of her most ardent musical interests: the influential German composer-performer Nils Frahm and the American duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen, musicians who explore the borderlands of classical music. All are making their Proms debut this season. Mary Anne's interest in these artists was piqued when she noticed the seismic effect their music had whenever she played it on her 6Music weekend breakfast show.

Mary-Anne Hobbs presents performers Nils Frahm abnd A Winged Victory for the Sullen.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 30: The John Wilson Orchestra Performs Frank Sinatra

20150807

Seth MacFarlane, Jamie Parker and Claire Martin with the John Wilson Orchestra and John Wilson, live at the BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill and Clarke Peters

Seth MacFarlane (vocalist)

Jamie Parker (vocalist)

John Wilson conductor

The Voice' ... 'Ol' Blue Eyes' ... 'The Sultan of Swoon': the mythology surrounding Frank Sinatra is overwhelming. A gifted entertainer, screen actor and ubiquitous personality, his real legacy as a pioneer of popular song can sometimes get lost in the clamour. This Late Night Prom celebrates the centenary of this musical legend in a concert that brings together some of the great voices of our own time, led by the multitalented Seth MacFarlane and vocalists Jamie Parker and Claire Martin. Join John Wilson and his orchestra for an after-hours sequence of big tunes and even bigger performances.

Seth MacFarlane, Jamie Parker and the John Wilson Orchestra celebrate Frank Sinatra.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain

20150808

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Mark Elder, live at the BBC Proms, with Mahler's 9th Symphony and the London premiere of a new work by Tansy Davies: Re-greening

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Tansy Davies: Re-greening (London premiere)

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Sir Mark Elder (conductor)

Mahler's bitterly beautiful Ninth Symphony is the focus for the National Youth Orchestra's annual visit to the Proms. Still unperformed at the time of the composer's death, the symphony was the last Mahler would complete - a requiem in all but name from a man who had already lost his daughter and knew his own death was imminent. The work's rich writing for brass and strings makes it one of the greats of the orchestral repertoire. The concert opens with the London premiere of Tansy Davies's Re-greening, a celebration of spring written specially as a complement to Mahler's Symphony No. 9.

[This Prom will be repeated on Monday 17th August at 2pm].

The National Youth Orchestra plays Tansy Davies's Re-greening and Mahler's Symphony No 9.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 37: Late Night With, BBC Radio 1xtra

20150812

Symphonic meets urban as rappers Wretch 32, Stormzy and Krept & Konan join the Metropole Orkest and Jules Buckley.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill

Wretch 32 (rapper)

Stormzy (rapper)

Krept & Konan (rap duo)

MistaJam (presenter)

Sian Anderson (presenter)

Jules Buckley (conductor)

Following 2013's Urban Classic Prom, BBC Radio 1Xtra joins the BBC Proms in a high-octane Late Night celebration of the thriving urban music scene, from hip hop to grime. Rappers Wretch 32, Stormzy and Krept & Konan join presenters MistaJam and Sian Anderson on stage, to set the Royal Albert Hall dancing in new remixes blending symphonic and urban styles, with a little help from Jules Buckley and his Metropole Orkest.

A Prom celebrating urban music, with rappers Wretch 32, Stormzy, and Krept and Konan.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 48: Late-night Bach

20150821

The BBC Singers, the Academy of Ancient Music and David Hill, live at the BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Bach: Mass in G minor (BWV 235)

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major (BWV 1047)

Bach: Magnificat in D major (BWV 243)

Sophie Bevan (soprano)

Rebecca Evans (soprano)

Iestyn Davies (countertenor)

Nicky Spence (tenor)

Roderick Williams (baritone)

David Hill (conductor)

Bach's much-loved Magnificat, bright with fanfares and lively with dance rhythms, is paired with the composer's Mass in G minor in this Late Night Prom by the BBC Singers and the Academy of Ancient Music. Though sometimes overlooked, Bach's Lutheran Masses are a treasure-trove of melody, borrowing their themes from the best of Bach's own cantatas. Completing the programme is the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, with its muscular textures and brilliant brass and wind colours.

This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 26th August at 2pm.

David Hill conducts the BBC Singers and the Academy of Ancient Music in works by Bach.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 50: Bach, Goldberg Variations

20150822

Andrကs Schiff performs JS Bach's Goldberg Variations, live at the BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Bach: 'Goldberg' Variations, BWV 988

Andrကs Schiff, piano

Grammy Award-winning pianist Sir Andrကs Schiff is a titan of the keyboard, bringing his distinctive blend of clarity and authority to repertoire from Bach to Bart　k. Tonight he continues his long association with Bach's music in a performance of the composer's 'Goldberg' Variations - a monumental work composed, according to its title-page, 'for the refreshment of the spirits'. The resulting Aria and variations are a compositional wonder, a sequence of musical miniatures unequalled in all Bach's output.

Pianist Andras Schiff performs Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV988.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 65: Alice Coote Sings Handel

20150903

Live at the BBC Proms: Alice Coote and The English Concert with Harry Bicket in a programme of Handel arias.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Handel - Arias from operas, oratorios and cantatas

Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)

Harry Bicket (conductor)

Susannah Waters (stage director)

A programme of arias from Handel's operas, oratorios and cantatas - including Giulio Cesare, Semele, Hercules, Theodora, Messiah and Tra le fiamme - as a window on 'being both': the dilemmas and turbulent emotions experienced by both male and female characters

Few composers express emotion as directly or with greater psychological truth than Handel. British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote explores the full gamut of these emotions in a Late Night Prom featuring some of Handel's greatest arias. Taking on both male and female roles, she delves into what it means to be a man, or a woman, in Handel's world of sorceresses and knights, kings and queens. She is joined in her theatrical journey by regular collaborators and period-performance specialists Harry Bicket and The English Concert.

This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 9th September at 2pm.

Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and the English Concert under Harry Bicket perform Handel arias.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 68: Bach, Six Cello Suites

20150905

Yo-Yo Ma performs the complete solo cello suites by JS Bach, live at the BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

Bach: Suite No. 1 in G major for solo cello, BWV 1007

Bach: Suite No. 2 in D minor for solo cello, BWV 1008

Bach: Suite No. 3 in C major for solo cello, BWV 1009

Bach: Suite No. 4 in E flat major for solo cello, BWV 1010

Bach: Suite No. 5 in C minor for solo cello, BWV 1011

Bach: Suite No. 6 in D major for solo cello, BWV 1012

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

American cellist Yo-Yo Ma has been a regular Proms soloist for almost 40 years, and now tackles perhaps his boldest performance to date. He performs the complete Bach solo cello suites - over two hours of music - in a single concert: a feat as challenging intellectually as it is physically. Though neglected until the 20th century, the suites represent some of Bach's greatest musical achievements - music at its purest and most profound. Ma's relationship with them extends back over many decades and multiple recordings, generating expressive performances distinguished by their depth of emotion.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Yo-Yo Ma performs the complete solo cello suites by Bach.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 74: Wireless Nights Prom With Jarvis Cocker

20150910

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Jarvis Cocker (presenter)

BBC Philharmonic

Richard Hills (organ)

Manchester Chamber Choir (ladies)

Maxime Tortelier (conductor)

In the last of this year's Proms collaborations with six of the BBC national radio stations and BBC Music, Jarvis Cocker brings his popular Radio 4 show Wireless Nights to the Royal Albert Hall. As the BBC Philharmonic help Jarvis drift off to sleep, he soon finds himself on an underwater voyage down to the endless night of the ocean bed. En route, he meets psychoanalyst Jung, two submariners trapped on a tiny submersible and a freediver experiencing 'the rapture of the deep'. The BBC Philharmonic creates a sonic seascape and accompany Jarvis Cocker in songs by Echo and the Bunnymen and Jeff Buckley.

From the Royal Albert Hall, a celebration of Jarvis Cocker's Radio 4 show Wireless Nights.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Prom 76: Last Night Of The Proms 2015

20150912

The Last Night of the Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall. Marin Alsop conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers and Chorus, and soloists.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sean Rafferty and Clemency Burton-Hill

Eleanor Alberga: Arise, Athena! (BBC commission: world premiere)

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major

Arvo P䀀rt: Credo

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Puccini: Recondita armonia from Tosca

Puccini: Donna non vidi mai from Manon Lescaut

Puccini: Nessun dorma from Turandot

20:35 Live Interval - Sean and Clemency chat to a variety of guests in the hall, and Georgia Mann talks to some Prommers in the arena.

Johnson: Victory Stride

Copland: 'I bought me a cat' (Old American Songs)

Gershwin arr P. Grainger: Love Walked In

Gould: Boogie Woogie Etude

Lehကr: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from The Land of Smiles

Grieg: Morning (Peer Gynt, Op 23)

Delibes: Les filles de Cadix

Rodgers & Hammerstein arr. Chris Hazell: The Sound of Music - medley

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory')

Wood: Fantasia on British Sea-Songs - Jack's the Lad (Hornpipe) & Home, Sweet Home

Arne: Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)

Parry: Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)

Traditional arr Britten: The National Anthem

Traditional arr. Cedric Thorpe Davie: Auld Lang Syne

Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Danielle de Niese (soprano)

BBC Symphony Chorus

Marin Alsop (conductor)

Marin Alsop, who triumphed at 2013's Last Night, presides over a finale that opens with the new and ends with the Last Night favourites.

The Last Night of the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Proms Poetry Competition

20150901

20150908 (R3)

Ian McMillan introduces the winning entries in the 2015 Proms Poetry Competition.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Proms Preview

20150716

On the eve of the BBC Proms 2015 Petroc Trelawny previews the season live from the Royal Albert Hall in London - two months of many of the world's greatest artists, composers, orchestras and ensembles including Last Night celebrations around the UK.

2015 is packed to the brim and Petroc will guide you through a season which features piano concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Prokofiev and choral masterpieces by Verdi, Elgar and Walton, as well as Proms celebrating the music of Nielsen and Sibelius, Bach and Boulez, Sondheim and Bernstein.

Whether it be a Prom, Proms Matinee, Proms Chamber Music or Proms Extra, Petroc will be your on-air guide to the music of this year's season. And, as the excitement mounts on stage and back stage at the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc will talk to artists during their final rehearsals and will hunt out those who make the Proms the best music festival in the world - from lighting engineers, instrument tuners and movers to the person in charge of bringing the music to you, whether it be your seat in the Albert Hall or on the radio in the comfort of your own home.

Petroc Trelawny previews the 2015 Proms season live from the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
Prom 08: Late Night With...BBC Asian Network	20150722		Live from the BBC Proms, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by Benny Dayal, Palak Muchhal, Naughty Boy and Bobby Friction. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Benny Dayal, vocalist Palak Muchhal, vocalist Kanika Kapoor, vocalist Arrow Benjamin, vocalist Emeli Sand退, vocalist Naughty Boy, live producer Bobby Friction, presenter Richard Davis, conductor Indian singers Benny Dayal and Palak Muchhal, together with British Asian DJ, songwriter and producer Naughty Boy, headline a Prom by the BBC Philharmonic in association with BBC Asian Network and as part of the 50th anniversary this year of Asian programmes on the BBC. The event launches a new series of Proms curated in collaboration with six BBC national radio stations - including 6 Music, Radio 1 and Radio 2 - and BBC Music. Bobby Friction presents the very best of South Asian music, from Bollywood to contemporary sounds. Benny Dayal, Palak Muchhal, Naughty Boy and Bobby Friction feature in an Asian music Prom. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 16: Late Night With, BBC Radio 1	20150729		Radio 1's first ever Prom is less concert and more dance-party - a musical homage to Ibiza and its infectious, energetic brand of club music. 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of Radio 1 in Ibiza, and the BBC Proms celebrate by bringing some of that Balearic ambience to the Royal Albert Hall. Celebrated British DJ Pete Tong introduces two decades' worth of club anthems, re-arranged for orchestra by Jules Buckley, and featuring contributions from chart-topping vocalists John Newman and Ella Eyre. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Introduced by Andrew McGregor John Newman (vocalist) Ella Eyre (vocalist) Pete Tong (presenter) Heritage Orchestra Jules Buckley (conductor) set list with original artists: Right Here Right Now (Fatboy Slim) Pjanoo (Erik Prydz) Lola's Theme (Shapeshifters) Children (Robert Miles) 9pm til I come (ATB) Go (Moby) Your Love (Frankie Knuckles) Good Life (Inner City) Belfast (Orbital) Smokebelch II (Sabres of Paradise) One More Time (Daft Punk) Where Love Lives (Alison Limerick) Rachel's Song (Perfecto Symphony / Vangelis) Porcelain (Moby) Insomnia (Faithless) Waiting All Night (Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre) Music sounds better with you (Stardust) Strings of Life (Rhythm is Rhythm) Jaguar (Knights of the Jaguar) Nightmare (Brainbug) Caf退 del Mar (Energy 52) Feel the Love (Rudimental feat. John Newman) You Got the Love (The Source feat. Candi Staton). The Heritage Orchestra with Pete Tong and Jules Buckley celebrate Ibiza dance music. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 19: Alina Ibragimova Plays Bach	20150731		Live at the BBC Proms, the first of two late-night concerts in which Alina Ibragimova performs all six of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin, BWV 1001 Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin, BWV 1002 Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin, BWV 1003 Alina Ibragimova (violin) When you place a single, solo instrumentalist in the Royal Albert Hall, a peculiar alchemy occurs. Suddenly the huge space becomes charged with a collective energy, a concentration that amplifies the emotions and gestures of the music performed. When that happens at a Late Night Prom, it's particularly magical. Violinist Alina Ibragimova, making the first of several appearances this season, takes us back to what can seem like the purest expression of music, performing Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, split across two concerts (see also Prom 21). Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Alina Ibragimova plays Bach violin sonatas and partitas. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 21: Alina Ibragimova Plays Bach	20150801		Russian-born Alina Ibragimova gives the second of her two Late Night recitals of solo Bach, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004 Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C major for solo violin, BWV 1005 Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006 Alina Ibragimova (violin) Alina's natural tendency towards a historically informed style of playing these works was formed while she was a teenager at the Yehudi Menuhin School. Her teachers at the time called for more vibrato, bigger gestures. 'I wanted something more direct,' she recalls. 'Less about me.'. Alina Ibragimova (violin) in Bach: Partitas, BWV1004 and BWV1006; Sonata No 3, BWV1005. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 23: Verdi, Requiem	20150802		Karen Cargill, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Donald Runnicles, live at the BBC Proms, perform Verdi's Requiem. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Fiona Talkington Verdi: Requiem Angela Meade (soprano) Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) Yosep Kang (tenor) Raymond Aceto (bass) Concert Association of the Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Donald Runnicles (conductor) After a powerfully disquieting performance of Strauss's Salome last year, Donald Runnicles returns for the first of two appearances this summer, bringing together two musical institutions of which he is music director and chief conductor: the chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the BBC SSO. They perform Verdi's Requiem - a work conductor Hans von Bülow described as 'an opera in ecclesiastical garb', written for the concert hall but distilling all the drama and intensity of the stage. At its core is the extended Dies irae sequence - a Day of Judgement whose terrors are not easily forgotten. The international cast of soloists includes Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill. [This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 5th August at 2pm]. Verdi's Requiem: the BBC SSO under Donald Runnicles and singers including Karen Cargill. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 25: Monteverdi, L'orfeo	20150804		John Eliot Gardiner returns to the Proms with Monteverdi's groundbreaking opera in which the legendary musician Orpheus journeys to Hades to try to reclaim his beloved Eurydice. With the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Krystian Adam (Orpheus) and Mariana Flores (Eurydice) Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod 7.10pm: Proms Extra 7.30pm: Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Orpheus - Krystian Adam (tenor) Eurydice/Hope - Mariana Flores (soprano) Music/Messenger - Francesca Aspromonte (soprano) Charon/Pluto - Gianluca Buratto (bass) Persephone - Francesca Boncompagni (soprano) Apollo/Shepherd 1 - Andrew Tortise (tenor) Nymph - Esther Brazil (mezzo-soprano) Shepherd 2/Spirit 2/Echo - Gareth Treseder (tenor) Spirit 1 - Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Shepherd 3 - James Hall (counter-tenor) Shepherd 4/Spirit 3 - David Shipley (bass) Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Monteverdi's Orfeo is the first great opera ? the moment when psychological truth and musical virtuosity came together to tell a story of love, loss and the power of art. Sir John Eliot Gardiner ? making the first of two appearances this year, tonight with the English Baroque Soloists ? transforms the Royal Albert Hall into the 17th-century Mantuan court of the Gonzagas with some of Monteverdi's loveliest melodies and most colourful instrumental writing, bringing the tale of Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice to fresh musical life. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 27: Late Night With, BBC Radio 6 Music	20150805		6Music's Mary Anne Hobbs presents a late night Prom performance featuring the influential German composer-performer Nils Frahm and the American duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Mary Anne Hobbs Nils Frahm (piano/keyboards) Members of Wayne McGregor Random Dance London Brass For this late-night 6Music Prom, Mary Anne Hobbs brings together two of her most ardent musical interests: the influential German composer-performer Nils Frahm and the American duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen, musicians who explore the borderlands of classical music. All are making their Proms debut this season. Mary Anne's interest in these artists was piqued when she noticed the seismic effect their music had whenever she played it on her 6Music weekend breakfast show. Mary-Anne Hobbs presents performers Nils Frahm abnd A Winged Victory for the Sullen. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 30: The John Wilson Orchestra Performs Frank Sinatra	20150807		Seth MacFarlane, Jamie Parker and Claire Martin with the John Wilson Orchestra and John Wilson, live at the BBC Proms Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill and Clarke Peters Seth MacFarlane (vocalist) Jamie Parker (vocalist) John Wilson conductor The Voice' ... 'Ol' Blue Eyes' ... 'The Sultan of Swoon': the mythology surrounding Frank Sinatra is overwhelming. A gifted entertainer, screen actor and ubiquitous personality, his real legacy as a pioneer of popular song can sometimes get lost in the clamour. This Late Night Prom celebrates the centenary of this musical legend in a concert that brings together some of the great voices of our own time, led by the multitalented Seth MacFarlane and vocalists Jamie Parker and Claire Martin. Join John Wilson and his orchestra for an after-hours sequence of big tunes and even bigger performances. Seth MacFarlane, Jamie Parker and the John Wilson Orchestra celebrate Frank Sinatra. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain	20150808		The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Mark Elder, live at the BBC Proms, with Mahler's 9th Symphony and the London premiere of a new work by Tansy Davies: Re-greening Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Tansy Davies: Re-greening (London premiere) Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Sir Mark Elder (conductor) Mahler's bitterly beautiful Ninth Symphony is the focus for the National Youth Orchestra's annual visit to the Proms. Still unperformed at the time of the composer's death, the symphony was the last Mahler would complete - a requiem in all but name from a man who had already lost his daughter and knew his own death was imminent. The work's rich writing for brass and strings makes it one of the greats of the orchestral repertoire. The concert opens with the London premiere of Tansy Davies's Re-greening, a celebration of spring written specially as a complement to Mahler's Symphony No. 9. [This Prom will be repeated on Monday 17th August at 2pm]. The National Youth Orchestra plays Tansy Davies's Re-greening and Mahler's Symphony No 9. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 37: Late Night With, BBC Radio 1xtra	20150812		Symphonic meets urban as rappers Wretch 32, Stormzy and Krept & Konan join the Metropole Orkest and Jules Buckley. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill Wretch 32 (rapper) Stormzy (rapper) Krept & Konan (rap duo) MistaJam (presenter) Sian Anderson (presenter) Jules Buckley (conductor) Following 2013's Urban Classic Prom, BBC Radio 1Xtra joins the BBC Proms in a high-octane Late Night celebration of the thriving urban music scene, from hip hop to grime. Rappers Wretch 32, Stormzy and Krept & Konan join presenters MistaJam and Sian Anderson on stage, to set the Royal Albert Hall dancing in new remixes blending symphonic and urban styles, with a little help from Jules Buckley and his Metropole Orkest. A Prom celebrating urban music, with rappers Wretch 32, Stormzy, and Krept and Konan. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 48: Late-night Bach	20150821		The BBC Singers, the Academy of Ancient Music and David Hill, live at the BBC Proms Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Bach: Mass in G minor (BWV 235) Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major (BWV 1047) Bach: Magnificat in D major (BWV 243) Sophie Bevan (soprano) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Nicky Spence (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) David Hill (conductor) Bach's much-loved Magnificat, bright with fanfares and lively with dance rhythms, is paired with the composer's Mass in G minor in this Late Night Prom by the BBC Singers and the Academy of Ancient Music. Though sometimes overlooked, Bach's Lutheran Masses are a treasure-trove of melody, borrowing their themes from the best of Bach's own cantatas. Completing the programme is the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, with its muscular textures and brilliant brass and wind colours. This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 26th August at 2pm. David Hill conducts the BBC Singers and the Academy of Ancient Music in works by Bach. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 50: Bach, Goldberg Variations	20150822		Andrကs Schiff performs JS Bach's Goldberg Variations, live at the BBC Proms Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Bach: 'Goldberg' Variations, BWV 988 Andrကs Schiff, piano Grammy Award-winning pianist Sir Andrကs Schiff is a titan of the keyboard, bringing his distinctive blend of clarity and authority to repertoire from Bach to Bart　k. Tonight he continues his long association with Bach's music in a performance of the composer's 'Goldberg' Variations - a monumental work composed, according to its title-page, 'for the refreshment of the spirits'. The resulting Aria and variations are a compositional wonder, a sequence of musical miniatures unequalled in all Bach's output. Pianist Andras Schiff performs Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV988. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 65: Alice Coote Sings Handel	20150903		Live at the BBC Proms: Alice Coote and The English Concert with Harry Bicket in a programme of Handel arias. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Handel - Arias from operas, oratorios and cantatas Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Harry Bicket (conductor) Susannah Waters (stage director) A programme of arias from Handel's operas, oratorios and cantatas - including Giulio Cesare, Semele, Hercules, Theodora, Messiah and Tra le fiamme - as a window on 'being both': the dilemmas and turbulent emotions experienced by both male and female characters Few composers express emotion as directly or with greater psychological truth than Handel. British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote explores the full gamut of these emotions in a Late Night Prom featuring some of Handel's greatest arias. Taking on both male and female roles, she delves into what it means to be a man, or a woman, in Handel's world of sorceresses and knights, kings and queens. She is joined in her theatrical journey by regular collaborators and period-performance specialists Harry Bicket and The English Concert. This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 9th September at 2pm. Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and the English Concert under Harry Bicket perform Handel arias. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 68: Bach, Six Cello Suites	20150905		Yo-Yo Ma performs the complete solo cello suites by JS Bach, live at the BBC Proms Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Bach: Suite No. 1 in G major for solo cello, BWV 1007 Bach: Suite No. 2 in D minor for solo cello, BWV 1008 Bach: Suite No. 3 in C major for solo cello, BWV 1009 Bach: Suite No. 4 in E flat major for solo cello, BWV 1010 Bach: Suite No. 5 in C minor for solo cello, BWV 1011 Bach: Suite No. 6 in D major for solo cello, BWV 1012 Yo-Yo Ma, cello American cellist Yo-Yo Ma has been a regular Proms soloist for almost 40 years, and now tackles perhaps his boldest performance to date. He performs the complete Bach solo cello suites - over two hours of music - in a single concert: a feat as challenging intellectually as it is physically. Though neglected until the 20th century, the suites represent some of Bach's greatest musical achievements - music at its purest and most profound. Ma's relationship with them extends back over many decades and multiple recordings, generating expressive performances distinguished by their depth of emotion. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Yo-Yo Ma performs the complete solo cello suites by Bach. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 74: Wireless Nights Prom With Jarvis Cocker	20150910		Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Jarvis Cocker (presenter) BBC Philharmonic Richard Hills (organ) Manchester Chamber Choir (ladies) Maxime Tortelier (conductor) In the last of this year's Proms collaborations with six of the BBC national radio stations and BBC Music, Jarvis Cocker brings his popular Radio 4 show Wireless Nights to the Royal Albert Hall. As the BBC Philharmonic help Jarvis drift off to sleep, he soon finds himself on an underwater voyage down to the endless night of the ocean bed. En route, he meets psychoanalyst Jung, two submariners trapped on a tiny submersible and a freediver experiencing 'the rapture of the deep'. The BBC Philharmonic creates a sonic seascape and accompany Jarvis Cocker in songs by Echo and the Bunnymen and Jeff Buckley. From the Royal Albert Hall, a celebration of Jarvis Cocker's Radio 4 show Wireless Nights. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Prom 76: Last Night Of The Proms 2015	20150912		The Last Night of the Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall. Marin Alsop conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers and Chorus, and soloists. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sean Rafferty and Clemency Burton-Hill Eleanor Alberga: Arise, Athena! (BBC commission: world premiere) Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Arvo P䀀rt: Credo Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Puccini: Recondita armonia from Tosca Puccini: Donna non vidi mai from Manon Lescaut Puccini: Nessun dorma from Turandot 20:35 Live Interval - Sean and Clemency chat to a variety of guests in the hall, and Georgia Mann talks to some Prommers in the arena. Johnson: Victory Stride Copland: 'I bought me a cat' (Old American Songs) Gershwin arr P. Grainger: Love Walked In Gould: Boogie Woogie Etude Lehကr: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from The Land of Smiles Grieg: Morning (Peer Gynt, Op 23) Delibes: Les filles de Cadix Rodgers & Hammerstein arr. Chris Hazell: The Sound of Music - medley Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') Wood: Fantasia on British Sea-Songs - Jack's the Lad (Hornpipe) & Home, Sweet Home Arne: Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent) Parry: Jerusalem (orch. Elgar) Traditional arr Britten: The National Anthem Traditional arr. Cedric Thorpe Davie: Auld Lang Syne Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Danielle de Niese (soprano) BBC Symphony Chorus Marin Alsop (conductor) Marin Alsop, who triumphed at 2013's Last Night, presides over a finale that opens with the new and ends with the Last Night favourites. The Last Night of the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Proms Poetry Competition	20150901	20150908 (R3)	Ian McMillan introduces the winning entries in the 2015 Proms Poetry Competition. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
Proms Preview	20150716		On the eve of the BBC Proms 2015 Petroc Trelawny previews the season live from the Royal Albert Hall in London - two months of many of the world's greatest artists, composers, orchestras and ensembles including Last Night celebrations around the UK. 2015 is packed to the brim and Petroc will guide you through a season which features piano concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Prokofiev and choral masterpieces by Verdi, Elgar and Walton, as well as Proms celebrating the music of Nielsen and Sibelius, Bach and Boulez, Sondheim and Bernstein. Whether it be a Prom, Proms Matinee, Proms Chamber Music or Proms Extra, Petroc will be your on-air guide to the music of this year's season. And, as the excitement mounts on stage and back stage at the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc will talk to artists during their final rehearsals and will hunt out those who make the Proms the best music festival in the world - from lighting engineers, instrument tuners and movers to the person in charge of bringing the music to you, whether it be your seat in the Albert Hall or on the radio in the comfort of your own home. Petroc Trelawny previews the 2015 Proms season live from the Royal Albert Hall in London. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.