Episodes
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Pcm 1: I Fagiolini And Robert Hollingworth | 20170717 | Live from Cadogan Hall, Robert Hollingworth directs I Fagiolini in music by Monteverdi. Live at Cadogan Hall: I Fagiolini under Robert Hollingworth with music by Monteverdi and a world premiere by Roderick Williams. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Monteverdi: Cruda Amarilli; Sfogava con le stelle; Longe da te, cor mio; 'Possente spirto' - from Orfeo; Chiome d'oro; Vorrei baciarti, o Filli I Fagiolini Who better to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Monteverdi's birth than I Fagiolini, who have spent a career unpicking the knotty conflicts and emotional truths of the composer's music. | ||
Pcm 2: Van Kuijk Quartet And Annelien Van Wauwe | 20170724 | Live from Cadogan Hall, the Van Kuijk Quartet and Annelien Van Wauwe perform Mozart. Live at Cadogan Hall: the Van Kuijk Quartet and Annelien Van Wauwe perform Webern, Mozart, and a world premiere by Laurent Durupt. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Webern: Langsamer Satz Van Kuijk Quartet Two of BBC Radio 3's current New Generation Artists come together for a programme of chamber music spanning over 200 years. Producer Ellie Mant. Van Kuijk Quartet | ||
Pcm 3: From The Kalevala To Kaustinen: Finnish Folk And Baroque Music | 20170731 | Live from Cadogan Hall, a whistle-stop journey through Finnish musical history. Live from Cadogan Hall, London, a meeting of Baroque music and Finnish folk, ranging from Corelli and 16th-century spiritual songs to music from the Kaustinen region. Presented by Petroc Trelawny Finnish folk music meets familiar Baroque textures in a programme exploring two genres with a shared love of song and dance. Anu Komsi (soprano) Soprano Anu Komsi and violinist Kreeta-Maria Kentala both have family roots in the folk-rich municipality of Kaustinen, western Finland. They are joined by fellow boundary-crossing musicians for a whistle-stop journey through Finnish musical history encompassing the 16th-century Piae cantiones (the earliest printed book of Finnish music) and the 19th-century national folk epic, the Kalevala, which so inspired Sibelius. The concert also features favourites by Corelli and other Baroque composers, as well as folk songs from Kaustinen and music by Kreeta Haapasalo (1813-93), who was born in the region. | ||
Pcm 4: Edgar Moreau With Il Pomo D'oro | 20170807 | Live at Cadogan Hall: Edgar Moreau with Il Pomo d'Oro perform Vivaldi and Telemann. Live at Cadogan Hall: Edgar Moreau with Il Pomo d'Oro perform Hasse, Platti, Vivaldi, Telemann and Boccherini. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Hasse: Adagio and Fugue in G minor Edgar Moreau, cello Still in his early twenties, French cellist Edgar Moreau is already making his mark with the exuberant virtuosity of his playing. Here he joins the Baroque ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro for a programme focusing on 18th-century concertos. Charged with all the rhetorical and emotional intensity of opera arias, these wonderfully expressive and colourful works range from the fretful melancholy of Vivaldi's Cello Concerto in A minor to the poised elegance of Boccherini's Concerto in D major and the irrepressible joy of Platti's Concerto in D major. | ||
Pcm 5: Shostakovich | 20170814 | The Latvian Radio Choir and pianist Alexander Melnikov perform Shostakovich. An all-Shostakovich concert featuring the Latvian Radio Choir in Poems on Texts by Revolutionary Poets, and pianist Alexander Melnikov in a selection of Preludes and Fugues. Live at Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny Shostakovich: Ten Poems on Texts by Revolutionary Poets - excerpts Alexander Melnikov (piano) 'Our family discussed the Revolution of 1905 constantly... The stories deeply affected my imagination.' Born in the shadow of one of Russia's darkest hours - the slaughter of over 1,000 peaceful protesters outside the Winter Palace in St Petersburg - Shostakovich carried its ghosts with him throughout his life. They are given voice here in a concert that brings together the wordless songs of the composer's Preludes and Fugues with the more explicit homage of the Ten Poems on Texts by Revolutionary Poets. In the last of its three appearances this season, the Latvian Radio Choir is joined by Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov. | ||
Pcm 6: Christiane Karg And Malcolm Martineau | 20170821 | Soprano Christiane Karg and pianist Malcolm Martineau give a recital of French song. Soprano Christiane Karg and pianist Malcolm Martineau give a recital of French song by composers including Duparc, Ravel, Hahn and Poulenc. Live at Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Duparc: L'invitation au voyage Christiane Karg (soprano) With triumphant performances for the Royal Opera and Glyndebourne behind her, rising German soprano Christiane Karg now makes her Proms debut. She is joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau for a musical voyage in song. They visit Greece in the heady love songs of Ravel's 'Greek popular songs', the exotic East in Koechlin's Shéhérazade settings and Spain in Guridi's darkly beautiful Castilian songs, before heading for Paris in the jaunty company of Francis Poulenc. | ||
Pcm 7: Chopin. Pavel Kolesnikov | 20170828 | Pavel Kolesnikov performs piano music by Chopin. Live at Cadogan Hall: Pavel Kolesnikov performs piano music by Chopin Live from Cadogan Hall, London Chopin Pavel Kolesnikov piano Still in his twenties, award-winning pianist and former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Pavel Kolesnikov has been praised for the sensitivity and maturity of his playing. | ||
Pcm 8: Elias String Quartet With Alice Neary | 20170904 | Live at Cadogan Hall, the Elias Quartet and Alice Neary play Schubert's String Quintet. The Elias Quartet are joined by cellist Alice Neary to perform Schubert's String Quintet. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Elias String Quartet Schubert's final chamber work is a piece of sublime beauty, a masterpiece of the repertoire composed only two months before the composer's death at the age of just 31. Instead of the additional viola preferred by Mozart and Beethoven in their string quintets, Schubert adds a second cello, to create a work of sonorous beauty. From its expansive opening Allegro and the fragile beauty of the Adagio to its exuberant Scherzo and good-humoured closing Allegretto, this is a work of boundless invention and charm. Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Elias String Quartet are joined by cellist Alice Neary. | ||
Prom 1: First Night Of The Bbc Proms | 20170714 | The First Night of the 2017 Proms, with music by Tom Coult, Beethoven and Adams. Live at BBC Proms: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Proms Youth Choir, conductor Edward Gardner, in John Adams' Harmonium. Plus Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto with Igor Levit. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Tom Coult: St John's Dance (BBC commission: world premiere) c 20:15 INTERVAL: Clemency Burton-Hill and Petroc Trelawny look forward to two months of world-class music-making in the company of guests, and go backstage to chat to some of the performers in tonight's Prom. c 20:35 Igor Levit, piano John Adams's Harmonium is an intricate tapestry of sound, with bright vocal threads and driving brass and percussion rhythms. Marking the composer's 70th birthday this year, it features the BBC Proms Youth Choir alongside stalwarts of the First and Last Nights, the BBC Symphony Chorus. | ||
Prom 10: Aurora Orchestra - Beethoven's 'eroica' | 20170722 | Tom Service and Nicholas Collon introduce Beethoven's Symphony No 3. Live at BBC Proms: Tom Service and Nicholas Collon introduce Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, with the Aurora Orchestra. The concert begins with Strauss's Metamorphosen. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen c.8.30pm INTERVAL: Proms Extra c.8.50pm Aurora Orchestra No symphony pulses more vigorously with the rhythms of political protest than Beethoven's 'Eroica', whose defiant opening chords mark the arrival of the Romantic symphony. In their novel introduction, BBC Radio 3's Tom Service and conductor Nicholas Collon dismantle and reassemble this groundbreaking work, with the help of live excerpts, before the Aurora Orchestra gets under the skin of the work by performing the complete symphony from memory. | ||
Prom 12: Ten Pieces Presents ... Sir Henry's Magnificent Musical Inspirations! | 20170723 | Join ringmaster Henry Wood on an exciting adventure for all the family. Live at the BBC Proms: Ten Pieces Presents...Sir Henry's Magnificent Musical Inspirations! Join rollicking ringmaster Sir Henry Wood (founder-conductor of the Proms) on an exciting adventure for all the family. Live from the Royal Albert Hall Programme to include music by Beethoven, Copland, Elgar, Mozart, Respighi and Ravi Shankar Kathryn Lewek, soprano Together with young performers, the Ten Pieces Children's Choir and guests, Sir Henry discovers how nature, history, dreams, love, magic and lots more have inspired composers to create musical masterpieces. Producer Peter Thresh. | ||
Prom 13: Malcolm Sargent's 500th Prom | 20170724 | The BBC SO, conducted by Andrew Davis, recreate Malcolm Sargent's 1966 500th Prom. Live at the BBC Proms the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, with pianist Beatrice Rana in Schumann's Piano Concerto, recreate Malcolm Sargent's 1966 500th Prom. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Trad: The National Anthem (arr. Wood) 8.15pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra 8.35pm Beatrice Rana (piano) To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Malcolm Sargent, chief conductor of the Proms from 1947 until his death in 1967, Sir Andrew Davis recreates Sargent's 500th Prom from 1966, highlighting his work as a champion of English music. | ||
Prom 14: Holst - The Planets | 20170725 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor John Wilson perform Holst's The Planets. Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor John Wilson, perform Holst's The Planets, with the CBSO Youth Chorus joining for the ethereal ending. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.9 c. 7.05pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra c. 7.25pm CBSO Youth Chorus Proms favourite, John Wilson, makes his first appearance at the Proms as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's new Associate Guest Conductor. Here he swaps Hollywood and Broadway classics for another of his personal passions: the great British symphonic classics. Holst's galactic suite conjures up the epic scope of a movie blockbuster in luminous music of infinite vistas, while Vaughan Williams's enigmatic final symphony also revels in an augmented sound-world: it's a piece Wilson sees as a suitably radical counterpart to The Planets. | ||
Prom 15: The Songs Of Scott Walker (1967-70) | 20170725 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, a celebration of Scott Walker. Live at BBC Proms: A celebration of the extraordinary career of Scott Walker, whose music has influenced artists from David Bowie to Leonard Cohen. Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra pay tribute, with star guests including Jarvis Cocker and John Grant. Jarvis Cocker An icon of the 1960s, Scott Walker has travelled from Walker Brothers teen idol to avant-garde contemporary musician, influencing artists from David Bowie and Leonard Cohen to Goldfrapp along the way. | ||
Prom 16: Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition | 20170726 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the world premiere of Julian Anderson's piano concerto. Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC SSO and Ilan Volkov are joined by Steven Osborne for the world premiere of Julian Anderson's piano concerto, The Imaginary Museum. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Liszt: Hamlet Julian Anderson: Piano Concerto, The Imaginary Museum (world premiere) c. 8.10pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra c. 8.30pm Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor, Ilan Volkov, perform two of the last in the series of Liszt's symphonic poems - the mercurial Hamlet, a study of Shakespeare's tragic hero, and From the Cradle to the Grave, one of Liszt's most experimental works. They sit alongside Mussorgsky's much-loved Pictures at an Exhibition and the world premiere of a new piano concerto by Julian Anderson, which offers a tour around 'an imaginary museum' of contrasting worlds and sensations. Producer Douglas Templeton. | ||
Prom 17: Tchaikovsky's Path㩀tique | 20170727 | BBC Philharmonic in music by Mark Simpson and Tchaikovsky. The BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's 'The Immortal' and Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony. Presented by Petroc Trelawny Mark Simpson: The Immortal 8.10 INTERVAL - Proms Extra 8.30 Christopher Purves (baritone) BBC Philharmonic Life and death collide in a concert that explores what lies beyond the limits of human existence. In his passionate Sixth Symphony, which the composer described as 'the best thing I ever composed or shall compose', Tchaikovsky re-imagined what the symphony could be, daring to face death with uncertainty. The BBC Philharmonic's Composer in Association and a former BBC Young Musician winner and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Mark Simpson, also looks to the afterlife in his critically acclaimed oratorio 'The Immortal'. Inspired by Victorian seances, he conjures up eerie visions of a world beyond. Live from the Royal Albert Hall: The BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's 'The Immortal' and Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique' Symphony. Christopher Purves (baritone) Life and death collide in a concert that explores what lies beyond the limits of human existence. In his passionate Sixth Symphony, which Tchaikovsky described as 'the best thing I ever composed or shall compose', he re-imagined what the symphony could be, daring to face death with uncertainty. The BBC Philharmonic's Composer in Association, a former BBC Young Musician winner and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Mark Simpson, also looks to the afterlife in his critically acclaimed oratorio 'The Immortal'. Inspired by Victorian seances, he conjures up eerie visions of a world beyond. Live from the Royal Albert Hall: The BBC BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's 'The Immortal' and Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique' Symphony. BBC Philharmonic in music by Mark Simpson and Tchaikovsky. Live from the Royal Albert Hall: The BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's 'The Immortal' and Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique' Symphony. Presented by Petroc Trelawny Mark Simpson: The Immortal 8.10 INTERVAL - Proms Extra 8.30 Christopher Purves (baritone) Life and death collide in a concert that explores what lies beyond the limits of human existence. In his passionate Sixth Symphony, which Tchaikovsky described as 'the best thing I ever composed or shall compose', he re-imagined what the symphony could be, daring to face death with uncertainty. The BBC Philharmonic's Composer in Association, a former BBC Young Musician winner and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Mark Simpson, also looks to the afterlife in his critically acclaimed oratorio 'The Immortal'. Inspired by Victorian seances, he conjures up eerie visions of a world beyond. The BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's 'The Immortal' and Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony. Life and death collide in a concert that explores what lies beyond the limits of human existence. In his passionate Sixth Symphony, which the composer described as 'the best thing I ever composed or shall compose', Tchaikovsky re-imagined what the symphony could be, daring to face death with uncertainty. The BBC Philharmonic's Composer in Association and a former BBC Young Musician winner and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Mark Simpson, also looks to the afterlife in his critically acclaimed oratorio 'The Immortal'. Inspired by Victorian seances, he conjures up eerie visions of a world beyond. Live from the Royal Albert Hall: The BBC BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's 'The Immortal' and Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique' Symphony. Mark Simpson: The Immortal 8.10 INTERVAL - Proms Extra Life and death collide in a concert that explores what lies beyond the limits of human existence. In his passionate Sixth Symphony, which Tchaikovsky described as 'the best thing I ever composed or shall compose', he re-imagined what the symphony could be, daring to face death with uncertainty. The BBC Philharmonic's Composer in Association, a former BBC Young Musician winner and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Mark Simpson, also looks to the afterlife in his critically acclaimed oratorio 'The Immortal'. Inspired by Victorian seances, he conjures up eerie visions of a world beyond. Live from the Royal Albert Hall: The BBC BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's 'The Immortal' and Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique' Symphony. 8.10 INTERVAL - Proms Extra Prom 18: Sirens And Scheherazade 20170728 James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a maritime journey. Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Gaffigan perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Anders Hillborg's Sirens with the BBC Symphony Chorus and soloists. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Korngold: The Sea Hawk - overture 8.10pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra 8.30pm Hannah Holgerrson (soprano) James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a maritime journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade to the siren-filled waters of Homer's Odyssey as imagined by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg - with two Swedish sopranos and the BBC Symphony Chorus - and the stormy seas of Korngold's stirring film score for The Sea Hawk." | ||
Prom 18: Sirens And Scheherazade | 20170728 | James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a maritime journey. Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Gaffigan perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Anders Hillborg's Sirens with the BBC Symphony Chorus and soloists. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Korngold: The Sea Hawk - overture 8.10pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra 8.30pm Hannah Holgerrson (soprano) James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a maritime journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade to the siren-filled waters of Homer's Odyssey as imagined by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg - with two Swedish sopranos and the BBC Symphony Chorus - and the stormy seas of Korngold's stirring film score for The Sea Hawk. | ||
Prom 19: Relaxed Prom | 20170729 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Grant Llewellyn perform in the first ever Relaxed Prom Live at BBC Proms: BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Grant Llewellyn plus Andy Pidcock and Ty Coch School, Tonteg, perform in the first ever Relaxed Prom Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Andy Pidcock, arr Glyn: Hello BBC National Orchestra of Wales A concert suitable for children and adults with autism, sensory and communication impairments and learning disabilities as well as individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind and partially sighted. Presented by conductor Grant Llewellyn and musician Andy Pidcock, the first ever Relaxed Prom is a fun and interactive musical experience in a welcoming environment, with plenty of opportunities for participation. During the concert there is a relaxed attitude to movement and noise in the auditorium. (There are over 80 musicians in the orchestra alone, so it will be loud!) You can move about, dance, sing or just listen. 'Chill-out' spaces outside the auditorium are available. Produced in collaboration with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Royal Albert Hall Education and Outreach, the Relaxed Prom also features picture communication systems projected onto large screens, as well as audio description and British Sign Language interpretation. Radio 3 listeners will hear audio description of the Prom from Louise Fryer. Produced in collaboration with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Royal Albert Hall Education & Outreach, the Relaxed Prom also features picture communication systems projected onto large screens, as well as audio description and British Sign Language interpretation. Radio 3 listeners will hear audio description of the Prom from Louise Fryer. | ||
Prom 2: Daniel Barenboim Conducts Sibelius And Elgar | 20170715 | Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in music by Sibelius and Elgar. Live at BBC Proms: Daniel Barenboim and Staatskapelle Berlin joined by violinist Lisa Batiashvili in Sibelius's Violin Concerto, followed by Elgar's First Symphony Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor 8.00pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra 8.20pm Lisa Batiashvili, violin Fresh from two remarkable Elgar recordings with his Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim launches this year's cycle of Elgar symphonies with a performance of the First - a work of thrilling emotional contrasts and a slow movement of Mahlerian richness and beauty. | ||
Prom 20: Stephen Hough Plays Brahms | 20170729 | The BBC Philharmonic in music by Brahms, Haydn and David Sawer. Live from BBC Proms: The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth, in music by Brahms, Haydn and David Sawer. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor 8.25 INTERVAL - Proms Extra 8.45 Stephen Hough (piano) Though booed at its premiere in 1859, Brahms's First Piano Concerto has gone on to become one of the most beloved of the great rollercoasters among concertos. A giant of a piece with an emotional scope to match, it is at its most tender in the slow movement - a 'gentle portrait' of Clara Schumann. Tempering this intensity is Haydn's graceful Symphony No 99 and David Sawer's 'the greatest happiness principle', with its dancing, rhythmically charged textures, inspired by Jeremy Bentham's Utopian philosophies. | ||
Prom 21: Beethoven - Symphony No 9, 'choral' | 20170730 | BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales and Xian Zhang perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony Live at BBC Proms: BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and Xian Zhang with Erin Wall, Sonia Prina, Simon O'Neil, and Alexander Vinogradov perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London James MacMillan: A European Requiem c.7.45 INTERVAL - Proms Extra c. 8.10 Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Freedom, hope and brotherhood are the notions that underpin both Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Sir James MacMillan's new choral work A European Requiem - a plea for unity in a troubled world. Xian Zhang and the BBC NOW perform this European premiere. Producer Tim Thorne. | ||
Prom 22: Monteverdi's Vespers | 20170731 | French baroque ensemble Pygmalion perform Monteverdi Vespers. Live at BBC Proms: French baroque ensemble Pygmalion under director Raphaël Pichon perform Monteverdi Vespers of 1610. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 Giuseppina Bridelli, mezzo-soprano Before there was Bach's Mass in B minor or Beethoven's Missa solemnis there was Monteverdi's Vespers, a choral masterpiece of unprecedented musical scope and audacious beauty. The work's textural extremes, multiple choirs and sonic effects are brought to life in a performance marking the 450th anniversary of the composer's birth. Giuseppina Bridelli, soprano | ||
Prom 23: Handel - Israel In Egypt | 20170801 | The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Handel's Israel in Egypt. Live at BBC Proms: William Christie conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Handel's Israel in Egypt, one of the composer's most dramatic oratorios. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Handel Israel in Egypt (1739 version) Zoë Brookshaw, soprano Filled with frogs, locusts, hailstones and rivers of blood, Israel in Egypt is one of Handel's most extravagant oratorios and, by placing the chorus in the spotlight, Handel uses the collective voices to tell the story of an entire people. During the interval, Martin Handley and Handel experts Suzanne Aspden and Richard Wigmore introduce Handel's 'Israel in Egypt' in a talk recorded earlier in the evening as a Proms Extra at Imperial College Union. Producer Peter Thresh. | ||
Prom 24 Repeat: Esa-pekka Salonen Conducts John Adams | 20170802 | Live at BBC Proms: Esa ?Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra and mezzo Marianne Crebassa. Live at BBC Proms: Esa ?Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra and mezzo Marianne Crebassa with music by Johann Sebastian Bach arranged by Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel and John Adams. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Johann Sebastian Bach: Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm, ich her', BWV 769 (arr. Stravinsky) c.7.35pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra c.7.55pm Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano The celebrations of John Adams's 70th birthday continue with his Naive and Sentimental Music, conducted by its dedicatee, Esa-Pekka Salonen. A symphony in all but name, the work glows with multi-layered textures. From meditative Minimalism to intricate counterpoint in Stravinsky's Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her' - a colourful 'recomposition' of Bach's own chorale variations on the Lutheran hymn. Rising French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa is the soloist in Ravel's heady song-cycle Shéhérazade, an exotic musical fantasy of distant lands and forbidden love. Presented by Andrew McGregor from the Royal Albert Hall, London The celebrations of John Adams's 70th birthday continue with his Naive and Sentimental Music, conducted by its dedicatee, Esa-Pekka Salonen. A symphony in all but name, the work glows with multi-layered textures. From meditative Minimalism to intricate counterpoint in Stravinsky's Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her' - a colourful 'recomposition' of Bach's own chorale variations on the Lutheran hymn. Rising French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa is the soloist in Ravel's heady song-cycle Shéhérazade, an exotic musical fantasy of distant lands and forbidden love. Producer Clive Portbury. | ||
Prom 25: Sir John Eliot Gardiner And The Monteverdi Choir | 20170802 | The Monteverdi Choir marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Live from the Royal Albert Hall Schütz: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren, SWV 41 Monteverdi Choir Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Bach's austere and beautiful Lutheran cantatas stand in contrast to the lively rhythms and rich textures of Schütz's music. Producer Anthony Sellors. | ||
Prom 26: Mozart And Brahms | 20170803 | Paavo Jarvi conducts The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in Mozart and Brahms. Live at the BBC Proms: Paavo Jarvi conducts The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in Mozart and Brahms plus the UK premiere of a new work by Erkki-Sven Tüür. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Erkki-Sven Tüür Flamma (UK premiere) c.8.15pm Interval - Proms Extra c.8.35 Vilde Frang violin The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and its Artistic Director Paavo Järvi return to the Proms, joined by British violist Lawrence Power and Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang for Mozart's genial Sinfonia concertante. Producer Peter Thresh. | ||
Prom 27: Ella And Dizzy: A Centenary Tribute | 20170804 | Dianne Reeves and James Morrison pay a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie. Live at BBC Proms: BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor John Mauceri, with singer Dianne Reeves and trumpeter James Morrison in a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie in their centenary year. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Gershwin: Manhattan Rhapsody c.8.25pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra c.8.45pm Dianne Reeves (singer), James Morrison (trumpet) Described by The New York Times as 'the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday', Dianne Reeves is joined by virtuoso trumpeter James Morrison to pay a double tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie in the centenary year of their births. Producer Neil Varley. | ||
Prom 28: National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain | 20170805 | Featuring the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conducted by Thomas Ades. The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain is conducted by Thomas Adès in works by himself and Francisco Coll, plus Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Redmond Francisco Coll: Mural 8.15pm Interval 8.40pm National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Hear some of the UK's finest young musical talent, directed by composer and conductor Thomas Adès, in a bold programme of works that push the orchestra to its technical and sonic limits. Adès's own Polaris, subtitled 'A Voyage for Orchestra', takes inspiration from the North Star, conjuring a vast interstellar landscape that unfolds from a simple piano theme into a massive sonic spiral. Francisco Coll's Mural, tonight receiving its London premiere, is another richly textured, large-scale work - a 'grotesque symphony, in which Dionysus meets Apollo'. The concert's climax is Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring, whose frenzied rhythms and provocative harmonies prompted a legendary riot at its Paris premiere. Interval: Tom Redmond and Georgia Mann talk to members of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, past and present. | ||
Prom 29: Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina | 20170806 | Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers. Live at BBC Proms: Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina. BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, boys' choirs and an international cast - conductor Semyon Bychkov. Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London Mussorgsky 6.45pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra 7.05pm 8.10pm INTERVAL: Throwing a Wobbly 8.30pm Ivan Khovansky....Ante Jerkunica (bass) Shot through with folk melodies, Mussorgsky's 'national music drama' Khovanshchina weaves a richly coloured operatic tapestry in which Russia herself is the heroine. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestras and an exciting cast, including Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova. 7.05pm 8.30pm Ivan Khovansky.... Ante Jerkunica (bass) | ||
Prom 3: Bernard Haitink Conducts Mozart And Schumann | 20170716 | Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in music by Mozart and Schumann. Live at BBC Proms: Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in symphonies by Mozart and Schumann. Isabelle Faust joins them for Mozart's Violin Concerto in G, K216. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D major 'Prague', K 504 4.30pm INTERVAL: How to Start a World-Class Orchestra With Douglas Boyd, James Judd, June Megennis, Peter Readman, Victoria Readman, Enno Senft and Elizabeth Wexler. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 4.55pm Part 2 Isabelle Faust (violin) The two symphonies that frame this Prom each offer a defiant, optimistic challenge to the status quo. Mozart's pioneering 'Prague' Symphony rewrites the rule book for the genre, while in Schumann's Second Symphony the composer overcomes the demons of his own mental health to produce a work of invigorating, captivating extremes. Conductor Bernard Haitink - a Proms regular for over half a century - returns with frequent collaborators, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. They are joined by award-winning German violinist Isabelle Faust, the soloist in Mozart's graceful Violin Concerto No. 3. | ||
Prom 30: Walton - Belshazzar's Feast | 20170807 | Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, performed by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, performed by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and the Bournemouth Symphony orchestra, conducted by Kirill Karabits. Live from the Royal Albert Hall Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C major c.8.20 c.8.40pm David Butt Philip, tenor Gods, demons and mortals do battle in a concert full of musical legends and fairy tales. Prokofiev's revolution-inspired cantata Seven, They Are Seven is played for the first time at the Proms, alongside Walton's choral spectacular Belshazzar's Feast. Producer Anthony Sellors. | ||
Prom 31: Berlioz - The Damnation Of Faust | 20170808 | Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to the Proms with The Damnation of Faust. Live at BBC Proms: Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Michael Spyres, Ann Hallenberg, Laurent Naouri with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in Berlioz's Damnation of Faust Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Berlioz c.20:30 INTERVAL - Proms Extra c.20:50 Michael Spyres (tenor), Faust Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to the Proms with The Damnation of Faust, continuing his multi-season Berlioz series. Part opera, part cantata, this 'dramatic legend' is an epic retelling of the Faust story that captures the extremes of man's ambition and folly in music by turns exquisite and grotesque. American tenor Michael Spyres returns to the Proms in the title-role, with Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg as the innocent victim, Marguerite. Berlioz c.20:50 | ||
Prom 32: Britten, Brian Elias, Purcell And Elgar | 20170809 | BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform Britten, Elias, Purcell and Elgar. Live at BBC Proms: BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and Ryan Wigglesworth with Leonard Elschenbroich, Toby Spence and Henry Waddington perform Britten, Elias, Purcell and Elgar. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Britten: Ballad of Heroes c. 7.45pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra c. 8.10pm BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales Ryan Wigglesworth joins the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales for a programme that spans four centuries, from Purcell's dramatic choral motet 'Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei', to the world premiere of Brian Elias's Cello Concerto, whose intricate, spiral structure creates a dream-like musical narrative. Producer Tim Thorne. Live at BBC Proms: BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and Ryan Wigglesworth with Leonard Elschenbroich, Toby Spence and Nicholas Perfect perform Britten, Elias, Purcell and Elgar. c. 7.45pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales c. 7.45pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra Prom 33 Repeat: Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann And Hindemith" | ||
Prom 33 Repeat: Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann And Hindemith | 20170813 | |||
Prom 33: Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann And Hindemith | 20170810 | The BBC Philharmonic with music by Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann and Hindemith. Live at BBC Proms: BBC Philharmonic and conductor John Storgards with soprano Lise Davidsen and cellist Alban Gerhardt in Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann and Hindemith. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Grieg: Peer Gynt (excerpts) BBC Philharmonic Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Proms debut singing Solveig's Song from Grieg's incidental music to Ibsen's dark drama 'Peer Gynt' and in Sibelius's late, great tone-poem Luonnotar. The sophisticated orchestral textures and sensuous melodies of Luonnotar contrast with the rough-hewn folk music of the same composer's struggle for freedom from Russian tyranny in his buoyant Karelia Suite. | ||
Prom 35: John Wilson Conducts Oklahoma! | 20170811 | John Wilson conducts 'Oklahoma!', Roger and Hammerstein's 1943 hit musical. Live at the BBC Proms: John Wilson conducts 'Oklahoma!', Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 hit musical Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II: Oklahoma! Aunt Eller - Belinda Lang Bursting not just with tunes but emotions, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! brought new dramatic depth to the Broadway musical. John Wilson and his orchestra bring their signature energy and swagger to this much-loved classic. INTERVAL: Proms Extra Live at the BBC Proms: John Wilson conducts 'Oklahoma!', Roger and Hammerstein's 1943 hit musical | ||
Prom 36: Schubert And Mahler | 20170812 | The BBC SSO and Thomas Dausgaard perform unfinished works by Schubert and Mahler. Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard, perform works by Schubert and Mahler. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Schubert: Symphony No.8 'Unfinished' c. 8.00pm - INTERVAL: Proms Extra c. 8.20pm BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard, offer two contrasting answers to the problem of performing unfinished symphonies. Although Schubert started work on his Eighth Symphony nearly six years before his death, he never completed it and the two existing movements of this lyrical, proto-Romantic work are mostly performed without a scherzo or finale. Mahler's final symphony grapples with darkness and doubt in music of rare anguish and intensity. It is presented tonight in the performing version by Deryck Cooke, which allows us to hear the work complete, in all its knotty, generous invention. | ||
Prom 37: Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3 | 20170813 | The BBC SSO with Thomas Dausgaard and pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk perform Rachmaninov. Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard and pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk, perform music by Rachmaninov. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor c. 6.55pm - Interval: PROMS EXTRA Louise Fryer discusses traditional Russian music with Anastasia Belina-Johnson and David Nice. c. 7.15pm Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano In tonight's all-Rachmaninov Prom, prize-winning pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk makes his Proms debut in the composer's demanding Third Piano Concerto, while the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra steps into the spotlight for the mercurial Second Symphony, with its hauntingly beautiful Adagio and impassioned finale. The Latvian Radio Choir complements each work with Russian Orthodox chant, illuminating these blazing orchestral works with the hypnotic sound-world that seeped into Rachmaninov's works. | ||
Prom 38: Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil (vespers) | 20170813 | The Latvian Radio Choir perform Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (Vespers). Live at the BBC Proms: The Latvian Radio Choir perform Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (Vespers) in the spacious acoustics of the Royal Albert Hall. Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers) One of the 2017 Revolutionary Music Late Night Proms. Hailed as 'the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church', Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (Vespers) is also one of the loveliest works of any faith - a profoundly moving statement of belief and the last major work the composer completed before he left Russia. Sung unaccompanied, the Vigil is a choral tour de force, pushing the singers to the limits of both range and dynamics. The effect is strikingly dramatic, encompassing the ecstatic choral celebration of the Resurrection Hymn 'Today salvation has come' and the infinite tenderness of the 'Ave Maria'. | ||
Prom 39: Debussy, Ravel And Mark-anthony Turnage | 20170814 | BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Ravel's Piano Concerto, plus Mark-Anthony Turnage's Hibiki After: Live at BBC Proms: BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazushi Ono - Ravel's Piano Concerto, with soloist Inon Barnatan, and the European premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Hibiki. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 20.00 INTERVAL: Proms Extra 20.20 Inon Barnatan (piano) Sunlight and sensitivity dominate Debussy's ravishing Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. The cooler shades of jazz shoot through Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major. Mark-Anthony Turnage's Hibiki (Japanese for "beautiful sound") makes reference to the earthquake and devastating tsunami which struck north-east Japan in 2011. A children's chorus and settings of Japanese poetry for soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists create a sequence of threnodies offering solace after loss. This is the European premiere. | ||
Prom 4: Daniel Barenboim And Staatskapelle Berlin | 20170716 | Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in music by Birtwistle and Elgar. Live at BBC Proms: Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin perform the UK premiere of Birtwistle's Deep Time, followed by Elgar's Second Symphony. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Harrison Birtwistle: Deep Time (BBC co-commission with the Staatskapelle Berlin: UK premiere) 8.10pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra 8.30pm Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin bring the generous scope of their interpretation of Elgar's Second Symphony to their second concert of the season, celebrating a work whose modernity and astonishing textural effects startle even now. | ||
Prom 40: Brahms, Berg, Larcher And Schumann | 20170815 | The Scottish Chamber Orchestra performs Brahms, Berg, Schumann and Larcher. Live at BBC Proms: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Robin Ticciati with violinist Christian Tetzlaff in Brahms, Berg's Violin Concerto, Schumann and Thomas Larcher Brahms: Tragic Overture c.7.50pm Interval: PROMS EXTRA 8.10 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Brahms's Tragic Overture is not so much tragic as a 'serious' follow-up to his more frivolous Academic Festival Overture. | ||
Prom 41: Philip Glass And Ravi Shankar | 20170815 | Britten Sinfonia performs Passages by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass. Live at BBC Proms: Britten Sinfonia with conductor Karen Kamensek and sitar player Anoushka Shankar in Passages by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass: Passages Britten Sinfonia In the mid-1960s a rising star of Western classical music met the 'Godfather' of the Indian classical tradition. The result was a collision of musical worlds and - some 25 years later - a studio album that combined Glass's American Minimalism with Shankar's sitar and the traditions of Hindustani classical music. A hypnotic flow of sound, blending cello, saxophone and other Western instruments with the glittering pulse of the sitar, Passages is presented here in its first complete live performance. The Britten Sinfonia and Karen Kamensek are joined by Shankar's daughter, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar. | ||
Prom 42: Les Si㨀cles And Fran㧀ois-xavier Roth | 20170816 | An all-French programme of Proms music from Les Siecles and Francois-Xavier Roth. Live at BBC Proms: French music from Les Siècles and conductor François-Xavier Roth. Live from the Royal Albert Hall. Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune - overture approx 8.15pm Interval: PROMS EXTRA Franck: Les Djinns Cédric Tiberghien (piano) An all-French programme inspired by the East, from the fragrant Indian gardens of Delibes's Lakmé and the eroticism of Samson and Delilah, to Corfu with the adventures of Lalo's Namouna. | ||
Prom 43: Saint-sa㫀ns - 'organ' Symphony | 20170817 | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform music by de Falla, Lalo and Saint-Saens. Live at BBC Proms: RPO and Charles Dutoit with Joshua Bell, Cameron Carpenter and Stephanie d'Oustrac, perform music by de Falla, Lalo and Saint-Saëns 'Organ' Symphony Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Manual de Falla El amor brujo c.7.30pm: Interval: PROMS EXTRA c.7.50pm Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano Tonight's celebration of the sun-scorched landscapes of Spain opens with Falla's flamenco ballet El amor brujo, rich in Andalusian folk melodies and featuring the famous 'Ritual Fire Dance'. | ||
Prom 44: Bang On A Can All-stars | 20170817 | The BBC Proms Youth Ensemble and Bang on a Can All-Stars perform in premieres. Live at BBC Proms: BBC Proms Youth Ensemble and Bang on a Can All Stars in premieres by Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, plus works by Philip Glass and Louis Andriessen. Live from the Royal Albert Hall Michael Gordon: Big Space (BBC commission: world premiere)* BBC Proms Youth Ensemble Bang on a Can represents all that is most gleefully non-conformist and boundary-breaking in new music. Celebrating its 30th birthday this year, this pioneering American artistic collective and its three composer-directors, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, bring their signature energy to this Late Night Prom, together with their six-piece amplified ensemble. The All-Stars perform classic works by Wolfe, Lang and Louis Andriessen alongside an 80th-birthday tribute to Philip Glass and a world premiere by Michael Gordon, performed by the Proms Youth Ensemble. Expect propulsive rhythms and plenty of big grooves. | ||
Prom 45: Mahler - 'resurrection' Symphony | 20170818 | Soloists Elizabeth Watts and Elisabeth Kulman feature in Mahler's Symphony No 2. Live at BBC Proms: Mahler's Symphony No.2 'Resurrection'. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC SO, BBC Symphony Chorus, Bach Choir, and soloists Elizabeth Watts and Elisabeth Kulman. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Mahler: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' [There will be no interval] Elizabeth Watts (soprano) In this season's second Mahler symphony, the composer wrestles with the essential questions of humanity in a work that took over six years to complete. Faith, mortality and the hope of resurrection are the subject of this epic musical exploration, which culminates in a glowing, transcendent choral finale. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo are joined by soloists Elizabeth Watts and Elisabeth Kulman as well as the combined forces of the BBC Symphony Chorus and the Bach Choir for a work whose scale and scope come into their own in the Royal Albert Hall. | ||
Prom 46: Schoenberg - Gurrelieder | 20170819 | Sir Simon Rattle conducts the LSO in Schoenberg's Gurrelieder at the Royal Albert Hall. Live from BBC Proms: Sir Simon Rattle conducts Schoenberg's Gurrelieder, with the London Symphony Orchestra. Live from the Royal Albert Hall Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Tove:Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano) Gurrelieder is Schoenberg's Tristan and Isolde, an opulent, late-Romantic giant. The LSO and Sir Simon Rattle are joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists, including soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Simon O'Neill as lovers Tove and Waldemar. c. 9.15pm PROMS EXTRA c. 9.15pm PROMS EXTRA Tove: Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano) | ||
Prom 47: Bach's 'little Organ Book' Past And Present | 20170820 | Organists William Whitehead and Robert Quinney play Bach Chorale Preludes. Live at BBC Proms: Organists William Whitehead and Robert Quinney play selections of Chorale Preludes from Bach's 'Little Organ Book' plus works inspired by Bach, with three brand-new chorale preludes. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Programme includes: Bach: Chorale preludes, BWV 599644 (selection) Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Chorale Prelude 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' (BBC commission, world premiere) Jonathan Dove: Chorale Prelude 'Christ under Herr zum Jordan kam' (BBC commission, world premiere) Daniel Saleeb: Chorale Prelude 'Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort' (World premiere); Toccata on 'Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort' Plus other works by Bach, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Samuel Wesley William Whitehead (organ) Organists William Whitehead and Robert Quinney launch our Reformation Day with a recital featuring the great Lutheran chorale preludes of Bach's Orgelbüchlein at its heart, alongside three brand-new chorale preludes by British composers, Bach's 'St Anne' Fugue, Mendelssohn's Organ Sonata No. 3 and other Bach-related works by Schumann and Samuel Wesley. Producer Janet Tuppen. | ||
Prom 48: A Patchwork Passion | 20170820 | Sofi Jeannin conducts the BBC Singers and City of London Sinfonia in A Patchwork Passion. Chief Conductor Designate of the BBC Singers, Sofi Jeannin, makes her BBC Proms debut in a concert with City of London Sinfonia which celebrates Passion compositions from the last five centuries. Joined by tenors Thomas Elwin and Christopher Bowen and the bass David Shipley, Passion works from Johann Walter through to James MacMillan are explored in a programme depicting the Passion of Christ through many and varied compositions. Thomas Elwin, tenor Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Joined by tenors Thomas Elwin and Oliver Johnston and the bass David Shipley, Passion works from Johann Walter through to James MacMillan are explored in a programme depicting the Passion of Christ through many and varied compositions. Thomas Elwin, tenor | ||
Prom 49: Bach's St John Passion | 20170820 | Live from the Albert Hall, John Butt and the Dunedin Concert in JS Bach's St John Passion. Live at BBC Proms: John Butt and the Dunedin Concert with Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook, Sophie Bevan, Tim Mead, Andrew Tortise and Konstantin Wolff in JS Bach's St John Passion Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Bach: St John Passion Part 1 c.20:30 INTERVAL: Proms Extra c.21:00 Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist The climax of the Proms Reformation Day is a complete performance of Bach's St John Passion. 'More daring, forceful and poetic' than the St Matthew Passion, according to Schumann, this is a work of almost operatic vividness that brings both a humanity and a painful immediacy to the Passion narrative. Bach specialist John Butt and his Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut in a performance that offers the audience the chance to join in the chorale-singing, reflecting how the work might originally have been heard in a church setting. Producer Clive Portbury. | ||
Prom 5: Sibelius, Rachmaninov And Shostakovich | 20170717 | Thomas Sondergard conducts the BBC NOW in music by Sibelius, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. | ||
Prom 50: Beethoven, Stravinsky And Gerald Barry | 20170821 | The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, with works by Stravinsky and Gerald Barry. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Beethoven: Overture 'Leonore' No.3 c.8.10pm Interval: PROMS EXTRA c.8.30pm: Part 2 Leila Josefowicz (violin) The CBSO and Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla explore the theme of political and artistic freedom. Beethoven's Leonore overture No. 3, written for his rescue opera Fidelio, celebrates the triumph of truth over tyranny in music of radiant beauty, while his Fifth Symphony rewrites the rules for the Classical symphony. In his new work, maverick composer Gerald Barry is inspired by revolutionary events in Canada's history, also setting the text from Fidelio's Prisoners' Chorus; and violinist Leila Josefowicz amps up the drama in the fierce brilliance of Stravinsky's neo-Classical concerto. Producer Janet Tuppen. | ||
Prom 51: Sibelius, Saint-saens And Elgar-payne | 20170822 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Elgar's Symphony No 3. Live at BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Sibelius, Elgar's Symphony No.3 (completed Payne), and Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No.2 with Javier Perianes. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Sibelius: Scènes historiques, Suite No. 1 20.10 INTERVAL: Proms Extra Elgar/Payne: Symphony No.3 Javier Perianes (piano) This year's Elgar cycle concludes with the originally unfinished Third Symphony. The concert also features the vivid, descriptive miniatures of Sibelius's Scènes historiques and Saint-Saëns's brilliantly youthful Second Piano Concerto. | ||
Prom 52: Dvorak's New World Symphony | 20170823 | The Halle Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder in Dvorak's Symphony 'From the New World'. Live at BBC Proms: the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder in Dvořák's Symphony 'From the New World' preceded by "Beyond the Score" which explores the history of the piece. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Beyond the Score (devised by Gerard McBurney) c.20:30 INTERVAL: Proms Extra c20:50 Henry Goodman, actor Have you ever wondered about the story behind Dvořák's haunting Symphony No. 9, with its yearning Largo and its ebullient, dancing Scherzo? Originally devised by Gerard McBurney and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, this newly remounted Beyond the Score(R) performance combines actors, projections and live musical examples to explore the history of this enduringly popular orchestral classic. In the second half, Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé give a complete performance of the symphony. A fascinating, dramatic insight into one of the great works of the symphonic repertoire Producer Clive Portbury. | ||
Prom 53: Beneath The Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited | 20170824 | Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest pay homage to Charles Mingus. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Shabaka Hutchings (saxophones) A giant of jazz, Charles Mingus (1922-79) combined the classic style of Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton with the radical spirit of black music of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and has influenced artists from Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello to Debbie Harry. Following sell-out Quincy Jones and Jamie Cullum Proms last year, Jules Buckley returns - with his Metropole Orkest - to celebrate the life and music of this legendary composer, bandleader and bass-player. The Prom features Mingus favourites including 'Better Git It in Your Soul', 'Moanin'' and 'Goodbye Pork Pie Hat', performed by a starry line-up of artists Kandace Springs, Shabaka Hutchings, Christian Scott and Leo Pellegrino. During the Interval: PROMS EXTRA | ||
Prom 54: Orchestra Of La Scala, Milan, And Riccardo Chailly | 20170825 | Riccardo Chailly conducts the Orchestra of La Scala in Brahms's Violin Concerto. Live at BBC Proms: Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly are joined by violinist Leonidas Kavakos to begin with Brahms's Violin Concerto, followed by music by Respighi Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major c.19:15 INTERVAL: Proms Extra c.19:35 Leonidas Kavakos, violin Riccardo Chailly returns to the Proms, this time as Music Director of the Filarmonica della Scala (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan), which makes its Proms debut. They bring with them a little piece of Italy in two of Respighi's Rome-inspired tone-poems. Richly vivid in orchestral colour, these works delight in the kind of huge sonorities that come into their own in the Royal Albert Hall. The concert opens with one of the great violin concertos - Brahms's joyous, virtuosic musical homage to his friend and mentor, the virtuoso violinist Joseph Joachim. | ||
Prom 55: Classical Music Of Indian And Pakistan | 20170825 | Classical music from north and south India, plus qawwali from Pakistan at the Proms. Live at BBC Proms: to mark the 70th anniversary of partition and independence on the Indian subcontinent, a concert of classical music from North and South India, plus qawwali from Pakistan, running late into the night. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor. Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar) Kumaresh Rajagopalan (Carnatic violin) Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawwal and Brothers The Proms marks the 70th anniversary of partition and independence on the Indian subcontinent with a concert curated by Darbar Trust, producers of Darbar Festival, representing the classical music of India and Pakistan. Explore the region's diverse musical culture in performances celebrating three very different traditions. India's great maestro, Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee performs ragas on the iconic sitar from the Hindustani music of North India, while South India's Carnatic music is more strongly melodic, coloured by the distinctive timbres of the Carnatic violin and veena. The Sufi music of Pakistan provides an ecstatic climax to this Late Night Prom, weaving rich, mesmeric tapestries of sound. Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawwal & Brothers | ||
Prom 56: The Bohemian Reformation | 20170826 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers perform a programme of Czech music. Live at BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, conducted by Jakub Hrůša, perform a programme of Czech music by Smetana, JanáĀ?ek, Dvořák, Suk, and Martinů. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Traditional: Hussite Chorale 'Ktož jsú Boži bojovnÃci' (You Who Are Warriors of God) 20.20 c.20:40 Svatopluk Sem (baritone) Rising star conductor Jakub Hrůša presents an all-Czech concert with the BBC SO and the BBC Singers. Smetana's evocative tone-poem Ma vlast sits alongside Martinů's Field Mass - written in 1939 at the start of World War Two and written for outdoor performance - and Suk's Prague. This is music of protest, anger and national pride. | ||
Prom 57: Swing No End | 20170827 | Clare Teal, Guy Barker and Winston Rollins with 'Swing No End' at the Proms. Live at BBC Proms: Clare Teal, Guy Barker and Winston Rollins with Swing No End. Live from the Royal Albert Hall Clare Teal, singer/presenter From stomps and shuffles to boogie-woogie and blues, from bebop to Latin, this Sunday matinee Prom presents a slice of musical action from the 1930s and 1940s. Two roaring big bands battle against each other, joined by special guests and led by Guy Barker and Winston Rollins. During the INTERVAL: The Literature of Jazz. To complement today's Prom, Geoffrey Smith presents a celebration of the novels and poetry that were inspired by the jazz of the Thirties and Forties, from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Jack Kerouac. With readings by Jamie Parker and Rhashan Stone. Jamie Parker is an acclaimed British actor who made his name as part of the original company of Alan Bennett's The History Boys. He recently won an Olivier Award for his role as Harry Potter in the West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. | ||
Prom 58: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra And Louis Langree | 20170827 | The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra perform music by Bernstein, Copland and Tchaikovsky. Live at BBC Proms: the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with conductor Louis Langrée perform music by Bernstein, Copland and Tchaikovsky Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Bernstein: On the Waterfront - symphonic suite c.20:25 Interval: PROMS EXTRA c20:45 Charles Dance, narrator The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut with Music Director Louis Langrée, bringing works by two celebrated American composers. Bernstein's symphonic suite drawn from his soundtrack to On the Waterfront is a cinematic journey through the docks and slums of post-war New Jersey, telling the story of one man's heroic fight against corruption and intimidation. In a year in which America has inaugurated a new president, Copland's Lincoln Portrait offers a musical homage to another. Lincoln's greatest speeches are set against a stirring orchestral tone-poem: America in music. The climax of the concert is another passionate statement of musical nationalism: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5. | ||
Prom 59: Mozart - La Clemenza Di Tito | 20170828 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Mozart's La clemenza di Tito from Glyndebourne. Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote leads an all-star cast as the vengeful Vitellia under Glyndebourne's Music Director Robin Ticciati. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Mozart: La clemenza di Tito - Act 1 c.8.35pm: Interval: PROMS EXTRA c.8.55pm: Mozart: La clemenza di Tito - Act 2 Vitellia.... Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) The collision of love and ambition in Mozart's morally conflicted final opera, and the compassion of a wronged emperor, make for a scenario as relevant today as in the ancient Rome where it is set. Blending ravishing arias with intricate human psychology, La clemenza di Tito ranks among the finest of Mozart's mature works. | ||
Prom 6: Nicola Benedetti Plays Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 | 20170718 | Nicola Benedetti and the BBC NOW under Thomas Sondergard: Shostakovich and Sibelius. Live at BBC Proms: BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thomas Sondergard plus Nicola Benedetti. Shostakovich's tone poem October and 1st Violin Concerto with Sibelius's 2nd Symphony. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Shostakovich: October c.8pm c.8.25pm BBC National Orchestra of Wales Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins Thomas Søndergård and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as they continue their exploration of music by Shostakovich and Sibelius. Here they pair the latter's stirring Second Symphony - adopted as a potent symbol of nationalism and resistance by the people of Finland - with Shostakovich's symphonic poem October, a work whose subversive musical message sees the composer at his most pointedly political. Shostakovich dedicated his First Violin Concerto to the celebrated violinist David Oistrakh, who praised its solo part as 'Shakespearean', and the concerto's demonic Scherzo gives its soloist plenty of opportunity for virtuosity. | ||
Prom 60: Stravinsky, Rachmaninov And Shostakovich | 20170829 | The Oslo Philharmonic play Stravinsky and Shostakovich, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Live at BBC Proms: The Oslo Philharmonic play Stravinsky and Shostakovich, and are joined by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes for Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto. Live from the Royal Albert Hall Stravinsky: The Firebird - Suite (revised version, 1919) 8.15: Interval: PROMS EXTRA Shostakovich: Symphony No 12 in D minor, 'The Year 1917' Leif Ove Andsnes, piano It would be impossible to mark this year's centenary of the Russian Revolution without a performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 12 - subtitled 'The Year 1917'. Its sweeping, filmic music paints a portrait of Lenin, both as a man and a political force. | ||
Prom 61: Renee Fleming Sings Strauss | 20170830 | Renee Fleming sings Strauss and Barber with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Renee Fleming sings Strauss and Barber with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, conducted by Sakari Oramo. Plus Nielsen's Symphony no.2. Andrea Tarrodi: Liguria Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op 24 7.35pm: 7.55pm: Part 2 Nielsen: Symphony No 2 'The Four Temperaments' Renée Fleming, soprano Star American soprano Renée Fleming returns to join Sakari Oramo and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for the shimmering 'transformation' music that closes Richard Strauss's opera Daphne, and Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a nostalgic portrait of the America of a simpler age. | ||
Prom 62: Chineke! | 20170830 | Kevin John Edusei conducts the UK's first BME orchestra in their Proms debut. Live at BBC Proms: Chineke! - Kevin John Edusei conducts the UK's first BME orchestra in their Proms debut, featuring 2016 BBC Young Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason on cello. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Hannah Kendall: The Spark Catchers (BBC commission: world premiere) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Hailed by critics as 'fresh' and 'brilliant', the UK's first BME orchestra Chineke! makes its Proms debut in a programme including works by Pulitzer Prize-winning George Walker and young British composer Hannah Kendall, whose The Spark Catchers takes inspiration from the urgent energy of Lemn Sissay's poem of the same name. | ||
Prom 63: Taneyev, Rachmaninov And Tchaikovsky | 20170831 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov in Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony. Live at BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, and Kirill Gerstein joins for Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.1. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Taneyev: Overture - The Oresteia c.20.10 INTERVAL: Proms Extra c.20:40 Kirill Gerstein (piano) Continuing his season-long Tchaikovsky Project, which included performances earlier this summer with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov conducts an all-Russian programme that climaxes with the composer's vividly programmatic symphony Manfred. Translating the struggles of Byron's hero (who celebrates his 200th anniversary this year) into music proved a challenging task for the composer but the result is a glorious musical epic, full of drama and colour. Kirill Gerstein is the soloist for Rachmaninov's youthful Piano Concerto No. 1, concluding our cycle of the composer's piano concertos with a work whose stormy beauty is a natural companion for Taneyev's brooding Oresteia overture. | ||
Prom 64: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra And Daniele Gatti | 20170901 | The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Daniele Gatti perform music by Wolfgang Rihm. Live at BBC Proms: the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Daniele Gatti perform music by Wolfgang Rihm and Bruckner's 9th Symphony Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Rihm: In-Schrift c18:50 c19.10 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam's mighty Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is regularly named as one of the world's finest orchestras. Here it returns to the Proms for the first time in almost a decade, under its new Chief Conductor Daniele Gatti. The main work on their programme is Bruckner's Ninth Symphony - the composer's great, unfinished farewell to the form, and his final testament of faith. Written in 1995 for St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Rihm's In-Schrift is an exploration of space and its sonic possibilities. With no high strings and additional low brass, Rihm creates a sound-world of striking darkness, illuminated only by the piercing brilliance of percussion. | ||
Prom 65: Stax Records: 50 Years Of Soul | 20170901 | Jools Holland pays tribute to Stax Records with original stars. Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, Jools Holland and special guests celebrate Stax Records and Memphis Soul. Founded in 1957, Memphis-based Stax Records was synonymous with Southern Soul - a distinctive blend of funk, gospel and R&B that brought listeners across America together at a time of racial conflict and political unrest. From humble beginnings in a garage the label went on to produce some of the greatest soul artists: Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, and Sam and Dave, to mention a few. Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra pay tribute to the pioneering label and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stax/Volt Revue's first tour of the UK. In this Late Night Prom some of Stax's greatest surviving artists come to London: Eddie Floyd, Sam Moore, Booker T Jones, Steve Cropper and William Bell. On stage with them is Tom Jones, a longtime fan of the Stax hits which influenced his own style. Joining them will be other guests including Beverley Knight, James Morrison and Ruby Turner. Tom Jones (singer) Jools Holland pays tribute to Stax Records with original stars. Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, Jools Holland and special guests celebrate Stax Records and Memphis Soul. Founded in 1957, Memphis-based Stax Records was synonymous with Southern Soul - a distinctive blend of funk, gospel and R&B that brought listeners across America together at a time of racial conflict and political unrest. From humble beginnings in a garage the label went on to produce some of the greatest soul artists: Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, and Sam and Dave, to mention a few. Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra pay tribute to the pioneering label and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stax/Volt Revue's first tour of the UK. In this Late Night Prom some of Stax's greatest surviving artists come to London: Eddie Floyd, Sam Moore, Booker T Jones, Steve Cropper and William Bell. On stage with them is Tom Jones, a longtime fan of the Stax hits which influenced his own style. Joining them will be other guests including Beverley Knight, James Morrison and Ruby Turner. Tom Jones (singer) Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra pay tribute to the pioneering label and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stax/Volt Revue's first tour of the UK. In this Late Night Prom some of Stax's greatest surviving artists come to London: Eddie Floyd, Sam Moore, Booker T Jones, Steve Cropper and William Bell. On stage with them is Tom Jones, a longtime fan of the Stax hits which influenced his own style. Joining them will be other guests including Beverley Knight, James Morrison and Ruby Turner. Tom Jones (singer) | ||
Prom 66: Haydn And Mahler | 20170902 | The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti play Haydn and Mahler. Live at BBC Proms: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti play Haydn and Mahler Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C major, 'The Bear' c.7.55pm Interval: PROMS EXTRA c.8.15pm Chen Reiss, soprano From its jingling opening sleigh bells to its charming closing song for soprano and orchestra, Mahler's Fourth Symphony is one of the composer's sunniest and most appealing works, lively with birdsong and youthful energy. c.7.55pm Interval: PROMS EXTRA | ||
Prom 67: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra And Pablo Heras-casado | 20170903 | The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra perform an all-Mendelssohn programme at the Proms. Live at BBC Proms: Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in Mendelssohn's 'Hebrides' Overture, Fifth Symphony and Violin Concerto with soloist Isabelle Faust. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Ian Skelly Mendelssohn: Overture 'The Hebrides' (Fingal's Cave) 1.45pm Interval: The Dresden Amen A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 2.05pm Isabelle Faust (violin) The dynamic Freiburg Baroque Orchestra brings authentic period-instrument colour to three of Mendelssohn's best-loved orchestral works in a Proms matinee directed by rising young conductor Pablo Heras-Casado. Violinist Isabelle Faust makes her second appearance this season, as soloist in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto - the composer's last completed orchestral work, and perhaps the loveliest of all the Romantic violin concertos. The 500th anniversary of the Reformation continues to be marked with Mendelssohn's Fifth Symphony, whose final movement quotes movingly from Luther's chorale 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott', while the concert opens with the composer's glorious overture The Hebrides, inspired by a visit to Fingal's Cave on the Scottish Isle of Staffa. 1.45pm Interval: The Dresden Amen 1.45pm Interval: The Dresden Amen Violinist Isabelle Faust makes her second appearance this season, as soloist in Mendelssohn's VBbc Proms - 2017 Prom 68: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky And Shostakovich | ||
Prom 68: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky And Shostakovich | 20170903 | Mariinsky Orchestra play Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich at the Proms. Live at BBC Proms: The Mariinsky Orchestra play Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch Prokofiev: Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op 74 8.15: Interval: 'The Noise of Time' by Julian Barnes What has he written? Is the question to himself? What will he be remembered for? Four symphonies, one piano concerto, some orchestral suites... All this retrospection is brought on by his visit to the Big House, where he will questioned by Interrogator Zakrevsky. Producer Duncan Minshull 8.40 Denis Matsuev, piano Who better than Russia's foremost opera orchestra and chorus to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution? Along with Artistic Director Valery Gergiev they perform Prokofiev's epic Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution - a work that captures the violence of the Bolshevik Revolution and the birth of the Soviet Union in bold orchestral textures and rich, folk-infused choral writing. Live at BBC Proms: The Mariinsky Orchestra play Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, conducted by Valery Gergiev. 8.15: Interval: 'The Noise of Time' by Julian Barnes Producer Duncan Minshull Denis Matsuev, piano Who better than Russia's foremost opera orchestra and chorus to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution? Along with Artistic Director Valery Gergiev they perform Prokofiev's epic Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution - a work that captures the violence of the Bolshevik Revolution and the birth of the Soviet Union in bold orchestral textures and rich, folk-infused choral writing. | ||
Prom 69: Anne-sophie Mutter Plays Dvorak's Violin Concerto | 20170904 | Anne ?Sophie Mutter and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra play Dvorak and Mahler. Live at BBC Proms: Anne ?Sophie Mutter and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Manfred Honeck, play Dvořák and Mahler. Presented by Petroc Trelawny Adams: Lollapalooza c.8.15: Interval c.8.35 Anne ?Sophie Mutter, violin Following hot on the heels of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is a visit from another great American ensemble. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck continue this season's strand of Mahler symphonies with the First, a work that started life as a tone-poem and retains all of that narrative energy. A young hero sets out, hopeful, into the world, only to have his ambitions dashed by cruel fate. | ||
Prom 7: Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique | 20170719 | Joshua Weilerstein conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Rebel, Dusapin and Berlioz. Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Joshua Weilerstein perform Rebel, Berlioz and the UK premiere of Pascal Dusapin's Outscape at this year's BBC Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Jean-Féry Rebel: Le Chaos from "Les Elémens" 8.00pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra 8.20pm Alisa Weilerstein (cello)* Visions of chaos give way to a diabolical scene in a musical thrill-ride that takes us from creation itself to the wild dances of a Witches' Sabbath. Jean-Féry Rebel's suite The Elements is one of Baroque music's most unusual works, opening with a vivid portrait of Chaos. The same audacity surfaces a century later in Berlioz's quasi-autobiographical Symphonie fantastique, whose large orchestral forces and colourful textures make it a perfect fit for the Royal Albert Hall. Star cellist Alisa Weilerstein is soloist for the UK premiere of Pascal Dusapin's nature-inspired concerto Outscape - a work written for her - while her brother, rising young star Joshua Weilerstein, conducts. 8.00pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra | ||
Prom 70: Missy Mazzoli, Bartok And Dvorak | 20170905 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak's Symphony No 8 and Missy Mazzoli's Sinfonia. Live at BBC Proms: BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis. Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, Missy Mazzoli's Sinfonia, and Bartok's 2nd Piano Concerto with pianist Jeremy Denk. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) Bartók: Piano Concerto No 2 c.20.10 c.20.30 Jeremy Denk (piano) Following her recent UK debut, American conductor Karina Canellakis now makes her first visit to the Proms, joining the BBC Symphony Orchestra and fellow American Jeremy Denk for Bartók's ferociously brilliant Second Piano Concerto. Live at BBC Proms: BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis. Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, Missy Mazzoli's Sinfonia, & Bartok's 2nd Piano Concerto with pianist Jeremy Denk. | ||
Prom 71: Stravinsky, Britten, Prokofiev And Shostakovich | 20170906 | The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski in Shostakovich's Symphony No 11. Live at BBC Proms: the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski in Shostakovich's Symphony No 11, plus Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto with soloist Alina Ibragimova. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Stravinsky: Funeral Song 8.20pm: Interval: The Russian Way of Death Britten: Russian Funeral Alina Ibragimova (violin) Alina Ibragimova joins Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a Russian themed programme. The Proms pays tribute to the centenary of the Russian Revolution with Prokofiev's lyrical First Violin Concerto, composed amid the growing turmoil of 1917. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 harks back to another crisis, the failed revolution of 1905; its brooding cinematic landscapes are punctuated by bright flecks of instrumental colour. The concert opens with Stravinsky's youthful Funeral Song, lost for over a century and given its first modern performance only last year. | ||
Prom 72: Vienna Philharmonic - Mahler's Sixth Symphony | 20170907 | The Vienna Philharmonic with conductor Daniel Harding perform Mahler's Sixth Symphony. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London The Vienna Philharmonic with conductor Daniel Harding perform Mahler's visionary Sixth Symphony, in their first concert this Proms' season. Mahler: Symphony no.6 in A minor Vienna Philharmonic If the Ninth Symphony is Mahler's musical 'dark night of the soul', then the Sixth is the afternoon, dark with storm clouds, that preceded it. Although written at the happiest time of the composer's life, the work builds gradually into a shattering frenzy of despair. 'The hero,' wrote Mahler, 'is assaulted by three hammer-blows of fate, the last of which fells him as a tree is felled.' It was a musical vision that was to prove all too prescient for a composer who would soon suffer a series of life-changing personal heartbreaks. This is the first of two appearances this season of the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted here by regular collaborator Daniel Harding. | ||
Prom 73: Sir Andras Schiff Performs Bach's The Well-tempered Clavier | 20170907 | Sir Andras Schiff performs Book 1 of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier. Live at BBC Proms: Sir András Schiff performs Book 1 of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier. Presented by Ian Skelly Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier - Book 1 The two volumes of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier together represent one of Western music's greatest achievements. | ||
Prom 74: Vienna Philharmonic - Brahms, Mozart And Beethoven | 20170908 | The Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas in Brahms and Beethoven. Live at BBC Proms: the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas in Brahms and Beethoven, and joined by Emanuel Ax in Mozart's Piano Concerto K449. Presented by Martin Handley Brahms: Variations on the St Anthony Chorale c.8.15pm Interval: Proms Extra: c.8.35pm Emanuel Ax (piano) Michael Tilson Thomas and pianist Emanuel Ax join the Vienna Philharmonic for the orchestra's second concert this season - a programme filled with song and dance. Wagner famously described Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 as 'the apotheosis of the dance', and it's hard to hear the breathless Scherzo or exuberant finale without becoming swept up in the work's restless energy. That energy also invigorates Brahms's Variations, taking a theme once thought to be by Haydn and transforming it by turns into a graceful sicilienne and a swaying, syncopated dance. For Mozart it is song that offers the inspiration for his dramatic Piano Concerto No. 14, with its arching melodies and almost operatic musical dialogues between soloist and orchestra. | ||
Prom 75: Last Night Of The Proms | 20170909 | The Last Night of the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo The Last Night of the Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers and Chorus, and soloists headed by star soprano Nina Stemme in a Last Night that weaves together many of this season's musical strands into this exuberant celebration. Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill and Petroc Trelawny Lotta Wennakoski: Flounce (BBC commission: world premiere) c.20.30 21:00 Nina Stemme, soprano Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra weave together many of this season's musical strands into the exuberant celebration that is the Last Night of the Proms. | ||
Prom 8: Celebrating John Williams | 20170720 | BBC Concert Orchestra under Keith Lockhart in a celebration of John Williams's film music. Live at BBC Proms: BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Keith Lockhart, Jamal Aliyev (cello), Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet), Jess Gillam (alto sax), Haringey Vox and Islington Music Centre celebrate the music of legendary film composer John Williams. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Overture to Goodbye, Mr. Chips Suite for Cello and Orchestra from Memoirs of a Geisha - Sayuri's Theme Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 20.25 INTERVAL - Proms Extra 20.45 March of the Resistance from Star Wars: The Force Awakens BBC Concert Orchestra Winner of five Academy Awards, 22 Grammy Awards and seven BAFTAs, John Williams is among the greatest of film composers. His scores for Star Wars, Harry Potter, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and the Indiana Jones films have made him a household name. 20.25 INTERVAL - Proms Extra Winner of five Academy Awards, 22 Grammy Awards and seven BAFTAs, John Williams is among the greatest of film composers. His scores for Star Wars, Harry Potter, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and the Indiana Jones films have made him a household name. Prom 9: Beethoven - Fidelio 20170721 Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Beethoven's opera Fidelio. Live from the Royal Albert Hall: Juanjo Mena conducts Beethoven's opera 'Fidelio' with a cast led by Stuart Skelton and Ricarda Merbeth. Presented by Donald Macleod Beethoven: Fidelio 8.40 INTERVAL - Proms Extra 9.00 Stuart Skelton, tenor (Florestan) Orfeón Donostiarra The first of three politically charged stage works this season is Beethoven's only opera, 'Fidelio' - a passionate musical protest against political oppression, first performed in Vienna in the wake of the French Revolution to an audience mostly consisting of Napoleon's troops. At its heart is the stirring "Prisoners' Chorus", a poignant hymn to freedom and the power of the human spirit. The BBC Philharmonic brings its highly acclaimed performance to the Proms with a cast starring Australian tenor Stuart Skelton as the imprisoned Florestan, and soprano Ricarda Merbeth as his faithful and resourceful wife Leonore." | ||
Prom 9: Beethoven - Fidelio | 20170721 | Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Beethoven's opera Fidelio. Live from the Royal Albert Hall: Juanjo Mena conducts Beethoven's opera 'Fidelio' with a cast led by Stuart Skelton and Ricarda Merbeth. Presented by Donald Macleod Beethoven: Fidelio 8.40 INTERVAL - Proms Extra 9.00 Stuart Skelton, tenor (Florestan) Orfeón Donostiarra The first of three politically charged stage works this season is Beethoven's only opera, 'Fidelio' - a passionate musical protest against political oppression, first performed in Vienna in the wake of the French Revolution to an audience mostly consisting of Napoleon's troops. At its heart is the stirring "Prisoners' Chorus", a poignant hymn to freedom and the power of the human spirit. The BBC Philharmonic brings its highly acclaimed performance to the Proms with a cast starring Australian tenor Stuart Skelton as the imprisoned Florestan, and soprano Ricarda Merbeth as his faithful and resourceful wife Leonore. | ||
Proms At ... Bold Tendencies Multi-storey Car Park, Peckham | 20170826 | The Proms returns to a Peckham car park to join The Multi-Story Orchestra. Live at BBC Proms:The Proms returns to a Peckham car park to join Christopher Stark and The Multi-Story Orchestra for a concert rooted in the sounds and communities of the city. Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645 (orch. Granville Bantock) Ruby Hughes, soprano Following the success last year of their Proms debut on their home turf in Peckham, Christopher Stark and The Multi-Story Orchestra return for a programme that picks up two of the threads running through this year's Proms, and continues our showcase for talented young musicians. | ||
Proms At ... Southwark Cathedral | 20170812 | The BBC Singers perform the world premiere of Judith Weir's In the Land of Uz. The BBC Singers with Chief Conductor David Hill perform the world premiere of In the Land of Uz, by the group's Associate Composer Judith Weir. Joined by tenor Adrian Thompson and the Nash Ensemble, with Stephen Farr at the organ, In the Land of Uz is a dramatised reading of the biblical Book of Job, from which all the text is taken. The BBC Singers also perform Palestrina's masterful Missa 'Confitebor tibi' in the sumptuous acoustic of Southwark Cathedral. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Offertorium 'Confitebor tibi, Domine'; Missa 'Confitebor tibi' Judith Weir: In the Land of Uz (BBC commission: world premiere) Adrian Thompson, tenor Presented by Georgia Mann. | ||
Proms At ... Stage@thedock, Hull | 20170722 | Tom Redmond and the Royal Northern Sinfonia from TheDock, Hull. Live at BBC Proms: Tom Redmond introduces a special BBC Prom from Hull with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Nicholas McGegan performing music with a maritime flavour. Telemann: Water Music - overture Royal Northern Sinfonia The BBC Proms travels out of London, to Hull - UK City of Culture 2017 - for a site-specific performance of music inspired by water, centering on Handel's Water Music suites, first performed 300 years ago at a river party for George I on the Thames. | ||
Proms At... The Tanks At Tate Modern: Open Ear | 20170906 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch hosts an Open Ear concert of experimental music live from Tate Modern. Sara Mohr-Pietsch hosts an Open Ear concert of cutting-edge experimental music live from the Tanks at Tate Modern. Emilie Levienaise Farrouch: New Work Catherine Lamb: Prisma Interius V Cassandra Miller: Guide Actress arr. Hugh Brunt: Momentum | ||
Proms At... Wilton's Music Hall | 20170902 | Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group from Wilton's Music Hall. Live at BBC Proms: Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in music by John Luther Adams, Peter Maxwell Davies, Handel. Messiaen and Rebecca Saunders. Live from Wilton's Music Hall in East London John Luther Adams: songbirdsongs (excerpts) Jennifer France (soprano Dating from the mid-19th century, Wilton's is the world's oldest surviving music hall. With its tumbledown beauty and colourful history, it's the perfect space for a staged performance of Peter Maxwell Davies's Eight Songs for a Mad King - a dramatic monologue exploring the crazed fantasies and crumbling visions of George III. John Luther Adams: songbirdsongs (excerpts) | ||
The 2017 Winning Poems Inspired By Music In The Proms | 20170907 | Judges Jacob Polley, Ian McMillan and Judith Palmer meet the winners and hear their poems. Jacob Polley (winner of the 2016 TS Eliot poetry prize) joins Ian Macmillan and Judith Palmer from the Poetry Society to announce the winners of the 2017 Proms Poetry competition. Their poems are performed by Imogen Stubbs. Recorded earlier this evening as a Proms Extra with an audience at Imperial College. The winners are 19 and over: Meredith Andrea for her poem Giving Birth to Monteverdi inspired by Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 Producer: Fiona McLean. The 2016 TS Eliot Prize Winner Jacob Polley joins Ian Macmillan and Judith Palmer from the Poetry Society to announce the winners of the 2017 Proms Poetry competition. The winners in the under 19s and over 19s categories share the inspiration for their winning poems - which are performed by an actor. Recorded earlier this evening as a Proms Extra with an audience at Imperial College. The 2016 TS Eliot Prize Winner Jacob Polley joins Ian Macmillan and Judith Palmer from the Poetry Society to announce the winners of the 2017 Proms Poetry competition. The winners in the under 19s and over 19s categories share the inspiration for their winning poems - which are performed by an actor. | ||
01 | Prom 1: First Night Of The Bbc Proms | 20170714 | ||
02 | Prom 2: Daniel Barenboim Conducts Sibelius And Elgar | 20170715 | ||
03 | Prom 3: Bernard Haitink Conducts Mozart And Schumann | 20170716 | ||
04 | Prom 4: Daniel Barenboim And Staatskapelle Berlin | 20170716 | ||
05 | Prom 5: Sibelius, Rachmaninov And Shostakovich | 20170717 | ||
15 | The Songs Of Scott Walker (1967-70) | 20170725 | ||
30 | Walton - Belshazzar's Feast | 20170807 | ||
31 | Berlioz - The Damnation Of Faust | 20170808 | ||
33 | Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann And Hindemith | 20170813 | The BBC Philharmonic with music by Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann and Hindemith. At BBC Proms: BBC Philharmonic and conductor John Storgards with soprano Lise Davidsen and cellist Alban Gerhardt in Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann and Hindemith. From the Royal Albert Hall, London Grieg: Peer Gynt (excerpts) BBC Philharmonic Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Proms debut singing Solveig's Song from Grieg's incidental music to Ibsen's dark drama 'Peer Gynt' and in Sibelius's late, great tone-poem Luonnotar. The sophisticated orchestral textures and sensuous melodies of Luonnotar contrast with the rough-hewn folk music of the same composer's struggle for freedom from Russian tyranny in his buoyant Karelia Suite. | |
35 | John Wilson Conducts Oklahoma! | 20170811 | John Wilson conducts 'Oklahoma!', Roger and Hammerstein's 1943 hit musical. Live at the BBC Proms: John Wilson conducts 'Oklahoma!', Roger and Hammerstein's 1943 hit musical Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II: Oklahoma! Aunt Eller - Belinda Lang Bursting not just with tunes but emotions, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! brought new dramatic depth to the Broadway musical. John Wilson and his orchestra bring their signature energy and swagger to this much-loved classic. INTERVAL: Proms Extra | |
36 | Schubert And Mahler | 20170812 | ||
37 | Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3 | 20170813 | ||
38 | Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil (vespers) | 20170813 | ||
39 | Debussy, Ravel And Mark-anthony Turnage | 20170814 | ||
40 | Brahms, Berg, Larcher And Schumann | 20170815 | The Scottish Chamber Orchestra performs Brahms, Berg, Schumann and Larcher. Live at BBC Proms: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Robin Ticciati with violinist Christian Tetzlaff in Brahms, Berg's Violin Concerto, Schumann and Thomas Larcher Brahms: Tragic Overture c.7.50pm Interval: PROMS EXTRA 8.10 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Brahms's Tragic Overture is not so much tragic as a 'serious' follow-up to his more frivolous Academic Festival Overture. | |
41 | Philip Glass And Ravi Shankar | 20170815 | Britten Sinfonia performs Passages by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass. Live at BBC Proms: Britten Sinfonia with conductor Karen Kamensek and sitar player Anoushka Shankar in Passages by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass: Passages Britten Sinfonia In the mid-1960s a rising star of Western classical music met the 'Godfather' of the Indian classical tradition. The result was a collision of musical worlds and - some 25 years later - a studio album that combined Glass's American Minimalism with Shankar's sitar and the traditions of Hindustani classical music. A hypnotic flow of sound, blending cello, saxophone and other Western instruments with the glittering pulse of the sitar, Passages is presented here in its first complete live performance. The Britten Sinfonia and Karen Kamensek are joined by Shankar's daughter, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar. | |
42 | Les Si㨀cles And Fran㧀ois-xavier Roth | 20170816 | An all-French programme of Proms music from Les Siecles and Francois-Xavier Roth. Live at BBC Proms: French music from Les Siècles and conductor François-Xavier Roth. Live from the Royal Albert Hall. Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune - overture approx 8.15pm Interval: PROMS EXTRA Franck: Les Djinns Cédric Tiberghien (piano) An all-French programme inspired by the East, from the fragrant Indian gardens of Delibes's Lakmé and the eroticism of Samson and Delilah, to Corfu with the adventures of Lalo's Namouna. | |
43 | Saint-sa㫀ns - 'organ' Symphony | 20170817 | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform music by de Falla, Lalo and Saint-Saens. Live at BBC Proms: RPO and Charles Dutoit with Joshua Bell, Cameron Carpenter and Stephanie d'Oustrac, perform music by de Falla, Lalo and Saint-Saëns 'Organ' Symphony Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Manual de Falla El amor brujo c.7.30pm: Interval: PROMS EXTRA c.7.50pm Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano Tonight's celebration of the sun-scorched landscapes of Spain opens with Falla's flamenco ballet El amor brujo, rich in Andalusian folk melodies and featuring the famous 'Ritual Fire Dance'. | |
44 | Bang On A Can All-stars | 20170817 | The BBC Proms Youth Ensemble and Bang on a Can All-Stars perform in premieres. Live at BBC Proms: BBC Proms Youth Ensemble and Bang on a Can All Stars in premieres by Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, plus works by Philip Glass and Louis Andriessen. Live from the Royal Albert Hall Michael Gordon: Big Space (BBC commission: world premiere)* BBC Proms Youth Ensemble Bang on a Can represents all that is most gleefully non-conformist and boundary-breaking in new music. Celebrating its 30th birthday this year, this pioneering American artistic collective and its three composer-directors, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, bring their signature energy to this Late Night Prom, together with their six-piece amplified ensemble. The All-Stars perform classic works by Wolfe, Lang and Louis Andriessen alongside an 80th-birthday tribute to Philip Glass and a world premiere by Michael Gordon, performed by the Proms Youth Ensemble. Expect propulsive rhythms and plenty of big grooves. | |
45 | Mahler - 'resurrection' Symphony | 20170818 | ||
46 | Schoenberg - Gurrelieder | 20170819 | ||
47 | Bach's 'little Organ Book' Past And Present | 20170820 | ||
48 | A Patchwork Passion | 20170820 | Sofi Jeannin conducts the BBC Singers and City of London Sinfonia in A Patchwork Passion. Chief Conductor Designate of the BBC Singers, Sofi Jeannin, makes her BBC Proms debut in a concert with City of London Sinfonia which celebrates Passion compositions from the last five centuries. Joined by tenors Thomas Elwin and Oliver Johnston and the bass David Shipley, Passion works from Johann Walter through to James MacMillan are explored in a programme depicting the Passion of Christ through many and varied compositions. Thomas Elwin, tenor Presented by Sara Mohr-pietsch. | |
49 | Bach's St John Passion | 20170820 | ||
50 | Beethoven, Stravinsky And Gerald Barry | 20170821 | ||
51 | Sibelius, Saint-saens And Elgar-payne | 20170822 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Elgar's Symphony No 3. Live at BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Sibelius, Elgar's Symphony No.3 (completed Payne), and Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No.2 with Javier Perianes. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Sibelius: Scènes historiques, Suite No. 1 20.10 INTERVAL: Proms Extra Elgar/Payne: Symphony No.3 Javier Perianes (piano) This year's Elgar cycle concludes with the originally unfinished Third Symphony. The concert also features the vivid, descriptive miniatures of Sibelius's Scènes historiques and Saint-Saëns's brilliantly youthful Second Piano Concerto. | |
52 | Dvorak's New World Symphony | 20170823 | ||
53 | Beneath The Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited | 20170824 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Shabaka Hutchings (saxophones) A giant of jazz, Charles Mingus (1922-79) combined the classic style of Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton with the radical spirit of black music of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and has influenced artists from Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello to Debbie Harry. Following sell-out Quincy Jones and Jamie Cullum Proms last year, Jules Buckley returns - with his Metropole Orkest - to celebrate the life and music of this legendary composer, bandleader and bass-player. The Prom features Mingus favourites including 'Better Git It in Your Soul', 'Moanin'' and 'Goodbye Pork Pie Hat', performed by a starry line-up of artists Kandace Springs, Shabaka Hutchings, Christian Scott and Leo Pellegrino. During the Interval: PROMS EXTRA | |
54 | Orchestra Of La Scala, Milan, And Riccardo Chailly | 20170825 | ||
55 | Classical Music Of Indian And Pakistan | 20170825 | ||
56 | The Bohemian Reformation | 20170826 | ||
57 | Swing No End | 20170827 | ||
58 | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra And Louis Langree | 20170827 | ||
59 | Mozart - La Clemenza Di Tito | 20170828 | ||
61 | Renee Fleming Sings Strauss | 20170830 | Renee Fleming sings Strauss and Barber with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Renee Fleming sings Strauss and Barber with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, conducted by Sakari Oramo. Plus Nielsen's Symphony no.2. Andrea Tarrodi: Liguria Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op 24 7.35pm: 7.55pm: Part 2 Nielsen: Symphony No 2 'The Four Temperaments' Renée Fleming, soprano Star American soprano Renée Fleming returns to join Sakari Oramo and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for the shimmering 'transformation' music that closes Richard Strauss's opera Daphne, and Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a nostalgic portrait of the America of a simpler age. | |
62 | Chineke! | 20170830 | Kevin John Edusei conducts the UK's first BME orchestra in their Proms debut. Live at BBC Proms: Chineke! - Kevin John Edusei conducts the UK's first BME orchestra in their Proms debut, featuring 2016 BBC Young Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason on cello. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Hannah Kendall: The Spark Catchers (BBC commission: world premiere) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Hailed by critics as 'fresh' and 'brilliant', the UK's first BME orchestra Chineke! makes its Proms debut in a programme including works by Pulitzer Prize-winning George Walker and young British composer Hannah Kendall, whose The Spark Catchers takes inspiration from the urgent energy of Lemn Sissay's poem of the same name. | |
64 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra And Daniele Gatti | 20170901 | ||
65 | Stax Records: 50 Years Of Soul | 20170901 | ||
66 | Haydn And Mahler | 20170902 | ||
67 | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra And Pablo Heras-casado | 20170903 | The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra perform an all-Mendelssohn programme at the Proms. Live at BBC Proms: Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in Mendelssohn's 'Hebrides' Overture, Fifth Symphony and Violin Concerto with soloist Isabelle Faust. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Ian Skelly Mendelssohn: Overture 'The Hebrides' (Fingal's Cave) 1.45pm Interval: The Dresden Amen A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 2.05pm Isabelle Faust (violin) The dynamic Freiburg Baroque Orchestra brings authentic period-instrument colour to three of Mendelssohn's best-loved orchestral works in a Proms matinee directed by rising young conductor Pablo Heras-Casado. Violinist Isabelle Faust makes her second appearance this season, as soloist in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto - the composer's last completed orchestral work, and perhaps the loveliest of all the Romantic violin concertos. The 500th anniversary of the Reformation continues to be marked with Mendelssohn's Fifth Symphony, whose final movement quotes movingly from Luther's chorale 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott', while the concert opens with the composer's glorious overture The Hebrides, inspired by a visit to Fingal's Cave on the Scottish Isle of Staffa. | |
68 | Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky And Shostakovich | 20170903 | ||
69 | Anne-sophie Mutter Plays Dvorak's Violin Concerto | 20170904 | ||
70 | Missy Mazzoli, Bartok And Dvorak | 20170905 | ||
71 | Stravinsky, Britten, Prokofiev And Shostakovich | 20170906 | ||
72 | Vienna Philharmonic - Mahler's Sixth Symphony | 20170907 | ||
73 | Sir Andras Schiff Performs Bach's The Well-tempered Clavier | 20170907 | ||
74 | Vienna Philharmonic - Brahms, Mozart And Beethoven | 20170908 | ||
75 | Last Night Of The Proms | 20170909 |