Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Beethoven Piano Concertos 1 And 4 - Part 1 | 20100721 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham A Beethoven Night at the Proms. Distinguished pianist, Paul Lewis, launches his complete cycle of piano concertos with the exuberant First and the more introspective but still tensely dramatic Fourth. He is partnered by Jiri Belohlavek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with whom he recently recorded all five concertos. And there is more characteristic Beethovenian drama with two heroic overtures: one battling against oppression and the other recounting the legend of the Creatures of Prometheus who were created with fire from the gods Beethoven: Overture 'Egmont Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C major Paul Lewis (piano) Jiri Belohlavek (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 23rd July at 2pm. Paul Lewis launches his complete cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos. |
| 01 | Fung Lam, Rachmaninov | 20120718 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Tonight's Prom opens with a new work which composer Fung Lam describes as 'elegant, understated and highly lyrical'. An intensely romantic lyricism also characterises Rachmaninov's popular concerto, while Prokofiev takes up a darker theme in his dramatic 6th Symphony, which looks back to the Second World War. Fung Lam's 'Endless Forms' is inspired by the last sentence of Darwin's 'The Origin of Species', and 'celebrates an insight into the diversity of life', explains the composer. 'The title also relates to Buddhism's view of life as endless cycles of forms: birth, death, rebirth. The subject of spiritual enlightenment is a recurring theme in my output.' Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto is the triumphant work that crowned his recovery from a period of crippling depression in 1901. Prokofiev's bleak and powerful 6th Symphony is perhaps the most personal and poignant of his symphonies, completed in the exhausted aftermath of the Second World War and with mounting pressures on the Soviet Front. Fung Lam: Endless Forms (BBC commission: world premiere) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Kirill Gerstein (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 20th July at 2pm. The BBC SO and Sakari Oramo perform music by Fung Lam and Rachmaninov. |
| 01 | Prom 06 (part 1): Poulenc, Stravinsky, Haydn And Mozart | 20150721 | Organist James O'Donnell, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and Thomas Sønderg倀rd live at the BBC Proms in music by Stravinsky, Haydn and Mozart, and Poulenc's organ concerto Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Poulenc: Organ Concerto Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms 7.50pm Interval 8.10pm J Haydn: Te Deum in C major, Hob. XXIII Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter James O'Donnell (organ) BBC National Chorus of Wales Thomas Sønderg倀rd (conductor) The Royal Albert Hall's great organ is showcased in a series of Proms this year, starting with Poulenc's Baroque-inspired Organ Concerto - all Gothic flourishes and grand gestures. Also gazing back to the Baroque, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms is a devout musical gesture, reimagining religious rituals on a symphonic scale. The second half pairs two Classical masterpieces: Haydn's cheery Te Deum and Mozart's enduringly popular 'Jupiter' Symphony. Thomas Sondergard conducts the BBC NOW and Chorus in music by Poulenc and Stravinsky. |
| 01 | Prom 6 (part 1): David Matthews, Rachmaninov And Nielsen | 20130716 | The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena live at the BBC Proms perform David Matthews' 'A Vision of the Sea', Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 and Nielsen's Symphony No 4. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny David Matthews: A Vision of the Sea (BBC commission: world premiere) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor 8.05pm Interval 8.25pm Nielsen: Symphony No 4, 'Inextinguishable Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano) Juanjo Mena (conductor) Juanjo Mena conducts the world premiere of David Matthews' 'A Vision of the Sea', inspired by Shelley's poetry, the pull of the tide on the Kent coast and an evocation of sunrise. Nobuyuki Tsujii, who played to packed houses on his recent tour of Japan with the BBC Philharmonic, makes his proms debut in Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto before the orchestra performs Nielsen's irrepressible 'Inextinguishable' Fourth Symphony, music brimming with optimism and the sheer joy of living. This Prom will be repeated on Friday 19th July at 2pm. Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by David Matthews and Rachmaninov. |
| 01 | Prom 6 (part 1): Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier | 20140722 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne's new Music Director Robin Ticciati conducts an international cast, led by British soprano Kate Royal. R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (semi-staged - sung in German) Act 1 7.40pm Interval 8.00pm R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Act 2 9.10pm Interval 9.30pm R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Act 3 Marschallin - Kate Royal (soprano) Octavian - Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano) Baron Ochs - Franz Hawlata (bass) Sophie - Louise Alder (soprano) Herr von Faninal - Michael Kraus (baritone) Marianne - Miranda Keys (soprano) Valzacchi - Christopher Gillett (tenor) Annina - Helene Schneiderman (contralto) Notary - Gwynne Howell (bass) Italian Singer - Andrej Dunaev (tenor) Innkeeper - Robert W怀rle (tenor) Police Inspector - Scott Conner (bass) Glyndebourne Festival Opera London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati (conductor) Glyndebourne marks its own 80th anniversary and Strauss's 150th with the composer's richly melodic Der Rosenkavalier - the first of a trilogy of Strauss operas at this year's Proms. Vienna has rarely sounded more beguiling, more gilded with nostalgia, than in this tragicomedy that combines romance with riotous farce. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Act 1 of Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier. |
| 01 | Weber, Brahms | 20110719 | BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The most influential orchestral work of the 20th century is at the heart of tonight's Prom. Stravinsky's Rite caused a scandal at its premiere in 1913 and still sounds sensational nearly 100 years later. Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in this riot of orchestral colour. The first half of the concert pairs works by German Romantics from either end of the 19th century, Weber's Oberon overture and Brahms's beautiful Double Concerto, featuring the brothers Capu瀀on as soloists. Brahms's final work for orchestra, the Double Concerto, was in part a gesture of reconciliation towards his friend the violinist Joseph Joachim and makes huge demands on both soloists. Weber: Oberon - overture Brahms: Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Double Concerto) Renaud Capu瀀on (violin) Gautier Capu瀀on (cello) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 21 July at 2pm. Renaud Capucon (violin) and Gautier Capucon (cello) in music by Weber and Brahms. |
| 02 | Beethoven Piano Concertos 1 And 4 - Part 2 | 20100721 | BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Katie Derham A Beethoven Night at the Proms. Distinguished pianist, Paul Lewis, launches his complete cycle of piano concertos with the exuberant First and the more introspective but still tensely dramatic Fourth. He is partnered by Jiri Belohlavek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with whom he recently recorded all five concertos. And there is more characteristic Beethovenian drama with two heroic overtures: one battling against oppression and the other recounting the legend of the Creatures of Prometheus who were created with fire from the gods Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus - overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G major Paul Lewis (piano) Jiri Belohlavek (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 23rd July at 2pm. Paul Lewis launches his complete cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos. |
| 02 | Prokofiev | 20120718 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Tonight's Prom opens with a new work which composer Fung Lam describes as 'elegant, understated and highly lyrical'. An intensely romantic lyricism also characterises Rachmaninov's popular concerto, while Prokofiev takes up a darker theme in his dramatic 6th Symphony, which looks back to the Second World War. Fung Lam's 'Endless Forms' is inspired by the last sentence of Darwin's 'The Origin of Species', and 'celebrates an insight into the diversity of life', explains the composer. 'The title also relates to Buddhism's view of life as endless cycles of forms: birth, death, rebirth. The subject of spiritual enlightenment is a recurring theme in my output.' Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto is the triumphant work that crowned his recovery from a period of crippling depression in 1901. Prokofiev's bleak and powerful 6th Symphony is perhaps the most personal and poignant of his symphonies, completed in the exhausted aftermath of the Second World War and with mounting pressures on the Soviet Front. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor Kirill Gerstein (piano) Sakari Oramo (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 20th July at 2pm. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony. |
| 02 | Prom 06 (part 2): Poulenc, Stravinsky, Haydn And Mozart | 20150721 | Organist James O'Donnell, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and Thomas Sønderg倀rd live at the BBC Proms in music by Stravinsky, Haydn and Mozart, and Poulenc's organ concerto Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Poulenc: Organ Concerto Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms 7.50pm Interval 8.10pm J Haydn: Te Deum in C major, Hob. XXIII Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter James O'Donnell (organ) BBC National Chorus of Wales Thomas Sønderg倀rd (conductor) The Royal Albert Hall's great organ is showcased in a series of Proms this year, starting with Poulenc's Baroque-inspired Organ Concerto - all Gothic flourishes and grand gestures. Also gazing back to the Baroque, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms is a devout musical gesture, reimagining religious rituals on a symphonic scale. The second half pairs two Classical masterpieces: Haydn's cheery Te Deum and Mozart's enduringly popular 'Jupiter' Symphony. The BBC NOW under Thomas Sondergard perform Haydn's Te Deum and Mozart's Symphony No 41. |
| 02 | Prom 6 (part 2): David Matthews, Rachmaninov And Nielsen | 20130716 | The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena live at the BBC Proms perform David Matthews' 'A Vision of the Sea', Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 and Nielsen's Symphony No 4. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny David Matthews: A Vision of the Sea (BBC commission: world premiere) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor 8.05pm Interval 8.25pm Nielsen: Symphony No 4, 'Inextinguishable Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano) Juanjo Mena (conductor) Juanjo Mena conducts the world premiere of David Matthews' 'A Vision of the Sea', inspired by Shelley's poetry, the pull of the tide on the Kent coast and an evocation of sunrise. Nobuyuki Tsujii, who played to packed houses on his recent tour of Japan with the BBC Philharmonic, makes his proms debut in Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto before the orchestra performs Nielsen's irrepressible 'Inextinguishable' Fourth Symphony, music brimming with optimism and the sheer joy of living. This Prom will be repeated on Friday 19th July at 2pm. Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Nielsen's Symphony No 4 (Inextinguishable). |
| 02 | Prom 6 (part 2): Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier | 20140722 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne's new Music Director Robin Ticciati conducts an international cast, led by British soprano Kate Royal. R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (semi-staged - sung in German) Act 1 7.40pm Interval 8.00pm R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Act 2 9.10pm Interval 9.30pm R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Act 3 Marschallin - Kate Royal (soprano) Octavian - Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano) Baron Ochs - Franz Hawlata (bass) Sophie - Louise Alder (soprano) Herr von Faninal - Michael Kraus (baritone) Marianne - Miranda Keys (soprano) Valzacchi - Christopher Gillett (tenor) Annina - Helene Schneiderman (contralto) Notary - Gwynne Howell (bass) Italian Singer - Andrej Dunaev (tenor) Innkeeper - Robert W怀rle (tenor) Police Inspector - Scott Conner (bass) Glyndebourne Festival Opera London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati (conductor) Glyndebourne marks its own 80th anniversary and Strauss's 150th with the composer's richly melodic Der Rosenkavalier - the first of a trilogy of Strauss operas at this year's Proms. Vienna has rarely sounded more beguiling, more gilded with nostalgia, than in this tragicomedy that combines romance with riotous farce. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Act 2 of Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier. |
| 02 | Stravinsky | 20110719 | BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Rob Cowan The most influential orchestral work of the 20th century is at the heart of tonight's Prom. Stravinsky's Rite caused a scandal at its premiere in 1913 and still sounds sensational nearly 100 years later. Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in this riot of orchestral colour. The first half of the concert pairs works by German Romantics from either end of the 19th century, Weber's Oberon overture and Brahms's beautiful Double Concerto, featuring the brothers Capu瀀on as soloists. Brahms's final work for orchestra, the Double Concerto, was in part a gesture of reconciliation towards his friend the violinist Joseph Joachim and makes huge demands on both soloists. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Renaud Capu瀀on (violin) Gautier Capu瀀on (cello) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 21 July at 2pm. The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring. |
| 03 | Prom 6 (part 3): Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier | 20140722 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Glyndebourne's new Music Director Robin Ticciati conducts an international cast, led by British soprano Kate Royal. R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (semi-staged - sung in German) Act 1 7.40pm Interval 8.00pm R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Act 2 9.10pm Interval 9.30pm R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Act 3 Marschallin - Kate Royal (soprano) Octavian - Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano) Baron Ochs - Franz Hawlata (bass) Sophie - Louise Alder (soprano) Herr von Faninal - Michael Kraus (baritone) Marianne - Miranda Keys (soprano) Valzacchi - Christopher Gillett (tenor) Annina - Helene Schneiderman (contralto) Notary - Gwynne Howell (bass) Italian Singer - Andrej Dunaev (tenor) Innkeeper - Robert W怀rle (tenor) Police Inspector - Scott Conner (bass) Glyndebourne Festival Opera London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati (conductor) Glyndebourne marks its own 80th anniversary and Strauss's 150th with the composer's richly melodic Der Rosenkavalier - the first of a trilogy of Strauss operas at this year's Proms. Vienna has rarely sounded more beguiling, more gilded with nostalgia, than in this tragicomedy that combines romance with riotous farce. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Act 3 of Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier. |