Prom 18 [BBC Proms]

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Beethoven, Dalbavie

20110728

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Suzy Klein

Renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Thierry Fischer for two major new concertos. Framing them are two of Beethoven's most inventive and joyous symphonies.

Carter's Flute Concerto is a dazzling creation. Written in 2008 at the age of 99, it contrasts the flute's lyrical qualities with a percussive orchestral texture. Dalbavie set out to write a homage to Debussy, and whilst his concerto is certainly rooted in the great French tradition, it's also full of fireworks and exploding excitement.

Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C major

Marc-Andr退 Dalbavie: Flute Concerto (London premiere)

Emmanuel Pahud (flute)

Thierry Fischer (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 31st July at 2pm.

Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Beethoven and Dalbavie.

Prom 18 (part 1): Katia And Marielle Labeque

20150731

Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's epic 7th Symphony. Katia and Marielle Lab耀que play Mozart's E flat Concerto for two pianos. Live at the BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Donald Macleod

Mozart: Concerto in E flat major for two pianos, K365

7.30 pm INTERVAL

7.50 pm

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad

Katia Lab耀que (piano)

Marielle Lab耀que (piano)

Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

Sisters Katia and Marielle Lab耀que perform Mozart's concerto for two pianos as a complement to our focus on the composer's late piano concertos. Written in the 1770s for Mozart and his own sister 'Nannerl' to perform, it's a work that delights in the interplay of dialogue, with a slow movement that is a tender conversation between friends. Intimacy gives way to epic gestures in Shostakovich's sprawling 'Leningrad' Symphony - one of the giants of the symphonic repertoire, and a passionate musical testament to the 25 million Soviet citizens killed in the Second World War.

[This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 4th August at 2pm].

Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos) with the BBC SO in Mozart: Concerto in E flat, K365.

Prom 18 (part 1): Mahler, Ravel And Harrison Birtwistle

20140730

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena, live at the BBC Proms, perform works by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Ravel and Mahler.

Harrison Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

8.15pm Interval

8.35pm

Mahler: Symphony No 5

Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Juanjo Mena (conductor)

The intense, contrasting moods of Mahler's Fifth Symphony make this one of the great orchestral showpieces, a journey from darkness to light. Before the interval, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by Alexandre Tharaud making his Proms debut in Ravel's virtuosic Left Hand Piano Concerto. The programme opens with the first of several works at this year's Proms celebrating Harrison Birtwistle's 80th birthday, his atmospheric Night's Black Bird.

This Prom will be repeated on Friday 1st August at 2pm.

The BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena in music by Birtwistle and Ravel.

Prom 18 (part 1): Wagner - Siegfried

20130726

Wagner 200

Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim live at the BBC Proms with the third part of Wagner's Ring cycle, Siegfried

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

Wagner: Siegfried - Act 1 (concert performance; sung in German)

6.20pm Interval

6.50pm

Wagner: Siegfried - Act 2

8.15pm Interval

8.45pm

Wagner: Siegfried - Act 3

Siegfried - Lance Ryan (tenor)

Brünnhilde - Nina Stemme (soprano)

Wanderer - Terje Stensvold (bass-baritone)

Mime - Peter Bronder (tenor)

Alberich - Johannes Martin Kr䀀nzle (baritone)

Fafner - Eric Halfvarson (bass)

Woodbird - Rinnat Moriah (soprano)

Erda - Anna Larsson (contralto)

Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Daniel Barenboim's Ring with the Staatskapelle Berlin - the first ever complete cycle at the BBC Proms - continues with the razored strings and yelping brass of a violent storm, the cloudburst of incestuous love, a bitter marital dispute and the first appearance of Wotan's rebel daughter, Brunnhilde, sung by a leading exponent of the role, Nina Stemme. The cunning dwarf, Mime, tries to manipulate Siegfried into stealing the magic ring from the dragon, Fafner, with the sword Nothung. But his plans go awry when Siegfried takes the ring for himself...

Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in Act 1 of Wagner's Siegfried.

Carter, Beethoven

20110728

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Suzy Klein

Elliott Carter: Flute Concerto (UK premiere)

Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A major

Emmanuel Pahud (flute)

Thierry Fischer (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 31st July at 2pm.

Thierry Fischer leads the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Elliott Carter and Beethoven.

Dean, Mahler, Shostakovich - Part 2

20100730

BBC PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

Youth Orchestras have played an important part in the Proms for many years and the first of this year's visitors has travelled the furthest. The Australian Youth Orchestra brings with it music by its compatriot Brett Dean (who is also a former viola-player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and by Shostakovich. His powerful 10th Symphony includes coded references both to his own love for a young woman and also to the brutality of Josef Stalin, who had died in the year the symphony was composed. The orchestra and conductor Sir Mark Elder are also joined by the young Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova for some of Mahler's songs - settings of poems from the folk-based collection called Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn).

Brett Dean: Amphitheatre (London premiere)

Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor

Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano)

Sir Mark Elder (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 4th August at 2pm.

Mark Elder conducts the Australian Youth Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 10.

Prom 18 (part 2): Katia And Marielle Labeque

20150731

Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's epic 7th Symphony. Katia and Marielle Lab耀que play Mozart's E flat Concerto for two pianos. Live at the BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Donald Macleod

Mozart: Concerto in E flat major for two pianos, K365

7.30 pm INTERVAL

7.50 pm

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad

Katia Lab耀que (piano)

Marielle Lab耀que (piano)

Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

[This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 4th August at 2pm].

Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 7 in C.

Prom 18 (part 2): Mahler, Ravel And Harrison Birtwistle

20140730

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena, live at the BBC Proms, perform works by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Ravel and Mahler.

Harrison Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

8.15pm Interval

8.35pm

Mahler: Symphony No 5

Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Juanjo Mena (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Friday 1st August at 2pm.

Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Mahler's Symphony No 5.

Prom 18 (part 2): Wagner - Siegfried

20130726

Wagner 200

Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim live at the BBC Proms with the third part of Wagner's Ring cycle, Siegfried

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

Wagner: Siegfried - Act 1 (concert performance; sung in German)

6.20pm Interval

6.50pm

Wagner: Siegfried - Act 2

8.15pm Interval

8.45pm

Wagner: Siegfried - Act 3

Siegfried - Lance Ryan (tenor)

Brünnhilde - Nina Stemme (soprano)

Wanderer - Terje Stensvold (bass-baritone)

Mime - Peter Bronder (tenor)

Alberich - Johannes Martin Kr䀀nzle (baritone)

Fafner - Eric Halfvarson (bass)

Woodbird - Rinnat Moriah (soprano)

Erda - Anna Larsson (contralto)

Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in Act 2 of Wagner's Siegfried.

Prom 18 (part 3): Wagner - Siegfried

20130726

Wagner 200

Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim live at the BBC Proms with the third part of Wagner's Ring cycle, Siegfried

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

Wagner: Siegfried - Act 1 (concert performance; sung in German)

6.20pm Interval

6.50pm

Wagner: Siegfried - Act 2

8.15pm Interval

8.45pm

Wagner: Siegfried - Act 3

Siegfried - Lance Ryan (tenor)

Brünnhilde - Nina Stemme (soprano)

Wanderer - Terje Stensvold (bass-baritone)

Mime - Peter Bronder (tenor)

Alberich - Johannes Martin Kr䀀nzle (baritone)

Fafner - Eric Halfvarson (bass)

Woodbird - Rinnat Moriah (soprano)

Erda - Anna Larsson (contralto)

Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in Act 3 of Wagner's Siegfried.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Beethoven, Dalbavie	20110728	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Thierry Fischer for two major new concertos. Framing them are two of Beethoven's most inventive and joyous symphonies. Carter's Flute Concerto is a dazzling creation. Written in 2008 at the age of 99, it contrasts the flute's lyrical qualities with a percussive orchestral texture. Dalbavie set out to write a homage to Debussy, and whilst his concerto is certainly rooted in the great French tradition, it's also full of fireworks and exploding excitement. Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C major Marc-Andr退 Dalbavie: Flute Concerto (London premiere) Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 31st July at 2pm. Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Beethoven and Dalbavie.
01	Prom 18 (part 1): Katia And Marielle Labeque	20150731	Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's epic 7th Symphony. Katia and Marielle Lab耀que play Mozart's E flat Concerto for two pianos. Live at the BBC Proms Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod Mozart: Concerto in E flat major for two pianos, K365 7.30 pm INTERVAL 7.50 pm Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad Katia Lab耀que (piano) Marielle Lab耀que (piano) Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Sisters Katia and Marielle Lab耀que perform Mozart's concerto for two pianos as a complement to our focus on the composer's late piano concertos. Written in the 1770s for Mozart and his own sister 'Nannerl' to perform, it's a work that delights in the interplay of dialogue, with a slow movement that is a tender conversation between friends. Intimacy gives way to epic gestures in Shostakovich's sprawling 'Leningrad' Symphony - one of the giants of the symphonic repertoire, and a passionate musical testament to the 25 million Soviet citizens killed in the Second World War. [This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 4th August at 2pm]. Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos) with the BBC SO in Mozart: Concerto in E flat, K365.
01	Prom 18 (part 1): Mahler, Ravel And Harrison Birtwistle	20140730	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena, live at the BBC Proms, perform works by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Ravel and Mahler. Harrison Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand 8.15pm Interval 8.35pm Mahler: Symphony No 5 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Juanjo Mena (conductor) The intense, contrasting moods of Mahler's Fifth Symphony make this one of the great orchestral showpieces, a journey from darkness to light. Before the interval, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by Alexandre Tharaud making his Proms debut in Ravel's virtuosic Left Hand Piano Concerto. The programme opens with the first of several works at this year's Proms celebrating Harrison Birtwistle's 80th birthday, his atmospheric Night's Black Bird. This Prom will be repeated on Friday 1st August at 2pm. The BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena in music by Birtwistle and Ravel.
01	Prom 18 (part 1): Wagner - Siegfried	20130726	Wagner 200 Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim live at the BBC Proms with the third part of Wagner's Ring cycle, Siegfried Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Wagner: Siegfried - Act 1 (concert performance; sung in German) 6.20pm Interval 6.50pm Wagner: Siegfried - Act 2 8.15pm Interval 8.45pm Wagner: Siegfried - Act 3 Siegfried - Lance Ryan (tenor) Brünnhilde - Nina Stemme (soprano) Wanderer - Terje Stensvold (bass-baritone) Mime - Peter Bronder (tenor) Alberich - Johannes Martin Kr䀀nzle (baritone) Fafner - Eric Halfvarson (bass) Woodbird - Rinnat Moriah (soprano) Erda - Anna Larsson (contralto) Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Daniel Barenboim's Ring with the Staatskapelle Berlin - the first ever complete cycle at the BBC Proms - continues with the razored strings and yelping brass of a violent storm, the cloudburst of incestuous love, a bitter marital dispute and the first appearance of Wotan's rebel daughter, Brunnhilde, sung by a leading exponent of the role, Nina Stemme. The cunning dwarf, Mime, tries to manipulate Siegfried into stealing the magic ring from the dragon, Fafner, with the sword Nothung. But his plans go awry when Siegfried takes the ring for himself... Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in Act 1 of Wagner's Siegfried.
02	Carter, Beethoven	20110728	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Thierry Fischer for two major new concertos. Framing them are two of Beethoven's most inventive and joyous symphonies. Carter's Flute Concerto is a dazzling creation. Written in 2008 at the age of 99, it contrasts the flute's lyrical qualities with a percussive orchestral texture. Dalbavie set out to write a homage to Debussy, and whilst his concerto is certainly rooted in the great French tradition, it's also full of fireworks and exploding excitement. Elliott Carter: Flute Concerto (UK premiere) Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A major Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Thierry Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 31st July at 2pm. Thierry Fischer leads the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Elliott Carter and Beethoven.
02	Dean, Mahler, Shostakovich - Part 2	20100730	BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Youth Orchestras have played an important part in the Proms for many years and the first of this year's visitors has travelled the furthest. The Australian Youth Orchestra brings with it music by its compatriot Brett Dean (who is also a former viola-player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) and by Shostakovich. His powerful 10th Symphony includes coded references both to his own love for a young woman and also to the brutality of Josef Stalin, who had died in the year the symphony was composed. The orchestra and conductor Sir Mark Elder are also joined by the young Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova for some of Mahler's songs - settings of poems from the folk-based collection called Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth's Magic Horn). Brett Dean: Amphitheatre (London premiere) Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) Sir Mark Elder (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 4th August at 2pm. Mark Elder conducts the Australian Youth Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 10.
02	Prom 18 (part 2): Katia And Marielle Labeque	20150731	Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's epic 7th Symphony. Katia and Marielle Lab耀que play Mozart's E flat Concerto for two pianos. Live at the BBC Proms Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Donald Macleod Mozart: Concerto in E flat major for two pianos, K365 7.30 pm INTERVAL 7.50 pm Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad Katia Lab耀que (piano) Marielle Lab耀que (piano) Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Sisters Katia and Marielle Lab耀que perform Mozart's concerto for two pianos as a complement to our focus on the composer's late piano concertos. Written in the 1770s for Mozart and his own sister 'Nannerl' to perform, it's a work that delights in the interplay of dialogue, with a slow movement that is a tender conversation between friends. Intimacy gives way to epic gestures in Shostakovich's sprawling 'Leningrad' Symphony - one of the giants of the symphonic repertoire, and a passionate musical testament to the 25 million Soviet citizens killed in the Second World War. [This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 4th August at 2pm]. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 7 in C.
02	Prom 18 (part 2): Mahler, Ravel And Harrison Birtwistle	20140730	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena, live at the BBC Proms, perform works by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Ravel and Mahler. Harrison Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand 8.15pm Interval 8.35pm Mahler: Symphony No 5 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Juanjo Mena (conductor) The intense, contrasting moods of Mahler's Fifth Symphony make this one of the great orchestral showpieces, a journey from darkness to light. Before the interval, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by Alexandre Tharaud making his Proms debut in Ravel's virtuosic Left Hand Piano Concerto. The programme opens with the first of several works at this year's Proms celebrating Harrison Birtwistle's 80th birthday, his atmospheric Night's Black Bird. This Prom will be repeated on Friday 1st August at 2pm. Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Mahler's Symphony No 5.
02	Prom 18 (part 2): Wagner - Siegfried	20130726	Wagner 200 Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim live at the BBC Proms with the third part of Wagner's Ring cycle, Siegfried Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Wagner: Siegfried - Act 1 (concert performance; sung in German) 6.20pm Interval 6.50pm Wagner: Siegfried - Act 2 8.15pm Interval 8.45pm Wagner: Siegfried - Act 3 Siegfried - Lance Ryan (tenor) Brünnhilde - Nina Stemme (soprano) Wanderer - Terje Stensvold (bass-baritone) Mime - Peter Bronder (tenor) Alberich - Johannes Martin Kr䀀nzle (baritone) Fafner - Eric Halfvarson (bass) Woodbird - Rinnat Moriah (soprano) Erda - Anna Larsson (contralto) Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Daniel Barenboim's Ring with the Staatskapelle Berlin - the first ever complete cycle at the BBC Proms - continues with the razored strings and yelping brass of a violent storm, the cloudburst of incestuous love, a bitter marital dispute and the first appearance of Wotan's rebel daughter, Brunnhilde, sung by a leading exponent of the role, Nina Stemme. The cunning dwarf, Mime, tries to manipulate Siegfried into stealing the magic ring from the dragon, Fafner, with the sword Nothung. But his plans go awry when Siegfried takes the ring for himself... Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in Act 2 of Wagner's Siegfried.
03	Prom 18 (part 3): Wagner - Siegfried	20130726	Wagner 200 Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim live at the BBC Proms with the third part of Wagner's Ring cycle, Siegfried Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Tom Service Wagner: Siegfried - Act 1 (concert performance; sung in German) 6.20pm Interval 6.50pm Wagner: Siegfried - Act 2 8.15pm Interval 8.45pm Wagner: Siegfried - Act 3 Siegfried - Lance Ryan (tenor) Brünnhilde - Nina Stemme (soprano) Wanderer - Terje Stensvold (bass-baritone) Mime - Peter Bronder (tenor) Alberich - Johannes Martin Kr䀀nzle (baritone) Fafner - Eric Halfvarson (bass) Woodbird - Rinnat Moriah (soprano) Erda - Anna Larsson (contralto) Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Daniel Barenboim's Ring with the Staatskapelle Berlin - the first ever complete cycle at the BBC Proms - continues with the razored strings and yelping brass of a violent storm, the cloudburst of incestuous love, a bitter marital dispute and the first appearance of Wotan's rebel daughter, Brunnhilde, sung by a leading exponent of the role, Nina Stemme. The cunning dwarf, Mime, tries to manipulate Siegfried into stealing the magic ring from the dragon, Fafner, with the sword Nothung. But his plans go awry when Siegfried takes the ring for himself... Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in Act 3 of Wagner's Siegfried.