Prom 27 [BBC Proms]

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Prom 27 (part 1): Naresh Sohal, Rachmaninov And Tchaikovsky

20130802

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Peter Oundjian live at the BBC Proms, continuing the Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle with the Fifth, and Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill

Sohal: The Cosmic Dance (BBC commission: world premiere)

8.15pm Interval

8.35pm

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor

9.25pm Interval

9.50pm

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

Peter Oundjian (conductor)

The Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle continues with a performance of the melancholy Fifth Symphony. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is conducted by Peter Oundjian who makes his Proms debut. The concert begins with a commission by Punjabi-born British composer Naresh Sohal in a work which examines the idea of creation: The Cosmic Dance. The second part of the concert is devoted to Rachmaninov's hugely demanding Third Piano Concerto, its haunting opening melody based on an old traditional Russian chant. Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky is the soloist.

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Sunday 4th August at 2pm.

Featuring the world premiere performance of Naresh Sohal's The Cosmic Dance.

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

Prom 27 (part 1): Wagner, Elgar And Mathias

20140806

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Penny Gore

BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Mark Wigglesworth live at the BBC Proms with Elgar's richly orchestrated First Symphony and the London premiere of the violin concerto by Welsh composer William Mathias

Wagner: Das Liebesverbot - overture

Mathias: Violin Concerto

7.50pm Interval

8.10pm

Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A flat major, Op. 55

Matthew Trusler (violin)

Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)

Mark Wigglesworth was Music Director with BBC NOW from 1996 to 2000. Now he returns to conduct the orchestra in the exuberantly rhythmic overture to Wagner's early comedy Das Liebesverbot, and Elgar's First Symphony, a work that's steeped in the Germanic tradition of Wagner, Brahms and Beethoven. Yet it still embodies the essence of England, and according to Mark Wigglesworth, it's full of nostalgia but never sentimental, which makes for a fine line to tread.

Exciting young British violinist Matthew Trusler continues this Proms season selection of rarely heard violin concertos with William Mathias's neglected work from 1991.

When Mathias died at the age of only 57, Wales lost a key figure who had immersed himself in all aspects of the country's music-making. He was already seriously ill when he wrote the Violin Concerto, yet rather than any sense of declining skills it possesses a remarkable drive, cut through with elegiac writing that perhaps shows Mathias was only too aware that this could be his own swansong. Matthew Trusler gave the first performance since 1991 with BBC NOW just a year ago to great acclaim, and now this virtuosic celebration of song and dance receives its London premiere.

This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 12th August at 2pm.

BBC NOW in Wagner: Overture (Das Liebesverbot). Mathias: Violin Concerto.

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

Robin Holloway, Strauss

20110804

BBC PROMS 2011

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra opens this Prom with a major world premiere by Robin Holloway and continue the Brahms focus of this Proms season. Renowned Strauss conductor Donald Runnicles is joined by international soprano Hillevi Martinpelto for the beautifully reflective Four Last Songs.

Robin Holloway's Fifth Concerto for Orchestra challenges him to write on a smaller scale than previously, and this BBC commission contains some of his most opaque counterpoint and most varied orchestral textures. He describes the piece as like Manhattan, 'when Sprawl is impossible, you must build upwards instead'. The premiere of Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs was given in the Royal Albert Hall in 1950, just after the composer's death. They were his last completed works, and are full of calmness and acceptance. Brahms then journeys away from contemplation to revel in triumph and joy by the end of his masterful Second Symphony.

Robin Holloway: Fifth Concerto for Orchestra (BBC Commission: world premiere)

R.Strauss: Four Last Songs

Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano)

Donald Runnicles (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 8th August at 2pm.

Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC SSO in music by Robin Holloway and Strauss.

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

Wagner

20120803

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Renowned for conducting Wagner and Bruckner, Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles plays the first of this season's BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Proms in repertoire close to his heart.

Wagner's intimate and private Idyll was written in 1870 to celebrate his second wife's birthday just after the birth of their son Siegfried. It is played here with the original 13 instruments but building to a larger string section. In contrast Bruckner wrote his 8th symphony to epic proportions. He is arguably the greatest Symphonist since Beethoven, and Bruckner's 8th is perhaps the most challenging and glorious of all his symphonies. The Nowak 1955 (1890) edition is played here.

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Donald Runnicles (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 13th August at 2pm.

Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll.

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

Brahms

20110804

BBC PROMS 2011

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D major

Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano)

Donald Runnicles (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 8th August at 2pm.

Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Brahms's Symphony No 2.

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

Bruckner

20120803

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Renowned for conducting Wagner and Bruckner, Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles plays the first of this season's BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Proms in repertoire close to his heart.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (ed. Nowak, 1955)

Donald Runnicles (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 13th August at 2pm.

Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 8.

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

Foulds, Beethoven, Strauss - Part 2

20100806

BBC PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Penny Gore

The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. Beethoven's Third concerto is more turbulent than those that precede it, and it shows a more experimental side of Beethoven's musical language.

The concert opens with music by John Foulds who had a varied life as a musician - as a cellist with the Halle, as a conductor, a cinema pianist, and a composer of both serious and light music. He had a fascination for Indian music and mysticism, and this had an impact on his work. In this symphonic poem he evokes a spring day.

In the final work Strauss places himself at the forefront of his epic tone poem, casting himself as the central heroic figure and portraying his own life as a struggle against adversity.

R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

Paul Lewis, piano

Sir Mark Elder, conductor

This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 11th August at 2pm.

Mark Elder leads the Halle in Strauss' orchestral showpiece Ein Heldenleben.

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

Prom 27 (part 2): Naresh Sohal, Rachmaninov And Tchaikovsky

20130802

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Peter Oundjian live at the BBC Proms, continuing the Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle with the Fifth, and Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill

Sohal: The Cosmic Dance (BBC commission: world premiere)

8.15pm Interval

8.35pm

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor

9.25pm Interval

9.50pm

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

Peter Oundjian (conductor)

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Sunday 4th August at 2pm.

Soloist Nikolai Lugansky performs Rachmaninov's hugely demanding Third Piano Concerto.

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

Prom 27 (part 2: Wagner, Elgar And Mathias

20140806

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Penny Gore

Wagner: Das Liebesverbot - overture

Mathias: Violin Concerto

7.50pm Interval

8.10pm

Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A flat major, Op. 55

Matthew Trusler (violin)

Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)

Mark Wigglesworth was Music Director with BBC NOW from 1996 to 2000. Now he returns to conduct the orchestra in the exuberently rhythmic overture to Wagner's early comedy Das Liebesverbot, and Elgar's First Symphony, a work that's steeped in the Germanic tradition of Wagner, Brahms and Beethoven. Yet it still embodies the essence of England, and according to Mark Wigglesworth, it's full of nostalgia but never sentimental, which makes for a fine line to tread.

Exciting young British violinist Matthew Trusler continues this Proms season selection of rarely heard violin concertos with William Mathias's neglected work from 1991.

This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 12th August at 2pm.

BBC NOW under Mark Wigglesworth in Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat, Op 55.

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

Prom 27 (part 3): Naresh Sohal, Rachmaninov And Tchaikovsky

20130802

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Peter Oundjian live at the BBC Proms, continuing the Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle with the Fifth, and Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill

Sohal: The Cosmic Dance (BBC commission: world premiere)

8.15pm Interval (see separate billing)

8.35pm

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor

9.25pm Interval (including Twenty Minutes - see separate billing)

9.50pm

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

Peter Oundjian (conductor)

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Sunday 4th August at 2pm.

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Peter Oundjian with Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony

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

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Prom 27 (part 1): Naresh Sohal, Rachmaninov And Tchaikovsky	20130802	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Peter Oundjian live at the BBC Proms, continuing the Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle with the Fifth, and Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill Sohal: The Cosmic Dance (BBC commission: world premiere) 8.15pm Interval 8.35pm Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor 9.25pm Interval 9.50pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Peter Oundjian (conductor) The Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle continues with a performance of the melancholy Fifth Symphony. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is conducted by Peter Oundjian who makes his Proms debut. The concert begins with a commission by Punjabi-born British composer Naresh Sohal in a work which examines the idea of creation: The Cosmic Dance. The second part of the concert is devoted to Rachmaninov's hugely demanding Third Piano Concerto, its haunting opening melody based on an old traditional Russian chant. Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky is the soloist. An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Sunday 4th August at 2pm. Featuring the world premiere performance of Naresh Sohal's The Cosmic Dance. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
01	Prom 27 (part 1): Wagner, Elgar And Mathias	20140806	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Mark Wigglesworth live at the BBC Proms with Elgar's richly orchestrated First Symphony and the London premiere of the violin concerto by Welsh composer William Mathias Wagner: Das Liebesverbot - overture Mathias: Violin Concerto 7.50pm Interval 8.10pm Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A flat major, Op. 55 Matthew Trusler (violin) Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) Mark Wigglesworth was Music Director with BBC NOW from 1996 to 2000. Now he returns to conduct the orchestra in the exuberantly rhythmic overture to Wagner's early comedy Das Liebesverbot, and Elgar's First Symphony, a work that's steeped in the Germanic tradition of Wagner, Brahms and Beethoven. Yet it still embodies the essence of England, and according to Mark Wigglesworth, it's full of nostalgia but never sentimental, which makes for a fine line to tread. Exciting young British violinist Matthew Trusler continues this Proms season selection of rarely heard violin concertos with William Mathias's neglected work from 1991. When Mathias died at the age of only 57, Wales lost a key figure who had immersed himself in all aspects of the country's music-making. He was already seriously ill when he wrote the Violin Concerto, yet rather than any sense of declining skills it possesses a remarkable drive, cut through with elegiac writing that perhaps shows Mathias was only too aware that this could be his own swansong. Matthew Trusler gave the first performance since 1991 with BBC NOW just a year ago to great acclaim, and now this virtuosic celebration of song and dance receives its London premiere. This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 12th August at 2pm. BBC NOW in Wagner: Overture (Das Liebesverbot). Mathias: Violin Concerto. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
01	Robin Holloway, Strauss	20110804	BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra opens this Prom with a major world premiere by Robin Holloway and continue the Brahms focus of this Proms season. Renowned Strauss conductor Donald Runnicles is joined by international soprano Hillevi Martinpelto for the beautifully reflective Four Last Songs. Robin Holloway's Fifth Concerto for Orchestra challenges him to write on a smaller scale than previously, and this BBC commission contains some of his most opaque counterpoint and most varied orchestral textures. He describes the piece as like Manhattan, 'when Sprawl is impossible, you must build upwards instead'. The premiere of Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs was given in the Royal Albert Hall in 1950, just after the composer's death. They were his last completed works, and are full of calmness and acceptance. Brahms then journeys away from contemplation to revel in triumph and joy by the end of his masterful Second Symphony. Robin Holloway: Fifth Concerto for Orchestra (BBC Commission: world premiere) R.Strauss: Four Last Songs Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano) Donald Runnicles (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 8th August at 2pm. Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC SSO in music by Robin Holloway and Strauss. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
01	Wagner	20120803	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Renowned for conducting Wagner and Bruckner, Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles plays the first of this season's BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Proms in repertoire close to his heart. Wagner's intimate and private Idyll was written in 1870 to celebrate his second wife's birthday just after the birth of their son Siegfried. It is played here with the original 13 instruments but building to a larger string section. In contrast Bruckner wrote his 8th symphony to epic proportions. He is arguably the greatest Symphonist since Beethoven, and Bruckner's 8th is perhaps the most challenging and glorious of all his symphonies. The Nowak 1955 (1890) edition is played here. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Donald Runnicles (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 13th August at 2pm. Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
02	Brahms	20110804	BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra opens this Prom with a major world premiere by Robin Holloway and continue the Brahms focus of this Proms season. Renowned Strauss conductor Donald Runnicles is joined by international soprano Hillevi Martinpelto for the beautifully reflective Four Last Songs. Robin Holloway's Fifth Concerto for Orchestra challenges him to write on a smaller scale than previously, and this BBC commission contains some of his most opaque counterpoint and most varied orchestral textures. He describes the piece as like Manhattan, 'when Sprawl is impossible, you must build upwards instead'. The premiere of Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs was given in the Royal Albert Hall in 1950, just after the composer's death. They were his last completed works, and are full of calmness and acceptance. Brahms then journeys away from contemplation to revel in triumph and joy by the end of his masterful Second Symphony. Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D major Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano) Donald Runnicles (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 8th August at 2pm. Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Brahms's Symphony No 2. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
02	Bruckner	20120803	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Renowned for conducting Wagner and Bruckner, Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles plays the first of this season's BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Proms in repertoire close to his heart. Wagner's intimate and private Idyll was written in 1870 to celebrate his second wife's birthday just after the birth of their son Siegfried. It is played here with the original 13 instruments but building to a larger string section. In contrast Bruckner wrote his 8th symphony to epic proportions. He is arguably the greatest Symphonist since Beethoven, and Bruckner's 8th is perhaps the most challenging and glorious of all his symphonies. The Nowak 1955 (1890) edition is played here. Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (ed. Nowak, 1955) Donald Runnicles (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Monday 13th August at 2pm. Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 8. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
02	Foulds, Beethoven, Strauss - Part 2	20100806	BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore The pianist Paul Lewis pays his third visit to the Royal Albert Hall this season for the next concerto in his Beethoven concerto cycle, this time with the Halle and its Music Director, Sir Mark Elder. Beethoven's Third concerto is more turbulent than those that precede it, and it shows a more experimental side of Beethoven's musical language. The concert opens with music by John Foulds who had a varied life as a musician - as a cellist with the Halle, as a conductor, a cinema pianist, and a composer of both serious and light music. He had a fascination for Indian music and mysticism, and this had an impact on his work. In this symphonic poem he evokes a spring day. In the final work Strauss places himself at the forefront of his epic tone poem, casting himself as the central heroic figure and portraying his own life as a struggle against adversity. R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Paul Lewis, piano Sir Mark Elder, conductor This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 11th August at 2pm. Mark Elder leads the Halle in Strauss' orchestral showpiece Ein Heldenleben. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
02	Prom 27 (part 2): Naresh Sohal, Rachmaninov And Tchaikovsky	20130802	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Peter Oundjian live at the BBC Proms, continuing the Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle with the Fifth, and Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill Sohal: The Cosmic Dance (BBC commission: world premiere) 8.15pm Interval 8.35pm Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor 9.25pm Interval 9.50pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Peter Oundjian (conductor) The Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle continues with a performance of the melancholy Fifth Symphony. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is conducted by Peter Oundjian who makes his Proms debut. The concert begins with a commission by Punjabi-born British composer Naresh Sohal in a work which examines the idea of creation: The Cosmic Dance. The second part of the concert is devoted to Rachmaninov's hugely demanding Third Piano Concerto, its haunting opening melody based on an old traditional Russian chant. Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky is the soloist. An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Sunday 4th August at 2pm. Soloist Nikolai Lugansky performs Rachmaninov's hugely demanding Third Piano Concerto. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
02	Prom 27 (part 2: Wagner, Elgar And Mathias	20140806	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Mark Wigglesworth live at the BBC Proms with Elgar's richly orchestrated First Symphony and the London premiere of the violin concerto by Welsh composer William Mathias Wagner: Das Liebesverbot - overture Mathias: Violin Concerto 7.50pm Interval 8.10pm Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A flat major, Op. 55 Matthew Trusler (violin) Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) Mark Wigglesworth was Music Director with BBC NOW from 1996 to 2000. Now he returns to conduct the orchestra in the exuberently rhythmic overture to Wagner's early comedy Das Liebesverbot, and Elgar's First Symphony, a work that's steeped in the Germanic tradition of Wagner, Brahms and Beethoven. Yet it still embodies the essence of England, and according to Mark Wigglesworth, it's full of nostalgia but never sentimental, which makes for a fine line to tread. Exciting young British violinist Matthew Trusler continues this Proms season selection of rarely heard violin concertos with William Mathias's neglected work from 1991. When Mathias died at the age of only 57, Wales lost a key figure who had immersed himself in all aspects of the country's music-making. He was already seriously ill when he wrote the Violin Concerto, yet rather than any sense of declining skills it possesses a remarkable drive, cut through with elegiac writing that perhaps shows Mathias was only too aware that this could be his own swansong. Matthew Trusler gave the first performance since 1991 with BBC NOW just a year ago to great acclaim, and now this virtuosic celebration of song and dance receives its London premiere. This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 12th August at 2pm. BBC NOW under Mark Wigglesworth in Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat, Op 55. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
03	Prom 27 (part 3): Naresh Sohal, Rachmaninov And Tchaikovsky	20130802	The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Peter Oundjian live at the BBC Proms, continuing the Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle with the Fifth, and Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill Sohal: The Cosmic Dance (BBC commission: world premiere) 8.15pm Interval (see separate billing) 8.35pm Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor 9.25pm Interval (including Twenty Minutes - see separate billing) 9.50pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Peter Oundjian (conductor) The Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle continues with a performance of the melancholy Fifth Symphony. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is conducted by Peter Oundjian who makes his Proms debut. The concert begins with a commission by Punjabi-born British composer Naresh Sohal in a work which examines the idea of creation: The Cosmic Dance. The second part of the concert is devoted to Rachmaninov's hugely demanding Third Piano Concerto, its haunting opening melody based on an old traditional Russian chant. Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky is the soloist. An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Sunday 4th August at 2pm. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Peter Oundjian with Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.