Prom 31 [BBC Proms]

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Macmillan, Wagner, Bruch

20120805

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Andrew McGregor

Continuing the focus on the UK's musical youth, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and their chief conductor Donald Runnicles are joined by the young players of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and former NYOS Leader Nicola Benedetti in a sparkling programme orchestral showpieces.

A celebration of Scottish musical talent, tonight's concert includes music by two of Scotland's finest composers, including the London premiere of James MacMillan's Fanfare Upon One Note and the world premiere of Thea Musgrave's Loch Ness: a Postcard from Scotland. Alongside these works, the two groups join forces in music of drama and romanticism, emblematic of Donald Runnicles' musical personality, in Wagner's Overture to Die Meistersinger, Strauss's Don Juan and Respighi's grandly colourful tone-poem, Pines of Rome. Nicola Benedetti joins them for Bruch's romantically lyrical Scottish Fantasy.

James MacMillan: Fanfare Upon One Note (London premiere)

Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Overture

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy

Nicola Benedetti (violin)

This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th August at 2pm.

BBC SSO, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland/Donald Runnicles in MacMillan, Wagner, Bruch

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

Part 1

20100808

BBC PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers

Messiaen: Un sourire

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453

Louis Lortie (piano)

Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

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

BBC SO in Messiaen's Un sourire and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 17 (with Louis Lortie).

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

Prom 31 (part 1): Elgar, Beethoven, Berlioz And Helen Grime

20140809

Live from the Royal Albert Hall

Presented by Martin Handley

Alice Coote joins the Hall退 with Sir Mark Elder live at the BBC Proms in music inspired by the sea by Berlioz, Elgar, Beethoven, and the London premiere of a work by Helen Grime.

Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire

Elgar: Sea Pictures

8.05pm Interval

8.30pm

Helen Grime: Near Midnight (London premiere)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica

Alice Coote (Mezzo-soprano)

Hall退 (Orchestra)

Sir Mark Elder (Conductor)

The sea lies the centre of tonight's concert from Sir Mark Elder and the Hall退. The sunshine glitters on the waves of Berlioz's swashbuckling overture Le corsaire, written while the composer was holidaying in Nice.

A celebrated Elgar champion, Elder is joined by British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote for Sea Pictures: Elgar's only orchestral song-cycle, which ebbs and flows evocatively as it explores the fascination and fear inspired by the sea. While Helen Grime's Near Midnight explores a nocturnal theme, Beethoven created a storm of human drama in his 'Eroica' Symphony - a stirring musical meditation on heroism and valour.

Prom 31 Repeat, Friday 15th August 1400-1630.

Halle under Mark Elder in Berlioz: Overture (Le corsaire). Elgar: Sea Pictures.

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

Prom 31 (part 1): Walton, Rubbra, Bruch And Korngold

20130806

The BBC Philharmonic and John Storg倀rds, live at the BBC Proms, perform Walton's 'Orb and Sceptre', Rubbra's 'Ode to the Queen', Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 and Korngold's Symphony.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Walton: March 'Orb and Sceptre

Rubbra: Ode to the Queen

Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor

8.25pm Interval

8.45pm

Korngold: Symphony in F sharp minor

Vilde Frang (violin)

Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)

John Storg倀rds (conductor)

The BBC Philharmonic and its Principal Guest Conductor return to the Royal Albert Hall for the first Proms performance of Korngold's Symphony. Dedicated to the memory of Franklin D Roosevelt, the symphony refers back to Korngold's score for the 1939 Errol Flynn and Bette Davis romance 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'. Rubbra's 'Ode to the Queen' and Walton's 'Orb and Sceptre' celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation, while Vilde Frang joins Storg倀rds and the orchestra for Bruch's ever-popular Violin Concerto.

John Storgards conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Walton, Rubbra and Bruch.

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

Part 2

20100808

BBC PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Parry: Elegy for Brahms

Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor

Louis Lortie (piano)

Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

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

BBC SO/Andrew Davis in Parry's Elegy for Brahms and Brahms's Symphony No 4 in E minor.

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

Prom 31 (part 2): Elgar, Beethoven, Berlioz And Helen Grime

20140809

Live from the Royal Albert Hall

Presented by Martin Handley

Alice Coote joins the Hall退 with Sir Mark Elder live at the BBC Proms in music inspired by the sea by Berlioz, Elgar, Beethoven, and the London premiere of a work by Helen Grime.

Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire

Elgar: Sea Pictures

8.05pm Interval

8.30pm

Helen Grime: Near Midnight (London premiere)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica

Alice Coote (Mezzo-soprano)

Hall退 (Orchestra)

Sir Mark Elder (Conductor)

Prom 31 Repeat, Friday 15th August 1400-1630.

The Halle conducted by Mark Elder in Helen Grime: Near Midnight. Beethoven: Symphony No 3.

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

Prom 31 (part 2): Walton, Rubbra, Bruch And Korngold

20130806

The BBC Philharmonic and John Storg倀rds, live at the BBC Proms, perform Walton's 'Orb and Sceptre', Rubbra's 'Ode to the Queen', Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 and Korngold's Symphony.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Walton: March 'Orb and Sceptre

Rubbra: Ode to the Queen

Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor

8.25pm Interval

8.45pm

Korngold: Symphony in F sharp minor

Vilde Frang (violin)

Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)

John Storg倀rds (conductor)

John Storgards conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Korngold's Symphony in F sharp minor.

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

Strauss, Musgrave, Respighi

20120805

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Andrew McGregor

R. Strauss: Don Juan

Thea Musgrave: Loch Ness - a Postcard from Scotland (BBC commission; world premiere)

Respighi: Pines of Rome

Nicola Benedetti (violin)

This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th August at 2pm.

National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, BBC SSO in music by Strauss, Musgrave and Respighi.

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

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Macmillan, Wagner, Bruch	20120805	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Continuing the focus on the UK's musical youth, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and their chief conductor Donald Runnicles are joined by the young players of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and former NYOS Leader Nicola Benedetti in a sparkling programme orchestral showpieces. A celebration of Scottish musical talent, tonight's concert includes music by two of Scotland's finest composers, including the London premiere of James MacMillan's Fanfare Upon One Note and the world premiere of Thea Musgrave's Loch Ness: a Postcard from Scotland. Alongside these works, the two groups join forces in music of drama and romanticism, emblematic of Donald Runnicles' musical personality, in Wagner's Overture to Die Meistersinger, Strauss's Don Juan and Respighi's grandly colourful tone-poem, Pines of Rome. Nicola Benedetti joins them for Bruch's romantically lyrical Scottish Fantasy. James MacMillan: Fanfare Upon One Note (London premiere) Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Overture Bruch: Scottish Fantasy Nicola Benedetti (violin) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th August at 2pm. BBC SSO, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland/Donald Runnicles in MacMillan, Wagner, Bruch The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
01	Part 1	20100808	BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers Messiaen: Un sourire Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453 Louis Lortie (piano) Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 13th August at 2pm. BBC SO in Messiaen's Un sourire and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 17 (with Louis Lortie). The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
01	Prom 31 (part 1): Elgar, Beethoven, Berlioz And Helen Grime	20140809	Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Martin Handley Alice Coote joins the Hall退 with Sir Mark Elder live at the BBC Proms in music inspired by the sea by Berlioz, Elgar, Beethoven, and the London premiere of a work by Helen Grime. Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire Elgar: Sea Pictures 8.05pm Interval 8.30pm Helen Grime: Near Midnight (London premiere) Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica Alice Coote (Mezzo-soprano) Hall退 (Orchestra) Sir Mark Elder (Conductor) The sea lies the centre of tonight's concert from Sir Mark Elder and the Hall退. The sunshine glitters on the waves of Berlioz's swashbuckling overture Le corsaire, written while the composer was holidaying in Nice. A celebrated Elgar champion, Elder is joined by British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote for Sea Pictures: Elgar's only orchestral song-cycle, which ebbs and flows evocatively as it explores the fascination and fear inspired by the sea. While Helen Grime's Near Midnight explores a nocturnal theme, Beethoven created a storm of human drama in his 'Eroica' Symphony - a stirring musical meditation on heroism and valour. Prom 31 Repeat, Friday 15th August 1400-1630. Halle under Mark Elder in Berlioz: Overture (Le corsaire). Elgar: Sea Pictures. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
01	Prom 31 (part 1): Walton, Rubbra, Bruch And Korngold	20130806	The BBC Philharmonic and John Storg倀rds, live at the BBC Proms, perform Walton's 'Orb and Sceptre', Rubbra's 'Ode to the Queen', Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 and Korngold's Symphony. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Walton: March 'Orb and Sceptre Rubbra: Ode to the Queen Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor 8.25pm Interval 8.45pm Korngold: Symphony in F sharp minor Vilde Frang (violin) Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) John Storg倀rds (conductor) The BBC Philharmonic and its Principal Guest Conductor return to the Royal Albert Hall for the first Proms performance of Korngold's Symphony. Dedicated to the memory of Franklin D Roosevelt, the symphony refers back to Korngold's score for the 1939 Errol Flynn and Bette Davis romance 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'. Rubbra's 'Ode to the Queen' and Walton's 'Orb and Sceptre' celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation, while Vilde Frang joins Storg倀rds and the orchestra for Bruch's ever-popular Violin Concerto. John Storgards conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Walton, Rubbra and Bruch. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
02	Part 2	20100808	BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers Parry: Elegy for Brahms Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor Louis Lortie (piano) Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 13th August at 2pm. BBC SO/Andrew Davis in Parry's Elegy for Brahms and Brahms's Symphony No 4 in E minor. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
02	Prom 31 (part 2): Elgar, Beethoven, Berlioz And Helen Grime	20140809	Live from the Royal Albert Hall Presented by Martin Handley Alice Coote joins the Hall退 with Sir Mark Elder live at the BBC Proms in music inspired by the sea by Berlioz, Elgar, Beethoven, and the London premiere of a work by Helen Grime. Berlioz: Overture 'Le corsaire Elgar: Sea Pictures 8.05pm Interval 8.30pm Helen Grime: Near Midnight (London premiere) Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica Alice Coote (Mezzo-soprano) Hall退 (Orchestra) Sir Mark Elder (Conductor) The sea lies the centre of tonight's concert from Sir Mark Elder and the Hall退. The sunshine glitters on the waves of Berlioz's swashbuckling overture Le corsaire, written while the composer was holidaying in Nice. A celebrated Elgar champion, Elder is joined by British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote for Sea Pictures: Elgar's only orchestral song-cycle, which ebbs and flows evocatively as it explores the fascination and fear inspired by the sea. While Helen Grime's Near Midnight explores a nocturnal theme, Beethoven created a storm of human drama in his 'Eroica' Symphony - a stirring musical meditation on heroism and valour. Prom 31 Repeat, Friday 15th August 1400-1630. The Halle conducted by Mark Elder in Helen Grime: Near Midnight. Beethoven: Symphony No 3. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
02	Prom 31 (part 2): Walton, Rubbra, Bruch And Korngold	20130806	The BBC Philharmonic and John Storg倀rds, live at the BBC Proms, perform Walton's 'Orb and Sceptre', Rubbra's 'Ode to the Queen', Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 and Korngold's Symphony. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley Walton: March 'Orb and Sceptre Rubbra: Ode to the Queen Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor 8.25pm Interval 8.45pm Korngold: Symphony in F sharp minor Vilde Frang (violin) Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) John Storg倀rds (conductor) The BBC Philharmonic and its Principal Guest Conductor return to the Royal Albert Hall for the first Proms performance of Korngold's Symphony. Dedicated to the memory of Franklin D Roosevelt, the symphony refers back to Korngold's score for the 1939 Errol Flynn and Bette Davis romance 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'. Rubbra's 'Ode to the Queen' and Walton's 'Orb and Sceptre' celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation, while Vilde Frang joins Storg倀rds and the orchestra for Bruch's ever-popular Violin Concerto. John Storgards conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Korngold's Symphony in F sharp minor. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.
02	Strauss, Musgrave, Respighi	20120805	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Andrew McGregor Continuing the focus on the UK's musical youth, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and their chief conductor Donald Runnicles are joined by the young players of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and former NYOS Leader Nicola Benedetti in a sparkling programme orchestral showpieces. A celebration of Scottish musical talent, tonight's concert includes music by two of Scotland's finest composers, including the London premiere of James MacMillan's Fanfare Upon One Note and the world premiere of Thea Musgrave's Loch Ness: a Postcard from Scotland. Alongside these works, the two groups join forces in music of drama and romanticism, emblematic of Donald Runnicles' musical personality, in Wagner's Overture to Die Meistersinger, Strauss's Don Juan and Respighi's grandly colourful tone-poem, Pines of Rome. Nicola Benedetti joins them for Bruch's romantically lyrical Scottish Fantasy. R. Strauss: Don Juan Thea Musgrave: Loch Ness - a Postcard from Scotland (BBC commission; world premiere) Respighi: Pines of Rome Nicola Benedetti (violin) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 16th August at 2pm. National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, BBC SSO in music by Strauss, Musgrave and Respighi. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.