Episodes
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| Psm 01 - Brandenburg Concertos | 20100814 | BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Proms Bach Day launches with the complete Brandenburg Concertos in two concerts given by the English Baroque Soloists and conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Written for the small orchestra of fine musicians at the court of Anhalt-Cöthen, where Bach was Kapellmeister for six years from 1717, each concerto uses a different line-up of musicians. 'No other set of concertos' maintains Gardiner, 'can compare with Bach's for diversity of instrument make-up, for the prominence and variety of wind instruments, or for the myriad textural contrasts this allows. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner in Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1, 4, 6. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. | ||
| Psm 02 - Brandenburg Concertos | 20100814 | BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Proms Bach Day continues with the second concert of Brandenburg Concertos given by the English Baroque Soloists and John Eliot Gardiner. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner in Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 3, 5, 2. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. | ||
| Psm 03 - I Fagiolini | 20100821 | BBC PROMS 2010 Proms Saturday Matinee live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer. Two leading vocal and instrumental ensembles combine for a programme of music from the Renaissance to the present. Britten quoted Dowland's well-known lute song in his Lachrymae, which spotlights the viola, and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lawrence Power also appears in Israeli composer Betty Olivero's war-torn work that draws on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, as well as the laments of mourning women. Meanwhile Brett Dean responds both to Carlo Gesualdo's music and to his violent temper. Dowland: Flow, my tears Britten: Lachrymae Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday - 'Tristis est anima mea' (Responsory 2) Gesualdo: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo Brett Dean: Carlo Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - excerpts Betty Olivero: Neharot, Neharot (UK Premiere) Lawrence Power, viola I Fagiolini Robert Hollingworth, director Britten Sinfonia, Ryan Wigglesworth conductor. I Fagiolini and the Britten Sinfonia in music from the Renaissance to today. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. | ||
| Psm 04 - Nash Ensemble, Robin Holloway | 20100828 | BBC Proms 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The Nash Ensemble and tenor Toby Spence perform a programme combining past and present with music by Schumann and Robin Holloway. Robin Holloway's 5 Fantasy-Pieces frame the Schumann song-cycle that inspired them, and the concert ends with Schumann's romantic Piano Quartet. Holloway: Fantasy-Pieces (on the Heine 'Liederkreis' of Schumann) Op.16 Schumann: Liederkreis, Op.24 Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.47 Toby Spence, tenor Ian Brown, piano Edward Gardner, conductor. The Nash Ensemble and tenor Toby Spence perform music by Robin Holloway and Schumann. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. | ||
| Psm 05 - Bbc Singers, Endymion | 20100904 | BBC PROMS 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Music which casts a glance over its shoulder to the works of previous generations is the keynote of this Proms Saturday Matinee, including pieces by living composers which have been inspired by the music of earlier times. Judith Weir's All the Ends of the Earth takes as its starting-point the newly-invented style of four-part singing developed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in the 13th century, while Brian Ferneyhough's work for string quartet is based on music by the Tudor composer Christopher Tye. Jonathan Harvey's motet for Easter is inspired by the work of Tye's contemporary John Taverner, as is Gabriel Jackson's new piece, a BBC commission, which makes a 21st-century contribution to the popular Renaissance form initiated by Taverner, the In nomine. Completing the programme, another BBC commission by the Edinburgh-born but California-based Thea Musgrave. Ithaca sets a modern poetic description of Odysseus' epic journey back to his island home after the Trojan Wars. And - a classical companion-piece - Bayan Northcott, in his Hymn to Cybele, sets words by Catullus in honour of the wild mountain Mother-Goddess whose followers were noted for their orgiastic nocturnal dances of self-mutilation. Judith Weir: All the Ends of the Earth Thea Musgrave: Ithaca (BBC commission; World Premiere) Bayan Northcott: Hymn to Cybele Brian Ferneyhough: Dum transisset I-IV (London premiere) Taverner: Dum transisset Jonathan Harvey: Dum transisset sabbatum Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas - In nomine Domini (Benedictus) Gabriel Jackson: In nomine Domini (BBC commission: world premiere) Arditti Quartet Endymion BBC Singers David Hill (conductor). Prom featuring new music with ancient roots, by Weir, Musgrave, Northcott and Harvey. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. | ||
| 01 | Pcm 01: Ravel, Mozart And Lutoslawski | 20130715 | 20130720 (R3) | Vilde Frang and Michail Lifits live at the BBC Proms with music by Ravel, Mozart, and the Partita by one of this year's featured composers, Lutoslawski. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Ravel: Violin Sonata Mozart: Violin Sonata in G major, K379 Lutoslawski: Partita Vilde Frang (violin) Michail Lifits (piano) Petroc Trelawny introduces the first of this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts, live from Cadogan Hall in London. The charismatic young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang makes her Proms concerto debut with the BBC Philharmonic later in the season, but today performs two of the best-loved chamber works in the repertory - Ravel's jazz-influenced work written in the 1920s, and Mozart's great sonata of 1781. And a rare chance to hear the expressive Partita by Witold Lutoslawski, whose centenary is celebrated across the Proms this year. Vilde Frang (violin) and Michail Lifits (piano) in music by Ravel, Mozart and Lutoslawski. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Vilde Frang and Michail Lifits live at the BBC Proms with music by Ravel, Mozart, and the Partita by one of this year's featured composers, Lutoslawski. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Ravel: Violin Sonata Mozart: Violin Sonata in G major, K379 Lutoslawski: Partita Vilde Frang (violin) Michail Lifits (piano) Petroc Trelawny introduces the first of this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts, live from Cadogan Hall in London. The charismatic young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang makes her Proms concerto debut with the BBC Philharmonic later in the season, but today performs two of the best-loved chamber works in the repertory - Ravel's jazz-influenced work written in the 1920s, and Mozart's great sonata of 1781. And a rare chance to hear the expressive Partita by Witold Lutoslawski, whose centenary is celebrated across the Proms this year. Vilde Frang (violin) and Michail Lifits (piano) in music by Ravel, Mozart and Lutoslawski. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 01 | Pcm01: Alice Coote | 20120716 | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and her regular accompanist Julius Drake perform a personal selection of French songs by Gounod, Saint-Sa뀀ns, Faur退, Satie, Hahn and Poulenc. Widely sought after on the international opera stage, Alice Coote makes the first of three appearances in this year's Proms season to launch the Proms Chamber Music series. At the heart of each song is the marriage of melody and French poetry and this programme takes us on a voyage through French 'm退lodie' from its early blossoming in the middle of the 19th Century with music by Gounod and Saint-Sa뀀ns, through its full bloom in the radiant Belle ɀpoque gems of Faure and Hahn through to its late flowering in the works of Poulenc. Poulenc: Voyage | |
| 01 | Proms Chamber Music 1: Debussy, Dutilleux And Mozart | 20160718 | 20160724 (R3) | Live at BBC Proms: Paul Lewis and the Vertavo Quartet in music by Debussy, Dutilleux and Mozart Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Debussy: Cello Sonata Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414 Paul Lewis, piano Bjørg Lewis, cello Paul Lewis joins his regular partners the Vertavo Quartet for the first of the season's Proms Chamber Music concerts. They begin with music from France: Debussy's Symbolist Cello Sonata and one of the most important string quartets of the 20th century, Henri Dutilleux's exploration of sound constructed on a single chord, Ainsi la nuit. To end, all five musicians are united for the quintet arrangement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12, the jewel among his landmark concertos from the spring of 1782 and a work of rare intimacy, lightness and charm. Paul Lewis and the Vertavo Quartet in music by Debussy, Dutilleux and Mozart. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live at BBC Proms: Paul Lewis and the Vertavo Quartet in music by Debussy, Dutilleux and Mozart Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Debussy: Cello Sonata Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414 Paul Lewis, piano Bjørg Lewis, cello Paul Lewis joins his regular partners the Vertavo Quartet for the first of the season's Proms Chamber Music concerts. They begin with music from France: Debussy's Symbolist Cello Sonata and one of the most important string quartets of the 20th century, Henri Dutilleux's exploration of sound constructed on a single chord, Ainsi la nuit. To end, all five musicians are united for the quintet arrangement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12, the jewel among his landmark concertos from the spring of 1782 and a work of rare intimacy, lightness and charm. Paul Lewis and the Vertavo Quartet in music by Debussy, Dutilleux and Mozart. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 01 | Proms Chamber Music 1: Les Arts Florissants | 20140721 | 20140727 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Leading period-instrument ensemble Les Arts Florissants launches the Proms Chamber Music series with the first of its two Proms appearances marking 250 years since the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau. France's leading Baroque composer, whom some have called the 'French Bach', proved more progressive than Lully, more virtuosic than Couperin. This lunchtime Les Arts Florissants appears on an intimate scale, performing Rameau's only chamber music - the lively and virtuosic Pi耀ces de clavecin en concerts. With movements named after people, places and moods, each is a miniature character study, an evocative musical portrait. Rameau: Premier concert : La Coulicam, La Livri - Rondeau gracieux, Le V退zinet Rameau: Deuxi耀me concert : La Laborde, La Boucon, L'Aga瀀ante, Premier Menuet et Deuxi耀me Menuet Rameau: Troisi耀me concert : La Lapoplini耀re, La Timide, Premier Tambourin et Deuxi耀me Tambourin en Rondeau Rameau: Quatri耀me concert : La Pantomime, L'Indiscr耀te, La Rameau Rameau: Cinqui耀me concert : La Forqueray, La Cupis, La Marais Paolo Zanzu (harpsichord/director). Les Arts Florissants under Paolo Zanzu perform music by Rameau at Cadogan Hall, London. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Leading period-instrument ensemble Les Arts Florissants launches the Proms Chamber Music series with the first of its two Proms appearances marking 250 years since the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau. France's leading Baroque composer, whom some have called the 'French Bach', proved more progressive than Lully, more virtuosic than Couperin. This lunchtime Les Arts Florissants appears on an intimate scale, performing Rameau's only chamber music - the lively and virtuosic Pi耀ces de clavecin en concerts. With movements named after people, places and moods, each is a miniature character study, an evocative musical portrait. Rameau: Premier concert : La Coulicam, La Livri - Rondeau gracieux, Le V退zinet Rameau: Deuxi耀me concert : La Laborde, La Boucon, L'Aga瀀ante, Premier Menuet et Deuxi耀me Menuet Rameau: Troisi耀me concert : La Lapoplini耀re, La Timide, Premier Tambourin et Deuxi耀me Tambourin en Rondeau Rameau: Quatri耀me concert : La Pantomime, L'Indiscr耀te, La Rameau Rameau: Cinqui耀me concert : La Forqueray, La Cupis, La Marais Paolo Zanzu (harpsichord/director). Les Arts Florissants under Paolo Zanzu perform music by Rameau at Cadogan Hall, London. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 01 | Proms Chamber Music 1: Thomas Tallis | 20150720 | 20150726 (R3) | Petroc Trelawny presents the first of this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts live from Cadogan Hall. The Cardinall's Musick returns to the BBC Proms with director Andrew Carwood to launch a major new project: the Tallis Edition, aiming to throw new light on the music of this most lyrical of English polyphonists. As well as a selection of the composer's liturgical music, the concert includes his extraordinary 40-part motet Spem in alium plus the world premiere of a new tribute to Tallis by British composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad. Tallis: Videte miraculum Tallis: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit Tallis: Hear the voice and prayer Tallis: Why fum'th in fight Tallis: Suscipe quaeso Tallis: O nata lux de lumine Tallis: O sacrum convivium Tallis: O salutaris hostia Cheryl Frances-Hoad: From the Beginning of the World (world premiere) Tallis: Spem in alium Andrew Carwood (director). The Cardinall's Musick perform music by Tallis and Cheryl Frances-Hoad at Cadogan Hall. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Petroc Trelawny presents the first of this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts live from Cadogan Hall. The Cardinall's Musick returns to the BBC Proms with director Andrew Carwood to launch a major new project: the Tallis Edition, aiming to throw new light on the music of this most lyrical of English polyphonists. As well as a selection of the composer's liturgical music, the concert includes his extraordinary 40-part motet Spem in alium plus the world premiere of a new tribute to Tallis by British composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad. Tallis: Videte miraculum Tallis: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit Tallis: Hear the voice and prayer Tallis: Why fum'th in fight Tallis: Suscipe quaeso Tallis: O nata lux de lumine Tallis: O sacrum convivium Tallis: O salutaris hostia Cheryl Frances-Hoad: From the Beginning of the World (world premiere) Tallis: Spem in alium Andrew Carwood (director). The Cardinall's Musick perform music by Tallis and Cheryl Frances-Hoad at Cadogan Hall. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 02 | Pcm 02, Elias String Quartet, Julian Bliss | 20110725 | 20110730 (R3) | BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The second of this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts features old and new. Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Elias Quartet play Purcell, Brahms, and the world premiere of a new Celtic-inspired work by Sally Beamish, and are joined by clarinetist Julian Bliss for Brahms's glowing, autumnal quintet. Purcell: Fantasia No. 6 in F major Purcell: Fantasia No. 7 in C minor Sally Beamish: Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) BBC Commission, World Premiere Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Julian Bliss (clarinet) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 30th July at 2pm. Julian Bliss and the Elias Quartet perform Purcell, Beamish and Brahms. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 02 | Pcm 02: Guy Johnston And Friends | 20160725 | 20160731 (R3) | Live at the BBC Proms: Guy Johnston and friends perform a programme for multiple cellos including music by Brahms, Bach, Elgar and Villa-Lobos Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Programme to include: Brahms, arr. Edward Russell: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor Bach, arr. Robin Michael: Motet 'O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht', BWV 118 Elgar, arr. Edward Russell: Nimrod from Enigma Variations Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 Julius Klengel: Hymnus for 12 cellos Golda Schultz, soprano Guy Johnston, Emma Denton, Benjamin Hughes, Su-a Lee, Sarah McMahon, Robin Michael, Brian O'Kane, Justin Pearson, Pedro Silva, Victoria Simonsen, Gabriella Swallow, Adi Tal, cellos As part of this season's celebration of the cello, Guy Johnston gathers eleven of his cello-playing friends for this celebration of the instrument in all its expressive guises. From Bach to Brahms via elegiac sounds from England and stomping rhythms from Brazil, Johnston and his friends demonstrate not only the cello's intense beauty but also its versatility. Live from Cadogan Hall in London, Guy Johnston and friends in Brahms, Elgar, Villa-Lobos. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live at the BBC Proms: Guy Johnston and friends perform a programme for multiple cellos including music by Brahms, Bach, Elgar and Villa-Lobos Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Programme to include: Brahms, arr. Edward Russell: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor Bach, arr. Robin Michael: Motet 'O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht', BWV 118 Elgar, arr. Edward Russell: Nimrod from Enigma Variations Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 Julius Klengel: Hymnus for 12 cellos Golda Schultz, soprano Guy Johnston, Emma Denton, Benjamin Hughes, Su-a Lee, Sarah McMahon, Robin Michael, Brian O'Kane, Justin Pearson, Pedro Silva, Victoria Simonsen, Gabriella Swallow, Adi Tal, cellos As part of this season's celebration of the cello, Guy Johnston gathers eleven of his cello-playing friends for this celebration of the instrument in all its expressive guises. From Bach to Brahms via elegiac sounds from England and stomping rhythms from Brazil, Johnston and his friends demonstrate not only the cello's intense beauty but also its versatility. Live from Cadogan Hall in London, Guy Johnston and friends in Brahms, Elgar, Villa-Lobos. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 02 | Pcm 02: Praise To Thee, O Lord! | 20130722 | 20130727 (R3) | The Huelgas Ensemble and Paul van Nevel perform Renaissance sacred music - including rarely heard works by Polish composers. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Anon: Chwala tobie, Gospodzinie Anon: Cracovia civitas Johannes Wanning: Dixit angelus ad Petrum Johannes Wanning: Et valde mane Mikolaj Zielenski: Mihi autem nimis Christoph Demantius: Neue liebliche Intraden und fr怀lichen Polnischen T䀀ntzen Luca Marenzio: Lamentabatur Jacob Luca Marenzio: Solo e pensoso i piu deserti campi Krzysztof Klabon: Sluchajcie mie Krzysztof Klabon: Tryumfuj, wierny poddany Paul van Nevel (conductor) One of the most enterprising and accomplished of the specialist vocal ensembles on today's early music scene, the Huelgas Ensemble and founder/conductor Paul van Nevel make their BBC Proms debut with a characteristically imaginative programme centering on the little-known repertoire of choral music from Renaissance Poland - most of it rarely heard these days, and some of it only recently re-discovered in the archives of the University of Warsaw. Alongside the Polish music are works by 16th-century composers from other corners of Europe - including the great Italian Luca Marenzio, the Dutch-born Johannes Wanning, and Christoph Demantius from Bohemia. Huelgas Ensemble and Paul van Nevel perform Renaissance sacred music live at the BBC Proms The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. The Huelgas Ensemble and Paul van Nevel perform Renaissance sacred music - including rarely heard works by Polish composers. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Anon: Chwala tobie, Gospodzinie Anon: Cracovia civitas Johannes Wanning: Dixit angelus ad Petrum Johannes Wanning: Et valde mane Mikolaj Zielenski: Mihi autem nimis Christoph Demantius: Neue liebliche Intraden und fr怀lichen Polnischen T䀀ntzen Luca Marenzio: Lamentabatur Jacob Luca Marenzio: Solo e pensoso i piu deserti campi Krzysztof Klabon: Sluchajcie mie Krzysztof Klabon: Tryumfuj, wierny poddany Paul van Nevel (conductor) One of the most enterprising and accomplished of the specialist vocal ensembles on today's early music scene, the Huelgas Ensemble and founder/conductor Paul van Nevel make their BBC Proms debut with a characteristically imaginative programme centering on the little-known repertoire of choral music from Renaissance Poland - most of it rarely heard these days, and some of it only recently re-discovered in the archives of the University of Warsaw. Alongside the Polish music are works by 16th-century composers from other corners of Europe - including the great Italian Luca Marenzio, the Dutch-born Johannes Wanning, and Christoph Demantius from Bohemia. Huelgas Ensemble and Paul van Nevel perform Renaissance sacred music live at the BBC Proms The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 02 | Pcm 02: Tenebrae | 20120723 | 20120728 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill Vocal ensemble Tenebrae, in its Proms debut performance, conjures up the spirit of early 17th century London with old and new music based on the rhymes and street-cries of its inhabitants. Orlando Gibbons's The Cryes of London uses viols to accompany street vendors' cries, while Steve Martland's modern-day equivalent uses a marimba along with the voices in traditional songs such as 'Oranges and Lemons'. There's also the world premiere of Julian Philips's Sorowfull Songes, which sets an excerpt from the first anthology of English poetry, Tottel's Miscellany, published in London in 1557. Gibbons: First Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts (1612) - selection Gibbons: The Cryes of London Julian Philips: Sorowfull Songes (BBC commission, world premiere) Steve Martland: Street Songs - selection Nigel Short (conductor) This concert will be repeated on Saturday 28th July at 2pm. Vocal ensemble Tenebrae makes its Proms debut with a London-inspired programme. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 02 | Proms Chamber Music 2: Cpe Bach | 20140728 | 20140803 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Baroque violinist Rachel Podger is joined by hand-picked musical friends to explore the contrasts and contradictions of CPE Bach, who celebrates his 300th anniversary this year. The composer's Sonata in C minor in particular offers an extraordinary musical portrait of the most musically rebellious of the younger Bachs. CPE Bach: Trio Sonata in A major, Wq 146 CPE Bach: Violin Sonata in C minor, Wq 78 CPE Bach: Keyboard Sonata in E minor ('Kenner und Liebhaber' Collection No. 5), Wq 59/1 CPE Bach: Trio Sonata in C minor, 'Sanguineus and Melancholicus', for two violins and bass, Wq 161/1 Rachel Podger (violin) Katy Bircher (flute) Bojan Cicic (violin) Tomasz Pokrzywinski (cello) Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) This year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach. Second son of JS Bach and godson of Georg Philipp Telemann, he was also the most musically rebellious of the younger Bachs, propelling music from the Baroque style of his father's time into the Classical era. When Mozart wrote, 'Bach is the father, we the children', he was referring not to Johann Sebastian but Carl Philipp Emmanuel. Baroque violinist Rachel Podger is joined by musical friends in a programme to explore the weird and wonderful musical world of this fascinating musician. At its core is the extraordinary and unprecedented C minor Trio Sonata - an instrumental dialogue between a 'sanguine' man and a 'melancholic', in which each tries to persuade the other to change his mood. Live from Cadogan Hall, London, violinist Rachel Podger and friends play music by CPE Bach The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Baroque violinist Rachel Podger is joined by hand-picked musical friends to explore the contrasts and contradictions of CPE Bach, who celebrates his 300th anniversary this year. The composer's Sonata in C minor in particular offers an extraordinary musical portrait of the most musically rebellious of the younger Bachs. CPE Bach: Trio Sonata in A major, Wq 146 CPE Bach: Violin Sonata in C minor, Wq 78 CPE Bach: Keyboard Sonata in E minor ('Kenner und Liebhaber' Collection No. 5), Wq 59/1 CPE Bach: Trio Sonata in C minor, 'Sanguineus and Melancholicus', for two violins and bass, Wq 161/1 Rachel Podger (violin) Katy Bircher (flute) Bojan Cicic (violin) Tomasz Pokrzywinski (cello) Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) This year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach. Second son of JS Bach and godson of Georg Philipp Telemann, he was also the most musically rebellious of the younger Bachs, propelling music from the Baroque style of his father's time into the Classical era. When Mozart wrote, 'Bach is the father, we the children', he was referring not to Johann Sebastian but Carl Philipp Emmanuel. Baroque violinist Rachel Podger is joined by musical friends in a programme to explore the weird and wonderful musical world of this fascinating musician. At its core is the extraordinary and unprecedented C minor Trio Sonata - an instrumental dialogue between a 'sanguine' man and a 'melancholic', in which each tries to persuade the other to change his mood. Live from Cadogan Hall, London, violinist Rachel Podger and friends play music by CPE Bach The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 02 | Proms Chamber Music 2: Nielsen And Mozart | 20150727 | 20150802 (R3) | Petroc Trelawny presents this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts live from Cadogan Hall. After many years away from the concert platform pianist, Christian Blackshaw has recently returned and has gained immediate recognition for his interpretaion of Mozart's Piano Sonatas. This lunchtime he is joined by the Royal Northern Sinfonia Winds for Mozart's elegant Quintet for piano and winds, described by the 28-year-old composer as 'the best thing I have written in my life so far', and it's paired with Nielsen's Wind Quintet which was influenced by Mozart's and is a showcase for each of the five wind instruments. Nielsen: Quintet Wind Quintet, FS100, Op 43 Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat major, K452 Christian Blackshaw (piano) Royal Northern Sinfonia Winds. Christian Blackshaw (piano) and Royal Northern Sinfonia winds perform Nielsen and Mozart. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 03 | Pcm 03, Les Talens Lyriques | 20110801 | 20110806 (R3) | BBC Proms Chamber Music 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques explore French Baroque music with an Italian flavour, taking the Italian-born naturalised Frenchman Lully as their inspiration. Couperin and Rameau blend the best of both countries in their vivacious and delicately poised instrumental works and Mont退clair retells the classical story of the death of Lucretia in music of drama and passion. Couperin: Les nations - La Pi退montoise (excerpts) Lully: Armida's monologue : 'Ah, Rinaldo, e dove sei?' (from the ballet Les amours d退guis退s) Rameau: Pi耀ces de clavecin en concerts - Premier concert Mont退clair: Cantata 'Morte di Lucrezia Les Talens Lyriques: Eug退nie Warnier (soprano) Virginie Descharmes (violin) Yuki Koike (violin) Jocelyn Daubigney (flute) Stefanie Troffaes (flute) Isabelle Saaint-Yves (viola da gamba) Christophe Rousset (harpsichord/director) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 6th August at 2pm. Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset perform French Baroque music. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 03 | Pcm 03: An Erik Satie Cabaret | 20160801 | 20160807 (R3) | Live at the BBC Proms: French pianist Alexandre Tharaud and actor Alistair McGowan lead a cabaret of music and words celebrating Satie Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Alistair McGowan, actor Jean Delescluse, singer Alexandre Tharaud, piano French pianist Alexandre Tharaud leads a cabaret of music and words celebrating one of the most curious and innovative composers of the 20th century. He is joined by actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan (author of both a radio play and a documentary inspired by the composer) for a lunchtime foray featuring extracts from Satie's witty Memoirs of an Amnesiac. Along the way we discover more about the composer of the solo-piano Gnossiennes and Gymnop退dies: a committed eccentric who embraced Surrealism, invented the term 'furniture music' (later to become 'ambient music'), frequented Montmartre's bohemian Le Chat Noir cabaret club, became seduced by an esoteric strain of mystical Catholicism and for a period ate only food that was white in colour. Live at Cadogan Hall, pianist Alexandre Tharaud and actor Alistair McGowan celebrate Satie The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live at the BBC Proms: French pianist Alexandre Tharaud and actor Alistair McGowan lead a cabaret of music and words celebrating Satie Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Alistair McGowan, actor Jean Delescluse, singer Alexandre Tharaud, piano French pianist Alexandre Tharaud leads a cabaret of music and words celebrating one of the most curious and innovative composers of the 20th century. He is joined by actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan (author of both a radio play and a documentary inspired by the composer) for a lunchtime foray featuring extracts from Satie's witty Memoirs of an Amnesiac. Along the way we discover more about the composer of the solo-piano Gnossiennes and Gymnop退dies: a committed eccentric who embraced Surrealism, invented the term 'furniture music' (later to become 'ambient music'), frequented Montmartre's bohemian Le Chat Noir cabaret club, became seduced by an esoteric strain of mystical Catholicism and for a period ate only food that was white in colour. Live at Cadogan Hall, pianist Alexandre Tharaud and actor Alistair McGowan celebrate Satie The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 03 | Pcm 03: Britten Up-close | 20130729 | 20130803 (R3) | Britten 100 Ruby Hughes, James Gilchrist, Christoph Denoth and Imogen Cooper live at the BBC Proms with a programme of bittersweet works by Benjamin Britten. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Britten: Canticle I 'My beloved is mine Britten: A Charm of Lullabies Britten: Night Piece (Notturno)Britten: Songs from the Chinese Britten: Canticle II 'Abraham and Isaac Britten: Master Kilby (Folksong Arrangements, Vol. 6, England - No. 3) Ruby Hughes (soprano) James Gilchrist (tenor) Christoph Denoth (guitar)Imogen Cooper (piano) A sequence of bittersweet works by Benjamin Britten for the third Proms Chamber Music concert, performed by a starry line-up of musicians including pianist Imogen Cooper and tenor James Gilchrist. The programme includes Britten's unnerving story of absolute faith, Abraham and Isaac, and two song-cycles - A Charm of Lullabies and Songs from the Chinese - alongside the exquisite Night Piece (Notturno) for piano. Ruby Hughes, James Gilchrist, Christoph Denoth and Imogen Cooper perform music by Britten. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Britten 100 Ruby Hughes, James Gilchrist, Christoph Denoth and Imogen Cooper live at the BBC Proms with a programme of bittersweet works by Benjamin Britten. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Britten: Canticle I 'My beloved is mine Britten: A Charm of Lullabies Britten: Night Piece (Notturno)Britten: Songs from the Chinese Britten: Canticle II 'Abraham and Isaac Britten: Master Kilby (Folksong Arrangements, Vol. 6, England - No. 3) Ruby Hughes (soprano) James Gilchrist (tenor) Christoph Denoth (guitar)Imogen Cooper (piano) A sequence of bittersweet works by Benjamin Britten for the third Proms Chamber Music concert, performed by a starry line-up of musicians including pianist Imogen Cooper and tenor James Gilchrist. The programme includes Britten's unnerving story of absolute faith, Abraham and Isaac, and two song-cycles - A Charm of Lullabies and Songs from the Chinese - alongside the exquisite Night Piece (Notturno) for piano. Ruby Hughes, James Gilchrist, Christoph Denoth and Imogen Cooper perform music by Britten. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 03 | Pcm 03: L'arpeggiata | 20120730 | 20120804 (R3) | Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill The innovative period instrument ensemble L'Arpeggiata celebrate the Tarantella - a Mediterranean dance form which was born out of the myth that a venomous tarantula spider bite could only be cured by music and dancing. Known in the Middle Ages as 'tarantismo', the dance moves immitated the symptoms of a tarantula bite, such as excitability and restlessness. L'Arpeggiata perform a sequence of Baroque, traditional and improvised music on the theme, including works by Falconieri, Kapsberger, Kircher and Soler. Cazzati: Ciaccona Strozzi: Eraclito amoroso Trad: Stu' criatu Improvisation: Tarantella Napoletana Kapsberger: Toccata Prima Trad: La Carpinese Improvisation: Canario Marcello Vitale: Tarantella a Maria di Nardo Improvisation: La dia Spagnola Strozzi: Che si puo fare Improvisation: Tarantella Italiana Soler: Fandango Kapsberger: L'Arpeggiata Monteverdi: Si dolce e'l tormento Marcello Vitale: Moresca Falconiero: La Suave Melodia Trad: Lu Passariellu Kircher: Antidotum Tarantulae Christina Pluhar (theorbo/director). L'Arpeggiata performs a sequence of music inspired by the tarantula. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 03 | Pcm 03: Strauss And Mozart | 20140804 | 20140810 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Clarinettist Michael Collins and his ensemble London Winds pair Strauss's youthful work with Mozart's Serenade in C minor. Mozart: Serenade in C minor, K388 R Strauss: Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments Michael Collins (clarinet / director) Richard Strauss was just 20 when he composed his Suite - and steeped in the conservative musical traditions of his horn-player father, who revered Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven above all. It's a legacy present here in the young Strauss's music, but developed and transformed into something altogether more rich and strange. Clarinettist Michael Collins and his ensemble London Winds set Strauss and his favourite composer, Mozart, side by side, presenting their very different takes on the 18th-century 'Harmonie' ensemble of wind instruments, and revealing the early seeds of Strauss's signature lyricism that would eventually flower in Der Rosenkavalier. Clarinettist Michael Collins directs his ensemble London Winds in Mozart and Strauss. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Clarinettist Michael Collins and his ensemble London Winds pair Strauss's youthful work with Mozart's Serenade in C minor. Mozart: Serenade in C minor, K388 R Strauss: Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments Michael Collins (clarinet / director) Richard Strauss was just 20 when he composed his Suite - and steeped in the conservative musical traditions of his horn-player father, who revered Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven above all. It's a legacy present here in the young Strauss's music, but developed and transformed into something altogether more rich and strange. Clarinettist Michael Collins and his ensemble London Winds set Strauss and his favourite composer, Mozart, side by side, presenting their very different takes on the 18th-century 'Harmonie' ensemble of wind instruments, and revealing the early seeds of Strauss's signature lyricism that would eventually flower in Der Rosenkavalier. Clarinettist Michael Collins directs his ensemble London Winds in Mozart and Strauss. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 03 | Proms Chamber Music 3: Webern, Colin Matthews And Beethoven | 20150803 | 20150809 (R3) | Petroc Trelawny presents this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts live from Cadogan Hall. The Apollon Musag耀te Quartet - former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and eloquent champions of contemporary music - makes its Proms debut, bringing the European premiere of the Fifth Quartet by one of Britain's leading living composers, Colin Matthews - a work commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the Tanglewood Festival. It is paired with Webern's youthful Langsamer Satz, an ecstatic piece that showcases the composer's formal skill within a lyrical idiom. Of Beethoven's six Op. 18 quartets, No. 3 is the lightest, and the hardest to pin down. The scherzo is fleeting, and even the framing movements have an unusual delicacy and wistfulness about them. Webern: Langsamer Satz Colin Matthews: String Quartet No. 5 (European premiere) Beethoven: String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 [This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 9th August at 1pm]. The Apollon Musagete Quartet performs music by Beethoven, Webern and Colin Matthews. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 04 | Khatia Buniatishvili | 20110808 | 20110813 (R3) | BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott BBC New Generation Artist Khatia Buniatishvili explores the virtuosity of two great composer-pianists. Liszt - one of this year's anniversary compoers - is a favourite of hers and she begins her concert with his Sonata in B minor, technically one of the most demanding works ever written for piano. Similarly virtuosic is Prokofiev's 7th Sonata, a work written amid Stalin's brutal rule in the early years of World War II it contains some of the composers most dissonant and troubled music. Khatia Buniatishvili very much admires pianists of previous generations, a passion which influences her own unique style of pianism. Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor Liszt: Liebestr䀀ume - No. 3: O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 13th August at 2pm. Young Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs music by Liszt and Prokofiev. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 04 | Pcm 04 - Prokofiev And Schubert | 20140811 | 20140817 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Violinists Janine Jansen and Sakari Oramo with pianist Itamar Golan live at the BBC Proms perform two works by Prokofiev and the Fantasie for violin and piano by Schubert Prokofiev: Five Melodies Prokofiev: Sonata in C major for two violins Schubert: Fantasie in C major, D934 Janine Jansen (violin) Sakari Oramo (violin) Itamar Golan (piano) Prior to her appearances at the Royal Albert Hall later this week and at the Last Night of the Proms, Dutch violinist Janine Jansen performs as a chamber musician alongside pianist Itamar Golan and violinist-turned-conductor Sakari Oramo. Although a familiar face on the podium, Oramo is only now making his Proms debut as a violinist. Two richly coloured works by Prokofiev contrast with the Fantasie for violin and piano in which Schubert leans towards the sublime, less than a year before his death. Proms Chamber 4 repeat Sunday 17th August 1302-1400. Janine Jansen, Sakari Oramo and Itamar Golan perform music by Prokofiev and Schubert. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Violinists Janine Jansen and Sakari Oramo with pianist Itamar Golan live at the BBC Proms perform two works by Prokofiev and the Fantasie for violin and piano by Schubert Prokofiev: Five Melodies Prokofiev: Sonata in C major for two violins Schubert: Fantasie in C major, D934 Janine Jansen (violin) Sakari Oramo (violin) Itamar Golan (piano) Prior to her appearances at the Royal Albert Hall later this week and at the Last Night of the Proms, Dutch violinist Janine Jansen performs as a chamber musician alongside pianist Itamar Golan and violinist-turned-conductor Sakari Oramo. Although a familiar face on the podium, Oramo is only now making his Proms debut as a violinist. Two richly coloured works by Prokofiev contrast with the Fantasie for violin and piano in which Schubert leans towards the sublime, less than a year before his death. Proms Chamber 4 repeat Sunday 17th August 1302-1400. Janine Jansen, Sakari Oramo and Itamar Golan perform music by Prokofiev and Schubert. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 04 | Pcm 04: Pike, Altstaedt, Levit | 20120806 | 20120811 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill Three leading soloists join forces to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Debussy. French composer Claude Debussy was one of the most forward-looking of early 20th century composers so his return to Classical form in these late Sonatas is one last party-trick from a composer who constantly rebelled and surprised. Ravel's Piano Trio was written in 1914 just as the First World War broke out. Finishing it at break-neck speed so he could enlist, he said he composed it 'with the sureness and lucidity of a madman'. The result is an elegant and virtuosic masterpiece that seems tinged with nostalgia. The performers are three leading young soloists, all of whom are, or have been, BBC New Generation Artists. Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano Ravel: Piano Trio Jennifer Pike (violin) Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) Igor Levit (piano). Jennifer Pike, Nicolas Altstaedt and Igor Levit in chamber music by Debussy and Ravel. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 04 | Pcm 04: The Academy Of St Martin In The Fields | 20160808 | 20160814 (R3) | Live at the BBC Proms: H倀kan Hardenberger and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields celebrate the music of Kurt Weill and of proponents of the 'Third Viennese School Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny 1pm Tobias Brostr怀m: Sputnik Weill: Songs, including from 'The Threepenny Opera' and 'The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Kurt Schwertsik: Adieu Satie - excerpts HK Gruber: Three MOB Pieces H倀kan Hardenberger, trumpet HK Gruber, voice Helen Crayford, piano Mats Bergstr怀m, banjo/guitar Claudia Buder, accordion The most intrepid of trumpeters, H倀kan Hardenberger is joined by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and some special friends for a celebration of the music of Kurt Weill and of proponents of the subversive and at times irreverent 'Third Viennese School', among them Kurt Schwertsik and HK Gruber, who appears as vocalist. From Cadogan Hall, a Prom celebrating the music of Weill and the Third Viennese School. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live at the BBC Proms: H倀kan Hardenberger and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields celebrate the music of Kurt Weill and of proponents of the 'Third Viennese School Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny 1pm Tobias Brostr怀m: Sputnik Weill: Songs, including from 'The Threepenny Opera' and 'The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Kurt Schwertsik: Adieu Satie - excerpts HK Gruber: Three MOB Pieces H倀kan Hardenberger, trumpet HK Gruber, voice Helen Crayford, piano Mats Bergstr怀m, banjo/guitar Claudia Buder, accordion The most intrepid of trumpeters, H倀kan Hardenberger is joined by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and some special friends for a celebration of the music of Kurt Weill and of proponents of the subversive and at times irreverent 'Third Viennese School', among them Kurt Schwertsik and HK Gruber, who appears as vocalist. From Cadogan Hall, a Prom celebrating the music of Weill and the Third Viennese School. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 04 | Pcm 4: Tenthing | 20130805 | 20130810 (R3) | All-female 10-piece brass ensemble tenThing live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Grieg: Holberg Suite - Praeludium Grieg: Lyric Pieces - Grandmother's Minuet, Op. 68 No. 2 Grieg: 19 Norwegian Folk Songs - Gjendine's Lullaby, Op. 66 No. 19 Grieg: Lyric Pieces - March of the Dwarfs, Op. 54 No. 3 Diana Burrell: Blaze (BBC commission: world premiere) Weill: The Threepenny Opera - suite Piazzolla: Oblivion Bizet: Carmen - Suite No. 2 Ahead of her Royal Albert Hall concerto debut later this month, Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth brings her all-female 10-piece brass ensemble tenThing to Cadogan Hall. A bold new work by the British composer Diana Burrell is the centrepiece of a virtuosic programme of tangos, seguidillas, habaneras and serenades from Grieg, Piazzolla and Bizet. Repeated on Saturday at 2pm. All-female ten-piece brass ensemble tenThing performs Grieg, Piazzolla and Bizet. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. All-female 10-piece brass ensemble tenThing live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Grieg: Holberg Suite - Praeludium Grieg: Lyric Pieces - Grandmother's Minuet, Op. 68 No. 2 Grieg: 19 Norwegian Folk Songs - Gjendine's Lullaby, Op. 66 No. 19 Grieg: Lyric Pieces - March of the Dwarfs, Op. 54 No. 3 Diana Burrell: Blaze (BBC commission: world premiere) Weill: The Threepenny Opera - suite Piazzolla: Oblivion Bizet: Carmen - Suite No. 2 Ahead of her Royal Albert Hall concerto debut later this month, Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth brings her all-female 10-piece brass ensemble tenThing to Cadogan Hall. A bold new work by the British composer Diana Burrell is the centrepiece of a virtuosic programme of tangos, seguidillas, habaneras and serenades from Grieg, Piazzolla and Bizet. Repeated on Saturday at 2pm. All-female ten-piece brass ensemble tenThing performs Grieg, Piazzolla and Bizet. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 04 | Proms Chamber Music 4: Abe, Glennie And Sheppard, Wee And Psathas | 20150810 | 20150816 (R3) | Petroc Trelawny presents Proms Chamber Music live from Cadogan Hall. Dame Evelyn Glennie and Philip Smith perform music for percussion and piano including two world premieres Keiko Abe: Prism Rhapsody Evelyn Glennie & Philip Sheppard: Orologeria aureola Bertram Wee: Dithyrambs (world premiere) John Psathas: View from Olympus (world premiere of this version) Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Philip Smith (piano) Petroc Trelawny presents this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts live from Cadogan Hall. Returning to the Proms for the first time since 2007, award-winning Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie celebrates her 50th birthday with a musical party. She performs alongside pianist Philip Smith, showcasing not only her expressive virtuosity and versatility in works by John Psathas and Keiko Abe, but also her skill as a composer, in Orologeria aureola, a joint composition for Halo (metallic 'handpan') and tape. The performance also features a world premiere for Aluphone - an instrument invented only in 2011 and introduced at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony by Glennie herself. [This prom will be repeated on Sunday 16th August at 1pm]. Live from Cadogan Hall, a concert by percussionist Evelyn Glennie and pianist Philip Smith The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Petroc Trelawny presents Proms Chamber Music live from Cadogan Hall. Dame Evelyn Glennie and Philip Smith perform music for percussion and piano including two world premieres Keiko Abe: Prism Rhapsody Evelyn Glennie & Philip Sheppard: Orologeria aureola Bertram Wee: Dithyrambs (world premiere) John Psathas: View from Olympus (world premiere of this version) Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Philip Smith (piano) Petroc Trelawny presents this year's Proms Chamber Music concerts live from Cadogan Hall. Returning to the Proms for the first time since 2007, award-winning Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie celebrates her 50th birthday with a musical party. She performs alongside pianist Philip Smith, showcasing not only her expressive virtuosity and versatility in works by John Psathas and Keiko Abe, but also her skill as a composer, in Orologeria aureola, a joint composition for Halo (metallic 'handpan') and tape. The performance also features a world premiere for Aluphone - an instrument invented only in 2011 and introduced at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony by Glennie herself. [This prom will be repeated on Sunday 16th August at 1pm]. Live from Cadogan Hall, a concert by percussionist Evelyn Glennie and pianist Philip Smith The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 05 | Pcm 05 - Debussy And Strauss | 20140818 | 20140824 (R3) | From Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Debussy: Proses lyriques Strauss: Ach Lieb Ich muss nun scheiden, Op 21 No 3 Strauss: Traum durch die DÀmmerung, Op 29 No 1 Strauss: Das Rosenband, Op 36 No 1 Strauss: Geduld, Op 10 No 5 Strauss: Waldseligkeit, Op 39 No 1 Strauss: Wer lieben will,muss leiden, Op 49 No 7 Strauss: Ach was Kummer,Qual und Schmerzen, Op 49 No 8 Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano). Soprano Anne Schwanewilms and pianist Malcolm Martineau perform Debussy and Strauss. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. From Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Debussy: Proses lyriques Strauss: Ach Lieb Ich muss nun scheiden, Op 21 No 3 Strauss: Traum durch die DÀmmerung, Op 29 No 1 Strauss: Das Rosenband, Op 36 No 1 Strauss: Geduld, Op 10 No 5 Strauss: Waldseligkeit, Op 39 No 1 Strauss: Wer lieben will,muss leiden, Op 49 No 7 Strauss: Ach was Kummer,Qual und Schmerzen, Op 49 No 8 Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano). Soprano Anne Schwanewilms and pianist Malcolm Martineau perform Debussy and Strauss. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 05 | Pcm 05, Nicholas Daniel, Tom Poster, Aronowitz Ensemble | 20110815 | 20110820 (R3) | BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall Presented by Catherine Bott A concert which pairs youthful works by English composers Frank Bridge and his pupil Benjamin Britten. Written when the composer was just 19, Britten's Phantasy oboe quartet is full of flamboyant and lyrical writing which today's oboist Nicholas Daniel describes as 'a virtuoso piece in every respect'. Britten honoured his mentor with two sets of variations - the famous set for string orchestra - and this newly-rediscovered piano piece. Bridge's own Piano Quintet was written before the events of the First World War cast a shadow over his creative outlook. Britten: Phantasy for oboe and string trio Bridge: Three Idylls for string quartet - No. 2 Britten: Piano Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (London premiere) Bridge: Piano Quintet Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Tom Poster (piano) Aronowitz Ensemble This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 20th August at 2pm. Nicholas Daniel, Tom Poster and the Aronowitz Ensemble play music by Britten and Bridge. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 05 | Pcm 05: Benedetti, Grynyuk, Elschenbroich | 20120813 | 20120818 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill Popular young artist, Nicola Benedetti, is joined by two friends for a programme which ranges from solo violin to piano trio. The programme begins with Benedetti alone on stage performing the famous Chaconne from Bach's Solo Violin Partita in D minor, one of the peaks of the violin repertoire not only technically but dramatically too. Benedetti is then joined by pianist Grynyuk in two arrangements from Korngold's opera 'Die tote Stadt' including the bittersweet melodies of Marietta's Song. Finally they are joined by cellist Elschenbroich for Brahms tightly argued final Piano Trio. J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 - Chaconne Korngold: Die tote Stadt - Marietta's Song; Pierrot's Dance Song Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 This concert will be repeated on Saturday 18th August at 2pm Nicola Benedetti (violin) Alexei Grynyuk (piano) Leonard Elschenbroich (cello). Violinist Nicola Benedetti and friends perform music by Bach, Korngold and Brahms. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 05 | Pcm 05: Fretwork And Stile Antico | 20160815 | 20160821 (R3) | Live at BBC Proms: Viol consort Fretwork and vocal ensemble Stile Antico celebrate the Shakespeare anniversary, contrasting music of his contemporaries Byrd, Morley, Gibbons, Ramsey, Tomkins, Johnson and Wilbye, with new settings by Huw Watkins and Nico Muhly. Live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Morley: It was a lover and his lass Byrd: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth Byrd: Why do I use my paper, ink and pen? Huw Watkins: The Phoenix and the Turtle Byrd: Fantasia a 5, Two parts in one in the fourth above Tomkins: Be strong and of a good courage Ramsey: Sleep, fleshly birth Byrd: Browning a 5, 'The leaves be green Johnson: Full fathom five Nico Muhly: Gentle sleep Gibbons: In nomine No. 1 Wilbye: Draw on, sweet night Fretwork. Fretwork and Stile Antico contrast music of Shakespeare's contemporaries with new settings The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live at BBC Proms: Viol consort Fretwork and vocal ensemble Stile Antico celebrate the Shakespeare anniversary, contrasting music of his contemporaries Byrd, Morley, Gibbons, Ramsey, Tomkins, Johnson and Wilbye, with new settings by Huw Watkins and Nico Muhly. Live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Morley: It was a lover and his lass Byrd: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth Byrd: Why do I use my paper, ink and pen? Huw Watkins: The Phoenix and the Turtle Byrd: Fantasia a 5, Two parts in one in the fourth above Tomkins: Be strong and of a good courage Ramsey: Sleep, fleshly birth Byrd: Browning a 5, 'The leaves be green Johnson: Full fathom five Nico Muhly: Gentle sleep Gibbons: In nomine No. 1 Wilbye: Draw on, sweet night Fretwork. Fretwork and Stile Antico contrast music of Shakespeare's contemporaries with new settings The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 05 | Pcm 5: Holst And Sir Harrison Birtwistle | 20130812 | 20130817 (R3) | The Nash Ensemble and the BBC Singers join forces for a programme of 20th-century and contemporary works alongside two choral gems from the Tudor period. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Group 3) William Cornysh: Ave Maria Mater Dei Imogen Holst: Hallo, my fancy, whither wilt thou go? Walter Lambe: Stella Caeli Harrison Birtwistle: The Moth Requiem (UK premiere) Nicholas Kok (conductor) Nicholas Kok conducts the UK premiere of a recent work by Sir Harrison Birtwistle - an elegy to twelve extinct species of lepidoptera, commemorated through their Latin names which are set for women's voices and ensemble of three harps and alto flute. Also in the programme, Gustav Holst's ravishing set of Sanskrit words - for which he made his own translations from the ancient texts - and one of the handful of compositions left behind by his daughter, Imogen. Completing the mix, two motets from that treasury of early Tudor sacred music compiled as the Eton Choirbook - an extraordinary part of the English musical history from a period whose music was a source of fascination to all three of the other composers in this afternoon's concert. Live from Cadogan Hall, music by Gustav and Imogen Holst, Birtwistle, Cornysh and Lambe. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. The Nash Ensemble and the BBC Singers join forces for a programme of 20th-century and contemporary works alongside two choral gems from the Tudor period. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Group 3) William Cornysh: Ave Maria Mater Dei Imogen Holst: Hallo, my fancy, whither wilt thou go? Walter Lambe: Stella Caeli Harrison Birtwistle: The Moth Requiem (UK premiere) Nicholas Kok (conductor) Nicholas Kok conducts the UK premiere of a recent work by Sir Harrison Birtwistle - an elegy to twelve extinct species of lepidoptera, commemorated through their Latin names which are set for women's voices and ensemble of three harps and alto flute. Also in the programme, Gustav Holst's ravishing set of Sanskrit words - for which he made his own translations from the ancient texts - and one of the handful of compositions left behind by his daughter, Imogen. Completing the mix, two motets from that treasury of early Tudor sacred music compiled as the Eton Choirbook - an extraordinary part of the English musical history from a period whose music was a source of fascination to all three of the other composers in this afternoon's concert. Live from Cadogan Hall, music by Gustav and Imogen Holst, Birtwistle, Cornysh and Lambe. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 05 | Proms Chamber Music 5: A Sondheim Cabaret | 20150817 | 20150823 (R3) | Kitty Whately, Si n Phillips, Jamie Parker and Richard Sisson perform a cabaret-style celebration to mark Stephen Sondheim's 85th birthday Live from the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall Presented by Petroc Trelawny Good Thing Going (from 'Merrily We Roll Along') Everybody Says Don't (from 'Anyone Can Whistle') I'm Calm (from 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum') Hello Little Girl (from 'Into the Woods') Send in the Clowns (from 'A Little Night Music') Fear No More (from 'The Frogs') Too Many Mornings (from 'Follies') Barcelona (from 'Company') Sunday in the Park with George (from 'Sunday in the Park with George') Liaisons (from 'A Little Night Music') By the Sea (from 'Sweeney Todd') Take Me to the World (from 'Evening Primrose') Rain on the Roof (from 'Follies') Happiness (from 'Passion') Losing My Mind (from 'Follies') Sunday (from 'Sunday in the Park with George') Goodbye for Now (from 'Reds') Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano Si n Philips, vocalist Jamie Parker, vocalist Richard Sisson, piano Stephen Sondheim is one of the greats of musical theatre - legendary for the sharp wit of his lyrics and his darkly distinctive scores for musicals including Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods and Company. We celebrate his 85th birthday with a musical trawl through the very best of Sondheim's back catalogue. Formerly the piano-playing half of cabaret duo Kit and the Widow, Richard Sisson joins Kitty Whately, Si n Phillips and Jamie Parker to bring a touch of Broadway to Cadogan Hall. [This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 23rd August at 1pm]. From Cadogan Hall in London, a cabaret concert to mark Stephen Sondheim's 85th birthday. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Kitty Whately, Si n Phillips, Jamie Parker and Richard Sisson perform a cabaret-style celebration to mark Stephen Sondheim's 85th birthday Live from the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall Presented by Petroc Trelawny Good Thing Going (from 'Merrily We Roll Along') Everybody Says Don't (from 'Anyone Can Whistle') I'm Calm (from 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum') Hello Little Girl (from 'Into the Woods') Send in the Clowns (from 'A Little Night Music') Fear No More (from 'The Frogs') Too Many Mornings (from 'Follies') Barcelona (from 'Company') Sunday in the Park with George (from 'Sunday in the Park with George') Liaisons (from 'A Little Night Music') By the Sea (from 'Sweeney Todd') Take Me to the World (from 'Evening Primrose') Rain on the Roof (from 'Follies') Happiness (from 'Passion') Losing My Mind (from 'Follies') Sunday (from 'Sunday in the Park with George') Goodbye for Now (from 'Reds') Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano Si n Philips, vocalist Jamie Parker, vocalist Richard Sisson, piano Stephen Sondheim is one of the greats of musical theatre - legendary for the sharp wit of his lyrics and his darkly distinctive scores for musicals including Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods and Company. We celebrate his 85th birthday with a musical trawl through the very best of Sondheim's back catalogue. Formerly the piano-playing half of cabaret duo Kit and the Widow, Richard Sisson joins Kitty Whately, Si n Phillips and Jamie Parker to bring a touch of Broadway to Cadogan Hall. [This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 23rd August at 1pm]. From Cadogan Hall in London, a cabaret concert to mark Stephen Sondheim's 85th birthday. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 06 | Escher Quartet | 20120820 | 20120825 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill BBC New Generation Artists the Escher Quartet play two innovative string quartets by Hugh Wood and Debussy. Written as a young man by one of this season's featured composers, Debussy's early string quartet is a forward-looking work with its sensual colours and improvisatory feel. It's paired with the 4th String Quartet by Hugh Wood, a work recently selected for 'Encore' - a partneship scheme between the Royal Philharmonic Society and BBC Radio 3 - designed to give repeat performances of notable contemporary chamber compositions. Hugh Wood: String Quartet No 4 Debussy: String Quartet This concert will be repeated on Saturday 25th August at 2pm. The Escher Quartet in Hugh Wood's String Quartet No 4 and Debussy's String Quartet. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 06 | Pcm 06, Martinu, Dutilleux, Prokofiev | 20110822 | 20110827 (R3) | BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott The internationally renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud is a featured artist at this year's Proms, and he brings a chamber programme to Cadogan Hall with his regular pianist, Eric Le Sage. Three contrasting works share the same genesis, all being composed in the early 1940s under the shadow of World War II, but all have a sunny nature. Martinu's sonorous work was completed in America after he fled his native Czechoslovakia, and it has a seriousness at its core. Prokofiev's magnificent sonata was written in Moscow, and is one of his classic works - both brilliantly virtuosic and warmly lyrical. Dutilleux's Sonatine, an early work in his long and disinguished career, follows in the footsteps of his predecessor Debussy. Martinu: Flute Sonata Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine Prokofiev: Flute Sonata Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Eric Le Sage (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 27th August at 2pm. Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Eric Le Sage (piano) in music by Martinu, Dutilleux and Prokofiev. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 06 | Pcm 06: Louis Lortie | 20160822 | 20160828 (R3) | Live at BBC Proms: Pianist Louis Lortie performs works by Rossini (arranged Liszt), Faur退, Poulenc and Liszt. Live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Rossini (arr. Liszt): Soir退es musicales - La regata veneziana (notturno) Rossini (arr. Liszt): Soir退es musicales - La danza (tarantella) Faur退: Barcarolle No 5 in F sharp minor Faur退: Barcarolle No 7 in D minor Poulenc: Napoli Liszt: Venezia e Napoli Louis Lortie (piano) Eloquent French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie performs an intriguing programme that moves from the clear spring-water of Faur退's Barcarolles to depictions of Italian cities from Poulenc and Liszt. Poulenc's pianistic vision of Naples manages to be light-hearted and dazzling at the same time. Liszt was intrigued and inspired by the city's furious traditional dance, the tarantella. He used that and the gondola songs of Venice in the broad emotional canvas that is his Venezia e Napoli. Louis Lortie plays piano music by Rossini, Poulenc, Faure and Liszt at Cadogan Hall. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live at BBC Proms: Pianist Louis Lortie performs works by Rossini (arranged Liszt), Faur退, Poulenc and Liszt. Live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Rossini (arr. Liszt): Soir退es musicales - La regata veneziana (notturno) Rossini (arr. Liszt): Soir退es musicales - La danza (tarantella) Faur退: Barcarolle No 5 in F sharp minor Faur退: Barcarolle No 7 in D minor Poulenc: Napoli Liszt: Venezia e Napoli Louis Lortie (piano) Eloquent French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie performs an intriguing programme that moves from the clear spring-water of Faur退's Barcarolles to depictions of Italian cities from Poulenc and Liszt. Poulenc's pianistic vision of Naples manages to be light-hearted and dazzling at the same time. Liszt was intrigued and inspired by the city's furious traditional dance, the tarantella. He used that and the gondola songs of Venice in the broad emotional canvas that is his Venezia e Napoli. Louis Lortie plays piano music by Rossini, Poulenc, Faure and Liszt at Cadogan Hall. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 06 | Pcm 06: Schubert, Mahler And Strauss | 20140825 | 20140831 (R3) | Recorded at the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Louis Schwizgebel and the Royal String Quartet at the BBC Proms Mozart: Piano Sonata in D major, K311 Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen (version for septet) (arr. R. Leopold) Louis Schwizgebel (piano) Katarzyna Budnik-Galazka (viola) Marcin Zdunik (cello) Tomasz Januchta (double bass) BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Louis Schwizgebel made his concerto debut at the Proms earlier this season and now returns for a programme of chamber music. He is joined by the Royal String Quartet for a concert that concludes with Richard Strauss's extraordinary Metamorphosen - heard here in the string septet form in which Strauss originally drafted it, before he expanded it for an ensemble of 23 solo strings. Alongside it is a rarely heard curiosity - Mahler's contemplative Piano Quartet movement, the tantalising torso of a work never completed. Louis Schwizgebel, Royal String Quartet and friends in Mozart, Mahler and Strauss. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Recorded at the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Louis Schwizgebel and the Royal String Quartet at the BBC Proms Mozart: Piano Sonata in D major, K311 Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen (version for septet) (arr. R. Leopold) Louis Schwizgebel (piano) Katarzyna Budnik-Galazka (viola) Marcin Zdunik (cello) Tomasz Januchta (double bass) BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Louis Schwizgebel made his concerto debut at the Proms earlier this season and now returns for a programme of chamber music. He is joined by the Royal String Quartet for a concert that concludes with Richard Strauss's extraordinary Metamorphosen - heard here in the string septet form in which Strauss originally drafted it, before he expanded it for an ensemble of 23 solo strings. Alongside it is a rarely heard curiosity - Mahler's contemplative Piano Quartet movement, the tantalising torso of a work never completed. Louis Schwizgebel, Royal String Quartet and friends in Mozart, Mahler and Strauss. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 06 | Pcm 06: Stile Antico | 20100823 | 20100828 (R3) | BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2010 Presented by Louise Fryer Another chance to hear last Monday's concert from Cadogan Hall, London. The young British vocal ensemble Stile Antico perform The Song of Songs - sensuous polyphonic music from the courts of Renaissance Europe. The programme celebrates some of the greatest composers of the age, with works by Ceballos, Clemens non Papa, Gombert, Guerrero, Lassus, Palestrina, Praetorius, Victoria and Vivanco, interspersed with plainchant. Vocal ensemble Stile Antico in Renaissance polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2010 Presented by Louise Fryer Another chance to hear last Monday's concert from Cadogan Hall, London. The young British vocal ensemble Stile Antico perform The Song of Songs - sensuous polyphonic music from the courts of Renaissance Europe. The programme celebrates some of the greatest composers of the age, with works by Ceballos, Clemens non Papa, Gombert, Guerrero, Lassus, Palestrina, Praetorius, Victoria and Vivanco, interspersed with plainchant. Vocal ensemble Stile Antico in Renaissance polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 06 | Pcm 6: London Conchord Ensemble | 20130819 | 20130824 (R3) | Robin Tritschler and London Conchord Ensemble at the BBC Proms perform music from the English pastoral tradition by Warlock and Imogen Holst, alongside Poulenc's witty Sextet. From Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Poulenc: Sextet Imogen Holst: Phantasy Quartet Warlock: The Curlew Couperin, arr. Ad耀s: Les baricades mist退rieuses Robin Tritschler (tenor) Peter Warlock's yearning and melancholy song-cycle on poems by WB Yeats lies at the heart of this Prom, paired with another wistful piece of English pastoralia from the student pen of the young Imogen Holst. Alongside them, Poulenc's wonderfully witty and colourful Sextet for piano and wind instruments provides a spicy contrast, with - to finish - an elusive 17th-century harpsichord work by Fran瀀ois Couperin, refracted through the contemporary prism of Thomas Ad耀s's fertile musical imagination. An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Saturday 24th August at 2pm. Robin Tritschler, London Conchord Ensemble in Poulenc, Imogen Holst, Warlock and Couperin. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Robin Tritschler and London Conchord Ensemble at the BBC Proms perform music from the English pastoral tradition by Warlock and Imogen Holst, alongside Poulenc's witty Sextet. From Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Poulenc: Sextet Imogen Holst: Phantasy Quartet Warlock: The Curlew Couperin, arr. Ad耀s: Les baricades mist退rieuses Robin Tritschler (tenor) Peter Warlock's yearning and melancholy song-cycle on poems by WB Yeats lies at the heart of this Prom, paired with another wistful piece of English pastoralia from the student pen of the young Imogen Holst. Alongside them, Poulenc's wonderfully witty and colourful Sextet for piano and wind instruments provides a spicy contrast, with - to finish - an elusive 17th-century harpsichord work by Fran瀀ois Couperin, refracted through the contemporary prism of Thomas Ad耀s's fertile musical imagination. An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Saturday 24th August at 2pm. Robin Tritschler, London Conchord Ensemble in Poulenc, Imogen Holst, Warlock and Couperin. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 06 | Proms Chamber Music 6: Jeremy Denk | 20150824 | 20150830 (R3) | Jeremy Denk plays piano sonatas by Scriabin, Bart k and Beethoven, live at the BBC Proms. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, 'Black Mass Bart k: Piano Sonata, Sz.80 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 Jeremy Denk, piano Jeremy Denk is one of America's foremost pianists - a musician the New York Times hails as someone 'you want to hear no matter what he performs'. He makes his BBC Proms debut in a recital that puts Beethoven's final piano sonata at its core. It's a work that blends extrovert passion with a depth that characterises all of the composer's late works. We mark the centenary of Scriabin's death with his most famous piano sonata, the 'Black Mass' - a disconcerting, phantasmagorical musical journey, followed by Bart k's Piano Sonata, a piece strongly coloured by Hungarian folk melodies and rhythmic attack. This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 30th August at 1pm. Live from Cadogan Hall, Jeremy Denk performs piano music by Scriabin, Bartok and Beethoven The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 07 | Pcm 07 - Benjamin Grosvenor | 20140901 | 20140907 (R3) | Benjamin Grosvenor at the BBC Proms in music by Chopin, Judith Weir and Ravel From the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Chopin: Ballade no. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Mompou: Paisajes Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Judith Weir: Day Break Shadows Flee [BBC Commission. World Premiere] Gounod arr. Liszt: Waltz from 'Faust Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) He may only just have turned 22, but pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is already a Proms regular. The precocious British pianist returns for his first Proms Chamber Music concert, performing a mixed programme with a dance theme pulsing through it. He explores the waltz from the contrasting perspectives of Ravel and Liszt, exchanging bladed impressionism for dizzying virtuosity, while Mompou's Paisajes transports us to Barcelona, offering an evocative vision of a city from which the composer had been distanced for many years. The contrast of nocturnal scurrying and warm radiance suggested the title for Judith Weir's new commission, written specially for Grosvenor. virtuosocollection Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) plays music by Chopin, Mompou, Weir and Gounod at Cadogan Hall. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Benjamin Grosvenor at the BBC Proms in music by Chopin, Judith Weir and Ravel From the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Chopin: Ballade no. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Mompou: Paisajes Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Judith Weir: Day Break Shadows Flee [BBC Commission. World Premiere] Gounod arr. Liszt: Waltz from 'Faust Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) He may only just have turned 22, but pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is already a Proms regular. The precocious British pianist returns for his first Proms Chamber Music concert, performing a mixed programme with a dance theme pulsing through it. He explores the waltz from the contrasting perspectives of Ravel and Liszt, exchanging bladed impressionism for dizzying virtuosity, while Mompou's Paisajes transports us to Barcelona, offering an evocative vision of a city from which the composer had been distanced for many years. The contrast of nocturnal scurrying and warm radiance suggested the title for Judith Weir's new commission, written specially for Grosvenor. virtuosocollection Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) plays music by Chopin, Mompou, Weir and Gounod at Cadogan Hall. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 07 | Pcm 07 - Lars Vogt | 20100830 | 20100904 (R3) | BBC PROMS 2010 From the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear last Monday's Proms Chamber Music recital with pianist Lars Vogt. The programme begins with Janacek's impressionistic last major piano work, it's 'mistiness' captured in these miniatures by evocative harmonies and constantly shifting perspectives. Schubert's Sonata is by contrast one of his more expansive solo works in which the easy-going tone is interrupted by anguished outbursts, though the mood lightens again for the playful conclusion. Janacek: In the Mists Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major, D894 Lars Vogt, piano. Lars Vogt (piano) performs Janacek's In the Mists and Schubert's Piano Sonata in G, D894. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. BBC PROMS 2010 From the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear last Monday's Proms Chamber Music recital with pianist Lars Vogt. The programme begins with Janacek's impressionistic last major piano work, it's 'mistiness' captured in these miniatures by evocative harmonies and constantly shifting perspectives. Schubert's Sonata is by contrast one of his more expansive solo works in which the easy-going tone is interrupted by anguished outbursts, though the mood lightens again for the playful conclusion. Janacek: In the Mists Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major, D894 Lars Vogt, piano. Lars Vogt (piano) performs Janacek's In the Mists and Schubert's Piano Sonata in G, D894. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 07 | Pcm 07, Christine Schafer, Nash Ensemble | 20120827 | 20120901 (R3) | Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill A recital given by the Nash Ensemble performing one of this season's featured composers, Debussy, with one of his last works, the lyrical and Autumnal Sonata for flute, viola and harp. That's contrasted by Schoenberg's extraordinary Expressionist melodrama Pierrot Lunaire, in which a murderous Pierrot's story is told by 'sprechgesang'. This half-speech half-sung style is something of a trademark for soprano Christine Sch䀀fer, who joins the Nash Ensemble. Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire Christine Sch䀀fer (Sprechstimme) Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Soprano Christine Schafer joins the Nash Ensemble in music by Debussy and Schoenberg. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 07 | Pcm 07, Fitkin, Gismonti-carneiro, Rachmaninov | 20110829 | 20110903 (R3) | BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play in a typically eclectic programme combining the old and the new. Graham Fitkin's L was composed in 2005 for Yo-Yo Ma's 50th birthday and today receives its London premiere. After a Brazilian interlude, this is followed by one of the most romantic works of the cello repertoire: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata. Graham Fitkin's new Cello Concerto will be performed by Yo-Yo Ma in a Prom later this week. Graham Fitkin: L (London Premiere) Egberto Gismonti/Geraldo Carneiro: Bodas de prata and Quatro cantos Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 3rd September at 2pm. Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) perform Fitkin, Gismonti/Carneiro and Rachmaninov. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 07 | Pcm 07: Armida Quartet | 20160829 | 20160904 (R3) | Live at BBC Proms: The Armida Quartet perform Schubert and Mozart, and Lise Berthaud and David Saudubray give the world premiere of a new work for viola and piano by Sally Beamish. Live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor Sally Beamish: Merula perpetua (BBC co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society: world premiere) Mozart: String Quintet in C major, K515 Lise Berthaud (viola) David Saudubray (piano) BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Armida Quartet bring two friends and three composers to Cadogan Hall for the summer's seventh Proms Chamber Music concert. Either side of a new work for viola and piano written for Lise Berthaud and David Saudubray by Sally Beamish are chamber works by Schubert and Mozart: the former's quartet movement combining sobriety and vivacity, and the latter's C major String Quintet - a work brimming with twists, interruptions and thrills. The Armida String Quartet perform Schubert and Mozart. Plus a work by Sally Beamish. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 07 | Pcm 7: Maconchy And Brahms | 20130826 | 20130831 (R3) | From Cadogan Hall, London The Signum Quartet and Christian Ihle Hadland live at the BBC Proms with a quartet by Elizabeth Maconchy, and Brahms's evergreen Piano Quintet Presented by Petroc Trelawny Maconchy: String Quartet No. 3 Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Nearly 21 years after her death, Elizabeth Maconchy remains one of 20th-century Britain's most alluring forgotten voices. International in outlook, she wrote music of great lyricism and subtlety, closer to the soundworld of central Europe than the English musical establishment. Today Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Signum Quartet perform Maconchy's Bartok-influenced String Quartet No 3, before joining forces with fellow NGA, Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland, for Brahms's evergreen Piano Quintet. The Signum Quartet and Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) perform music by Maconchy and Brahms The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 07 | Proms Chamber Music 7: Elisabeth Leonskaja And The Emerson String Quartet | 20150831 | 20150906 (R3) | At the BBC Proms: pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Emerson String Quartet perform a programme of music by Barber, Debussy and Shostakovich. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Barber: String Quartet in B minor, Op 11 (2nd movement; Molto adagio) Debussy: 'Feux d'artifice' from Pr退ludes Book 2 Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57 Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) The eminent Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja returns for her second Prom this season. She joins the members of the Emerson String Quartet as they make their Proms debut in a programme featuring two great chamber works of the 20th century. The concert begins with the original version of the hauntingly beautiful Adagio for strings from Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11, and ends with Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, with its darkly comic Scherzo and meditative, delicately melancholy Intermezzo. In between Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Debussy's 'Feux d'artifice' from the Second Book of Preludes - a display of technical and aural fireworks for solo piano. Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) and the Emerson Quartet play Barber, Debussy and Shostakovich. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. At the BBC Proms: pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Emerson String Quartet perform a programme of music by Barber, Debussy and Shostakovich. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Barber: String Quartet in B minor, Op 11 (2nd movement; Molto adagio) Debussy: 'Feux d'artifice' from Pr退ludes Book 2 Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57 Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) The eminent Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja returns for her second Prom this season. She joins the members of the Emerson String Quartet as they make their Proms debut in a programme featuring two great chamber works of the 20th century. The concert begins with the original version of the hauntingly beautiful Adagio for strings from Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11, and ends with Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, with its darkly comic Scherzo and meditative, delicately melancholy Intermezzo. In between Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Debussy's 'Feux d'artifice' from the Second Book of Preludes - a display of technical and aural fireworks for solo piano. Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) and the Emerson Quartet play Barber, Debussy and Shostakovich. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 08 | Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt | 20110905 | 20110910 (R3) | BBC PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2011 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Featured Proms artist Christian Tetzlaff is joined by pianist Lars Vogt for a Proms Saturday matin退e. Mozart's final Violin Sonata is followed by Bartok's first. A favourite composer of Tetzlaff's, Bartok stretches tonality in his Sonata, combining dance rhythms with rhapsodic passages and requires a virtuosic technique from the performers. Mozart: Violin Sonata in A major, K526 Bartok: Violin Sonata No. 1 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Lars Vogt (piano) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 10 September at 2pm. Christian Tetzlaff (violin) and Lars Vogt (piano) perform Mozart and Bartok. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 08 | Pcm 08 - Le Poeme Harmonique | 20100906 | BBC PROMS 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Vibrant French ensemble Le Po耀me Harmonique and their director Vincent Dumestre conjure up the carnivalesque atmosphere of 17th century Venice, where the streets and palaces provided a cultural melting pot for both popular and artistic styles of the day. Along with Claudio Monteverdi's expressive 'Lament of the Nymph', there's music by lesser-known contemporaries Benedetto Ferrari and Francesco Manelli, the first composer to write operas for the paying public as opposed to the privileged court. Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Monteverdi: Dormo Ancora (from Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patrria) Marini: Sonata terza Manelli: Bergamasca: La Barchetta passaggiera Manelli: Canzonetta: Sguardo lusinghiero Manelli: Jacara: Aria alla napolitana Manelli: Ciaccona: Acceso mio core Ferrari: Chi non sa come Amor Ferrari: Son ruinato, appassionato Anon: Villanella ch'all'acqua vai Vincent Dumestre (theorbo/baroque guitar/director) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 11th September at 2.00pm. Vincent Dumestre directs le Poeme Harmonique in carnival music from 17th-century Venice. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. | |
| 08 | Pcm 08 - Le Poeme Harmonique | 20100911 | BBC PROMS 2010 Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Catherine Bott Vibrant French ensemble Le Po耀me Harmonique and their director Vincent Dumestre conjure up the carnivalesque atmosphere of 17th century Venice, where the streets and palaces provided a cultural melting pot for both popular and artistic styles of the day. Along with Claudio Monteverdi's expressive 'Lament of the Nymph', there's music by lesser-known contemporaries Benedetto Ferrari and Francesco Manelli, the first composer to write operas for the paying public as opposed to the privileged court. Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa Monteverdi: Dormo Ancora (from Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patrria) Marini: Sonata terza Manelli: Bergamasca: La Barchetta passaggiera Manelli: Canzonetta: Sguardo lusinghiero Manelli: Jacara: Aria alla napolitana Manelli: Ciaccona: Acceso mio core Ferrari: Chi non sa come Amor Ferrari: Son ruinato, appassionato Anon: Villanella ch'all'acqua vai Vincent Dumestre (theorbo/baroque guitar/director) This Prom will be repeated on Saturday 11th September at 2.00pm. Vincent Dumestre directs le Poeme Harmonique in carnival music from 17th-century Venice. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. | |
| 08 | Pcm 08, Pierre-laurent Aimard | 20120903 | 20120908 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs music by compatriot Claude Debussy in the year of the 150th anniversary of his birth. A meticulous interpreter and a brilliant technician, Pierre-Laurent Aimard is a familiar face at the Proms and in this final Proms Chamber Music of the season, he turns his attention to the revolutionary piano works of Debussy. At the core of the programme is Debussy's Second Book of Preludes - short evocations, improvisatory in character and free in form - they are in Aimard's words 'wonderful labyrinths in sound', and there is possibly no better guide through the labyrinth than Aimard. Debussy: Les soirs illumin退s par l'ardeur du charbon ɀl退gie Masques Pr退ludes - Book 2. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs music by Debussy including Preludes: Book 2. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 08 | Pcm 08: Walton - Facade | 20140908 | 20140914 (R3) | Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Nash Ensemble live at the BBC Proms in waltzes by Shostakovich, and Walton's witty Facade, conducted by John Wilson. Shostakovich (arr. L. Atovmyan): Four Waltzes Walton: Fa瀀ade Felicity Palmer (reciter) Ian Bostridge (reciter) John Wilson (conductor) This year's focus on William Walton wouldn't be complete without his witty, genre-bending 'entertainment' Fa瀀ade. Walton's first big success, the work sets poems by his friend and patron Edith Sitwell to create a sequence of colourful, whimsical and piquant numbers for chamber ensemble and reciters. The whimsical side of Shostakovich is also represented, in his Four Waltzes. Arranged from the composer's earlier film scores, they range from the good-humoured 'Spring Waltz', the faux naf 'Waltz-Scherzo' and the charmingly kitsch 'Barrel Organ Waltz'. Nash Ensemble under John Wilson. Shostakovich arr L Atovmyan: 4 Waltzes. Walton: Facade. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Nash Ensemble live at the BBC Proms in waltzes by Shostakovich, and Walton's witty Facade, conducted by John Wilson. Shostakovich (arr. L. Atovmyan): Four Waltzes Walton: Fa瀀ade Felicity Palmer (reciter) Ian Bostridge (reciter) John Wilson (conductor) This year's focus on William Walton wouldn't be complete without his witty, genre-bending 'entertainment' Fa瀀ade. Walton's first big success, the work sets poems by his friend and patron Edith Sitwell to create a sequence of colourful, whimsical and piquant numbers for chamber ensemble and reciters. The whimsical side of Shostakovich is also represented, in his Four Waltzes. Arranged from the composer's earlier film scores, they range from the good-humoured 'Spring Waltz', the faux naf 'Waltz-Scherzo' and the charmingly kitsch 'Barrel Organ Waltz'. Nash Ensemble under John Wilson. Shostakovich arr L Atovmyan: 4 Waltzes. Walton: Facade. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 08 | Pcm 8: Dowland | 20130902 | 20130907 (R3) | Fretwork, Ian Bostridge and Elizabeth Kenny live at the BBC Proms explore the music, life and world of the great English Lutenist John Dowland, born 450 years ago this year. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Dowland: The King of Denmark's Galliard Dowland: Can she excuse my wrongs (The Earl of Essex's Galliard) Dowland: Flow, my tears (Lachrimae antiquae) Dowland: My thoughts are winged with hopes (Sir John Souch's Galliard) Dowland: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic fantasia) Dowland: Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears Dowland: Come again, sweet love doth now invite Dowland: Mr John Langton's Pavan Dowland: I saw my lady weep Dowland: Lachrim怀 Amantis Dowland: If my complaints could passions move (Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard) Dowland: Lachrim怀 tristes Dowland: In darkness let me dwell Dowland: Shall I strive with words to move (Sir Henry Noel's Galliard) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Elizabeth Kenny (lute) In a concert to mark his birth, 450 years ago, singer Ian Bostridge, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and viol consort Fretwork explore the music of John Dowland. Courtier, composer, internationally famous performer and occasional spy, Dowland was described by a contemporary as someone 'whose heavenly touch upon the lute doth ravish human sense'. Today's concert explores both that ravishing music - in songs, dances and instrumental works - and also Dowland's world and life - through musical portraits of his friends, associates and employers. And it includes the song which became his musical calling-card, one of the best known vocal works of the 17th century, and which came to be seen as the epitome of English melancholy: 'Flow my tears'. Fretwork, Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Elizabeth Kenny (lute) perform music by John Dowland. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Fretwork, Ian Bostridge and Elizabeth Kenny live at the BBC Proms explore the music, life and world of the great English Lutenist John Dowland, born 450 years ago this year. Live from Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Dowland: The King of Denmark's Galliard Dowland: Can she excuse my wrongs (The Earl of Essex's Galliard) Dowland: Flow, my tears (Lachrimae antiquae) Dowland: My thoughts are winged with hopes (Sir John Souch's Galliard) Dowland: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic fantasia) Dowland: Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears Dowland: Come again, sweet love doth now invite Dowland: Mr John Langton's Pavan Dowland: I saw my lady weep Dowland: Lachrim怀 Amantis Dowland: If my complaints could passions move (Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard) Dowland: Lachrim怀 tristes Dowland: In darkness let me dwell Dowland: Shall I strive with words to move (Sir Henry Noel's Galliard) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Elizabeth Kenny (lute) In a concert to mark his birth, 450 years ago, singer Ian Bostridge, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and viol consort Fretwork explore the music of John Dowland. Courtier, composer, internationally famous performer and occasional spy, Dowland was described by a contemporary as someone 'whose heavenly touch upon the lute doth ravish human sense'. Today's concert explores both that ravishing music - in songs, dances and instrumental works - and also Dowland's world and life - through musical portraits of his friends, associates and employers. And it includes the song which became his musical calling-card, one of the best known vocal works of the 17th century, and which came to be seen as the epitome of English melancholy: 'Flow my tears'. Fretwork, Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Elizabeth Kenny (lute) perform music by John Dowland. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 08 | Pcm 8: Songs, By Purcell, Mendelssohn And Quilter | 20160905 | 20160911 (R3) | Live at BBC Proms: soprano Carolyn Sampson and countertenor Iestyn Davies perform songs by Purcell (arr. Britten), Mendelssohn and Quilter, including settings of Shakespeare. Live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Purcell (arr. Britten): Sound the trumpet; Lost is my quiet; Music for a while; If music be the food of love; No, resistance is but vain; Celemene, pray tell me Mendelssohn: Ich wollt' meine Lieb' erg怀sse sich; Scheidend; Neue Liebe; Sonntagsmorgen; Das Āhrenfeld; Lied aus 'Ruy Blas Quilter: It was a lover and his lass; Music, when soft voices die; Drink to me only with thine eyes; Love's philosophy; Love calls through the summer night Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Joseph Middleton (piano) Two cherished British singers round off 2016's Proms Chamber Music series with a joint recital at Cadogan Hall, celebrating English song with an extended stopover in Germany for songs and duets by Felix Mendelssohn. Either side, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton present Benjamin Britten's touching 'realisations' of songs by the composer's theatrical predecessor Henry Purcell, and works by the doyen of English song, Roger Quilter. Carolyn Sampson and Iestyn Davies sing music by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. Live at BBC Proms: soprano Carolyn Sampson and countertenor Iestyn Davies perform songs by Purcell (arr. Britten), Mendelssohn and Quilter, including settings of Shakespeare. Live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Purcell (arr. Britten): Sound the trumpet; Lost is my quiet; Music for a while; If music be the food of love; No, resistance is but vain; Celemene, pray tell me Mendelssohn: Ich wollt' meine Lieb' erg怀sse sich; Scheidend; Neue Liebe; Sonntagsmorgen; Das Āhrenfeld; Lied aus 'Ruy Blas Quilter: It was a lover and his lass; Music, when soft voices die; Drink to me only with thine eyes; Love's philosophy; Love calls through the summer night Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Joseph Middleton (piano) Two cherished British singers round off 2016's Proms Chamber Music series with a joint recital at Cadogan Hall, celebrating English song with an extended stopover in Germany for songs and duets by Felix Mendelssohn. Either side, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton present Benjamin Britten's touching 'realisations' of songs by the composer's theatrical predecessor Henry Purcell, and works by the doyen of English song, Roger Quilter. Carolyn Sampson and Iestyn Davies sing music by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |
| 08 | Proms Chamber Music 8: Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio | 20150907 | 20150913 (R3) | The Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, live at the BBC Proms, play piano trios by Arlene Sierra and Brahms. Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 Arlene Sierra: Butterflies Remember a Mountain When not performing as a soloist, violinist Nicola Benedetti appears frequently as a chamber musician - most often with the trio she co-founded with pianist Alexei Grynyuk and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. Here the three musicians pair Brahms's first and stormiest piano trio - its darkness belying the work's major key - with music by American-born composer Arlene Sierra. Inspired by the migration patterns of butterflies, her Butterflies Remember a Mountain is a work of pointillist detail and shimmering harmonies, painted in a sequence of delicate textural gestures. This prom will be repeated on Sunday 13th September at 1pm. The Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio performs works by Brahms and Arlene Sierra. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. The Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, live at the BBC Proms, play piano trios by Arlene Sierra and Brahms. Live from the Cadogan Hall, London Presented by Petroc Trelawny Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 Arlene Sierra: Butterflies Remember a Mountain When not performing as a soloist, violinist Nicola Benedetti appears frequently as a chamber musician - most often with the trio she co-founded with pianist Alexei Grynyuk and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. Here the three musicians pair Brahms's first and stormiest piano trio - its darkness belying the work's major key - with music by American-born composer Arlene Sierra. Inspired by the migration patterns of butterflies, her Butterflies Remember a Mountain is a work of pointillist detail and shimmering harmonies, painted in a sequence of delicate textural gestures. This prom will be repeated on Sunday 13th September at 1pm. The Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio performs works by Brahms and Arlene Sierra. The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations. |