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Season July 2008

 

Week 1: 18 - 24 July 2008

Fri 18 Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 21 Tue 22 Wed 23 Thu 24
20.00 - 22.25 Prom 1 R. Strauss Festliches Präludium
Mozart Oboe Concerto in C major, K314
R. Strauss Four Last Songs
Messiaen Dieu parmi nous, from "La Nativité du Seigneur"
Beethoven Rondo in B-flat, for piano and orchestra
E. Carter Catenaires (solo piano) - UK premiere
Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy


Karita Mattila soprano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Wayne Marshall organ


Royal College of Music Brass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jirí Belohlávek conductor

18.30 - 21.00 Prom 2 Bax : The Garden of Fand
Finzi : Intimations of Immortality
Elgar : Violin Concerto

Andrew Kennedy tenor
Nigel Kennedy violin

BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Concert Orchestra
Vernon Handley conductor

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22.00 - 23.30 Prom 3 Nigel Kennedy Quintet

Nigel Kennedy violin
Tomasz Grzegorski saxophone
Piotr Wylezol piano
Adam Kowalewski double bass
Pawel Dobrowolski percussion

With Xantone Blacq singer

15.30 - 18.00 Prom 4
Folk Day (1) Traditional Folk songs
Grainger
& Vaughan Williams Folk song-inspired works
Berio Folk songs
Trad. arr. Folkestra Folk music from the British Isles
Bartok Romanian Dances
Tickell New arrangement
(BBC commission: world premiere)

Bella Hardy singer

London Young Musicians
Folkestra
Muzsikas
London Sinfonietta
Martyn Brabbins conductor

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19.30 - 21.30

Prom 5
Folk Day (2) To include sets by:
Bella Hardy Singer
Martin Simpson singer/guitar
Bellowhead

13:00 - 14:00 PCM 1 Schumann 5 Gesänge der Frühe, Op.133
E. Carter Night Fantasies
Messiaen L'Alouette Lulu, from Catalogue d'oiseaux
Bartok Suite: Out of Doors

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

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19:30 - 21:45 Prom 6 Messiaen L'Ascension, for solo organ
Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 ('Organ')

Olivier Latry organ

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung conductor

19:00 - 21:05 Prom 7 Rossini William Tell - Overture
Haydn Cello Concerto No.1

Elgar Symphony No.1

Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR)
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
22.00 - 23.30 Prom 8 Obrecht Missa 'Malheur me bat'
Josquin Des Prez Missa 'Malheur me bat'
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Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips conductor

19.00 - 22.05 Prom 9 Mendelssohn Overture - Ruy Blas
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4

Brahms Piano Concerto No.2

Brahms Symphony No.2

Lars Vogt piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jirí Belohlávek conductor
19:30 - 21:25 Prom 10 Bax In memoriam Patrick Pearse (1st public performance)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.1

Vaughan Williams Symphony No.4

Yevgeny Sudbin piano

BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor

 

Week 2: 25 - 31 July 2008  
Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Wed 30 Thu 31
19:30 - 21:25 Prom 11 Debussy Nocturnes
Simon Holt Troubled Light (BBC Commission; world premiere)

Musorgsky orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Cantamus Girls' Choir

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer conductor
19:00 - 21:40 Prom 12 Musorgsky A Night on the Bare Mountain (Sorochintsky Fair version)
Musorgsky Boris Godunov - Coronation Scene, Boris's Monologue & Death Scene

Thomas Adès Tevot

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1
Borodin Polovtsian Dances

Sir John Tomlinson bass
Louis Lortie piano

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès conductor

11:00 - 13.00 Prom 13
Doctor Who Prom Murray Gold Music from Doctor Who
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Holst The Planets - Jupiter
Mark-Anthony Turnage The Torino Scale (UK premiere)
Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries

Freema Agyeman presenter
with Daleks and Cybermen

London Philharmonic Choir
BBC Philharmonic
Stephen Bell conductor
Benjamin Foster conductor

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19.00 - 20.50 Prom 14 Messiaen La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ

Dénes Várjon piano
Adam Walker flute
Julian Bliss clarinet
Sonia Wieder-Atherton cello
Colin Currie xylophone
Adrian Spillett marimba
Richard Benjafield vibraphone

BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer conductor

13:00 - 14:00 PCM 2 Monteverdi Volgendo il ciel
Monteverdi Lamento d'Arianna
Monteverdi Il ballo delle ingrate

I Fagiolini
Barokksolistene
Robert Hollingworth director

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19.30 - 21.15 Prom 15 Beethoven Grosse Fuge
Elliott Carter Oboe Concerto

Beethoven Symphony No.5

Nicholas Daniel oboe

BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson conductor

19:30 - 21:40 Prom 16 Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.8 in D minor

Bruch Violin Concerto No.1
R Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Janine Jansen violin

Hallé
Mark Elder conductor

19:00 - 22:45 Prom 17 World Music Celebration - Winners of the Radio 3 Awards for World Music.

In collaboration with Serious

Mayra Andrade Cape Verde
Juldeh Camara Gambia & Justin Adams UK
Sa Dingding China
Son de la Frontera Spain
Bassekou Kouyate Mali
19:30 - 21:25 Prom 18 Monteverdi The Coronation of Poppaea (semi-staged; sung in Italian)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Sonya Yoncheva Fortune soprano
Simona Mihai Virtue soprano
Amy Freston Cupid soprano
Christophe Dumaux Otho counter-tenor
Alice Coote Nero mezzo-soprano
Danielle De Niese Poppaea soprano
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Amalta tenor
Tamara Mumford Octavia mezzo-soprano
Marie Arnet Drusilla soprano
Paolo Battaglia Seneca bass
Trevor Scheunemann Mercury/Consul bass
Patrick Schramm Lictor/Consul bass
Dominique Visse Nurse/Friend counter-tenor
Claire Ormshaw Lady-in-Waiting soprano
Lucia Cirillo Page mezzo-soprano
Andrew Tortise Lucan/Soldier 1/Tribune/Friend tenor
Peter Gijsbertsen Liberto/Soldier 2/Tribune tenor

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Emmanuelle Haïm conductor

 

Week 3 : 1 August - 7 August 2008
Fri 1 Sat 2 Sun 3 Mon 4 Tue 5 Wed 6 Thu 7
19:00 - 22:30 Prom 19 Kenneth Hesketh Graven Image (BBC/RLPO co-commission; world premiere)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4

Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

Paul Lewis piano

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor

18.00 - 21.10 Prom 20
Stockhausen Day Stockhausen Gruppen;
Klang, 13th hour – Cosmic Pulses (UK premiere);
Klang, 5th hour – Harmonien for solo trumpet (BBC commission; world premiere);
Kontakte;
Gruppen (repeat)

Marco Blaauw trumpet
Nicolas Hodges piano
Colin Currie percussion

BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, Pascal Rophé, Ludovic Morlot conductors

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19:30 - 21:45 Prom 21 Stockhausen Stimmung

Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier director

16.00 - 17.00 Prom 22 Demessieux Te Deum
Messiaen Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace
Dupré Symphony for organ No.2
Naji Hakim Pange Lingua
Messiaen Prelude

Improvisation

Wayne Marshall organ

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19:30 - 21:40 Prom 23 Beethoven Symphony No.1
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
Johan Botha tenor

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles conductor

13:00 - 14:00 PCM 3 Grieg Violin Sonata No.3
Tchaikovsky Serenade Melancolique
Tchaikovsky Souvenir d'un lieu cher
Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo

Julia Fischer violin
Yakov Kreizberg piano

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19:30 - 21:55 Prom 24 Bach orch. H Wood Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
Smyth Concerto for Horn and Violin

Rachmaninov orch. H Wood Prelude in C sharp minor
Rachmaninov Symphony No.2

Richard Watkins horn
Tasmin Little violin

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom conductor

19:00 - 21:15 Prom 25 Wagenaar Overture - Cyrano de Bergerac
Dvorak Symphony No. 6

Brahms Violin Concerto

Julia Fischer violin

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg conductor

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22:15 - 23:30 Prom 26 Poulenc Chansons françaises, Op. 130 - selection
John McCabe Scenes in America Deserta

French Renaissance madrigals
Lassus Dessus le marche d'Arras
Passereau Il est bel et bon
Lassus Toutes les nuits
Janequin La guerre

Victorian Part-Songs
Rogers Hears not my Phyllis
Hobbs Phillis is my only joy
Trad. arr. SE Lovatt The Little Green Lane
Bridge The Goslings

English Folk songs
Trad. arr. Bob Chilcott Greensleeves
Trad. arr. Langford Blow away the morning dew
Trad. arr Lawson The Turtle Dove
Trad. arr. Langford Widdicombe Fair

The King's Singers

19:30 - 21:45 Prom 27 Messiaen L'Ascension (for orchestra)
Stravinsky Violin Concerto

George Benjamin Ringed by the Flat Horizon
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel Boléro

Carolin Widmann violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra
George Benjamin conductor
19:30 - 21:45 Prom 28 Ferguson Overture for an Occasion
Stanford Piano Concerto No.2

Smetana Má Vlast - Vltava
Dvorak Symphony No. 8

Finghin Collins piano

Ulster Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery conductor

 

Week 4 : 8 August - 14 August 2008  
Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14

19.00 - 21.05 Prom 29 Chen Yi Olympic Fire (BBC commission: world premiere)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Vaughan Williams Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6

Olga Kern piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conductor

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22.00 - 23.20 Prom 30 Michael Torke Javelin
John Adams The Chairman Dances
Bernstein Mass - Three Meditations
Ellington Harlem

Han-Na Chang cello

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Kristjan Järvi conductor

NB: Opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics today.


19.00 - 21.00 Prom 31 Gershwin Strike Up the Band
Gershwin , arr. Jason Yarde Porgy and Bess - My man's gone now (BBC commission; world premiere)
Jason Yarde Rhythm and other Fascinations (BBC commission; world premiere)
Stravinsky Ebony Concerto
Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

Gwilym Simcock Progressions for piano and orchestra (BBC commission; world premiere)
Gershwin An American in Paris

Gwilym Simcock piano
Phil Donkin bass
Martin France drums
Michael Collins clarinet

BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood conductor

16:00 - 17:00 Prom 32 Messiaen Messe de la Pentecôte
Interspersed with:
Manchicourt Missa 'Veni Creator Spiritus'

James O'Donnell organ

BBC Singers
Andrew Carwood conductor

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19.30 - 21.30 Prom 33 Sibelius Night-Ride and Sunrise
Michael Berkeley Slow Dawn (world premiere of new version)
Stuart MacRae Gaudete (BBC commission; world premiere)

Elgar Enigma Variations

Susanna Andersson soprano

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor

13:00 - 14:00 PCM 4 Messiaen Harawi

Gweneth-Ann Jeffers soprano
Simon Lepper piano

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19.30 - 21.50 Prom 34 Rachmaninov Symphony No.1 in D minor

Puccini Il tabarro (concert performance; sung in Italian)
Barbara Frittoli soprano Giorgetta
Miro Dvorsky tenor Luigi
Lado Ataneli baritone Michele
Jane Henschel mezzo-soprano La Frugola
Barry Banks tenor Il Tinca
Alastair Miles bass Il Talpa
Allan Clayton tenor Ballad-seller
Katherine Broderick soprano & Edgaras Montvidas tenor Young lovers

BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor

19:00 - 21:15 Prom 35 Elgar In the South (Alassio)
Vaughan Williams Piano Concerto

Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade

Ashley Wass piano

BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky conductor

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22.15 - 23.30 Prom 36 Rachmaninov All-night vigil (Vespers)

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier conductor

19.30 - 21.50 Prom 37 Ravel La Valse
Anders Hillborg Clarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales) (UK premiere)

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Martin Fröst clarinet

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
19.00 - 21.05 Prom 38 Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello*
Schoenberg Variations for Orchestra, Op.31

Brahms Symphony No.4

*Members of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim conductor
22.15 - 23.30 Prom 39 Pierre Boulez Mémoriale ('… explosante-fixe …' Originel)
Stravinsky L'Histoire du Soldat


Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor

 

Week 5 : 15 August - 21 August 2008
Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Mon 18 Tue 19 Wed 20 Thu 21
19.30 - 21.30 Prom 40 Janácek Sinfonietta
Janácek Concertino

Janácek Glagolitic Mass (original version, reconstr. Paul Wingfield)

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano

Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet soprano
Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano
Simon O'Neill tenor
Peter Fried bass
Simon Preston organ

BBC Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez conductor
18.30 - 22.00 Prom 41 Handel Belshazzar

Paul Groves tenor Belshazzar
Rosemary Joshua soprano Nitocris
Bejun Mehta counter-tenor Cyrus
Iestyn Davies counter-tenor Daniel
Robert Gleadow bass/baritone Gobrias

Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Charles Mackerras conductor
16.00 - 17.15 Prom 42 Messiaen Apparition de l'église éternelle;
Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur

Jennifer Bate organ
19.30 - 21.55 Prom 43 Mozart Symphony No.34 in C, K338
Vaughan Williams Flos Campi
Nigel Osborne Flute Concerto

Beethoven Mass in C

Rebecca Evans soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano
Thomas Walker tenor
Matthew Rose bass
Sharon Bezaly flute
Lawrence Power viola

BBC Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox conductor

13.00 - 14.00 PCM 5 Ortiz Passamezzo antico; Folia; Ruggiero Romanesca; Passamezzo moderno
Hume A Souldiers March; Harke, harke; A Souldiers Resolution
Marais Pièces de viole, 3è livre – Prélude; Muzettes I/II; La sautillante Sanz Jácaras; Canarios Marais Couplets des Folies d'espagne

Jordi Savall bass viol/viola da gamba
Rolf Lislevand theorbo/guitar

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19.30 - 21.35 Prom 44 Elliott Carter Soundings (UK premiere)
Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto

Beethoven Symphony No.6, 'Pastoral'

Nicolas Hodges piano
Alban Gerhardt cello

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor

19.00 - 22.00 Prom 45 Jonathan Harvey Tombeau de Messiaen
Messiaen Concert à quatre

Jonathan Harvey Mortuos plango, vivos voco
Jonathan Harvey Speakings (BBC co-commission with IRCAM and Radio France; UK premiere)

Varèse Poème éléctronique
Varèse Déserts

Cédric Tiberghien piano
Emily Beynon flute
Alexei Ogrintchouk oboe
Danjulo Ishizaka cello

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor

19.00 - 22.30 Prom 46 Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty

London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor
19.30 - 22.00 Prom 47 Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op.46

Janácek Osud (concert performance, sung in Czech)

cast includes:
Štefan Margita tenor Živný
Amanda Roocroft soprano Míla
Rosalind Plowright mezzo-soprano Míla's Mother
Aleš Briscein tenor Dr Suda
Ailish Tynan soprano Miss Stuhlá
Martina Bauerová soprano Miss Pacovská/Fanca
George Longworth treble Doubek as child

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jirí Belohlávek conductor

 

Week 6 : 22 August - 28 August 2008
Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Tue 26 Wed 27 Thu 28
19.00 - 22.20 Prom 48 Mahler Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor

Stockhausen Punkte (1952/ 1962/ 1993)

Schubert Songs
Orch. David Matthews Ständchen, D920b
Orch. Manfred Trojahn Bei dir allein, D866/2
Orch. Colin Matthews Nacht und Träume, D827
Orch. Detlev Glanert Das Lied im Grünen, D917

Beethoven Overture 'Leonore' No.3

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano
Apollo Voices (womens' voices)

Gürzenich Orchestra
Markus Stenz conductor
18.30 - 20.45 Prom 49 Varèse Amériques
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor

Copland Symphony No.3

Boris Berezovsky piano

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Antonio Pappano conductor

16.00 - 17.00 Prom 50
Bach Day J S Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565;
Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel Hoch' BWV769;
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, ‘St Anne', BWV 552;
Chorale Prelude on ‘Vater unser im Himmelreich', BWV 682;
Chorale Prelude on ‘Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir', BWV 687;
Duetto No.2 in F major, BWV 803

Simon Preston organ

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19.00 - 21.10 Prom 51 J S Bach St. John Passion (sung in German)

Mark Padmore tenor Evangelist
Peter Harvey bass Christus
Katherine Fuge soprano
Robin Blaze counter-tenor
Nicholas Mulroy tenor
Jeremy Budd tenor
Matthew Brook bass

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
22.00 - 23.15 Prom 52 J S Bach Suite No.1 in G major for solo cello
J S Bach Suite No.2 in D minor for solo cello
J S Bach Suite No.3 in C major for solo cello

Jian Wang cello
NB: Closing Ceremony Of Beijing Olympics Today

13:00 - 14:00

PCM 6 Lambert Air ‘Vos mépris chaque jour'
Marais Sonate à la marésienne – excerpts
Montéclair Cantata - Le dépit généreux
Couperin 14è ordre – Le rossignol-en-amour; Double du rossignol
Rameau Cantata - Orphée

Les Talens Lyriques:
Céline Scheen soprano
Stéphanie Paulet violin
Atsushi Sakaï cello
Christophe Rousset harpsichord/director

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19.00 - 21.10 Prom 53 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet - excerpts

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 in E minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniele Gatti conductor

19.30 - 22.05

Prom 54 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis;
Job: A Masque for Dancing;

Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music;
Symphony No.9

Sarah Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Sophie Bevan, Rachel Nicholls sopranos
Allison Cook, Louise Poole, Julia Riley, Catherine Hopper mezzo-sopranos
Ed Lyon, Joshua Ellicott, Peter Wedd, Nicholas Sharratt tenors
Mark Stone, Darren Jeffery, George von Bergen,Tim Mirfin basses

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor

19:30 - 21:15 Prom 55 Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Peter Eötvös Seven (UK premiere)

Ravel Shéhérazade;
Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No.2

Akiko Suwanai violin
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano

Philharmonia Orchestra
Peter Eötvös conductor

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22.00 - 23.20

Prom 56 Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus arcticus
Sir John Tavener Cantus Mysticus (UK premiere);
The Whale

Patricia Rozario soprano
Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano
David Wilson-Johnson baritone
Mark van de Wiel clarinet

London Sinfonietta Chorus
London Sinfonietta
David Atherton conductor

19.30 - 21.35 Prom 57 Steven Stucky Rhapsodies (BBC/NYPO co- commission; world premiere)
Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano

New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel conductor

 

Week 7 : 29 August - 4 September 2008  
Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4
19.30 - 21.35 Prom 58 Ravel Mother Goose - suite
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin - suite

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4

New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel conductor
19.30 - 22.05 Prom 59 Magnus Lindberg Seht die Sonne (UK premiere)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor

Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor

Nikolai Lugansky piano

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor

16.00 - 17.30 Prom 60 Mozart Piano Sonata (to be announced)
Rachmaninov Preludes (selection)
Debussy Préludes (selection)
Schubert Fantasie in F minor, D940*
Chopin Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, Op.22
Chopin Waltzes (selection)
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

Lang Lang piano
with Marc Yu* piano

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20.00 - 21.35 Prom 61 Verdi Requiem

Violeta Urmana soprano
Olga Borodina mezzo-soprano
Joseph Calleja tenor
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo bass

BBC Symphony Chorus
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jirí Belohlávek conductor

13:00 - 14:00 PCM 7 Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge

Mark Padmore tenor
Nash Ensemble
19.00 - 21.10 Prom 62 Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major

Sibelius Symphony No.2 in D major

Nikolaj Znaider violin

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Sir Colin Davis conductor

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22.00 - 23.30 Prom 63 Motets and chansons by Claude Le Jeune , Antoine Brumel and Claudin de Sermisy , interspersed with Indian ragas

Messiaen Cinq rechants
Night ragas

Nishat Khan sitar
Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa tabla
Emmanuel Masongsong tanpura

BBC Singers
David Hill conductor

19.30 - 21.40 Prom 64 Wagner Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod

Messiaen Turangalîla Symphony

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Tristan Murail ondes martenot

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
19.30 - 21.40 Prom 65 Brahms Symphony No.3 in F major

Shostakovich Symphony No.10 in E minor

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor

19.00 - 21.10 Prom 66 Grace Williams Sea Sketches
Elgar Sea Pictures

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6, 'Pathetique'

Christine Rice mezzo-soprano

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka conductor

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22.00 - 23.00 Prom 67 Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

Martin Fröst clarinet
Anthony Marwood violin
Matthew Barley cello
Thomas Larchner piano

 

Week 8 : 5 September - 11 September 2008  
Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11
19.30 - 21.55 Prom 68 Rimsky-Korsakov Kashchey the Immortal(concert performance; sung in Russian)

Stravinsky The Firebird

Vyacheslav Voynarovsky tenor Kashchey
Tatiana Monogarova soprano Princess
Pavel Baransky baritone Ivan Korolevich
Elena Manistina mezzo-soprano Kashcheyevna
Mikhail Petrenko bass Storm Knight

BBC Singers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
19.30 - 21.45 Prom 69 Roussel Bacchus et Arianne - Suite No.2
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor

Thea Musgrave Rainbow
Debussy La mer

Stephen Hough piano

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conductor
16.00 - 22.00 Prom 70 Messiaen Saint Francis of Assisi (concert performance; sung in French)

The Netherlands Opera

Rodney Gilfrey St Francis
Heidi Grant Murphy Angel
Hubert Delamboye Leper
Henk Neven Brother Leo
Charles Workman Brother Masseo
Donald Kaasch Brother Elias
Armand Arapian Brother Bernard
Jan Willem Balijet Brother Sylvester
André Morsch Brother Rufus

Chorus of The Netherlands Opera
The Hague Philharmonic
Ingo Metzmacher conductor

13:00 - 14:00 PCM 8 R. Strauss Capriccio - Sextet
Fauré La bonne chanson
Huw Watkins Sad Steps (BBC commission; world premiere)

Elizabeth Watts soprano
Aronowitz Ensemble

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19.30 - 21.45 Prom 71 Mark-Anthony Turnage Chicago Remains (UK premiere)

Mahler Symphony No.6 in A minor

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor

19.30 - 21.45 Prom 72 Mozart Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K491

Shostakovich Symphony No.4 in C minor

Murray Perahia piano

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor
18.30 - 21.50 Prom 73 Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No.7)

Xenakis Pleiades

Holst The Planets

Elizabeth Watts soprano
4-Mality
O Duo
Holst Singers women's voices
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor
19.30 - 21.30 Prom 74 Matthias Pintscher Hérodiade-Fragmente

Mahler Symphony No.1 in D major

Marisol Montalvo soprano

Orchestre de Paris
Christoph Eschenbach conductor

 

Week 9 : 12 - 13 September 2007  
Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18
19.30 - 21.50 Prom 75 Wagner Parsifal - Prelude (Act 1)
Krzysztof Penderecki Threnody 'For the Victims of Hiroshima'
Beethoven Elegischer Gesang

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor ‘Choral'

Emma Bell soprano
Jane Irwin mezzo-soprano
Timothy Robinson tenor
Iain Paterson bass

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
20.00 - 22.35 Prom 76 The Last Night of the Proms
Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus - Overture
Wagner Tannhäuser – ‘Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung … O du, mein holder Abendstern' (Act 3)
Puccini Tosca - ‘Tre sbirri, una carrozza' (Act 1, Te Deum)
Verdi Falstaff – ‘Ehi! paggio! … L'onore! Ladri!' (Act 1)
Beethoven Choral Fantasy

Denza arr. Rimsky-Korsakov Funiculì, funiculà
Trad. arr. Chris Hazell : Folk-Song Medley The Turtle Dove (England) – Loch Lomond (Scotland) – Cariad cyntaf (Wales) – Molly Malone (Ireland) (BBC commission: world premiere)
Anna Meredith new work (BBC commission; world premiere)
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Vaughan Williams Sea Songs
Arne arr. Sargent Rule, Britannia!
Parry orch. Elgar Jerusalem
The National Anthem

Bryn Terfel bass-baritone
Hélène Grimaud piano


BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Roger Norrington conductor

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