Dame Sarah Connolly & Joseph Middleton - T0126813287Lullabies and dreams, sleep and insomnia are themes that drift through this night-inspired recital of English song. British mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly makes her Proms recital debut in a programme that combines familiar favourites - Britten's cycle A Charm of Lullabies and songs by Vaughan Williams and Howells - with world premieres by Mark-Anthony Turnage and Lisa Illean, as well as of two songs Britten initially intended for A Charm of Lullabies. Hubert Parry's 'Weep you no more' marks the centenary of his death and all the composers studied or taught at the Royal College of Music. There will be no intervalPerformer Sarah Connolly (Dame - mezzo soprano). Performer Joseph Middleton (piano). | |
| 6 Aug 18 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L01793457928 |
T01182240169The 23-year-old cellist Edgar Moreau is a rising star of Baroque music. Here he joins Il Pomo d'Oro for a programme that ranges from the fretful melancholy of a Vivaldi Cello Concerto to the poise of Boccherini and the irrepressible joy of Platti.Performer Edgar Moreau (cello). Company Il Pomo d'Oro. Director Maxim Emelyanychev. | |
| 7 Aug 17 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L01861904530 |
Dame Evelyn Dlennie - T543555782Returning 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. Finish time approx. 14:00Performer Evelyn Glennie (percussion). Performer Philip Smith (piano). | |
| 10 Aug 15 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L02047280135 |
Prokofiev & Schubert - T906042530Prior 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. There will be no interval. Finish time approx. 14:00Performer Janine Jansen (violin). Performer Sakari Oramo (violin). Performer Itamar Golan (piano). | |
| 11 Aug 14 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L1374252229 |
tenThing - T541218430Ahead of her Royal Albert Hall concerto debut (Prom 48), Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth brings her all-female 10-piece brass ensemble tenThing to Cadogan Hall for this colourful Proms Chamber Music concert. 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, arranged for tenThing by Jarle Storl?kken. There will be no interval. Finish time: approx. 14:00 | |
| 5 Aug 13 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L01319554159 |
Debussy & Ravel - T01496690272Joining forces to honour the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth we have three leading young soloists: two are current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, and Jennifer Pike, BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2002, is a former member too. The Debussy pieces come from late in his career, when he embarked on a set of six sonatas for various instrumental combinations. He completed just three - of which the Sonata for flute, viola and harp can be heard later in the season (Proms Chamber Music 7). Ravel's elegant Piano Trio gained a new following after featuring in the heartrending 1992 film Un coeur en hiver. There will be no interval. Finish time approx. 14:00Performer Jennifer Pike (violin). Performer Igor Levit (piano). Performer Nicolas Altstaedt (cello). | |
| 6 Aug 12 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L973660795 |
Khatia Buniatishvili Plays Liszt/Prokofiev - T01054538769BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Khatia Buniatishvili is already turning heads with her mesmerising stage presence and a unique style of pianism mixing uncanny sensitivity with old-school fireworks. In this recital she explores the different brands of virtuosity perfected by two composer pianists. Liszt, one of this year's prominent anniversary figures, shares the bill with a more recent practitioner whose Seventh Sonata contains the most dynamic music ever devised by a composer renowned for his motoric piano style. Finish time: approx. 14:00 | |
| 8 Aug 11 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L0396540314 |
The Music of J S Bach and his Sons - T1303708049As a prelude to Bach Day (Saturday 14 August), the Amsterdam-based ensemble Musica ad Rhenum plays music by the figurehead of this extraordinary musical dynasty and two of his composer sons. Two works honour the 300th anniversary of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach; and there are trio sonatas by his younger brother Carl Philipp Emanuel and by their father Johann Sebastian. The concert culminates in Johann Sebastian's great trio sonata from the Musical Offering, his collection of canons, fugues and other pieces based on a theme by Frederick II of Prussia. Finish time: approx. 14:00 No intervalDirector Jed Wentz (flute). Company Musica ad Rhenum. | |
| 9 Aug 10 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L0669707824 |
Scottish Ensemble - T1490601217A rich variety of string music spanning three centuries. At this programme's heart is a new piece by John Woolrich, framed by classic works by Mozart and by Purcell, whose imaginative use of form in his Chacony was such an inspiration for Britten's String Quartet No.2 (PCM 3). Stravinsky's mercurial Concerto of 1946 casts an ironic eye back to the musical past as it extracts every ounce of colour and contrast from the strings. With its disjointed motor rhythms, the music twists and turns in the air like some crazy dance, alternately gawky and elegant, high-spirited and nostalgic - the perfect vehicle to demonstrate the versatility and vitality of this exciting ensemble of players.Director Jonathan Morton (violin). | |
| 10 Aug 09 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L01774978816 |
T164773026Finish time approx. 14:00Music Messiaen (56 mins)). Performer Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano). Performer Simon Lepper (piano). | |
| 11 Aug 08 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L1272122565 |
T1186972498Finish time approx.Company Henshel Quartet. Music Mendelssohn (Capriccio Op 81 No 3). Music Sibelius (String Quartet- 'Voces intimae Op 56'). Music Janacek (String Quartet No 1 - 'The Kreutzer Sonata'). | |
| 6 Aug 07 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L01082920572 |
BBC Proms Chamber Music
