T266987553Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair a classic 19th-century symphony with the world premiere of a newly completed orchestral triptych. Premiered just days before the composer's sudden death, Tchaikovsky's 'Pathetique' Symphony, with its evocative subtitle, is entangled with its author's own struggles and emotions. Its passionate outpourings meet the intricate play of proportion, density and energy in American composer Catherine Lamb's mesmerising Portions Transparent/Opaque - a trio of movements inspired by colour theory that move gradually from sonic expansion to collapse.Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Ilan Volkov. | |
| 24 Jul 23 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0214582112 |
Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers - T01452547115Admired by Mahler and Britten and praised as a ‘masterpiece' by Thomas Beecham, Ethel Smyth's opera The Wreckers - a psychological drama of 'wrecking, religion and love' - was the pinnacle of the composer's career. With its sweeping musical soundscapes, passionate central love story and radical interrogation of fear, hypocrisy and mob violence, it's a compelling piece of music-theatre, whose heroine is a mirror of her fascinating, unorthodox creator. Glyndebourne presents the opera for the first time with its original score and French libretto. Robin Ticciati conducts an exciting international cast in this semi staged performance.Company Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Robin Ticciati. Performer Philip Horst (Pasco). Performer James Rutherford (Lawrence). Performer Rodrigo Porras Garulo (Mark). Performer Lauren Fagan (Avis). Performer Donovan Singletary (Harvey). Performer Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Tallan). Performer Marta Fontanals-Simmons (Jack). Performer Karis Tucker (Thirza). | |
| 24 Jul 22 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0887714908 |
Des Canyons Aux Etoiles - T495248523The ?wild and colourful beauty' of Utah and Arizona was the inspiration for one of the 20th century's most singular and extraordinary works, a musical act of ?praise and contemplation' painted in the brightest and most vivid of sounds. Olivier Messiaen's mighty Des canyons aux etoiles... ('From the Canyons to the Stars...') is a sonic meditation in which birdsong mingles with desert winds, and the rustling of sand. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC SO, with pianist Nicolas Hodges and horn player Martin Owen taking the demanding solo parts. | |
| 28 Jul 19 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1342654194 |
Pioneers of Sound - T01337122412Daphne Oram's visionary Still Point fills the cavernous space of the Royal Albert Hall for the first time in the premiere of a revised realisation based on recently discovered archive material. Composed in 1949 - almost a decade before Oram co-founded the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - the piece was possibly the first to combine a live orchestra with live electronic manipulations, here played via turntables. Still Point forms the centrepiece of a late-night sonic exploration that features work by Delia Derbyshire - another Radiophonic Workshop pioneer who achieved cult status for her electronic arrangement of the Doctor Who TV theme - as well as new works inspired by the Radiophonic legacy. There will be no intervalPerformer Shiva Feshareki (turntables / electronics). Company London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor Robert Ames. | |
| 23 Jul 18 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1136443071 |
Malcolm Sargent's 500th Prom - T1704049804Marking 50 years since the death of Malcolm Sargent, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC SO recreate Sargent's 500th Prom. With music by Elgar, Holst, Walton and Berlioz, as well as Schumann's mercurial Piano Concerto, with Beatrice Rana as soloist.Performer Beatrice Rana (piano). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Andrew Davis. | |
| 24 Jul 17 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0253437801 |
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 - T2031667672Beethoven helped change the European musical landscape but in his final symphony he imagined the most startling transformation of all: from a brutal, joyless world to one of uplifting and embracing brotherhood. He did it by writing his most vivid music yet and employing - for the first time in a symphony - a chorus, proclaiming Friedrich Schiller's uplifting 'Ode to Joy'. Vladimir Jurowski returns to the Proms, opening with a new work from one of the finest orchestral craftsmen of our time, Magnus LindbergPerformer Miah Persson (soprano). Performer Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano). Performer John Daszak (tenor). Performer Christopher Purves (bass). Company London Philharmonic Choir. Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. | |
| 24 Jul 16 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L838325907 |
Holst - The Planets - T01725056543Once an irascible enfant terrible, Pierre Boulez was born 90 years ago. The Proms celebrations continue with one of his earliest works. Originally a series of 12 brilliant miniatures for piano, Notations is gradually being expanded by the composer into an orchestral cycle. Holst's The Planets brings musical imagery of a different kind. Violinist Leila Josefowicz makes a welcome return to the Proms, with a new concerto composed specially for her by one of Italy's greatest living composers. Finish time approx 21:50Performer Leila Josefowicz (violin). Performer Elysian Singers (women's voices). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Susanna Malkki. | |
| 27 Jul 15 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L061362848 |
CBeebies Prom - T0637615388Following on from the sell-out success of last year's Doctor Who Prom and 2011's Horrible Histories Prom, this year parents are invited to join their children for the first ever CBeebies Prom. Take a journey through London with some of your favourite CBeebies characters and explore the sounds of the orchestra, as well as the everyday sounds around us. This morning's adventure combines live music from the BBC Philharmonic and video action on screens around the hall. The next generation of classical music fans starts here. There will be no interval. Finish time approx. 11:50Performer Ben Faulks (Mr Bloom). Performer Gemma Hunt (from Swashbuckle). Performer Chris Jarvis (from Show Me Show Me). Performer Steven Kynman (Robert the Robot). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Stephen Bell. | |
| 27 Jul 14 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L430868303 |
National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America - T01885203944The UK debut of the newly formed National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America opens with the European premiere of a work by American rising star Sean Shepherd. Joshua Bell joins Valery Gergiev and the orchestra for Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in a bravura programme that concludes with Shostakovich's monumental 10th Symphony. Finish time: approx. 21:45Performer Joshua Bell (violin). Company National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America. Conductor Valery Gergiev. | |
| 21 Jul 13 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1108453331 |
Beethoven Cycle - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 - T1692845409Daneil Barenboim continues his survey of Beethoven - whose music, he believes, 'speaks to all people'. Tonight, two Beethoven symphonies of dancing athleticism and universal appeal frame one of Pierre Boulez's mesmerising etensions of earlier works: Anth?mes 2 is scored for violin and live electronics and its serenely beautiful expressivity may come as a surprise. Beethoven's ebullient Seventh, famously dubbed 'the apotheosis of dance', was the last piece conducted by Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood. Finish time approx. 21:00Performer Michael Barenboim (violin). Performer IRCAM (IRCAM (live electronics). Company West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor Daniel Barenboim. | |
| 24 Jul 12 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0929327392 |
Verdi - Requiem - T617075292Verdi’s masterpiece storms the heavens with a stellar line up of soloists and massed choirs in the second of the Proms Choral Sundays. Finish time approx: 20:40Performer Marina Poplavskaya (soprano). Performer Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano). Performer Joseph Calleja (tenor). Performer Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass). Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC National Chorus of Wales. Company London Philharmonic Choir. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Semyon Bychkov. | |
| 24 Jul 11 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L146159527 |
BBC National Orchestra of Wales - T1719379464The BBC National Orchestra of Wales launches our cycle of Schumann symphonies with the First, whose freshness and drive reflect the productive frenzy that seized its composer around the time of his marriage. It's preceded by the stirring overture to the Cherubini opera which Brahms hailed as 'the highest peak of dramatic music'. Written for tonight's soloist, Simon Holt's percussion concerto was partly inspired by the table of tools kept by his great-uncle, a taxidermist. The perky adventures of Strauss's mythical rogue forms a brilliantly coloured conclusion. Finish time: approx. 21:05Conductor Thierry Fischer. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Performer Colin Currie (percussion). | |
| 26 Jul 10 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0447601259 |
T01596165757A free family concert specially devised to give new and younger audiences a first taste of classical music and a flavour of the music to be heard throughout the season. There's music by Elgar and Holst, Saint-Saëns and Britten, plus a newly devised work designed for the BBC Proms Family Orchestra (which gives its debut performance at a Proms concert). PROM 13 is a free event and tickets will be available from the Royal Albert Hall Box Office (in person, online or by phone) from Thursday 25 June. Season Tickets, Half-Season Tickets and Weekend Promming Passes will be valid for this event. Please note that attendance at this concert does not count towards the Five-Concert RuleMusic Khachaturian (Guyane - Sabre Dance - 3 mins). Music Chopin (orch. Stravinsky - Waltz in E flat major Op 18 'Grande valse brillante - 6 mins). Music Richard Rodney Bennett (Sir - Lilliburlero Variations - 10 mins - world premiere of orchestral version). Music Holst (A Song of the Night - 9 mins). Music Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 - 5 mins). Music Collaborative Work (The Rough Guide to the Proms Family Orchestra - 10 mins - world premiere). Music Saint-Saens (Introduction and Rondo capriccioso - 9 mins). Music Britten (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - 18 mins). Performer Jennifer Pike (violin). Company BBC Proms Family Orchestra. Director Lincoln Abbotts. Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Tecwyn Evans. | |
| 26 Jul 09 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L02121835830 |
Doctor Who Prom - T0909978449Approx. end time 13:00Music Murray Gold (40 mins)). Music Copland (3 mins)). Music Holst (8 mins)). Music Mark-Anthony Turnage (4 mins)). Music Wagner (5 mins)). Performer Freema Agyeman (presenter - with Daleks and Cybermen). Company London Philharmonic Choir. Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Ben Foster. Conductor Stephen Bell. | |
| 27 Jul 08 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0769158618 |
T333091320Finish time approx. 21:20Conductor David Robertson. Company Gondwana Voices. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Music Brett Dean (Vexations and Devotions - BBC co-commission: European premiere). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 7 in A major). | |
| 22 Jul 07 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0282004685 |
T0738059607Finish time approx. 21:00Conductor Richard Hickox. Company BBC National Chorus of Wales. Company London Symphony Chorus. Company Cor Caerdydd. Company London Brass. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Performer Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone). Music Elgar (In the South - Alassio). Music Bliss (A Colour Symphony). Music Walton (Belshazzar's Feast). | |
| 23 Jul 06 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1733269064 |
The Dream of Gerontius - T690854408Music Elgar. Company Halle Youth Choir. Company Halle Choir. Company London Philharmonic Choir. Company Halle. Conductor Mark Elder. Performer Alice Coote (mezzo soprano). Performer Paul Groves (tenor). Performer Matthew Best (bass). | |
| 24 Jul 05 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L325236099 |
T01032494490This concert will be broadcast on BBC4. Finish time approx. 21:35.Music Elgar (Violin Concerto in B minor). Music Dvorak (Mass in D major). Performer Rebecca Nash (soprano). Performer Benjamin Hulett (tenor). Performer Neal Davies (bass). Performer Pinchas Zukerman (violin). Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Andrew Davis (Sir). | |
| 25 Jul 04 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L07108583 |
T01739415646This concert will be broadcast on BBC4Music Haydn (Symphony No 44 in E minor - Trauer). Music Bartok (Piano Concerto No 3). Music Copland (Quiet City). Music John Adams (On the Transmigration of Souls - European premiere). Performer Helene Grimaud (piano). Company Southend Girls' Choir. Company Southend Boys' Choir. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Conductor John Adams. | |
| 27 Jul 03 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L02130846779 |
T02050001157Company Geoffrey Mitchell Choir. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company Philharmonia Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Donald Runnicles. Music Schoenberg (Gurrelieder). | |
| 28 Jul 02 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L2015402274 |
T0437104166Music Nielsen (Symphony No 2 The Four Temperaments). Music Prokofiev (Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat major). Music Vaughan Williams (A London Symphony). Performer Louis Lortie (piano). Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Osmo Vanska. | |
| 30 Jul 01 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01116655139 |
T062288844818:00 Pre-Prom Talk Meet members of the BBC SO and their general manager [Paul Hughes].Music Sullivan (Overture Macbeth). Music Sullivan (reconstr. [Mackerras] Cello Concerto). Music Schubert (Ballet Music from Rosamunde). Music Mendelssohn (Overture A Midsummer Night's Dream). Music Schumann (Symphony No 4 in D minor). Performer Paul Watkins (cello). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Charles Mackerras. | |
| 24 Jul 00 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1710573659 |
T287908682Music Sibelius (The Tempest - Prelude and Suite No 1). Music Oliver Knussen (Horn Concerto). Music Sibelius (arr Stravinsky - Canzonetta). Music Stravinsky (Variations Aldous Huxley in memoriam). Music Magnus Lindberg (London premiere - Aura). Performer David Pyatt (horn). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Oliver Knussen. | |
| 25 Jul 99 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1830686490 |
T0560695191Music Weill (Propheten - UK premiere). Music Mahler (Symphony No 4 in G major). Performer Kurt Azesberger (The Rabbi). Performer Albert Dohmen (Jeremiah / Voice of Solomon). Performer John Graham-Hall (tenor). Performer Janice Watson (soprano). Performer Jamie MacDougall (tenor). Conductor Matthias Bamert. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. | |
| 26 Jul 98 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0545515358 |
