Mendelssohn's Elijah - T0589092668The Scottish Chamber Orchestra presents one of the most popular works in the British choral repertoire: Mendelssohn's Elijah. Full of earthquakes and hurricanes, fiery chariots, wicked queens and holy visions, this intensely dramatic oratorio is brought to life by the SCO's exciting young Music Director Maxim Emelyanychev alongside soloists including Roderick Williams and Carolyn Sampson.Performer Carolyn Sampson (soprano). Performer Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano). Performer Andrew Staples (tenor). Performer Roderick Williams (baritone). Company Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus. Company Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. | |
| 29 Jul 23 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1653543087 |
Pucinni's Il Tabarro - T1221066400Sir Mark Elder and the Halle bring Puccini's atmospheric Parisian tragedy Il tabarro to the Proms - a score that swirls and throbs with the energy of the River Seine. Natalya Romaniw stars as the unhappily married Giorgetta, whose affair is the catalyst for murder. Two orchestral favourites set the watery scene: Respighi's Fountains of Rome - by turns glistening in the sunlight and swathed in dawn mist - and the irrepressible musical antics of Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice.Company RCM Opera. Company Halle. Conductor Mark Elder (Sir). Performer George Gagnidze (Michele). Performer Natalya Romaniw (Giorgetta). Performer Ivan Gyngazov (Luigi). Performer Daniela Barcollona (La Frugola). Performer Alasdair Elliott (Tinca). Performer Simon Shibambu (Talpa). Performer Jung Soo Yun (Ballad-Seller). | |
| 30 Jul 22 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0106011781 |
Strauss, Schumann & MacMillan - T1820480230'I always wanted a great bravura piece by him,' wrote Clara Schumann of her husband. Her hope was answered in Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto a work whose broad, symphonic scope explores and tests the relationship between soloist and orchestra. Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov joins the BBC Scottish SO and its Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard for a programme that also includes the sweeping drama of Strauss's tone-poem Also sprach Zarathustra, with its memorable opening sunrise (heard on the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey) and the violence and compassion of Sir James MacMillan's early masterpiece The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, inspired by the execution of a 17th century 'witch' and premiered at the Proms in 1990.Performer Alexander Meinikov (piano). Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Thomas Dausgaard. | |
| 2 Aug 19 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0125367655 |
Ten Pieces Prom - T01718165973Join CBBC's Naomi Wilkinson in a thrilling musical adventure for all the family inspired by the BBC's Ten Pieces project, including Copland's foot-stomping 'Hoe-Down' from Rodeo, the dramatic 'O Fortuna' from Orff's Carmina burana, the lyrical Largo from Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony and a selection of colourful portraits from Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations. Along with the Ten Pieces Children's Choir, young performers and some very special guests, discover the characters and stories behind some spectacular orchestral pieces and watch the imaginations of a new generation of music-makers take flight. There will be one intervalPerformer Naomi Wilkinson (narrator). Company Ten Pieces Children's Choir. Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Rafael Payare. Director Denni Sayers. | |
| 29 Jul 18 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L69585682 |
Relaxed Prom - T0597120125The BBC's first ever Relaxed Prom is suitable for children and adults with autism, sensory and communication impairments and learning disabilities as well as individuals who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind and partially sighted. Programme to include music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini and Johann Strauss II, as well as Pharrell Williams's 'Happy' and the 'Doctor Who' theme A concert suitable for children and adults with autism, sensory and communication impairments and learning disabilities as well as individuals who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind and partially sighted.Performer Andy Pidcock (presenter / musician). Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Grant Llewellyn (presenter). | |
| 29 Jul 17 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L789757130 |
David Bowie Prom - T1757025823A celebration and reinterpretation of the music of David Bowie with the Berlin-based, genre-defying musicians' collective s t a r g a z e and its Artistic Director Andre de Ridder. They are joined by guest singers and collaborators - including Jherek Bischoff and Amanda Palmer - to re-imagine the Bowie catalogue with fresh settings of classic works. There will be no intervalCompany Stargaze. Conductor Andre de Ridder. | |
| 29 Jul 16 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1650765654 |
Alina Ibragimova plays Bach - T01583907993When you place a single, solo instrumentalist in the Royal Albert Hall, a peculiar alchemy occurs. Suddenly the huge space becomes charged with a collective energy, a concentration that amplifies the emotions and gestures of the music performed. When that happens at a Late Night Prom, it's particularly magical. Violinist Alina Ibragimova, making the first of several appearances this season, takes us back to what can seem like the purest expression of music, performing Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, split across two concerts (see also Prom 21). There will be no interval. Finish time approx 23:30Performer Alina Ibragimova (violin). | |
| 31 Jul 15 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1656553150 |
R. Strauss & Elgar - T945735521Two rarely heard works continue our 150th-anniversary celebration of Richard Strauss. Scored for organ and an orchestra calling for no fewer than 10 trumpets (six offstage), the Festival Prelude packs symphonic weight into its brief duration. It is matched for impact by the Deutsche Motette - a concerto for choir by any other name: its vocal lines trace the same expansive arcs and arabesques as the composer's exquisite, autumnal Four Last Songs. Maintaining the mood of late-Romantic nostalgia, Elgar's Second Symphony delights in flexible chromaticism, its shifting moods coloured in delicate shades. Finish time approx. 22:05Performer Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano). Company BBC Singers. Company Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Vasily Petrenko. | |
| 31 Jul 14 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0911810336 |
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde - T01983526021Concert performance; sung in German. The Wagner bicentenary celebration continues with the composer's boldest fusion of legend and harmonic innovation, Tristan and Isolde, which forced him to break off work on his Ring cycle - near this very juncture in the Proms Ring, during the composition of Siegfried and before the final instalment, Gotterdammerung. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a cast led by Violeta Urmana and Peter Seiffert in a drama where love and death become one. There will be two intervals of 30 minutes. Finish time: approx. 23:00Music Wagner. Performer Peter Seiffert (tenor - Tristan). Performer Kwangchui Youn (bass - King Mark). Performer Violeta Urmana (soprano - Isolde). Performer Boaz Daniel (baritone - Kurwenal). Performer David Wilson-Johnson (baritone - Melot). Performer Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano - Brangane). Performer Andrew Staples (tenor - Shepherd / Young Sailor). Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Semyon Bychkov. | |
| 27 Jul 13 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01069183070 |
Gudmunsen-Holmgreen, Shostakovich, Langgaard & Tchaikovsky - T1393503848Thomas Dausgaard's audacious programme opens with the UK premiere of a briefly blazing, tuba-rich symphony completed in 1945 by the Danish maverick Langgaard, whose Music of the Spheres was such a highlight of the 2010 Proms season, there's also a UK premiere by fellow Dane Pelle Gudmunsen-Holmgreen. The established masterpieces are Russian: Shostakovich's hyper concentrated First Cello Concerto, in which we welcome Proms debut artist Daniel M?ller-Schott, and Tchaikovsky's most radical and masterly symphonic confrontation with existential despair. Finish time approx. 22:00Performer Daniel Muller-Schott (cello). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Thomas Dausgaard. | |
| 28 Jul 12 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0442714269 |
Honegger/Bridge/Berg/Castiglioni and Debussy - T2032272823A typically thought-provoking programme from the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Artist in Association, Oliver Knussen, showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside established 20th-century classics. Finish time: approx. 21:45Performer Claire Booth (soprano). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Oliver Knussen. | |
| 29 Jul 11 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1551758414 |
Sondheim at 80 - T6810427Marking the 80th birthday of one of Broadway’s great innovators, this all-Sondheim Prom draws together leading figures of the opera and theatre worlds - plus some further special guests. Bryn Terfel, a magnetic Sweeney Todd, as he proved at the Royal Festival Hall in 2007 - leads a starry cast, joined by aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, which supports aspiring performers for a programme. On the bill are excerpts from horror-opera Sweeney Todd, the Ingmar Bergman-inspired A Little Night Music and the fairy-tale compendium of Into the Woods, as well as excerpts from Company, Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George. Finish time: approx. 21:30Conductor David Charles Abell. Director Martin Duncan. Company BBC Concert Orchestra. Company Singers from the BBC Performing Arts Fund. Performer Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone). Performer Maria Friedman (vocalist). Performer Simon Russell Beale (vocalist). Performer Judi Dench. | |
| 31 Jul 10 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0196229534 |
Berlioz/Mendelssohn - T93401510Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé launch our bicentenary cycle of Mendelssohn's orchestral symphonies with the grand 'symphony-cantata' he wrote for the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of movable type. Francophile Susan Graham returns to sing the dying Queen of Egypt in Berlioz's dramatic cantata, prefaced by the dazzling overture the composer wrote for his opera about the great Renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. Approx end time: 21:50Music Berlioz (Benvenuto Cellini - Overture - 12 mins). Music Berlioz (La mort de Cleopatre - 22 mins). Music Mendelssohn (Symphony No 2 in B flat major - Lobgesang - 62 mins). Performer Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano). Performer Sally Matthews (soprano). Performer Sarah Castle (mezzo-soprano). Performer Peter Auty (tenor). Company Halle Choir. Company Halle Youth Choir. Company Halle. Conductor Mark Elder. | |
| 30 Jul 09 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L755850329 |
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - T0583690559Approx. finish time 22:05Music Kenneth Hesketh (15 mins)). Music Beethoven (35 mins)). Music Rachmaninov (35 mins)). Performer Paul Lewis (piano). Company Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Vasily Petrenko. | |
| 1 Aug 08 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L661842368 |
T1808612118Finish time approx.21:30Conductor Mark Elder. Performer Lisa Milne (soprano). Company Halle. Music R.Strauss (Macbeth). Music Britten (Our Hunting Fathers). Music Nielsen (Symphony No. 4 'The Inextinguishable'). | |
| 27 Jul 07 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L02044239479 |
T0744760465Finish time approx. 22:05Conductor Marc Albrecht. Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer Johan Reuter (bass-baritone). Music Brahms (Variations on the St Anthony Chorale). Music Brahms. Music Glanert (Four Preludes and Serious Songs - UK premiere). Music R.Strauss (Ein Heldenleben). | |
| 28 Jul 06 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01327387674 |
T910247334Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Vassily Sinaisky. Performer Sergey Khachatryan (violin). Music Tchaikovsky (The Snow Maiden - Introduction; Melodrama; Dance of the Tumblers). Music Shostakovich (Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor). Music Prokofiev (Symphony No 5 in B flat minor). | |
| 29 Jul 05 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01652670375 |
T0666508108This concert will be broadcast on BBC4. Finish time approx. 21:30Music Dvorak (Symphony No 8 in G major). Music R.Strauss (Ein Heldenleben). Company Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Mariss Jansons. | |
| 30 Jul 04 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01398234529 |
T01608174319This concert will be broadcast on BBC4Music Musorgsky (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov - Night on a Bare Mountain). Music Erkki-Sven Tuur (Violin Concerto - London premiere). Music Prokofiev (Symphony No 6 in E flat minor). Performer Isabelle van Keulen (violin). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Paavo Jarvi. | |
| 1 Aug 03 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0716324016 |
T1618959505Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Vassily Sinaisky. Performer Ilya Gringolts (violin). Music Albeniz (arr Rodion Shchedrin - Two Tangos). Music Shostakovich (Violin Concerto No 1). Music Rakhmaninov (Symphony No 2). | |
| 3 Aug 02 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L405059792 |
The Later Prom - T02095813048Performer Jools Holland. Performer Julian Joseph. Performer Natin Sawhney. | |
| 3 Aug 01 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L059522365 |
T1184194660Music Bach (Mass in B minor). Performer Dominique Labelle (soprano). Performer Annette Markert (mezzo-soprano). Performer David Daniels (counter-tenor). Performer Mark Padmore (tenor). Performer Alastair Miles (bass). Company Choir of Enlightenment. Company Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor Roger Norrington. | |
| 28 Jul 00 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L2021886671 |
T2082354401Music peteris Vasks (Symphony No 2 - BBC commission: world premiere). Music Tchaikovsky (Violin Concerto in D major). Music Dvorak (Symphony No 8 in G major). Performer Cho-Liang Lin (violin). Company Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Yakov Kreizberg. | |
| 30 Jul 99 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1808786875 |
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