Prom 27


Archive Listings for Prom 27

Robin Holloway/Strauss & Brahms - T1043127294

Donald Runnicles and his orchestra open their second Prom this season with a major world premiere, the latest in Robin Holloway's unique series of allusive and extravagantly inventive showpieces for orchestra. In his willingness to make a big Romantic splash, Holloway is sometimes likened to Richard Strauss, although that composer is at his most reflective in the Four Last Songs. Brahms's Second Symphony has its melancholic, contemplative aspect but ends on a note of unalloyed triumph.Performer Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano). Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Donald Runnicles.
4 Aug 11The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01226129647

Halle - T01661480521

Sir Mark Elder returns with the Hallé (of which he has been Music Director since 2000) for one of the great late-Romantic orchestral showpieces. In Ein Heldenleben ('A Hero's Life') Strauss cast himself as the central composer-hero - castigated by critics, reassured by his wife and rising above adversity to become exalted after death. Paul Lewis reaches the intense No. 3 in his Beethoven concerto voyage, and a second John Foulds piece (see Prom 23) shows this Mancunian - the son of a Hallé orchestra bassoonist - celebrating the English springtime. Finish time: approx. 21:10Conductor Mark Elder. Company Halle. Performer Paul Lewis (piano).
6 Aug 10The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L825651278

London Sinfonietta - T2134845444

To celebrate Sir Harrison Birtwistle's 75th birthday the London Sinfonietta is rejoined by its founder-conductor David Atherton to perform three of the composer's major early works - all of which the ensemble premiered during its first decade. A virtuosic showpiece for brass, wind and percussion, the 1969 Verses for Ensembles was Birtwistle's earliest Sinfonietta score, and echoes the violent lyricism of his opera Punch and Judy. The other two works were both composed after Birtwistle had completed the first two acts of his massive 'lyric tragedy' The Mask of Orpheus (Prom 39). Silbury Air, named after the mysterious man-made mound in Wiltshire, uses a 'pulse labyrinth' to direct explorations of its 'imaginary landscapes', while in Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum, written for the Sinfonietta's 10th anniversary in 1978, six musical mechanisms are set in perpetual motion and then put on a collision course. Approx. finish time: 23:15Conductor David Atherton.
4 Aug 09The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0451422993

BBC Symphony Orchestra - T0288073101

Approx. finish time 21:45Music Messiaen (25 mins)). Music Stravinsky (22 mins)). Music George Benjamin (20 mins)). Music Ravel (7 mins)). Music Ravel (15 mins)). Performer Carolin Widmann (violin). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor George Benjamin.
6 Aug 08The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L141290874

T263287559 (PROM07)

Finish time approx. 21:10Conductor Jac van Steen. Performer Janine Jansen (violin). Music Debussy (Printemps). Music Prokofiev (Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor). Music David Matthews (Symphony No 6 - world premiere). Music Ravel (La Valse).
2 Aug 07The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0514836258

T0988534371 (PROM06)

Finish time approx. 21:00Conductor Kazushi Ono. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Performer Christopher Maltman (baritone). Music Toshio Hosokawa (Circulating Ocean - UK premiere). Music Mahler (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen). Music Shostakovich (Symphony No 15 in A major).
3 Aug 06The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L2134773132

T1139829102 (PROM05)

Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Jurjen Hampel. Performer Ravi Shankar (sitar). Performer Anoushka Shankar (sitar). Performer Tanmoy Bose (tabla). Music Param Vir (Horse Tooth White Rock). Music Ravi Shankar (Sitar Concerto No 1). Music Sandhya (evening - ragas).
3 Aug 05The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0146745279

T787990460 (PROM04)

Finish time approx. 21:35Music Peter Maxwell Davies (Sir - Antarctic Symphony - Symphony No 8). Music Berlioz (Symphonie fantastique). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies (Sir). Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier.
4 Aug 04The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1798160007

T0445810183 (PROM03)

Music Gyorgy Ligeti (San Francisco Polyphony). Music Beethoven (Piano Concerto No 1 in C major). Music Brahms (Symphony No 4 in E minor). Performer Stephen Kovacevich (piano). Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Ilan Volkov.
8 Aug 03The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01358506792

T01307535548 (PROM02)

Company Huddersfield Choral Society. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Martyn Brabbins. Performer Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Performer Irina Mataeva (soprano). Performer Daniil Shtoda (tenor). Performer William Dazeley (baritone). Music Rimsky-Korsakov (Capriccio espagnol). Music Falla (Nights in the Gardens of Spain). Music Rakhmaninov (The Bells).
9 Aug 02The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L2000800047

T1088177360 (PROM01)

Music Grieg (Peer Gynt - complete incidental music sung/spoken in Norwegian). Performer Paul Scofield (English narration). Performer Barbara Bonney (Solveig). Performer Randi Stene (Anitra). Performer Bo Skovhus (Peet Gynt). Performer Wenche Foss (Ase). Performer Sverre Anker Ousdal (The Narrator/Great Boyg/Button Moulder). Performer Joar Skorpen (Hardanger fiddle). Company BBC Singers. Company Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Neeme Jarvi.
9 Aug 01The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L650530923

T67171860 (PROM00)

Music Walton (Crown Imperial). Music Handel (Music for the Royal Fireworks). Music Elgar (Cockaigne). Music Berlioz (Symphonie fantastique). Company National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Conductor Roger Norrington.
4 Aug 00The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0763022017

T723449461 (27PROM99)

Music Brahms (Tragic Overture). Music Friedrich Cerha (Cello Concerto - UK premiere). Music Brahms (Symphony No 4 in E minor). Performer Heinrich Schiff (cello). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Jiri Belohlavek.
6 Aug 99The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0851016863

T01158664960 (98)

Music Rodion Shchedrin (Four Russian Songs for Symphony Orchestra. BBC commission: World premiere). Music Berlioz (Les Nuits d'ete). Music Tchaikovsky (Symphony No 4 in F minor). Performer Barbara Hendricks (soprano). Conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Company Ulster Orchestra.
7 Aug 98The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01782314404
7 Aug 98The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L940198733

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