Holst's The Planets - T434243327The Planets: Holst's colourful character portraits of our Solar System's seven planets (excluding Earth) is by turns powerfully visceral and captivatingly luminous, opening with the war-like ‘Mars' and concluding with Neptune, whose alluring sounds float off into the ether. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jaime Martín present the suite alongside Welsh composer Grace Williams's Violin Concerto. Suppressed by Williams for many years, it is an intensely lyrical work whose bittersweet opening gives way to an ecstatic slow movement - based on a Welsh hymn tune - and a joyful finale. The concert opens with Dora Pejacevic's surging single gesture of an Overture, sumptuous textures married to bold, thrusting energy.Performer Geneva Lewis (violin). Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Jaime Martin. | |
| 8 Aug 23 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0501166154 |
Late-Night Brass - The Tredegar Band - T901933462One of the world's great brass bands and stars of the BAFTA-winning film Pride, Wales'' Tredegar Band takes in film music, show songs, classical and even heavy metal.Performer Yu-Han Yang (euphonium). Company Tredegar Band. Conductor Ian Porthouse. | |
| 9 Aug 22 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1364777481 |
An Alpine Symphony - T294462720Celebrated American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is reunited with regular collaborator Sir Antonio Pappano to mark the 150th anniversary of Berlioz's death with a performance of the composer's sumptuous orchestral song-cycle Les nuits d'ete - a musical journey from springtime love to cruellest loss. The National Youth Orchestra of the USA undertakes a journey of quite a different kind in Strauss's monumental An Alpine Symphony, whose vast orchestral forces and massive soundscapes conjure up the craggy drama of the Bavarian Alps. The concert opens with a new work, by Benjamin Beckman, one of the NYO-USA's two Apprentice Composers.Performer Joyce DiDonato. Company Brass of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Company National Youth Orchestra of the USA. Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano. | |
| 11 Aug 19 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L777486171 |
Inside Shostakovich - T0821293973The Aurora Orchestra's Proms visits are always a highlight of the season - less a concert than a musical event. This year Nicholas Collon and the orchestra tackle their boldest challenge yet - performing Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony from memory. This concert presentation sees Radio 3 broadcaster Tom Service and conductor Nicholas Collon unpack this carefully constructed work, with its fleet-footed melodies and dance-filled rhythms, before the musicians put it back together again in a complete performance. This is a rare opportunity to experience a great symphony - one that Leonard Bernstein featured in one of his famous Young People's Concerts - from the inside out. There will be no intervalPerformer Denis Kozhukhin (piano). Performer Tom Service (presenter). Company Aurora Orchestra. Conductor Nicholas Collon. | |
| 6 Aug 18 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L960551506 |
Britten, Brian Elias, Purcell and Elgar - T01452490332Four centuries of British musical history are packed into a Prom that stretches from the 17th century to a world premiere. At the heart of the concert are Elgar's beloved ?Enigma' 'Variations and Britten's powerful, politically charged Ballad of Heroes.Performer Toby Spence (tenor). Performer Natalie Clein (cello). Company BBC National Chorus of Wales. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth. | |
| 9 Aug 17 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L732199183 |
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Schoenberg, Dutilleux and Mahler - T0106726872Mahler's First Symphony isn't just the opening chapter of the composer's spiritual autobiography, it's also an awakening in itself. From hushed strings and woodwind cuckoos, it breaks into a forthright stride towards, eventually, a blazing affirmation of camaraderie and confidence. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the symphony here with his own Philharmonia Orchestra, following meditations on loss from Arnold Schoenberg and centenary composer Henri Dutilleux, whose The Shadows of Time was inspired by the diaries of Anne Frank and written to mark 50 years since the end of the Second World War.Performer Simon Russell Beale (narrator). Company Philharmonia Voices (men's voices). Company Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. | |
| 8 Aug 16 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0637056477 |
Eric Whitacre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - T0805005812Eric Whitacre's new work Deep Field is inspired by images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope - and offers the audience a chance to participate in a novel way. In his popular Cloudburst, too, you can help create the sound of rain falling. Plus, American classics by Copland and Gershwin. Finish time approx. 17:35Performer Martin James Bartlett (piano). Performer Leonard Elschenbroich (cello). Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Eric Whitacre. | |
| 9 Aug 15 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L126388247 |
Beethoven, Bruch & Walton - T0171302456In his First Symphony Beethoven retained the 18th-century grace and wit of Haydn and Mozart, adding his own forward-looking innovations. Bruch's First Violin Concerto is pure, swooning 19th- century Romanticism, while Walton's Henry V recalls a golden age of 20th-century film music. Sir Neville Marriner, 90 this year, returns to conduct the arrangement of Henry V he himself premiered in 1988. He is joined by Joshua Bell, the Music Director of The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, who appears as both director and soloist. Finish time approx. 18:20Company London Philharmonic Choir. Company Adademy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer Joshua Bell (violin). Conductor Neville Marriner. | |
| 10 Aug 14 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0268962749 |
Lutoslawski & Holst - T480875467Leading champion of Lutoslawski's music and Music Director of English National Opera, Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme contrasting one each of the Polish composer's earliest and latest works with music by the British composer Gustav Holst. Completed shortly before the occupation of Poland, Lutoslawski's Symphonic Variations is juxtaposed with Holst's rarely heard tribute to Thomas Hardy, Egdon Heath. Louis Lortie is the soloist in Lutoslawski's monumental 1988 Piano Concerto in a concert that closes with Holst's extraordinarily visionary The Planets. Finish time: approx. 21:55Performer Louis Lortie (piano). Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Edward Gardner. | |
| 7 Aug 13 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L85556018 |
Bernstein - Mass - T1034312122Less a religious work than a theatrical happening, Bernstein's Mass receives its first complete Proms performance, conducted by one of its most ardent champions, and supported by a spectrum of talented Welsh children and adult musicians. Using a mix of highbrow and vernacular styles, Bernstein created a rich, quintessentially American score that has recently begun to emerge as a modern classic. There will be no intervalPerformer Morten Frank Larsen (bass-baritone). Performer Julius Foo (treble). Company Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pwll Coch Caerdydd. Company Ysgol Gynradd Gymundedol Gymraeg Llantrisant. Group/Band Ysgol Gynradd Dolau Llanharan. Company Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Rhydaman. Company National Youth Choir of Wales. Company Aelwyd y Waun Ddyfal. Company Musicians from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Company BBC National Chorus of Wales. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Kristjan Jarvi. Director Thomas Kiemle. | |
| 6 Aug 12 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01686690499 |
Brahms & Mahler - T01577658879Featured artist Christian Tetzlaff has played many of the great violin concertos but this is his first Proms performance of the big-boned, technically demanding work by Brahms, all of whose concertos can be heard during this Proms season. With his early Das klagende Lied, Mahler hit upon his own unique style. Tonight's account includes 'Waldmärchen', the emotive first panel dealing with the quest of brother knights for a flower that will win a queen's hand but leads to sibling murder. The score resurfaced as recently as 1969. Finish time: approx. 21:25Performer Christian Tetzlaff (violin). Performer Melanie Diener (soprano). Performer Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano). Performer Stuart Skelton (tenor). Performer Christopher Purves (baritone). Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Edward Gardner. | |
| 7 Aug 11 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L02005012992 |
European Union Youth Orchestra - T1133346524The third youth orchestra of the season brings the fruits of its summer residency with Sir Colin Davis. One of the world's great Berlioz champions, Davis includes the composer's evocation of Byron's hero Childe Harold, whose solo viola part was written for Paganini and is performed here by former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Maxim Rysanov (who returns on the Last Night). Further colourful orchestral narratives come in Janacek's explosive tone-poem - honouring a Cossack hero - and in the family feuding (as well as the rapt love music) of Tchaikovsky's Shakespearean fantasy. Finish time: approx. 21:00Conductor Colin Davis (Sir). Company European Union Youth Orchestra. Performer Maxim Rysanov (viola). | |
| 9 Aug 10 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L032053721 |
Britten Sinfonia - T02087336097We open our day of music for two or more pianos with Fauré's delightful Dolly suite, originally written for two players at one keyboard. Mozart's double concerto is full of playful intimacy, while Saint-Saëns's playful zoological suite contrasts with Lutoslawski's virtuosic reworking of a famous Paganini Caprice. There's also a new work for two pianos by Anna Meredith, whose nation-hopping froms introduced her to Proms audiences last year. Approx. finish time: 17:15Performer Katia Labeque (piano). Performer Marielle Labeque (piano). Performer Philip Moore (piano). Performer Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano). Performer Lydia Biziak (piano). Performer Sanya Biziak (piano). Conductor Ludovic Morlot. | |
| 9 Aug 09 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01877135978 |
BBC Singers - T1335640520Finish time approx. 17:00Music Messiaen (29 mins)). Music manchicourt (26 mins)). Performer James O'Donnell (organ). Company BBC Singers. Conductor Andrew Carwood. | |
| 10 Aug 08 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01585015741 |
T0843359986Finish time approx. 21:50Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Performer Renee Fleming (soprano). Company BBC Philharmonic. Music Beethoven (Symphony No 8 in F major). Music Berg (Seven Early Songs / An Leukon arr. C. Gordon - UK Premiere). Music Korngold (Die Kathrin - 'Ich soll ihn niemals niemals mehr sehn / Das Wunder der Heliane - 'Ich ging zu ihm'). Music Schumann (Symphony No 2 in C major). | |
| 6 Aug 07 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0451155359 |
T1803094925Finish time approx. 21:40Conductor Andrew Davis. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Performer Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano). Music Julian Anderson (Heaven is Shy of Earth - BBC commission: world premiere). Music Ravel (Daphnis and Chloe). | |
| 6 Aug 06 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1961893180 |
Bobby McFerrin and Friends - T037235768Performer Bobby McFerrin (vocalist). Company African Children's Choir. Performer Michael Wolff (piano and Impure Thoughts). Performer Badal Roy (tablas). Performer MIke Clark (drums). Performer John B. Williams (bass). | |
| 7 Aug 05 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0446845373 |
T0936286473Finish time approx. 20:45Music Janacek (Sinfonietta). Music Dvorak (The Spectre's Bride - sung in Czech). Performer Eva Orbanova (soprano). Performer Peter Straka (tenor). Performer Ivan Kusnjer (baritone). Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Jiri Belohlavek. | |
| 8 Aug 04 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0944315762 |
T014459000There will be no interval.Music Krzysztof Penderecki (Sinfonietta for Strings). Performer Mark O'Connor (Violin Concerto No 6 - Old Brass - world premiere). Music Bartok (Divertimento). Performer Mark O'Connor (violin). Company Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director Kenneth Sillito. | |
| 11 Aug 03 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L561283331 |
The Coronation of King George II - T01504687201Company Choir of the King's Consort. Company King's Consort. Conductor Robert King. | |
| 13 Aug 02 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L567192278 |
The Great Escape - Hollywood's Golden Age - T778070491Music Rozsa (Ben-Hur). Music Korngold (The Adventures of Robin Hood). Music Steiner (Gone with the Wind). Music Tiomkin (High Noon). Music Waxman (A Place in the Sun). Music Elmer Bernstein (The Ten Commandments; The Magnificent Seven; The Man with the Golden Arm). Performer John Harle (saxophone). Company BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor Elmer Bernstein. | |
| 14 Aug 01 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0331545726 |
T01131263622Music Beethoven (Overture Leonore No 2). Music Schumann (Violin Concerto in D minor). Music Bach (Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041). Music Schumann (Symphony No 3 in E flat major Rhenish). Performer Christian Tetzlaff (violin). Company Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor Daniel Harding. | |
| 8 Aug 00 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L811756541 |
T01406969304Music Sibelius (Night Ride and Sunrise). Music Schumann (Piano Concerto in A minor). Music Poul Ruders (Gong - UK premiere). Music Nielsen (Symphony No 3 Sinfornia espansiva). Performer Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste. | |
| 11 Aug 99 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01318991126 |
T02065801274Music Leonard Slatkin (Housewarming; European premiere). Music Joseph Schwantner (Percussion Concerto). Music Elgar (Symphony No 2 in E flat major). Performer Evelyn Glennie (percussion). Conductor Leonard Slatkin. Company Philharmonia Orchestra. | |
| 11 Aug 98 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0330124853 |
| 11 Aug 98 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L556530444 |
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