Prom 44


Archive Listings for Prom 44

Shostakovich/Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky - T0301658115

Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lisa Batiashvili has a special relationship with Shostakovich's profoundly moving concerto, as she demonstrated in a recent recording with tonight's conductor. She sees the work as peculiarly emblematic of the Soviet era, whose later days she experienced at first hand - a metaphorical escape and symbol of freedom for those struggling to function within the system. Stravinsky's tragic puppet love triangle dazzles in its 1947 revision, while Tchaikovsky's Russian-sounding music animates Dante's timeless tale of forbidden love and eternal punishment. Finish time: approx. 22:05Performer Lisa Batiashvili (violin). Company Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.
17 Aug 11The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1708779884

Russian National Orchestra - T1812372692

Celebrating its 20th annivesrary this year, the Russian National Orchestra returns to the Proms with its founder, Mikhail Pletnev, folowing a 14-year absence. After the drama of Beethoven's powerful overture to the play Coriolan (whose titular Roman general had inspired Shakespeare 200 years earlier), Nikolai Lugansky, one of today's renowned Rachmaninov players, takes the solo role in the variations of the 'Paganini' Rhapsody – the first of a sequence of great pianists appearing at the Proms over the coming week. Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 3 - a form which the composer found more liberating than the conventions of the symphony - ends with another set of flamboyant variations. Finish time: approx. 21:25Conductor Mikhail Pletnev. Company Russian National Orchestra. Performer Nikolai Lugansky (piano).
18 Aug 10The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01482526977

Budapest Festival Orchestra - T223640849

Hungary's leading orchestra returns to the Proms, this time with Leonidas Kavakos, the soloist in Bartók's Second Violin Concerto, which combines breathtaking virtuosity with passionate lyricism. Prokofiev wrote his klezmer-tinged overture in New York in 1919 for a group of Jewish refugees who had all been fellow-students of his in St Petersburg; his 1934 arrangement, for a Haydn-sized band, was made two years before his return to the USSR. Dvorák's most darkly dramatic and passionate symphony, commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of London and premiered under its auspices in 1885, has remained especially popular with UK audiences ever since. Approx finish time: 21:10. Live on BBC Radio 3
18 Aug 09The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L349121360

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - T02024493266

Finish time approx. 21:35Music Elliott Carter (10 mins)). Music Prokofiev (38 mins)). Music Beethoven (40 mins)). Performer Nicolas Hodges (piano). Performer Alban Gerhardt (cello). Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Ilan Volkov.
18 Aug 08The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1470205185

T0691742115 (PROM07)

Finish time approx. 23:30Conductor Martyn Brabbins. Performer Colin Currie (percussion). Performer Solveig Kringelborn (soprano). Performer Martin Robertson (alto saxophone). Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer Peter Erskine (drums). Music James MacMillan (Veni veni Emmanuel - Proms Firsts World Premiere 1992). Music Lutoslawski (Chantefleurs et Chantefables - Proms Firsts World Premiere 1991). Music Harrison Birtwistle (Sir - Panic - Proms Firsts World Premiere 1995).
16 Aug 07The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L303216972

T582175820 (PROM06)

Finish time approx. 21:25Conductor Ivan Fischer. Company Budapest Festival Orchestra. Music Dohnanyi (Symphonic Minutes). Music Bartok (Piano Concerto No 3). Music Stravinsky (The Rite of Spring).
16 Aug 06The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L50347863

T1534558132 (PROM05)

Company Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Daniele Gatti. Performer Christine Schafer (soprano). Music Berg (Lulu Suite). Music Mahler (Symphony No 4 in G major).
17 Aug 05The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0997947041

T1648925492 (PROM04)

Finish time approx. 21:40Music Hans Werner Henze (Symphony No 10 - UK premiere). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466). Music R. Strauss (Don Juan). Performer Richard Goode (piano). Company Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Ingo Metzmacher.
18 Aug 04The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0455425313

T01283774619 (PROM03)

Music Mozart (Concerto in F major for three pianos K242). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 3 in E flat major - Eroica). Company West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Performer Saleem Abboud-Ashkar (piano). Performer Shai Wosner (piano). Conductor Daniel Barenboim (piano).
22 Aug 03The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0431347852

T01104144329 (PROM02)

Company Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. Conductor Claudio Abbado. Performer Martha Argerich (piano). Music Bartok (Bartok (Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta). Music Ravel (Piano Concerto in G major). Music Debussy (La mer).
22 Aug 02The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1576952014

T0961308041 (PROM01)

Music Britten (Sinfonia da Requiem). Music Verdi (Four Sacred Pieces). Music Beethoven (Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major 'Emperor'). Performer Yefim Bronfman (piano). Company London Symphony Chorus. Company London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Antonio Pappano.
23 Aug 01The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0292973554

T352081088 (PROM00)

Music Pierre Boulez (Rituel: in memoriam; Bruno Maderna). Music Mahler (Symphony No 4 in G major). Performer Janice Watson (soprano). Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Mark Wigglesworth.
17 Aug 00The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1293616667

T01928031661 (44PROM99)

Music Rakhmaninov (The Isle of the Dead). Music Bartok (Piano Concerto No 3). Music Gyorgy Kurtag (Messages UK premiere). Music Stravinsky (Petrushka). Performer Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Peter Eotvos.
20 Aug 99The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01149447974
20 Aug 99The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1308239840

T211568372 (98)

Music Tchaikovsky (Overture '1812'). Music Szymanowski (Symphony No 4 'Sinfonia Concertante'). Music Shostakovich (Symphony No 13 'Babi Yar'). Performer Howard Shelley (piano). Performer Sergei Aleksashkin (bass). Conductor Vassily Sinaisky. Company Leeds Festival Chorus. Company Huddersfield Choral Society. Company BBC Philharmonic.
21 Aug 98The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01421278483

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