Manchester Collective - Neon - T1048692788The Manchester Collective presents an urban musical world: bright with neon light, tense with uncertainty. Steve Reich's Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet with its motoric rhythms and thick web of counterpoint sits alongside Hannah Peel's Neon - a fusion of electronic and acoustic elements with the sounds of Tokyo's Shinjuku Station - and Ben Nobuto's euphoric sound-collage SERENITY 2.0. The musical prayer of David Lang's Mystery Sonata No. 7 and Oliver Leith's ‘slippy arrangement' of a 17th-century original help slow the pulse again.Company Manchester Collective. Director Rakhi Singh (violin). | |
| 19 Aug 23 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0598096929 |
The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne - T214862549This season's celebration of great international radio orchestras continues with Cologne's WDR Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Cristian Macelaru. 'From start to finish one is wrapped about with the mysterious charm of the woods and forests. I could not tell you which movement I loved most,' wrote Clara Schumann of Brahms' Symphony No. 3 - a work whose concealed musical motto, ‘Free but happy', sets the tone for its striving energy and intimacy. Grammy-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Dvorák's Violin Concerto, whose forthright opening gives way to a luscious slow movement and, finally, a whirling dance of a rondo. Opening the Prom is Mendelssohn's ever-popular concert overture The Hebrides, inspired by Scotland's rugged coastline.Performer Augustin Hadelich (violin). Company WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor Cristian Macelaru. | |
| 21 Aug 22 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1471884964 |
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - T742961724The CBSO and Music Director Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla celebrate the centenary of Mieczyslaw Weinberg the man Shostakovich hailed as Performer Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello). Company City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla. | |
| 22 Aug 19 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01126472953 |
Benjamin Grosvenor & National Youth Jazz Orchestra - T1229642046Classical music gets a swing in its step in this all-American concert by the UK's National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Gershwin's intoxicating Rhapsody in Blue - an exhilarating mix of jazz rhythms and classical virtuosity. This upbeat programme also showcases the popular side of Leonard Bernstein - who was, like Gershwin, renowned as both jazz pianist and composer. Expect dazzling performances from some of this country's finest young musicians. There will be no interval.Performer Benjamin Grosvenor (piano). Company National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Conductor Guy Barker. Conductor Mark Armstrong. | |
| 16 Aug 18 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L868890961 |
Schoenberg - Gurrelieder - T1848822581Gurrelieder is Schoenberg's Tristan and Isolde, an opulent, late-Romantic giant. The LSO and Sir Simon Rattle are joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists, including soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Simon O'Neill as lovers Tove and Waldemar.Performer Eva-Maria Westbroek (Tove). Performer Simon O'Neill (Waldemar). Performer Karen Cargill (Wood-Dove). Performer Peter Hoare (Klaus the Fool). Performer Christopher Purves (Peasant). Performer Thomas Quasthoff (Speaker). Company CBSO Chorus. Company Orfeo Catala. Company London Symphony Chorus. Company London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Simon Rattle. | |
| 19 Aug 17 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L117050500 |
Mahler's Ruckert-Lieder and Mozart's Mass in C Minor - T0916742957Tonight's first half contrasts G?rard Grisey's classic Derives, a striking exploration of the interiors of sounds, with Mahler's tender Ruckert-Lieder. Mozart's unfinished Mass in C minor is a mix of the chamber and the operatic, the dancing and the devotional - a work ripe for the resonance of the Royal Albert Hall.Performer Louise Alder (soprano). Performer Carolyn Sampson (soprano). Performer Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (mezzo-soprano). Performer Benjamin Hulett (tenor). Performer Matthew Rose (bass). Performer BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Ilan Volkov. | |
| 20 Aug 16 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0219343526 |
Danish National Symphony Orchestra - T1136550364Continuing our celebration of Nielsen's 150th anniversary, his Second Symphony is an exercise in contrasting moods and textures - the ?Temperaments' of the subtitle are the Humours of Greco-Roman medicine: Choleric, Phlegmatic, Melancholic and Sanguine. Less familiar are Nielsen's choral works - the swelling loveliness of Hymnus amoris, inspired by a Titian painting, and the Three Motets that pay homage to Renaissance polyphony. Completing the programme is Brahms's warmly Romantic Violin Concerto, with Danish-Israeli Nikolaj Znaider. Finish time approx. 22:30Performer Nikolaj Znaider (violin). Performer Anna Lucia Richter (soprano). Performer David Danholt (tenor). Company Choristers of Winchester Cathedral. Company Danish National Concert Choir. Company Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Fabio Luisi. | |
| 20 Aug 15 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0695978713 |
Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra - T665516784The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim return for a colourful Spanish-flavoured evening. We begin just outside Seville in Mozart's vivacious Figaro overture, before drifting into the dreamy Spanish nights of Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole. Dreams give way to convulsing, urgent dance as we reach the Rapsodie's latter movements - a preview of the rhythmic intensity of the composer's Bolero. Also featuring here are two works newly composed for the orchestra - both exploring the musical junctions of East and West. Finish time approx. 21:45Company West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor Daniel Barenboim. | |
| 20 Aug 14 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01961700597 |
Dvorak, Verdi, Tchaikovsky & Strauss - T01586122048Andris Nelsons conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and soprano Kristine Opolais in Desdemona's poignant Willow Song and Ave Maria from Act 3 of Verdi's 1887 opera Otello and Tatyana's touching Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's 1879 opera Eugene Onegin. Shot through with birdsong and Bohemian dance rhythms, Dvor?k's Eighth Symphony was the last to be completed in the Old World before he left for New York in 1892. A pair of popular Johann Strauss favourites concludes this matinee Prom with Viennese sparkle. Finish time: approx. 17:00Performer Kristine Opolais (soprano). Company City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Andris Nelsons. | |
| 17 Aug 13 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1292016667 |
Vaughan Williams - Symphonies Nos. 4,5 & 6 - T0466057540Over the next few seasons Andrew Manze directs all nine Vaughan Williams symphonies with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, of which he is Associate Guest Conductor: ?Vaughan Williams is one of those composers some people have fixed ideas about.. I'm on a bit of a mission to rehabilitate him in people's minds as an important figure in the musicmaking of this country.' Tonight he tackles three differently powerful works of the 1930s and 1940s, which, whatever their own emotional back stories, may still be seen as chronicling our national life in troubled times. Finish time approx. 21:50Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Andrew Manze. | |
| 16 Aug 12 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01034954361 |
Viktoria Mullova & Matthew Barley - T01837817937Join Viktoria Mullova, Matthew Barley and friends in a colourful Late Night entertainment of contrasted styles and unexpected player combinations. The worlds of the Gypsy and of jazz are represented alongside a Hungarian classic but the programme is also making a statement about Viktoria herself, says Matthew - 'how she relates to the world, and more importantly to the music she loves and plays. She loves simplicity, and emotional directness and power, as well as virtuosity that comes from the heart and for the heart (as opposed to showing off).' The pair hope that 'this binding factor will prove more important than any definition of genre. Music is music.' There will be no interval. Finish time: approx. 23:30Performer Viktoria Mullova (violin). Performer Matthew Barley (cello). Performer Julian Joseph (piano). Performer Paul Clarvis (percussion). Performer Sam Walton (percussion). | |
| 18 Aug 11 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L321186086 |
T01942350514The Philharmonia and its Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen are joined by one of today's leading French pianists in Ravel's fiendish test of the left hand, stretching ears as much as fingers in a racy, sometimes macabre mix of styles from Romantic to jazz. In the climax to our 75th-birthday celebrations for Estonian Arvo Pärt, Salonen conducts the composer's first symphony for over 35 years, having given the world premiere last year with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mosolov's clangorous outburst of 1920s industrial optimism, unheard at the Proms for 70 years, is complemented by Scriabin's breathtakingly prolonged crescendo of mystical sensuality. Finish time: approx. 21:00Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. Performer Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano). | |
| 20 Aug 10 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01547862111 |
BBC Symphony Orchestra - T1743019555Renowned Shostakovich interpreter Semyon Bychkov conducts the composer's astonishingly powerful and strikingly cinematic 1957 symphony, which on the surface commemorates the failed anti-Tsarist uprising of 1905, but deep down rages at the Soviet authorities. Detlev Glanert's new piece is a foretaste of his forthcoming opera, Das Holzschiff ('The Wooden Ship'). Winner of the 1998 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition, and recently acclaimed by Gramophone as 'a virtuoso in the grandest of Russian traditions', Denis Matsuev makes his Proms debut in Rachmaninov's devilishly demanding set of variations on Paganini's most famous Caprice. Approx finish time: 22:00. Live on BBC Radio 3.Performer Denis Matsuev. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Semyon Bychkov. | |
| 19 Aug 09 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01582924310 |
London Symphony Orchestra - T585619928Finish time approx. 22:30Music Tchaikovsky (c177 mins)). Company London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Valery Gergiev. | |
| 20 Aug 08 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L02130893165 |
Elgar - The Apostles - T0741496968Finish time approx. 21:00Conductor Sakari Oramo. Performer Amanda Roocroft (soprano). Performer Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano). Performer Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor). Performer Alan Opie (baritone). Performer James Rutherford (bass-baritone). Performer Peter Rose (bass). Company City of Birmingham. Company Symphony Chorus. Company City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. | |
| 18 Aug 07 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1045909171 |
T1374758150Finish time approx. 23:30Performer Andras Schiff (piano). Music Mozart (Rondo in A minor K511; Sonata in A major K331; Fantasia in D minor K397; Adagio in B minor K540; Rondo in D major K485; Sonata in A minor K310). | |
| 17 Aug 06 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0339633863 |
T01230909138Company New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor James Judd. Performer Jonathan Lemalu (bass baritone). Music Lilburn (Symphony No 3). Music Mahler (Des Knaben Wunderhorn - selection). Music Sibelius (Symphony No 2 in D major). | |
| 18 Aug 05 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1630172929 |
T01519791954Finish time approx. 21:25Music Humperdinck (Hansel and Gretel). Performer Jennifer Larmore (Hansel). Performer Rebecca Evans (Gretel). Performer Elizabeth Connell (Mother). Performer Alan Opie (Father). Performer Jane Henschel (Witch). Performer Gillian Keith (Dew Fairy). Performer Mary Nelson (Sandman). Company London Oratory School. Company Chamber Choir. Company BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor Jane Glover. | |
| 20 Aug 04 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L283485313 |
Saul - T1286246359There will be two intervals.Music Handel (Saul). Performer Neal Davies (Saul). Performer Andreas School (David). Performer Mark Padmore (Jonathan). Performer Deborah York (Merab). Performer Susan Gritton (Michal). Performer Paul Agnew (High Priest / Witch of Endor). Performer Jonathan Lemalu (Ghost of Samuel). Company Gabriel Consort and Players. Conductor Paul McCreesh. | |
| 24 Aug 03 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1195645678 |
Boris Godunov (1869 version) - T082601191Sung in Russian. Concert performanceMusic Musorgsky. Company Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirov Opera. Conductor Valery Gergiev. Performer Vladimir Ognovenko (Boris). Performer Alexander Morozov (Pimen). Performer Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Shuisky). Performer Alexei Steblianko (Grigori - Dmitri). Performer Evgeny Akimov (Simpleton). Performer Fedor Kuznetsov (Varlaam). Performer Nikolai Gassiev (Missail). Performer Nadezhda Vasilieva (Hostess of the Inn). | |
| 24 Aug 02 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0765571464 |
T01979503783Music Schubert (Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'). Music Bruckner (Symphony No 9 in D minor). Company NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg. Conductor Gunter Wand. | |
| 24 Aug 01 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L2070710200 |
T02087300916Music Bach (Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV 1043). Music Mozart (Divertimento in D major K136). Music Mendelssohn (Concerto in D minor for violin and strings). Music Mozart (Adagio in E major K261; Rondo in C major K373; Symphony No 29 in A major K201). Director Maxim Vengerov (violin). Performer Paul Barritt (violin). Company English Chamber Orchestra. | |
| 18 Aug 00 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L417506775 |
T0281598577Music Strauss (Die Gottin im Putzzimmer). Music Bax (Mater ora filium). Music Alain (Litanies). Music Poulenc (Litanies a la Vierge noire). Music Carl Rutti (Alpha and Omega). Music Messiaen (Dieu parmi nous from La nativite du Seigneur). Music Strauss (Der Abend). Performer David Goode (organ). Performer Nicole Tibbels (soprano). Performer Deborah Miles-Johnson (mezzo soprano). Performer Vernon Kirk (tenor). Performer Alan Ewing (bass). Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Conductor Stephen Jackson. | |
| 21 Aug 99 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01813640493 |
| 21 Aug 99 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L343773830 |
T0709398976Music Bach (St Matthew Passion). Performer Ian Bostridge (Evangelist. tenor). Performer Gotthold Schwarz (Christus. bass). Performer Sybilla Rubens (soprano). Performer Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor). Performer Werner Gura (tenor). Performer Dietrich Henschel (bass). Conductor Philippe Herreweghe. Company Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Ghent. | |
| 23 Aug 98 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L286608239 |
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