Prom 56


Archive Listings for Prom 56

Strauss & Mahler - T42520066

For his second Prom this season, Semyon Bychkov conducts one of Mahler's most perfectly realised works, 'the only sixth, despite the "Pastoral" ', in the words of Alban Berg. This is music of exceptional range and power, whose fateful hammer-blows seem to portend the crises in Mahler's own life and the wider world. The curtain-raiser is a mini-concerto with echoes of Brahms and Liszt, especially in its treatment of the piano. Kirill Gerstein, an exceptional artist with roots in jazz as well as the classics, makes his first Proms appearance in the main hall. Finish time: appox. 21:50Performer Kirill Gerstein (piano). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Semyon Bychkov.
26 Aug 11The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L011984987

Minnesota Orchestra - T0662137047

Osmo Vänskä, whose enthusiastic following in the UK dates from his tenure as Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (1996-2002), returns for two Proms with the Minnesota Orchestra, which has seen a revival under his music directorship since 2003. Tonight the cinematic incidental music imagined by anniversary composer Samuel Barber for a scene from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound contrasts with the expansive splendour of Bruckner's 'Romantic' Symphony. Young American cellist Alisa Weilerstein makes her Proms debut in the first of Shostakovich's two concertos honed around the skill and and stamina of the great Mstislav Rostropovich. Finish time: approx. 21:50Conductor Osmo Vanska. Performer Alisa Weilerstein (cello). Company Minnesota Orchestra.
27 Aug 10The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0632924984

Staatskapelle Dresden - T0462749622

Following last night's depiction of domestic life in the Strauss household, we continue with his mountain-inspired final tone-poem, performed by the orchestra to which it was dedicated (and which premiered no fewer than nine of his 15 operas) under its current Chief Conductor, Fabio Luisi, here making his Proms debut. Ever a favourite with Proms audiences, Lang Lang returns to perform Chopin's brilliantly virtuosic, Romantically poetic and mazurka-capped F minor Concerto. And the evening opens with a revised, expanded version of a 2006 work by British-born, Berlin-based Rebecca Saunders. Approx finish time: 22:15. Broadcast Live on BBC Four and BBC Radio 3.Performer Lang Lang (piano). Company Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor Fabio Luisi.
27 Aug 09The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L02130800627

London Sinfonietta - T600241190

Finish time approx. 23:20Music Einojuhani Rautavaara (18 mins)). Music John Tavener (7 mins)). Music John Tavener (35 mins)). Performer Patricia Rozario (soprano). Performer Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano). Performer David Wilson-Johnson (baritone). Performer Mark van de Wiel (clarinet). Company London Sinfonietta Chorus. Company London Sinfonietta. Conductor David Atherton.
27 Aug 08The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01856882471

T02115118888 (PROM07)

Finish time approx. 21:25Conductor Jiri Belohlavek. Performer Ivo Kahanek (piano). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Music Britten (Peter Grimes - Four Sea Interludes - Proms Firsts London Premiere 1945). Music Martinu (Piano Concerto No 4 'Incantation - Proms Firsts UK Premiere 1957). Music Prokofiev (Symphony No 5 in B flat - Proms Firsts UK Premiere 1946).
26 Aug 07The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1468105107

T0372983176 (PROM06)

Finish time approx. 21:00. Broadcast on BBC TwoConductor Christoph von Dohnanyi. Company NDR Symphony Orchestra. Performer Gil Shaham (violin). Music Ravel (Le tombeau de Couperin). Music Stravinsky (Violin Concerto). Music Tchaikovsky (Symphony No 4 in F minor).
26 Aug 06The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01506701901

T01616574368 (PROM05)

Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Performer Nikolaj Znaider (violin). Music Brahms (Violin Concerto in D major). Music Liszt (A Faust Symphony - original version).
26 Aug 05The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1527344187

T1392417760 (PROM04)

Finish time approx. 21:55Music Hindemith (Concert Music for Brass and Strings). Music Wagner (orch. Mottl - Wesendonck-Lieder). Music Wagner (Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 3 in E flat major - 'Eroica'). Performer Deborah Voigt (soprano). Company Royal Philharmonic Orchestra). Conductor Daniele Gatti.
27 Aug 04The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L822934971

T0685322418 (PROM03)

Music Brahms (Variations on the St Anthony Chorale). Music Heiner Goebbels (Aus einem Tagebuch - UK premiere). Music R. Strauss (Ein Heldenleben). Company Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor Simon Rattle (Sir).
1 Sep 03The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0956603999

Elijah - T107062419

Sung in EnglishMusic Mendelssohn. Company London Philharmonic Choir. Company Philharmonia Chorus. Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Kurt Masur. Performer Alastair Miles (Elijah). Performer Janice Watson (soprano). Performer Alice Coote (mezzo soprano). Performer Kim Begley (tenor).
1 Sep 02The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0251538406

T01857426733 (PROM01)

Music Enescu (Suite No 1). Music Dvorak (Violin Concerto). Music Schumann (Symphony No 1 in B flat major 'Spring'). Performer Sarah Chang (violin). Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Kurt Masur.
1 Sep 01The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L212032346

T1239483556 (PROM00)

Music Bach (orch. Webern - Ricercare from The Musical Offering). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 25 in C major K503). Music Arvo Part (Como anhela la cierva - UK premiere). Music Dvorak (Symphonic Variations). Performer Patricia Rozario (soprano). Performer Richard Goode (piano). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Jiri Belohlavek.
27 Aug 00The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L069294065

T489643433 (56PROM99)

Pre-Prom Talk at 18:00 - Leonard Slatkin: An American in LondonMusic Elgar (Introduction and Allegro). Music Walton (Violin Concerto). Music Britten (Phaedra). Music Vaughan Williams (Symphony No 9). Performer Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano). Performer Joshua Bell (violin). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Leonard Slatkin.
29 Aug 99The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1204208968

T0236331742 (98)

Music Copland (El salon Mexico). Music Esa-Pekka Salonen (LA Variations; UK premiere). Design ravinsky (The Firebird). Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. Company Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
31 Aug 98The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0306908787

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