Prom 70


Archive Listings for Prom 70

Bridge/Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Holst - T2137580729

Frank Bridge is at his most romantic and Lisztian in the Keats-inspired Isabella, given its world premiere at the Proms by founder-conductor Henry Wood. Sir Harrison Birtwistle's concerto, his first for a string instrument, was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Christian Tetzlaff and unveiled by him in March to rave reviews. The composer himself studied the clarinet, although he says, 'I had some violin lessons at school, so I have a memory of the physical feel of the instrument, in a sense. It's rather like remembering how to bowl a leg break in cricket, even if I couldn't do it now.' Holst's planetary survey displays astonishing verve in its orchestration and in the radicalism of much of its content for its time. Finish time: approx. 21:10Performer Christian Tetzlaff (violin). Company Holst Singers. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor David Robertson.
7 Sep 11The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01599118696

Ensemble Matheus - T561181628

French counter-tenor Philippe Jaroussky and Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux sing arias and duets by two great masters of 18th-century opera seria, including a rare extract from one of the works that Handel's London rival Porpora wrote to show off his star pupil, the legendary castrato Farinelli. Finish time: approx. 23:30Director Jean-Christophe Spinosi (violin). Performer Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto). Performer Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor). Performer Laurence Paugam (violin). Performer Alexis Kossenko (recorder). Performer Jean-Marc Goujon (flute).
6 Sep 10The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L786242183

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - T0496846392

Long a resident of the Orkney Islands, the Master of The Queen's Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, celebrates his 75th birthday today by conducting Mendelssohn's sea-sprayed Hebridean overture and the UK premiere of his own new violin concerto, inspired by traditional Orkney folk and fiddle music. It was written for tonight's soloist, Daniel Hope, and commissioned by Mendelssohn's old orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, with which they give the work's premiere in August. Proms debutant Garry Walker, the RPO's Permanent Guest Conductor, completes the concert with Sibelius's surging 'swan hymn' symphony. Approx finish time: 20:45. Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3. There will be an interval.
8 Sep 09The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1261038659

Messiaen's Saint Francis of Assisi - T379012988

Finish time approx. 22:00Music Messiaen (240 mins)). Company The Nederlands Opera. Performer Rod Gilfry (St Francis). Performer Heidi Grant Murphy (Angel). Performer Hubert Delamboye (Leper). Performer Henk Neven (Brother Leo). Performer Charles Workman (Brother Masseo). Performer Donald Kaasch (Brother Elias). Performer Armand Arapian (Brother Bernard). Performer Jan Willem Balijet (Brother Sylvester). Performer Andre Morsch (Brother Rufus). Company Chorus of The Netherlands Opera. Company The Hague Philharmonic. Conductor Ingo Metzmacher.
7 Sep 08The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0924527289

Berlioz - T1622795036

Finish time approx. 21:40Conductor James Levine. Performer Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano). Performer Marcello Giordani (tenor). Performer Jose Van Dam (bass-baritone). Performer Patrick Carfizzi (bass). Company Finchley Children's Music Group. Company Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Company Boston Symphony Orchestra.
6 Sep 07The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0770849945

Mahler - T2144789854

Finish time approx. 21:05. Broadcast live on BBC FourConductor Bernard Haitink. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company London Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Performer Susan Gritton (soprano). Performer Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano). Music Mahler (Symphony No 2 in C minor - Resurrection).
6 Sep 06The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L604318193

T1941894739 (PROM05)

Company Nash Ensemble. Conductor Martyn Brabbins. Company BBC Singers. Conductor Stephen Cleobury. Performer Mark Padmore (tenor). Performer David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone). Music Tippett (Dance Clarion Air). Music David Horne (Splintered Instruments). Music Tippett (Four Songs from the British Isles; Over the Sea to Skye - London premiere). Music Elliott Carter (Mosaic). Music Tippett (arr. Meirion Bowen - The Tempest suite).
6 Sep 05The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0602716966

T0972802554 (PROM04)

This concert will be broadcast on BBC2. Finish time approx. 21:05Music Dvorak (Scherzo capriccioso). Music Dvorak (Violin Concerto in A minor). Music Dvorak (Symphony No 9 in E minor - From the New World). Performer Sarah Chang (violin). Company Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Charles Mackerras (Sir).
8 Sep 04The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01158377927

T1539293156 (PROM03)

Music Bach (Cantata No 170 Vergnugte Ruh beliebte Seelenlust). Music Rameau (Dances from Les Indes galantes - Platee - Dardanus and Les Boreades). Music Handel (Ariodante - Scherza infida; Dopo notte). Performer Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano). Company Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble. Conductor Marc Minkowski.
10 Sep 03The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1493604431

T01547372953 (PROM02)

Company City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Sakari Oramo. Performer Elisabeth Batiashvili (violin). Music Julan Anderson (Imagin'd Corners - London premiere). Music Prokofiev (Violin Concerto No 1). Music Nielsen (Symphony No 5).
11 Sep 02The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L600851902

T581353489 (PROM01)

Music Berlioz (Overture 'Benvenuto Cellini'). Music Schumann (Symphony No 2 in C major). Music Stravinsky (The Rite of Spring). Company Orchestre de Paris. Conductor Christoph Eschenbach.
12 Sep 01The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1713330768

T771175544 (PROM00)

18:00 - Pre-Prom Talk [HK Gruber] introduces tonight's operaMusic Weill (The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - sung in German with English narration). Performer Gabriel Sade (Jimmy). Performer Frederick Burchinal (Trinity Moses). Performer Reinhild Runkel (Begbick). Performer Marie McLaughlin (Jenny). Performer Robert Woerle (Fatty). Performer Kenneth Riegel (Jakob Schmidt/Tobby Higgins). Performer Kay Stiefermann (Bill). Performer Markus Marquardt (Joe). Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor HK Gruber.
7 Sep 00The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L858009523

T29444714 (70PROM99)

Music Chopin (Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor). Music Bruckner (Symphony No 8 in C minor). Performer Evgeny Kissin (piano). Company Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor Zubin Mehta.
9 Sep 99The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L86079149

T833170591 (98)

Music Glinka (Overture 'Ruslan and Lyudmila'). Music Rakhmaninov (Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor). Music Schmidt (Symphony No 4). Performer Arkady Volodos (piano). Conductor Yakov Kreizberg. Company Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
9 Sep 98The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1108739163

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