Prom 74

Archive Listings for Prom 74

Last Night of the Proms - T1776613069 Tradition meets high jinks once again as Edward Gardner conducts his first Last Night of the Proms. For this grandest of grand finales there are two very special guests. Since her first Proms appearance in 1995, Susan Bullock has emerged as Britain's leading dramatic soprano, specialising in what she calls 'the large ladies' of the repertoire. None is more challenging than Brunnhilde, whose Immolation Scene concludes Wagner's epic Ring cycle. Also featured is a classical music superstar, as popular in the West as in his native China. Lang Lang plays Liszt at his most dazzling on this, his sixth visit to the Proms. Bartok's thrilling suite provides a blast of exotic orchestral colour. Arne, Parry and Elgar bring down the curtain in traditional fashion. But first the Master of the Queen's Music pays tribute to the Promenaders' fundraising efforts on behalf of the Musicians Benevolent Fund in his new work. Finish time: approx. 22:45.Conductor Edward Gardner. Performer Lang Lang (piano). Performer Susan Bullock (soprano). Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Edward Gardner.
10 Sep 11	The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L020447876
BBC Philharmonic - T1887545696 To end our Schumann bicentenary survey, Irish pianist Finghin Collins plays the closest thing we have to a second Schumann piano concerto, while Robin Holloway offers a fresh slant on the composer's final song-cycle, which sets poems and prayers penned in exile and prison by Mary, Queen of Scots. Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic also include masterpieces by two other composers who sadly lived even shorter lives. Finish time: approx. 21:40Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Performer Dorothea Roschmann (soprano). Performer Finghin Collins (piano). Company BBC Philharmonic.
9 Sep 10	The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0348769989
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - T0516623572 In the second of its two Proms, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by its distinguished long-term associate and Honorary Member, Zubin Mehta, one of the rare recipients of the orchestra's coveted badge of honour, the Nikisch Ring. Together they reinvigorate Strauss's quintessentially quixotic set of 'fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character'. Brahms's final symphony also ends in a vast set of variations, his gloriously late-Romantic take on a Baroque-style passacaglia, using a theme borrowed from a Bach cantata. Approx finish time: 20:45. Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3. There will be an interval.Performer Christian Frohn (viola). Performer Tamas Varga (cello). Company Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Zubin Mehta.
11 Sep 09	The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1769230903
Orchestre de Paris - T0506155593 Finish time approx. 21:30Music Matthias Pintscher (22 mins)). Music Mahler (55 mins)). Performer Marisol Montalvo (soprano). Company Orchestre de Paris. Conductor Christoph Eschenbach.
11 Sep 08	The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01542702002
Last Night of the Proms - T1846824775 Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Paul Daniel. Performer Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor). Performer John Williams (guitar). Performer Paul Lewis (piano). Performer Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano). Music Walton (Overture 'Portsmouth Point'). Music Handel (Xerxes - 'Ombra mai fu'; Rodelinda - 'Dove sei'; Giustino - 'Se parla nel mio cor'). Music Rodrigo (Concierto de Aranjuez). Music Lambert (The Rio Grande). Music Korngold (The Sea Hawk - suite). Music Simon Bainbridge (Scherzi). Music Purcell (King Arthur - 'Fairest Isle'). Music Trad. (Down by the Salley Gardens). Music Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance March No I). Music Henry Wood (Fantasia on British Sea-Songs - with additional numbers arr. [Bob Chilcott]). Music Parry (orch. Elgar - Jerusalem; The National Anthem; Auld Lang Syne).
10 Sep 05	The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01122341346
Last Night of the Proms - T1612872904 This concert will be broadcast on BBC2 (Part 1) and BBC1 (Part 2). Finish time approx. 22:30Music Dvorak (Overture - 'Carnival'). Music R.Strauss (Horn Concerto No 1 - in E flat major). Music Vaughan Williams (Five Mystical Songs). Music Barber (Toccata festiva). Music Peter Maxwell Davies (Sir - Ojai Festival Overture). Music Puccini (Madam Butterfly - Humming Chorus). Music Rodgers and Hammerstein (Oklahoma! - 'Oh what a beautiful morning'). Music Cole Porter (Kiss Me Kate - 'I've got a little list). Music Sousa (Liberty Bell - march). Music Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance March No 1). Music Wood (arr. John Wilson and Stephen Jackson - Fantasia on British Sea-Songs). Music Parry (orch. Elgar - Jerusalem). Music The National Anthem. Music Auld Lang Syne. Performer Thomas Allen (baritone). Performer Simon Preston (organ). Performer David Pyatt (horn). Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Leonard Slatkin.
11 Sep 04	The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L2126185354