Prom 76
Archive Listings for Prom 76
The Last Night of the Proms - T0778054790Tradition meets high jinks as Jiri Belohlavek conducts his second Last Night, while the spirit of Henry Wood presides, as always, over the grand finale of the Proms. Renee Fleming lends her lustrous soprano to music by Strauss, Dvorak and Smetana. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Maxim Rysanov gives Tchaikovsky's popular cello variations a new voice, and loyal Prommers can spot the last traces of the season's Wood, Parry, Wagner, Rodgers and Hammerstein and opera themes. A festive new piece by Jonathan Dove opens the evening; a contemporary hornpipe forms an upbeat to anniversary composer Arne's Rule, Britannia!; and audiences around the UK can join the Royal Albert Hall crowd in singing along to excerpts from Lohengrin and Carousel in a climax to the BBC's opera season. Finish time: approx. 22:40 with intervalConductor Jiri Belohlavek. Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Performer Renee Fleming (soprano). Performer Maxim Rysanov (viola). | |
| 11 Sep 10 | The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1662410237 |
The Last Night of the Proms - T2121719019The Last Night brings Alison Balsom, a former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, in a concerto by one anniversary composer (Haydn) and Sarah Connolly in a famous lament by another (Purcell), while a third (Handel) provides the main orchestral fireworks. Oliver Knussen's own Flourish (sparked by Stravinsky's Fireworks from the First Night) is complemented by new fanfares specially written by young Proms Inspire composers, which feature in our link-up with Last Night festivities around the country. We mark 50 years since the deaths of Albert Ketèlbey and Gerard Hoffnung (the latter in Arnold's uproarious piece including parts for vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and rifles, written for the first Hoffnung Music Festival in 1956). And the BBC SO's David Robertson presides for the first time over the massed forces on stage and in the audience. Approx finish time: 22:30. Broadcast Live on BBC Two from 19:30, BBC One from 21:15 and BBC Radio 3. There will be an interval.Music Oliver Knussen (Flourish with Fireworks). Music Purcell (arr. Henry Wood New Suite). Music Purcell (Dido and Aeneas). Music Haydn (Trumpet Concerto in E flat major). Music Mahler (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen). Music Villa-Lobos (Chôros No. 10 'Rasga o Coração'). Music Arnold (Arnold (A Grand). Group/Band and Overture). Music Ketèlby (In a Monastery Garden). Music Piazzolla (Libertango). Music Gershwin (arr. Barry Forgie Shall We Dance - 'They can't take that away from me' BBC co-commission: world premiere). Music Handel (Music for the Royal Fireworks - excerpts). Music Arne (Arne (arr. Sargent Rule). Book by itannia!). Music Parry. Music Elgar (Elgar (Jerusalem). Performer mp and Circumstance March No.1). Performer Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano). Performer Alison Balsom (trumpet). | |
| 12 Sep 09 | The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01969898286 |
The Last Night of the Proms - T537316740Inclues The National Anthem (2 mins)Music Beethoven (6 mins)). Music Wagner (5 mins)). Music Puccini (4 mins)). Music Verdi (5 mins)). Music Beethoven (19 mins)). Music Denza (3 mins)). Music Trad (3 mins)). Music Trad (BBC commission: world premiere)). Music Anna Meredith (c5 mins)). Music Elgar (8 mins)). Music Vaughan Williams (4 mins)). Music Arne (4 mins)). Music Parry (2 mins)). Performer Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone). Performer Helene Grimaud (piano). Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Roger Norrington (Sir). | |
| 13 Sep 08 | The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1295353062 |
