Prom 8


Archive Listings for Prom 8

Dvorak & Smetana - T747984957

A Czech evening as Jean-Guihen Queyras plays Dvorak’s Cello Concerto and Proms favourite Jiri Belohlavek leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a surprising Proms first as the six symphonic poems of Má vlast are performed complete and in sequence. Finish time approx: 22:00Performer Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Jiri Belohlavek.
20 Jul 11The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01317619028

BBC National Orchestra of Wales - T383263412

Wartime music dominates the season's first visit by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, tonight under its Principal Conductor since 2006, Thierry Fischer. Britten's early orchestral masterpiece, inspired by three sections of the Christian Mass for the dead, was a product of his years in the USA but reflects the mood of Europe in 1941. Shostakovich completed his graphic Seventh Symphony the same year, as Leningrad - the city of his birth - lay under German siege. By contrast, Prokofiev's witty and exuberant student Piano Concerto displays the optimism of a young composer (and a formidable pianist) at the beginning of his career. Finish time: approx. 22:00Conductor Thierry Fischer. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Performer Alexander Toradze (piano).
22 Jul 10The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1551407199

T01498776744 (PROM09)

We celebrate the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge with a concert of music given by a convocation of the university’s college choirs and two soloists and a conductor who are among its graduates. Approx. end time: 22:30Music Vaughan Williams (The Wasps - Overture - 9 mins). Music Ryan Wigglesworth (The Genesis of Secrecy - 10 mins - BBC commission: world premiere). Music Vaughan Williams (Five Mystical Songs - 18 mins). Music Stanford (Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A major - 12 mins). Music Jonathan Harvey (Come Holy Ghost - 7 mins). Music Judith Weir (Ascending into Heaven - 8 mins). Music Saint-Saens (Symphony No 3 - Organ - 36 mins). Performer Simon Keenlyside (baritone). Performer Thomas Trotter (organ). Company Choirs of King's and St John's Colleges. Company Choirs of Clare / Gonville and Caius and Trinity Colleges. Company Choirs from combined Cambridge Colleges. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Andrew Davis (Sir). Conductor Stephen Cleobury. Conductor Andrew Nethsingha.
22 Jul 09The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L345292307

The Tallis Scholars - T065832927

The Tallis Scholars and conductor Peter Phillips have established themselves as one of the UK’s finest interpreters of Renaissance polyphonic music. In this Late Night Prom they explore two 15th-century Masses based on the chanson ‘Malheur me bat’ (Misfortune has struck me), attributed to Jean de Ockeghem. The Flemish Jacob Obrecht the 550th anniversary of whose birth we celebrate this year - was highly regarded in his day, eclipsed only by Josquin des Prez. Josquin’s ‘Malheur me bat’ setting captures something of the sorrow of Josquin’s patron Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, who had been exiled from Milan, taking Josquin with him. The programme also includes a performance of the original, three-part ‘Malheur me bat’ song, with specially commissioned words. Finish time approx. 23:30Conductor Peter Phillips. Music Obrecht (40mins)). Music Josquin Des Prez (40mins)).
22 Jul 08The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L2098171040

T1535396680 (PROM07)

Finish time approx. 22:00Conductor Vassily Sinaisky. Company BBC Philharmonic. Performer Nelson Goerner (piano). Music Arvo Part (Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten - Proms Firsts UK Premiere 1979). Music Rakhmaninov (Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini). Music Gliere (Symphony No 3 'Ilya Murometz).
19 Jul 07The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L643969987

T580553606 (PROM06)

Finish time approx. 21:40Music Gianandrea Noseda. Company BBC Philharmonic. Performer Ildar Abdrazakov (bass). Music Prokofiev (War and Peace - Overture). Music Shostakovich (Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti). Music Prokofiev (Romeo and Juliet - excerpts).
20 Jul 06The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1083386297

T0745037191 (PROM05)

Company BBC Singers. Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Conductor James MacMillan. Music Stravinsky (The Nightingale - concert performance sung in Russian). Music James MacMillan (A Scotch Bestiary - BBC co-commission with Los Angeles Philharmonic London premiere). Music Ravel (La valse). Performer Wayne Marshall (organ). Performer Olga Trifonova (Nightingale). Performer Ailish Tynan (Cook). Performer Avgeny Akimov (Fiserman). Performer Sergei Leiferkus (Emperor). Performer Darren Jeffery (Chamberlain). Performer Daniel Borowski (Bonze). Performer Irina Tchistyakova (Death).
21 Jul 05The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1195863896

T02132519166 (PROM04)

This concert will be broadcast on BBC4. Finish time approx. 21:50Performer John Casken (Symphony 'Broken Consort' - BBC commission: world premiere). Music Ravel (Piano Concerto in G major). Music Stravinsky (The Firebird). Performer Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda.
22 Jul 04The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01326879579

T1751276043 (PROM03)

Zoe Waites and Brian Protheroe appear subject to availability.Music Mendelssohn (Antigone - incidental music to the tragedy of Sophocles - performed in English). Performer Zoe Waites (Antigone). Performer Brian Protheroe (Creon). Performer Stephan Loges (baritone). Performer Roderick Williams (baritone). Director Eugenia Arsenis. Company BBC Singers (men's voices). Company City of London Sinfonia. Conductor Richard Hickox.
23 Jul 03The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0476216718

T5892976 (PROM02)

Company Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Paul Daniel. Performer Paul Lewis (piano). Music Hans Werner Henze (Fandango 1995 version). Music Beethoven (Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor). Music Vaughan Williams (Symphony No 4 in F minor).
25 Jul 02The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0462400117

T01290892087 (PROM01)

Music Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian Easter Festival Overture). Music James MacMillan (Birds of Rhiannon - BBC commission: world premiere). Music Strauss (Ein Heldenleben). Company The Sixteen. Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor James MacMillan. Conductor Vassily Sinaisky.
26 Jul 01The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0910015256

T1806820330 (PROM00)

Music Brahms (Violin Concerto in D major). Music Shostakovich (Symphony No 4 in C minor). Performer Vikoria Mullova (violin). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Vassily Sinaisky.
20 Jul 00The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L07215571

T1005677106 (8PROM99)

Pre-Prom Talk at 18:00 - Sir Peter Maxwell DaviesMusic Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (Spinning Jenny - BBC commission world premiere). Music Elgar (Cello Concerto in E minor). Music Prokofiev (Romeo and Juliet excerpts). Performer Ralph Kirshbaum (cello). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier. Conductor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
21 Jul 99The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01698709942

T02024916661 (98)

Music Beethoven (Symphony No 4 in B flat major). Music Brahms (Symphony No 4 in E minor). Conductor Bernard Haitink. Company Dresden Staatskapelle.
23 Jul 98The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01860648261