Mariza Sings Fado - T613402459Make a date with destiny at this Proms celebration of fado, the musical soul of Portugal. Fado literally means 'fate' and the genre's keening melodies are charged with passion, longing and despair. Tonight we'll hear Mariza, one of the tradition's greatest living exponents, together with her band. Their Proms debut features favourite songs from her 20-year career as well as a glimpse of her forthcoming album.Performer Luis Guerreiro (Portuguese guitar). Performer Phelipe Ferreira (guitar). Performer Joao Frade (accordian). Performer Dinga (bass guitar). Performer Joao Freitas (percussion). | |
| 21 Jul 23 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01790589182 |
The Two Scheherazades - T1161998836The legend of Scheherazade and her bewitching stories from One Thousand and One Nights are vividly captured in both Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral suite - a dazzling musical portrait of the East, full of shipwrecks, love scenes and crowded bazaars - and Ravel's sensually beautiful overture, written for a never-completed opera. We're in more familiar landscapes in Sally Beamish's Hive, which traces the life of a beehive across four seasons, starting with the gentle stir and shimmer of winter and climaxing in the swarms, dances and battles of summer. Award-winning Welsh harpist Catrin Finch is the soloist in this world-premiere.Performer Catrin Finch (harp). Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Ariane Matiakh. | |
| 21 Jul 22 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L343157919 |
Strauss, Brahms and Bostrom - T02008146466The mischievous escapades of the irrepressible Till Eulenspiegel - Germany's beloved folk hero - introduce a concert that celebrates the dramatic power of the orchestra. Markus Stenz conducts the BBC NOW in its first concert of the season, pairing Strauss's lively tone-poem with Brahms's turbulent Symphony No. 1 - the work that announced him as the 'heir to Beethoven'. Trumpeters Hakan Hardenberger and Jeroen Berwaerts are rival soloists in a rhythmically charged new double concerto by Swedish composer Tobias Brostr?m.Performer Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet). Performer Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet). Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Markus Stenz. | |
| 25 Jul 19 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1518408817 |
War & Peace - T0316272875In the centenary year of the end of the First World War, the World Orchestra for Peace - founded by Georg Solti as an expression of international musical harmony - returns to the Proms with one of classical music's most potent statements of brotherhood and fellowship, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Composed in the shadow of the Second World War, Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem adds its own emotive warning against war. The concert opens with a new, First World War-themed work by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds, commissioned for the talented young singers of the BBC Proms Youth Choir.Performer Erin Wall (soprano). Performer Judit Kutasi (mezzo-soprano). Performer Russell Thomas (tenor). Performer Franz-Josef Selig (baritone). Company BBC Proms Youth Choir. Company World Orchestra for Peace. Conductor Simon Halsey. Conductor Donald Runnicles. | |
| 21 Jul 18 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01264735260 |
Beethoven - Fidelio - T01299400204Beethoven's only opera is a passionate musical protest against political oppression that premiered in the wake of the French Revolution. Stuart Skelton stars as the imprisoned Florestan, with soprano Ricarda Merbeth as Leonore. Juanjo Mena conducts.Performer Stuart Skelton (Florestan). Performer Ricarda Merbeth (Leonore). Performer Brindley Sherratt (Rocco). Performer Louise Alder (Marzelline). Performer Benjamin Hulett (Jaquino). Performer Detlef Roth (Don Pizarro). Performer David Soar (David Soar (Don Dernando). Performer Orfeon Donostiarra. Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Juanjo Mena. | |
| 21 Jul 17 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L838030495 |
Le Cercle de I'Harmonie - T418495924Jeremie Rhorer's energetic period-instrument ensemble makes its Proms debut along with fast-rising soprano Rosa Feola. The orchestra opens with Mozart's vigorous Symphony No. 39, the first of the composer's final trilogy. Just like Mozart, Mendelssohn had an uncanny way of balancing head and heart in complex musical arguments, as heard in the thrusting brilliance of his Fourth Symphony, the ?Italian', tinged with poetry and romance.Performer Rosa Feola (soprano). Company Le Cercle de I'Harmonie. Conductor Jeremie Rhorer. | |
| 22 Jul 16 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0404979873 |
Leif Ove Andsnes and The Mahler Chamber Orchestra 1 - T152223005Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes embarks on his Proms cycle of Beethoven piano concertos (see also Proms 10 & 12), directing the dynamic Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Each concert features a work by Stravinsky (in this case the composer's classically inspired ballet Apollon musagete ('Apollo, Leader of the Muses') - music, the impresario Diaghilev claimed, 'not of this world, but of somewhere above'. Finish time: approx 21:45Company Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Director Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). | |
| 23 Jul 15 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0325411060 |
Brahams & Janacek - T695886976'In the tenor solo I hear a high priest,' Janacek said of his Glagolitic Mass, 'in the soprano solo a girlish angel and in the chorus our people.' These elements,combined with organ and orchestra, yield a huge, passionate secular oratorio celebrating life, nationhood and peace. In the first half Barry Douglas, whose relationship with the Proms goes back almost 20 years, returns with Brahms's elemental First Piano Concerto - a work that distils all the conflict of the composer's relationship with the troubled Robert Schumann and his wife Clara. Finish time approx. 21:45Performer Barry Douglas (piano). Performer Mlada Khudoley (soprano). Performer Yulia Matochkina (mezzo-soprano). Performer Mikhail Vekua (tenor). Performer Yuri Vorobiev (bass). Company London Symphony Chorus. Company London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Valery Gergiev. | |
| 24 Jul 14 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0699077413 |
Stenhammar, Szymanowski & R Strauss - T0293567985Evocations of Nordic forests, Persian gardens and snow-capped mountains feature in Thomas Sondergard's first Prom as Principal Conductor of tonight's orchestra. Wilhelm Stenhammar's 1896 symphonic overture Excelsior! leads into the opulent sound-world of Karol Syzmanowski's Symphony No. 3, ?The Song of the Night'. A journey from dusk to dawn and on into the night, Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony is a much a statement of the composer's personal philosophy as a description of the natural world at its most dramatic. Finish time: approx. 21:05Performer Michael Weinius (tenor). Company BBC National Chorus of Wales. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Thomas Sondergard. | |
| 18 Jul 13 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L653177094 |
Beethoven Cycle - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - T01059159329Daniel Barenboim directs his first Beethoven symphony cycle in London - and becomes the first conductor since Henry Wood in 1942 to survey all nine symphonies in a single Proms season. His dynamic West-Eastern Divan Orchestra - famously bringing together Arab and Israeli players to form less 'an orchestra for peace' than 'an orchestra against ignorance' - goes far beyond the symbolic in its goal of building bridges through music. Expect further fireworks as Barenboim pairs Beethoven's revolutionary classics with music by one of today's senior musical figures, the ever-innovative composer-conductor Pierre Boulez, with whom Barenboim first collaborated in the mid-1960s. Finish time: approx. 21:55Company West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor Daniel Barenboim. | |
| 20 Jul 12 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L573409046 |
Sibelius/Bartok and Janacek - T01199157896Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé are joined by András Schiff in a mixed programme of 20th-century masters. Finish time approx: 21:45Performer Andras Schiff (piano). Company Halle. Conductor Mark Elder (Sir). | |
| 21 Jul 11 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01894757197 |
BBC Philharmonic - T02016672677'Stress', 'Love', 'Play', 'Now!'. The movement titles of Parry's last symphony hint at hidden autobiographical significance, and celebrate a composer rarely noticed beyond the Last Night (see also Prom 31 and Prom 68). It is paired with the most famous autobiographical symphony of all, Tchaikovsky's heroic attempt to outrun and finally confront despair. At the centre of the BBC Philharmonic's first appearance this season is the early, Chopin-tinged piano concerto by another great Russian (whose works we feature this season), with much-admired Argentinian soloist Nelson Goerner. Finish time: approx. 21:45Conductor Vassily Sinaisky. Company BBC Philharmonic. | |
| 23 Jul 10 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L02108811262 |
T02135978673E. J. Moeran's Symphony was written partly in Norfolk, partly in County Kerry, and seems to evoke the landscapes, seashores and folk idioms of both. Finzi's neo-Classical Grand Fantasia caps an unaccompanied and clearly Bach-inspired piano solo with a jaunty, finger-tapping Toccata. And we mark the 75th anniversary of Elgar's death with his Second Symphony, a nobly expansive exploration of past sorrows recalled and exorcised. Approx. end time: 22:05Music Moeran (Symphony in G minor - 45 mins). Music Finzi (Grand Fantasia and Toccata - 15 mins). Music Elgar (Symphony No 2 in E flat major - 55 mins). Performer Leon McCawley (piano). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Vassily Sinaisky. | |
| 23 Jul 09 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L02085998266 |
BBC Symphony Orchestra - T0215234900A Proms reprise of a programme first given in 1958, featuring two German composers who managed to retain Classical poise in the face of burgeoning Romanticism. Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony celebrates the sounds and colours of Italy, while Brahms’s Second is the most ‘pastoral’ of his symphonies, a work of carefree high spirits. In between comes the colossal Second Piano Concerto with which Brahms blurs the boundaries between symhony and concerto; the soloist is Lars Vogt, whose reputation is similarly built on a mastery of the Classical repertoire. Mendelssohn’s spirited curtain-raiser is based on the Victor Hugo play in which the commoner Ruy Blas is forced to dishonour the Queen of Spain by winning her affections. Finish time approx. 22:05Performer Lars Vogt (piano). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Jiri Belohlavek. Music Mendelssohn (8mins)). Music Mendelssohn (28mins)). Music Brahms (48mins)). Music Brahms (40mins)). | |
| 23 Jul 08 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0562921673 |
T0616743425Finish time approx. 21:40Conductor Thierry Fischer. Performer Roger Muraro (piano). Company Choristers from Eton College Chapel Choir. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Music Henri Dutilleux (The Shadows of Time - Proms Firsts UK Premiere 1998). Music Ravel (Piano Concerto for the Left Hand - Proms Firsts UK Premiere 1932). Music Berlioz (Symphonie fantastique). | |
| 20 Jul 07 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1242186422 |
T1937977173Finish time approx. 21:30Conductor Thomas Zehetmair (violin). Company Northern Sinfonia. Music Gyorgy Ligeti (Ramifications). Music Schumann (Symphony No 4 in D minor - original version). Music Brahms (Violin Concerto in D major). | |
| 21 Jul 06 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0832981724 |
T2021983460Company Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi. Performer Christian Tetzlaff (violin). Music Mozart (Violin Concerto No 3 in G major K216). Music Mahler (Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor). | |
| 22 Jul 05 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1864962383 |
T1135532289This concert will be broadcast on BBC4. Finish time approx. 22:05Music De Grigny (orch. Benjamin - Palimpsest I and II). Music Messiaen (Des canyons aux etoiles). Performer Ueli Wiget (piano). Performer Simon Breyer (horn). Performer Rumi Ogawa (xylorimba). Performer Rainer Romer (glockenspiel). Company Ensemble Modern. Conductor George Benjamin. | |
| 23 Jul 04 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L925031680 |
T01920905826This concert will be broadcast on BBC4Music James MacMillan (Symphony No 3 - Silence - BBC / NHK co-commission European premiere). Music R.Strauss (Four Last Songs). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 5 in C minor). Performer Barbara Frittoli (soprano). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor James MacMillan (Symphony No 3 - Silence). Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. | |
| 24 Jul 03 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01063740623 |
The Oriana Collection - T1647791175And other selections from 'The Triumphs of Oriana' interspersed with new works (to specially commissioned poems) by: Joe Duddell (Gracie Nichols), Howard Goodall (U.A. Fanthorpe), John Harle (Ian Sinclair), John McCabe (Jo Shapcott), Dominic Muldowney (Simon Armitage), Jocelyn Pook (Andrew Motion), Joby Talbot (Kathleen Jamie). BBC/King's Singers commission: world premiere.Group/Band King's Singers. Music Bennet (All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded). Music Weelkes (As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending). Music Johnson (Come Blessed Bird). | |
| 25 Jul 02 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0946045154 |
T01052126168Music Britten (Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes). Music Peter Maxwell Davies (Symphony No 7 - BBC commission: London premiere). Music Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending). Music Elgar (Enigma Variations). Performer Tasmin Little (violin). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies. Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier. | |
| 21 Jul 00 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01450619869 |
T1338827696Pre-Prom Talk at 18:00 - Roderick Swanston: French ConnectionsMusic Boulez (Notations I-IV). Music Ravel (Sheherazade). Music Messiaen (Eclairs sur l'au-dela). Performer Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis. | |
| 22 Jul 99 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L2039629825 |
T0180581263Music Gyorgy Ligeti (Chamber Concerto). Music Wolfgang Rihm (Gejagte Form). Music John Adams (Gnarly Buttons). Performer Michael Collins (clarinet). Conductor Markus Stenz. | |
| 23 Jul 98 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L10661752 |
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| 27 Jul 01 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1617511455 |
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