Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations - T429192876'The Enigma I will not explain - its "dark saying" must be left unguessed...' So wrote Edward Elgar of his career-making 'Enigma' Variations. What's not in question, however, is the tender playfulness of orchestral variations inspired by the composer's friends and family, including the noble, much-loved 'Nimrod'. Pianist Jan Lisiecki joins Elim Chan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 - a Romantic tussle between conflict and lyricism. The concert opens with the European premiere of Noriko Koide's silkworm-inspired Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, commissioned for last year's BBC Proms Japan.Performer Jan Lisiecki (piano). Conductor Elim Chan. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. | |
| 25 Jul 23 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0772903113 |
Kazuki Yamada Conducts The CBSO - T01999315472The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra makes its first Proms appearance under Chief Conductor Designate Kazuki Yamada with one of the great Romantic symphonies. Charged with nostalgic yearning, swelling through the gorgeous slow movement and bursting out in an ecstatic finale, Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 finds echo in the late-Romantic warmth and full-bodied lyricism of Ethel Smyth's Concerto for Violin and Horn, dedicated to Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood. Two rising stars - violinist Elena Urioste and horn player Ben Goldscheider - are the soloists in a virtuosic work whose composer is finally reclaiming her place as one of the leading British voices of her generation. The concert opens with the vivacious overture from Glinka's Pushkin-inspired opera Ruslan and Lyudmila.Performer Elena Urioste (violin). Performer Ben Goldscheider (horn). Company City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Kazuki Yamada. | |
| 25 Jul 22 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1962746379 |
T1127642563Haydn's colourful oratorio returns to the Proms for the first time in a decade. The BBC Philharmonic is joined by the BBC Proms Youth Choir to perform the composer's late masterpiece. From its opening Representation of Chaos, through the creation of stars, seas and storms, a magnificent musical sunrise and of course every animal from whales to eagles and even a worm, The Creation is one of the great musical dramas, teeming with life and detail.Performer Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano). Performer Benjamin Hulett (tenor). Performer Christoph Pohl (baritone). Company BBC Proms Youth Choir. Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor Omer Meir Wellber. | |
| 29 Jul 19 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0930719734 |
Sibelius, Schubert & Zimmermann - T1282560187Sibelius's genre-bending Seventh unfolds in a continuous musical gesture of expansive, if characteristically enigmatic, nobility. Centenary composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Symphony in One Movement is another assault on tradition that kicks against Wagner's rousing overture to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. Four popular Schubert songs and his technically formidable 'Wanderer' Fantasy get a colourful orchestral upscalingPerformer Elizabeth Watts (soprano). Performer Louis Lortie (piano). Company BBC Philharmonic. Conductor John Storgards. | |
| 24 Jul 18 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L155890146 |
Holst - The Planets - T13006867John Wilson directs the BBC SSO in this all-English programme. Holst's vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 9 ? the last that the composer would write.Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor John Wilson. Company CBSO Youth Chorus (female voices). | |
| 25 Jul 17 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L091904614 |
Rossini - The Barber of Seville - T1336511782Company Glyndebourne Festival Opera Company. Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Enrique Mazzola. Performer Danielle de Niese (Rosina). Performer Alessandro Corbelli (Dr Bartolo). Performer Taylor Stayton (Count Almaviva). Performer Bjorn Burger (Figaro). Performer Janis Kelly (Berta). Performer Huw Montague Rendall (Fiorello). | |
| 25 Jul 16 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0275786279 |
Prokofiev - The Piano Concertos - T595424108All five Prokofiev piano concertos in one concert - it's a feat conductor Valery Gergiev achieved in 2012 at the Mariinsky and now brings to the Proms, along with three of his original pianists. It's a rare opportunity to hear three international soloists back-to-back, to compare styles and approaches, as well as to explore the composer's later, lesser-known concertos with their newly expressive tenderness. Daniil Trifonov, the prodigious young winner of the Tchaikovsky and Chopin competitions, shares the bill with his teacher Sergei Babayan, while Alexei Volodin tackles the rarely heard Fourth, commissioned, like Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein. Finish time approx 22:20Performer Daniil Trifonov (piano). Performer Sergei Babayan (piano). Performer Alexei Volodin (piano). Company London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Valery Gergiev. | |
| 28 Jul 15 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L782604023 |
Durufle, Ravel and Simon Holt - T1942372939Ravel's La valse turns the Viennese waltz into a darkly tinged rhapsody, while his Valses nobles et sentimentales reflects the iconic dance in softer tones. Durufle's Requiem is the musical cousin of Faure's more familiar Requiem and anchors its 20th-century harmonies in the same arching plainchant melodies of the past. Flute virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud joins the orchestra for the world premiere of Simon Holt's flute concerto Morpheus Wakes - written for Pahud himself, who represents the god of dreaming 'as if slowly waking from adeep, troubled sleep'. Finish time approx. 21:45Performer Emmanuel Pahud (flute). Performer Gerald Finley (baritone). Performer Ruby Hughes (soprano). Company BBC National Chorus of Wales. Company National Youth Choir of Wales. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Thierry Fischer. | |
| 27 Jul 14 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L02042596430 |
Das Rheingold - T850686578Concert performance; sung in German. Stolen gold, slave labour and a world order on the edge of collapse. Daniel Barenboim launches his Proms Ring cycle (and conducts his first Wagner opera in the UK), following his Beethoven symphony cycle last year. The Staatskapelle Berlin explores the corrupting influence of the all-powerful ring with a cast mined from Barenboim's recent Berlin and Milan Ring cycles. There will be no interval. Finish time: approx. 21:55Music Wagner. Performer Iain Paterson (baritone - Wotan). Performer Stephan Rugamer (tenor - Loge). Performer Jan Buchwald (baritone - Donner). Performer Marius Vlad (tenor - Froh). Performer Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano - Fricka). Performer Anna Samuil (soprano - Freia). Performer Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano - Erda). Performer Johannes Martin Kranzle (baritone - Alberich). Performer Peter Bronder (tenor - Mime). Performer Eric Halfvarson (bass - Fafner). Performer Aga Mikolaj (soprano - Woglinde). Performer Maria Gortsevskaya (mezzo-soprano - Wellgunde). Performer Anna Lapkovskaja (mezzo-soprano - Flosshilde). Company Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor Daniel Barenboim. | |
| 22 Jul 13 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L380963797 |
Kronos Quartet - T536679805For almost 40 years, the Kronos Quartet has been reinventing the string quartet, regularly turning it into a multimedia experience. The group's first Proms appearances begins with high-octance Syrian folk-pop and ends with a Kronos commission blending classical strings with ethnic Balkan instruments, shouts, foot-stomping, bells and electronic overdubs. In between, varied fare from the group's eclectic repertoire plus a BBC commission inspired by the work of Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (responsible for the realisation of Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme). Listen out, too, for the otherworldly Kronos arrangement of a Scandinavian folk lament. There will be no interval. Finish time: 23:15 | |
| 24 Jul 12 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L161412332 |
Mahler - Symphony No 9 - T357853219A powerful goodbye from Mahler and the chance to say farewell to Sir Roger Norrington in his final concerts as Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.Company Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Roger Norrington (Sir). | |
| 25 Jul 11 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1247211498 |
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - T778209968In the second of this season's two Beethoven Nights, the airy First Symphony and the rousing Fifth frame the expansive Violin Concerto - of which tonight's American soloist, Hilary Hahn, made a Grammy Award-winning recording at the age of 18. Returning for only its third appearance at the Proms, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen gives its first performance here under its Artistic Director, Paavo Jarvi. Finish time: approx. 21:55Conductor Paavo Jarvi. Company Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Performer Hilary Hahn (violin). | |
| 27 Jul 10 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L819739083 |
T1644484543Concluding our weekend marking the 75th anniversaries of the deaths of Delius, Elgar and Holst, David Atherton conducts the first Proms performance of Holst's First Choral Symphony, plus Delius's Brigg Fair and Elgar's Enigma Variations. Susan Gritton returns later this season as the seductive Dalila in Handel's Samson (Prom 47). Approx. end time: 21:10Music Holst (First Choral Symphony - 48 mins). Music Delius (Brigg Fair - 16 mins). Music Elgar (Enigma Variations - 32 mins). Performer Susan Gritton (soprano). Company BBC National Chorus of Wales. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor David Atherton. | |
| 26 Jul 09 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0106685578 |
La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ - T617963666Approx. finsih time 20:50Music Messiaen (98 mins)). Performer Denes Varjon (piano). Performer Adam Walker (flute). Performer Julian Blliss (clarinet). Performer Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello). Performer Colin Currie (xylophone). Performer Adrian Spillett (marimba). Performer Richard Benjafield (vibraphone). Company Philharmonia Voices. Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC National Chorus of Wales. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Thierry Fischer. | |
| 27 Jul 08 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0327702923 |
T01140698001Finish time approx.21:45Conductor Roger Norrington (Sir). Performer Sally Matthews (soprano). Performer Toby Spence (tenor). Performer Jonathan Lemalu (bass- baritone). Company Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. Music Haydn (The Seasons - sung in German). | |
| 23 Jul 07 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01459705626 |
T1923414740Finish time approx. 21:30Conductor David Robertson. Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Performer Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Music Haydn (Symphony No 94 in G major - Surprise). Music George Banjamin (Dance Figures - UK premiere). Music Brahms (Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor). | |
| 24 Jul 06 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1046676735 |
T932666303Company BBC Symphony Chorus. Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Richard Hickox. Performer Elizabeth Atherton (soprano). Performer Roderick Williams (baritone). Music Tippett (The Vision of St Augustine). Music Shostakovich (Symphony No 10 in E minor). | |
| 25 Jul 05 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01997066378 |
T769209269This concert will be broadcast on BBC4. Finish time approx. 21:55.Music Taverner (In nomine). Music Peter Maxwell Davies (Sir - First Fantasia on an In nomine of John Taverner). Music Beethoven (Piano Concerto No 4 in G major). Music Elgar. Music Payne (Symphony No 3). Performer Catherine Ennis (organ). Performer Andreas Haefliger (piano). Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Martyn Brabbins. | |
| 26 Jul 04 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L1452271364 |
T0465470943This concert will be broadcast on BBC4Music Berlioz (The Childhood of Christ - sung in French). Performer Bernarda Fink (Mary). Performer James Gilchrist (Narrator). Performer Gilles Cachemaille (Joseph). Performer Jeremy White (Herod / Father of the Family). Company Monteverdi Choir. Company Choir of Clare College Cambridge). Company Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique). Conductor John Eliot Gardiner (Sir). | |
| 28 Jul 03 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L493409952 |
T493399886Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Osmo Vanska. Performer Stephen Hough (piano). Music Sibelius (Tapiola). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 23 in A major K488). Music Nielsen (Symphony No 4 - The Inextinguishable). | |
| 29 Jul 02 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L911262113 |
T01800461895Music Berlioz (Overture Le corsaire). Music Stuart MacRae (Violin Concerto - Richard Gregson-Williams Memorial Trust commission: world premiere). Music Britten (Les illuminations). Music Strauss (Also sprach Zarathustra). Music Tasmin Little (violin). Performer Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano). Company BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Martyn Brabbins. | |
| 31 Jul 01 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0936791144 |
T164134507017:30 Pre-Prom Talk [Rhian Samuel]Music Bach (arr [Wood] Suite No 6 for orchestra). Music Shostakovich (Piano Concerto No 2 in F major). Music Rhian Samuel (Tirluniau - Landscapes - BBC commission: world premiere). Music Musorgsky (orch [Ravel] Pictures at an Exhibition). Performer Boris Berezovsky (piano). Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor Tadaaki Otaka. | |
| 25 Jul 00 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L01058770431 |
T88746257Music Einojuhani Rautavaara (Autumn Gardens - world premiere). Music Mendelssohn (Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 3 in E flat major - Eroica). Performer Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano). Company Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor Joseph Swensen. | |
| 26 Jul 99 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L798195653 |
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