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The BBC Proms 2008: Season Schedule Week 1: 18 - 24 July 2008 |
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Fri 18 |
Sat 19 |
Sun 20 |
Mon 21 |
Tue 22 |
Wed 23 |
Thu 24 |
20.00 - 22.25
R. Strauss Festliches Präludium
Mozart Oboe Concerto in C major, K314
R. Strauss Four Last Songs
Messiaen Dieu parmi nous, from "La Nativité du Seigneur"
Beethoven Rondo in B-flat, for piano and orchestra
E. Carter Catenaires (solo piano) - UK premiere
Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy
Karita Mattila soprano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Wayne Marshall organ
Royal College of Music Brass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
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18.30 - 21.00
Bax: The Garden of Fand
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Nigel Kennedy violin
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Concert Orchestra
Vernon Handley conductor
22.00 - 23.30
Nigel Kennedy Quintet
Nigel Kennedy violin
Tomasz Grzegorski saxophone
Piotr Wylezol piano
Adam Kowalewski double bass
Pawel Dobrowolski percussion
With Xantone Blacq singer
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15.30 - 18.00
Traditional Folk songs
Grainger
& Vaughan Williams Folk song-inspired works
Berio Folk songs
Trad. arr. Folkestra Folk music from the British Isles
Bartok Romanian Dances
Tickell New arrangement
(BBC commission: world premiere)
Bella Hardy singer
London Young Musicians
Folkestra
Muzsikas
London Sinfonietta
Martyn Brabbins conductor
19.30 - 21.30
To include sets by:
Bella Hardy Singer
Martin Simpson singer/guitar
Bellowhead
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13:00 - 14:00
Schumann 5 Gesänge der Frühe, Op.133
E. Carter Night Fantasies
Messiaen L'Alouette Lulu, from Catalogue d'oiseaux
Bartok Suite: Out of Doors
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
19:30 - 21:45
Messiaen L'Ascension, for solo organ
Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 ('Organ')
Olivier Latry organ
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung conductor
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19:00 - 21:05
Rossini William Tell - Overture
Haydn Cello Concerto No.1
Elgar Symphony No.1
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR)
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
22.00 - 23.30
Obrecht Missa 'Malheur me bat'
Josquin Des Prez Missa 'Malheur me bat' ð
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips conductor
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19.00 - 22.05
Mendelssohn Overture - Ruy Blas
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4
Brahms Piano Concerto No.2
Brahms Symphony No.2
Lars Vogt piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
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19:30 - 21:25
Bax In memoriam Patrick Pearse (1st public performance)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.1
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.4
Yevgeny Sudbin piano
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor
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| Week 2: 25 - 31 July 2008 |
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Fri 25 |
Sat 26 |
Sun 27 |
Mon 28 |
Tue 29 |
Wed 30 |
Thu 31 |
19:30 - 21:25
Debussy Nocturnes
Simon Holt Troubled Light (BBC Commission; world premiere)
Musorgsky orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Cantamus Girls' Choir
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer conductor
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19:00 - 21:40
Musorgsky A Night on the Bare Mountain (Sorochintsky Fair version)
Musorgsky Boris Godunov - Coronation Scene, Boris's Monologue & Death Scene
Thomas Adès Tevot
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Sir John Tomlinson bass
Louis Lortie piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès conductor
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11:00 - 13.00
Murray Gold Music from Doctor Who
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Holst The Planets - Jupiter
Mark-Anthony Turnage The Torino Scale (UK premiere)
Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries
Freema Agyeman presenter
with Daleks and Cybermen
London Philharmonic Choir
BBC Philharmonic
Stephen Bell conductor
Benjamin Foster conductor
19.00 - 20.50
Messiaen La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ
Dénes Várjon piano
Adam Walker flute
Julian Bliss clarinet
Sonia Wieder-Atherton cello
Colin Currie xylophone
Adrian Spillett marimba
Richard Benjafield vibraphone
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer conductor
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13:00 - 14:00
Monteverdi Volgendo il ciel
Monteverdi Lamento d'Arianna
Monteverdi Il ballo delle ingrate
I Fagiolini
Barokksolistene
Robert Hollingworth director
19.30 - 21.15
Beethoven Grosse Fuge
Elliott Carter Oboe Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.5
Nicholas Daniel oboe
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson conductor
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19:30 - 21:40
Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.8 in D minor
Bruch Violin Concerto No.1
R Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Janine Jansen violin
Hallé
Mark Elder conductor
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19:00 - 22:45
World Music Celebration - Winners of the Radio 3 Awards for World Music.
In collaboration with Serious
Mayra Andrade Cape Verde
Juldeh Camara Gambia & Justin Adams UK
Sa Dingding China
Son de la Frontera Spain
Bassekou Kouyate Mali
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19:30 - 21:25
Monteverdi The Coronation of Poppaea (semi-staged; sung in Italian)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Sonya Yoncheva Fortune soprano
Simona Mihai Virtue soprano
Amy Freston Cupid soprano
Christophe Dumaux Otho counter-tenor
Alice Coote Nero mezzo-soprano
Danielle De Niese Poppaea soprano
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Amalta tenor
Tamara Mumford Octavia mezzo-soprano
Marie Arnet Drusilla soprano
Paolo Battaglia Seneca bass
Trevor Scheunemann Mercury/Consul bass
Patrick Schramm Lictor/Consul bass
Dominique Visse Nurse/Friend counter-tenor
Claire Ormshaw Lady-in-Waiting soprano
Lucia Cirillo Page mezzo-soprano
Andrew Tortise Lucan/Soldier 1/Tribune/Friend tenor
Peter Gijsbertsen Liberto/Soldier 2/Tribune tenor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Emmanuelle Haïm conductor
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| Week 3 : 1 August - 7 August 2008 |
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Fri 1 |
Sat 2 |
Sun 3 |
Mon 4 |
Tue 5 |
Wed 6 |
Thu 7 |
19:00 - 22:30
Kenneth Hesketh Graven Image (BBC/RLPO co-commission; world premiere)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Paul Lewis piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor
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18.00 - 21.10
Stockhausen Gruppen;
Klang, 13th hour – Cosmic Pulses (UK premiere);
Klang, 5th hour – Harmonien for solo trumpet (BBC commission; world premiere);
Kontakte;
Gruppen (repeat)
Marco Blaauw trumpet
Nicolas Hodges piano
Colin Currie percussion
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, Pascal Rophé, Ludovic Morlot conductors
19:30 - 21:45
Stockhausen Stimmung
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier director
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16.00 - 17.00
Demessieux Te Deum
Messiaen Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace
Dupré Symphony for organ No.2
Naji Hakim Pange Lingua
Messiaen Prelude
Improvisation
Wayne Marshall organ
19:30 - 21:40
Beethoven Symphony No.1
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
Johan Botha tenor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles conductor
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13:00 - 14:00
Grieg Violin Sonata No.3
Tchaikovsky Serenade Melancolique
Tchaikovsky Souvenir d'un lieu cher
Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo
Julia Fischer violin
Yakov Kreizberg piano
19:30 - 21:55
Bach orch. H Wood Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
Smyth Concerto for Horn and Violin
Rachmaninov orch. H Wood Prelude in C sharp minor
Rachmaninov Symphony No.2
Richard Watkins horn
Tasmin Little violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom conductor
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19:00 - 21:15
Wagenaar Overture - Cyrano de Bergerac
Dvorak Symphony No. 6
Brahms Violin Concerto
Julia Fischer violin
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg conductor
22:15 - 23:30
Poulenc Chansons françaises, Op. 130 - selection
John McCabe Scenes in America Deserta
French Renaissance madrigals
Lassus Dessus le marche d'Arras
Passereau Il est bel et bon
Lassus Toutes les nuits
Janequin La guerre
Victorian Part-Songs
Rogers Hears not my Phyllis
Hobbs Phillis is my only joy
Trad. arr. SE Lovatt The Little Green Lane
Bridge The Goslings
English Folk songs
Trad. arr. Bob Chilcott Greensleeves
Trad. arr. Langford Blow away the morning dew
Trad. arr Lawson The Turtle Dove
Trad. arr. Langford Widdicombe Fair
The King's Singers
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19:30 - 21:45
Messiaen L'Ascension (for orchestra)
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
George Benjamin Ringed by the Flat Horizon
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel Boléro
Carolin Widmann violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
George Benjamin conductor
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19:30 - 21:45
Ferguson Overture for an Occasion
Stanford Piano Concerto No.2
Smetana Má Vlast - Vltava
Dvorak Symphony No. 8
Finghin Collins piano
Ulster Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery conductor
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| Week 4 : 8 August - 14 August 2008 |
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Fri 8 |
Sat 9 |
Sun 10 |
Mon 11 |
Tue 12 |
Wed 13 |
Thu 14 |
19.00 - 21.05
Chen Yi Olympic Fire (BBC commission: world premiere)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Vaughan Williams Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6
Olga Kern piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conductor
22.00 - 23.20
Michael Torke Javelin
John Adams The Chairman Dances
Bernstein Mass - Three Meditations
Ellington Harlem
Han-Na Chang cello
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Kristjan Järvi conductor
NB: Opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics today.
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19.00 - 21.00
Gershwin Strike Up the Band
Gershwin, arr. Jason Yarde Porgy and Bess - My man's gone now (BBC commission; world premiere)
Jason Yarde Rhythm and other Fascinations (BBC commission; world premiere)
Stravinsky Ebony Concerto
Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Gwilym Simcock Progressions for piano and orchestra (BBC commission; world premiere)
Gershwin An American in Paris
Gwilym Simcock piano
Phil Donkin bass
Martin France drums
Michael Collins clarinet
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood conductor
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16:00 - 17:00
Messiaen Messe de la Pentecôte
Interspersed with:
Manchicourt Missa 'Veni Creator Spiritus'
James O'Donnell organ
BBC Singers
Andrew Carwood conductor
19.30 - 21.30
Sibelius Night-Ride and Sunrise
Michael Berkeley Slow Dawn (world premiere of new version)
Stuart MacRae Gaudete (BBC commission; world premiere)
Elgar Enigma Variations
Susanna Andersson soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
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13:00 - 14:00
Messiaen Harawi
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers soprano
Simon Lepper piano
19.30 - 21.50
Rachmaninov Symphony No.1 in D minor
Puccini Il tabarro (concert performance; sung in Italian)
Barbara Frittoli soprano Giorgetta
Miro Dvorsky tenor Luigi
Lado Ataneli baritone Michele
Jane Henschel mezzo-soprano La Frugola
Barry Banks tenor Il Tinca
Alastair Miles bass Il Talpa
Allan Clayton tenor Ballad-seller
Katherine Broderick soprano & Edgaras Montvidas tenor Young lovers
BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
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19:00 - 21:15
Elgar In the South (Alassio)
Vaughan Williams Piano Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade
Ashley Wass piano
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky conductor
22.15 - 23.30
Rachmaninov All-night vigil (Vespers)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier conductor
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19.30 - 21.50
Ravel La Valse
Anders Hillborg Clarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales) (UK premiere)
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Martin Fröst clarinet
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
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19.00 - 21.05
Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello*
Schoenberg Variations for Orchestra, Op.31
Brahms Symphony No.4
*Members of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
22.15 - 23.30
Pierre Boulez Mémoriale ('… explosante-fixe …' Originel)
Stravinsky L'Histoire du Soldat
Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
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| Week 5 : 15 August - 21 August 2008 |
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Fri 15 |
Sat 16 |
Sun 17 |
Mon 18 |
Tue 19 |
Wed 20 |
Thu 21 |
19.30 - 21.30
Janáček Sinfonietta
Janáček Concertino
Janáček Glagolitic Mass (original version, reconstr. Paul Wingfield)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet soprano
Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano
Simon O'Neill tenor
Peter Fried bass
Simon Preston organ
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez conductor
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18.30 - 22.00
Handel Belshazzar
Paul Groves tenor Belshazzar
Rosemary Joshua soprano Nitocris
Bejun Mehta counter-tenor Cyrus
Iestyn Davies counter-tenor Daniel
Robert Gleadow bass/baritone Gobrias
Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Charles Mackerras conductor
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16.00 - 17.15
Messiaen Apparition de l'église éternelle;
Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur
Jennifer Bate organ
19.30 - 21.55
Mozart Symphony No.34 in C, K338
Vaughan Williams Flos Campi
Nigel Osborne Flute Concerto
Beethoven Mass in C
Rebecca Evans soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano
Thomas Walker tenor
Matthew Rose bass
Sharon Bezaly flute
Lawrence Power viola
BBC Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox conductor
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13.00 - 14.00
Ortiz Passamezzo antico; Folia; Ruggiero Romanesca;
Passamezzo moderno
Hume A Souldiers March; Harke, harke; A Souldiers
Resolution
Marais Pièces de viole, 3è livre – Prélude; Muzettes I/II; La sautillante
Sanz Jácaras; Canarios
Marais Couplets des Folies d’espagne
Jordi Savall bass viol/viola da gamba
Rolf Lislevand theorbo/guitar
19.30 - 21.35
Elliott Carter Soundings (UK premiere)
Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.6, 'Pastoral'
Nicolas Hodges piano
Alban Gerhardt cello
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor
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19.00 - 22.00
Jonathan Harvey Tombeau de Messiaen
Messiaen Concert à quatre
Jonathan Harvey Mortuos plango, vivos voco
Jonathan Harvey Speakings (BBC co-commission with IRCAM and Radio France; UK premiere)
Varèse Poème éléctronique
Varèse Déserts
Cédric Tiberghien piano
Emily Beynon flute
Alexei Ogrintchouk oboe
Danjulo Ishizaka cello
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor
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19.00 - 22.30
Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor
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19.30 - 22.00
Dvořák Slavonic Dances, Op.46
Janáček Osud (concert performance, sung in Czech)
cast includes:
Štefan Margita tenor Živný
Amanda Roocroft soprano Míla
Rosalind Plowright mezzo-soprano Míla's Mother
Aleš Briscein tenor Dr Suda
Ailish Tynan soprano Miss Stuhlá
Martina Bauerová soprano Miss Pacovská/Fanča
George Longworth treble Doubek as child
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
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| Week 6 : 22 August - 28 August 2008 |
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Sat 23 |
Sun 24 |
Mon 25 |
Tue 26 |
Wed 27 |
Thu 28 |
19.00 - 22.20
Mahler Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor
Stockhausen Punkte (1952/ 1962/ 1993)
Schubert Songs
Orch. David Matthews Ständchen, D920b
Orch. Manfred Trojahn Bei dir allein, D866/2
Orch. Colin Matthews Nacht und Träume, D827
Orch. Detlev Glanert Das Lied im Grünen, D917
Beethoven Overture 'Leonore' No.3
Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano
Apollo Voices (womens' voices)
Gürzenich Orchestra
Markus Stenz conductor
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18.30 - 20.45
Varèse Amériques
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor
Copland Symphony No.3
Boris Berezovsky piano
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Antonio Pappano conductor
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16.00 - 17.00
J S Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565;
Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel Hoch' BWV769;
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, ‘St Anne’, BWV 552;
Chorale Prelude on ‘Vater unser im Himmelreich’, BWV 682;
Chorale Prelude on ‘Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir’, BWV 687;
Duetto No.2 in F major, BWV 803
Simon Preston organ
19.00 - 21.10
J S Bach St. John Passion (sung in German)
Mark Padmore tenor Evangelist
Peter Harvey bass Christus
Katherine Fuge soprano
Robin Blaze counter-tenor
Nicholas Mulroy tenor
Jeremy Budd tenor
Matthew Brook bass
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
22.00 - 23.15
J S Bach Suite No.1 in G major for solo cello
J S Bach Suite No.2 in D minor for solo cello
J S Bach Suite No.3 in C major for solo cello
Jian Wang cello
NB: Closing Ceremony Of Beijing Olympics Today
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13:00 - 14:00
Lambert Air ‘Vos mépris chaque jour’
Marais Sonate à la marésienne – excerpts
Montéclair Cantata - Le dépit généreux
Couperin 14è ordre – Le rossignol-en-amour;
Double du rossignol
Rameau Cantata - Orphée
Les Talens Lyriques:
Céline Scheen soprano
Stéphanie Paulet violin
Atsushi Sakaï cello
Christophe Rousset harpsichord/director
19.00 - 21.10
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet - excerpts
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 in E minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniele Gatti conductor
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19.30 - 22.05
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis;
Job: A Masque for Dancing;
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music;
Symphony No.9
Sarah Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Sophie Bevan, Rachel Nicholls sopranos
Allison Cook, Louise Poole, Julia Riley, Catherine Hopper mezzo-sopranos
Ed Lyon, Joshua Ellicott, Peter Wedd, Nicholas Sharratt tenors
Mark Stone, Darren Jeffery,
George von Bergen,Tim Mirfin basses
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
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19:30 - 21:15
Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Peter Eötvös Seven (UK premiere)
Ravel Shéhérazade;
Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No.2
Akiko Suwanai violin
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Peter Eötvös conductor
22.00 - 23.20
Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus arcticus
Sir John Tavener Cantus Mysticus (UK premiere);
The Whale
Patricia Rozario soprano
Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano
David Wilson-Johnson baritone
Mark van de Wiel clarinet
London Sinfonietta Chorus
London Sinfonietta
David Atherton conductor
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19.30 - 21.35
Steven Stucky Rhapsodies (BBC/NYPO co- commission; world premiere)
Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel conductor
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| Week 7 : 29 August - 4 September 2008 |
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Fri 29 |
Sat 30 |
Sun 31 |
Mon 1 |
Tue 2 |
Wed 3 |
Thu 4 |
19.30 - 21.35
Ravel Mother Goose - suite
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin - suite
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel conductor
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19.30 - 22.05
Magnus Lindberg Seht die Sonne (UK premiere)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor
Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor
Nikolai Lugansky piano
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor
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16.00 - 17.30
Mozart Piano Sonata (to be announced)
Rachmaninov Preludes (selection)
Debussy Préludes (selection)
Schubert Fantasie in F minor, D940*
Chopin Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise
brillante, Op.22
Chopin Waltzes (selection)
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Lang Lang piano
with Marc Yu* piano
20.00 - 21.35
Verdi Requiem
Violeta Urmana soprano
Olga Borodina mezzo-soprano
Joseph Calleja tenor
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo bass
BBC Symphony Chorus
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jirí Belohlávek conductor
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13:00 - 14:00
Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge
Mark Padmore tenor
Nash Ensemble
19.00 - 21.10
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major
Sibelius Symphony No.2 in D major
Nikolaj Znaider violin
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Sir Colin Davis conductor
22.00 - 23.30
Motets and chansons by Claude Le Jeune,
Antoine Brumel and Claudin de Sermisy,
interspersed with Indian ragas
Messiaen Cinq rechants
Night ragas
Nishat Khan sitar
Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa tabla
Emmanuel Masongsong tanpura
BBC Singers
David Hill conductor
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19.30 - 21.40
Wagner Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
Messiaen Turangalîla Symphony
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Tristan Murail ondes martenot
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
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19.30 - 21.40
Brahms Symphony No.3 in F major
Shostakovich Symphony No.10 in E minor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
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19.00 - 21.10
Grace Williams Sea Sketches
Elgar Sea Pictures
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6, 'Pathetique'
Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka conductor
22.00 - 23.00
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Martin Fröst clarinet
Anthony Marwood violin
Matthew Barley cello
Thomas Larchner piano
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| Week 8 : 5 September - 11 September 2008 |
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Fri 5 |
Sat 6 |
Sun 7 |
Mon 8 |
Tue 9 |
Wed 10 |
Thu 11 |
19.30 - 21.55
Rimsky-Korsakov Kashchey the Immortal(concert performance; sung in Russian)
Stravinsky The Firebird
Vyacheslav Voynarovsky tenor Kashchey
Tatiana Monogarova soprano Princess
Pavel Baransky baritone Ivan Korolevich
Elena Manistina mezzo-soprano Kashcheyevna
Mikhail Petrenko bass Storm Knight
BBC Singers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
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19.30 - 21.45
Roussel Bacchus et Arianne - Suite No.2
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor
Thea Musgrave Rainbow
Debussy La mer
Stephen Hough piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conductor
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16.00 - 22.00
Messiaen Saint Francis of Assisi (concert performance; sung in French)
The Netherlands Opera
Rodney Gilfrey St Francis
Heidi Grant Murphy Angel
Hubert Delamboye Leper
Henk Neven Brother Leo
Charles Workman Brother Masseo
Donald Kaasch Brother Elias
Armand Arapian Brother Bernard
Jan Willem Balijet Brother Sylvester
André Morsch Brother Rufus
Chorus of The Netherlands Opera
The Hague Philharmonic
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
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13:00 - 14:00
R. Strauss Capriccio - Sextet
Fauré La bonne chanson
Huw Watkins Sad Steps (BBC commission; world premiere)
Elizabeth Watts soprano
Aronowitz Ensemble
19.30 - 21.45
Mark-Anthony Turnage Chicago Remains (UK premiere)
Mahler Symphony No.6 in A minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor
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19.30 - 21.45
Mozart Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K491
Shostakovich Symphony No.4 in C minor
Murray Perahia piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor
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18.30 - 21.50
Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No.7)
Xenakis Pleiades
Holst The Planets
Elizabeth Watts soprano
4-Mality
O Duo
Holst Singers women's voices
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor
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19.30 - 21.30
Matthias Pintscher Hérodiade-Fragmente
Mahler Symphony No.1 in D major
Marisol Montalvo soprano
Orchestre de Paris
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
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| Week 9 : 12 - 13 September 2007 |
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Fri 12 |
Sat 13 |
Sun 14 |
Mon 15 |
Tue 16 |
Wed 17 |
Thu 18 |
19.30 - 21.50
Wagner Parsifal - Prelude (Act 1)
Krzysztof Penderecki Threnody 'For the Victims of Hiroshima'
Beethoven Elegischer Gesang
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor ‘Choral’
Emma Bell soprano
Jane Irwin mezzo-soprano
Timothy Robinson tenor
Iain Paterson bass
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
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20.00 - 22.35
The Last Night of the Proms
Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus - Overture
Wagner Tannhäuser – ‘Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung …
O du, mein holder Abendstern’ (Act 3)
Puccini Tosca - ‘Tre sbirri, una carrozza’ (Act 1, Te Deum)
Verdi Falstaff – ‘Ehi! paggio! … L’onore! Ladri!’ (Act 1)
Beethoven Choral Fantasy
Denza arr. Rimsky-Korsakov Funiculì, funiculà
Trad. arr. Chris Hazell: Folk-Song Medley The Turtle Dove (England) – Loch Lomond (Scotland) – Cariad cyntaf (Wales) – Molly Malone (Ireland) (BBC commission: world premiere)
Anna Meredith new work (BBC commission; world premiere)
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Vaughan Williams Sea Songs
Arne arr. Sargent Rule, Britannia!
Parry orch. Elgar Jerusalem
The National Anthem
Bryn Terfel bass-baritone
Hélène Grimaud piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
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