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BBC PromsFri 19 Jul at 19:30
BBC Proms
Di Castri, Long Is the Journey – Short Is the Memory (BBC commission: world premiere)
Dvořák, The Golden Spinning Wheel
Janáček, Glagolitic Mass (final version, 1928)
Asmik Grigorian, Soprano
Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano
Ladislav Elgr, Tenor
Eric Owens, Bass
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
Karina Canellakis, Conductor
Sat 20 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsDvořák, Violin Concerto in A minor
Smetana, Má vlast
Sun 21 Jul at 11:00
BBC PromsProgramme to include:
Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Britten, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Fugue (Finale)
Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
Puccini, Madam Butterfly – Humming Chorus
Zimmer, Earth (BBC commission: world premiere)
YolanDa Brown, (from ‘YolanDa’s Band Jam’)
Justin Fletcher, (from ‘Something Special’, ‘Justin’s House’ and ‘Gigglebiz’)
Chris Jarvis, (from ‘CBeebies Stargazing’ and ‘Show Me, Show Me’)
Maddie Moate, (from ‘Do You Know?’)
Cat Sandion, (from ‘CBeebies House’ and ‘Magic Door’)
Angie Newman, British Sign Language interpreter
CBeebies Prom Choir
Chineke!
Kwamé Ryan, Conductor
Sun 21 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsNemanja Radulović, Violin
Trinity Boys Choir
Kirill Karabits, Conductor
Mon 22 Jul at 11:00
BBC PromsProgramme to include:
Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Britten, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Fugue ((finale))
Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
Puccini, Madam Butterfly – Humming Chorus
Zimmer, Earth (BBC commission: world premiere)
YolanDa Brown, (from ‘YolanDa’s Band Jam’)
Justin Fletcher, (from ‘Something Special’, ‘Justin’s House’ and ‘Gigglebiz’)
Chris Jarvis, (from ‘CBeebies Stargazing’ and ‘Show Me, Show Me’)
Maddie Moate, (from ‘Do You Know?’)
Cat Sandion, (from ‘CBeebies House’ and ‘Magic Door’)
Angie Newman, British Sign Language interpreter
CBeebies Prom Choir
Chineke!
Kwamé Ryan, Conductor
Mon 22 Jul at 13:00
BBC Promsof Bingen, Spiritus sanctus vivificans
Pérotin, Viderunt omnes (excerpt)
des Prez, Ave Maria … Virgo serena
Mouton, Nesciens mater virgo virum
Victoria, Salve Regina a 8
Dove, Vadam et circuibo civitatem
de Lassus, Missa 'Bell'Amfitrit'altera' – Gloria
Palestrina, Magnificat primi toni
Byrd, Sing joyfully unto God our strength
Gibbons, O clap your hands together
Sloane, Earthward (BBC commission: world premiere)
VOCES8
Mon 22 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsAnna Thorvaldsdottir, Metacosmos (UK premiere)
Britten, Violin Concerto
Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
James Ehnes, Violin
Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Tue 23 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsWed 24 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsDebussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Eötvös, Alhambra (violin concerto) BBC co-commission with Festival Internacional deMúsica y Danza de Granada, Orchestre de Paris and Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker: UK premiere
Bartók, Dance Suite
Stravinsky, The Firebird – suite (1919)
Thu 25 Jul at 19:00
BBC PromsStrauss R., Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Broström, Nigredo – Dark Night of the Soul (concerto for two trumpets and orchestra) BBC co-commission with Malmo Symphony Orchestra: UK premiere
Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Jeroen Berwaerts, Trumpet
Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet
Markus Stenz, Conductor
Thu 25 Jul at 22:15
BBC PromsThe Race for Space,
Public Service Broadcasting
The Multi-Story Orchestra
Christopher Stark, Conductor
Fri 26 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsWill Gregory Moog Ensemble
BBC Concert Orchestra
Stephen Bell, Conductor
Sat 27 Jul at 15:00
BBC PromsOliver Coates, Cello
Crewdson & Cevanne
Jennifer Walshe, Voice
Sat 27 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsAuerbach, Icarus (London premiere)
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet – suite
Nicola Benedetti, Violin
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor
Sun 28 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsMessiaen, Des canyons aux étoiles
Martin Owen, French horn
David Hockings, Percussion
Alex Neal, Percussion
Nicolas Hodges, Piano
Sakari Oramo, Conductor
Mon 29 Jul at 13:00
BBC PromsStrozzi, L’amante segreto
Bembo, Ercole amante: Mingannasti in verità
Strozzi, Che si può fare
Bembo, Ercole amante: Volgete altrove il guardo
Strozzi, Sino alla morte
Cavalli, Ercole amante: E vuol dunque Ciprigna
Strozzi, Lagrime mie
Mariana Florès, Soprano
Cappella Mediterranea
Leonardo García Alarcón, harpsichord/organ/director
Mon 29 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsHaydn, The Creation (sung in German)
Sarah-Jane Brandon, Soprano
Benjamin Hulett, Tenor
Christoph Pohl, Baritone
BBC Proms Youth Choir
BBC Philharmonic
Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor
Tue 30 Jul at 19:00
BBC PromsBeethoven, Symphony No. 2 in D major
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 10 in E minor
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, Conductor
Tue 30 Jul at 22:15
BBC PromsAngélique Kidjo,
Wed 31 Jul at 19:30
BBC PromsSibelius, Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier – suite
Lisa Batiashvili, Violin
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, Conductor
Thu 1 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsLeif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Claudia Mahnke, Mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton, Tenor
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Fri 2 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsStrauss R., Also sprach Zarathustra
Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor
MacMillan, The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Sat 3 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsSun 4 Aug at 11:00
BBC PromsKhachaturian, transcr. Kiviniemi, Gayaneh: Sabre Dance
Falla, transcr. Latry, El Amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Beethoven, Adagio in F major (for mechanical clock)
Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
Gigout, Air Celebre de la Pentecôte
Liszt, arr. Guillou, Prelude and Fugue on BACH
Widor, Bach’s Memento No. 4: Marche du veilleur de nuit
Saint-Saëns, arr. Lemare, Danse macabre
Improvisation,
Olivier Latry, Organ
Sun 4 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsRachmaninov, The Isle of the Dead
Tarkiainen, Midnight Sun Variations (BBC commission: world premiere)
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 11 in G minor, ‘The Year 1905
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds, Conductor
Mon 5 Aug at 13:00
BBC PromsPurcell, The Virtuous Wife – overture
Purcell, The Fairy Queen – Hornpipe
Purcell, The Virtuous Wife – Second Music
Purcell, First Act Tune
Purcell, The Indian Queen – Rondeau
Purcell, Chacony
Marchand, Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Allemande
Jacquet de la Guerre, Violin Sonata in D minor
Telemann, Sonata in A minor, TWV 43:a 5
Handel, Trio Sonata in G major
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Harpsichord
The English Concert
Mon 5 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsArnold, Peterloo Overture
Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: excerpts
Alexander Gavrylyuk, Piano
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon, Conductor
Tue 6 Aug at 11:30
BBC PromsRachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: excerpts
Alexander Gavrylyuk, Piano
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon, Conductor
Tue 6 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsSibelius, Karelia – suite
Weinberg, Cello Concerto (London premiere)
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
Wed 7 Aug at 19:00
BBC PromsBrahms, Tragic Overture
Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (orchestral version)
Mozart, compl. Sussmayr, Requiem in D minor
Fatma Said, Soprano
Kathryn Rudge, Mezzo-soprano
Sunnyboy Dladla, Tenor
David Shipley, Bass
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor
Wed 7 Aug at 22:15
BBC PromsMusic from sci-fi film and TV scores, including excerpts from:,
Kurzel, Alien: Covenant
Zimmer, Interstellar
Levi, Under the Skin
Mansell, Moon
Price, Gravity
Murphy, Sunshine
Paradis, The Innocents
London Contemporary Orchestra
Robert Ames, Conductor
Thu 8 Aug at 19:00
BBC PromsTakemitsu, Twill By Twilight
Watkins, The Moon (BBC commission: world premiere)
Rachmaninov, The Bells
Borodin, Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Natalya Romaniw, Soprano
Oleg Dolgov, Tenor
Iurii Samoilov, Baritone
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Philharmonia Chorus
Tadaaki Otaka, Conductor
Fri 9 Aug at 15:00
BBC PromsProgramme to include:
Arlen, Blues in the Night
Korngold, The Constant Nymph
Korngold, The Sea Hawk
Loewe, My Fair Lady
Loewe, Camelot
North, A Streetcar Named Desire
Steiner, Now, Voyager
Steiner, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Styne, Romance on the High Seas
Louise Dearman, Soprano
Mikaela Bennett, Soprano
Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano
Matt Ford, Baritone
Maida Vale Singers
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson, Conductor
Fri 9 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsProgramme to include:
Arlen, Blues in the Night
Korngold, The Constant Nymph
Korngold, The Sea Hawk
Loewe, My Fair Lady
Loewe, Camelot
North, A Streetcar Named Desire
Steiner, Now, Voyager
Steiner, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Styne, Romance on the High Seas
Louise Dearman, Soprano
Mikaela Bennett, Soprano
Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-soprano
Matt Ford, Baritone
Maida Vale Singers
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson, Conductor
Sat 10 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsBrahms, Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
Strauss R., Four Songs, Op. 27
Bruckner, Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, ‘Romantic’ (1878–80 version, ed. Nowak)
Sun 11 Aug at 11:00
BBC PromsJoyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano
Brass of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
National Youth Orchestra of the USA
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Sun 11 Aug at 20:00
BBC PromsGlanert, Weites Land (‘Musik mit Brahms’ for orchestra) (UK premiere)
Schubert, orch. D. Glanert, Einsamkeit for soprano and orchestra
Mahler, Symphony No. 4 in G major
Mon 12 Aug at 13:00
BBC PromsMon 12 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsSchubert, Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
Lutosławski, Concerto for Orchestra
Martha Argerich, Piano
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
Tue 13 Aug at 19:00
BBC PromsKalevi Aho, Sally Beamish, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Richard Blackford, Gavin Bryars, Brett Dean, Dai Fujikura, Wim Henderickx, Colin Matthews, Anthony Payne, John Pickard, David Sawer, Iris ter Schiphorst and Judith Weir, Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M. C. B. New ‘Enigma’ variations (BBC commission: world premiere)
Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Brahms, Song of Destiny
Elgar, ‘Enigma’ Variations
Nadine Benjamin, Soprano
Idunnu Münch, Soprano
William Morgan, Tenor
David Ireland, Bass
Chorus of English National Opera, ENO Chorus
BBC Singers
Martyn Brabbins, Conductor
Tue 13 Aug at 22:15
BBC PromsTenebrae
12 ensemble
Wed 14 Aug at 19:00
BBC PromsBerlioz, The Childhood of Christ
Dame Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano
Allan Clayton, Tenor
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Neal Davies, Bass
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Genesis Sixteen
Sir Mark Elder, Conductor
Wed 14 Aug at 22:15
BBC PromsThu 15 Aug at 19:00
BBC PromsMendelssohn, Overture ‘TheHebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)
Elgar, Sea Pictures
Wallen, This Frame Is Part of the Painting (BBC commission: world premiere)
Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition
Fri 16 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsSullivan, Victoria and Merrie England – suite
Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Songs
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’
Alessandro Fisher, Tenor
Stephen Hough, Piano
Ádám Fischer, Conductor
Sat 17 Aug at 15:00
BBC PromsWalton, Where does the uttered music go?
Britten, Sacred and Profane
Ireland, The Holy Boy
Musgrave, Rorate coeli
Maconchy, Three Donne Songs – No. 1: A Hymn to God the Father
Vaughan Williams, Valiant for truth
Weir, Missa del Cid
Lee, At this man’s hand (BBC commission: world premiere)
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin, Conductor
Sat 17 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsRimsky-Korsakov, Mlada – suite
Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor (original version, 1891)
Lyadov, Baba-Yaga
Lyadov, Kikimora
Lyadov, From the Apocalypse
Glazunov, Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Sun 18 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsBeethoven, Symphony No. 1 in C major
Schumann C., Piano Concerto
Gubaidulina, Fairytale Poem
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1 in F minor
Mon 19 Aug at 13:00
BBC PromsSchubert, Gretchen am Spinnrade
Schubert, Nacht und Träume
Schubert, Die Forelle
Mendelssohn, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
Mendelssohn, Der Mond
Mendelssohn, Neue Liebe
Hensel, Bergeslust
Hensel, Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass?
Hensel, Nach Süden
Liszt, Freudvoll und Leidvoll
Liszt, O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Liszt, S’il est un charmant gazon
Liszt, Oh, quand je dors
Liszt, Comment, disaient-ils
Chopin, Życzenie
Chopin, Śliczny chłopiec
Rossini, Canzonetta spagnuola
Louise Alder, Soprano
Gary Matthewman, Piano
Mon 19 Aug at 19:30
BBC PromsDove, new work* (BBC commission: world premiere)
Ammann, Piano Concerto: BBC co-commission with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Wien, Lucerne Festival, Münchner Philharmoniker and Taipei Symphony Orchestra, supported by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council: (World premiere)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
Anu Komsi, Soprano
Hilary Summers, Contralto
Michael Weinius, Tenor
Mika Kares, Bass
Andreas Haefliger, Piano
BBC Symphony Chorus
Sakari Oramo, Conductor
* Neil Ferris , Conductor