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ConcertFriday 12-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130712T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130712T210000Z\|Prom 1	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 1 BBC Proms	Anderson, Harmony (World première, BBC commission) Britten, Peter Grimes, Op.33a: Four Sea Interludes Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43 Lutoslawski, Paganini Variations, for piano and orchestra Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony" Peter Grimes, Op.33a: Four Sea Interludes Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43 Sally Matthews, Soprano Roderick Williams, Baritone Stephen Hough, Piano BBC Proms Youth Choir BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Sally Matthews Roderick Williams Stephen Hough BBC Proms Youth Choir BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo Peter Grimes, Op.33a: Four Sea Interludes Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43 Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 12-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 1 The 2013 BBC Proms begins with a surge of natural energy in sea-inspired works by Britten and Vaughan Williams (the latter combining the 300-strong Proms Youth Choir and the BBC Symphony Chorus). A world première from Julian Anderson and two sets of Paganini variations by Rachmaninov and featured composer Lutosławski add pianistic stardust. Tickets £9.50 - £46. Anderson, Julian (b. 1967), Harmony (World première, BBC commission) Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Peter Grimes, Op.33a: Four Sea Interludes Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43 Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994), Paganini Variations, for piano and orchestra Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958), Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony" Sally Matthews, Soprano Roderick Williams, Baritone Stephen Hough, Piano BBC Proms Youth Choir BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo, Conductor
ConcertSaturday 13-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130713T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130713T210000Z\|Prom 2 - Doctor Who Prom	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 2 - Doctor Who Prom BBC Proms	Programme to include: Various, Music from the Doctor Who series Bizet, Carmen: Suite no. 2 (Habanera) Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) Bach J.S., Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV565 Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV565 London Philharmonic Choir BBC National Orchestra of Wales Benjamin Foster, Conductor Matt Smith, Presenter
	More info... Reviews... London Philharmonic Choir BBC National Orchestra of Wales Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV565 Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 2 - Doctor Who Prom Doctor Who returns to the Proms to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the popular BBC series. As well as showcasing Murray Gold’s music from the past eight years, the concert also journeys back to the early days of Doctor Who and the groundbreaking work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Featuring special guests from the series, big screens and a host of monsters ready to invade the Royal Albert Hall, this is not the year to be exterminated! Tickets £14 - £57. Programme to include: Various, Music from the Doctor Who series Bizet, Georges (1838-1875), Carmen: Suite no. 2 (Habanera) Debussy, Claude (1862-1918), Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV565 London Philharmonic Choir BBC National Orchestra of Wales Benjamin Foster, Conductor Matt Smith, Presenter
ConcertSunday 14-Jul-13 10:30am concert\|20130714T093000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130714T120000Z\|Prom 3 - Doctor Who Prom	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 3 - Doctor Who Prom BBC Proms	Programme to include: Various, Music from the Doctor Who series Bizet, Carmen: Suite no. 2 (Habanera) Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) Bach J.S., Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV565 Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV565 London Philharmonic Choir BBC National Orchestra of Wales Benjamin Foster, Conductor Matt Smith, Presenter
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 14-Jul-13 10:30am Prom 3 - Doctor Who Prom Doctor Who returns to the Proms to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the popular BBC series. As well as showcasing Murray Gold’s music from the past eight years, the concert also journeys back to the early days of Doctor Who and the groundbreaking work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Featuring special guests from the series, big screens and a host of monsters ready to invade the Royal Albert Hall, this is not the year to be exterminated! Tickets £6 - £12. Programme to include: Various, Music from the Doctor Who series Bizet, Georges (1838-1875), Carmen: Suite no. 2 (Habanera) Debussy, Claude (1862-1918), Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV565 London Philharmonic Choir BBC National Orchestra of Wales Benjamin Foster, Conductor Matt Smith, Presenter
ConcertSunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130714T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130714T210000Z\|Prom 4	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 4 BBC Proms	Lully, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: excerpts (overture and dances) Rameau, Les Indes Galantes (dances) Delibes, Coppélia: excerpts Massenet, Le Cid: ballet suite (excerpts) Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Orchestre Les Siècles François-Xavier Roth, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 4 An evening of riot and revolution in dance music from the court of Louis XIV to the Ballets Russes. François-Xavier Roth directs Les Siècles in the first period-instrument performance at the Proms of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, marking the work’s centenary. Suites from Lully’s piquant social comedy Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Rameau’s Les Indes galantes, Delibes’s Coppélia and Massenet’s Moorish romance Le Cid provide more than two centuries of historical context for the work that scandalised and galvanised Paris at its 1913 premiere. Tickets £9.50 - £46. Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687), Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: excerpts (overture and dances) Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764), Les Indes Galantes (dances) Delibes, Léo (1836-1891), Coppélia: excerpts Massenet, Jules (1842-1912), Le Cid: ballet suite (excerpts) Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971), Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Orchestre Les Siècles François-Xavier Roth, Conductor
ConcertMonday 15-Jul-13 01:00pm concert\|20130715T120000Z\|Cadogan Hall, London\|20130715T143000Z\|Proms Chamber Music 1	Cadogan Hall, London Proms Chamber Music 1 BBC Proms	Ravel, Violin Sonata in G major Mozart, Violin Sonata in G major, K379 (K373a) Lutoslawski, Partita for violin and piano Violin Sonata in G major Vilde Frang, Violin Michail Lifits, Piano
	More info... Reviews... Vilde Frang Violin Sonata in G major Violin Sonata in G major, K379 (K373a) Partita for violin and piano Buy tickets!
Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Monday 15-Jul-13 01:00pm Proms Chamber Music 1 Ahead of her Proms concerto debut with the BBC Philharmonic and John Storgårds (Prom 31), Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang explores the cool contours and tart syncopations of Ravel’s jazz-influenced Violin Sonata with German pianist Michail Lifits. An expressive Partita from centenary composer Lutosławski and the lyrical dialogue of Mozart’s 1781 Sonata in G, K379, complete the first programme of the Proms Chamber Music series at Cadogan Hall. Tickets £10 - £12. Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937), Violin Sonata in G major Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Violin Sonata in G major, K379 (K373a) Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994), Partita for violin and piano Vilde Frang, Violin Michail Lifits, Piano
ConcertMonday 15-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130715T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130715T210000Z\|Prom 5	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 5 BBC Proms	Lachenmann, Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied (UK première) Mahler, Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor Arditti String Quartet Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Nott, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 15-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 5 The brilliantly virtuosic Arditti Quartet and a conductor and orchestra acclaimed for their interpretations of Mahler join forces in the UK premiere of Helmut Lachenmann’s Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied. Previously unheard at the Proms, the blistered, metallic timbres and subtle textures of Lachenmann’s ‘musique concrète instrumentale’ unsettle and transfix, creating an abrasive yet alluring sound-world ideally suited to the Ardittis and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Written over the summers of 1901 and 1902, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony concludes the programme, its famous Adagietto a love-letter to the composer’s wife, Alma. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Lachenmann, Helmut, Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied (UK première) Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911), Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor Arditti String Quartet Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Nott, Conductor
ConcertTuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm concert\|20130716T180000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130716T203000Z\|Prom 6	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 6 BBC Proms	Matthews D., A Vision of the Sea (BBC commission, world première) Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18 Nielsen, Symphony no. 4, "The Inextinguishable," Op.29 Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18 Symphony no. 4, "The Inextinguishable," Op.29 Nobuyuki Tsujii, Piano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Nobuyuki Tsujii BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18 Symphony no. 4, "The Inextinguishable," Op.29 Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 16-Jul-13 07:00pm Prom 6 Herring gulls loop and wheel overhead as Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in the world premiere of David Matthews’s A Vision of the Sea, inspired by Shelley’s poetry, the pull of the tide on the Kent coast and an evocation of the sound of sunrise as recorded by scientists from Sheffield University. Nobuyuki Tsujii – a regular collaborator with the orchestra and a winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition – makes his Proms debut in Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto before Mena and his players tackle Nielsen’s irrepressible ‘Inextinguishable’ Fourth Symphony. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Matthews, David (b. 1943), A Vision of the Sea (BBC commission, world première) Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18 Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931), Symphony no. 4, "The Inextinguishable," Op.29 Nobuyuki Tsujii, Piano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena, Conductor
ConcertTuesday 16-Jul-13 10:15pm concert\|20130716T211500Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130716T234500Z\|Prom 7 - Gospel Prom	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 7 - Gospel Prom BBC Proms	See More info... for programme details. Muyiwa and Riversongz, Vocals London Adventist Chorale Ken Burton, Conductor London Community Gospel Choir Rebecca Thomas, Conductor People’s Christian Fellowship Choir Ruth Waldron, Conductor David Daniel, Presenter
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 16-Jul-13 10:15pm Prom 7 - Gospel Prom What does gospel music mean today? The Proms explores this emotive and richly varied world – the meeting and mixing of musical styles of four continents. Leading vocal ensembles combine with community choirs and soloists to create a thrilling massed wall of sound for favourites such as ‘How Great Thou Art’, ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ and ‘O Happy Day’, interspersed with individual contributions. The British-Caribbean People’s Christian Fellowship Choir juxtaposes popular hymns with calypso choruses, while the London Adventist Chorale reminds us how African Americans turned to spirituals in their fight for freedom. Muyiwa & Riversongz bring West African highlife praise to another level, while the London Community Gospel Choir merges Caribbean and African traditions with new songs inspired by funk and rock. Tickets £12 - £16. Muyiwa and Riversongz, Vocals London Adventist Chorale Ken Burton, Conductor London Community Gospel Choir Rebecca Thomas, Conductor People’s Christian Fellowship Choir Ruth Waldron, Conductor David Daniel, Presenter
ConcertWednesday 17-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130717T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130717T210000Z\|Prom 8	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 8 BBC Proms	Britten, Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20 Lutoslawski, Cello Concerto Adès, Totentanz (world première) Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20 Paul Watkins, Cello Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-soprano Simon Keenlyside, Baritone BBC Symphony Orchestra Thomas Adès, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Paul Watkins Christianne Stotijn Simon Keenlyside BBC Symphony Orchestra Thomas Adès Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20 Cello Concerto Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 17-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 8 Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem opens a programme of testimony and remembrance. Paul Watkins is the soloist in Lutosławski’s bleak and beautiful Cello Concerto, composed for and dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich in a period of violent protest and political repression in Poland. Thomas Adès conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and soloists Christianne Stotijn and Simon Keenlyside in the world premiere of his Totentanz, a commission in memory of Lutosławski, which sets an anonymous 15th-century text that accompanied a frieze destroyed when Lübeck’s Marienkirche was bombed in the Second World War. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20 Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994), Cello Concerto Adès, Thomas (b. 1971), Totentanz (world première) Paul Watkins, Cello Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-soprano Simon Keenlyside, Baritone BBC Symphony Orchestra Thomas Adès, Conductor
ConcertThursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm concert\|20130718T180000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130718T203000Z\|Prom 9	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 9 BBC Proms	Stenhammar, Excelsior! Szymanowski, Symphony no. 3 "The Song of the Night", for tenor choir and orchestra, Op.27 Strauss R., An Alpine Symphony An Alpine Symphony Michael Weinius, Tenor BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Michael Weinius BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thomas Søndergård Symphony no. 3 "The Song of the Night", for tenor choir and orchestra, Op.27 An Alpine Symphony (Eine Alpensinfonie), Op.64 Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm Prom 9 Evocations of Nordic forests, Persian gardens and snow-capped mountains feature in Thomas Søndergård’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 just before dawn and into the following night, Richard Strauss’s Alpine Symphony is as much a statement of the composer’s personal philosophy as a description of the natural world at its most dramatic. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927), Excelsior! Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937), Symphony no. 3 "The Song of the Night", for tenor choir and orchestra, Op.27 Strauss, Richard (1864-1949), An Alpine Symphony (Eine Alpensinfonie), Op.64 Michael Weinius, Tenor BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
ConcertFriday 19-Jul-13 06:30pm concert\|20130719T173000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130719T200000Z\|Prom 10	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 10 BBC Proms	Mozart, Symphony no. 35 in D, "Haffner", K385 Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27 Symphony no. 35 in D, "Haffner", K385 Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27 Jan Lisiecki, Piano Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Jan Lisiecki Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Sir Antonio Pappano Symphony no. 35 in D, "Haffner", K385 Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27 Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 19-Jul-13 06:30pm Prom 10 Sir Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, take a musical journey that begins with the ceremonial fizz and pomp of Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony and ends in the burnished melancholy and high drama of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2. Jan Lisiecki makes his Proms debut in Schumann’s Piano Concerto, a work that eschews empty technical display and calls instead for a detailed and intimate dialogue between pianist and orchestra: chamber music on a grand scale. Tickets £14 - £57. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Symphony no. 35 in D, "Haffner", K385 Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27 Jan Lisiecki, Piano Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
ConcertFriday 19-Jul-13 10:15pm concert\|20130719T211500Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130719T234500Z\|Prom 11	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 11 BBC Proms	Stockhausen, Gesang der Jünglinge (Song of the Youths) for tape Stockhausen, Mittwoch aus Licht (concert performance, London première) Kathinka Pasveer, Sound Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore, Director
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 19-Jul-13 10:15pm Prom 11 Last summer Graham Vick’s Birmingham Opera Company transformed a disused factory in Digbeth, Birmingham, into the fantastical world of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s epic opera Mittwoch aus ‘Licht’ with two bactrian camels, four helicopters and a wash of yellow light. Tonight Ex Cathedra and Jeffrey Skidmore revisit the Babel tower of the opera’s most dazzling section, Welt-Parlament (‘World Parliament’): a multilingual a cappella tour de force of extended vocal techniques. Written 30 years earlier, Gesang der Jünglinge has been hailed as Stockhausen’s first electronic masterpiece, a mind-popping sonic translation of the biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Tickets £12 - £16. Stockhausen, Karlheinz (1928-2007), Gesang der Jünglinge (Song of the Youths) for tape Stockhausen, Karlheinz (1928-2007), Mittwoch aus Licht (concert performance, London première) Kathinka Pasveer, Sound Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore, Director
ConcertSaturday 20-Jul-13 03:00pm concert\|20130720T140000Z\|Cadogan Hall, London\|20130720T163000Z\|Proms Saturday Matinée 1	Cadogan Hall, London Proms Saturday Matinée 1 BBC Proms	Corelli, Concerto grosso in D major, Op.6 no.1 Handel, Pensieri notturni di Filli \| Nel dolce dell'oblio, HWV 134 Valentini, Concerto grosso in A major for four violins, Op.7 no.1 Handel, Il consiglio, HWV 170: Tra le fiamme Corelli, Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.6 no.12 Sophie Bevan, Soprano Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr, Director/Harpsichord
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Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Saturday 20-Jul-13 03:00pm Proms Saturday Matinée 1 The year is 1707 and a young composer from Saxony, George Frideric Handel, has come to Rome to hear the music of the great violinist and innovator Arcangelo Corelli. In the first of the five Proms Saturday Matinees, Richard Egarr, Sophie Bevan and the Academy of Ancient Music examine Handel’s vivacious Italian cantatas in the context of virtuosic concerti grossi by Corelli and his younger contemporary Giuseppe Valentini, linked by duo keyboard interludes by Prince Giambattista Borghese’s court harpsichordist, Bernardo Pasquini. Tickets £10 - £12. Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713), Concerto grosso in D major, Op.6 no.1 Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759), Pensieri notturni di Filli \| Nel dolce dell'oblio, HWV 134 Valentini, Giuseppe (1680-1759), Concerto grosso in A major for four violins, Op.7 no.1 Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759), Il consiglio, HWV 170: Tra le fiamme Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713), Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.6 no.12 Sophie Bevan, Soprano Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr, Director/Harpsichord
ConcertSaturday 20-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130720T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130720T210000Z\|Prom 12	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 12 BBC Proms	Verdi, String Quartet in E minor (arr C Hermann for orchestra) Verdi, Ave Maria, for soprano and strings Verdi, Messa da Requiem (Libera me, original version) Verdi, Quattro pezzi sacri (Four sacred pieces) Messa da Requiem Maria Agresta, Soprano Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Saturday 20-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 12 Giuseppe Verdi’s antipathy towards the church is vividly demonstrated in his operas, yet the Four Sacred Pieces, the original version of the ‘Libera me’ from his dramatic Requiem and his setting of the ‘Ave Maria’ for soprano and string orchestra are works of great fervour and beauty. The orchestral version of his 1873 String Quartet opens a programme in which conductor Sir Antonio Pappano, soprano Maria Agresta and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, bring an authentically Italian bite to the music of the man who, with Wagner, shaped the development of 19th-century opera. Tickets £14 - £57. Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), String Quartet in E minor (arr C Hermann for orchestra) Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Ave Maria, for soprano and strings Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Messa da Requiem (Libera me, original version) Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Quattro pezzi sacri (Four sacred pieces) Maria Agresta, Soprano Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
ConcertSunday 21-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130721T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130721T210000Z\|Prom 13	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 13 BBC Proms	Shepherd, Magiya (BBC co-commission with Carnegie Hall, European première) Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 Shostakovich, Symphony no. 10 in E minor, Op.93 Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 Symphony no. 10 in E minor, Op.93 Joshua Bell, Violin National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America Valery Gergiev, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 21-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 13 The UK debut of the newly formed National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America opens with the European premiere of a work by American rising star Sean Shepherd. Joshua Bell joins Valery Gergiev and the orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in a bravura programme that concludes with Shostakovich’s monumental 10th Symphony. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Shepherd, Sean (b. 1979), Magiya (BBC co-commission with Carnegie Hall, European première) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975), Symphony no. 10 in E minor, Op.93 Joshua Bell, Violin National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America Valery Gergiev, Conductor
ConcertMonday 22-Jul-13 01:00pm concert\|20130722T120000Z\|Cadogan Hall, London\|20130722T143000Z\|Proms Chamber Music 2	Cadogan Hall, London Proms Chamber Music 2 BBC Proms	Anonymous, Chwała tobie, Gospodzinie Anonymous, Cracovia civitas Wanning, Dixit angelus ad Petrum Wanning, Et valde mane Zieleński, Mihi autem nimis Demantius, Neue liebliche Intraden und frölichen Polnischen Täntzen (Intrada; Chorea polonica; Gaillarde) Marenzio, Lamentabatur Jacob Marenzio, Solo e pensoso Klabon, Tryumfuj, wierny poddany Huelgas Ensemble Paul van Nevel, Conductor
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Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Monday 22-Jul-13 01:00pm Proms Chamber Music 2 Continuing the exploration of Polish music in this year’s Proms, Paul Van Nevel and the Flemish singers and instrumentalists of the Huelgas Ensemble explore the little-known choral music of 15th- and 16th-century Poland. Motets by Polish composers Mikołaj Zieleński and Krzysztof Klabon are contrasted with works by Christoph Demantius and Johannes Wanning in a programme of intriguing polyphonic discoveries from the archives of the University Library of Warsaw that includes the earliest surviving setting of a Polish text: ‘Chwała tobie, Gospodzinie’ (Praise to Thee, O Lord). Tickets £10 - £12. Anonymous, Chwała tobie, Gospodzinie Anonymous, Cracovia civitas Wanning, Johannes, Dixit angelus ad Petrum Wanning, Johannes, Et valde mane Zieleński, Mikolaj (1550-1616), Mihi autem nimis Demantius, Christoph (1567-1643), Neue liebliche Intraden und frölichen Polnischen Täntzen (Intrada; Chorea polonica; Gaillarde) Marenzio, Luca (1553-1599), Lamentabatur Jacob Marenzio, Luca (1553-1599), Solo e pensoso Klabon, Krzysztof (c1550-c1616), Tryumfuj, wierny poddany Huelgas Ensemble Paul van Nevel, Conductor
ConcertMonday 22-Jul-13 07:00pm concert\|20130722T180000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130722T203000Z\|Prom 14	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 14 BBC Proms	Wagner, Das Rheingold (concert performance, sung in German) Das Rheingold Iain Paterson, Baritone: Wotan Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Loge Jan Buchwald, Bass-baritone: Donner Marius Vlad, Tenor: Froh Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Anna Samuil, Soprano: Freia Anna Larsson, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Fafner Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Woglinde Maria Gortsevskaya, Soprano: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Iain Paterson Stephan Rügamer Ekaterina Gubanova Anna Samuil Anna Larsson Aga Mikolaj Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim Das Rheingold Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 22-Jul-13 07:00pm Prom 14 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. Tickets £18 - £68. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Das Rheingold (concert performance, sung in German) Iain Paterson, Baritone: Wotan Stephan Rügamer, Tenor: Loge Jan Buchwald, Bass-baritone: Donner Marius Vlad, Tenor: Froh Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Anna Samuil, Soprano: Freia Anna Larsson, Mezzo-soprano: Erda Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Iain Paterson, Bass: Fasolt Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Fafner Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Woglinde Maria Gortsevskaya, Soprano: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
ConcertTuesday 23-Jul-13 05:00pm concert\|20130723T160000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130723T183000Z\|Prom 15	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 15 BBC Proms	Wagner, Die Walküre (concert performance, sung in German) Die Walküre Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone: Wotan Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Anja Kampe, Soprano: Sieglinde Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Hunding Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Danielle Halbwachs, Soprano: Gerhilde Carola Höhn, Soprano: Ortlinde Ivonne Fuchs, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Anaïk Morel, Contralto: Schwertleite Susan Foster, Soprano: Helmwige Leann Sandel-Pantaleo, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde Simone Schröder, Mezzo-soprano: Rossweisse Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Bryn Terfel Simon O'Neill Anja Kampe Nina Stemme Ekaterina Gubanova Susan Foster Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim Die Walküre Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 23-Jul-13 05:00pm Prom 15 Daniel Barenboim’s Proms Ring cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin continues with the razored strings and yelping brass of a violent storm, the cloudburst of incestuous love, a bitter marital dispute and the first appearance of Wotan’s rebel daughter, Brünnhilde, sung by a leading exponent of the role, Nina Stemme. Tickets £18 - £68. There will be two intervals of 30 minutes. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Die Walküre (concert performance, sung in German) Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone: Wotan Simon O'Neill, Tenor: Siegmund Anja Kampe, Soprano: Sieglinde Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Hunding Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano: Fricka Danielle Halbwachs, Soprano: Gerhilde Carola Höhn, Soprano: Ortlinde Ivonne Fuchs, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Anaïk Morel, Contralto: Schwertleite Susan Foster, Soprano: Helmwige Leann Sandel-Pantaleo, Mezzo-soprano: Siegrune Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Grimgerde Simone Schröder, Mezzo-soprano: Rossweisse Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
ConcertWednesday 24-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130724T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130724T210000Z\|Prom 16	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 16 BBC Proms	Elgar, Falstaff Symphonic Study for orchestra, Op.68 Bantock, Sapphic Poem Walton, Film music from Henry V (Touch her soft lips and part; Death of Falstaff) Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36 Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36 Raphael Wallfisch, Cello BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 24-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 16 Jac van Steen and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales launch the Proms cycle of Tchaikovsky symphonies with the baleful fanfare of the Fourth. Celebrating his 60th birthday this year, Raphael Wallfisch is the soloist in the Proms premiere of Granville Bantock’s Sapphic Poem, launching the Proms focus on the composer this summer. Rich, lyrical and lushly orchestrated, it is framed by two very different portraits of Sir John Falstaff, by Edward Elgar and William Walton. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934), Falstaff Symphonic Study for orchestra, Op.68 Bantock, Granville (1868-1946), Sapphic Poem Walton, William (1902-1983), Film music from Henry V (Touch her soft lips and part; Death of Falstaff) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36 Raphael Wallfisch, Cello BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen, Conductor
ConcertThursday 25-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130725T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130725T210000Z\|Prom 17	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 17 BBC Proms	McCabe, Joybox (BBC commission, world première) Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92 De Falla, The Three Cornered Hat Ravel, Boléro Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92 The Three Cornered Hat Boléro Clara Mouriz, Mezzo-soprano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Thursday 25-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 17 The world premiere of John McCabe’s BBC commission Joybox opens a concert of music inspired by or written for dance, from the Bohemian stamp and whirl of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony to the slow-burning ostinato of Ravel’s Boléro. Mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz joins conductor Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic in Falla’s colourful Ballets Russes commission The Three-Cornered Hat, a tale of intrigue and jealousy shot through with the spirit of Spanish folk dances. Tickets £7.50 - £36. McCabe, John (b. 1939), Joybox (BBC commission, world première) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92 De Falla, Manuel (1876-1946), The Three Cornered Hat Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937), Boléro Clara Mouriz, Mezzo-soprano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena, Conductor
ConcertFriday 26-Jul-13 05:00pm concert\|20130726T160000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130726T183000Z\|Prom 18	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 18 BBC Proms	Wagner, Siegfried (concert performance, sung in German) Siegfried Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Terje Stensvold, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Johannes Martin Kränzle, Tenor: Alberich Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Fafner Rinnat Moriah, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Anna Larsson, Contralto: Erda Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 26-Jul-13 05:00pm Prom 18 Daniel Barenboim’s survey of Wagner’s epic tetralogy reaches its third instalment, introducing the naive hero Siegfried. Lance Ryan sings the role of the dragon-slaying innocent who only learns fear when he falls in love with Brünnhilde (Nina Stemme). Tickets £18 - £68. There will be two intervals of 30 minutes. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Siegfried (concert performance, sung in German) Lance Ryan, Tenor: Siegfried Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Terje Stensvold, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Peter Bronder, Tenor: Mime Johannes Martin Kränzle, Tenor: Alberich Eric Halfvarson, Bass: Fafner Rinnat Moriah, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Anna Larsson, Contralto: Erda Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
ConcertSaturday 27-Jul-13 05:00pm concert\|20130727T160000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130727T183000Z\|Prom 19	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 19 BBC Proms	Wagner, Tristan and Isolde (concert performance, sung in German) Tristan and Isolde Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Kwangchul Youn, Bass: King Marke Violeta Urmana, Soprano: Isolde Boaz Daniel, Baritone: Kurwenal David Wilson-Johnson, Bass: Melot Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne Andrew Staples, Tenor: Shepherd BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Saturday 27-Jul-13 05:00pm Prom 19 The Wagner bicentenary celebrations continue with the composer’s boldest fusion of legend and harmonic innovation, Tristan and Isolde, which forced him to break off work on his Ring cycle near this very juncture in the Proms Ring – during the composition of Siegfried and before the final instalment, Götterdämmerung. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a cast led by Violeta Urmana and Peter Seiffert in a drama where love and death become one. Tickets £9.50 - £46. Therre will be two intervals of 30 minutes. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Tristan and Isolde (concert performance, sung in German) Peter Seiffert, Tenor: Tristan Kwangchul Youn, Bass: King Marke Violeta Urmana, Soprano: Isolde Boaz Daniel, Baritone: Kurwenal David Wilson-Johnson, Bass: Melot Sophie Koch, Mezzo-soprano: Brangäne Andrew Staples, Tenor: Shepherd BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov, Conductor
ConcertSunday 28-Jul-13 04:30pm concert\|20130728T153000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130728T180000Z\|Prom 20	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 20 BBC Proms	Wagner, Götterdämmerung (concert performance, sung in German) Götterdämmerung Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Ian Storey, Tenor: Siegfried Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hagen Gerd Grochowski, Baritone: Gunther Anna Samuil, Soprano: Gutrune Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Margarita Nekrasova, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Woglinde Maria Gortsevskaya, Contralto: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Nina Stemme Ian Storey Mikhail Petrenko Gerd Grochowski Anna Samuil Waltraud Meier Aga Mikolaj Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim Götterdämmerung Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 28-Jul-13 04:30pm Prom 20 Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin conclude the Proms Ring cycle with Götterdämmerung – unleashing the final chain of betrayals that culminates in the destruction of the gods. Ian Storey is the tragic hero Siegfried, Nina Stemme the fallen valkyrie Brünnhilde, while Mikhail Petrenko sings Hagen, born to hatred and despair. Tickets £18 - £68. There will be two intervals of 30 minutes. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Götterdämmerung (concert performance, sung in German) Nina Stemme, Soprano: Brünnhilde Ian Storey, Tenor: Siegfried Mikhail Petrenko, Bass: Hagen Gerd Grochowski, Baritone: Gunther Anna Samuil, Soprano: Gutrune Johannes Martin Kränzle, Baritone: Alberich Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-soprano: Waltraute Margarita Nekrasova, Mezzo-soprano: First Norn Aga Mikolaj, Soprano: Woglinde Maria Gortsevskaya, Contralto: Wellgunde Anna Lapkovskaja, Mezzo-soprano: Flosshilde Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
ConcertMonday 29-Jul-13 01:00pm concert\|20130729T120000Z\|Cadogan Hall, London\|20130729T143000Z\|Proms Chamber Music 3	Cadogan Hall, London Proms Chamber Music 3 BBC Proms	Britten, Canticle I, My beloved is mine, for soprano or tenor and piano, Op.40 Britten, A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo soprano and piano, Op.41 Britten, Night Piece for solo piano Britten, Songs from the Chinese for soprano or tenor and guitar, Op.58 Britten, Abraham and Isaac (Canticle II) for alto, tenor and piano, Op.51 Britten, Master Kilby Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-soprano James Gilchrist, Tenor Christoph Denoth, Guitar Imogen Cooper, Piano
	More info... Reviews... Christianne Stotijn James Gilchrist Imogen Cooper Canticle I, My beloved is mine, for soprano or tenor and piano, Op.40 Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Chester miracle play, Op.51 Buy tickets!
Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Monday 29-Jul-13 01:00pm Proms Chamber Music 3 A sequence of bittersweet works by Benjamin Britten for the third Proms Chamber Music concert. Pianist Imogen Cooper revisits music she first played as a student, Night Piece (Notturno), and accompanies Christianne Stotijn and James Gilchrist in Britten’s unnerving story of absolute faith, Abraham and Isaac. The sublimated eroticism of My beloved is mine, the gentle curves of A Charm of Lullabies, the brittle elegance of Songs from the Chinese (with guitarist Christoph Denoth) and the tart miniature Master Kilby give an intimate portrait of the composer. Tickets £10 - £12. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Canticle I, My beloved is mine, for soprano or tenor and piano, Op.40 Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo soprano and piano, Op.41 Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Night Piece for solo piano Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Songs from the Chinese for soprano or tenor and guitar, Op.58 Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Abraham and Isaac (Canticle II) for alto, tenor and piano, Op.51 Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Master Kilby Christianne Stotijn, Mezzo-soprano James Gilchrist, Tenor Christoph Denoth, Guitar Imogen Cooper, Piano
ConcertMonday 29-Jul-13 07:00pm concert\|20130729T180000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130729T203000Z\|Prom 21	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 21 BBC Proms	Matthews C., Turning Point (UK première) Prokofiev, Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.63 Shostakovich, Symphony no. 11 in G minor "The year 1905", Op.103 Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.63 Symphony no. 11 in G minor "The year 1905", Op.103 Daniel Hope, Violin BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Daniel Hope BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thomas Søndergård Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.63 Symphony no. 11 in G minor "The year 1905", Op.103 Buy tickets!
Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 29-Jul-13 07:00pm Prom 21 Thomas Søndergård and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales return to give the UK premiere of Colin Matthews’s mercurial Turning Point and Daniel Hope is the soloist in the first of two 20th-century Russian masterpieces. The flinty beauty of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto stands in sharp contrast to the granite heft of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, ‘The Year 1905’, written four years after the death of Joseph Stalin and studded through with revolutionary songs. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Matthews, Colin (b. 1946), Turning Point (UK première) Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953), Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.63 Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975), Symphony no. 11 in G minor "The year 1905", Op.103 Daniel Hope, Violin BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
ConcertMonday 29-Jul-13 10:15pm concert\|20130729T211500Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130729T234500Z\|Prom 22	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 22 BBC Proms	See More info... for programme details. Naturally 7
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 29-Jul-13 10:15pm Prom 22 Who needs instruments when you have seven voices and seven bodies? The inimitable a cappella group Naturally 7 comes to the Proms fresh from performances at the O2 supporting Michael Bublé. Building on the heritage of gospel with a style described as ‘vocal play’, the group performs its own original material as well as its inventive arrangements – including George Harrison’s ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ and Phil Collins’s ‘In the Air Tonight’ – which incorporate scratching, drum kit, harmonica, brass, electric guitars and bass – all produced, naturally, with the human voice. Tickets £12 - £16. Naturally 7
ConcertTuesday 30-Jul-13 07:30pm concert\|20130730T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130730T210000Z\|Prom 23	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 23 BBC Proms	Mozart, Masonic Funeral Music Schumann, Symphony no. 2 in C major, Op.61 Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major, K503 Sibelius, Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105 Symphony no. 2 in C major, Op.61 Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major, K503 Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105 Paul Lewis, Piano Mahler Chamber Orchestra Daniel Harding, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 30-Jul-13 07:30pm Prom 23 Daniel Harding returns to the Proms after 10 years, directing the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, with which he has a long association, in a programme exploring the subtly different properties of the keys of C major and C minor. Paul Lewis is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto, K503, its urbane elegance and delicate woodwind writing a contrast to the austerity of the 1785 Masonic Funeral Music. Two great symphonies acutely expressive of light and shade, Schumann’s Second and Sibelius’s Seventh, complete an imaginative and stimulating sequence of works. Tickets £9.50 - £46. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Masonic Funeral Music Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), Symphony no. 2 in C major, Op.61 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major, K503 Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957), Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105 Paul Lewis, Piano Mahler Chamber Orchestra Daniel Harding, Conductor
ConcertWednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm concert\|20130731T180000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130731T203000Z\|Prom 24	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 24 BBC Proms	Bantock, Pierrot of the Minute Elgar, Nursery Suite for orchestra Arnold, Concerto for Two Pianos Walton, Crown Imperial Coates, The Three Elizabeths: suite Arnold, English Dances, Set 1, Op.27 Langford, Medley, Say it with music Noriko Ogawa, Piano Kathryn Stott, Piano BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm Prom 24 A celebration of British light and occasional music, including pieces written by Walton and Coates used to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 60 years ago, and Elgar’s Nursery Suite, dedicated in 1931 to the Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth and to their mother Elizabeth, then Duchess of York. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Bantock, Granville (1868-1946), Pierrot of the Minute Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934), Nursery Suite for orchestra Arnold, Malcolm (1921-2006), Concerto for Two Pianos Walton, William (1902-1983), Crown Imperial Coates, Eric (1886-1957), The Three Elizabeths: suite Arnold, Malcolm (1921-2006), English Dances, Set 1, Op.27 Langford, Gordon (b. 1930), Medley, Say it with music Noriko Ogawa, Piano Kathryn Stott, Piano BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth, Conductor
ConcertWednesday 31-Jul-13 10:15pm concert\|20130731T211500Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130731T234500Z\|Prom 25	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 25 BBC Proms	Zappa, The Adventrues of Greggery Peccary Nancarrow, Player Piano Study no. 7 (arr. YE Mikhashoff) Glass, Symphony no. 10 (UK première) Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 31-Jul-13 10:15pm Prom 25 Trend-mongers, philosophers and hunchmen. A car-chase, a love-in and a replica mahogany desk. A coughing mountain, a choir of stenographers and an exceptional swine-pig called Greggery. Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra give the first Proms performance of Frank Zappa’s high-energy counter-culture satire The Adventures of Greggery Peccary. An arrangement of a zany Nancarrow study and the UK premiere of Philip Glass’s 10th Symphony complete a far-out late-night happening from one of Britain’s most vivacious young orchestras. Tickets £12 - £16. Zappa, Frank (1940-1993), The Adventrues of Greggery Peccary Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997), Player Piano Study no. 7 (arr. YE Mikhashoff) Glass, Philip (b. 1937), Symphony no. 10 (UK première) Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Conductor
ConcertThursday 1-Aug-13 07:30pm concert\|20130801T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130801T210000Z\|Prom 26	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 26 BBC Proms	Henze, Barcarola Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Stravinsky, Movements for Piano and Orchestra Tippett, Symphony no. 2 Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Serkin, Peter, Piano BBC Symphony Orchestra Oliver Knussen, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Thursday 1-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 26 Composer-conductor Oliver Knussen directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tippett’s Symphony No 2, inspired by the rhythmic energy of a Vivaldi bassline and the first in a series of works by Tippett to be featured in parallel with the Britten centenary. The revered American pianist Peter Serkin makes his Proms debut in Stravinsky’s neo-Classical Concerto for piano and winds and compact serialist conceit Movements. Written in memory of his friend Paul Dessau, the late Hans Werner Henze’s 1979 Barcarola opens this programme of 20th-century masterpieces. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Henze, Hans Werner (1926-2012), Barcarola Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971), Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971), Movements for Piano and Orchestra Tippett, Michael (1905-1998), Symphony no. 2 Serkin, Peter, Piano BBC Symphony Orchestra Oliver Knussen, Conductor
ConcertFriday 2-Aug-13 07:30pm concert\|20130802T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130802T210000Z\|Prom 27	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 27 BBC Proms	Sohal, The Cosmic Dance (BBC commission, world première) Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, Op.30 Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64 Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, Op.30 Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64 Nikolai Lugansky, Piano Royal Scottish National Orchestra Peter Oundjian, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 2-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 27 The Proms Tchaikovsky symphony cycle continues with the musky melancholy of the Fifth as conductor Peter Oundjian makes his Proms debut. Nikolai Lugansky is the soloist in Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, notorious for its technical demands yet based around melodic ideas of great simplicity. Punjabi-born British composer Naresh Sohal’s second Proms commission, The Cosmic Dance, examines the idea of creation as interpreted in two very different disciplines: mathematical theory and the ancient texts of the Upanishads and the Rig Veda. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Sohal, Naresh (b. 1939), The Cosmic Dance (BBC commission, world première) Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, Op.30 Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64 Nikolai Lugansky, Piano Royal Scottish National Orchestra Peter Oundjian, Conductor
ConcertSaturday 3-Aug-13 03:00pm concert\|20130803T140000Z\|Cadogan Hall, London\|20130803T163000Z\|Proms Saturday Matinée 2	Cadogan Hall, London Proms Saturday Matinée 2 BBC Proms	Britten, Prelude and Fugue for 18 strings, Op.29 Holst G., St Paul's Suite, Op.29 no.2 Berkeley, Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, Op.27 Tippett, Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli Britten, Phaedra, Op.93 Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano Britten Sinfonia Sian Edwards, Conductor
	More info... Reviews... Sarah Connolly Britten Sinfonia Sian Edwards Prelude and Fugue for 18 strings, Op.29 St Paul's Suite, Op.29 no.2 Phaedra, Op.93 Buy tickets!
Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Saturday 3-Aug-13 03:00pm Proms Saturday Matinée 2 Two great British works for voice and string orchestra appear in the second Proms Saturday Matinee, which focuses on Britten and his peers. Sarah Connolly joins conductor Sian Edwards and the Britten Sinfonia in Britten’s searing final vocal work, Phaedra, and a rare performance of Lennox Berkeley’s intensely felt Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, premiered by Kathleen Ferrier in 1948. In addition to featuring classics of the string orchestra repertoire in Holst’s St Paul’s Suite and Tippett’s Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli, the programme includes Britten’s inventive Prelude and Fugue for 18-part string orchestra. Tickets £10 - £12. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Prelude and Fugue for 18 strings, Op.29 Holst, Gustav (1874-1934), St Paul's Suite, Op.29 no.2 Berkeley, Sir Lennox (1903-1989), Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, Op.27 Tippett, Michael (1905-1998), Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Phaedra, Op.93 Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano Britten Sinfonia Sian Edwards, Conductor
ConcertSaturday 3-Aug-13 07:30pm concert\|20130803T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130803T210000Z\|Prom 28	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 28 BBC Proms	Strauss II, Blue Danube Waltz, (An der schönen blauen Donau), Op.314 MacMillan, Violin Concerto Beethoven, Coriolan, overture, Op.62 Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67 Blue Danube Waltz, (An der schönen blauen Donau), Op.314 Coriolan, overture, Op.62 Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67 Vadim Repin, Violin BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Saturday 3-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 28 Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Vadim Repin in James MacMillan’s Violin Concerto. Written for Repin’s big-boned Russian sound and premiered in 2010, the concerto is threaded through with allusions to the traditional fiddle music and Scottish laments that MacMillan regards as the ‘ancient modes of expression and storytelling’. The concentrated drama of Beethoven’s 1807 ‘Coriolan’ overture acts as an up-beat to his Fifth Symphony, its opening four-note motif as arresting today as it was in 1808. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899), Blue Danube Waltz, (An der schönen blauen Donau), Op.314 MacMillan, James (b. 1959), Violin Concerto Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Coriolan, overture, Op.62 Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67 Vadim Repin, Violin BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, Conductor
ConcertSunday 4-Aug-13 06:00pm concert\|20130804T170000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130804T193000Z\|Prom 29	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 29 BBC Proms	Wagner, Tannhäuser (concert performance, sung in German) Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Heidi Melton, Soprano: Elisabeth Daniela Sindram, Mezzo-soprano: Venus Ain Anger, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Christoph Pohl, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Andrew Rees, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Ashley Holland, Bass: Biterolf Hila Fahima, Soprano: Shepherd Boy Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 4-Aug-13 06:00pm Prom 29 In their second Proms appearance together, Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra turn to Tannhäuser. Robert Dean Smith sings the role of the troubadour who tires of Venus’s charms and yearns for spiritual redemption. Elisabeth is the woman who loves him, Wolfram the man who loves her. Tickets £9.50 - £46. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Tannhäuser (concert performance, sung in German) Robert Dean Smith, Tenor: Tannhäuser Heidi Melton, Soprano: Elisabeth Daniela Sindram, Mezzo-soprano: Venus Ain Anger, Bass: Landgraf Hermann Christoph Pohl, Baritone: Wolfram von Eschenbach Thomas Blondelle, Tenor: Walther von der Vogelweide Andrew Rees, Tenor: Heinrich der Schreiber Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Bass: Reinmar von Zweter Ashley Holland, Bass: Biterolf Hila Fahima, Soprano: Shepherd Boy Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles, Conductor
ConcertMonday 5-Aug-13 01:00pm concert\|20130805T120000Z\|Cadogan Hall, London\|20130805T143000Z\|Proms Chamber Music 4	Cadogan Hall, London Proms Chamber Music 4 BBC Proms	Grieg, Holberg Suite for String Orchestra, Op.40 (arr. for brass ensemble) Grieg, Lyric Pieces: Grandmother's Minuet, Op.68 no.2 (arr. for brass ensemble) Grieg, 19 Norwegian Folk Songs: Gjendine's Lullaby, Op.66 no.19 (arr. for brass ensemble) Grieg, Lyric Pieces: March of the trolls, Op.54 no.3 (arr. for brass ensemble) Burrell, Blaze (BBC commission, world première) Weill, Die Dreigroschenoper (Threepenny Opera): Kleine Droschenmusic (suite) Piazzolla, Oblivion Bizet, Carmen: Suite no. 2 Holberg Suite for String Orchestra, Op.40 Oblivion Tine Thing Helseth, Trumpet tenThing
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Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Monday 5-Aug-13 01:00pm Proms Chamber Music 4 Ahead of her Royal Albert Hall concerto debut (Prom 48), Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth brings her all-female 10-piece brass ensemble tenThing to Cadogan Hall for this colourful Proms Chamber Music concert. A bold new work by the British composer Diana Burrell is the centrepiece of a virtuosic programme of tangos, seguidillas, habaneras and serenades from Grieg, Piazzolla and Bizet, arranged for tenThing by Jarle Storløkken. Tickets £10 - £12. Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), Holberg Suite for String Orchestra, Op.40 (arr. for brass ensemble) Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), Lyric Pieces: Grandmother's Minuet, Op.68 no.2 (arr. for brass ensemble) Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), 19 Norwegian Folk Songs: Gjendine's Lullaby, Op.66 no.19 (arr. for brass ensemble) Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), Lyric Pieces: March of the trolls, Op.54 no.3 (arr. for brass ensemble) Burrell, Diana (b. 1948), Blaze (BBC commission, world première) Weill, Kurt (1900-1950), Die Dreigroschenoper (Threepenny Opera): Kleine Droschenmusic (suite) Piazzolla, Astor (1921-1992), Oblivion Bizet, Georges (1838-1875), Carmen: Suite no. 2 Tine Thing Helseth, Trumpet tenThing
ConcertMonday 5-Aug-13 07:30pm concert\|20130805T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130805T210000Z\|Prom 30	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 30 BBC Proms	Borodin, Prince Igor: overture Borodin, Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances Prokofiev, Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.16 Cowie, Earth Music I - The Great Barrier Reef (BBC commission, world première) Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Little Russian", Op.17 Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.16 Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Little Russian", Op.17 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 5-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 30 Borodin’s overture to Prince Igor opens a programme celebrating the 70th birthday of composer Edward Cowie and the close musical relationship between the BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Bavouzet plays Prokofiev’s brilliant Second Piano Concerto, its orchestral score destroyed in the Russian Revolution and revised by the composer in Paris in 1923. The fragile beauty of the Great Barrier Reef is the subject of Cowie’s Earth Music I, while the ‘Little Russian’ continues the season’s Tchaikovsky symphony cycle. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833-1887), Prince Igor: overture Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833-1887), Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953), Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.16 Cowie, Edward (b. 1943), Earth Music I - The Great Barrier Reef (BBC commission, world première) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Little Russian", Op.17 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor
ConcertTuesday 6-Aug-13 07:30pm concert\|20130806T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130806T210000Z\|Prom 31	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 31 BBC Proms	Walton, Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March Rubbra, Ode to the Queen Bruch, Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26 Korngold, Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40 Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26 Vilde Frang, Violin Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgårds, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 6-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 31 The BBC Philharmonic and its Principal Guest Conductor return to the Royal Albert Hall for the first Proms performance of Erich Korngold’s Symphony. Dedicated to the memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the symphony refers back to Korngold’s score for the 1939 Errol Flynn and Bette Davis romance The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. Rubbra’s Ode to the Queen and Walton’s Orb and Sceptre celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation, while Vilde Frang joins Storgårds and the orchestra for Bruch’s ever-popular Violin Concerto. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Walton, William (1902-1983), Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March Rubbra, Edmund (1901-1986), Ode to the Queen Bruch, Max (1838-1920), Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26 Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897-1957), Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40 Vilde Frang, Violin Susan Bickley, Mezzo-soprano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgårds, Conductor
ConcertWednesday 7-Aug-13 07:30pm concert\|20130807T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130807T210000Z\|Prom 32	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 32 BBC Proms	Lutoslawski, Symphonic Variations Holst G., Egdon Heath, homage to Hardy, Op.47 Lutoslawski, Piano Concerto Holst G., The Planets, Op.32 The Planets, Op.32 Louis Lortie, Piano BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 7-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 32 Leading champion of Lutosławski’s music and Music Director of English National Opera, Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme contrasting one each of the Polish composer’s earliest and latest works with music by the British composer Gustav Holst. Completed shortly before the occupation of Poland, Lutosławski’s Symphonic Variations is juxtaposed with Holst’s rarely heard tribute to Thomas Hardy, Egdon Heath. Louis Lortie is the soloist in Lutosławski’s monumental 1988 Piano Concerto in a concert that closes with Holst’s extraordinarily visionary The Planets. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994), Symphonic Variations Holst, Gustav (1874-1934), Egdon Heath, homage to Hardy, Op.47 Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994), Piano Concerto Holst, Gustav (1874-1934), The Planets, Op.32 Louis Lortie, Piano BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner, Conductor
ConcertThursday 8-Aug-13 07:00pm concert\|20130808T180000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130808T203000Z\|Prom 33	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 33 BBC Proms	Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58 Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op.14 Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58 Symphonie fantastique, Op.14 Mitsuko Uchida, Piano Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Thursday 8-Aug-13 07:00pm Prom 33 Mitsuko Uchida returns to the Proms after an absence of almost 20 years as the soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, which overturned formal traditions by opening with a simple statement for solo piano. Musical ideas are tested to their limits in a conversation between keyboard and orchestra. The opium-fuelled obsessions, flower-like dancers, rural idyll, rolling tumbrel and danse macabre of Berlioz’s 1830 gothic masterpiece Symphonie fantastique conclude the first of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra’s two Proms (see also Prom 35) with Mariss Jansons, who celebrates his 70th birthday this year. Tickets £14 - £57. Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58 Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869), Symphonie fantastique, Op.14 Mitsuko Uchida, Piano Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons, Conductor
ConcertThursday 8-Aug-13 10:15pm concert\|20130808T211500Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130808T234500Z\|Prom 34	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 34 BBC Proms	Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Op.8 no.1-4 The Four Seasons, Op.8 no.1-4 Nigel Kennedy, Violin/Director Palestine Strings Orchestra of Life
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Thursday 8-Aug-13 10:15pm Prom 34 Following his two Proms appearances in 2008 and his more recent one in 2011 to play solo violin works by J. S. Bach, Nigel Kennedy returns with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons – with the Palestine Strings from the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music as well as members of his own Orchestra of Life. Revisiting a work he recorded to great acclaim nearly 25 years ago, he brings fresh insights to these visionary concertos, including the addition of his own improvised links between them. Tickets £18 - £24. Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741), The Four Seasons, Op.8 no.1-4 Nigel Kennedy, Violin/Director Palestine Strings Orchestra of Life
ConcertFriday 9-Aug-13 07:00pm concert\|20130809T180000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130809T203000Z\|Prom 35	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 35 BBC Proms	Mahler, Symphony no. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Symphony no. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Genia Kühmeier, Soprano Anna Larsson, Alto Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 9-Aug-13 07:00pm Prom 35 In their second Proms appearance this summer, Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra are joined by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir for Mahler’s transcendent ‘Resurrection’ Symphony. Soprano Genia Kühmeier and mezzo-soprano Anna Larsson are the soloists in a work that begins with a depiction of a funeral procession and opens out into a vision of life after death. With allusions to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and klezmer melodies, its off-stage brass and percussion, and a grand choral climax, the symphony stands alone and unmissable. Tickets £14 - £57. Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911), Symphony no. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Genia Kühmeier, Soprano Anna Larsson, Alto Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons, Conductor
ConcertFriday 9-Aug-13 10:00pm concert\|20130809T210000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130809T233000Z\|Prom 36	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 36 BBC Proms	Bach J.S., Easter Oratorio: Kömmt, eilet und laufet, BWV249 Bach J.S., Ascension Oratorio: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV11 Hannah Morrison, Soprano Meg Bragle, Mezzo-soprano Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor Peter Harvey, Bass The Monteverdi Choir The English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 9-Aug-13 10:00pm Prom 36 The ensembles that took Bach’s cantatas to 14 countries in their Bach Pilgrimage of 2000 return to the Royal Albert Hall for a Late Night Prom. The Easter Oratorio opens with a Sinfonia that pitches a trio of trumpets against consorts of woodwinds and strings, and a poignant Adagio for solo oboe. Scored for similar forces, the Ascension Oratorio features an alto aria that mirrors the curves of the Agnus Dei from Bach’s Mass in B minor. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, 70 this year, directs the internationally renowned Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists. Tickets £18 - £24. Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Easter Oratorio: Kömmt, eilet und laufet, BWV249 Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Ascension Oratorio: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV11 Hannah Morrison, Soprano Meg Bragle, Mezzo-soprano Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor Peter Harvey, Bass The Monteverdi Choir The English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
ConcertSaturday 10-Aug-13 03:00pm concert\|20130810T140000Z\|Cadogan Hall, London\|20130810T163000Z\|Proms Saturday Matinée 3	Cadogan Hall, London Proms Saturday Matinée 3 BBC Proms	Britten, Young Apollo Berkeley, Serenade for Strings Shostakovich, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35 Rainier, Movement for strings (world première) Britten, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op.10 Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op.10 Alison Balsom, Trumpet Camerata Ireland Barry Douglas, Piano/Director
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Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Saturday 10-Aug-13 03:00pm Proms Saturday Matinée 3 Pianist Barry Douglas directs Camerata Ireland in its Proms debut with a programme continuing the season’s focus on the music of Benjamin Britten and his contemporaries. Withdrawn from performance for 40 years after its 1939 premiere, Britten’s Young Apollo opens a sequence of works of brittle, edgy beauty, including the world premiere of Priaulx Rainier’s 1951 Movement for strings. Lennox Berkeley’s Serenade for strings and Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge frame a performance of Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1, whose witty trumpet part is played by Alison Balsom. Tickets £10 - £12. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Young Apollo Berkeley, Sir Lennox (1903-1989), Serenade for Strings Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975), Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35 Rainier, Priaulx (1903-1986), Movement for strings (world première) Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op.10 Alison Balsom, Trumpet Camerata Ireland Barry Douglas, Piano/Director
ConcertSaturday 10-Aug-13 08:00pm concert\|20130810T190000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130810T213000Z\|Prom 37 - Urban Classic Prom	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 37 - Urban Classic Prom BBC Proms	See More info... for programme details. Fazar, Vocals Laura Mvula, Vocals Maverick Sabre, Vocals BBC Symphony Orchestra Jules Buckley, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Saturday 10-Aug-13 08:00pm Prom 37 - Urban Classic Prom A dynamic meeting of musical cultures as conductor Jules Buckley brings together the BBC Symphony Orchestra with leading performers from the UK’s vibrant urban music scene. In Urban Classic’s experimental fusion of musical styles, high-octane orchestral showpieces by Mosolov and Henze rub shoulders with rap, R&B and soul. ‘It’s a culture clash,’ says Jules Buckley. ‘We’re taking artists from different worlds and messing with their music, putting it in an orchestral context and exploring it in a new way. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Fazar, Vocals Laura Mvula, Vocals Maverick Sabre, Vocals BBC Symphony Orchestra Jules Buckley, Conductor
ConcertSunday 11-Aug-13 07:30pm concert\|20130811T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130811T210000Z\|Prom 38 - Free prom	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 38 - Free prom BBC Proms	Vaughan Williams, Toward the Unknown Region Turnage, Frieze (BBC co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society and the New York Philharmonic, world première) Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125 Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125 Lisa Milne, Soprano Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano Andrew Kennedy, Tenor Gerald Finley, Baritone Codetta Irish Youth Chamber Choir National Youth Choir of Great Britain National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Vasily Petrenko, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Sunday 11-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 38 - Free prom Tickets will be available from 28th June. The first ever free main-evening Prom celebrates the bicentenary of the Royal Philharmonic Society with a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage and a performance of the society’s most famous commission for choir and orchestra, Beethoven’s boundary-breaking ‘Choral’ Symphony, with youth choirs from the UK and Ireland, including from Derry-Londonderry, UK City of Culture 2013. Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958), Toward the Unknown Region Turnage, Mark-Anthony (b. 1960), Frieze (BBC co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society and the New York Philharmonic, world première) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125 Lisa Milne, Soprano Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano Andrew Kennedy, Tenor Gerald Finley, Baritone Codetta Irish Youth Chamber Choir National Youth Choir of Great Britain National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Price type: Free
ConcertMonday 12-Aug-13 01:00pm concert\|20130812T120000Z\|Cadogan Hall, London\|20130812T143000Z\|Proms Chamber Music 5	Cadogan Hall, London Proms Chamber Music 5 BBC Proms	Holst G., Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Holst I., Hallo, my fancy, whither wilt thou go? Birtwistle, The Moth Requiem (BBC co-commission with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, UK première) Various, The Eton Choirbook BBC Singers Nash Ensemble Nicholas Kok, Conductor
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Cadogan Hall, London, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom Monday 12-Aug-13 01:00pm Proms Chamber Music 5 Nicholas Kok conducts the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Moth Requiem for women’s voices, alto flute and three harps, a dream-like incantation of the names of the dustier cousins of the sun-loving butterfly. Pre-Reformation motets preserved in the Eton Choirbook thread through the BBC Singers’ alluring programme of works by Gustav Holst and his daughter Imogen, including the third set of Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda for female voices and harp, as a prelude to tonight’s performance of Indra. Tickets £10 - £12. Holst, Gustav (1874-1934), Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Holst, Imogen (1907-1984), Hallo, my fancy, whither wilt thou go? Birtwistle, Harrison (b. 1934), The Moth Requiem (BBC co-commission with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, UK première) Various, The Eton Choirbook BBC Singers Nash Ensemble Nicholas Kok, Conductor
ConcertMonday 12-Aug-13 07:00pm concert\|20130812T180000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130812T203000Z\|Prom 39	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 39 BBC Proms	Holst G., Indra Khan, Sitar Concerto no. 1 "The Gate of the Moon" (BBC commission, world première) Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 2 "A London Symphony" Symphony no. 2 "A London Symphony" Nishat Khan, Sitar BBC National Orchestra of Wales David Atherton, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 12-Aug-13 07:00pm Prom 39 Two visions of India and a portrait of London. Gustav Holst’s fascination with Sanksrit literature found early expression in the 1903 tone-poem Indra, composed before the first set of his Hymns from the Rig Veda (see PCM 5). David Atherton conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in this and the world premiere of Nishat Khan’s Sitar Concerto No. 1, with the composer as soloist. First performed in 1914, Vaughan Williams’s A London Symphony evokes the chimes of Westminster, a chill November in Bloomsbury and the bright lights of the Strand in a city that would soon be scarred by war. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Holst, Gustav (1874-1934), Indra Khan, Nishat, Sitar Concerto no. 1 "The Gate of the Moon" (BBC commission, world première) Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958), Symphony no. 2 "A London Symphony" Nishat Khan, Sitar BBC National Orchestra of Wales David Atherton, Conductor
ConcertMonday 12-Aug-13 10:15pm concert\|20130812T211500Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130812T234500Z\|Prom 40 - 6 Music Prom	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 40 - 6 Music Prom BBC Proms	Works by Berio Works by Adams Works by Meredith Steve Lamacq, Presenter Tom Service, Presenter Laura Marling, Vocals Cerys Matthews, Vocals Anna Stéphany, Mezzo-soprano The Stranglers London Sinfonietta
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Monday 12-Aug-13 10:15pm Prom 40 - 6 Music Prom They may come from different ends of the radio dial but, for one night only, BBC Radio 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq and Radio 3’s Tom Service combine their passions for music to produce the first ever collaboration between these two diverse and distinctive radio stations. As well as featuring double Mercury Prize-nominated Laura Marling, 6 Music’s own Cerys Matthews and original punk rock purveyors The Stranglers, the line-up includes the London Sinfonietta, playing works by Berio, John Adams and Anna Meredith. Tickets £12 - £16. Works by Berio, Luciano (1925-2003) Works by Adams, John (b. 1947) Works by Meredith, Anna Steve Lamacq, Presenter Tom Service, Presenter Laura Marling, Vocals Cerys Matthews, Vocals Anna Stéphany, Mezzo-soprano The Stranglers London Sinfonietta
ConcertTuesday 13-Aug-13 07:30pm concert\|20130813T183000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130813T210000Z\|Prom 41	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 41 BBC Proms	Borodin, Symphony no. 2 in B minor Glazunov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in B major Gubaidulina, The Rider on the White Horse (UK première) Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition Daniil Trifonov, Piano London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Tuesday 13-Aug-13 07:30pm Prom 41 Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a concert that justaposes the UK premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina’s The Rider on the White Horse with Ravel’s celebrated orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Works by Mussorgsky’s contemporary Alexander Borodin and by Alexander Glazunov, whose career as composer and conductor began in Tsarist Russia and ended in exile in Paris, add further colour to a programme steeped in history. Daniil Trifonov makes his Proms debut in Glazunov’s rarely heard Piano Concerto No. 2, premiered in the first concert in Petrograd (St Petersburg) after the 1917 Revolution. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833-1887), Symphony no. 2 in B minor Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936), Piano Concerto no. 2 in B major Gubaidulina, Sofia (b. 1931), The Rider on the White Horse (UK première) Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881), Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel) Daniil Trifonov, Piano London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Conductor
ConcertWednesday 14-Aug-13 07:00pm concert\|20130814T180000Z\|Royal Albert Hall, London\|20130814T203000Z\|Prom 42	Royal Albert Hall, London Prom 42 BBC Proms	Janáček, Sinfonietta, Op.60 Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.37 Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 3 in D major "Polish", Op.25 Sinfonietta, Op.60 Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.37 Symphony no. 3 in D major "Polish", Op.25 Sunwook Kim, Piano Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits, Conductor
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Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Wednesday 14-Aug-13 07:00pm Prom 42 This summer’s Tchaikovsky symphony cycle continues as Kirill Karabits conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the dance-infused Third Symphony, written in the summer of 1875 and dubbed the ‘Polish’ following its 1899 London premiere in the Crystal Palace. Leeds International Piano Competition-winner Sunwook Kim makes his Proms debut in Beethoven’s dramatic Piano Concerto No. 3 in a concert that begins with the dazzling brass fanfares and bustling street-life of Brno as translated into music in Janácek’s 1926 Sinfonietta. Tickets £7.50 - £36. Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928), Sinfonietta, Op.60 Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.37 Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Symphony no. 3 in D major "Polish", Op.25 Sunwook Kim, Piano Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits, Conductor

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