The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.
Showing Season 64 of 79
2010
2010
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01. First Night -Mahler Symphony no 8 in E Flat major
2010-07-16
Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand' (82 mins) Mardi Byers: soprano Twyla Robinson: soprano Malin Christensson: soprano Stephanie Blythe: mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor: mezzo-soprano Stefan Vinke: tenor Hanno Müller-Brachmann: bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny: bass Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Choristers of Westminster Abbey Choristers of Westminster Cathedral BBC Symphony Chorus Crouch End Festival Chorus Sydney Philharmonia Choirs BBC Symphony Orchestra Jirí Belohlávek conductor
02. Wagner - Die Meistersinger
2010-07-17
Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg An Opera in Three Acts Concert staging, sung in German Bryn Terfel: Hans Sachs Raymond Very: Walther von Stoltzing Amanda Roocroft: Eva Christopher Purves: Beckmesser Andrew Tortise: David Anna Burford: Magdalene David Soar: Nightwatchman Brindley Sherratt: Pogner Simon Thorpe: Kothner David Stout: Nachtigall Paul Hodges: Schwartz Rhys Meirion: Zorn Andrew Rees: Eisslinger Stephen Rooke: Moser Arwel Huw Morgan: Foltz Geraint Dodd: Vogelgesang Owen Webb: Ortel Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Lothar Koenigs conductor
04. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic - Manfred
2010-07-19
Schumann - Manfred, Op 115 (orch. Gustav Mahler) Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Tchaikovsky - Manfred
08. Britten-Prokofiev-Shostakovich
2010-07-22
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major Alexander Toradze, piano Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad' BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer conductor
10. Doctor Who at the Proms
2010-07-24
Doctor Who returns to the Proms with a new show hosted by the stars of the series - Karen Gillan (aka the Doctor's companion Amy Pond), Arthur Darvill (aka Rory Williams) and featuring a special guest appearance by Matt Smith (aka the Doctor). The concert features Murray Gold's music for the television series, including his latest re-imagining of Ron Grainier's classic theme tune performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the London Philharmonic Choir, soloists Yamit Mamo and Mark Chambers, and conducted by Ben Foster. With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, specially-edited sequences from the most recent series, a host of monsters laying siege to the Royal Albert Hall and a new scene written especially for the Proms by Steven Moffat and featuring the Time Lord himself, this is an intergalactic musical adventure like no other.
18. Dean-Mahler-Shostakovich
2010-07-29
Brett Dean: Amphitheatre (London premiere) (10 mins) Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn – selection (23 mins) Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor (50 mins) The Australian Youth Orchestra Sir Mark Elder conductor
19. Prom 19 - Sondheim at 80
2010-07-30
Marking the 80th birthday of one of Broadway's great innovators, this first ever all-Sondheim Prom draws together leading figures of the opera and theatre worlds, plus some further special guests. Bryn Terfel – a magnetic Sweeney Todd, as he proved at the Royal Festival Hall in 2007 – leads a starry cast, joined by aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund. On the bill are excerpts from the horror-opera Sweeney Todd, the Ingmar Bergman-inspired A Little Night Music and the fairy-tale compendium of Into the Woods, as well as excerpts from Company, Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George.
24. Mahler Symphony No.3 in D minor
2010-08-04
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor (100 mins) Karen Cargill: mezzo-soprano Edinburgh Festival Chorus (women's voices) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles conductor Sung in German, Fixed subtitles in English, commentary in English
26. Mahler Symphony No.5 in C-Sharp minor(Gergiev)
2010-08-05
Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor World Orchestra for Peace Valery Gergiev conductor
29. National Youth Orchestra
2010-08-07
Paul Dukas - L' apprenti sorcier Julian Anderson - Fantasias Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, Op 14
36. Chopin-Ravel
2010-08-12
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Encore - Gluck, transcribed Sgambati: Excerpt from Orfeo et Eurydice Nelson Freire: piano Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë – Suite No. 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra Lionel Bringuier conductor Katy Derham, Hostess
37. Verdi-Dallapiccola-Bruch-Schumann
2010-08-13
Verdi: La forza del destino – overture (8 mins) Dallapiccola Partita (27 mins) Sarah Tynan: soprano Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor (25 mins) James Ehnes: violin Encore - Paganini: Caprice 16 Schumann Symphony No. 4 in D minor (revised version) (38 mins) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda conductor Vocals with fixed English subtitles Commentary in English Interval cut
39. J.S. Bach
2010-08-14
J. S. Bach, orch. Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (10 mins) J. S. Bach, orch. Henry Wood: 'Suite No. 6' - Prelude; Finale (6 mins) Tarik O'Regan: Latent Manifest (5 mins) (BBC commission: world premiere) Walton: The Wise Virgins – suite (21 mins) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton conductor During interval: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, recorded earlier in the day English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor Grainger: Blithe Bells (4 mins) J. S. Bach, arr. Sargent: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 - Air (6 mins) Alissa Firsova: Bach Allegro (5 mins) (BBC commission: world premiere) J. S. Bach, arr. Bantock: Chorale Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns due Stimme', BWV 645 (5 mins) J. S. Bach, arr. Respighi: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (13 mins) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton conductor Commentary in English
42. In memoriam Benjamin Britten
2010-08-17
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (7 mins) Britten: Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' (17 mins) Huw Watkins: Violin Concerto (BBC commission: world premiere) (20 mins) Alina Ibragimova: violin Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor (50 mins) BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner conductor
46. The Philharmonia Orchestra
2010-08-20
The Philharmonia Orchestra play Mosolov's The Foundry, Pärt's Symphony No. 4 "Los Angeles", Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand & Scriabin's The Poem of Ecstasy.
49. A Celebration of Rogers & Hammerstein
2010-08-22
Oklahoma: excerpts (13 mins) Carousel: excerpts (26 mins) South Pacific: excerpts (17 mins) The King and I: (arr. Edward B. Powell) Overture (6 mins) Flower Drum Song: excerpts (11 mins) The Sound of Music: excerpts (12 mins) Cast includes: Kim Criswell Sierra Boggess Anna-Jane Casey Julian Ovenden Rod Gilfry Maida Vale Singers John Wilson Orchestra John Wilson conductor
54. Turnage-Barber-Sibelius
2010-08-26
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Hammered Out (BBC co-commission with LA Philharmonic: world premiere) (c15 mins) Barber: Violin Concerto (25 mins) Encore: J. S. Bach: Gavotte en rondeau from Violin Partita 3 Gil Shaham: violin Sibelius Symphony: No. 2 in D major (40 mins) BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson conductor Commentary in English
55. Jamie Cullum & The Heritage Orchestra
2010-08-27
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62. Hindemith-Mahler-Bruckner
2010-08-31
Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' (27 mins) Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (17 mins) Christian Gerhaher: baritone Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (65 mins) Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Herbert Blomstedt conductor Commentary in English, vocals with fixed English subtitles Interval cut
63. Rameau-Canteloube-Matalon
2010-09-01
Rameau: Dardanus – suite (18 mins) Canteloube: Songs from the Auvergne – selection (25 mins): Pastourelle Deux Bourrées: N'ai pas iéu de mio Une jionto pastouro Té, l'co té! Bailero Malurous qu'o uno fenno Anna Caterina Antonacci: soprano Martin Matalon: Lignes de fuite UK premiere) (18 mins) Mussorgsky, arr. Henry Wood: Pictures at an Exhibition (30 mins) BBC National Orchestra of Wales François-Xavier Roth conductor
66. Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker
2010-09-04
Wagner - Parsifal R. Strauss - Vier Letzte Lieder Schoenberg - Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 Webern - Six Pieces, Op 6 Berg - Three Pieces, Op 6
69. Royal Scottish National Orchestra
2010-09-06
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its French-born Music Director, Stéphane Denève, join Paul Lewis as he rounds off his cycle of the five Beethoven piano concertos with the last and most proudly majestic of them all. Taking up this afternoon's Italian theme, they play spectacular orchestral showpieces by Berlioz and Respighi, inspired respectively by Rome's lively street life and its imperial past; while, cementing Celtic connections, they introduce a recent symphonic suite drawn from the Scottish composer James MacMillan's opera The Sacrifice, inspired by the medieval folk tales of The Mabinogion and premiered to great acclaim by Welsh National Opera in 2007. * Berlioz Overture 'Roman Carnival' (9 mins) * Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' (38 mins) * interval * James Macmillan The Sacrifice – Three Interludes (London premiere) (15 mins) * Respighi Pines of Rome (23 mins) * Paul Lewis piano * Royal Scottish National Orchestra * Stéphane Denève conductor
76. Last Night of The Proms
2010-09-11
Tradition meets high jinks as Jiří Bělohlávek conducts his second Last Night, while the spirit of Henry Wood presides, as always, over the grand finale of the Proms. Renée Fleming lends her lustrous soprano to music by Strauss, Dvořák and Smetana. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Maxim Rysanov gives Tchaikovsky's popular cello variations a new voice, and loyal Prommers can spot the last traces of the season's Wood, Parry, Wagner, Rodgers and Hammerstein and opera themes. A festive new piece by Jonathan Dove opens the evening; a contemporary hornpipe forms an upbeat to anniversary composer Arne's Rule, Britannia!; and audiences around the UK can join the Royal Albert Hall crowd in singing along to excerpts from Lohengrin and Carousel in a climax to the BBC's opera season
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