Prom 1
Friday 15 July
7.30pm – c. 9.40pm
Royal Albert Hall
Judith Weir
Stars, Night, Music and Light (c4 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture (11 mins)
Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major (20 mins)
INTERVAL
Janácek
Glagolitic Mass (45 mins)
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
Hibla Gerzmava soprano
Dagmar Pecková mezzo-soprano
Stefan Vinke tenor
Jan Martiník bass
David Goode organ
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jirí Belohlávek conductor
Prom 2: Rossini – William Tell
Saturday 16 July
6.30pm – c. 10.55pm
Royal Albert Hall
Rossini
William Tell (180 mins)
concert performance; sung in French.
Michele Pertusi baritone (William Tell)
John Osborn tenor (Arnold Melchthal)
Matthew Rose bass (Walter Furst)
Frédéric Caton bass (Melchthal)
Elena Xanthoudakis soprano (Jemmy)
Nicolas Courjal bass (Gesler)
Carlo Bosi tenor (Rodolphe)
Celso Albelo tenor (Ruodi)
Mark Stone baritone (Leuthold)
Malyn Byström soprano (Mathilde)
Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano (Hedwige)
Davide Malvestio bass (Huntsman)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome
Antonio Pappano conductor
Prom 3: Organ recital – Bach, Bingham, Alain & Liszt
Sunday 17 July
4.00pm – c. 5.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Alain
Litanies (5 mins)
Liszt
Prelude 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' (arr. Winterberger) (8 mins)
J. S. Bach
Chorale Prelude 'Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott', BWV 721 (5 mins)
Judith Bingham
The Everlasting Crown (c35 mins)
World Premiere
Stephen Farr organ
Prom 4: Brian – Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothic'
Sunday 17 July
7.00pm – c. 9.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Brian
Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'The Gothic' (110 mins)
Susan Gritton soprano
Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
Peter Auty tenor
Alastair Miles bass
CBSO Youth Chorus
Eltham College Boys' Choir
Southend Boys' and Girls' Choirs
Bach Choir
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Brighton Festival Chorus
Côr Caerdydd
Huddersfield Choral Society
London Symphony Chorus
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Proms Chamber Music 1: Esfahani plays Bach's Goldberg Variations
Monday 18 July
1.00pm – c. 2.00pm
Cadogan Hall
J. S. Bach
Goldberg Variations (55 mins)
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Prom 5: Messiaen, Dusapin & Beethoven
Monday 18 July
7.30pm – c. 9.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
Messiaen
Les offrandes oubliées (11 mins)
Pascal Dusapin
Morning in Long Island (Concerto No. 1 for large orchestra) (33 mins)
BBC co-commission with Radio France
UK Premiere
INTERVAL
Beethoven
Concerto in C major for Violin, Cello & Piano (Triple Concerto) (33 mins)
Martha Argerich piano
Renaud Capuçon violin
Gautier Capuçon cello
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung conductor
Prom 6: Weber, Brahms & Stravinsky
Tuesday 19 July
7.00pm – c. 9.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Weber
Oberon - overture (9 mins)
Brahms
Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Double Concerto) (32 mins)
INTERVAL
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (33 mins)
Renaud Capuçon violin
Gautier Capuçon cello
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung conductor
Prom 7: Schubert – String Quintet
Tuesday 19 July
10.00pm – c. 11.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Schubert
Quintet in C major, D956 (47 mins)
Belcea Quartet
Valentin Erben cello
Prom 8: Dvořák & Smetana
Wednesday 20 July
7.30pm – c. 10.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Dvorák
Cello Concerto in B minor (40 mins)
INTERVAL
Smetana
Má vlast (72 mins)
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
Prom 9: Sibelius, Bartók and Janáček
Thursday 21 July
7.30pm – c. 9.45pm
Royal Albert Hall
Sibelius
Scènes historiques - Suite No. 2 (19 mins)
Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major (23 mins)
INTERVAL
Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 3 (24 mins)
Janáček
Sinfonietta (24 mins)
András Schiff piano
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Prom 10: Debussy, Ravel & Falla
Friday 22 July
7.30pm – c. 9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
Debussy
Images - Gigues (7 mins)
Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole (15 mins)
Debussy
Images - Rondes de printemps (9 mins)
INTERVAL
Ravel
Alborado del gracioso (8 mins)
Falla
Nights in the Gardens of Spain (24 mins)
Debussy
Images - Ibéria (20 mins)
Steven Osborne piano
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena conductor
Prom 11: Human Planet Prom
Saturday 23 July
7.30pm – c. 9.45pm
Royal Albert Hall
Big-screen video projections and excerpts from Nitin Sawhney’s score for the acclaimed landmark BBC One series Human Planet.
Prom 12: Human Planet Prom
Sunday 24 July
11.00am – c. 1.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Big-screen video projections and excerpts from Nitin Sawhney’s score for the acclaimed landmark BBC One series Human Planet.
Prom 13: Verdi – Requiem
Sunday 24 July
7.00pm – c. 8.40pm
Royal Albert Hall
Verdi
Requiem (86 mins)
Marina Poplavskaya soprano
Sonia Ganassi mezzo-soprano
Joseph Calleja tenor
Ferruccio Furlanetto bass
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Chorus of Wales
London Philharmonic Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Proms Chamber Music 2: Purcell, Beamish & Brahms
Monday 25 July
1.00pm – c. 2.00pm
Cadogan Hall
Purcell
Fantasia No. 6 in F major (3 mins)
Purcell
Fantasia No. 7 in C minor (4 mins)
Sally Beamish
Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) (c12 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor (39 mins)
Julian Bliss clarinet
Elias Quartet
Prom 14: Mahler – Symphony No. 9
Monday 25 July
7.30pm – c. 8.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
Mahler
Symphony No. 9 (73 mins)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR)
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
Prom 15: Kodály, Bartók & Liszt
Tuesday 26 July
7.30pm – c. 9.55pm
Royal Albert Hall
Kodály
Dances of Galánta (16 mins)
Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 1 (24 mins)
INTERVAL
Liszt
A Faust Symphony (62 mins)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
London Philharmonic Choir (men's voices)
London Symphony Chorus (men's voices)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Prom 16: Berlioz, Fauré, Dusapin & Stravinsky
Wednesday 27 July
7.00pm – c. 9.05pm
Royal Albert Hall
Berlioz
Overture 'Le corsaire' (9 mins)
Faure
Pavane (7 mins)
Pascal Dusapin
String Quartet No. 6, 'Hinterland' ('Hapax' for string quartet and orchestra) (23 mins)
UK Premiere
INTERVAL
Stravinsky
The Firebird (46 mins)
Arditti Quartet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer conductor
Prom 17: World Routes Academy
Wednesday 27 July
10.00pm – c. 11.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
The latest graduate of BBC Radio 3’s World Routes Academy shares an evening with his mentor.
Prom 18: Beethoven, Dalbavie & Carter
Thursday 28 July
7.00pm – c. 9.25pm
Royal Albert Hall
Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major (27 mins)
Marc-André Dalbavie
Flute Concerto (18 mins)
London Premiere
INTERVAL
Elliott Carter
Flute Concerto (13 mins)
UK Premiere
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major (40 mins)
Emmanuel Pahud flute
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer conductor
Prom 19: Honegger, Bridge, Berg, Castiglioni & Debussy
Friday 29 July
7.30pm – c. 9.45pm
Royal Albert Hall
Honegger
Pacific 231 (7 mins)
Honegger
Pastorale d'été (8 mins)
Bridge
There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook (11 mins)
Berg
Der Wein (15 mins)
INTERVAL
Castiglioni
Inverno in-ver (22 mins)
Debussy
La Mer (24 mins)
Claire Booth soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen conductor
Prom 20: Horrible Histories – Free Family Prom
Saturday 30 July
11.00am – c. 1.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Anyone who has split their sides laughing at CBBC’s hit television series Horrible Histories now has the chance to see and hear the cast perform some of the most popular songs from the show in our Free Family Prom.
Prom 21: Strauss, Walton & Prokofiev
Saturday 30 July
7.30pm – c. 9.55pm
Royal Albert Hall
R. Strauss
Don Juan (17 mins)
Walton
Violin Concerto (32 mins)
INTERVAL
Prokofiev
Alexander Nevsky - cantata (40 mins)
R. Strauss
Salome - Dance of the Seven Veils (12 mins)
Midori violin
Nadezhda Serdiuk mezzo-soprano
CBSO Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons conductor
Prom 22: Rachmaninov
Sunday 31 July
7.00pm – c. 9.05pm
Royal Albert Hall
Rachmaninov
Spring (17 mins)
Rachmaninov
Aleko - Women's and Men's Dances (9 mins)
Rachmaninov
Three Russian Songs (14 mins)
INTERVAL
Rachmaninov
Vocalise (7 mins)
Rachmaninov
The Bells (38 mins)
Svetla Vassileva soprano
Misha Didyk tenor
Alexei Tanovitsky baritone
Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Proms Chamber Music 3: Les Talens Lyriques
Monday 1 August
1.00pm – c. 2.00pm
Cadogan Hall
F Couperin
Les nations - La Piemontaise (19 mins)
Lully
Les amours déguisés - 'Ah Rinaldo, e dovè sei?' (7 mins)
Rameau
Pièces de clavecin en concerts - Premier Concert (12 mins)
Montéclair
Cantata 'Morte di Lucretia' (14 mins)
Eugénie Warnier soprano
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset director, harpsichord
Prom 23: Beethoven, Saint-Saëns & Liszt
Monday 1 August
7.30pm – c. 9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (34 mins)
Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, 'Egyptian' (27 mins)
INTERVAL
Liszt
Dante Symphony (41 mins)
Stephen Hough piano
Julia Doyle soprano
CBSO Chorus (women's voices)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Prom 24: Elgar, Grainger & Strauss
Tuesday 2 August
7.00pm – c. 9.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Elgar
There is sweet music (4 mins)
Elgar
Violin Concerto (50 mins)
INTERVAL
Grainger
Irish Tune from County Derry (4 mins)
Grainger
Suite 'In a Nutshell' (20 mins)
R. Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (15 mins)
Tasmin Little violin
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
Prom 25: Grainger
Tuesday 2 August
10.15pm – c. 11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
Grainger
Green Bushes (9 mins)
Grainger
Molly on the Shore (5 mins)
Grainger
Shepherd's Hey - medley (12 mins)
Grainger
Early One Morning (5 mins)
Grainger
Shallow Brown (8 mins)
Grainger
Scotch Strathspey and Reel (9 mins)
Interspersed with traditional and contemporary folk music, including material which formed the basis for Grainger's arrangements
June Tabor singer
Wilson Family
BBC Singers (men's voices)
Kathryn Tickell Band
Northern Sinfonia
John Harle conductor
Prom 26: Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel
Wednesday 3 August
7.30pm – c. 9.55pm
Royal Albert Hall
Debussy
Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune (8 mins)
Henri Dutilleux
'Tout un monde lointain...' (27 mins)
Ravel
Boléro (15 mins)
INTERVAL
Ravel
Daphnis and Chloë (50 mins)
Lynn Harrell cello
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles conductor
Prom 27: Robin Holloway, Strauss & Brahms
Thursday 4 August
7.00pm – c. 9.05pm
Royal Albert Hall
Robin Holloway
Fifth Concerto for Orchestra (c25 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
R. Strauss
Four Last Songs (22 mins)
INTERVAL
Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (40 mins)
Hillevi Martinpelto soprano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles conductor
Prom 28: The Tallis Scholars
Thursday 4 August
10.00pm – c. 11.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Victoria
Dum complerentur (5 mins)
Victoria
Lamentations for Good Friday (15 mins)
Victoria
Officium defunctorum (Requiem) (42 mins)
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips conductor
Prom 29: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra plays Mahler
Friday 5 August
7.30pm – c. 9.10pm
Royal Albert Hall
Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (85 mins)
Miah Persson soprano
Anna Larsson mezzo-soprano
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Prom 30: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Saturday 6 August
6.30pm – c. 9.05pm
Royal Albert Hall
Gabriel Prokofiev
Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (21 mins)
Britten
Piano Concerto (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet - selection (50 mins)
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
DJ Switch dj (turntables)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Prom 31: Nigel Kennedy plays Bach
Saturday 6 August
10.00pm – c. 11.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
J. S. Bach
Solo violin works (c60 mins)
Nigel Kennedy violin
Prom 32: Brahms & Mahler
Sunday 7 August
7.00pm – c. 9.25pm
Royal Albert Hall
Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major (40 mins)
INTERVAL
Mahler
Das klagende Lied (original version) (68 mins)
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Melanie Diener soprano
Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton tenor
Christopher Purves baritone
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
Proms Chamber Music 4: Katia Buniatishvili plays Liszt & Prokofiev
Monday 8 August
1.00pm – c. 2.00pm
Cadogan Hall
Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor (30 mins)
Liszt
Liebesträume - No. 3: O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! (5 mins)
Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major (19 mins)
Khatia Buniatishvili piano
Prom 33: Sibelius, Grieg & Nielsen
Monday 8 August
7.30pm – c. 9.45pm
Royal Albert Hall
Sibelius
Symphony No. 6 in D minor (28 mins)
Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor (30 mins)
INTERVAL
Nielsen
Symphony No. 4, 'Inextinguishable' (35 mins)
Alice Sara Ott piano
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Prom 34: Bridge, Holt, Dupré & Saint-Saëns
Tuesday 9 August
7.00pm – c. 9.05pm
Royal Albert Hall
Bridge
Enter Spring (17 mins)
Bridge
Blow out you bugles (5 mins)
Simon Holt
Centauromachy (20 mins)
London Premiere
INTERVAL
Dupré
Cortège et litanie (6 mins)
Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, 'Organ' (36 mins)
Ben Johnson tenor
Robert Plane clarinet
Philippe Schartz flugelhorn
Thomas Trotter organ
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
François-Xavier Roth conductor
Prom 35: Liszt, Glière & Rachmaninov
Wednesday 10 August
7.00pm – c. 9.10pm
Royal Albert Hall
Liszt
Mazeppa (17 mins)
Glière
Concerto for Coloratura Soprano (14 mins)
INTERVAL
Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E minor (62 mins)
Ailish Tynan soprano
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits conductor
Prom 36: Steve Reich & Ensemble Modern
Wednesday 10 August
10.15pm – c. 11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
Steve Reich
Clapping Music (5 mins)
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint (15 mins)
Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians (55 mins)
Synergy Vocals
Ensemble Modern
Steve Reich director
Prom 37: Bridge, Brahms, Holst & Elgar
Thursday 11 August
7.30pm – c. 9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
Bridge
Overture 'Rebus' (9 mins)
Brahms
'Piano Concerto No. 3' in D major (after Violin Concerto) (arr. Lazić) (39 mins)
INTERVAL
Holst
Invocation (10 mins)
Elgar
Enigma Variations (28 mins)
Dejan Lazić piano
Julian Lloyd-Webber cello
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky conductor
Prom 38: Film Music Prom
Friday 12 August
7.00pm – c. 9.20pm
Royal Albert Hall
Herrmann
Music from The Man Who Knew Too Much, Citizen Kane, North by Northwest and Psycho (18 mins)
Ennio Morricone
Cinema Paradiso - theme (7 mins)
Walton
Henry V - suite (arr. Muir Mathieson) (21 mins)
INTERVAL
John Williams
Music from Star Wars, Schindler's List and Harry Potter (14 mins)
Jonny Greenwood
Norwegian Wood - suite (arr. Robert Ziegler) (10 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
Murder on the Orient Express - suite (8 mins)
Barry
Out of Africa - Love Theme (7 mins)
Various
Music from the James Bond films (10 mins)
Chloë Hanslip violin
BBC Concert Orchestra
Keith Lockhart conductor
Prom 39: Spaghetti Western Orchestra
Friday 12 August
10.15pm – c. 11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
The inventive Spaghetti Western Orchestra present their own unique take on Western soundtracks and the music of Ennio Morricone - look out for asthma inhalers, cereal packets and other unlikely instruments
Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Bennett, Dutilleux & Maconchy
Saturday 13 August
3.00pm – c. 4.30pm
Cadogan Hall
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
Dream Dancing (16 mins)
Henri Dutilleux
Les citations (14 mins)
Maconchy
Romanza (12 mins)
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
Jazz Calendar (30 mins)
Paul Silverthorne viola
London Sinfonietta
Nicholas Collon conductor
Prom 40: Comedy Prom
Saturday 13 August
7.30pm – c. 9.40pm
Royal Albert Hall
Musician, actor, comedian and rock ’n’ roll superstar Tim Minchin hosts a Proms first – a Comedy Prom.
Prom 41: Purcell & Britten
Sunday 14 August
7.00pm – c. 9.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Purcell
Chaconne in G minor (arr. Joby Talbot) (7 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
Britten
Cantata misericordium (20 mins)
Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem (20 mins)
INTERVAL
Britten
Spring Symphony (45 mins)
Amanda Roocroft soprano
Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
John Mark Ainsley tenor
Christopher Maltman baritone
Trinity Boys Choir
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
Proms Chamber Music 5: Britten & Bridge
Monday 15 August
1.00pm – c. 2.00pm
Cadogan Hall
Britten
Phantasy (14 mins)
Bridge
Three Idylls - No. 2 (3 mins)
Britten
Piano Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (4 mins)
London Premiere
Bridge
Piano Quintet (27 mins)
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Tom Poster piano
Aronowitz Ensemble
Prom 42: Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake
Monday 15 August
7.30pm – c. 10.05pm
Royal Albert Hall
Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (118 mins)
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev conductor
Prom 43: Copland, Bax, Barber, Bartók & Prokofiev
Tuesday 16 August
7.00pm – c. 10.35pm
Royal Albert Hall
Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man (3 mins)
Bax
Symphony No. 2 (39 mins)
INTERVAL
Barber
Adagio for strings (8 mins)
Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 2 (28 mins)
INTERVAL
Prokofiev
Symphony No. 4 in C major (revised version,1947) (37 mins)
Yuja Wang piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton conductor
Prom 44: Shostakovich, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
Wednesday 17 August
7.30pm – c. 10.05pm
Royal Albert Hall
Shostakovich
The Age of Gold - suite (16 mins)
Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor (39 mins)
INTERVAL
Stravinsky
Petrushka (1947 version) (34 mins)
Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini (22 mins)
Lisa Batiashvili violin
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Prom 45: Larcher & Bruckner
Thursday 18 August
7.00pm – c. 9.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Thomas Larcher
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (c25 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
INTERVAL
Bruckner
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (ed. Nowak) (75 mins)
Viktoria Mullova violin
Matthew Barley cello
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor
Prom 46: Viktoria Mullova & Matthew Barley
Thursday 18 August
10.15pm – c. 11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
Bratsch
Bi Lovengo (arr. Barley) (3 mins)
Lewis/Bratsch
Django (arr. Barley) (6 mins)
Kodály
Duo, Op. 7 (26 mins)
Zawinul
Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat (arr. Barley) (6 mins)
Matthew Barley
Yura (4 mins)
Zawinul
The Peasant (arr. Barley) (10 mins)
DuOud
For Nedim (For Nadia) (arr. Barley) (6 mins)
Viktoria Mullova violin
Matthew Barley cello
Julian Joseph piano
Paul Clarvis percussion
Sam Walton percussion
Prom 47: Brahms – Symphony No. 3 & Piano Concerto No. 1
Friday 19 August
7.00pm – c. 9.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major (38 mins)
INTERVAL
Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor (45 mins)
Emanuel Ax piano
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Bernard Haitink conductor
Prom 48: Brahms & Schumann
Friday 19 August
10.00pm – c. 11.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Brahms
Three Intermezzos, Op. 117 - Nos. 1 & 2 (7 mins)
Schumann
Introduction and Concert Allegro, Op. 134 (13 mins)
Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor (arr. Schoenberg) (42 mins)
Angela Hewitt piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor
Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Maxwell Davies, Aperghis &
Birtwistle
Saturday 20 August
3.00pm – c. 4.30pm
Cadogan Hall
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Il rozzo martello (12 mins)
Georges Aperghis
Champ-Contrechamp (c15 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
Harrison Birtwistle
Angel Fighter (35 mins)
UK Premiere
Andrew Watts counter-tenor
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts tenor
Nicolas Hodges piano
BBC Singers
London Sinfonietta
David Atherton conductor
Prom 49: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 & Symphony No. 4
Saturday 20 August
7.30pm – c. 9.40pm
Royal Albert Hall
Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major (50 mins)
INTERVAL
Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor (42 mins)
Emanuel Ax piano
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Bernard Haitink conductor
Prom 50: Britten, Colin Matthews & Mozart
Sunday 21 August
7.00pm – c. 9.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Britten
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (25 mins)
Colin Matthews
No Man’s Land (c20 mins)
World Premiere
INTERVAL
Mozart
Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr) (55 mins)
Emma Bell soprano
Renata Pokupić mezzo-soprano
Ian Bostridge tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
James Rutherford bass
Polyphony
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton conductor
Proms Chamber Music 6: Emmanuel Pahud & Eric Le Sage
Monday 22 August
1.00pm – c. 2.00pm
Cadogan Hall
Martinů
Flute Sonata (18 mins)
Henri Dutilleux
Sonatine (9 mins)
Prokofiev
Flute Sonata (24 mins)
Emmanuel Pahud flute
Eric Le Sage piano
Prom 51: Wagner, Liszt, Kevin Volans & Brahms
Monday 22 August
7.30pm – c. 9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - overture (10 mins)
Liszt
La notte (12 mins)
Kevin Volans
Piano Concerto No. 3 (c30 mins)
BBC co-commission with RTÉ:
World Premiere
INTERVAL
Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (45 mins)
Barry Douglas piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
Prom 52: Prokofiev & Dutilleux
Tuesday 23 August
7.30pm – c. 9.40pm
Royal Albert Hall
Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D major, 'Classical' (15 mins)
Henri Dutilleux
L'arbre des songes (25 mins)
INTERVAL
Henri Dutilleux
Slava’s Fanfare (4 mins)
Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (43 mins)
Leonidas Kavakos violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor
Prom 53: Stravinsky, Ravel & Tchaikovsky
Wednesday 24 August
7.00pm – c. 9.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements (20 mins)
Ravel
Shéhérazade (17 mins)
INTERVAL
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor (42 mins)
Susan Graham mezzo-soprano
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Sir Colin Davis conductor
Prom 54: Marc–André Hamelin plays Liszt
Wednesday 24 August
10.00pm – c. 11.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Liszt
Legend No. 2, 'St Francis of Paola Walking on the Water' (9 mins)
Liszt
Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H (12 mins)
Liszt
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude (18 mins)
Liszt
Venezia e Napoli (18 mins)
Marc-André Hamelin piano
Prom 55: Handel – Rinaldo
Thursday 25 August
7.00pm – c. 10.25pm
Royal Albert Hall
Handel
Rinaldo (140 mins)
(semi-staged; sung in Italian)
Sonia Prina contralto (Rinaldo)
Varduhi Abrahamyan mezzo-soprano (Goffredo)
Tim Mead counter-tenor (Eustazio)
Sandrine Piau soprano (Almirena)
Brenda Rae soprano (Armida)
Luca Pisaroni bass-baritone (Argante)
William Towers counter-tenor (A Christian Magician)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ottavio Dantone conductor
Prom 56: Strauss & Mahler
Friday 26 August
7.30pm – c. 9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
R. Strauss
Burleske (20 mins)
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in A minor (85 mins)
Kirill Gerstein piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Proms Saturday Matinee 3: Hildegard, Britten, Birtwistle & Wishart
Saturday 27 August
3.00pm – c. 4.30pm
Cadogan Hall
Hildegard of Bingen
Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum - selection (10 mins)
Britten
Sacred and Profane (14 mins)
Harrison Birtwistle
Narration: A Description of the Passing of a Year (10 mins)
Stevie Wishart
Out of This World (c25 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
BBC Singers
Sinfonye
Robert Hollingworth conductor
Stevie Wishart conductor
Prom 57: Anders Hillborg, Mozart & Beethoven
Saturday 27 August
7.30pm – c. 9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
Anders Hillborg
Cold Heat (13 mins)
UK Premiere
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 (31 mins)
INTERVAL
Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' (50 mins)
Maria João Pires piano
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman conductor
Prom 58: Mendelssohn – Elijah
Sunday 28 August
7.00pm – c. 9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
Mendelssohn
Elijah (128 mins)
(sung in English)
Rosemary Joshua soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Robert Murray tenor
Simon Keenlyside baritone
Taplow Youth Choir
Ulster Youth Chamber Choir
Chetham's Chamber Choir
North East Youth Choir
Wrocław Philharmonic Choir
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh conductor
Proms Chamber Music 7: Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
Monday 29 August
1.00pm – c. 2.00pm
Cadogan Hall
Graham Fitkin
L (10 mins)
London Premiere
Egberto Gismonti/Geraldo Carneira
Bodas de prata and Quatro cantos (10 mins)
Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G minor (34 mins)
Yo Yo Ma cello
Kathryn Stott piano
Prom 59: Hooray for Hollywood
Monday 29 August
7.30pm – c. 9.35pm
Royal Albert Hall
The Proms goes to the movies with John Wilson and his Orchestra in a celebration of the Golden Age of Hollywood film musicals.
Prom 60: Mozart & Bruckner
Tuesday 30 August
7.30pm – c. 10.05pm
Royal Albert Hall
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 (33 mins)
INTERVAL
Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor (85 mins)
David Fray piano
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden conductor
Prom 61: Fitkin & Beethoven
Wednesday 31 August
7.30pm – c. 9.45pm
Royal Albert Hall
Graham Fitkin
Cello Concerto (c27 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
INTERVAL
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (70 mins)
Yo Yo Ma cello
Christine Brewer soprano
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence tenor
Iain Paterson bass-baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson conductor
Prom 62: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday 1 September
7.30pm – c. 9.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
Webern
Passacaglia, Op. 1 (11 mins)
Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (24 mins)
INTERVAL
Albéniz
Iberia - Triana; El Puerto; Fête-Dieu à Séville (16 mins)
Rimsky Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol (15 mins)
Gil Shaham violin
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta conductor
Prom 63: Liszt & Mahler
Friday 2 September
7.00pm – c. 9.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Liszt
Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Mephisto Waltz No. 1) (12 mins)
Mahler
Blumine (7 mins)
Liszt
Totentanz (15 mins)
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major (55 mins)
Dejan Lazić piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer conductor
Prom 64: Audience Choice
Friday 2 September
10.00pm – c. 11.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Create your own Prom! Tonight the audience choose what they would like to hear, selecting from the Budapest Festival Orchestra‘s music library.
Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Tippett, Tavener & Gubaidulina
Saturday 3 September
3.00pm – c. 4.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
Tippett
The Windhover (3 mins)
Tippett
Plebs angelica (4 mins)
Sir John Tavener
Popule meus (14 mins)
UK Premiere
Tippett
Little Music for Strings (11 mins)
Sofia Gubaidulina
The Canticle of the Sun (42 mins)
Natalie Clein cello
BBC Singers
Britten Sinfonia
David Hill conductor
Prom 65: Elgar, Berkeley, Rachmaninov & Kodály
Saturday 3 September
7.00pm – c. 9.15pm
Royal Albert Hall
Elgar
Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)' (15 mins)
Michael Berkeley
Organ Concerto (20 mins)
London Premiere
INTERVAL
Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (25 mins)
Kodály
Háry János - suite (24 mins)
Marc-André Hamelin piano
David Goode organ
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen conductor
Prom 66: Organ recital - Thierry Escaich
Sunday 4 September
4.00pm – c. 5.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Thierry Escaich
Overture in the Baroque Style (improvisation) (c5 mins)
J. S. Bach
Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BWV 659 (4 mins)
Thierry Escaich
Evocation III (on 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland') (5 mins)
UK Premiere
Reger
Chorale Prelude 'Jauchz, Erd, und Himmel, juble hell', Op. 67 No. 15 (3 mins)
Franck
Chorale No. 2 in B minor (14 mins)
Liszt
Adagio in D flat major, S759 (5 mins)
Thierry Escaich
Triptych on Themes by Liszt (improvisation) (c15 mins)
Thierry Escaich organ
Prom 67: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis
Sunday 4 September
7.00pm – c. 8.40pm
Royal Albert Hall
Beethoven
Missa Solemnis (90 mins)
Carmen Giannattasio soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Paul Groves tenor
Matthew Rose bass
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis conductor
Proms Chamber Music 8: Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt
Monday 5 September
1.00pm – c. 2.00pm
Cadogan Hall
Mozart
Violin Sonata in A major, K526 (22 mins)
Bartók
Violin Sonata No. 1 (34 mins)
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Lars Vogt piano
Prom 68: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Hélène Grimaud
Monday 5 September
7.30pm – c. 10.20pm
Royal Albert Hall
Braunfels
Fantastic Appearances of a Theme of Hector Berlioz (47 mins)
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor (45 mins)
Hélène Grimaud piano
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck conductor
Prom 69: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Anne-Sophie Mutter
Tuesday 6 September
7.30pm – c. 9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
Wagner
Lohengrin - Prelude, Act 1 (9 mins)
Wolfgang Rihm
Gesungene Zeit (24 mins)
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (73 mins)
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck conductor
Prom 70: Bridge, Birtwistle & Holst
Wednesday 7 September
7.00pm – c. 9.10pm
Royal Albert Hall
Bridge
Isabella (13 mins)
Harrison Birtwistle
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (25 mins)
UK Premiere
INTERVAL
Holst
The Planets (50 mins)
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Holst Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson conductor
Prom 71: Tribute to Stan Kenton
Wednesday 7 September
10.15pm – c. 11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
We salute the artistry and creative ambition of jazz legend Stan Kenton, born 100 years ago.
Prom 72: Philadelphia Orchestra & Janine Jansen
Thursday 8 September
7.30pm – c. 9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall
Sibelius
Finlandia (8 mins)
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances (36 mins)
Ravel
La valse (12 mins)
Janine Jansen violin
Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit conductor
Prom 73: Weber arr. Berlioz – Der Freischütz
Friday 9 September
7.30pm – c. 10.25pm
Royal Albert Hall
Weber
Der Freischütz (135 mins)
(French version, 1841, with recitatives by Berlioz; concert performance)
Andrew Kennedy tenor (Max)
Sophie Karthäuser soprano (Agathe)
Gidon Saks bass (Kaspar)
Virginie Pochon soprano (Ännchen)
Matthew Brook bass-baritone (Kuno)
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
Proms in the Park - Hyde Park
Saturday 10 September
5.30pm – c. 10.45pm
Proms in the Park
The BBC Proms in the Park experience offers a live open-air concert with high-profile artists and presenters, culminating in a BBC Big Screen link-up to the Royal Albert Hall and a firework finale in the park.
Prom 74: Last Night of the Proms
Saturday 10 September
7.30pm – c. 10.45pm
Royal Albert Hall
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Musica benevolens (c4 mins)
Musicians Benevolent Fund commission:
World Premiere
Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin - suite (20 mins)
Wagner
Götterdämmerung - Immolation Scene (18 mins)
Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (19 mins)
INTERVAL
Chopin
Grande Polonaise brillante, Op. 22 (9 mins)
Grainger
Mo nighean dubh (My Dark-Haired Maiden) (4 mins)
Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (20 mins)
Rodgers
The Sound of Music - 'Climb ev'ry mountain' (arr.Jackson) (4 mins)
Rodgers
Carousel - 'You'll never walk alone' (arr. Jackson) (3 mins)
Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') (8 mins)
Arne
Rule Britannia (8 mins)
Parry
Jerusalem (orch. Elgar) (4 mins)
Traditional
The National Anthem (2 mins)
Lang Lang piano
Susan Bullock soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
