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RADIO-LISTS: PROMS 2014
Unofficial Listings for the 120th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts: 18th July - 13th September

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Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
Friday 18 July
7.30pm – c9.10pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Elgar
The Kingdom, Op. 51 (90 mins)
Erin Wall soprano (Blessed Virgin)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano (Mary Magdalene)
Andrew Staples tenor (St John)
Christopher Purves baritone (St Peter)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor


Prom 2: Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky & Liszt
Saturday 19 July
7.30pm – c10.25pm
Royal Albert Hall

Elgar
Military March, 'Pomp and Circumstance' in G major, Op 39.4 (6 mins)
Tchaikovsky
Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet' (20 mins)
Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (19 mins)
INTERVAL
Qigang Chen
Joie éternelle (25 mins)
UK premiere
Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel) (35 mins)
Haochen Zhang piano, Proms debut artist
Alison Balsom trumpet
China Philharmonic Orchestra
Long Yu conductor, Proms debut artist


Prom 3: BBC Sport Prom
Sunday 20 July
10.30am – c12.45pm
Royal Albert Hall

Programme to include:

Mozart
A Musical Joke – Presto
Orff
Carmina Burana – 'O Fortuna'
Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet – Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights)
Josef Strauss
Sport Polka
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
plus TV themes including 'Match of the Day', 'Test Match Special' and 'Wimbledon'
Gabby Logan presenter, Proms debut artist
Robin Cousins special guest
Kenny Logan special guest
Phil Tufnell special guest
Anna Watkins special guest
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rebecca Miller conductor

Prom 4: World Orchestra for Peace, Valery Gergiev
Sunday 20 July
7.30pm – c10.00pm
Royal Albert Hall

Roxanna Panufnik
Three Paths to Peace (12 mins)
European premiere
Richard Strauss
Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65 (20 mins)
– symphonic fantasia
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in A minor (77 mins)
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev conductor


Proms Chamber Music 1: Les Arts Florissants
Monday 21 July
1.00pm – c2.00pm 
Cadogan Hall

Rameau
Pièces de clavecin en concerts (53 mins)

Premier concert : La Coulicam, La Livri - Rondeau gracieux, Le Vézinet
Deuxième concert : La Laborde, La Boucon, L'Agaçante, Premier Menuet et Deuxième Menuet
Troisième concert : La Lapoplinière, La Timide, Premier Tambourin et Deuxième Tambourin en Rondeau
Quatrième concert : La Pantomime, L'Indiscrète, La Rameau
Cinquième concert : La Forqueray, La Cupis, La Marais

Les Arts Florissants
Paolo Zanzu harpsichord/director


Prom 5: Beethoven, Dvořák & R.Strauss
Monday 21 July
7.30pm – c9.50pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (18 mins)
Dvořák
Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53 (32 mins)
INTERVAL
Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral', Op 68 (40 mins)
Julia Fischer violin
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman conductor


Prom 6: Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier
Tuesday 22 July
6.30pm – c10.40pm
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier (185 mins)
Kate Royal soprano (Marschallin)
Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano (Octavian)
Lars Woldt bass, Proms debut artist (Baron Ochs)
Teodora Gheorghiu soprano, Proms debut artist (Sophie)
Michael Kraus baritone, Proms debut artist (Herr von Faninal)
Miranda Keys soprano (Marianne)
Christopher Gillett tenor (Valzacchi)
Helene Schneiderman mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Annina)
Gwynne Howell bass (Notary)
Andrej Dunaev tenor, Proms debut artist (Italian Singer)
Robert Wörle tenor, Proms debut artist (Innkeeper)
Scott Conner bass, Proms debut artist (Police Inspector)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Robin Ticciati conductor


Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bartók & Tavener
Wednesday 23 July
6.30pm – c9.00pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Tavener
Gnosis (12 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Bartók
Concerto for Violin No. 2, Sz 112 (38 mins)
INTERVAL
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op 93 (53 mins)
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Isabelle Faust violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor


Prom 8: Pet Shop Boys
Wednesday 23 July
10.15pm – c11.40pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe
Overture to 'Performance' (arr. R. Niles) (8 mins)
Four Songs in A minor (orch. A. Badalamenti) (20 mins)
('Vocal', 'Love is a Catastrophe', 'Later Tonight', 'Rent')
A Man from the Future (orch. S. Helbig) (45 mins)
World premiere
Pet Shop Boys
Chrissie Hynde vocalist
Juliet Stevenson narrator
BBC Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra
Dominic Wheeler conductor


Prom 9: Brahms & Janáček
Thursday 24 July
7.30pm – c9.45pm
Royal Albert Hall

Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor (49 mins)
INTERVAL
Janáček
Glagolitic Mass (original version, reconstructed P. Wingfield) (43 mins)
Barry Douglas piano
Mlada Khudoley soprano
Yulia Matochkina mezzo-soprano
Mikhail Vekua tenor
Yuri Vorobiev bass
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor


Prom 10: Elgar, Walton, Moeran & David Horne
Friday 25 July
7.30pm – c9.50pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Walton
Variations on a Theme by Hindemith (23 mins)
Moeran
Violin Concerto (33 mins)
INTERVAL
David Horne
Daedalus in Flight (11 mins)
London premiere
Elgar
'Enigma' Variations (29 mins)
Tasmin Little violin
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena conductor


Prom 11: CBeebies Prom
Saturday 26 July
11.00am – c11.50am 
Royal Albert Hall

Programme to include:
Barrie Bignold
Around Sound
BBC commission: world premiere
Holst
St Paul's Suite – Finale (The Dargason)
Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs – Hornpipe
plus music from CBeebies programmes

Presenters to include:
Ben Faulks (Mr Bloom), Proms debut artist
Gemma Hunt (from 'Swashbuckle')
Chris Jarvis (from 'Show Me, Show Me'), Proms debut artist
Steven Kynman (Robert the Robot), Proms debut artist

BBC Philharmonic
Stephen Bell conductor


Prom 12: Bach – St John Passion
Saturday 26 July
8.00pm – c10.15pm
Royal Albert Hall

Bach
St John Passion, BWV 245 (120 mins)
James Gilchrist tenor (Evangelist)
Neal Davies bass-baritone (Christus)
Lucy Crowe soprano
Clint van der Linde counter-tenor, Proms debut artist
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Rudolf Rosen baritone, Proms debut artist
Zürcher Sing-Akademie
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Sir Roger Norrington conductor


Prom 13: CBeebies Prom
Sunday 27 July
11.00am – c11.50am
Royal Albert Hall

Programme to include:
Barrie Bignold
Around Sound
BBC commission: world premiere
Holst
St Paul's Suite – Finale (The Dargason)
Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs – Hornpipe
plus music from CBeebies programmes

Presenters to include
Ben Faulks (Mr Bloom)
Gemma Hunt (from 'Swashbuckle')
Chris Jarvis (from 'Show Me, Show Me')
Steven Kynman (Robert the Robot)

BBC Philharmonic
Stephen Bell conductor


Prom 14: Duruflé, Ravel and Simon Holt
Sunday 27 July
7.30pm – c9.45pm
Royal Albert Hall

Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales (orchestral version) (17 mins)
Simon Holt
Morpheus Wakes (15 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Ravel
La valse (13 mins)
INTERVAL
Duruflé
Requiem, Op 9 (42 mins)
Emmanuel Pahud flute
Gerald Finley baritone
Ruby Hughes soprano
BBC National Chorus of Wales
National Youth Choir of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer conductor


Proms Chamber Music 2: C. P. E. Bach
Monday 28 July
1.00pm – c2.00pm 
Cadogan Hall

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Trio Sonata in A major (13 mins)
Violin Sonata in C minor (17 mins)
Keyboard Sonata in E minor ('Kenner und Liebhaber' Collection No. 5), Wq 59/1 (8 mins)
Trio Sonata in C minor, 'Sanguineus and Melancholicus' (14 mins)
Rachel Podger violin
Katy Bircher flute, Proms debut artist
Bojan Cičić violin, Proms debut artist
Tomasz Pokrzywiński cello, Proms debut artist
Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano, Proms debut artist


Prom 15: Mozart, Ravel & Jonathan Dove
Monday 28 July
7.30pm – c10.05pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Jonathan Dove
Gaia Theory (20 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Mozart
Concerto for Piano No. 23 in A major, K 488 (27 mins)
INTERVAL
Ravel
Daphnis and Chloe (60 mins)
Ingrid Fliter piano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons conductor, Proms debut artist


Prom 16: Oriental Promise
Tuesday 29 July
6.30pm – c8.55pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Balakirev
Islamey – oriental fantasy (orch. Lyapunov) (9 mins)
Holst
Beni Mora, Op 29.1 (15 mins)
Gabriel Prokofiev
Violin Concerto (25 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
INTERVAL
Mozart
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 (6 mins)
– overture
Handel
Solomon, HWV 67 (4 mins)
– overture (arr. Beecham)
Respighi
Belkis, Queen of Sheba (25 mins)
Daniel Hope violin
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Sascha Goetzel conductor, Proms debut artist


Prom 17: Rameau – Grands Motets
Tuesday 29 July
10.00pm – c11.15pm
Royal Albert Hall

Rameau
Deus noster refugium (27 mins)
Quam dilecta tabernacula (21 mins)
In convertendo Dominus (23 mins)
Rachel Redmond soprano
Katherine Watson soprano, Proms debut artist
Reinoud Van Mechelen high tenor, Proms debut artist
Cyril Auvity tenor, Proms debut artist
Marc Mauillon baritone
Cyril Costanzo bass, Proms debut artist
Les Arts Florrisants
William Christie conductor


Prom 18: Mahler, Ravel & Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Wednesday 30 July
7.30pm – c10.05pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Night's Black Bird (13 mins)
Ravel
Concerto for Piano in D major for the Left Hand (18 mins)
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (73 mins)
Alexandre Tharaud piano
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena conductor


Prom 19: R. Strauss & Elgar
Thursday 31 July
7.30pm – c10.05pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Festival Prelude (11 mins)
Deutsche Motette, Op. 62 (19 mins)
Four Last Songs (24 mins)
INTERVAL
Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op 63 (57 mins)
Inger Dam-Jensen soprano
BBC Singers
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor


Prom 20: Walton, Gurney & Sally Beamish
Friday 1 August
7.30pm – c9.40pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Gurney
War Elegy (11 mins)
Sally Beamish
The Singing (22 mins)
London premiere
INTERVAL
Walton
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor (47 mins)
James Crabb accordion
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor


Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Armonia Atenea – Greek Myths
Saturday 2 August
3.00pm – c4.30pm 
Cadogan Hall

Handel
Alessandro, HWV 21 (6 mins)
– overture
Johann Adolf Hasse
Artemisia (5 mins)
– overture
Paisiello
Olimpiade (5 mins)
– 'E mi lasci così?' ... 'Ne' giorni tuoi felici'
Lully
Phaeton (10 mins)
– suite
Vivaldi
Giustino, RV 717 (9 mins)
– 'Vedrò con mio diletto'
Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice (10 mins)
– Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Dance of the Furies
Iphigénie en Aulide (4 mins)
– 'Ma fille, Jupiter'
Paisiello
Olimpiade (7 mins)
– 'Scogli, oh Dio! le sue catene'
Myrsini Margariti soprano, Proms debut artist
Irini Karaianni mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou conductor


Prom 21: The John Wilson Orchestra – Kiss Me, Kate
Saturday 2 August
7.30pm – c10.30pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Porter
Kiss Me, Kate (165 mins)
Ben Davis singer, Proms debut artist (Fred Graham / Petruchio)
Alexandra Silber singer, Proms debut artist (Lilli Vanessi / Katherine)
Tony Yazbeck singer, Proms debut artist (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio)
Louise Dearman singer, Proms debut artist (Lois Lane / Bianca)
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson conductor


Prom 22: War Horse Prom
Sunday 3 August
4.30pm – c6.00pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Programme to include:
Bridge
Summer
Elgar
Two Partsongs, Op. 26 – The Snow
Holst
Ave Maria; Home they brought her warrior dead
Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin – excerpts
Adrian Sutton
War Horse Suite
Life-Size War Horse Puppets by the Handspring Puppet Company, Proms debut artist
Proms Military Wives Choir
Gareth Malone conductor, Proms debut artist
Cambiata North West
BBC Concert Orchestra
David Charles Abell conductor


Prom 23: Mozart – Requiem
Sunday 3 August
8.00pm – c10.15pm 
Royal Albert Hall

John McLeod
The Sun Dances (13 mins)
London premiere
Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Mozart
Requiem in D minor (compl. Robert D. Levin) (50 mins)
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Ovenden tenor
Neal Davies bass
National Youth Choir of Scotland
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles conductor


Proms Chamber Music 3: R. Strauss & Mozart
Monday 4 August
1.00pm – c2.00pm
Cadogan Hall

Mozart
Serenade in C minor, K388 (25 mins)
Richard Strauss
Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments (23 mins)
London Winds
Michael Collins conductor


Prom 24: Vaughan Williams & Mahler
Monday 4 August
6.30pm – c8.25pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (15 mins)
Mahler
Symphony No. 9 (85 mins)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles conductor


Prom 25: The Tallis Scholars sing Tavener
Monday 4 August
9.15pm – c10.30pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Tavener
Ikon of Light (41 mins)
Requiem Fragments (25 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Heath Quartet
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips conductor


Prom 26: Shostakovich & Berio
Tuesday 5 August
7.30pm – c9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall

Berio
Sinfonia (33 mins)
INTERVAL
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op 43 (64 mins)
London Voices
European Union Youth Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor


Prom 27: Wagner, Elgar & Mathias
Wednesday 6 August
7.00pm – c9.25pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Wagner
Das Liebesverbot, WWV 38 (9 mins)
– overture
Mathias
Violin Concerto (39 mins)
London premiere
INTERVAL
Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op 55 (53 mins)
Matthew Trusler violin, Proms debut artist
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Mark Wigglesworth conductor


Prom 28: Beethoven, Luca Francesconi & Stravinsky
Thursday 7 August
7.30pm – c9.40pm
Royal Albert Hall

Beethoven
Egmont – overture, Op 84 (9 mins)
Brett Dean
Electric Preludes (25 mins)
UK premiere
INTERVAL
Stravinsky
Oedipus rex (51 mins)
Rory Kinnear narrator
Francesco D'Orazio electric violin, Proms debut artist
Allan Clayton tenor (Oedipus)
Hilary Summers mezzo-soprano (Jocasta)
Juha Uusitalo baritone (Creon)
Brindley Sherratt bass (Tiresias)
Duncan Rock baritone, Proms debut artist (Messenger)
Samuel Boden tenor (Shepherd)
BBC Singers (men's voices)
BBC Symphony Chorus (men's voices)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Prom 29: Chopin, Franck, Saint-Saëns & Casella
Friday 8 August
6.30pm – c9.10pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Casella
Elegia eroica (16 mins)
Chopin
Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op 11 (38 mins)
INTERVAL
Franck
Variations symphoniques (16 mins)
Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, 'Organ' (35 mins)
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
David Goode organ
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor


Prom 30: Battle of the Bands
Friday 8 August
10.15pm – c11.30pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Clare Teal singer/presenter
Gregory Porter singer
Count Pearson Proms Band
James Pearson conductor, Proms debut artist
Duke Windsor Proms Band
Grant Windsor conductor, Proms debut artist


Proms Saturday Matinee 2
Sibelius, Honegger, C. P. E Bach, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Saturday 9 August
3.00pm – c4.30pm
Cadogan Hall

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in B minor, 'Hamburg' (8 mins)
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Endless Parade (18 mins)
Honegger
Pastorale d'été (8 mins)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Sinfonia (20 mins)
Sibelius
Rakastava (15 mins)
Håkan Hardenberger trumpet
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgårds conductor


Prom 31: Elgar, Beethoven, Berlioz & Helen Grime
Saturday 9 August
7.30pm – c9.45pm
Royal Albert Hall

Berlioz
Overture 'Le corsaire' (10 mins)
Elgar
Sea Pictures, Op 37 (23 mins)
INTERVAL
Helen Grime
Near Midnight (10 mins)
London premiere
Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica', Op 55 (47 mins)
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conductor


Prom 32: Beethoven, Bruch & Walton
Sunday 10 August
4.00pm – c6.20pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op 21 (26 mins)
Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (25 mins)
INTERVAL
Walton
Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario (arr. C. Palmer) (50 mins)
John Hurt narrator
London Philharmonic Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell violin
Neville Marriner conductor


Prom 33: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Sunday 10 August
7.45pm – c10.00pm
Royal Albert Hall

Stravinsky
Petrushka (1911 version) (35 mins)
Prokofiev
Concerto for Piano No. 1 in D flat major, Op 10 (16 mins)
INTERVAL
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Sonance Severance 2000 (3 mins)
Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra (28 mins)
Louis Schwizgebel piano, Proms debut artist, New Generation Artist
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Edward Gardner conductor


Proms Chamber Music 4: Prokofiev & Schubert
Monday 11 August
1.00pm – c2.00pm 
Cadogan Hall

Prokofiev
Five Melodies (13 mins)
Sonata in C major for two violins (15 mins)
Schubert
Fantasie in C major, D934 (25 mins)
Janine Jansen violin
Sakari Oramo violin
Itamar Golan piano


Prom 34: R. Strauss, Mozart & Nielsen
Monday 11 August
7.30pm – c9.55pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Tod und Verklärung, Op 24 (26 mins)
Burleske (22 mins)
INTERVAL
Mozart
Rondo in A major for piano and orchestra, K386 (9 mins)
Nielsen
Symphony No. 5, FS97, Op 50 (36 mins)
Francesco Piemontesi piano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård conductor


Prom 35: Sibelius, Walton & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Tuesday 12 August
7.00pm – c9.20pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Caroline Mathilde (22 mins)
– suite from Act 2
Walton
Violin Concerto (31 mins)
INTERVAL
Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela (9 mins)
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (32 mins)
Mary Bevan soprano
Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist, New Generation Artist
James Ehnes violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård conductor


Prom 36: Vaughan Williams & Alwyn
Wednesday 13 August
6.30pm – c9.05pm
Royal Albert Hall

Vaughan Williams
The Wasps (9 mins)
– overture
Alwyn
Symphony No. 1 (41 mins)
Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending (15 mins)
INTERVAL
Vaughan Williams
Job: A Masque for Dancing (43 mins)
Janine Jansen violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Prom 37: Steve Reich
Wednesday 13 August
10.15pm – c11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall

Steve Reich
It's Gonna Rain (17 mins)
The Desert Music (chamber version) (48 mins)
BBC Singers
Endymion (formerly Endymion Ensemble)
David Hill conductor


Prom 38: Sibelius, Bridge & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Thursday 14 August
7.30pm – c10.05pm
Royal Albert Hall

Sibelius
Finlandia (9 mins)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Symphony No. 5 (27 mins)
Bridge
Oration (30 mins)
INTERVAL
Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major (46 mins)
Leonard Elschenbroich cello
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds conductor


Prom 39: R. Strauss, Rameau, Mozart and Bernard Rands
Friday 15 August
7.30pm – c10.00pm
Royal Albert Hall

Rameau
Les Indes galantes (16 mins)
– suite
Bernard Rands
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (25 mins)
UK premiere
INTERVAL
Mozart
Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K16 (13 mins)
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben, Op 40 (45 mins)
Jonathan Biss piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Markus Stenz conductor


Prom 40: Bernard Haitink and the London Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 16 August
6.30pm – c8.30pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485 (27 mins)
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major (58 mins)
Camilla Tilling soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor


Prom 41: Aurora Orchestra
Saturday 16 August
10.15pm – c11.30pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 (28 mins)
Dobrinka Tabakova
Spinning a Yarn (7 mins)
Benedict Mason
Meld (c25 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Alexandra Wood violin, Proms debut artist
Stevie Wishart hurdy-gurdy
Chantage
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor


Prom 42: Lest We Forget
Sunday 17 August
7.30pm – c9.25pm
Royal Albert Hall

Stephan
Music for Orchestra (1912) (18 mins)
Kelly
Elegy for strings, in memoriam Rupert Brooke (9 mins)
Butterworth
Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' (orch. P. Brookes) (12 mins)
INTERVAL
Vaughan Williams
Pastoral Symphony (37 mins)
Allan Clayton tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor


Proms Chamber Music 5: R. Strauss & Wolf
Monday 18 August
1.00pm – c2.00pm
Cadogan Hall

Debussy
Proses lyriques (25mins)
Richard Strauss
Ach Lieb ich muss nun schneiden op. 21 No. 3 (2mins) Traum durch die Dämmerung op. 29 No. 1 (3mins) Das Rosenband op. 36 No. 1 (3.5mins) Geduld op. 10 No. 5 (7.5mins) Waldseligkeit op. 39 No. 1 (3.5mins) Wer lieben will, muss leiden op. 49 No. 7 (2.5mins) Ach was Kummer, Qual und Schmerzen op. 49 no. 8 (2.5mins) Anne Schwanewilms soprano
Malcolm Martineau piano


Prom 43: Rachmaninov, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
Monday 18 August
7.30pm – c9.40pm
Royal Albert Hall

Stravinsky
Scherzo fantastique, Op 3 (12 mins)
Rachmaninov
The Bells (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Stravinsky
Concerto for Violin in D major (22 mins)
Tchaikovsky
Overture '1812', Op 49 (16 mins)
Baiba Skride violin
Albina Shagimuratova soprano
Stuart Skelton tenor
Mikhail Petrenko baritone
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor


Prom 44: Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique
Tuesday 19 August
6.30pm – c9.00pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Don Juan (17 mins)
Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 (30 mins)
INTERVAL
Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique (54 mins)
Truls Mørk cello
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor


Prom 45: Late Night with … Laura Mvula
Tuesday 19 August
10.15pm – c11.30pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Songs to include:

Father, Father (5 mins)
Flying Without You (4 mins)
Make Me Lovely (5 mins)
She (4 mins)
Laura Mvula singer
ElectricVocals
Metropole Orchestra
Jules Buckley conductor


Prom 46: Daniel Barenboim and the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Wednesday 20 August
7.30pm – c9.45pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (5 mins)
– overture
Kareem Roustom
Ramal (12 mins)
UK premiere
Ayal Adler
Resonating Sounds (12 mins)
UK premiere
INTERVAL
Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole (17 mins)
Alborada del gracioso (7 mins)
Pavane pour une infante défunte (8 mins)
Boléro (16 mins)
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor


Prom 47: Britten – War Requiem
Thursday 21 August
7.30pm – c9.15pm
Royal Albert Hall

Britten
War Requiem, Op 66 (95 mins)
Susan Gritton soprano
Toby Spence tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann baritone
BBC Proms Youth Choir
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons conductor


Prom 48: Classical Tectonics
Friday 22 August
7.30pm – c10.00pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Haukur Tómasson
Magma (16 mins)
UK premiere
Schumann
Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op 54 (31 mins)
INTERVAL
Leifs
Geysir (10 mins)
Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor (33 mins)
Jonathan Biss piano
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor


Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales
Saturday 23 August
7.30pm – c10.00pm
Royal Albert Hall

Ravel
Ma mère l'oye (ballet) (29 mins)
Jukka Tiensuu
Voice verser (17 mins)
UK premiere
INTERVAL
Szymanowski
Songs of a Fairy-tale Princess, Op 31 (version with orchestra) (20 mins)
with three additional songs orchestrated by Sakari Oramo
UK premiere
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, Op 35 (42 mins)
Anu Komsi soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Prom 50: Dvořák, Beethoven & Janáček
Sunday 24 August
7.30pm – c9.50pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Janáček
From the House of the Dead (7 mins)
– overture
Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor (39 mins)
INTERVAL
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op 92 (42 mins)
Alisa Weilerstein cello
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor


Proms Chamber Music 6: Schubert, Mahler & R. Strauss
Monday 25 August
1.00pm – c2.00pm
Cadogan Hall

Mozart
Piano Sonata in D major, K311 (15 mins)
Mahler
Piano Quartet in A minor (11 mins)
Richard Strauss
Metamorphosen (version for septet) (arr. R. Leopold) (26 mins)
Louis Schwizgebel piano, Proms debut artist, New Generation Artist
Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka viola, Proms debut artist
Marcin Zdunik cello, Proms debut artist
Tomasz Januchta double bass, Proms debut artist
Royal String Quartet


Prom 51: Free Prom – Dvořák, Grieg, Bax & Bill Whelan
Monday 25 August
3.00pm – c5.15pm
Royal Albert Hall

Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in C major, Op. 46 No. 1 (5 mins)
Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op. 72 No. 2 (6 mins)
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46 No. 8 (5 mins)
Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor (28 mins)
INTERVAL
Bax
Roscatha (11 mins)
Bill Whelan
Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite (25 mins)
UK premiere
Zhang Zuo piano, Proms debut artist, New Generation Artist
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen conductor


Prom 52: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra
Monday 25 August
7.30pm – c9.35pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 14 in D minor (orch. I. Fischer) (3 mins)
Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major (orch. I. Fischer) (2 mins)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major (orch. I. Fischer) (3 mins)
Mozart
March in D major, K335/1 (4 mins)
Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished', D 759 (30 mins)
INTERVAL
Josef Strauss
Sphären-Klänge - waltz, Op 235 (8 mins)
Johann II Strauss
Vergnügungszug - quick polka, Op 281 (3 mins)
Dvořák
Legend in B flat minor, Op. 59 No. 10 (4 mins)
Kodály
Dances of Galánta (16 mins)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer conductor


Prom 53: Brahms Night
Tuesday 26 August
7.00pm – c9.05pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major (38 mins)
INTERVAL
Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor (40 mins)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer conductor


Prom 54: Beethoven – Missa solemnis
Tuesday 26 August
10.15pm – c11.30pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Beethoven
Missa solemnis (72 mins)
Lucy Crowe soprano
Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
Michael Spyres tenor, Proms debut artist
Matthew Rose bass
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor


Prom 55: Tchaikovsky, Debussy & Unsuk Chin
Wednesday 27 August
7.30pm – c9.50pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Debussy
La mer (25 mins)
Unsuk Chin
Šu (19 mins)
INTERVAL
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique' (47 mins)
Wu Wei sheng, Proms debut artist
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung conductor


Prom 56: Holst – The Planets
Thursday 28 August
7.30pm – c9.35pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Holst
The Planets (50 mins)
INTERVAL
Schoenberg
Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 (16 mins)
Scriabin
Prométhée, le poème du feu, Op 60 (20 mins)
Alexander Toradze piano
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor


Prom 57: Mahler – Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'
Friday 29 August
7.30pm – c9.10pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, 'Resurrection' (85 mins)
Kate Royal soprano
Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano
Swedish Radio Choir
Philharmonia Chorus
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding conductor


Proms Saturday Matinee 3: A Portrait of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Saturday 30 August
3.00pm – c4.30pm 
Cadogan Hall

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Linguae ignis (12 mins)
Revelation and Fall (26 mins)
A Mirror of Whitening Light (21 mins)
Timothy Gill cello, Proms debut artist
Rebecca Bottone soprano
London Sinfonietta
Sian Edwards conductor


Prom 58: Strauss – Salome
Saturday 30 August
7.30pm – c9.35pm
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Salome, Op 54 (109 mins)
sung in German
Burkhard Ulrich tenor, Proms debut artist (Herod)
Ildikó Komlósi mezzo-soprano (Herodias)
Nina Stemme soprano (Salome)
Samuel Youn baritone, Proms debut artist (Jokanaan)
Thomas Blondelle tenor (Narraboth)
Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Herodias's Page)
Paul Kaufmann tenor, Proms debut artist (1st Jew)
Gideon Poppe tenor, Proms debut artist (2nd Jew)
Jörg Schörner tenor, Proms debut artist (3rd Jew)
Clemens Bieber tenor, Proms debut artist (4th Jew)
Andrew Harris bass, Proms debut artist (5th Jew)
Noel Bouley bass-baritone, Proms debut artist (1st Narazene)
Carlton Ford baritone, Proms debut artist (2nd Nazarene)
Ante Jerkunica bass, Proms debut artist (1st Soldier)
Tobias Kehrer bass, Proms debut artist (2nd Soldier)
Seth Carico bass-baritone, Proms debut artist (Cappadocian)
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Donald Runnicles conductor


Prom 59: Strauss – Elektra
Sunday 31 August
7.30pm – c9.25pm
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Elektra, Op 58 (100 min)
sung in German
Christine Goerke soprano (Electra)
Gun-Brit Barkmin soprano, Proms debut artist (Chrysothemis)
Dame Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano (Clytemnestra)
Robert Künzli tenor, Proms debut artist (Aegisthus)
Johan Reuter baritone (Orestes)
Katarina Bradić mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (1st Maid)
Zoryana Kushpler mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (2nd Maid)
Hanna Hipp mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (3rd Maid)
Marie-Eve Munger soprano, Proms debut artist (4th Maid)
Iris Kupke soprano, Proms debut artist (5th Maid)
Miranda Keys soprano (Overseer)
Ivan Turšić tenor, Proms debut artist (Young Servant)
Jongmin Park bass, Proms debut artist (Orestes' Tutor)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov conductor


Proms Chamber Music 7: Benjamin Grosvenor
Monday 1 September
1.00pm – c2.00pm
Cadogan Hall

Chopin
Ballade in G minor, Op 23 (9 mins)
Mompou
Paisajes (11 mins)
Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales (solo piano version) (14 mins)
Judith Weir
Day Break Shadows Flee (12 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Gounod
Waltz from 'Faust' (arr. Liszt) (10 mins)
Benjamin Grosvenor piano


Prom 60: Roman Holiday
Monday 1 September
7.30pm – c9.45pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Berlioz
Overture 'Le carnaval romain', Op. 9 (9 mins)
Walton
Sinfonia concertante (19 mins)
original version
INTERVAL
Respighi
Roman Festivals (25 mins)
Fontane di Roma (15 mins)
Pines of Rome (20 mins)
Danny Driver piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit conductor


Prom 61: Rachmaninov, Glinka & Zhou Long
Tuesday 2 September
7.30pm – c9.50pm
Royal Albert Hall

Glinka
Ruslan and Lyudmila (6 mins)
– overture
Zhou Long
Postures (20 mins)
European premiere
INTERVAL
Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E minor (60 mins)
Andreas Haefliger piano
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui conductor, Proms debut artist


Prom 62: Beethoven, Berlioz & Dvořák
Wednesday 3 September
7.30pm – c9.35pm 
Royal Albert Hall

Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op 93 (24 mins)
Berlioz
Roméo et Juliette, Op 17 (12 mins)
– Romeo Alone
INTERVAL
Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World', Op 95 (43 mins)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR)
Sir Roger Norrington conductor


Prom 63: Mahler & John Adams
Thursday 4 September
7.30pm – c9.45pm 
Royal Albert Hall

John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine (5 mins)
Saxophone Concerto (30 mins)
UK premiere
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major (55 mins)
Timothy McAllister alto saxophone, Proms debut artist
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor


Prom 64: Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
Friday 5 September
6.30pm – c8.35pm
Royal Albert Hall

Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances (36 mins)
INTERVAL
Stravinsky
L' oiseau de feu (46 mins)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor


Prom 65: Late Night with … Paloma Faith
Friday 5 September
10.15pm – c11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall

Songs to include:

Paloma Faith, arr. G. Barker
Picking up the Pieces (4 mins)
Can't Rely on You (4 mins)
Only Love Can Hurt Like This (6 mins)
Upside Down (3 mins)
Paloma Faith singer, Proms debut artist
Urban Voices Collective
Guy Barker Orchestra
Guy Barker conductor


Proms Saturday Matinee 4: A Portrait of Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Saturday 6 September
3.00pm – c4.30pm
Cadogan Hall

Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Verses for Ensembles (26 mins)
Dinah and Nick's Love Song (6 mins)
Meridian (27 mins)
Hilary Summers alto
Exaudi
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Oliver Knussen conductor


Prom 66: Bach – St Matthew Passion
Saturday 6 September
7.00pm – c10.45pm
Royal Albert Hall

Bach
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (187 mins)
staging by Peter Sellars; sung in German
Mark Padmore tenor (Evangelist)
Christian Gerhaher baritone (Christus)
Camilla Tilling soprano
Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
Topi Lehtipuu tenor
Eric Owens bass-baritone
Berlin Radio Choir
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor


Prom 67: Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky & Behzad Ranjbaran
Sunday 7 September
3.30pm – c5.50pm
Royal Albert Hall

Behzad Ranjbaran
Seemorgh (8 mins)
– The Sunrise
Rachmaninov
Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op 18 (34 mins)
INTERVAL
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor (45 mins)
Denis Matsuev piano
Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra
Han-Na Chang conductor


Prom 68: Cleveland Orchestra
Sunday 7 September
7.30pm – c9.35pm
Royal Albert Hall

Brahms
Academic Festival Overture (10 mins)
Jörg Widmann
Flûte en suite (21 mins)
UK premiere
INTERVAL
Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (41 mins)
Joshua Smith flute, Proms debut artist
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst conductor


Proms Chamber Music 8: Walton – Façade
Monday 8 September
1.00pm – c2.00pm
Cadogan Hall

Shostakovich
Four Waltzes (arr. L. Atovmyan) (10 mins)
Walton
Façade (40 mins)
Dame Felicity Palmer reciter
Ian Bostridge reciter
Nash Ensemble
John Wilson conductor


Prom 69: Cleveland Orchestra
Monday 8 September
7.00pm – c9.10pm
Royal Albert Hall

Brahms
Tragic Overture (14 mins)
Jörg Widmann
Teufel Amor (30 mins)
UK premiere
INTERVAL
Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (40 mins)
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst conductor


Prom 70: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Birthday Concert
Monday 8 September
10.15pm – c11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Concert Overture 'Ebb of Winter' (18 mins)
London premiere
Strathclyde Concerto No. 4 (27 mins)
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise (14 mins)
Dimitri Ashkenazy clarinet, Proms debut artist
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Ben Gernon conductor, Proms debut artist


Prom 71: Americana
Tuesday 9 September
7.30pm – c9.40pm
Royal Albert Hall

Copland
Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes (18 mins)
Quiet City (10 mins)
Appalachian Spring – suite (23 mins)
INTERVAL
Brubeck
Blue Rondo à la Turk (arr. C. Brubeck) (5 mins)
UK premiere
Chris Brubeck
Travels in Time for Three (26 mins)
UK premiere
Time for Three
BBC Concert Orchestra
Keith Lockhart conductor


Prom 72: English Music
Wednesday 10 September
7.30pm – c9.55pm
Royal Albert Hall

Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' (5 mins)
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Exody (31 mins)
INTERVAL
Walton
Concerto for Viola (24 mins)
Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 4 in F minor (35 mins)
Lise Berthaud viola, Proms debut artist, New Generation Artist
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton conductor


Prom 73: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Thursday 11 September
7.00pm – c8.50pm
Royal Albert Hall

Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor (100 mins)
Gerhild Romberger mezzo-soprano
Leipzig Opera and Gewandhaus Choir (womens voices)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Children's Choir
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Alan Gilbert conductor


Prom 74: Late Night with … Rufus Wainwright
Thursday 11 September
10.15pm – c11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall

Songs to include:

Poses (5 mins)
Going to a Town (4 mins)
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (5 mins)
Over the Rainbow (5 mins)
Dinner at Eight (5 mins)
Me and Liza (3 mins)
Rufus Wainwright singer, Proms debut artist
Britten Sinfonia
Johannes Debus conductor


Prom 75: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
Friday 12 September
7.30pm – c8.55pm
Royal Albert Hall

Friedrich Cerha
Paraphrase on the Opening of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (10 mins)
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (63 mins)
Christina Landshamer soprano, Proms debut artist
Gerhild Romberger mezzo-soprano
Steve Davislim tenor
Dmitry Belosselskiy bass, Proms debut artist
Members of the Leipzig Opera Chorus
Leipzig Gewandhaus Choir
Leipzig Gewandhaus Children's Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Alan Gilbert conductor


Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms
Saturday 13 September
7.30pm – c10.30pm
Royal Albert Hall

Gavin Higgins
Velocity (3 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Arnold
Overture 'Peterloo', Op. 97 (9 mins)
new choral version with lyrics by Sir Tim Rice: world premiere
Walton
Façade (3 mins)
– Popular Song
Chausson
Poème, Op. 25 (16 mins)
Tavener
Song for Athene (7 mins)
Richard Strauss
Taillefer (18 mins)
INTERVAL
Khachaturian
Gayane (3 mins)
– Sabre Dance
Ravel
Tzigane (9 mins)
Kern
Show Boat (2 mins)
– 'Ol' Man River' (arr. R. Williams)
Traditional
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (arr. R. Williams) (3 mins)
Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman
Mary Poppins (11 mins)
– medley
Ansell
Plymouth Hoe (8 mins)
Arne
Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent) (7 mins)
Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') (6 mins)
Parry
Jerusalem (orch. Elgar) (4 mins)
Janine Jansen violin
Elizabeth Watts soprano
John Daszak tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor