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RADIO-LISTS: PROMS 2015
Unofficial Listings for the 121st Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts: 17th July - 12th September

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Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
19:30 Friday 17 Jul 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Carl Nielsen
Maskarade, FS39
overture (5 mins)
Gary Carpenter
Dadaville
BBC commission: world premiere (6 mins)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano No. 20 in D minor, K 466 (31 mins)
INTERVAL
Jean Sibelius
Belshazzar's Feast – suite (16 mins)
William Walton
Belshazzar's Feast (34 mins)
Lars Vogt  piano
Christopher Maltman  bass-baritone
BBC Singers
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo  conductor


Prom 2: Ten Pieces Prom
18:30 Saturday 18 Jul 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine (4 mins)
Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
first movement
Britten
Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes'
'Storm' Interlude
Grieg
Peer Gynt, Op 23
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Handel
Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest', HWV 258
excerpt (4 mins)
Holst
The Planets
Mars
INTERVAL
Anna Meredith
Connect It
BBC commission: London premiere (3 mins)
Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
Third Movement (4 mins)
Mussorgsky
A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
excerpt (4 mins)
Stravinsky
The Firebird (1910 suite)
Finale (3 mins)
Barney Harwood
Dick and Dom
Mollie Rainford
Dan Starkey
Tim Thorpe  horn
Ten Pieces Children's Choir
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance - Connect It Ensemble
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård  conductor


Prom 3: Ten Pieces Prom
11:00 Sunday 19 Jul 2015   ON TV N.B. NOT LIVE ON RADIO 3
Royal Albert Hall

John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine (4 mins)
Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
first movement
Britten
Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes'
'Storm' Interlude
Grieg
Peer Gynt, Op 23
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Handel
Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest', HWV 258
excerpt (4 mins)
Holst
The Planets
Mars
Anna Meredith
Connect It
BBC commission: London premiere (3 mins)
Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
Third Movement (4 mins)
Mussorgsky
A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
excerpt (4 mins)
Stravinsky
The Firebird (1910 suite)
Finale (3 mins)
Barney Harwood
Dick and Dom
Tim Thorpe  horn
Ten Pieces Children's Choir
Students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård  conductor


Prom 4: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
19:30 Sunday 19 Jul 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus
overture (5 mins)
John Woolrich
Falling Down
London premiere (15 mins)
INTERVAL
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (68 mins)
Margaret Cookhorn  contra-bassoon
Lucy Crowe  soprano
Gerhild Romberger  mezzo-soprano
Pavel Černoch  tenor, Proms debut artist
Kostas Smoriginas  bass-baritone
CBSO Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons  conductor


Proms Chamber Music 1: Thomas Tallis
13:00 Monday 20 Jul 2015
Cadogan Hall

Tallis
Videte miraculum (9 mins)
O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit (3 mins)
Hear the voice and prayer (3 mins)
Why fum'th in fight? (4 mins)
Suscipe quaeso (9 mins)
O nata lux de lumine (2 mins)
O sacrum convivium (4 mins)
O salutaris hostia (3 mins)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
From the Beginning of the World
world premiere (7 mins)
Tallis
Spem in alium (10 mins)
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood  director


Prom 5: Haydn, HK Gruber & Stravinsky
19:30 Monday 20 Jul 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Haydn
Symphony No. 85 in B flat major 'La reine' (23 mins)
INTERVAL
HK Gruber
into the open …
world premiere (25 mins)
Stravinsky
Petrushka (1911 version) (35 mins)
Colin Currie  percussion
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds  conductor


Prom 6: Poulenc, Stravinsky, Haydn & Mozart
19:00 Tuesday 21 Jul 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Poulenc
Organ Concerto (23 mins)
Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms (21 mins)
INTERVAL
Haydn
Te Deum No. 2 in C major, Hob. XXIIIc:2 (10 mins)
Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major 'Jupiter', K551 (36 mins)
James O'Donnell  organ
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård  conductor


Prom 7: Delius, Nielsen, Hugh Wood & Ravel
19:00 Wednesday 22 Jul 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Delius
In a Summer Garden (15 mins)
Nielsen
Clarinet Concerto (24 mins)
INTERVAL
Hugh Wood
Epithalamium
BBC commission: world premiere (25 mins)
Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe – Suite No. 2 (16 mins)
Mark Simpson  clarinet
Rebecca Bottone  soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis  conductor


Prom 8: Late Night With … BBC Asian Network
10:15 Wednesday 22 Jul 2015   AV ONLINE
Royal Albert Hall

Kanika Kapoor  vocalist
Benny Dayal  vocalist
Palak Muchhal  vocalist
Emeli Sandé  vocalist
Arrow Benjamin  vocalist
Naughty Boy  live producer
Bobby Friction  presenter
BBC Philharmonic
Richard Davis  conductor


Prom 9: Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
19:30 Thursday 23 Jul 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major (33 mins)
Stravinsky
Apollon musagète (30 mins)
INTERVAL
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (33 mins)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes  piano/director


Prom 10: Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
19:30 Friday 24 Jul 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Stravinsky
Concerto in E flat major 'Dumbarton Oaks' (16 mins)
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor (36 mins)
INTERVAL
Schoenberg
Friede auf Erden (10 mins)
Beethoven
Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus and orchestra, 'Choral Fantasy' (20 mins)
BBC Singers
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes  piano/director
David Hill  conductor


Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
15:00 Saturday 25 Jul 2015
Cadogan Hall

Pierre Boulez
Notations 2, 12 & 10; La treizième (arr. J. Schöllhorn)
UK premiere (4 mins)
Shiori Usui
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l.
BBC commission: world premiere (7 mins)
Betsy Jolas
Wanderlied
UK premiere (12 mins)
Joanna Lee
Hammer of Solitude
BBC commission: world premiere (7 mins)
Pierre Boulez
Dérive 2 (45 mins)
Ulrich Heinen  cello
Hilary Summers  contralto
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Franck Ollu  conductor


Prom 11: Fiddler on the Roof
19:00 Saturday 25 Jul 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Bock
Fiddler on the Roof
(semi-staged) (165 mins)
Bryn Terfel  Tevye
Janet Fullerlove  Golde
Charlotte Harwood  Tzeitel
Katie Hall  Hodel
Molly Lynch  Chava
Rebecca Wheatley  Yente
Anthony Flaum  Motel
Jordan Pollard  Perchik
Cameron Blakely  Lazar Wolf
Houcheng Kian  Fiddler
Grange Park Opera
BBC Concert Orchestra
David Charles Abell  conductor


Prom 12: Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
19:30 Sunday 26 Jul 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Stravinsky
Octet (16 mins)
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major (29 mins)
INTERVAL
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major (38 mins)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes  piano/director


Proms Chamber Music 2: Nielsen & Mozart
13:00 Monday 27 Jul 2015
Cadogan Hall

Nielsen
Wind Quintet (26 mins)
Mozart
Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat major, K452 (24 mins)
Christian Blackshaw  piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia Winds


Prom 13: Holst – The Planets
19:30 Monday 27 Jul 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Pierre Boulez
Notations 1–4 & 7 (17 mins)
Luca Francesconi
Duende – The Dark Notes
BBC co-commission: UK premiere (26 mins)
INTERVAL
Holst
The Planets (51 mins)
Leila Josefowicz  violin
Elysian Singers (women's voices)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki  conductor


Prom 14: Prokofiev – the piano concertos
19:00 Tuesday 28 Jul 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major (16 mins)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor (37 mins)
INTERVAL
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major (29 mins)
INTERVAL
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major (22 mins)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major (24 mins)
Daniil Trifonov  piano
Sergei Babayan  piano
Alexei Volodin  piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev  conductor


Prom 15: Prokofiev, Qigang Chen & Rachmaninov
18:30 Wednesday 29 Jul 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D major, 'Classical' (15 mins)
Qigang Chen
Iris dévoilée (40 mins)
INTERVAL
Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E minor (59 mins)
Meng Meng  soprano
Anu Komsi  soprano
Piia Komsi  soprano
Jia Li  pipa
Jing Chang  zheng
Nan Wang  erhu
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang  conductor


Prom 16: Late Night With … BBC Radio 1
22:15 Wednesday 29 Jul 2015   AV ONLINE
Royal Albert Hall

Ella Eyre  vocalist, Proms debut artist
John Newman  vocalist
Pete Tong  Presenter
Heritage Orchestra
Jules Buckley  conductor


Prom 17: Hallé – Debussy, Vaughan Williams & Elgar
19:30 Thursday 30 Jul 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (11 mins)
Vaughan Williams
Sancta civitas (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major (57 mins)
Robin Tritschler  tenor
Iain Paterson  baritone
Hallé Youth Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Hallé Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
Hallé
Mark Elder  conductor


Prom 18: Katia and Marielle Labèque
19:00 Friday 31 Jul 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Mozart
Concerto for two pianos in E flat major, K365 (24 mins)
INTERVAL
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad' (73 mins)
Katia Labèque  piano
Marielle Labèque  piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov  conductor


Prom 19: Alina Ibragimova plays Bach
22:15 Friday 31 Jul 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Bach
Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin, BWV 1001 (17 mins)
Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin, BWV 1002 (28 mins)
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin, BWV 1003 (24 mins)
Alina Ibragimova  violin


Prom 20: Schubert, Luke Bedford & Bruckner
18:30 Saturday 1 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Schubert
Symphony No. 4 in C minor 'Tragic', D 417 (29 mins)
Luke Bedford
Instability
BBC commission: world premiere (25 mins)
INTERVAL
Bruckner
Mass No. 3 in F minor (59 mins)
Luba Orgonášová  soprano
Jennifer Johnston  mezzo-soprano
Robert Dean Smith  tenor
Derek Welton  bass-baritone
Orfeón Pamplonés
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena  conductor


Prom 21: Alina Ibragimova plays Bach
22:15 Saturday 1 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Bach
Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004 (30 mins)
Sonata No. 3 in C major for solo violin, BWV 1005 (23 mins)
Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006 (19 mins)
Alina Ibragimova  violin


Prom 22: Aurora Orchestra
15:30 Sunday 2 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Brett Dean
Pastoral Symphony (15 mins)
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation' (32 mins)
INTERVAL
Anna Meredith
Smatter Hauler
BBC commission: world premiere
Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral' (40 mins)
Francesco Piemontesi  piano
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon  conductor


Prom 23: Verdi – Requiem
20:00 Sunday 2 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Verdi
Requiem (81 mins)
Angela Meade  soprano
Karen Cargill  mezzo-soprano
Yosep Kang  tenor, Proms debut artist
Raymond Aceto  bass
Concert Association of the Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles  conductor


Proms Chamber Music 3: Webern, Colin Matthews & Beethoven
13:00 Monday 3 Aug 2015
Cadogan Hall

Webern
Langsamer Satz (12 mins)
Colin Matthews
String Quartet No. 5
European premiere (12 mins)
Beethoven
String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 (26 mins)
Apollon Musagète Quartet  Ensemble


Prom 24: James MacMillan & Mahler
19:30 Monday 3 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

James MacMillan
Symphony No. 4
BBC commission: world premiere (25 mins)
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (72 mins)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles  conductor


Prom 25: Monteverdi – Orfeo
19:30 Tuesday 4 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Monteverdi
Orfeo
(sung in Italian) (107 mins)
Krystian Adam  Orpheus
Mariana Flores  Eurydice/Hope
Francesca Aspromonte  Music/Messenger
Gianluca Buratto  Charon/Pluto
Francesca Boncompagni  Persephone
Andrew Tortise  Apollo/Shepherd 1
Esther Brazil  Nymph, Proms debut artist
Gareth Treseder  Shepherd 2/Spirit 2/Echo
Nicholas Mulroy  Spirit 1
James Hall  Shepherd 3, Proms debut artist
David Shipley  Shepherd 4/Spirit 3
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner  conductor


Prom 26: British Composers
18:30 Wednesday 5 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Walton
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue (8 mins)
Vaughan Williams
Concerto accademico (17 mins)
Grace Williams
Fairest of Stars (15 mins)
INTERVAL
Elgar
Overture 'Froissart', Op 19 (15 mins)
Walton
Symphony No. 2 (30 mins)
Chloë Hanslip  violin
Ailish Tynan  soprano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka  conductor


Prom 27: Late Night With … BBC Radio 6 Music
22:15 Wednesday 5 Aug 2015   AV ONLINE
Royal Albert Hall

Mary Anne Hobbs  presenter
Nils Frahm  piano/keyboards
Members of Wayne McGregor | Random Dance
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
London Brass


Prom 28: Dukas, Turnage, Schuller & Scriabin
19:30 Thursday 6 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (12 mins)
Mark-Anthony Turnage
On Opened Ground (24 mins)
INTERVAL
Gunther Schuller
Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee (22 mins)
Scriabin
The Poem of Ecstasy (22 mins)
Lawrence Power  viola
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen  conductor


Prom 29: Stravinsky, Messiaen & Ravel
18:30 Friday 7 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Mozart
Idomeneo – ballet music (24 mins)
Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major (23 mins)
INTERVAL
Messiaen
Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (Oiseau tui) (orch. C. Dingle)
unique performance with kind permission of the Fondation Olivier Messiaen: world premiere (4 mins)
Ravel
Miroirs – Oiseaux tristes (arr. C. Matthews)
BBC commission: world premiere (4 mins)
Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements (22 mins)
Ravel
La valse (11 mins)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet  piano
BBC Philharmonic
Nicholas Collon  conductor


Prom 30: The John Wilson Orchestra performs Frank Sinatra
22:15 Friday 7 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Seth MacFarlane  vocalist
Jamie Parker  vocalist
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson  conductor


Proms Saturday Matinee 2: B’Rock
15:00 Saturday 8 Aug 2015
Cadogan Hall

Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in C major, RV 177
– Allegro ma poco; Largo (8 mins)
Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro, RV 169 (4 mins)
Caldara
La morte d'Abel
– ‘Quel buon pastor son io’ (10 mins)
Geminiani
Concerto grosso in D minor, Op. 5 No. 12 'La folia' (12 mins)
Vivaldi
Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV 629 (15 mins)
Violin Concerto in D major, RV 208 'Grosso Mogul' (13 mins)
In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626 (12 mins)
Mary-Ellen Nesi  mezzo-soprano
B'Rock – Baroque Orchestra Ghent
Dmitry Sinkovsky  violin/counter-tenor/director


Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
19:30 Saturday 8 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Tansy Davies
Re-greening
world premiere (7 mins)
Mahler
Symphony No. 9 (85 mins)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Sir Mark Elder  conductor


Prom 32: Eric Whitacre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
15:30 Sunday 9 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Jonathan Newman
Blow It Up, Start Again
European premiere (4 mins)
Eric Whitacre
The River Cam (12 mins)
Cloudburst (9 mins)
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofé) (16 mins)
INTERVAL
Copland
Quiet City (9 mins)
Eric Whitacre
Equus (9 mins)
Deep Field
BBC co-commission: European premiere (20 mins)
Martin James Bartlett  piano
Leonard Elschenbroich  cello
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Eric Whitacre  conductor


Prom 33: Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
20:00 Sunday 9 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor (33 mins)
INTERVAL
Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique (54 mins)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner  conductor


Proms Chamber Music 4: Dame Evelyn Glennie
13:00 Monday 10 Aug 2015
Cadogan Hall

Keiko Abe
Prism Rhapsody (15 mins)
Evelyn Glennie & Philip Sheppard
Orologeria aureola (5 mins)
Bertram Wee
Dithyrambs
world premiere (7 mins)
John Psathas
View from Olympus
world premiere of this version (23 mins)
Evelyn Glennie  percussion
Philip Smith  piano


Prom 34: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
19:30 Monday 10 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Britten
Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' (17 mins)
Korngold
Violin Concerto (26 mins)
INTERVAL
Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (42 mins)
Nicola Benedetti  violin
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits  conductor


Prom 35: Story of Swing
19:30 Tuesday 11 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Clare Teal  vocalist/presenter
Jamie Davis  vocalist
Elaine Delmar  vocalist, Proms debut artist
Guy Barker Big Band
Guy Barker  conductor
Winston Rollins Big Band
Winston Rollins  conductor


Prom 36: Pierre Boulez, Ravel & Stravinsky
18:30 Wednesday 12 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Pierre Boulez
Figures – Doubles – Prismes (22 mins)
INTERVAL
Ravel
Frontispice (arr. P. Boulez) (2 mins)
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (19 mins)
Stravinsky
The Firebird (46 mins)
Marc-André Hamelin  piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth  conductor


Prom 37: Late Night With … BBC Radio 1Xtra
22:15 Wednesday 12 Aug 2015   AV ONLINE
Royal Albert Hall

Wretch 32  rapper
Stormzy  rapper
Lethal Bizzle
Chip
Skepta
Little Simz
Krept & Konan  rap duo
MistaJam  presenter
Sian Anderson  presenter
Metropole Orkest
Jules Buckley  conductor


Prom 38: Messiaen – Turangalîla Symphony
19:30 Thursday 13 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Foulds
Three Mantras (26 mins)
INTERVAL
Messiaen
Turangalîla Symphony (75 mins)
Steven Osborne  piano
Valérie Hartmann-Claverie  ondes martenot
London Symphony Chorus (women's voices)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena  conductor


Prom 39: Mozart – The Abduction from the Seraglio
19:00 Friday 14 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Mozart
The Abduction from the Seraglio
semi-staged; sung and spoken in German (140 mins)
Edgaras Montvidas  Belmonte
Sally Matthews  Konstanze
Mari Eriksmoen  Blonde
Brenden Patrick Gunnell  Pedrillo
Tobias Kehrer  Osmin, Proms debut artist
Franck Saurel  Pasha Selim
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Robin Ticciati  conductor


Proms Saturday Matinee 3: Alina Ibragimova and Apollo’s Fire
15:00 Saturday 15 Aug 2015
Cadogan Hall

C. P. E. Bach
Symphony in B minor, Wq 182/5 ‘Hamburg’ (10 mins)
Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in D major, RV 234 'L'inquietudine' (7 mins)
Telemann
Burlesque de Quixotte (15 mins)
Bach
Concerto for Violin in E major, BWV 1042 (17 mins)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (22 mins)
Alina Ibragimova  violin
Apollo's Fire
Jeannette Sorrell  harpsichord/director


Prom 40: Sibelius – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
19:30 Saturday 15 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Sibelius
Finlandia (8 mins)
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op 39 (39 mins)
INTERVAL
Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major (39 mins)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard  conductor


Prom 41: Sherlock Holmes – A Musical Mind
15:30 Sunday 16 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Mark Gatiss  actor
Christine Rice  mezzo-soprano
Jack Liebeck  violin
Matthew Sweet  presenter
Stile Antico
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth  conductor


Prom 42: Sibelius – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
19:30 Sunday 16 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Sibelius
Symphony No. 3 in C major (30 mins)
Violin Concerto in D minor (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Michael Finnissy
Janne
BBC commission: world premiere (15 mins)
Sibelius
Symphony No. 4 in A minor (38 mins)
Julian Rachlin  violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov  conductor


Proms Chamber Music 5: A Sondheim Cabaret
13:00 Monday 17 Aug 2015
Cadogan Hall

Siân Philips  vocalist
Kitty Whately  mezzo-soprano, New Generation Artist
Jamie Parker  vocalist
Richard Sisson  piano


Prom 43: Sibelius – Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7
19:30 Monday 17 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (32 mins)
INTERVAL
Sibelius
Symphony No. 6 in D minor (27 mins)
Symphony No. 7 in C major (22 mins)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä  conductor


Prom 44: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim
19:30 Tuesday 18 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Schoenberg
Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op 9 (22 mins)
Beethoven
Concerto in C major for violin, cello and piano (Triple Concerto) (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor (43 mins)
Guy Braunstein  violin
Kian Soltani  cello
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim  conductor, piano/conductor


Prom 45: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit
19:30 Wednesday 19 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Debussy
Petite suite (orch. Henri Büsser) (13 mins)
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482 (36 mins)
INTERVAL
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op 141 (44 mins)
Elisabeth Leonskaja  piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit  conductor


Prom 46: Danish National Symphony Orchestra
19:30 Thursday 20 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Nielsen
Overture 'Helios' (13 mins)
Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major (40 mins)
INTERVAL
Nielsen
Three Motets (15 mins)
Hymnus amoris (21 mins)
Symphony No. 2, 'The Four Temperaments' (35 mins)
Nikolaj Znaider  violin
Anna Lucia Richter  soprano
David Danholt  tenor
Danish National Concert Choir
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi  conductor


Prom 47: Sibelius, Jón Leifs, Anders Hillborg & Beethoven
19:00 Friday 21 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Sibelius
Tapiola (18 mins)
Leifs
Organ Concerto (20 mins)
INTERVAL
Anders Hillborg
Beast Sampler
UK premiere (11 mins)
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major (36 mins)
Stephen Farr  organ
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo  conductor


Prom 48: Late-night Bach
22:15 Friday 21 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Bach
Mass in G minor, BWV 235 (28 mins)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (12 mins)
Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 (26 mins)
Sophie Bevan  soprano
Rebecca Evans  soprano
Iestyn Davies  counter-tenor
Nicky Spence  tenor
Roderick Williams  baritone
BBC Singers
Academy of Ancient Music
David Hill  conductor


Prom 49: Mahler – Symphony No. 6
18:30 Saturday 22 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Brett Dean
Dramatis personae (28 mins)
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in A minor (83 mins)
Håkan Hardenberger  trumpet
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons  conductor


Prom 50: Bach – Goldberg Variations
22:15 Saturday 22 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Bach
'Goldberg' Variations (71 mins)
András Schiff  piano


Prom 51: Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons
15:00 Sunday 23 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Haydn
Symphony No. 90 in C major (24 mins)
Barber
Essay No. 2 (11 mins)
INTERVAL
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor (57 mins)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons  conductor


Prom 52: Thierry Escaich
19:30 Sunday 23 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Bach
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (12 mins)
Chorale Prelude 'In dir ist Freude', BWV 615 (3 mins)
Chorale Prelude 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir', BWV 686 (6 mins)
Chorale 'Christ ist erstanden', BWV 746 (attrib.) (3 mins)
Thierry Escaich  organ


Proms Chamber Music 6: Jeremy Denk
13:00 Monday 24 Aug 2015
Cadogan Hall

Bartók
Piano Sonata (13 mins)
Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 9, 'Black Mass' (10 mins)
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (25 mins)
Jeremy Denk  piano


Prom 53: Bartók – The Miraculous Mandarin; Shostakovich – Orango
19:30 Monday 24 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin (32 mins)
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491 (29 mins)
INTERVAL
Shostakovich
Orango – Prologue (orch. G. McBurney) (32 mins)
David Fray  piano
Natalia Pavlova  Susanna
Natalia Yakimova  Renée
Alexander Shagun  Armand Fleury
Alexander Trofimov  Paul Mâche
Vladimir Babokin  Foreigner 1
Oleg Losev  Foreigner 2
Dmitry Koleushko  Zoologist
Ivan Novoselov  Orango
Leo Elhardt  Voice from the Crowd
Denis Beganski  Master of Ceremonies
Yuri Yevchuk  Veselchak
Philharmonia Voices
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen  conductor


Prom 54: Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen & Janáček
19:30 Tuesday 25 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem (21 mins)
Raymond Yiu
Symphony
BBC commission: world premiere (24 mins)
INTERVAL
Nielsen
Flute Concerto (18 mins)
Janáček
Sinfonietta (23 mins)
Andrew Watts  counter-tenor
Emily Beynon  flute
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner  conductor


Prom 55: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg
19:30 Wednesday 26 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Pierre Boulez
'... explosante-fixe ...' (34 mins)
INTERVAL
Ligeti
Lontano (14 mins)
Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra (38 mins)
Sophie Cherrier  flute
SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg
François-Xavier Roth  conductor


Prom 56: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Litton
19:30 Thursday 27 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Ørjan Matre
preSage
world premiere of this version (12 mins)
Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor (26 mins)
INTERVAL
Alissa Firsova
Bergen's Bonfire (10 mins)
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (33 mins)
Alina Ibragimova  violin
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton  conductor


Prom 57: Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Bernard Haitink
19:30 Friday 28 Aug 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Schubert
Overture in C major 'In the Italian Style', D 591 (9 mins)
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 (26 mins)
INTERVAL
Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C major 'Great', D 944 (51 mins)
Maria João Pires  piano
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Bernard Haitink  conductor


Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Pierre Boulez at 90
15:00 Saturday 29 Aug 2015
Cadogan Hall

Pierre Boulez
Mémoriale ('… explosante-fixe …' Originel) (7 mins)
Helen Grime
A Cold Spring (10 mins)
Pierre Boulez
Domaines (15 mins)
Christian Mason
Open to Infinity: a Grain of Sand
BBC co-commission: UK premiere (9 mins)
Pierre Boulez
Éclat/Multiples (25 mins)
Michael Cox  flute
Mark van de Wiel  clarinet
London Sinfonietta
Thierry Fischer  conductor


Prom 58: Sibelius – Kullervo
19:30 Saturday 29 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Sibelius
En Saga (20 mins)
INTERVAL
Sibelius
Kullervo (75 mins)
Johanna Rusanen-Kartano  soprano
Waltteri Torikka  baritone
Polytech Choir
BBC Symphony Chorus  (men's voices)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo  conductor


Prom 59: Life Story Prom
15:30 Sunday 30 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Sir David Attenborough  presenter
BBC Concert Orchestra
Jeremy Holland-Smith  conductor


Prom 60: Mahler – Symphony No. 1
19:30 Sunday 30 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Schoenberg
Theme and Variations, Op. 43b (13 mins)
Cowell
Piano Concerto (15 mins)
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major (56 mins)
Jeremy Denk  piano
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas  conductor


Proms Chamber Music 7: Shostakovich Quintet
13:00 Monday 31 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Barber
String Quartet, Op. 11
Molto adagio (8 mins)
Debussy
Préludes Book 2
Feux d'artifice (7 mins)
Shostakovich
Piano Quintet (35 mins)
Elisabeth Leonskaja  piano
Emerson String Quartet


Prom 61: San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas
19:30 Monday 31 Aug 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Ives
Symphony: New England Holidays
Decoration Day (10 mins)
Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 2 (28 mins)
INTERVAL
Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' (52 mins)
Yuja Wang  piano
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas  conductor


Prom 62: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs Brahms
19:30 Tuesday 1 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Brahms
Academic Festival Overture (11 mins)
Alto Rhapsody (13 mins)
Triumphlied (25 mins)
INTERVAL
Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (45 mins)
Jamie Barton  mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Appl  baritone
Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Marin Alsop  conductor


Prom 63: Messiaen, Mozart & Bruckner
19:30 Wednesday 2 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Messiaen
Hymne (12 mins)
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 (32 mins)
INTERVAL
Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major (65 mins)
Igor Levit  piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Peter Oundjian  conductor, Proms debut artist


Prom 64: Nielsen, B Tommy Andersson & Mahler
18:30 Thursday 3 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Nielsen
Aladdin - exerpts (17 mins)
B Tommy Andersson
Pan (c20 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
INTERVAL
Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major (54 mins)
David Goode  organ
Klara Ek  soprano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergård  conductor


Prom 65: Alice Coote sings Handel
22:15 Thursday 3 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Alice Coote  mezzo-soprano
The English Concert
Harry Bicket  conductor


Prom 66: Beethoven, Schoenberg & Shostakovich
19:30 Friday 4 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Beethoven
Fidelio – overture (7 mins)
Schoenberg
Piano Concerto (20 mins)
INTERVAL
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8 in C minor (64 mins)
Mitsuko Uchida  piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski  conductor


Prom 67: Bernstein – Stage and Screen
17:30 Saturday 5 Sep 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Louise Dearman  vocalist
Julian Ovenden  vocalist
Maida Vale Singers
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson  conductor


Prom 68: Bach – Six Cello Suites
21:00 Saturday 5 Sep 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Bach
Suite No. 1 in G major for solo cello, BWV 1007 (19 mins)
Suite No. 2 in D minor for solo cello, BWV 1008 (21 mins)
Suite No. 3 in C major for solo cello, BWV 1009 (21 mins)
Suite No. 4 in E flat major for solo cello, BWV 1010 (27 mins)
Suite No. 5 in C minor for solo cello, BWV 1011 (26 mins)
Suite No. 6 in D major for solo cello, BWV 1012 (30 mins)
Yo-Yo Ma  cello


Prom 69: Orff – Carmina Burana
19:30 Sunday 6 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Saint-Saëns
Danse macabre (8 mins)
Guy Barker
The Lanterne of Light
BBC commission: world premiere (30 mins)
INTERVAL
Orff
Carmina Burana (65 mins)
Charles Mutter  violin
Alison Balsom  trumpet
Olena Tokar  soprano
Thomas Walker  tenor
Benjamin Appl  baritone
Southend Boys' Choir
Southend Girls' Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
BBC Concert Orchestra
Keith Lockhart  conductor


Proms Chamber Music 8: Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio
13:00 Monday 7 Sep 2015
Cadogan Hall

Brahms
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 (39 mins)
Arlene Sierra
Butterflies Remember a Mountain (11 mins)
Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio


Prom 70: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov & Rimsky-Korsakov
19:30 Monday 7 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini (18 mins)
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade (42 mins)
Nikolai Lugansky  piano
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov  conductor


Prom 71: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
19:30 Tuesday 8 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Rimsky-Korsakov
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
symphonic pictures (13 mins)
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto (33 mins)
INTERVAL
Elgar
'Enigma' Variations (29 mins)
Julia Fischer  violin
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov  conductor


Prom 72: Nielsen & Ives
19:30 Wednesday 9 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Nielsen
Springtime on Funen (19 mins)
Violin Concerto (35 mins)
INTERVAL
Webster
In the Sweet By and By (3 mins)
Zeuner
Ye Christian Heralds (2 mins)
Marsh
Jesus, Lover of My Soul (3 mins)
Mason
Nearer, My God, to Thee (4 mins)
Ives
Symphony No. 4 (34 mins)
Henning Kraggerud  violin
Malin Christensson  soprano
Ben Johnson  tenor
Neal Davies  bass-baritone
William Wolfram  piano
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Tiffin Girls' Choir
BBC Singers
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton  conductor


Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic
19:00 Thursday 10 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major (39 mins)
INTERVAL
Schmidt
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major (53 mins)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov  conductor


Prom 74: Wireless Nights Prom With Jarvis Cocker
22:15 Thursday 10 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Jarvis Cocker  presenter
BBC Philharmonic
Maxime Tortelier  conductor


Prom 75: Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius
19:30 Friday 11 Sep 2015
Royal Albert Hall

Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 (96 mins)
Magdalena Kožená  mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence  tenor
Roderick Williams  baritone
BBC Proms Youth Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle  conductor


Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms 2015
19:15 Saturday 12 Sep 2015   ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Eleanor Alberga
Arise, Athena!
BBC commission: world premiere (3 mins)
Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major (20 mins)
Arvo Pärt
Credo (12 mins)
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (16 mins)
Puccini
Tosca
Recondita armonia (3 mins)
Manon Lescaut
Donna non vidi mai (3 mins)
Turandot
Nessun dorma (3 mins)
INTERVAL
Johnson
Victory Stride (4 mins)
Copland
Old American Songs
'I bought me a cat' (3 mins)
Grieg
Peer Gynt, Op 23
Morning (4 mins)
Gershwin
Love walked in (arr. Grainger) (4 mins)
Gould
Boogie Woogie Etude (2 mins)
Lehár
The Land of Smiles
'Dein ist mein ganzes Herz' (4 mins)
Rodgers
The Sound of Music
medley (6 mins)
Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Jack's the Lad (Hornpipe); Home, Sweet Home (6 mins)
Arne
Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent) (5 mins)
Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') (8 mins)
Parry
Jerusalem (orch. Elgar) (3 mins)
Traditional
The National Anthem (arr. Britten) (3 mins)
Auld Lang Syne (arr. Cedric Thorpe Davie) (2 mins)
Benjamin Grosvenor  piano
Danielle de Niese  soprano
Jonas Kaufmann  tenor
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop  conductor


Televised Proms

Prom 1: First Night of the Proms, BBC Two, 17 July
Ten Pieces Prom, recorded for future broadcast
Prom 4: Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, BBC Four, 19 July
Prom 5: Haydn, HK Gruber & Stravinsky, BBC Four, 6 August
Prom 7: Nielsen and Hugh Wood, BBC Four, 30 July
Prom 10: Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, BBC Four, 24 July
Prom 13: Holst - The Planets, BBC Four, 31 July
Prom 17: Elgar's Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, BBC Four, 2 August
Prom 19: Alina Ibragimova plays Bach, BBC Four, 20 August
Prom 21: Alina Ibragimova plays Bach, BBC Four, 27 August
Prom 22: Aurora Orchestra – Brett Dean & Beethoven, BBC Four, 9 August
Prom 24: James MacMillan, BBC Four, 6 September
Prom 30: Late Night Sinatra, BBC Four, 7 August
Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain – Mahler, BBC Four, 16 August
Prom 32: Eric Whitacre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Four, 14 August
Prom 34: Britten & Korngold, BBC Four, 13 August, Prokofiev, BBC Four, 30 August
Prom 35: Story of Swing, BBC Four, 28 August
Prom 44: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim, BBC Four, 21 August
Prom 46: Danish National Symphony Orchestra – Nielsen, BBC Four, 23 August
Prom 50: Bach – Goldberg variations, BBC Four, 3 September
Prom 57: Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Bernard Haitink, BBC Four, 4 September
Prom 67: Bernstein – Stage and Screen, BBC Four, 11 September
Prom 68: Bach – Six Cello Suites, BBC Four, 10 September
Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms, first half BBC Two, second half BBC One, 12 September

Note: the parts of the above proms which are not actually broadcast on TV will be available online via the individual BBC Prom page (click on blue Prom link above)


AV Proms Online

The following Proms will be available in AV online via the individual BBC Prom page (click on blue Prom link):

Prom 8: Late Night With ... BBC Asian Network, watch online at bbc.co.uk/proms, 22 July
Prom 16: Late Night With ... BBC Radio 1, watch online at bbc.co.uk/proms, 29 July
Prom 27: Late Night With ... BBC Radio 6 Music, watch online at bbc.co.uk/proms, 5 August
Prom 37: Late Night With ... BBC Radio 1Xtra, watch online at bbc.co.uk/proms, 12 August