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RADIO-LISTS: PROMS 2023
Unofficial Listings for the 129th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts: 14th July - 9th September

Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
19:00 Friday 14 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Jean Sibelius
Finlandia (8 mins)

Bohdana Frolyak
Let There Be Light (5 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor (30 mins)

Jean Sibelius
Snöfrid (14 mins)

Benjamin Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (18 mins)

actor
Paul Lewis piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska conductor


Proms at Londonderry: William Byrd
14:00 Saturday 15 July 2023
Guildhall, Derry

William Byrd
Emendemus in melius (3 mins)

O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth (3 mins)

Sing joyfully unto God our strength (3 mins)

Great Service – Nunc dimittis (5 mins)

Vide, Domine, afflictionem nostram (6 mins)

Haec dies (3 mins)

Ne irascaris, Domine (10 mins)

William Byrd
Retire my soul (5 mins)

Ave verum corpus (4 mins)

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (3 mins)

Optimam partem elegit (3 mins)

Factus est repente (2 mins)

Mass for Four Voices – Agnus Dei (4 mins)

Thomas Morley
Domine Dominus noster (3 mins)

Peter Philips
Ecce vicit Leo (3 mins)

Thomas Tomkins
Too much I once lamented (4 mins)

William Byrd
Laudibus in sanctis (5 mins)

Stile Antico


Prom 2: Northern Soul
20:00 Saturday 15 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Vula Malinga vocals
Brendan Reilly vocals
Nick Shirm vocals
Darrell Smith vocals
Frida Mariama Touray vocals
BBC Concert Orchestra
Natalie Palmer vocals
Edwin Outwater conductor


Prom 3: Benjamin Grosvenor piano recital
11:00 Sunday 16 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (10 mins)
arr. Borwick

Franz Liszt
Réminiscences de Norma (17 mins)

Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (26 mins)

La valse (12 mins)

Benjamin Grosvenor piano


Prom 4: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
19:30 Sunday 16 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Andrea Tarrodi
Birds of Paradise (8 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major (26 mins)

Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons (55 mins)
interspersed with folk music improvisations

Ale Carr cittern
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Pekka Kuusisto violin/conductor


Prom 5: Bruch’s First Violin Concerto
19:30 Monday 17 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 (11 mins)

Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (25 mins)

Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor (3 mins)

Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F major (2 mins)

Hungarian Dance No. 10 in F major (2 mins)

Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra (36 mins)

Bomsori violin
BBC Philharmonic
Anja Bihlmaier conductor


Prom 6: Sir Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov
19:30 Tuesday 18 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Grace-Evangeline Mason
ABLAZE THE MOON (5 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor (27 mins)

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major (53 mins)

Sir Stephen Hough piano
BBC Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth conductor


Prom 7: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
19:00 Wednesday 19 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Sergey Rachmaninov
Five Études-tableaux (25 mins)
orch. Respighi

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor (33 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor (31 mins)

Elena Urioste violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka conductor


Prom 8: Impressions of Spain
19:30 Thursday 20 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Manuel de Falla
La vida breve – Interlude and Dance (8 mins)

Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 (33 mins)

Claude Debussy
Images – Ibéria (20 mins)

Maurice Ravel
Boléro (13 mins)

María Dueñas violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons conductor


Proms at Sage Gateshead: Self Esteem and the Royal Northern Sinfonia
19:30 Friday 21 July 2023
Sage Gateshead

Self Esteem
Divorce
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Robert Ames conductor


Prom 9: Mariza sings Fado
20:00 Friday 21 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Mariza singer
Luís Guerreiro Portuguese guitar
Phelipe Ferreira guitar
João Frade accordion
Adriano Alves ‘Dinga’ bass guitar
João Freitas percussion
London Contemporary Orchestra


Proms at Sage Gateshead: Yazz Ahmed and Arun Ghosh
22:00 Friday 21 July 2023
Sage Gateshead

Yazz Ahmed trumpet
Arun Ghosh clarinet


Prom 10: Horrible Histories: ’Orrible Opera
14:00 Saturday 22 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night’s aria (‘The Wrath of Hell’)

Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries

Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth – Witches’ chorus (‘Welcome Sisters’)

Gioachino Rossini
Cats’ Duet

Giacomo Puccini
Turandot – ‘Nessun dorma’

Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld – The Can-Can (Infernal Galop)

Georges Bizet
Carmen – Toreador’s Song

Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville – ‘Here at your Service’

George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess – ‘Summertime’

Ethel Smyth
The March of the Women

Philip Glass
Akhnaten – Funeral of Amenhotep III

George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare – Stormy Winds

Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance – Major-General’s Song (‘I am the very model’)

Richard David Caine actor
Alison Fitzjohn actor
Neal Foster actor
James McNicholas actor
Morgan Philpott actor
Jessica Ransom actor
Inel Tomlinson actor
Deborah Tracey actor
Rainelle Krause soprano
Isabelle Peters soprano
Gweneth Ann Rand soprano
David Butt-Philip tenor
Charles Rice baritone
John Molloy bass
The English National Opera Chorus
The English National Opera Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson conductor
Angie Newman BSL Interpreter


Prom 11: Horrible Histories: ’Orrible Opera
18:00 Saturday 22 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night’s aria (‘The Wrath of Hell’)

Richard Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries

Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth – Witches’ chorus (‘Welcome Sisters’)

Gioachino Rossini
Cats’ Duet

Giacomo Puccini
Turandot – ‘Nessun dorma’

Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld – The Can-Can (Infernal Galop)

Georges Bizet
Carmen – Toreador’s Song

Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville – ‘Here at your Service’

George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess – ‘Summertime’

Ethel Smyth
The March of the Women

Philip Glass
Akhnaten – Funeral of Amenhotep III

George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare – Stormy Winds

Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance – Major-General’s Song (‘I am the very model’)

Richard David Caine actor
Alison Fitzjohn actor
Neal Foster actor
James McNicholas actor
Morgan Philpott actor
Jessica Ransom actor
Inel Tomlinson actor
Deborah Tracey actor
Rainelle Krause soprano
Isabelle Peters soprano
Gweneth Ann Rand soprano
David Butt-Philip tenor
Charles Rice baritone
John Molloy bass
The English National Opera Chorus
The English National Opera Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson conductor
Angie Newman BSL interpreter
Lucie Pankhurst movement director


Proms at Sage Gateshead: Missy Mazzoli, Mozart and Brahms
19:30 Saturday 22 July 2023
Sage Gateshead

Missy Mazzoli
Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) (9 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (30 mins)

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major (45 mins)

Kristian Bezuidenhout piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa conductor


Proms at Sage Gateshead: Voices of the River’s Edge
22:15 Saturday 22 July 2023
Sage Gateshead

Kristina Arakelyan
Whin Lands – 1: Nightfall (3 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Onutė Narbutaitė
Vasara (3 mins)

Edward Elgar
My Love dwelt in a Northern Land (4 mins)

Josef Rheinberger
Abendlied (4 mins)

Vaclovas Augustinas
Tykus Tykus (4 mins)

Kristina Arakelyan
Whin Lands – 2: Round the Dancing Flames (3 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Alfred Schnittke
Three Sacred Hymns – 1: Bogoroditse devo (2 mins)

Roderick Williams
Ave verum corpus Re-imagined (5 mins)

Dobrinka Tabakova
Of the Sun Born (5 mins)

Martin L. Gore
Enjoy the Silence (5 mins)
arr. Eric Whitacre

Tarik O’Regan
I Listen to the Stillness of You (4 mins)

Max Reger
Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit (3 mins)

Richard Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder – No. 5: Träume (6 mins)
arr. Gottwald

Laura Mvula
Sing to the Moon (4 mins)

Hubert Parry
Songs of Farewell: No. 4. There Is an Old Belief (5 mins)

Exit Music (for a Film) (4 mins)
Radiohead, arr. Torkel Rönnblad

Kristina Arakelyan
Whin Lands – 3: Daybreak (5 mins)

Voices of the River’s Edge
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Timothy Burke conductor
Grace Rossiter conductor


Proms at Sage Gateshead: Reginald Mobley sings African American spirituals
14:00 Sunday 23 July 2023
Sage Gateshead

Trad.
My Lord, what a morning

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen

Great camp-meetin’

Steal away

Save me Lord

By and by / There is a balm in Gilead

Deep River

I Got a Robe

Were You There

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Bright Sparkles in the Churchyard

Florence Price
Because

Henry Thacker Burleigh
Jean

Florence Price
Resignation

Sunset

Reginald Mobley counter-tenor
Baptiste Trotignon piano


Proms at Sage Gateshead: CBeebies: Ocean Adventure
15:00 Sunday 23 July 2023
Sage Gateshead

Royal Northern Sinfonia
Kwamé Ryan conductor


Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony
19:30 Sunday 23 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Helen Grime
Meditations on Joy (15 mins)
BBC co-commission: UK première

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’ (65 mins)

Eleanor Dennis soprano
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
Nicky Spence tenor
Michael Mofidian bass-baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor


Prom 13: Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony
19:30 Monday 24 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Catherine Lamb
Portions Transparent/Opaque (36 mins)
BBC commission: world première (Portions 2 & 3)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’ (46 mins)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor


Prom 14: Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations
19:00 Tuesday 25 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Noriko Koide
Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (12 mins)
BBC commission: European première

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (34 mins)

Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations (31 mins)

Jan Lisiecki piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan conductor


Prom 15: Late Night: Moon and Stars
22:15 Tuesday 25 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Kristina Arakelyan
Star Fantasy (6 mins)

Ghislaine Reece-Trapp
In Paradisum (5 mins)

Olivia Belli
Limina Luminis (6 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Hans Zimmer
Interstellar Suite – No. 1: Stay (7 mins)
arr. Lapwood

Florence Price
Retrospection (An Elf on a Moonbeam) (4 mins)

Philip Glass
Mad Rush (7 mins)

Hans Zimmer
Interstellar Suite – No. 2: Cornfield Chase (3 mins)
arr. Lapwood

Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G minor – 3rd mvt (8 mins)
arr. Guilmant

Suite bergamasque – Clair de lune (5 mins)
arr. Lapwood

Hans Zimmer
Interstellar Suite – No. 3: No Time for Caution (5 mins)
arr. Lapwood

Anna Lapwood organ


Prom 16: The Hallé performs Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
19:30 Wednesday 26 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Sergey Rachmaninov
The Bells (35 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor (50 mins)

Mané Galoyan soprano
Dmytro Popov tenor
Andrei Kymach bartone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Hallé Choir
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conductor


Prom 17: Orff’s Carmina burana
19:30 Thursday 27 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms (21 mins)

Carl Orff
Carmina burana (65 mins)

Maki Mori soprano
Matthias Rexroth counter-tenor
Germán Olvera baritone
CBSO Children’s Chorus
CBSO Chorus
CBSO Youth Chorus
University of Birmingham Voices
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada conductor


Prom 18: Lata Mangeshkar: Bollywood Legend
19:30 Friday 28 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Palak Muchhal singer
Palash Muchhal singer
Saloni Saraf dancer
Saajan Raja dancer
Ankush Saigal dancer
Hannah Nazareth dancer
Gubzy Sing Lackhanpal percussion
Parvinder Bharat percussion
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Michael Seal conductor
Noreen Khan presenter


Prom 19: Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’
18:30 Saturday 29 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah (131 mins)

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Rowan Pierce soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Maxim Emelyanychev conductor


Proms at Aberystwyth
14:00 Sunday 30 July 2023
Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Luca Marenzio
Potrò viver io più se senza luce (3 mins)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Io son ferito, ahi lasso (4 mins)

Maddalena Casulana
Morir non può il mio cuore (2 mins)

Carlo Gesualdo
Asciugate i begli occhi (4 mins)

Claudio Monteverdi
Sì, ch’ io vorrei morire (4 mins)

Jacques Arcadelt
Il bianco e dolce cigno (2 mins)

Orlando Gibbons
The silver swan (2 mins)

William Byrd
This sweet and merry month of May (3 mins)

Thomas Weelkes
As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending (4 mins)

Thomas Weelkes
Thule the period of cosmographie (5 mins)

György Ligeti
Nonsense Madrigals – No. 1: Two Dreams and Little Bat (2 mins)

Nonsense Madrigals – No. 2: Cuckoo in the Pear Tree (2 mins)

Nonsense Madrigals – No. 3: The Alphabet (2 mins)

Thomas Weelkes
The nightingale, the organ of delight (2 mins)

The ape, the monkey and baboon (2 mins)

György Ligeti
Nonsense Madrigals – No. 4: Flying Robert (3 mins)

Nonsense Madrigals – No. 5: The Lobster Quadrille (2 mins)

Nonsense Madrigals – No. 6: A Long, Sad Tale (2 mins)

Judith Weir
Madrigal (3 mins)

Sarah Rimkus
My heart is like a singing bird (6 mins)

The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park director


Prom 20: Korngold’s Violin Concerto
19:30 Sunday 30 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Bernard Herrmann
Vertigo – suite (12 mins)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major

Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No. 3 in C minor (34 mins)

Vadim Gluzman violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno conductor


Prom 21: Adams, Copland and Skye
19:30 Monday 31 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Derrick Skye
Nova Plexus (18 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto (18 mins)

John Adams
Harmonium (33 mins)

Annelien Van Wauwe clarinet
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft conductor


Prom 22: Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Prokofiev
19:00 Tuesday 1 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major (27 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor (44 mins)

Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft conductor


Prom 23: NYO Jazz (USA) with Dee Dee Bridgewater
22:15 Tuesday 1 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Duke Ellington
Braggin’ In Brass
trans. David Berger

Sean Jones
The 29ers

Roy Hargrove
Strasbourg/St. Denis
arr. David Gibson

Duke Ellington
Cotton Tail
arr. Slide Hampton

Spencer Williams
Basin Street Blues
arr. John Clayton

Mongo Santamaría
Afro Blue
arr. John Clayton

Billie Holiday
Fine and Mellow
arr. Cecil Bridgewater

Leonard Lee
Let the Good Times Roll
arr. Frank Foster

Dee Dee Bridgewater
NYO Jazz
Sean Jones trumpet/director


Prom 24: Felix Klieser plays Mozart
19:30 Wednesday 2 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Ivan Karabits
Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, ‘A Musical Gift to Kyiv’ (13 mins)
UK première

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major (16 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E minor (60 mins)

Felix Klieser horn
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits conductor


Prom 25: Relaxed Prom
11:30 Thursday 3 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

William Walton
Coronation March ‘Orb and Sceptre’ (6 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major (16 mins)

Myroslav Skoryk
The High Pass – Melody (4 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E minor – Allegro vivace (4th mvt) (15 mins)

Felix Klieser horn
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits conductor
Naomi Wilkinson presenter
Rachael Merry BSL interpreter


Prom 26: Sibelius’s First Symphony
19:30 Thursday 3 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Gerald Barry
Kafka’s Earplugs (12 mins)
BBC commission: world première

William Walton
Violin Concerto (31 mins)

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor (38 mins)

James Ehnes violin
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds conductor


Prom 27: Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov
19:30 Friday 4 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Jimmy López Bellido
Perú negro (16 mins)
UK première

Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (22 mins)

William Walton
Belshazzar’s Feast (36 mins)

Yuja Wang piano
Thomas Hampson baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä conductor


Prom 28: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
19:30 Saturday 5 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (21 mins)

Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs (24 mins)

Aaron Copland
Symphony No. 3 (43 mins)

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor


Prom 29: Mozart’s Mass in C minor
11:00 Sunday 6 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045 (6 mins)

Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225 (14 mins)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Heilig ist Gott (7 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mass in C minor, K427 (50 mins)
compl. C. Kemme

Lucy Crowe soprano
Nardus Williams soprano
Jess Dandy alto
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Robert Davies baritone
Dunedin Consort
John Butt harpsichord/conductor


Proms at Dewsbury
15:00 Sunday 6 August 2023
Dewsbury Town Hall

Sergey Rachmaninov
Vocalise (6 mins)
arr. R. Wallfisch

Dora Pejačević
Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 35 (28 mins)

Lara Weaver
A Thing That Holds (8 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G minor (35 mins)

Laura van der Heijden cello
Jâms Coleman piano


Prom 30: Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto
19:30 Sunday 6 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Lili Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps (5 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (34 mins)

William Walton
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor (43 mins)

Alim Beisembayev piano
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson conductor


Prom 31: Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites
19:00 Monday 7 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Francis Poulenc
Dialogues of the Carmelites (151 mins)

Sally Matthews Blanche de la Force
Katarina Dalayman Madame de Croissy (Old Prioress)
Golda Schultz Madame Lidoine (New Prioress)
Karen Cargill Mother Marie of the Incarnation
Florie Valiquette Sister Constance of St Denis
Fiona Kimm Mother Jeanne of the Child Jesus
Paul Gay Marquis de la Force
Valentin Thill Chevalier de la Force
Vincent Ordonneau Father Confessor
Theodore Platt Jailer
Jamie Woollard Thierry, a footman
Matthew Nuttall M. Javelinot, a physician
Jade Moffat Sister Mathilde
Gavan Ring First Commissary
Michael Ronan Second Commissary
Michael Lafferty Officer
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Robin Ticciati conductor


Prom 32: Holst’s The Planets
19:00 Tuesday 8 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Dora Pejačević
Overture (6 mins)

Grace Williams
Violin Concerto (25 mins)

Gustav Holst
The Planets (51 mins)

Geneva Lewis violin
London Symphony Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jaime Martín conductor


Prom 33: Rachmaninov, Mahler-Werfel and Pejačević
19:00 Wednesday 9 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon – overture (10 mins)

Dora Pejačević
Zwei Schmetterlingslieder, op. 52 (4 mins)

Verwandlung, op. 37b (6 mins)

Liebeslied, op. 39 (6 mins)

Alma Mahler-Werfel
Die stille Stadt (3 mins)
orch. C. & D. Matthews

Licht in der Nacht (3 mins)
orch. C. & D. Matthews

Bei dir ist es traut (3 mins)
orch. C. & D. Matthews

Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 1 in D minor (42 mins)

Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds conductor


Prom 34: Mindful Mix Prom
22:15 Wednesday 9 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Jake Runestad
Let My Love Be Heard (5 mins)

Ola Gjeilo
Still (4 mins)

Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3, ‘Mishima’ – Mishima/Closing (3 mins)

Eric Whitacre
All Seems Beautiful to Me (5 mins)

Ola Gjeilo
The Rose (4 mins)

Caroline Shaw
and the swallow (4 mins)
with violin solo by Christopher Moore

Radiohead
Pyramid Song (5 mins)
arr. G. Lawson

Peter Gregson
The Day Before (4 mins)

Ken Burton
A Prayer (5 mins)

Arvo Pärt
The Deer’s Cry (5 mins)

Ola Gjeilo
Ubi caritas (6 mins)

Serenity (4 mins)

Roxanna Panufnik
Floral Tribute (5 mins)
BBC co-commission: world première

William Byrd
Diliges Dominum (4 mins)

Samuel Barber
Agnus Dei (8 mins)

Ola Gjeilo piano
Cerys Matthews voiceover
Carducci String Quartet
VOCES8


Prom 35: Mahler’s Seventh
19:30 Thursday 10 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Alban Berg
Violin Concerto (22 mins)

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 7 in E minor (72 mins)

Leila Josefowicz violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Prom 36: A Space Odyssey
19:30 Friday 11 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

György Ligeti
Requiem (29 mins)

György Ligeti
Lux aeterna (9 mins)

Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (34 mins)

Jennifer France soprano
Clare Presland mezzo-soprano
Edvard Grieg Kor
Royal Northern College of Music Chamber Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor


Prom 37: Budapest Festival Orchestra
19:30 Saturday 12 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz – overture (10 mins)

Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor (31 mins)

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’ (40 mins)

Sir András Schiff piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer conductor


Prom 38: Audience Choice
14:00 Sunday 13 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer conductor


Prom 39: Ligeti, Bartók and Beethoven
19:30 Sunday 13 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

György Ligeti
Mysteries of the Macabre (9 mins)

Béla Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 3 (23 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’ (47 mins)

Anna-Lena Elbert soprano
Sir András Schiff piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer conductor


Prom 40: Martin Helmchen plays Brahms
19:30 Monday 14 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major (46 mins)

Dora Pejačević
Symphony in F sharp minor (48 mins)

Martin Helmchen piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Prom 41: Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto
19:30 Tuesday 15 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

György Ligeti
Lontano (10 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (37 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor (57 mins)

Alexandre Kantorow piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor


Prom 42: Elgar, Chopin and Strauss
19:30 Wednesday 16 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Edward Elgar
In the South (Alassio) (20 mins)

Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor (43 mins)

Richard Strauss
Aus Italien (47 mins)

Seong-Jin Cho piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor


Prom 43: György Kurtág’s Endgame
19:30 Thursday 17 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

György Kurtág
Endgame (125 mins)

Frode Olsen Hamm
Morgan Moody Clov
Hilary Summers Nell
Leonardo Cortellazzi Nagg
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor
Victoria Newlyn Stage director


Prom 44: Stravinsky’s The Firebird
19:30 Friday 18 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Samy Moussa
Symphony No. 2 (20 mins)
BBC co-commission: European première

Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major (20 mins)

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird (45 mins)

Pavel Kolesnikov piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New conductor


Prom 45: Mahler’s Third Symphony
19:00 Saturday 19 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor (95 mins)

Jenny Carlstedt mezzo-soprano
Trinity Boys Choir
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Prom 46: Manchester Collective: Neon
22:15 Saturday 19 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Hannah Peel
Neon (11 mins)

Ben Nobuto
SERENITY 2.0 (13 mins)

Oliver Leith
A different ‘Fantasie from Suite No. 5 in G minor’ (5 mins)

David Lang
Mystery Sonata No. 7, ‘Glory’ (8 mins)

Steve Reich
Double Sextet (23 mins)

Manchester Collective
Rakhi Singh violin/director


Prom 47: Les Siècles plays Ligeti and Mozart
19:30 Sunday 20 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

György Ligeti
Concert Românesc (12 mins)

Violin Concerto (27 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (25 mins)

Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’ (31 mins)

Isabelle Faust violin
Alexander Melnikov piano
Les Siècles
François‐Xavier Roth conductor


Prom 48: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions with Jules Buckley Orchestra and Cory Henry
20:00 Monday 21 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Stevie Wonder
Too High
arr. Rob Taggart

Visions
arr. Callum Au

Living for the City
arr. Jochen Neuffer

Golden Lady
arr. Jochen Neuffer

Higher Ground
arr. Jochen Neuffer

Jesus Children of America
arr. Tim Davies

All in Love Is Fair
arr. Tommy Laurence

Don’t You Worry Bout a Thing
arr. Tom Richards

Superwoman
arr. Jochen Neuffer

Creepin’
arr. Rob Taggart

They Won’t Go When I Go
arr. Tim Davies

Something Out of the Blue
arr. Tim Davies

If It’s Magic

I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer
arr. Tim Davies

Cory Henry
Jules Buckley Orchestra
Jules Buckley conductor


Prom 49: Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri
19:30 Tuesday 22 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Robert Schumann
Das Paradies und die Peri (99 mins)

Lucy Crowe soprano
Jeanine De Bique soprano
Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples tenor
Linard Vrielink tenor
Florian Boesch baritone
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor


Prom 50: Handel’s Samson
19:00 Wednesday 23 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

George Frideric Handel
Samson (150 mins)

Allan Clayton Samson
Jacquelyn Stucker Dalila
Joélle Harvey Israelite Woman
Jess Dandy Micah
Brindley Sherratt Harapha
Jonathan Lemalu Manoa
Philharmonia Chorus
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings harpsichord/director


Prom 51: Weir, Schumann and Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
19:30 Thursday 24 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Judith Weir
Begin Afresh (15 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, ‘Spring’ (30 mins)

Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto in B minor (48 mins)

Christian Tetzlaff violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Prom 52: The Boston Symphony Orchestra play Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony
18:30 Friday 25 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Julia Adolphe
Makeshift Castle (13 mins)
European première

Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration (23 mins)

Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (46 mins)

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons conductor


Prom 53: Late Night Bach
22:15 Friday 25 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 170, ‘Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust’ (24 mins)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major (10 mins)

Cantata No. 35, ‘Geist und Seele wird verwirret’ (26 mins)

Iestyn Davies counter-tenor
The English Concert
Kristian Bezuidenhout harpsichord/director


Prom 54: Organ Recital with Isabelle Demers
14:00 Saturday 26 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Prelude to Act 1 (9 mins)
transcr. Demers

Rachel Laurin
Prelude and Fugue in G major (6 mins)
world première

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 146, ‘Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal’ – Sinfonia (arr. Dupré) (8 mins)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Three Impromptus (9 mins)

Max Reger
Chorale Fantasia on ‘Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’ (13 mins)

William Grant Still
Elegy (4 mins)

Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet (25 mins)
excerpts, transcr. Demers

Isabelle Demers organ


Prom 55: Gershwin’s Piano Concerto
19:30 Saturday 26 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Carlos Simon
Four Black American Dances (12 mins)
European première

Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka (1947 version) (34 mins)

George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major (31 mins)

Maurice Ravel
La valse (12 mins)

Jean‐Yves Thibaudet piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons conductor


Proms at Truro
14:00 Sunday 27 August 2023
Hall for Cornwall

Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major, D667, ‘Trout’ (40 mins)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F minor, Op. 2 (27 mins)

George Gershwin
songs (12 mins)
arr. T. Poster

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective


Prom 56: Rattle conducts Mahler’s Ninth
19:30 Sunday 27 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Francis Poulenc
Figure humaine (20 mins)

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9 (81 mins)

BBC Singers
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor


Prom 57: Fantasy, Myths and Legends
19:00 Monday 28 August 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Ring Symphonic Suite (10 mins)
orch. J. C. Whitney

Ramin Djawadi
Game of Thrones suite (8 mins)
arr & orch. John Langley

Manuel de Falla
El Amor Bruja
excerpts

David Arnold
Good Omens - Main Theme (3 mins)
arr. & orch. N. Dodd

John Williams
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - Hedwig's Theme (5 mins)

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919) - ‘Berceuse’ and ‘Finale’ (8 mins)

Modest Mussorgsky
A Night on the Bare Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov) (12 mins)

Lorne Balfe
His Dark Materials – Medley (10 mins)
BBC Commission: world première of medley

Joe Hisaishi
My Neighbour TOTORO for Orchestra (4 mins)

Eímear Noone
Malach, the Angel Messenger, from ‘World of Warcraft’ (7 mins)

Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Op 23 (In the Hall of the Mountain King) (3 mins)

John Williams
Duel of the Fates (5 mins)

Felicity Buckland mezzo soprano
The Huddersfield Choral Society
BBC Concert Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing conductor


Prom 58: Jon Hopkins with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jules Buckley
20:00 Tuesday 29 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Jon Hopkins
ATHOS
arr. Jules Buckley; BBC commission: world première

Feel First Life
arr. Peter Riley and Leo Abrahams

The Wider Sun
arr. Sam Gale

Singularity
arr. Simon Dobson

Music for Psychedelic Therapy (excerpt)
arr. Peter Riley

Form by Firelight
arr. Peter Riley

Luna Moth
arr. Sam Gale

Collider
arr. Simon Dobson

Abandon Window
arr. Tom Trapp

Jon Hopkins
Leo Abrahams guitar
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jules Buckley conductor


Prom 59: Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony
19:30 Wednesday 30 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture ‘The Consecration of the House’ (12 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major (33 mins)

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’ (40 mins)

Augustin Hadelich violin
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Paavo Järvi conductor


Prom 60: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
19:30 Thursday 31 August 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Kurt Weill
Little Threepenny Music (20 mins)

Thomas Adès
Piano Concerto (22 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 3 in A minor (39 mins)

Kirill Gerstein piano
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Vladimir Jurowski conductor


Prom 61: Chineke! performs Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony
19:30 Friday 1 September 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Valerie Coleman
Seven O’Clock Shout (6 mins)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Four Noveletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52 (23 mins)

Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (16 mins)

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Sinfonietta No. 1 – Rondo (7 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (34 mins)

Aaron Azunda Akugbo trumpet
Chineke! Orchestra
Anthony Parnther conductor


Prom 62: The Rite by Heart
15:00 Saturday 2 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Various Artists
A dramatic and musical exploration of Stravinksy’s The Rite of Spring (40 mins)

Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (33 mins)
performed from memory

Charlotte Ritchie actor
Karl Queensborough actor
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor


Prom 63: The Rite by Heart
19:30 Saturday 2 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Various Artists
A dramatic and musical exploration of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (40 mins)

Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (33 mins)

Charlotte Ritchie actor
Karl Queensborough actor
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor


Proms at Perth
14:00 Sunday 3 September 2023
Perth Concert Hall

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (19 mins)

Michael Tippett
Piano Sonata No. 2 (12 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (36 mins)

Steven Osborne piano
The Heath Quartet


Prom 64: Berlioz’s The Trojans
16:00 Sunday 3 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Hector Berlioz
The Trojans (235 mins)

Laurence Kilsby Iopas & Hylas
Rebecca Evans Hècube
Alex Rosen Hector/Narbal/Sentinelle II
Alice Coote Cassandra
Michael Spyres Aeneas
Paula Murrihy Dido
Lionel Lhote Coroebus
Adèle Charvet Ascanius
Tristan Hambleton Priam
Ashley Riches Panthus
Beth Taylor Anna
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Dinis Sousa conductor


Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony
19:30 Monday 4 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak) (84 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov conductor


Prom 66: Rufus Wainwright – Want Symphonic: Want One
19:30 Tuesday 5 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Rufus Wainwright
Want Symphonic – Want One

Rufus Wainwright
BBC Concert Orchestra
Sarah Hicks conductor


Prom 67: Rufus Wainwright – Want Symphonic: Want Two
22:15 Tuesday 5 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Rufus Wainwright
Want Symphonic – Want Two

Rufus Wainwright
Jake Shears
BBC Concert Orchestra
Sarah Hicks conductor


Prom 68: Max Richter: Recomposed
19:30 Wednesday 6 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Lera Auerbach
Sogno di Stabat Mater (12 mins)

Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in F major (10 mins)

Michael Tippett
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (20 mins)

Max Richter
Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons (40 mins)

Thomas Gould violin/director
Miranda Dale violin
Clare Finnimore viola
Caroline Dearnley cello
Owen Gunnell vibraphone
Britten Sinfonia


Prom 69: Mozart’s ‘Requiem’
19:00 Thursday 7 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Trad.
Plainsong ‘In paradisum’ (3 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr) (48 mins)
Interspersed with:

Ach, zu kurz ist unsers Lebenslauf (2 mins)

Masonic Funeral Music (6 mins)

Kyrie in D minor, K90 (3 mins)

Thamos, King of Egypt – ‘Ne pulvis et cinis’ (4 mins)

Five Solfeggios – No. 2 (3 mins)

Quis te comprehendat (4 mins)

Two Church Songs – No. 2: ‘O Gottes Lamm’ (3 mins)

Malakai Bayoh treble
Sandrine Piau soprano
Beth Taylor mezzo-soprano
Laurence Kilsby tenor
Alex Rosen bass
Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon conductor


Prom 69a: The BBC Singers and Sofi Jeannin
22:15 Thursday 7 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Joanna Marsh
SEEN (20 mins)

Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur
Cantique des cantiques (21 mins)

Soumik Datta
Awaaz (25 mins)

Soumik Datta sarod
Aref Durvesh tabla
Prathap Ramachandra Mridangam
Glen Scott electronics producer
Camilo Tirado Sound and Effects
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin conductor


Proms at Great Yarmouth
18:00 Friday 8 September 2023
Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth

Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps – overture (10 mins)

Eric Coates
Dancing Nights (8 mins)

Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending (15 mins)

Sarah Rodgers
Seascapes (5 mins)
BBC commission: world première

William Walton
Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’ (6 mins)

Igor Stravinsky
Circus Polka (4 mins)

Richard Rodgers
Carousel – The Carousel Waltz (5 mins)
arr. D. Walker

Andrea Tarrodi
Festive Overture (4 mins)

Jimmy López Bellido
Fiesta! (10 mins)

Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade – Waltz (4 mins)

BBC Concert Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing conductor
Nathaniel Anderson-Frank violin


Prom 70: Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto
19:30 Friday 8 September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Arthur Honegger
Rugby (8 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (43 mins)

Gabriela Ortiz
Clara (17 mins)
UK première

Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’ (24 mins)

Nobuyuki Tsujii piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Domingo Hindoyan conductor


Prom 71: Last Night of the Proms 2023
19:00 Saturday 9 September 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Don Juan (20 mins)

Max Bruch
Kol nidrei, Op. 47 (12 mins)

Roxanna Panufnik
Coronation Sanctus (2 mins)

James B. Wilson
1922 (5 mins)
BBC commission: world première

William Walton
Coronation Te Deum (10 mins)

Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser – ‘Dich, teure Halle’ (3 mins)

Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana – Easter Hymn (5 mins)

Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo (5 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth – ‘Vieni! t’affretta!’ (8 mins)

Laura Karpman
Higher. Further. Faster. Together. Main Theme from The Marvels

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Deep River (5 mins)
arr. S. Parkin

Emmerich Kálmán
The Gypsy Princess – ‘Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland’ (3 mins)

Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No 5

Trad.
Fantasia on British Sea Songs (Jack’s the Lad (Hornpipe)) (7 mins)
arr. Wood

Thomas Arne
Rule, Britannia! (3 mins)
arr. Sargent

Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ (8 mins)

Hubert Parry
Jerusalem (2 mins)
orch. Elgar

Unknown
The National Anthem (arr. Britten) (2 mins)

Trad.
Auld Lang Syne (2 mins)
arr. Paul Campbell

Lise Davidsen soprano
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor