Proms 2018
Proms 2018 Calendar
By Date
Sun 5 Aug 2018
- 11:00Imperial College Union
Join professional musicians to create your own music inspired by this afternoon's Prom.
- 15:00Royal Albert Hall
Over two concerts in one day, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra present Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos alongside six newly commissioned companion works, to create a brand-new musical cycle, heard here in the UK for the first time.
Over two concerts in one day, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra present Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos alongside six newly commissioned companion works, to create a brand-new musical cycle, heard here in the UK for the first time.
Programme
- Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046(20 mins)
- Maya(12 mins)UK premiere
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major(10 mins)
- Bach Materia(18 mins)UK premiere
- interval
- Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050(21 mins)
- Hamsa(28 mins)UK premiere
Performers
- Pekka Kuusistoviolin
- Antje Weithaasviolin
- Maya Beisercello
- Fiona Kellyflute
- Uri Cainepiano
- Mahan Esfahaniharpsichord
- Thomas Dausgaardconductor
Also part ofFor Families - 17:45Imperial College Union
Poets Sandeep Parmar and Sean O’Brien talk to Catherine Fletcher about contemporary re-workings of classical stories and what it means to take on part of the canon – as the Prom concert creates a new way to hear Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos.
Also part ofFree Events - 19:30Royal Albert Hall
In the second of two concerts, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra are joined by soloists to complete their new musical cycle pairing Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos with newly composed companion pieces.
In the second of two concerts, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra are joined by soloists to complete their new musical cycle pairing Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos with newly composed companion pieces.
Programme
- Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049(15 mins)
- Aello - ballet mécanomorphe(18 mins)UK premiere
- Approach – Prelude to a Canon(18 mins)
- Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051(17 mins)
- interval
- Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047(12 mins)
- Triceros(18 mins)UK premiere
Performers
- Antje Weithaasviolin
- Brett Deanviola
- Tabea Zimmermannviola
- Claire Chaseflute
- Fiona Kellyflute
- Marten Larssonoboe
- HÃ¥kan Hardenbergertrumpet
- Thomas Dausgaardconductor
