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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2007

New music

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms maintains its long tradition of commissioning and performing new music with the premieres of 12 specially commissioned works for the 2007 season. From a dramatic musical piece about climate change by a leading film composer, to new symphonies and concertos by the likes of John Adams and Esa-Pekka Salonen, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms present new work by top British and international talent.

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There are a further seven major works receiving world, UK or London premieres and more than 70 works new to the Proms.

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• Twelve ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commissions and co-commissions from John Adams, Richard Rodney Bennett, Judith Bingham, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Brett Dean, Sam Hayden, Aaron Jay Kernis, Rachel Portman, Guto Puw,Thea Musgrave, Esa- Pekka Salonen and Peter Wiegold.

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• Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman and poet/novelist Owen Sheers create a 'dramatic musical piece' to be performed by hundreds of children, some of whom are cast through a nationwide ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ talent search (27 August).

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• Contemporary subjects for John Adams (nuclear bombs; 21 August), Brett Dean (miseries of reality TV; 22 July), and Rachel Portman (climate change; 27 August)

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• Peter Wiegold creates a huge new piece for hundreds of amateur and professional brass players as centrepiece of Brass Day (28 July).

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• John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Peter Wiegold and Benjamin Yusupov conduct their own works (21 August, 30 July, 28 July, 18 August).

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• World premiere of David Matthews’s Symphony No. 6 (commissioned by the John S. Cohen Foundation, 2 August).

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• UK premieres for living composers including Elliott Carter, Hans Werner Henze, Aaron Jay Kernis and Benjamin Yusupov.

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• Maxim Vengerov dances tango in UK premiere of viola concerto by Yusupov (18 August).

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• UK premiere of newly orchestrated song by Alban Berg from Renée Fleming (6 August).

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• Two Composer Portraits featuring chamber music by Thomas Adès (20 August) and David Matthews (2 August).

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• Major works by more than 30 living composers.

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• More than 70 works new to the Proms (see asterixed entries in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Guide’s Index of Works, page 156, for details).

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