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Poet, author and national treasure Michael Rosen spins a story with illustrator Tony Ross, with music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Grieg performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and 160 young singers and orchestral musicians from Liverpool.
Poet, author and national treasure Michael Rosen spins a story with illustrator Tony Ross, with music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Grieg performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and 160 young singers and orchestral musicians from Liverpool.
Martin Handley talks to Paul Kildea about Britten and his place in 20th-century music.
Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten opens Paavo Järvi’s performance with the Orchestre de Paris. Janine Jansen is the soloist in Britten’s Violin Concerto. Berlioz’s Le corsaire overture and Saint-Saëns’s ‘Organ’ Symphony complete a programme of vivid contrasts.
Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten opens Paavo Järvi’s performance with the Orchestre de Paris. Janine Jansen is the soloist in Britten’s Violin Concerto. Berlioz’s Le corsaire overture and Saint-Saëns’s ‘Organ’ Symphony complete a programme of vivid contrasts.
In the last Cadogan Hall concert of the festival, tenor Ian Bostridge, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and the viol consort Fretwork mark the 450th anniversary of the birth of John Dowland, the laureate of the Elizabethan lute song, in a sequence of galliards, lachrimaes and fantasias.
In the last Cadogan Hall concert of the festival, tenor Ian Bostridge, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and the viol consort Fretwork mark the 450th anniversary of the birth of John Dowland, the laureate of the Elizabethan lute song, in a sequence of galliards, lachrimaes and fantasias.
Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate, and poet Paul Farley discuss one of the most influential of the Thirties Poets, Louis MacNeice, who worked with Benjamin Britten during his time as a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ producer.
Vasily Petrenko, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and violinist Baiba Skride continue the Proms focus on Polish music with Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1. This opulent fantasy is framed by Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances.
Vasily Petrenko, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and violinist Baiba Skride continue the Proms focus on Polish music with Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1. This opulent fantasy is framed by Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances.
An introduction to Bruckner the man, and his influences and inspirations at the time of writing the ‘Romantic’ Symphony.
In their second Proms appearance this summer, Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra explore the sublime landscape of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Christian Ihle Hadland joins them for Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, a turning point in the composer’s development.
In their second Proms appearance this summer, Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra explore the sublime landscape of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Christian Ihle Hadland joins them for Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, a turning point in the composer’s development.
David Hill conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and the Choristers of Temple Church in Britten’s choral variations A Boy was Born, written when the composer was just 19 years old, and George Lloyd’s Requiem, dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.
David Hill conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and the Choristers of Temple Church in Britten’s choral variations A Boy was Born, written when the composer was just 19 years old, and George Lloyd’s Requiem, dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Join Proms Director Roger Wright and Chris Cotton, Chief Executive of the Royal Albert Hall, as they look back over the 2013 season with Petroc Trelawny.
A series of musical farewells as Osmo Vänskä conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s turbulent ‘Pathétique’ Symphony, Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs and Anthony Payne’s orchestration of Vaughan Williams’s Four Last Songs.
A series of musical farewells as Osmo Vänskä conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s turbulent ‘Pathétique’ Symphony, Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs and Anthony Payne’s orchestration of Vaughan Williams’s Four Last Songs.
Ian Skelly presents a discussion on Verdi and the orchestra, plus an introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Manfred.
Xian Zhang directs the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi in Tchaikovsky’s symphonic drama Manfred and the overtures to La forza del destino and La traviata. Celebrated Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja sings arias from Rigoletto, Luisa Miller and I vespri siciliani.
Xian Zhang directs the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi in Tchaikovsky’s symphonic drama Manfred and the overtures to La forza del destino and La traviata. Celebrated Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja sings arias from Rigoletto, Luisa Miller and I vespri siciliani.
In the final Late Night Prom of the season, pianist Imogen Cooper plays Schubert’s late Sonata in C minor. Paul Lewis joins her for the composer’s ‘Grand Duo’, written in Slovakia in the summer of 1824 when Schubert was music-master to Marie and Caroline Esterházy.
In the final Late Night Prom of the season, pianist Imogen Cooper plays Schubert’s late Sonata in C minor. Paul Lewis joins her for the composer’s ‘Grand Duo’, written in Slovakia in the summer of 1824 when Schubert was music-master to Marie and Caroline Esterházy.
Poet Don Paterson and Radio 3 presenter Ian McMillan introduce the winning entries in this year’s Proms Poetry competition, in association with the Poetry Society. Actress Samantha Bond will read the winning poems.
Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner’s monumental Eighth Symphony. Klaus Sonnleitner – the present-day successor to Bruckner as organist at St Florian’s Abbey in Linz – sets the scene with a sequence of works by Bach, one of Bruckner’s idols.
Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner’s monumental Eighth Symphony. Klaus Sonnleitner – the present-day successor to Bruckner as organist at St Florian’s Abbey in Linz – sets the scene with a sequence of works by Bach, one of Bruckner’s idols.
A fun workshop with Mary King to get you ready for vocal action at the Last Night singalong.
Hosted by Sir Terry Wogan join the Last Night of the Proms celebrations in Hyde Park with a host of musical stars including world-famous tenor Joseph Calleja, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and a special appearance from Nigel Kennedy.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms in the Park returns to the Titanic Slipway in Belfast on Saturday, September 7, 2013 as local audiences join the UK-wide celebrations of the world famous Last Night of the Proms.
The Last Night celebrations return to Glasgow Green. Join presenters Jamie MacDougall and Susan Calman in a night featuring an array of musical stars including singing sensation and former Spice Girl Melanie C, leading Scottish traditional violinist John McCusker, Scot soprano Kate Valentine and tenor Nicky Spence.
Marin Alsop becomes the first female conductor of the Last Night of the Proms. Joyce DiDonato and Nigel Kennedy join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in a concert that runs from Rossini and Handel arias to a mass singalong, and from Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and rarities by Britten and Bantock to a new opener by Anna Clyne.
Marin Alsop becomes the first female conductor of the Last Night of the Proms. Joyce DiDonato and Nigel Kennedy join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in a concert that runs from Rossini and Handel arias to a mass singalong, and from Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and rarities by Britten and Bantock to a new opener by Anna Clyne.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales brings the Proms in the Park to Caerphilly for an evening of spectacular performances featuring West End singing stars John Owen Jones and Sophie Evans.