蜜芽传媒 Proms
蜜芽传媒 Proms Calendar
By Month
Sun 1 Sep 2019
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
China鈥檚 Shanghai Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut with an East-meets-West concert including music by Qigang Chen and Rachmaninov鈥檚 exhilarating Symphonic Dances. Leeds Piano Competition winner Eric Lu joins them for Mozart鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 23.
China鈥檚 Shanghai Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut with an East-meets-West concert including music by Qigang Chen and Rachmaninov鈥檚 exhilarating Symphonic Dances. Leeds Piano Competition winner Eric Lu joins them for Mozart鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 23.
Programme
- Wu Xing (The Five Elements)(11 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major(28 mins)
- interval
- Symphonic Dances(36 mins)
Performers
- 17:45Imperial College Union
Rosamund Bartlett and Philip Bullock discuss Tchaikovsky and the Russian folk tradition.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
A concert of folk songs and tales from the 蜜芽传媒 SSO. Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Symphony No.2 takes a different Ukrainian folk melody as theme for each movement, while a gruesome Czech legend provides the starting point for Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 atmospheric The Fiddler鈥檚 Child.
A concert of folk songs and tales from the 蜜芽传媒 SSO. Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Symphony No.2 takes a different Ukrainian folk melody as theme for each movement, while a gruesome Czech legend provides the starting point for Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 atmospheric The Fiddler鈥檚 Child.
Programme
- Nuages(15 mins)蜜芽传媒 commission: world premiere
- The Fiddler's Child(12 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1924
- Love Songs of Hafiz, Op. 26(22 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No 2 in C minor, 'Little Russian'(32 mins)
Performers
- Georgia Jarmansoprano
- Ilan Volkovconductor
Part ofProms 2019
Mon 2 Sep 2019
- 13:00Cadogan Hall
An all-Polish programme by the award-winning Silesian String Quartet and pianist Wojciech 艢wita艂a sets music by Mieczyslaw Weinberg alongside that of his great contemporary Gra偶yna Bacewicz, including her mature masterpiece, the Piano Quintet No. 1.
An all-Polish programme by the award-winning Silesian String Quartet and pianist Wojciech 艢wita艂a sets music by Mieczyslaw Weinberg alongside that of his great contemporary Gra偶yna Bacewicz, including her mature masterpiece, the Piano Quintet No. 1.
Programme
- String Quartet No. 7(24 mins)
- Piano Quintet No. 1(24 mins)
Performers
- Wojciech 艢wita艂apiano
- Silesian String Quartetensemble
Composers
- 17:15Imperial College Union
Sarah Lenton and Flora Willson introduce Berlioz鈥檚 Benvenuto Cellini.
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Sir John Eliot Gardiner completes his five-season Berlioz series with the composer鈥檚 rarely performed and vastly demanding opera Benvenuto Cellini. Michael Spyres is Renaissance sculptor Cellini with Sophia Burgos as his beloved Teresa.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner completes his five-season Berlioz series with the composer鈥檚 rarely performed and vastly demanding opera Benvenuto Cellini. Michael Spyres is Renaissance sculptor Cellini with Sophia Burgos as his beloved Teresa.
Programme
- Benvenuto Cellini(154 mins)(concert performance; sung in French, with surtitles)
Performers
- Michael SpyresBenvenuto Cellini
- Sophia BurgosTeresa
- Maurizio MuraroBalducci
- Tareq NazmiPope Clement VII
- Vincent DelhoumeFrancesco
- Lionel LhoteFieramosca
- Ad猫le CharvetAscanio
- Ashley RichesBernardino
- Duncan MeadowsPerseus
- Sir John Eliot Gardinerconductor
Composers
Part ofProms 2019
Tue 3 Sep 2019
- 17:25Imperial College Union
蜜芽传媒 Music Introducing presents a special showcase of live music from rising young artists.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Bernard Haitink, who turned 90 in March, conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Beethoven鈥檚 revolutionary Piano Concerto No. 4 and Bruckner鈥檚 Symphony No. 7 鈥� the composer鈥檚 heartfelt tribute to his mentor Wagner.
Bernard Haitink, who turned 90 in March, conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Beethoven鈥檚 revolutionary Piano Concerto No. 4 and Bruckner鈥檚 Symphony No. 7 鈥� the composer鈥檚 heartfelt tribute to his mentor Wagner.
Programme
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major(34 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 7 in E major(65 mins)(ed. Nowak)
Performers
- Emanuel Axpiano
- Bernard Haitinkconductor
Composers
Part ofProms 2019
Wed 4 Sep 2019
- 17:15Imperial College Union
Ben Winters and Jessica Duchen discuss Korngold and America.
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a concert with a Central European accent. Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 鈥楴ew World鈥� Symphony and folk-inspired The Noonday Witch join Korngold鈥檚 unashamedly Romantic Violin Concerto. Leonidas Kavakos is the soloist.
Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a concert with a Central European accent. Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 鈥楴ew World鈥� Symphony and folk-inspired The Noonday Witch join Korngold鈥檚 unashamedly Romantic Violin Concerto. Leonidas Kavakos is the soloist.
Programme
- The Noon Witch, Op 108(14 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1896
- Violin Concerto(26 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 鈥楩rom the New World鈥�(43 mins)
Performers
- Leonidas Kavakosviolin
- Andr茅s Orozco鈥怑stradaconductor
Composers
- 22:15Royal Albert Hall
The sunny and scintillating sounds of southern Italy come to the Proms, courtesy of the music/dance group Canzioniere Grecanico Salentino, joined by guitarist Justin Adams and kora player Ballak茅 Sissoko.
Thu 5 Sep 2019
- 17:45Imperial College Union
Novelist Mark Haddon on updating the legend of Pericles, popularised by Shakespeare, from the sea-faring to the aviation age.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Yuja Wang is the soloist in Rachmaninov鈥檚 emotionally expansive and technically demanding Third Piano Concerto. She joins conductor Myung-Whun Chung and the Staatskapelle Dresden for a Prom that also includes Brahms鈥檚 genial Symphony No. 2.
Yuja Wang is the soloist in Rachmaninov鈥檚 emotionally expansive and technically demanding Third Piano Concerto. She joins conductor Myung-Whun Chung and the Staatskapelle Dresden for a Prom that also includes Brahms鈥檚 genial Symphony No. 2.
Programme
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(41 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 in D major(43 mins)
Performers
- Yuja Wangpiano
- Myung-Whun Chungconductor
Composers
Part ofProms 2019
Fri 6 Sep 2019
- 17:40Imperial College Union
Poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan hosts a special edition of 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 The Verb, his showcase of poetry and the spoken word, with guest writers and performers.
- 20:00Royal Albert Hall
B-boys and b-girls take centre-stage for a spectacular celebration of the virtuosity and variety of the music that has influenced the breaking scene since the 1970s. Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra are joined by special guests.
B-boys and b-girls take centre-stage for a spectacular celebration of the virtuosity and variety of the music that has influenced the breaking scene since the 1970s. Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra are joined by special guests.
Programme
- Apache
- It's Just Begun
- Hot Wheels - The Chase
- Think (About It)
- Goldrush
- North Carolina
- Get On The Good Foot
- Forty Days
- Freaky Dancin'
- All This Love That I'm Givin'
- Castles
- Ashley's Roachclip
- Rock Steady
- Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
- Get Up
- Ready or Not
- Rated X
- The Mexican
- Night of the Wolf
- Disco Connection
- Dance to the Drummer's Beat
- 叠别驳驳颈苍麓
Performers
- Soul Mavericks, featuring B-Girl Terra & B-Girl Eddie
- Kid KaramB-Boy
- LagaetB-Boy
- Mattielsinger
- Alice Russellvocals
- Vula Malingavocals
- Brendan Reillyvocals
- Jules Buckleyconductor
Sat 7 Sep 2019
- 17:45Imperial College Union
An exploration of the connections between the music of Strauss and Mozart, with Barbara Eichner and William Mival.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Dance and song run through this concert by Constantinos Carydis and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Arias by Mozart and Strauss are followed by Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 7, famously described as 鈥榯he apotheosis of the dance鈥�.
Dance and song run through this concert by Constantinos Carydis and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Arias by Mozart and Strauss are followed by Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 7, famously described as 鈥榯he apotheosis of the dance鈥�.
Programme
- The Abduction from the Seraglio 鈥� overture(5 mins)
- Aria: 'Popoli di Tessaglia! 鈥� lo non chiedo, eterni dei'(11 mins)
- Cassation No. 1 in G major 鈥� Andante(3 mins)
- Aria: 'No, no, che non sei capace'(4 mins)
- Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'(21 mins)
- interval
- Capriccio 鈥� sextet(7 mins)
- Ariadne auf Naxos 鈥� 'Grossm盲chtige Prinzessin!'(11 mins)
- Symphony No. 7 in A major(39 mins)
Performers
- Danae Kontorasoprano
- Danae Kontorasoprano
- Constantinos Carydisconductor
Part ofProms 2019
Sun 8 Sep 2019
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer John Luther Adams is the master of large-scale musical spectacle. In the Name of the Earth is a musical meditation on nature, which will immerse the audience in the sound of more than 600 singers.
Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer John Luther Adams is the master of large-scale musical spectacle. In the Name of the Earth is a musical meditation on nature, which will immerse the audience in the sound of more than 600 singers.
Programme
- In the Name of the Earth(50 mins)European premiere
Performers
- Hackney Empire Community Choir
- London International Gospel Choir
- LSO Community Choir
- Victoria Park Singers
Composers
- 17:45Imperial College Union
Witchcraft, witch-trials and the image of the witch are explored by historian Professor Suzannah Lipscomb.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Sakari Oramo conducts a wide-ranging concert inspired by the natural world with Sibelius鈥檚 stirring Fifth Symphony at its heart. Boundary-breaking singer Nora Fischer is the soloist in the UK premiere of Louis Andriessen鈥檚 The Only One.
Sakari Oramo conducts a wide-ranging concert inspired by the natural world with Sibelius鈥檚 stirring Fifth Symphony at its heart. Boundary-breaking singer Nora Fischer is the soloist in the UK premiere of Louis Andriessen鈥檚 The Only One.
Programme
- A Night on the Bare Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)(11 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1898
- The Only One蜜芽传媒 co-commission with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and NTR ZaterdagMatinee: UK premiere
- interval
- Forest(13 mins)
- Symphony No. 5 in E flat major(32 mins)(final version, 1919)
Performers
- Nora Fischersinger
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Part ofProms 2019
Mon 9 Sep 2019
- 13:00Cadogan Hall
A giant of British contemporary music, composer Oliver Knussen is remembered and celebrated in a special performance by the newly formed Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Music by Knussen himself is framed by works from Abrahamsen, Birtwistle and Waley-Cohen.
A giant of British contemporary music, composer Oliver Knussen is remembered and celebrated in a special performance by the newly formed Knussen Chamber Orchestra. Music by Knussen himself is framed by works from Abrahamsen, Birtwistle and Waley-Cohen.
Programme
- 鈥� upon one note 鈥撀燜antasia after Purcell(3 mins)
- Fantasia upon all the notes(9 mins)
- Naiad(5 mins)蜜芽传媒 commission: world premiere
- Study for 'Metamorphosis'(5 mins)
- Herbstlied(6 mins)
- Halazuni(8 mins)
- Songs without Voices(8 mins)
Performers
- Ryan Wigglesworthpiano/conductor
- 17:45Imperial College Union
In the third of our series on Henry Wood, Hannah French and Gulliver Ralston explore the Proms founder-conductor鈥檚 relationship with Wagner鈥檚 music.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
An evening dedicated to the music of Wagner. Dramatic soprano Christine Goerke and tenor Stephen Gould join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert of sweeping operatic drama, including music from the culmination of the Ring cycle, G枚tterd盲mmerung.
An evening dedicated to the music of Wagner. Dramatic soprano Christine Goerke and tenor Stephen Gould join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert of sweeping operatic drama, including music from the culmination of the Ring cycle, G枚tterd盲mmerung.
Programme
- Der Freisch眉tz 鈥� overture(10 mins)
- Siegfried 鈥� Forest Murmurs(9 mins)
- Le chasseur maudit(14 mins)
- interval
- G枚tterd盲mmerung 鈥� Dawn and Siegfried鈥檚 Rhine Journey
- G枚tterd盲mmerung 鈥� Duet 'Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde'
- G枚tterd盲mmerung 鈥� Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
- G枚tterd盲mmerung 鈥� Br眉nnhilde's Immolation Scene
Performers
- Christine Goerkesoprano
- Stephen Gouldtenor
- Marc Albrechtconductor
Part ofProms 2019
Tue 10 Sep 2019
- 17:15Imperial College Union
A discussion about the function of letters in literature and life with best-selling crime novelist Ruth Ware and epistolary historian Shaun Usher.
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 8 鈥� the most personal of the composer鈥檚 many confrontations with the horror of war. Love dominates the first half, in music from the operas Eugene Onegin and The Bartered Bride.
Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 8 鈥� the most personal of the composer鈥檚 many confrontations with the horror of war. Love dominates the first half, in music from the operas Eugene Onegin and The Bartered Bride.
Programme
- The Bartered Bride 鈥� overture
- The Bartered Bride 鈥� Three Dances(19 mins)
- Eugene Onegin 鈥� Letter Scene(12 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1892
- interval
- Symphony No 8 in C minor(65 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1944
Performers
- Elena Stikhinasoprano
- Semyon Bychkovconductor
Part ofProms 2019 - 22:15Royal Albert Hall
Multi-talented guitarist and composer Jonny Greenwood curates a Late Night Prom featuring his new work for solo violin and strings, as well as a range of pieces broadly picking up on the themes of patterning and Minimalism.
Multi-talented guitarist and composer Jonny Greenwood curates a Late Night Prom featuring his new work for solo violin and strings, as well as a range of pieces broadly picking up on the themes of patterning and Minimalism.
Programme
- Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas No. 16 鈥� Passacaglia in G minor(6 mins)
- Sinfonietta for strings 鈥撀燰ivace(5 mins)
- Three Miniatures from Water 鈥� No. 3(5 mins)
- 88 (No. 1)(7 mins)
- Pulse(15 mins)
- Horror vacui 鈥� for solo violin and 68 strings(27 mins)蜜芽传媒 commission: world premiere
Performers
- Jonny Greenwoodbass guitar/tanpura
- Daniel Pioroviolin
- Katherine Tinkerpiano
- 蜜芽传媒 Proms Youth Ensembleensemble
- Hugh Bruntconductor
Wed 11 Sep 2019
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
John Butt and his period-instrument ensemble the Dunedin Consort explore the music of Bach. They pair Bach鈥檚 four Orchestral Suites with four newly commissioned works, each taking inspiration from the dances that are the heartbeat of Bach鈥檚 music.
John Butt and his period-instrument ensemble the Dunedin Consort explore the music of Bach. They pair Bach鈥檚 four Orchestral Suites with four newly commissioned works, each taking inspiration from the dances that are the heartbeat of Bach鈥檚 music.
Programme
- Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069(19 mins)
- Tambourin(蜜芽传媒 co-commission with Dunedin Consort: world premiere)
- Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066(21 mins)
- The Last Dance?(蜜芽传媒 co-commission with Dunedin Consort: world premiere)
- interval
- Chaconne(蜜芽传媒 co-commission with Dunedin Consort: world premiere)
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067(20 mins)
- Courante(蜜芽传媒 co-commission with Dunedin Consort: world premiere)
- Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068(20 mins)
Performers
- John Buttconductor
Part ofProms 2019
Thu 12 Sep 2019
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Waltz through a glittering ball, enter a feverish dream, march to your own execution, and spin into dark delirium at a witches鈥� sabbath. Take on the opium-infused visions of a tortured artist haunted by unrequited passion.
Waltz through a glittering ball, enter a feverish dream, march to your own execution, and spin into dark delirium at a witches鈥� sabbath. Take on the opium-infused visions of a tortured artist haunted by unrequited passion.
Programme
- Symphonie fantastique(80 mins)(orchestral theatre staging)
Performers
- Jane Mitchell & James Bonasdirectors
- Kate Wicksproduction designer
- Will Reynoldsconsultant designer
- Cydney Uffindell-Phillipsmovement consultant
- Mathew Bayntonactor
- Nicholas Collonconductor
Composers
- 22:15Royal Albert Hall
Waltz through a glittering ball, enter a feverish dream, march to your own execution, and spin into dark delirium at a witches鈥� sabbath. Take on the opium-infused visions of a tortured artist haunted by unrequited passion.
Waltz through a glittering ball, enter a feverish dream, march to your own execution, and spin into dark delirium at a witches鈥� sabbath. Take on the opium-infused visions of a tortured artist haunted by unrequited passion.
Programme
- Symphonie fantastique(80 mins)(orchestral theatre staging)
Performers
- Jane Mitchell & James Bonasdirectors
- Kate Wicksproduction designer
- Will Reynoldsconsultant designer
- Cydney Uffindell-Phillipsmovement consultant
- Mathew Bayntonactor
- Nicholas Collonconductor
Composers
Fri 13 Sep 2019
- 17:45Imperial College Union
Beethoven鈥檚 only opera, Fidelio, and his Fifth Symphony are two of his most iconic works. Benjamin Walton and Laura Tunbridge examine Beethoven鈥檚 social standing in the early years of the 19th century.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Beethoven鈥檚 revolutionary Fifth Symphony provides the climax of a concert by Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover that also includes music from Beethoven鈥檚 Fidelio and works by the composer鈥檚 musical forebears Bach and Handel.
Beethoven鈥檚 revolutionary Fifth Symphony provides the climax of a concert by Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover that also includes music from Beethoven鈥檚 Fidelio and works by the composer鈥檚 musical forebears Bach and Handel.
Programme
- Music for the Royal Fireworks(15 mins)
- Concert aria 鈥楢h! perfido鈥�(13 mins)
- Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, Op 86 (orch. Edward Elgar)
- interval
- Fidelio 鈥� overture(7 mins)
- Fidelio 鈥� 鈥楢bscheulicher! 鈥� Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern鈥�(8 mins)
- Symphony No. 5 in C minor(35 mins)
Performers
- Elizabeth Wattssoprano
- Andrew Manzeconductor
Sat 14 Sep 2019
- 16:00Hyde Park, London
Join in the Last Night of the Proms celebrations in Hyde Park, hosted by Michael Ball. The open-air concert celebrates the night with a host of stars from the worlds of classical music, rock and pop and musical theatre.
Part ofProms 2019 - 17:00Belfast, Titanic Slipways
蜜芽传媒 Proms in the Park will be returning once again to the Titanic Slipways in Belfast. Our concert will feature a diverse mix of music with the Ulster Orchestra and guests.
Part ofProms 2019 - 17:00Swansea, Singleton Park
One of Wales鈥檚 most loved music and family events 鈥� 蜜芽传媒 Wales鈥檚 Proms in the Park 鈥� returns this September to Swansea, Singleton Park. Proms yn y Parc 蜜芽传媒 Cymru yn dychwelyd fis Medi i Abertawe, Parc Singleton.
- 17:00Imperial College Union
Join us for an informal look back over the 2019 蜜芽传媒 Proms season.
- 19:15Royal Albert Hall
Charismatic American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton joins Sakari Oramo and the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus to lead the musical celebrations that bring the world鈥檚 greatest classical music festival to a spectacular close.
Charismatic American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton joins Sakari Oramo and the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus to lead the musical celebrations that bring the world鈥檚 greatest classical music festival to a spectacular close.
Programme
- Woke(9 mins)
- The Three-Cornered Hat 鈥� Suite No. 2(13 mins)
- SospiriHenry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1914
- Sing to the Moon(4 mins)
- Carmen 鈥� 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle' (Habanera)(2 mins)
- Samson and Delilah 鈥� 'Mon coeur s'ouvre 脿 ta voix'(7 mins)
- Don Carlos 鈥� 'O don fatale'(5 mins)
- Aida 鈥� Triumphal March(5 mins)
- Orpheus in the Underworld 鈥� overture(9 mins)
- Marching Song of Democracy(7 mins)
- Proud Thames(6 mins)
- The Wizard of Oz 鈥� 'Over the Rainbow'(5 mins)
- Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(17 mins)
- Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(4 mins)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, 鈥楲and of Hope and Glory鈥�(8 mins)
- Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
- The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(3 mins)
- Auld Lang Syne
Performers
- Jamie Bartonmezzo-soprano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- 19:30Glasgow Green
One of Scotland鈥檚 most loved musical events, 蜜芽传媒 Scotland鈥檚 Proms in the Park returns to Glasgow Green.
Part ofProms 2019
