An Unofficial Compleat 2006 BBC Proms Schedule with Listen Again links





Last Night of the Proms

Week 1: 14 - 20 July 2006 Next Week >
Fri 14
Sat 15
Sun 16
Mon 17
Tue 18
Wed 19
Thu 20
19:30 - 21:50
Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro - Overture
Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro - aria 'Porgi amor'
Mozart
Idomeneo - recit & aria 'Oh smania! oh furie!....D'Oreste, d'Aiace'
Smetana
Vltava
Dvorak
Te Deum
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor

Barbara Frittoli soprano
Sir John Tomlinson bass
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek conductor

15:30 - 16:45
Schnittke
Moz-Art à la Haydn
Mozart
Symphony No. 14 in A major, K114
Mozart
Serenade in D major, K248b/250 ('Haffner')

London Mozart Players
Isabelle van Keulen violin/director

19:30 - 21:45
Mozart
Idomeneo - Ballet music

Mitridate - Aspasia/Sifare duet (No.18)

Zaide - baritone aria 'Nur mutig, mein Herze'

Lucio Silla - soprano aria

The Abduction from the Seraglio - Act II Finale (quartet)

La Clemenza di Tito - Overture

Don Giovanni - tenor aria 'Dalla sua pace'

The Marriage of Figaro - from Act III: Figaro/Susanna recit

Count's Recit & Aria* (in alternate version) + Sextet

The Magic Flute - soprano aria (Pamina)

Don Giovanni - Finale (Supper Scene + Epilogue)

Ailish Tynan soprano
Rebecca Nash soprano
Ian Bostridge tenor
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Simon Keenlyside baritone
Kyle Ketelson baritone
Brindley Sherratt bass

BBC Singers
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Roger Norrington conductor

16:00 - 21:50
Wagner
Siegfried
(concert performance; sung in German)

Cast includes:
Jon Frederick West tenor
Olga Sergeeva soprano

Orchestre de Paris
Christoph Eschenbach conductor

13:00 - 14:00
Schumann
Three Romances for oboe and piano, Op.94
Stravinsky
Three Pieces for solo clarinet
Poulenc
Sonata for clarinet and bassoon
Mozart
Quintet in E flat major for piano and wind, K452

Christoph Eschenbach piano
Solistes de l'Orchestre de Paris
Alexandre Gattet oboe
Philippe Berrod clarinet
Michel Garcin-Marrou horn
Marc Trenel bassoon

19:00 - 21:00
Debussy
La Mer
Colin Matthews
Horn Concerto
Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor

Richard Watkins horn
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder conductor

22:00 - 23:20
Jonathan Dove
Figures in the Garden, for wind octet
Colin Matthews
To Compose without the Least Knowledge of Music, for wind sextet
Mozart
Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, K361 (Gran Partita)

London Winds
Michael Collins clarinet/director

18:30 - 22:25
Mozart
Cosi fan tutte
(semi-staged; sung in Italian)

Cast includes:
Miah Persson (soprano)
Topi Lehtipuu tenor

Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Glyndebourne Chorus
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ivan Fischer conductor

19:00 - 21:35
Birthday concert for HM The Queen

National Anthem
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
A Little Birthday Music
(BBC commission: world premiere)
Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
Dvorak
Symphony No.9 ('From the New World')

Julian Bliss basset clarinet

Choristers of Chapel Royal, St James Palace Choir

Choristers of Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace

City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus

Children's International Voices of Enfield

Finchley Children's Music Group

New London Children's Choir

Southend Boys' & Girls' Choirs

Trinity Boys Choir

Fanfare Trumpeters of the Scots Guards

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek conductor

19:30 - 21:40
Prokofiev
War and Peace - Overture
Shostakovich
Suite on poems of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op.145
Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet (selection)

Ildar Abdrazakov bass

BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda
conductor

Week 2: 21 - 27 July 2006 < Previous Week | Next Week >
Fri 21
Sat 22
Sun 23
Mon 24
Tue 25
Wed 26
Thu 27
19:30 - 21:30
György Ligeti
Ramifications, for string orchestra
Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor (original version)
Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major

Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair
violin/conductor

11:00 - 13:00
Blue Peter Prom - Safari

Zoe Salmon presenter
Matt Baker presenter
Chris Collins special guest appearance

Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone
Islington Children's Music Group
BBC Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley conductor

19:30 - 21:30
Janacek, arr. Mackerras
Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen
Mozart
Concerto in E-flat major for two pianos, K365
Dvorak
Symphony No.7 in D minor

Paul Lewis & Till Fellner pianos
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox conductor

11:00 - 13:00
Blue Peter Prom - Safari

Zoe Salmon presenter
Matt Baker presenter
Chris Collins special guest appearance

Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone
Islington Children's Music Group
BBC Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley conductor

19:00 - 21:00
Elgar
In the South
Bliss
Colour Symphony
Walton
Belshazzar's Feast

Bryn Terfel baritone

BBC National Chorus of Wales
London Symphony Chorus
Cor Caerdydd
London Brass
(off-stage band)
BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
Richard Hickox
conductor

13:00 - 14:00
Programme to include songs and duets by Purcell, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Gounod, Chausson and Brahms

Kate Royal soprano
Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
Roger Vignoles piano

19:30 - 21:30
Haydn
Symphony No. 94 ('Surprise')
George Benjamin
Dance Figures
(UK premiere)
Brahms
Piano Concerto No.1

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson
conductor

19:30 - 21:50
Rossini
The Barber of Seville - Overture
Rossini - Aria 'Cessa di più resistere'
Donizetti
L'Elisir d'amore - 'Una furtiva lagrima'
Granados
Goyescas - Intermezzo
Donizetti
La Fille du Régiment - 'Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fete'
Falla
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Menéndez & Utrera, arr. Peña
Aquellos ojos verdes
Monge, arr. Peña
Mejico lindo
Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat - Three Dances from Part II
- The Neighbour's Dance (Sequidillas)
- The Miller's Dance (Farruca)
- Final Dance (Jota)
Gardel & Le Pera, arr. Guinovart
El dia que me quieras
Gardel, arr. Guinovart
Jurame
Chabrier
España

Juan Diego Flórez tenor
Artur Pizarro piano
BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth conductor

19:00 - 21:05
Webern
Passacaglia, Op.1
Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No.1
Brahms
Symphony No.4

Leila Josefowicz violin
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo
conductor

22:15 - 23:45
'The Great Venetians'

Giovanni Gabrieli
Dulcis lesu
Giovanni Gabrieli
Timor et tremor
Monteverdi
Laetatus Sum
Rovetta
De Profundis
Cavalli
Salve Regina

Plus sonatas for cornetts and sagbutts, other motets by Grandi, Croce, Rigatti.

His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor

19:30 - 22:00
Wolfgang Rihm
Verwandlung
(UK premiere)
Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
Mahler
Symphony No.4 in G major

Hélène Grimaud piano
Inger Dam-Jensen soprano

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Nott conductor

Week 3: 28 July - 3 August 2006 < Previous Week | Next Week >
Fri 28
Sat 29
Sun 30
Mon 31
Tue 1
Wed 2
Thu 3
20:00 - 22:05
Brahms
Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
Brahms/Glanert
Four Preludes and Serious Songs
(UK premiere)
R.Strauss
Ein Heldenleben

Johan Reuter bass-baritone
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Marc Albrecht conductor

14:30 - 16:40
Orlando Gough
Open
(world premiere)
Gershwin
An American in Paris

A cappella work(s) for chorus by:
Hovhaness
A Rose Tree Blossoms
Thea Musgrave
On the Underground (Set 2)
I. In Dreams
III. The Subway Piranhas
IV. In Dreams
Steven Sametz
I Have Had Singing
Poulenc
Gloria
Orlando Gough/Caryl Churchil
We Turned on the Light
(BBC commission; first realisation)
Bernstein
Chichester Psalms

Susan Gritton soprano
Manickam Yogeswaran singer
The Shout (director, Orlando Gough)

National Youth Choir of Scotland

National Youth Choir of Great Britain

Rodolfus Choir

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor

19:30 - 21:40
Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Prelude, Act 1
Michael Henry
Stand
Barber
Knoxville - Summer of 1915
Orlando Gough/Caryl Churchill
We Turned on the Light
(BBC commission; second realisation)
Prokofiev
Alexander Nevsky - cantata

Christine Brewer soprano
Elena Manistina mezzo-soprano
The Shout (director, Orlando Gough)
BBC Symphony Chorus
Huddersfield Choral Society
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson conductor

18:30 - 20:35
Haydn
Mass in B-flat major, Hob.22, No.10
Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida ('Heiligmesse')
Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C major ('Great')

Lucy Crowe soprano
Alexandra Sherman mezzo-soprano
James Edwards tenor
Matthew Rose bass
BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor

13:00 - 14:00
Mozart
String Quartet in B flat major, K458 'Hunt'
Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 7
Szymanowski
String Quartet No. 2

Royal String Quartet
Izabella Szalaj-Zimak violin
Elwira Przybylowska violin
Marek Czech viola
Michal Pepol cello

19:30 - 21:40
Rimsky-KorsakovThe Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible) - Overture
Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8

Tasmin Little violin
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky conductor

19:00 - 21:05
Handel/Mozart
Alexander's Feast
(sung in German)

Sally Matthews soprano
Paul Agnew tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
Choir of The English Concert
The English Concert
Andrew Manze conductor

22:15 - 23:45
Hans Werner Henze
Voices

Mary King mezzo-soprano
Christopher Gillett tenor
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen conductor

19:30 - 21:40
Prokofiev
Classical Symphony
Britten
Les Illuminations
Elgar/Payne
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6
(world premiere)
Bach, arr. A. Davis
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Shostakovich
Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings
(Piano Concerto No. 1)

Evgeny Kissin piano
Sergei Nakariakov trumpet
Nicole Cabell soprano

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor

19:00 - 21:00
Toshio Hosokawa
Circulating Ocean
(UK premier)
Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 15 in A major

Christopher Maltman baritone *
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Kazushi Ono conductor

Week 4: 4 - 10 August 2006 < Previous Week | Next Week >
Fri 4
Sat 5
Sun 6
Mon 7
Tue 8
Wed 9
Thu 10
19:00 - 21:10
Ravel
Mother Goose - Suite
Szymanowski
Symphony No. 4
(Symphonie-Concertante)
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique

Piotr Anderszewski piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conductor

22:15 - 23:45
Radio Tarifa

15:00 - 16:15
J S Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV1049
Mozart
Divertimento in D major K125a/ K136
Mozart
Adagio and fugue in C minor K546
J S Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV1050

Rachel Brown flute/recorder
Rachel Beckett recorder
Pavlo Beznosiuk violin
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr harpsichord/director

19:00 - 21:00
Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements
Janacek
Taras Bulba
Sibelius
Pohjola's Daughter
Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Sir Colin Davis
conductor

16:00 - 17:25
Mozart
Fantasy in F minor, K608
Shostakovich
'The Gadfly' - Credo; The Cathedral Service
Glière
Fugue on a Russian Christmas Song
Glazunov
Fantasy, Op.110
Böhm
Chorale Prelude on 'Vater unser im Himmelreich'
J S Bach
Chorale Prelude on 'Dies sind die heil'gen zehen Gebot', BWV678
Liszt
Fantasia and Fugue on 'Ad nos ad salutarem undam'

David Goode organ

19:30 - 21:40
Julian Anderson
Heaven is Shy of Earth
(BBC Commission; world premiere)
Ravel
Daphnis and Chloë (complete)

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano

BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor

13:00 - 14:00
Schumann
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Lieder, Op. 40 - selections
Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 98a - selections

Christian Gerhaher baritone
Gerold Huber piano

19:30 - 21:45
M. Haydn
Requiem
Mozart
Symphony No. 31 in D major, K297 ('Paris')
Mozart
Mass in C major, K317 ('Coronation')

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Hilary Summers mezzo-soprano
James Gilchrist tenor
Peter Harvey bass

Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

19:30 - 21:25
Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole
Henri Dutilleux
Métaboles
Ravel
Shéhérazade
Roussel
Symphony No. 3

Dame Felicity Lott soprano

BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor

19:30 - 21:30
Jonathan Harvey
…towards a Pure Land
(London premiere)
Mozart
Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K503
Schumann
Symphony No. 3 ('Rhenish')

Stephen Kovacevich piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor

19:00 - 21:10
Sibelius
En Saga
James Dillon
Andromeda
(BBC commission: world premiere)
Stravinsky
The Firebird
(complete ballet)

Noriko Kawai piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor

22:15 - 23:45
Steve Reich
- Clapping Music
- Nagoya Marimbas
- Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ
- Drumming

Percussion ensemble featuring:
Colin Currie
Richard Benjafield
Sam Walton
Joby Burgess
Antoine Bedewi
Adrian Spillett
Dave Jackson
Owen Gunnell
Andrew Cottee
Synergy Vocals
Rowland Sutherland piccolo

Week 5: 11 - 17 August 2006 < Previous Week | Next Week >
Fri 11
Sat 12
Sun 13
Mon 14
Tue 15
Wed 16
Thu 17
19:30 - 21:35
John Adams
My Father Knew Charles Ives
John Adams
The Wound Dresser
John Adams
Harmonielehre

Eric Owens bass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams conductor

18:30 - 20:45
Schnittke
(K)ein Sommernacht-
straum
Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219
Shostakovich
Symphony No.4 in C minor

Janine Jansen violin
European Union Youth Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor

16:00 - 18:15
Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, K207
Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K364
Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218
Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201

Lawrence Power viola
UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Maxim Vengerov (violin) conductor/director

20:00 - 22:00
Steven Stucky
Second Concerto for Orchestra
(European/UK premiere)
Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
Musorgsky/Ravel
Pictures at an Exhibition

François-Frédéric Guy piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

13:00 - 14:00
György Kurtág
Hommage à R. Sch.
Schumann
Selected piano works
Ian Wilson
Red over black
BBC co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society: world premiere
Mozart
Trio in E flat major, K498 'Kegelstatt'
Martin Fröst clarinet
Pierre Lénert viola
Cédric Tiberghien piano

19:30 - 21:20
Sibelius
The Oceanides
R.Strauss
Four Last Songs
Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra

Soile Isokoski soprano

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor

19:30 - 21:45
Schumann
Manfred - Overture
Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major
Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, 'Scottish'

Christian Tetzlaff violin

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek conductor

19:00 - 21:05
Dohnányi
Symphonic Minutes
Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 3
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring

Garrick Ohlsson piano

Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer conductor

19:00 - 21:05
Stravinsky
Dumbarton Oaks
Lutoslawski
Paroles tissées
Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Ian Bostridge tenor

Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Donald Runnicles
conductor

22.00 - 23.30
Mozart
Rondo in A minor, K511
Mozart
Sonata in A major, K331
Mozart
Fantasia in D minor, K397
Mozart
Adagio in B minor, K540
Mozart
Rondo in D major, K485
Mozart
Sonata in A minor, K310

András Schiff piano

Week 6: 18 - 24 August 2006 < Previous Week | Next Week >
Fri 18
Sat 19
Sun 20
Mon 21
Tue 22
Wed 23
Thu 24
19:30 - 21:55
Shostakovich
The Golden Age - excerpts
Schnittke
Viola Concerto
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'

Yuri Bashmet viola
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor

15.00 - 16.30
Shostakovich

Film/theatre/rare orchestral works

- Jazz Suite No.1
- New Babylon - excerpt - with film
- Five Fragments, Op.42, for chamber orchestra
- The Tale of the Priest and his Servant, Blockhead - with film/stills
- The Bedbug -excerpts
- The Silly Little Mouse - complete, with film

Britten Sinfonia
André de Ridder conductor

18.30 - 20.55
Lyadov
From the Apocalypse
Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor
Shostakovich
Symphony No.13 in B flat minor, 'Babi Yar'

Vadim Repin violin

Chorus And Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera)
Valery Gergiev conductor

18:30 - 21:55
Shostakovich
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
(concert performance; sung in Russian)

Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera)
Valery Gergiev conductor

13:00 - 14:00
Marais
Pièces en trio - selections
Pièces de viole, Book 2 - selections
Anne Danican Philidor
Recorder Sonata in D minor
La Barre
Pièces en trio, Book 1 - selections
Lully
Le sommeil d'Atys

La Simphonie du Marais
Hugo Reyne flute/director
François Nicolet flute
Anne-Marie Lasla treble viol
Catherine Arnoux treble viol
Emmanuelle Guigues bass viol
Marc Wolff theorbo

19:30 - 21:45
Berlioz
Les francs-juges - Overture
James Macmillan
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major

London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
conductor

19:00 - 20:50
R.Strauss
Don Juan
Chausson
Poème de l'amour et de la mer
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 6 in B minor

Susan Graham mezzo-soprano

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Philippe Jordan
conductor

22.00 - 23.20
H K Gruber
Hidden Agenda
(UK premiere)
Weill
Kiddush, for tenor solo, SATB chorus & organ
Eisler
Liturgie vom Hauch Op. 21 No. 1, for SATB chorus
Weill
Berlin Requiem - 'Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen', for four-part men's chorus
Eisler
Über das Töten Op. 21 No. 2, for SATB chorus
Weill
Berlin Reqiem - Legende vom toten Soldaten, for SATB chorus
Eisler
Ferner Streiken: 50,000 Holzarbeiter, Op. 19 No. 1 for men's chorus
H K Gruber
Frankenstein!!

Daniel Hyde organ
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
HK Gruber (chansonnier) conductor

19:30 - 21:40
Mark-Anthony Turnage
A Relic of Memory
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Rakhmaninov
The Bells

Nikolai Lugansky piano
Tatiana Monogarova soprano
Vsevolod Grivnov tenor
Sergei Leiferkus baritone

London Philharmonic Choir
Philharmonia Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor

19:30 - 21:50
Barber
First Essay for Orchestra
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

Llyr Williams piano
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conductor

Week 7: 25 - 31 August 2006 < Previous Week | Next Week >
Fri 25
Sat 26
Sun 27
Mon 28
Tue 29
Wed 30
Thu 31
19:30 - 21:35
Magnus Lindberg
Sculpture
(UK premiere)
Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto
Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major

Nikolaj Znaider violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor

19:00 - 21:00
Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin
Stravinsky
Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Gil Shaham violin
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi conductor

19:30 - 21:30
Mozart, reconstr. Philippe A. Autexier
Meistermusik, for men's chorus and orchestra
(original version of Masonic Funeral Music, K477)
Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K543
Mozart, compl. Sussmayr
Requiem in D minor, K626

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Ingeborg Danz mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore tenor
Alfred Reiter bass

Collegium Vocale Gent
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Philippe Herreweghe conductor

13:00 - 14:00
J.S. Bach arr. Mozart
Largo and Fugue in E flat major (after BWV 526); Adagio and Fugue in G minor (after BWV 883)
Colin Matthews
Animato* - Oscuro -
Scorrevole* - Calmo
(*BBC commissions: world premieres)
Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

Leopold String Trio
Marianne Thorsen violin
Lawrence Power viola
Kate Gould cello
Benjamin Nabarro violin
Simon Crawford-Phillips piano

15:30 - 17:30
Presented from the stage by Charles Hazlewood

Ibert
Divertissement
Weill
vocal work(s)
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Dai Fujikura
Crushing Twister
(BBC commission: world premiere)
Bernstein
Fancy Free

Kevin Cole piano
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood
conductor

19:30 - 21:55
Mozart
Symphony No. 34 in C major, K338
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491
Mozart
La finta giardiniera - aria (Arminda) 'Vorrei punirti indegno', Act 2, No. 13
Mozart
Concert aria 'Ch'io mi scordi di te'
Mozart
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'

Véronique Gens soprano *
Lars Vogt piano
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Ivor Bolton conductor

19:30 - 21:40
Hans Werner Henze
Five Messages for the Queen of Sheba
(London premiere)
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'

Orchestre National de France
Kurt Masur
conductor

19:30 - 21:45
Ives
Symphony No. 2
Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
R. Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel

Lang Lang piano
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor

19:00 - 21:05
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
Bruckner
Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Richard Goode piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek conductor

22:00 - 23:20
György Kurtag
Songs of Despair and Sorrow
Schumann
Four Songs for double chorus, Op. 141
Feldman
Rothko Chapel

Amy Freston soprano

BBC Singers
Nash Ensemble
Martyn Brabbins and Stephen Cleobury conductors

Week 8: 1 - 7 September 2006 < Previous Week | Next Week >
Fri 1
Sat 2
Sun 3
Mon 4
Tue 5
Wed 6
Thu 7
19:30 - 21:45
Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K183
Hanspeter Kyburz
Noesis
Debussy, orch. C. Matthews
Préludes (Book 2)
'Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest';
'Feuilles mortes';
'Feux d'artifice'
Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
conductor

15.00 - 16.30
Mozart
The Magic Flute - Overture
Benjamin Wallfisch
new work
(world premiere)
Mozart
Serenade in G major, K525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
Mozart
Thamos, King of Egypt - incidental music, K345
(sung in German)

Marie Arnet soprano
Christine Cairns mezzo-soprano
Christopher Lemmings tenor
Stephan Loges baritone

OSJ Voices
Orchestra of St Johns
John Lubbock conductor

18:30 - 20:45
Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 1
Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major

Frank Peter Zimmermann violin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
conductors

18:30 - 21:35
Matthias Pintscher
Hérodiade-Fragmente
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

Marisol Montalvo soprano
Yvonne Naef mezzo-soprano
Nikolai Schukoff tenor
Franz-Josef Selig bass

BBC Symphony Chorus
Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conductor

13:00 - 14:00
Berg
Piano Sonata, Op.1
Schubert
Piano Sonata in A major

Stephen Kovacevich piano

19:00 - 21:00
Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach
conductor

22:00 - 23:15
Mozart
Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K16
Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216
Haydn
Symphony No. 82 in C major, 'The Bear'

Camerata Salzburg
Leonidas Kavakos
director/violin

19:00 - 21:00
Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Rakhmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E minor

Han-Na Chang cello

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka
conductor

19:30 - 21:05
Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, 'Resurrection'

Susan Gritton soprano
Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano

BBC Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor

19:30 - 21:20
Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Joshua Bell violin

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniele Gatti
conductor

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Fri 8
Sat 9
Sun 10
Mon 11
Tue 12
Wed 13
Thu 14
19:30 - 21:45
Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'
Mozart, compl. Robert D. Levin
Mass in C minor, K427

Rosemary Joshua soprano
Lisa Milne soprano
Eric Cutler tenor
Nathan Berg bass

Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Charles Mackerras conductor

19.30 - 22.30
The Last Night of the Proms

Shostakovich

Festive Overture
Borodin
Prince Igor - aria 'No sleep, no rest'
Verdi
Ernani - recit and aria 'Gran dio! ... O de verd'anni miei'
Rubinstein
Nero - Epithalamium
Colin Matthews
Vivo
Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Wagner
Tannhäuser - Entry of the Guests
Coates
March 'Calling All Workers'
Bizet
Carmen - Toreador's Song
Soloviev-Sedoy
Moscow Nights
arr. Matthew Barley
Violin solo
Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major
('Land of Hope and Glory')
Henry Wood, with additional numbers arr. Bob Chilcott
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Parry, orch. Elgar
Jerusalem
Traditional (arr. Wood)
The National Anthem
Traditional
Auld Lang Syne

Dmitri Hvorostovsky baritone
Viktoria Mullova violin

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mark Elder
conductor