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PROMS 2018 Page 1 of 7 PROMS 2018 Page 1 of 7 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms Second Essay: Echo (15 mins) Charles Ives 20:15 Friday 13 July 2018 ON TV Third Essay: Ruby The Unanswered Question (6 mins) Royal Albert Hall Robert Schumann Igor Stravinsky Ralph Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (30 mins) Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version) (9 mins) Toward the Unknown Region (14 mins) Calidore String Quartet ensemble Olivier Messiaen Gustav Holst Javier Perianes piano Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (35 mins) The Planets (52 mins) Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Anna Meredith Prom 4: Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ London Sinfonietta Five Telegrams (22 mins) Symphony George Benjamin conductor BBC co-commission with 14–18 NOW and Edinburgh 19:30 Monday 16 July 2018 International Festival: world première Royal Albert Hall Prom 9: War & Peace National Youth Choir of Great Britain Magnus Lindberg 19:30 Saturday 21 July 2018 BBC Symphony Chorus Clarinet Concerto (25 mins) Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms Youth Ensemble BBC Symphony Orchestra Dmitri Shostakovich Eriks Esenvalds Sakari Oramo conductor Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Leningrad' (75 mins) Shadow (8 mins) Mark Simpson clarinet Benjamin Britten BBC Philharmonic Sinfonia da Requiem (21 mins) Prom 2: Mozart, Ravel and Fauré Juanjo Mena conductor 19:30 Saturday 14 July 2018 Ludwig van Beethoven Royal Albert Hall Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (65 mins) Prom 5: Debussy Pélleas et Mélisande Erin Wall soprano Gabriel Fauré 18:30 Tuesday 17 July 2018 mezzo-soprano Pavane (choral version) (5 mins) Royal Albert Hall Russell Thomas tenor Franz-Josef Selig baritone Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Claude Debussy BBC Proms Youth Choir Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major (32 mins) Pelléas et Mélisande (180 mins) World Orchestra for Peace Simon Halsey conductor Maurice Ravel Christina Gansch Mélisande Donald Runnicles conductor Daphnis and Chloe (52 mins) John Chest Pelléas Christopher Purves Golaud Francesco Piemontesi piano Brindley Sherratt Arkel BBC Symphony Chorus Karen Cargill Genevieve Prom 10: Fauré, Franck & Widor’s Toccata Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Chloé Briot Yniold 11:00 Sunday 22 July 2018 Alain Altinoglu conductor Glyndebourne Festival Opera Royal Albert Hall London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati conductor Charles‐Marie Widor Prom 3: BBC Young Musician 40th Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor, Op 42 (6 mins) Anniversary César Franck 19:00 Sunday 15 July 2018 ON TV Prom 6: An American in Paris & Trois pièces pour grand orgue (11 mins) Royal Albert Hall Turangalîla 19:30 Wednesday 18 July 2018 Gabriel Fauré Camille Saint‐Saëns Royal Albert Hall Pavane (arr. Apkalna) (8 mins) The Carnival of the Animals (13 mins) George Gershwin Johann Sebastian Bach Maurice Ravel An American in Paris (17 mins) Fantasia in G major, BWV 572 (arr. Arnold Bax) (10 mins) Tzigane (10 mins) Olivier Messiaen Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball James MacMillan Turangalîla Symphony (74 mins) Variations on a Theme by Paganini (A Study for the Pedals) (8 Britannia (13 mins) mins) Angela Hewitt piano David Bruce Cynthia Millar ondes Martenot Thierry Escaich Sidechaining BBC Symphony Orchestra Deux Évocations (13 mins) BBC commission: world première Sakari Oramo conductor Iveta Apkalna organ Iain Farrington Gershwinicity BBC commission: world première Prom 7: Jacob Collier and Friends 19:30 Thursday 19 July 2018 ON TV Prom 11: Mahler Symphony of a Thousand Royal Albert Hall Ben Foster 19:00 Sunday 22 July 2018 Fantasia on the Young Musician Theme Royal Albert Hall Jacob Collier BBC commission: world première Sam Amidon Gustav Mahler Take 6 ensemble Nicola Benedetti violin Symphony No 8 in E flat major, 'Symphony of a Thousand' Metropole Orkest Jennifer Pike violin Jules Buckley conductor Nicholas Daniel oboe Tamara Wilson soprano Ben Goldscheider horn Camilla Nylund soprano Alexander Bone saxophone Joélle Harvey soprano Jess Gillam saxophone Prom 8: Youthful Beginnings Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Alexandra Ridout trumpet 19:30 Friday 20 July 2018 ON TV Claudia Huckle contralto David Childs euphonium Royal Albert Hall Simon O'Neill tenor Natalie Clein cello Quinn Kelsey baritone Guy Johnston cello Lili Boulanger Morris Robinson bass Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello D’un matin de printemps (5 mins) Southend Boys’ Choir Laura van der Heijden cello D’un soir triste (11 mins) Southend Girls' Choir Michael Collins clarinet BBC National Chorus of Wales Emma Johnson clarinet Felix Mendelssohn BBC Symphony Chorus Colin Currie percussion Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor (5 mins) London Symphony Chorus Owen Gunnell percussion BBC National Orchestra of Wales Adrian Spillett percussion Morfydd Llwyn Owen Thomas Søndergård conductor Sam Walton percussion Nocturne (15 mins) Martin James Bartlett piano Freddy Kempf piano Robert Schumann Proms at … Cadogan Hall 2 Lara Melda piano Symphony No 4 in D minor (original 1841 version) (28 mins) 13:00 Monday 23 July 2018 BBC Concert Orchestra Cadogan Hall, London Andrew Gourlay conductor Bertrand Chamayou piano BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jean‐Philippe Rameau Thomas Søndergård conductor Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Prelude in A minor (5 mins) Proms at … Cadogan Hall 1 Pièces de clavecin, Book 3 (12 mins) 13:00 Monday 16 July 2018 excerpts Cadogan Hall, London Proms at … The Roundhouse 15:00 Saturday 21 July 2018 Eve Risser Caroline Shaw Roundhouse, Camden Furakèla (5 mins) promslist_2018_v01.html 2018-04-28 Information from bbc.co.uk/proms/ PROMS 2018 Page 2 of 7 BBC commission: world première Prom 16: Stravinsky, Debussy & Wagner Edward Elgar 19:30 Thursday 26 July 2018 Carl Orff François Couperin Royal Albert Hall Henry Purcell Piéces de clavecin, Book 1 – Sarabande 'La lugubre' Jean Sibelius Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Chaconne 'La Favorite' Richard Wagner Igor Stravinsky Tannhäuser – overture (14 mins) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer Music by Kerry Andrew, Mason Bates, Joseph Bologne Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – La sensible Claude Debussy (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), Copland, Dvořák, Elgar, Orff, Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – La marche des Scythes La damoiselle élue (20 mins) Purcell, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky Jean Rondeau harpsichord Igor Stravinsky Naomi Wilkinson presenter Song of the Nightingale (20 mins) Ten Pieces Children's Choir The Firebird – suite (1945 version) (31 mins) BBC Singers Prom 12: Beethoven, Shostakovich & BBC Symphony Orchestra Rachmaninov Sabine Devieilhe soprano Rafael Payare conductor 19:00 Monday 23 July 2018 ON TV Anna Stéphany mezzo soprano Royal Albert Hall Hallé Choir (female voices) Hallé Youth Choir (female voices) Proms at ... Cadogan Hall 3: Ancient Rituals Ludwig van Beethoven Hallé and New Tales Overture 'Coriolan' (8 mins) Mark Elder conductor 13:00 Monday 30 July 2018 Cadogan Hall Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major (29 mins) Prom 17: Parry, Vaughan Williams & Holst Jessica Wells 19:00 Friday 27 July 2018 ON TV Rhapsody for solo oud (5 mins) Sergei Rachmaninov Royal Albert Hall BBC commission: world première Symphonic Dances (36 mins) Hubert Parry Joseph Tawadros oud Andrew Norman Symphony No. 5 in B minor (27 mins) New Work (6 mins) UK première Ralph Vaughan Williams Prom 21: An Alpine Symphony The Lark Ascending (15 mins) 19:30 Monday 30 July 2018 Alisa Weilerstein cello Royal Albert Hall BBC Symphony Orchestra Hubert Parry Karina Canellakis conductor Hear my words, ye people (15 mins) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Notturno in D major, K286 (17 mins) Gustav Holst Prom 13: Pioneers of Sound Ode to Death (12 mins) Georg Friedrich Haas 22:15 Monday 23 July 2018 ON TV Concerto grosso No. 1 (30 mins) Royal Albert Hall Ralph Vaughan Williams UK première Pastoral Symphony (No. 3) (35 mins) Daphne Oram Richard Strauss Still Point (30 mins) Tai Murray violin An Alpine Symphony (50 mins) world première of revised version Francesca Chiejina soprano Ashley Riches bass-baritone Hornroh Modern Alphorn Quartet Shiva Feshareki turntables/electronics BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra London Contemporary Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales Ilan Volkov conductor Robert Ames conductor Martyn Brabbins conductor Prom 22: A London Symphony Prom 14: Sibelius, Schubert & Prom 18: Currentzis conducts Beethoven 19:00 Tuesday 31 July 2018 19:30 Saturday 28 July 2018 Royal Albert Hall Zimmermann Royal Albert Hall 19:30 Tuesday 24 July 2018 Royal Albert Hall Joseph Haydn Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 104 in D major, 'London' (29 mins) Symphony No 2 in D major (32 mins) Richard Wagner The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – overture (10 mins) Ralph Vaughan Williams Ludwig van Beethoven A London Symphony (Symphony No 2) (50 mins) Symphony No 5 in C minor (31 mins) Franz Schubert Die junge Nonne BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra MusicAeterna Andrew Manze conductor Gretchen am Spinnrade Teodor Currentzis conductor Lied der Mignon Erlkönig Prom 23: Havana Meets Kingston Bernd Alois Zimmermann Prom 19: Ten Pieces Prom 22:15 Tuesday 31 July 2018 ON TV 13:00 Sunday 29 July 2018 Symphony in One Movement (18 mins) Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall Franz Schubert Mista Savona keyboard/samples Kerry Andrew Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt) (22 mins) Randy Valentine vocals Mason Bates Solis vocals Joseph Bologne de Saint‐Georges Jean Sibelius Julito Padrón trumpet/vocals Aaron Copland Symphony No 7 in C major (22 mins) Stepper saxophone Felix Dvorak Bopee guitar Edward Elgar Elizabeth Watts soprano Rolando Luna piano Carl Orff Louis Lortie piano Mafia and Fluxy drums/electric bass Henry Purcell
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