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PROMS 2018 Page 1 of 6 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms Second Essay: Echo (15 mins) Olivier Messiaen 19:30 Friday 13 July 2018 ON TV Third Essay: Ruby Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (35 mins) Royal Albert Hall Robert Schumann Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Ralph Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (30 mins) London Sinfonietta Toward the Unknown Region (14 mins) George Benjamin conductor Calidore String Quartet ensemble Gustav Holst Javier Perianes piano The Planets (52 mins) Prom 9: War & Peace 19:30 Saturday 21 July 2018 Anna Meredith Prom 4: Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Royal Albert Hall Five Telegrams (22 mins) Symphony BBC co-commission with 14–18 NOW and Edinburgh 19:30 Monday 16 July 2018 Eriks Esenvalds International Festival: world première Royal Albert Hall Shadow (8 mins) National Youth Choir of Great Britain Magnus Lindberg Benjamin Britten BBC Symphony Chorus Clarinet Concerto (25 mins) Sinfonia da Requiem (21 mins) BBC Proms Youth Ensemble BBC Symphony Orchestra Dmitri Shostakovich Ludwig van Beethoven Sakari Oramo conductor Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Leningrad' (75 mins) Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (65 mins) Mark Simpson clarinet Erin Wall soprano BBC Philharmonic Judit Kutasi mezzo-soprano Prom 2: Mozart, Ravel and Fauré Juanjo Mena conductor Russell Thomas tenor 19:30 Saturday 14 July 2018 Franz-Josef Selig baritone Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms Youth Choir World Orchestra for Peace Prom 5: Debussy Pélleas et Mélisande Simon Halsey conductor Gabriel Fauré 18:30 Tuesday 17 July 2018 Donald Runnicles conductor Pavane (choral version) (5 mins) Royal Albert Hall Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Claude Debussy Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major (32 mins) Pelléas et Mélisande (180 mins) Prom 10: Fauré, Franck & Widor’s Toccata 11:00 Sunday 22 July 2018 Maurice Ravel Christina Gansch Mélisande Royal Albert Hall Daphnis and Chloe (52 mins) John Chest Pelléas Christopher Purves Golaud Charles‐Marie Widor Francesco Piemontesi piano Brindley Sherratt Arkel Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor, Op 42 (6 mins) BBC Symphony Chorus Karen Cargill Genevieve Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Chloé Briot Yniold César Franck Alain Altinoglu conductor Glyndebourne Festival Opera Trois pièces pour grand orgue (11 mins) London Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Ticciati conductor Gabriel Fauré Prom 3: BBC Young Musician 40th Pavane (arr. Apkalna) (8 mins) Anniversary Johann Sebastian Bach 19:00 Sunday 15 July 2018 ON TV Prom 6: An American in Paris & Fantasia in G major, BWV 572 (arr. Arnold Bax) (10 mins) Royal Albert Hall Turangalîla 19:30 Wednesday 18 July 2018 Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball Camille Saint‐Saëns Royal Albert Hall Variations on a Theme by Paganini (A Study for the Pedals) (8 The Carnival of the Animals (13 mins) mins) George Gershwin Maurice Ravel An American in Paris (17 mins) Thierry Escaich Tzigane (10 mins) Deux Évocations (13 mins) Olivier Messiaen James MacMillan Turangalîla Symphony (74 mins) Iveta Apkalna organ Britannia (13 mins) Angela Hewitt piano David Bruce Cynthia Millar ondes Martenot Prom 11: Mahler Symphony of a Thousand Sidechaining BBC Symphony Orchestra BBC commission: world première 19:00 Sunday 22 July 2018 Sakari Oramo conductor Royal Albert Hall Iain Farrington Gershwinicity Gustav Mahler BBC commission: world première Prom 7: Jacob Collier and Friends Symphony No 8 in E flat major, 'Symphony of a Thousand' 19:30 Thursday 19 July 2018 ON TV Royal Albert Hall Ben Foster Tamara Wilson soprano Fantasia on the Young Musician Theme Camilla Nylund soprano BBC commission: world première Joélle Harvey soprano Prom 8: Youthful Beginnings Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Nicola Benedetti violin 19:30 Friday 20 July 2018 ON TV Claudia Huckle contralto Jennifer Pike violin Royal Albert Hall Simon O'Neill tenor Nicholas Daniel oboe Quinn Kelsey baritone Ben Goldscheider horn Lili Boulanger Morris Robinson bass Alexander Bone saxophone D’un matin de printemps (5 mins) Southend Boys’ Choir Jess Gillam saxophone D’un soir triste (11 mins) Southend Girls' Choir Alexandra Ridout trumpet BBC National Chorus of Wales David Childs euphonium Felix Mendelssohn BBC Symphony Chorus Natalie Clein cello Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor (5 mins) London Symphony Chorus Guy Johnston cello BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello Morfydd Llwyn Owen Thomas Søndergård conductor Laura van der Heijden cello Nocturne (15 mins) Michael Collins clarinet Emma Johnson clarinet Robert Schumann Proms at … Cadogan Hall 2 Colin Currie percussion Symphony No 4 in D minor (original 1841 version) (28 mins) 13:00 Monday 23 July 2018 Owen Gunnell percussion Cadogan Hall, London Adrian Spillett percussion Bertrand Chamayou piano Sam Walton percussion BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jean‐Philippe Rameau Martin James Bartlett piano Thomas Søndergård conductor Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Prelude in A minor (5 mins) Freddy Kempf piano Pièces de clavecin, Book 3 (12 mins) Lara Melda piano excerpts BBC Concert Orchestra Proms at … The Roundhouse Andrew Gourlay conductor 15:00 Saturday 21 July 2018 Eve Risser Roundhouse, Camden Furakèla (5 mins) BBC commission: world première Proms at … Cadogan Hall 1 Charles Ives 13:00 Monday 16 July 2018 The Unanswered Question (6 mins) François Couperin Cadogan Hall, London Piéces de clavecin, Book 1 – Sarabande 'La lugubre' Igor Stravinsky Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Chaconne 'La Favorite' Caroline Shaw Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version) (9 mins) promslist_2018_v00.html 2018-04-19 Information from bbc.co.uk/proms/ PROMS 2018 Page 2 of 6 Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer Tannhäuser – overture (14 mins) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – La sensible Music by Kerry Andrew, Mason Bates, Joseph Bologne Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – La marche des Scythes Claude Debussy (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), Copland, Dvořák, Elgar, Orff, 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 Prom 12: Beethoven, Shostakovich & The Firebird – suite (1945 version) (31 mins) BBC Singers 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) Ludwig van Beethoven Proms at ... Cadogan Hall 3: Ancient Rituals Hallé Overture 'Coriolan' (8 mins) Mark Elder conductor and New Tales 13:00 Monday 30 July 2018 Dmitri Shostakovich Cadogan Hall Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major (29 mins) Prom 17: Parry, Vaughan Williams & Holst Jessica Wells Sergei Rachmaninov 19:00 Friday 27 July 2018 ON TV Rhapsody for solo oud (5 mins) Symphonic Dances (36 mins) Royal Albert Hall BBC commission: world première Andrew Norman Hubert Parry Joseph Tawadros oud New Work (6 mins) Symphony No. 5 in B minor (27 mins) UK première Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (15 mins) Prom 21: An Alpine Symphony Alisa Weilerstein cello 19:30 Monday 30 July 2018 BBC Symphony Orchestra Royal Albert Hall Karina Canellakis conductor Hubert Parry 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) 22:15 Monday 23 July 2018 ON TV Georg Friedrich Haas Royal Albert Hall Concerto grosso No. 1 (30 mins) Ralph Vaughan Williams UK première Pastoral Symphony (No. 3) (35 mins) Daphne Oram Still Point (30 mins) Richard Strauss Tai Murray violin world première of revised version An Alpine Symphony (50 mins) Francesca Chiejina soprano Ashley Riches bass-baritone Shiva Feshareki turntables/electronics Hornroh Modern Alphorn Quartet BBC National Chorus of Wales London Contemporary Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales Robert Ames conductor Ilan Volkov conductor Martyn Brabbins conductor Prom 14: Sibelius, Schubert & Prom 18: Currentzis conducts Beethoven Prom 22: A London Symphony 19:00 Tuesday 31 July 2018 Zimmermann 19:30 Saturday 28 July 2018 Royal Albert Hall 19:30 Tuesday 24 July 2018 Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall Joseph Haydn Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 104 in D major, 'London' (29 mins) Richard Wagner Symphony No 2 in D major (32 mins) The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – overture (10 mins) Ralph Vaughan Williams Ludwig van Beethoven A London Symphony (Symphony No 2) (50 mins) Franz Schubert Symphony No 5 in C minor (31 mins) Die junge Nonne BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Gretchen am Spinnrade MusicAeterna Andrew Manze conductor Lied der Mignon Teodor Currentzis conductor Erlkönig Bernd Alois Zimmermann Prom 19: Ten Pieces Prom Prom 23: Havana Meets Kingston 22:15 Tuesday 31 July 2018 ON TV Symphony in One Movement (18 mins) 13:00 Sunday 29 July 2018 Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall Franz Schubert Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt) (22 mins) Kerry Andrew Mason Bates Prom 24: A Hero’s Life Jean Sibelius Joseph Bologne de Saint‐Georges 19:00 Wednesday 1 August 2018 Symphony No 7 in C major (22 mins) Aaron Copland Royal Albert Hall Felix Dvorak Elizabeth Watts soprano Edward Elgar Dame Ethel Smyth Louis Lortie piano Carl Orff The Wreckers – On the Cliffs of Cornwall (Prelude to Act 2) (8 BBC Philharmonic Henry Purcell mins) John Storgårds conductor Jean Sibelius Igor Stravinsky Antonín Dvořák Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Cello Concerto in B minor (42 mins) Prom 15: Paul Lewis plays Beethoven’s Music by Kerry Andrew, Mason Bates, Joseph Bologne ‘Emperor’ concerto