Proms 2011 Page 1 of 12 Prom 1 Prom 4: Brian – Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothic' Friday 15 July Sunday 17 July 7.30pm – c. 9.40pm 7.00pm – c. 9.00pm Royal Albert Hall

Judith Weir Brian Stars, Night, Music and Light (c4 mins) Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'The Gothic' (110 mins) BBC Commission, World Premiere Brahms soprano Academic Festival Overture (11 mins) Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Liszt tenor Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major (20 mins) Alastair Miles INTERVAL CBSO Youth Chorus Janácek Eltham College Boys' (45 mins) Southend Boys' and Girls' Bach Choir Benjamin Grosvenor piano BBC National Chorus of Wales Hibla Gerzmava soprano Dagmar Pecková mezzo-soprano Côr Caerdydd Stefan Vinke tenor Huddersfield Choral Society Jan Martiník bass Symphony Chorus David Goode organ BBC Concert BBC Singers BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC Symphony Chorus conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Jirí Belohlávek conductor Proms Chamber Music 1: Esfahani plays Bach's Goldberg Variations Prom 2: Rossini – Monday 18 July Saturday 16 July 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm 6.30pm – c. 10.55pm Cadogan Hall Royal Albert Hall J. S. Bach Rossini Goldberg Variations (55 mins) William Tell (180 mins) concert performance; sung in French. Mahan Esfahani harpsichord

Michele Pertusi baritone (William Tell) tenor (Arnold Melchthal) Prom 5: Messiaen, Dusapin & Beethoven Matthew Rose bass (Walter Furst) Monday 18 July Frédéric Caton bass (Melchthal) 7.30pm – c. 9.30pm Elena Xanthoudakis soprano (Jemmy) Royal Albert Hall Nicolas Courjal bass (Gesler) Carlo Bosi tenor (Rodolphe) Messiaen Celso Albelo tenor (Ruodi) Les offrandes oubliées (11 mins) Mark Stone baritone (Leuthold) Pascal Dusapin Malyn Byström soprano (Mathilde) Morning in Long Island (Concerto No. 1 for large orchestra) (33 Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano (Hedwige) mins) Davide Malvestio bass (Huntsman) BBC co-commission with Radio France Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, UK Premiere Antonio Pappano conductor INTERVAL Beethoven Concerto in C major for Violin, Cello & Piano (Triple Concerto) (33 Prom 3: Organ recital – Bach, Bingham, Alain & Liszt mins) Sunday 17 July 4.00pm – c. 5.00pm Martha Argerich piano Royal Albert Hall Renaud Capuçon violin Gautier Capuçon cello Alain Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Litanies (5 mins) Myung-Whun Chung conductor Liszt Prelude 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' (arr. Winterberger) (8 mins) J. S. Bach Chorale Prelude 'Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott', BWV 721 (5 mins) Judith Bingham The Everlasting Crown (c35 mins) World Premiere

Stephen Farr organ

Supported by .co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 2 of 12 Prom 6: Weber, Brahms & Stravinsky INTERVAL Tuesday 19 July Ravel 7.00pm – c. 9.00pm Alborado del gracioso (8 mins) Royal Albert Hall Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain (24 mins) Weber Debussy Oberon - overture (9 mins) Images - Ibéria (20 mins) Brahms Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Double Concerto) (32 Steven Osborne piano mins) BBC Philharmonic INTERVAL Juanjo Mena conductor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (33 mins) Prom 11: Human Planet Prom Renaud Capuçon violin Saturday 23 July Gautier Capuçon cello 7.30pm – c. 9.45pm Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Royal Albert Hall Myung-Whun Chung conductor Big-screen video projections and excerpts from ’s score for the acclaimed landmark BBC One series Human Planet. Prom 7: Schubert – String Quintet Tuesday 19 July 10.00pm – c. 11.00pm Prom 12: Human Planet Prom Royal Albert Hall Sunday 24 July 11.00am – c. 1.15pm Schubert Royal Albert Hall Quintet in C major, D956 (47 mins) Big-screen video projections and excerpts from Nitin Sawhney’s Belcea Quartet score for the acclaimed landmark BBC One series Human Planet. Valentin Erben cello

Prom 13: Verdi – Prom 8: Dvořák & Smetana Sunday 24 July Wednesday 20 July 7.00pm – c. 8.40pm 7.30pm – c. 10.00pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall Verdi Dvorák Requiem (86 mins) Cello Concerto in B minor (40 mins) INTERVAL Marina Poplavskaya soprano Smetana Sonia Ganassi mezzo-soprano Má vlast (72 mins) Joseph Calleja tenor Ferruccio Furlanetto bass Jean-Guihen Queyras cello BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra BBC National Chorus of Wales Jiří Bělohlávek conductor London Philharmonic Choir BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov conductor Prom 9: Sibelius, Bartók and Janáček Thursday 21 July 7.30pm – c. 9.45pm Proms Chamber Music 2: Purcell, Beamish & Brahms Royal Albert Hall Monday 25 July 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm Sibelius Cadogan Hall Scènes historiques - Suite No. 2 (19 mins) Sibelius Purcell Symphony No. 7 in C major (23 mins) Fantasia No. 6 in F major (3 mins) INTERVAL Purcell Bartók Fantasia No. 7 in C minor (4 mins) Piano Concerto No. 3 (24 mins) Sally Beamish Janáček Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) (c12 mins) Sinfonetta (24 mins) BBC Commission, World Premiere Brahms András Schiff piano Clarinet Quintet in B minor (39 mins) Hallé Sir conductor Julian Bliss clarinet Elias Quartet

Prom 10: Debussy, Ravel & Falla Friday 22 July 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm Royal Albert Hall

Debussy Images - Gigues (7 mins) Ravel Rapsodie espagnole (15 mins) Debussy Images - Rondes de printemps (9 mins)

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 3 of 12 Prom 14: Mahler – Symphony No. 9 Prom 18: Beethoven, Dalbavie & Carter Monday 25 July Thursday 28 July 7.30pm – c. 8.50pm 7.00pm – c. 9.25pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall

Mahler Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (73 mins) Symphony No. 1 in C major (27 mins) Marc-André Dalbavie Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) Flute Concerto (18 mins) Sir conductor London Premiere INTERVAL Elliott Carter Prom 15: Kodály, Bartók & Liszt Flute Concerto (13 mins) Tuesday 26 July UK Premiere 7.30pm – c. 9.55pm Beethoven Royal Albert Hall Symphony No. 7 in A major (40 mins)

Kodály Emmanuel Pahud flute Dances of Galánta (16 mins) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Bartók Thierry Fischer conductor Piano Concerto No. 1 (24 mins) INTERVAL Liszt Prom 19: Honegger, Bridge, Berg, Castiglioni & Debussy A (62 mins) Friday 29 July 7.30pm – c. 9.45pm Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano Royal Albert Hall London Philharmonic Choir (men's voices) London Symphony Chorus (men's voices) Honegger London Philharmonic Orchestra Pacific 231 (7 mins) Vladimir Jurowski conductor Honegger Pastorale d'été (8 mins) Bridge Prom 16: Berlioz, Fauré, Dusapin & Stravinsky There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook (11 mins) Wednesday 27 July Berg 7.00pm – c. 9.05pm Der Wein (15 mins) Royal Albert Hall INTERVAL Castiglioni Berlioz Inverno in-ver (22 mins) Overture 'Le corsaire' (9 mins) Debussy Faure La Mer (24 mins) (7 mins) Pascal Dusapin Claire Booth soprano String Quartet No. 6, 'Hinterland' ('Hapax' for string quartet and BBC Symphony Orchestra orchestra) (23 mins) Oliver Knussen conductor UK Premiere INTERVAL Stravinsky Prom 20: Horrible Histories – Free Family Prom The Firebird (46 mins) Saturday 30 July 11.00am – c. 1.00pm Arditti Quartet Royal Albert Hall BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer conductor Anyone who has split their sides laughing at CBBC’s hit television series Horrible Histories now has the chance to see and hear the cast perform some of the most popular songs from the show in our Prom 17: World Routes Academy Free Family Prom. Wednesday 27 July 10.00pm – c. 11.15pm Royal Albert Hall Prom 21: Strauss, Walton & Prokofiev Saturday 30 July The latest graduate of BBC Radio 3’s World Routes Academy 7.30pm – c. 9.55pm shares an evening with his mentor. Royal Albert Hall

R. Strauss Don Juan (17 mins) Walton Violin Concerto (32 mins) INTERVAL Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky - cantata (40 mins) R. Strauss Salome - Dance of the Seven Veils (12 mins)

Midori violin Nadezhda Serdiuk mezzo-soprano CBSO Chorus City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons conductor

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 4 of 12 Prom 22: Rachmaninov Prom 24: Elgar, Grainger & Strauss Sunday 31 July Tuesday 2 August 7.00pm – c. 9.05pm 7.00pm – c. 9.15pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall

Rachmaninov Elgar Spring (17 mins) There is sweet music (4 mins) Rachmaninov Elgar Aleko - Women's and Men's Dances (9 mins) Violin Concerto (50 mins) Rachmaninov INTERVAL Three Russian Songs (14 mins) Grainger INTERVAL Irish Tune from County Derry (4 mins) Rachmaninov Grainger Vocalise (7 mins) Suite 'In a Nutshell' (20 mins) Rachmaninov R. Strauss (38 mins) Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (15 mins)

Svetla Vassileva soprano Tasmin Little violin Misha Didyk tenor BBC Singers Alexei Tanovitsky baritone BBC Symphony Orchestra Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre Sir conductor BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda conductor Prom 25: Grainger Tuesday 2 August Proms Chamber Music 3: Les Talens Lyriques 10.15pm – c. 11.30pm Monday 1 August Royal Albert Hall 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm Cadogan Hall Grainger Green Bushes (9 mins) F Couperin Grainger Les nations - La Piemontaise (19 mins) Molly on the Shore (5 mins) Lully Grainger Les amours déguisés - 'Ah Rinaldo, e dovè sei?' (7 mins) Shepherd's Hey - medley (12 mins) Rameau Grainger Pièces de clavecin en concerts - Premier Concert (12 mins) Early One Morning (5 mins) Montéclair Grainger Cantata 'Morte di Lucretia' (14 mins) Shallow Brown (8 mins) Grainger Eugénie Warnier soprano Scotch Strathspey and Reel (9 mins) Les Talens Lyriques Interspersed with traditional and contemporary folk music, including Christophe Rousset director, harpsichord material which formed the basis for Grainger's arrangements

June Tabor singer Prom 23: Beethoven, Saint-Saëns & Liszt Wilson Family Monday 1 August BBC Singers (men's voices) 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm Kathryn Tickell Band Royal Albert Hall Northern Sinfonia John Harle conductor Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (34 mins) Saint-Saëns Prom 26: Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, 'Egyptian' (27 mins) Wednesday 3 August INTERVAL 7.30pm – c. 9.55pm Liszt Royal Albert Hall (41 mins) Debussy Stephen Hough piano Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune (8 mins) Julia Doyle soprano Henri Dutilleux CBSO Chorus (women's voices) 'Tout un monde lointain...' (27 mins) BBC Philharmonic Ravel Gianandrea Noseda conductor Boléro (15 mins) INTERVAL Ravel Daphnis and Chloë (50 mins)

Lynn Harrell cello Edinburgh Festival Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles conductor

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 5 of 12 Prom 27: Robin Holloway, Strauss & Brahms Prom 32: Brahms & Mahler Thursday 4 August Sunday 7 August 7.00pm – c. 9.05pm 7.00pm – c. 9.25pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall

Robin Holloway Brahms Fifth Concerto for Orchestra (c25 mins) Violin Concerto in D major (40 mins) BBC Commission, World Premiere INTERVAL R. Strauss Mahler Four Last Songs (22 mins) Das klagende Lied (original version) (68 mins) INTERVAL Brahms Christian Tetzlaff violin Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (40 mins) Melanie Diener soprano Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano Hillevi Martinpelto soprano tenor BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christopher Purves baritone Donald Runnicles conductor BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner conductor Prom 28: The Tallis Scholars Thursday 4 August 10.00pm – c. 11.15pm Proms Chamber Music 4: Katia Buniatishvili plays Liszt & Prokofiev Royal Albert Hall Monday 8 August 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm Victoria Cadogan Hall Dum complerentur (5 mins) Victoria Liszt Lamentations for Good Friday (15 mins) Piano Sonata in B minor (30 mins) Victoria Liszt Officium defunctorum (Requiem) (42 mins) Liebesträume - No. 3: O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! (5 mins) Prokofiev The Tallis Scholars Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major (19 mins) Peter Phillips conductor Khatia Buniatishvili piano

Prom 29: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra plays Mahler Friday 5 August Prom 33: Sibelius, Grieg & Nielsen 7.30pm – c. 9.10pm Monday 8 August Royal Albert Hall 7.30pm – c. 9.45pm Royal Albert Hall Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (85 mins) Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in D minor (28 mins) Miah Persson soprano Grieg Anna Larsson mezzo-soprano Piano Concerto in A minor (30 mins) National Youth Choir of Great Britain INTERVAL Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Nielsen Gustavo Dudamel conductor Symphony No. 4, 'Inextinguishable' (35 mins)

Alice Sara Ott piano Prom 30: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Saturday 6 August Sakari Oramo conductor 6.30pm – c. 9.05pm Royal Albert Hall Prom 34: Bridge, Holt, Dupré & Saint-Saëns Gabriel Prokofiev Tuesday 9 August Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (21 mins) 7.00pm – c. 9.05pm Britten Royal Albert Hall Piano Concerto (35 mins) INTERVAL Bridge Prokofiev Enter Spring (17 mins) Romeo and Juliet - selection (50 mins) Bridge Blow out you bugles (5 mins) Benjamin Grosvenor piano Simon Holt DJ Switch dj (turntables) Centauromachy (20 mins) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain London Premiere Vladimir Jurowski conductor INTERVAL Dupré Cortège et litanie (6 mins) Prom 31: Nigel Kennedy plays Bach Saint-Saëns Saturday 6 August Symphony No. 3 in C minor, 'Organ' (36 mins) 10.00pm – c. 11.00pm Royal Albert Hall Ben Johnson tenor Robert Plane clarinet J. S. Bach Philippe Schartz flugelhorn Solo violin works (c60 mins) Thomas Trotter organ Nigel Kennedy violin BBC National Orchestra of Wales François-Xavier Roth conductor

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 6 of 12 Prom 35: Liszt, Glière & Rachmaninov Prom 38: Film Music Prom Wednesday 10 August Friday 12 August 7.00pm – c. 9.10pm 7.00pm – c. 9.20pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall

Liszt Herrmann Mazeppa (17 mins) Music from The Man Who Knew Too Much, Citizen Kane, North by Glière Northwest and Psycho (18 mins) Concerto for Coloratura Soprano (14 mins) Ennio Morricone INTERVAL Cinema Paradiso - theme (7 mins) Rachmaninov Walton Symphony No. 2 in E minor (62 mins) Henry V - suite (arr. Muir Mathieson) (21 mins) INTERVAL Ailish Tynan soprano John Williams Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Music from Star Wars, Schindler's List and Harry Potter (14 mins) Kirill Karabits conductor Jonny Greenwood Norwegian Wood - suite (arr. Robert Ziegler) (10 mins) BBC Commission, World Premiere Prom 36: & Ensemble Modern Sir Wednesday 10 August Murder on the Orient Express - suite (8 mins) 10.15pm – c. 11.30pm Barry Royal Albert Hall Out of Africa - Love Theme (7 mins) Various Steve Reich Music from the James Bond films (10 mins) Clapping Music (5 mins) Steve Reich Chloë Hanslip violin Electric Counterpoint (15 mins) BBC Concert Orchestra Steve Reich Keith Lockhart conductor Music for 18 Musicians (55 mins)

Synergy Vocals Prom 39: Spaghetti Western Orchestra Ensemble Modern Friday 12 August Steve Reich director 10.15pm – c. 11.30pm Royal Albert Hall

Prom 37: Bridge, Brahms, Holst & Elgar The inventive Spaghetti Western Orchestra present their own Thursday 11 August unique take on Western soundtracks and the music of Ennio 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm Morricone - look out for asthma inhalers, cereal packets and other Royal Albert Hall unlikely instruments

Bridge Overture 'Rebus' (9 mins) Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Bennett, Dutilleux & Maconchy Brahms Saturday 13 August 'Piano Concerto No. 3' in D major (after Violin Concerto) (arr. Lazić) 3.00pm – c. 4.30pm (39 mins) Cadogan Hall INTERVAL Holst Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Invocation (10 mins) Dream Dancing (16 mins) Elgar Henri Dutilleux Enigma Variations (28 mins) Les citations (14 mins) Maconchy Dejan Lazić piano Romanza (12 mins) Julian Lloyd-Webber cello Sir Richard Rodney Bennett BBC Philharmonic Jazz Calendar (30 mins) Vassily Sinaisky conductor Paul Silverthorne viola London Sinfonietta Nicholas Collon conductor

Prom 40: Comedy Prom Saturday 13 August 7.30pm – c. 9.40pm Royal Albert Hall

Musician, actor, comedian and rock ’n’ roll superstar Tim Minchin hosts a Proms first – a Comedy Prom.

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 7 of 12 Prom 41: Purcell & Britten Prom 43: Copland, Bax, Barber, Bartók & Prokofiev Sunday 14 August Tuesday 16 August 7.00pm – c. 9.15pm 7.00pm – c. 10.35pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall

Purcell Copland Chaconne in G minor (arr. ) (7 mins) Fanfare for the Common Man (3 mins) BBC Commission, World Premiere Bax Britten Symphony No. 2 (39 mins) Cantata misericordium (20 mins) INTERVAL Britten Barber Sinfonia da Requiem (20 mins) Adagio for strings (8 mins) INTERVAL Bartók Britten Piano Concerto No. 2 (28 mins) (45 mins) INTERVAL Prokofiev Amanda Roocroft soprano Symphony No. 4 in C major (revised version,1947) (37 mins) Christine Rice mezzo-soprano John Mark Ainsley tenor Yuja Wang piano Christopher Maltman baritone Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Trinity Boys Choir Andrew Litton conductor BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Prom 44: Shostakovich, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky Jiří Bělohlávek conductor Wednesday 17 August 7.30pm – c. 10.05pm Royal Albert Hall Proms Chamber Music 5: Britten & Bridge Monday 15 August Shostakovich 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm The Age of Gold - suite (16 mins) Cadogan Hall Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor (39 mins) Britten INTERVAL Phantasy (14 mins) Stravinsky Bridge Petrushka (1947 version) (34 mins) Three Idylls - No. 2 (3 mins) Tchaikovsky Britten Francesca da Rimini (22 mins) Piano Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (4 mins) London Premiere Lisa Batiashvili violin Bridge Piano Quintet (27 mins) Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

Nicholas Daniel oboe Tom Poster piano Prom 45: Larcher & Bruckner Aronowitz Ensemble Thursday 18 August 7.00pm – c. 9.15pm Royal Albert Hall Prom 42: Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Monday 15 August Thomas Larcher 7.30pm – c. 10.05pm Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (c25 mins) Royal Albert Hall BBC Commission, World Premiere INTERVAL Tchaikovsky Bruckner Swan Lake (118 mins) Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (ed. Nowak) (75 mins)

Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre violin Valery Gergiev conductor Matthew Barley cello BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conductor

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 8 of 12 Prom 46: Viktoria Mullova & Matthew Barley Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Maxwell Davies, Aperghis & Birtwistle Thursday 18 August Saturday 20 August 10.15pm – c. 11.30pm 3.00pm – c. 4.30pm Royal Albert Hall Cadogan Hall

Bratsch Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Bi Lovengo (arr. Barley) (3 mins) Il rozzo martello (12 mins) Lewis/Bratsch Georges Aperghis Django (arr. Barley) (6 mins) Champ-Contrechamp (c15 mins) Kodály BBC Commission, World Premiere Duo, Op. 7 (26 mins) Harrison Birtwistle Zawinul Angel Fighter (35 mins) Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat (arr. Barley) (6 mins) UK Premiere Matthew Barley Yura (4 mins) Andrew Watts counter-tenor Zawinul Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts tenor The Peasant (arr. Barley) (10 mins) Nicolas Hodges piano DuOud BBC Singers For Nedim (For Nadia) (arr. Barley) (6 mins) London Sinfonietta David Atherton conductor Viktoria Mullova violin Matthew Barley cello Julian Joseph piano Prom 49: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 & Symphony No. 4 Paul Clarvis percussion Saturday 20 August Sam Walton percussion 7.30pm – c. 9.40pm Royal Albert Hall

Prom 47: Brahms – Symphony No. 3 & Piano Concerto No. 1 Brahms Friday 19 August Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major (50 mins) 7.00pm – c. 9.00pm INTERVAL Royal Albert Hall Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor (42 mins) Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major (38 mins) Emanuel Ax piano INTERVAL Chamber Orchestra of Europe Brahms conductor Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor (45 mins)

Emanuel Ax piano Prom 50: Britten, Colin Matthews & Mozart Chamber Orchestra of Europe Sunday 21 August Bernard Haitink conductor 7.00pm – c. 9.15pm Royal Albert Hall

Prom 48: Brahms & Schumann Britten Friday 19 August Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (25 mins) 10.00pm – c. 11.15pm Colin Matthews Royal Albert Hall No Man’s Land (c20 mins) World Premiere Brahms INTERVAL Three Intermezzos, Op. 117 - Nos. 1 & 2 (7 mins) Mozart Schumann Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr) (55 mins) Introduction and Concert Allegro, Op. 134 (13 mins) Brahms Emma Bell soprano Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor (arr. Schoenberg) (42 mins) Renata Pokupić mezzo-soprano Ian Bostridge tenor Angela Hewitt piano baritone BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra James Rutherford bass Andrew Manze conductor Polyphony Stephen Layton conductor

Proms Chamber Music 6: Emmanuel Pahud & Eric Le Sage Monday 22 August 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm Cadogan Hall

Martinů Flute Sonata (18 mins) Henri Dutilleux Sonatine (9 mins) Prokofiev Flute Sonata (24 mins)

Emmanuel Pahud flute Eric Le Sage piano

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 9 of 12 Prom 51: Wagner, Liszt, Kevin Volans & Brahms Prom 55: Handel – Rinaldo Monday 22 August Thursday 25 August 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm 7.00pm – c. 10.25pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall

Wagner Handel The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - overture (10 mins) Rinaldo (140 mins) Liszt (semi-staged; sung in Italian) La notte (12 mins) Kevin Volans Sonia Prina contralto (Rinaldo) Piano Concerto No. 3 (c30 mins) Varduhi Abrahamyan mezzo-soprano (Goffredo) BBC co-commission with RTÉ: Tim Mead counter-tenor (Eustazio) World Premiere Sandrine Piau soprano (Almirena) INTERVAL Brenda Rae soprano (Armida) Brahms Luca Pisaroni bass-baritone (Argante) Symphony No. 1 in C minor (45 mins) William Towers counter-tenor (A Christian Magician) Glyndebourne Festival Barry Douglas piano Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment BBC Symphony Orchestra Ottavio Dantone conductor Jiří Bělohlávek conductor

Prom 56: Strauss & Mahler Prom 52: Prokofiev & Dutilleux Friday 26 August Tuesday 23 August 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm 7.30pm – c. 9.40pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall R. Strauss Prokofiev Burleske (20 mins) Symphony No. 1 in D major, 'Classical' (15 mins) INTERVAL Henri Dutilleux Mahler L'arbre des songes (25 mins) Symphony No. 6 in A minor (85 mins) INTERVAL Henri Dutilleux Kirill Gerstein piano Slava’s Fanfare (4 mins) BBC Symphony Orchestra Prokofiev Semyon Bychkov conductor Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (43 mins)

Leonidas Kavakos violin Proms Saturday Matinee 3: Hildegard, Britten, Birtwistle & Wishart London Symphony Orchestra Saturday 27 August Valery Gergiev conductor 3.00pm – c. 4.30pm Cadogan Hall

Prom 53: Stravinsky, Ravel & Tchaikovsky Hildegard of Bingen Wednesday 24 August Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum - selection (10 mins) 7.00pm – c. 9.00pm Britten Royal Albert Hall Sacred and Profane (14 mins) Harrison Birtwistle Stravinsky Narration: A Description of the Passing of a Year (10 mins) Symphony in Three Movements (20 mins) Stevie Wishart Ravel Out of This World (c25 mins) Shéhérazade (17 mins) BBC Commission, World Premiere INTERVAL Tchaikovsky BBC Singers Symphony No. 4 in F minor (42 mins) Sinfonye Robert Hollingworth conductor Susan Graham mezzo-soprano Stevie Wishart conductor Jugendorchester Sir conductor Prom 57: Anders Hillborg, Mozart & Beethoven Saturday 27 August Prom 54: Marc–André Hamelin plays Liszt 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm Wednesday 24 August Royal Albert Hall 10.00pm – c. 11.15pm Royal Albert Hall Anders Hillborg Cold Heat (13 mins) Liszt UK Premiere Legend No. 2, 'St Francis of Paola Walking on the Water' (9 mins) Mozart Liszt Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 (31 mins) Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H (12 mins) INTERVAL Liszt Beethoven Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude (18 mins) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' (50 mins) Liszt Venezia e Napoli (18 mins) Maria João Pires piano Marc-André Hamelin piano Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich David Zinman conductor

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 10 of 12 Prom 58: Mendelssohn – Elijah Prom 61: Fitkin & Beethoven Sunday 28 August Wednesday 31 August 7.00pm – c. 9.50pm 7.30pm – c. 9.45pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall

Mendelssohn Graham Fitkin Elijah (128 mins) Cello Concerto (c27 mins) (sung in English) BBC Commission, World Premiere INTERVAL Rosemary Joshua soprano Beethoven mezzo-soprano Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (70 mins) Robert Murray tenor Simon Keenlyside baritone Yo Yo Ma cello Taplow Youth Choir Christine Brewer soprano Ulster Youth Chamber Choir Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano Chetham's Chamber Choir Toby Spence tenor North East Youth Choir Iain Paterson bass-baritone Wrocław Philharmonic Choir BBC Symphony Chorus Gabrieli Consort & Players BBC Symphony Orchestra Paul McCreesh conductor David Robertson conductor

Proms Chamber Music 7: Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott Prom 62: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Monday 29 August Thursday 1 September 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm 7.30pm – c. 9.30pm Cadogan Hall Royal Albert Hall

Graham Fitkin Webern L (10 mins) Passacaglia, Op. 1 (11 mins) London Premiere Bruch Egberto Gismonti/Geraldo Carneira Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (24 mins) Bodas de prata and Quatro cantos (10 mins) INTERVAL Rachmaninov Albéniz Cello Sonata in G minor (34 mins) Iberia - Triana; El Puerto; Fête-Dieu à Séville (16 mins) Rimsky Korsakov Yo Yo Ma cello Capriccio espagnol (15 mins) Kathryn Stott piano Gil Shaham violin Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Prom 59: Hooray for Hollywood Zubin Mehta conductor Monday 29 August 7.30pm – c. 9.35pm Royal Albert Hall Prom 63: Liszt & Mahler Friday 2 September goes to the movies with John Wilson and his Orchestra 7.00pm – c. 9.15pm in a celebration of the Golden Age of Hollywood film musicals. Royal Albert Hall

Liszt Prom 60: Mozart & Bruckner Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Mephisto Waltz No. 1) (12 mins) Tuesday 30 August Mahler 7.30pm – c. 10.05pm Blumine (7 mins) Royal Albert Hall Liszt Totentanz (15 mins) Mozart INTERVAL Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 (33 mins) Mahler INTERVAL Symphony No. 1 in D major (55 mins) Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor (85 mins) Dejan Lazić piano Budapest Festival Orchestra David Fray piano Iván Fischer conductor Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Jaap van Zweden conductor Prom 64: Audience Choice Friday 2 September 10.00pm – c. 11.00pm Royal Albert Hall

Create your own Prom! Tonight the audience choose what they would like to hear, selecting from the Budapest Festival Orchestra‘s music library.

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 11 of 12 Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Tippett, Tavener & Gubaidulina Prom 67: Beethoven – Saturday 3 September Sunday 4 September 3.00pm – c. 4.30pm 7.00pm – c. 8.40pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall

Tippett Beethoven The Windhover (3 mins) Missa Solemnis (90 mins) Tippett Plebs angelica (4 mins) Carmen Giannattasio soprano Sir Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Popule meus (14 mins) Paul Groves tenor UK Premiere Matthew Rose bass Tippett London Symphony Chorus Little Music for Strings (11 mins) London Symphony Orchestra Sofia Gubaidulina Sir Colin Davis conductor The Canticle of the Sun (42 mins)

Natalie Clein cello Proms Chamber Music 8: Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt BBC Singers Monday 5 September 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm David Hill conductor Cadogan Hall

Mozart Prom 65: Elgar, Berkeley, Rachmaninov & Kodály Violin Sonata in A major, K526 (22 mins) Saturday 3 September Bartók 7.00pm – c. 9.15pm Violin Sonata No. 1 (34 mins) Royal Albert Hall Christian Tetzlaff violin Elgar Lars Vogt piano Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)' (15 mins) Organ Concerto (20 mins) Prom 68: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Hélène Grimaud London Premiere Monday 5 September INTERVAL 7.30pm – c. 10.20pm Rachmaninov Royal Albert Hall Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (25 mins) Kodály Braunfels Háry János - suite (24 mins) Fantastic Appearances of a Theme of (47 mins) Beethoven Marc-André Hamelin piano Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (35 mins) David Goode organ INTERVAL BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tchaikovsky Jac van Steen conductor Symphony No. 5 in E minor (45 mins)

Hélène Grimaud piano Prom 66: Organ recital - Thierry Escaich Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Sunday 4 September Manfred Honeck conductor 4.00pm – c. 5.00pm Royal Albert Hall Prom 69: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Anne-Sophie Mutter Thierry Escaich Tuesday 6 September Overture in the Baroque Style (improvisation) (c5 mins) 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm J. S. Bach Royal Albert Hall Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BWV 659 (4 mins) Wagner Thierry Escaich Lohengrin - Prelude, Act 1 (9 mins) Evocation III (on 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland') (5 mins) Wolfgang Rihm UK Premiere Gesungene Zeit (24 mins) Reger INTERVAL Chorale Prelude 'Jauchz, Erd, und Himmel, juble hell', Op. 67 No. Mahler 15 (3 mins) Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (73 mins) Franck Chorale No. 2 in B minor (14 mins) Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Liszt Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Adagio in D flat major, S759 (5 mins) Manfred Honeck conductor Thierry Escaich Triptych on Themes by Liszt (improvisation) (c15 mins)

Thierry Escaich organ

Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Proms 2011 Page 12 of 12 Prom 70: Bridge, Birtwistle & Holst Prom 74: Last Night of the Proms Wednesday 7 September Saturday 10 September 7.00pm – c. 9.10pm 7.30pm – c. 10.45pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall

Bridge Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Isabella (13 mins) Musica benevolens (c4 mins) Harrison Birtwistle Musicians Benevolent Fund commission: Concerto for Vioiln and Orchestra (25 mins) World Premiere UK Premiere Bartók INTERVAL The Miraculous Mandarin - suite (20 mins) Holst Wagner (50 mins) Götterdämmerung - Immolation Scene (18 mins) Liszt Christian Tetzlaff violin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (19 mins) Holst Singers INTERVAL BBC Symphony Orchestra Chopin David Robertson conductor Grande Polonaise brillante, Op. 22 (9 mins) Grainger Mo nighean dubh (My Dark-Haired Maiden) (4 mins) Prom 71: Tribute to Stan Kenton Britten Wednesday 7 September The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (20 mins) 10.15pm – c. 11.30pm Rodgers Royal Albert Hall The Sound of Music - 'Climb ev'ry mountain' (arr.Jackson) (4 mins) Rodgers We salute the artistry and creative ambition of jazz legend Stan Carousel - 'You'll never walk alone' (arr. Jackson) (3 mins) Kenton, born 100 years ago. Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') (8 mins) Prom 72: Philadelphia Orchestra & Janine Jansen Arne Thursday 8 September Rule Britannia (8 mins) 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm Parry Royal Albert Hall Jerusalem (orch. Elgar) (4 mins) Traditional Sibelius The National Anthem (2 mins) Finlandia (8 mins) Tchaikovsky Lang Lang piano Violin Concerto (35 mins) Susan Bullock soprano INTERVAL BBC Symphony Chorus Rachmaninov BBC Symphony Orchestra Symphonic Dances (36 mins) Edward Gardner conductor Ravel La valse (12 mins)

Janine Jansen violin Philadelphia Orchestra Charles Dutoit conductor

Prom 73: Weber arr. Berlioz – Der Freischütz Friday 9 September 7.30pm – c. 10.25pm Royal Albert Hall

Weber Der Freischütz (135 mins) (French version, 1841, with recitatives by Berlioz; concert performance)

Andrew Kennedy tenor (Max) Sophie Karthäuser soprano (Agathe) Gidon Saks bass (Kaspar) Virginie Pochon soprano (Ännchen) Matthew Brook bass-baritone (Kuno) Monteverdi Choir Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor

Proms in the Park - Hyde Park Saturday 10 September 5.30pm – c. 10.45pm

The BBC Proms in the Park experience offers a live open-air concert with high-profile artists and presenters, culminating in a BBC Big Screen link-up to the Royal Albert Hall and a firework finale in the park.

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