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Proms 2012 Page 1 of 6 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms Poulenc Beethoven Friday 13 July Les chemins d'amour (4 mins) Symphony No. 1 in C major (25 mins) 7.30pm – c. 9.40pm Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Pierre Boulez Royal Albert Hall Julius Drake piano Dérive 2 (45 mins) INTERVAL Mark-Anthony Turnage Beethoven Canon Fever (3 mins) Prom 4: Respighi, Ravel and Adams Symphony No. 2 in D major (35 mins) World Premiere Monday 16 July West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Elgar 7.30pm – c. 9.35pm Daniel Barenboim conductor Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)' (15 mins) Royal Albert Hall Delius Sea Drift (25 mins) Respighi Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Bach – The Art of Fugue INTERVAL Roman Festivals (22 mins) Saturday 21 July Tippett Ravel 3.00pm – c. 4.30pm Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles (16 mins) Piano Concerto in G major (22 mins) Cadogan Hall Elgar INTERVAL Coronation Ode (33 mins) John Adams J. S. Bach 1911 version City Noir (34 mins) The Art of Fugue (arr. M. Esfahani) (70 mins) Susan Gritton soprano Imogen Cooper piano Mahan Esfahani harpsichord/director Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Juilliard Orchestra Academy of Ancient Music Robert Murray tenor Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music Gerald Finley bass-baritone John Adams conductor Bryn Terfel bass-baritone Prom 10: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 BBC Symphony Chorus Saturday 21 July BBC Symphony Orchestra Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius 7.30pm – c. 9.55pm Edward Gardner conductor (Canon Fever, Coronation Ode) Tuesday 17 July Royal Albert Hall Sir Roger Norrington conductor (Cockaigne) 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm Sir Mark Elder conductor (Sea Drift) Royal Albert Hall Beethoven Martyn Brabbins conductor (Suite for the Birthday of Prince Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (35 mins) Charles) R. Strauss Pierre Boulez Also sprach Zarathustra (32 mins) Dialogue de l'ombre double (20 mins) R. Strauss INTERVAL Prom 2: Lerner & Loewe – My Fair Lady Four Last Songs (22 mins) Beethoven Saturday 14 July INTERVAL Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' (50 mins) 7.00pm – c. 10.30pm Kaija Saariaho Jussef Eisa clarinet, Proms debut artist Royal Albert Hall Laterna magica (22 mins) IRCAM live electronics UK Premiere West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Loewe Sibelius Daniel Barenboim conductor My Fair Lady (170 mins) Symphony No. 7 in C major (23 mins) (semi-staged) Anne Schwanewilms soprano Anthony Andrews actor, Proms debut artist (Professor Henry BBC Philharmonic Prom 11: Berlioz – The Trojans Higgins) Juanjo Mena conductor Sunday 22 July Annalene Beechey vocalist (Eliza Doolittle) 4.30pm – c. 10.00pm John Wilson Orchestra Royal Albert Hall John Wilson conductor Prom 6: Lam, Rachmaninov & Prokofiev Shaun Kerrison stage director Wednesday 18 July Berlioz 7.00pm – c. 9.15pm The Trojans (255 mins) Royal Albert Hall Jonas Kaufmann tenor (Aeneas) Prom 3: Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande Fabio Capitanucci baritone, Proms debut artist (Coroebus) Sunday 15 July Fung Lam Ashley Holland baritone (Panthus) 7.00pm – c. 10.00pm Endless Forms (c9 mins) Brindley Sherratt bass (Narbal) Royal Albert Hall BBC Commission, World Premiere Ji-Min Park tenor, Proms debut artist (Iopas, Iopas) Rachmaninov Barbara Senator mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Ascanius) Debussy Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (35 mins) Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano (Cassandra) Pelléas et Mélisande (145 mins) INTERVAL Eva Maria Westbroek soprano, Proms debut artist (Dido) concert performance; sung in French Prokofiev Hanna Hipp mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Anna) Phillip Addis baritone (Pelléas) Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor (43 mins) Ed Lyon tenor (Hylas) Karen Vourc'h soprano, Proms debut artist (Mélisande) Kirill Gerstein piano Robert Lloyd bass (Priam) Laurent Naouri bass-baritone, Proms debut artist (Golaud) BBC Symphony Orchestra Lukas Jakobski bass (Greek Chieftain) Sir John Tomlinson bass (Arkel) Jirí Belohlávek conductor Jihoon Kim bass, Proms debut artist (Ghost of Hector) Elodie Méchain alto, Proms debut artist (Geneviève) Ji Hyun Kim tenor, Proms debut artist (Helenus) Dima Bawab soprano, Proms debut artist (Yniold) Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano (Hecuba) Nahuel di Pierro bass, Proms debut artist (Doctor) Prom 7: Handel – Water Music and Music for the Royal Royal Opera Chorus Monteverdi Choir Fireworks Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Wednesday 18 July Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor 10.15pm – c. 11.30pm Royal Albert Hall Proms Chamber Music 2: Tenebrae Proms Chamber Music 1: Alice Coote sings French chansons Handel Monday 23 July Monday 16 July Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major (26 mins) 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm Handel Cadogan Hall Cadogan Hall Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major (10 mins) Handel Gibbons Gounod Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major (10 mins) First Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts (1612) – selection Au printemps (2 mins) Handel (8 mins) Saint-Saëns Music for the Royal Fireworks (17 mins) Gibbons Aimons-nous (4 mins) Hervé Niquet conductor, Proms debut artist The Cryes of London (7 mins) Fauré Le Concert Spirituel Julian Philips Poème d'un jour (6 mins) Sorowfull Songes (c10 mins) Fauré BBC Commission, World Premiere Cinq mélodies 'de Venise' – En sourdine (3 mins) Prom 8: Handel – Judas Maccabaeus Steve Martland Fauré Thursday 19 July Street Songs – selection (22 mins) Au bord de l'eau (2 mins) 7.30pm – c. 10.20pm Tenebrae Fauré Royal Albert Hall Nigel Short conductor Les roses d'Ispahan (3 mins) Fauré Handel Le secret (2 mins) Judas Maccabaeus (130 mins) Prom 12: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 Fauré John Mark Ainsley tenor (Judas Maccabaeus) Monday 23 July Notre amour (2 mins) Christopher Purves baritone (Simon/Eupolemus) 7.30pm – c. 9.45pm Satie Rosemary Joshua soprano (Israelitish Woman) Royal Albert Hall Je te veux (4 mins) Christine Rice mezzo-soprano, New Generation Artist (Israelitish Hahn Man) Beethoven L'énamourée (4 mins) Tim Mead counter-tenor (Israelitish Messenger/Israelitish Priest) Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral' (40 mins) Hahn Choir of the Enlightenment Pierre Boulez Fumée (3 mins) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Mémoriale ('… explosante-fixe …' Originel) (8 mins) Hahn Laurence Cummings director INTERVAL Dans la nuit (2 mins) Pierre Boulez Hahn Messagesquisse (8 mins) Chansons grises – L'heure exquise (2 mins) Prom 9: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Beethoven Poulenc Friday 20 July Symphony No. 5 in C minor (30 mins) Métamorphoses – C'est ainsi que tu es (2 mins) 7.30pm – c. 9.55pm Hassan Moataz El Molla cello, Proms debut artist Poulenc Royal Albert Hall West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Banalités – Hôtel, Voyages à Paris (2 mins) Daniel Barenboim conductor Version 1 Information from bbc.co.uk/proms/ Proms 2012 Page 2 of 6 Prom 13: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 Peter Seiffert tenor L'Arpeggiata Tuesday 24 July René Pape bass Christina Pluhar theorbo/director 7.00pm – c. 9.00pm National Youth Choir of Great Britain Royal Albert Hall West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim conductor Prom 22: Mozart, Mahler & Knussen Beethoven Monday 30 July Symphony No. 8 in F major (25 mins) 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm Pierre Boulez Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Les 24 Violons du Roy Royal Albert Hall Anthèmes 2 (25 mins) Saturday 28 July INTERVAL 3.00pm – c. 4.30pm Mozart Beethoven Cadogan Hall Don Giovanni – overture (6 mins) Symphony No. 7 in A major (35 min) Oliver Knussen Michael Barenboim violin Lully Symphony No. 2 (17 mins) IRCAM live electronics Armide – suite (15 mins) INTERVAL West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Desmarets Mahler Daniel Barenboim conductor Circé – suite (10 mins) Symphony No. 7 (78 mins) Marais Gillian Keith soprano Ariane et Bacchus – suite (15 mins) BBC Philharmonic Prom 14: Kronos Quartet Campra Gianandrea Noseda conductor Tuesday 24 July Tancrède – suite (13 mins) 10.00pm – c. 11.15pm Lalande Royal Albert Hall Symphonies pour les soupez du roy – suite (12 mins) Prom 23: Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Delius & Walton Les 24 Violons du Roy Tuesday 31 July Omar Souleyman Sir Roger Norrington conductor 7.00pm – c. 9.05pm I'll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You (La sidounak sayyada) Royal Albert Hall (arr. Jacob Garchik) (4 mins) UK Premiere Prom 19: Mason, Shostakovich, Langgaard & Tchaikovsky Vaughan Williams Sofia Gubaidulina Saturday 28 July Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (16 mins) String Quartet No. 4 (12 mins) 7.30pm – c. 10.00pm Ireland Ben Johnston Royal Albert Hall These Things Shall Be (22 mins) String Quartet No. 4, 'Amazing Grace' (11 mins) INTERVAL Nicole Lizée Benedict Mason Delius The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (Fibre-Optic meld (c25 mins) The Walk to the Paradise Garden (10 mins) Flowers) (c10 mins) BBC Commission, World Premiere Walton BBC Commission, World Premiere Shostakovich Belshazzar's Feast (36 mins) Traditional Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (29 mins) Jonathan Lemalu baritone, bass-baritone Tusen tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) transcr. Ljova, arr. Kronos Langgaard London Brass Quartet (5 mins) Symphony No. 11, ‘Ixion’ (5 mins) BBC Symphony Chorus Aleksandra Vrebalov INTERVAL BBC National Chorus of Wales … hold me, neighbor, in this storm … (22 mins) Tchaikovsky BBC National Orchestra of Wales Kronos Quartet Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique' (45 mins) Tadaaki Otaka conductor Daniel Müller-Schott cello Chantage Prom 15: Smetana, Prokofiev & Dvorák BBC Symphony Orchestra Prom 24: BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy Wednesday 25 July Thomas Dausgaard conductor Tuesday 31 July 7.30pm – c. 9.40pm 10.15pm – c. 11.30pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall Prom 20: The Wallace & Gromit Prom: Musical Marvels! Smetana Sunday 29 July Now in its third year, BBC Radio 3’s World Routes Academy String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, 'From My Life' (orch.