Proms 2012 Page 1 of 12 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms Fauré Friday 13 July Cinq mélodies 'de Venise' – En sourdine (3 mins) 7.30pm – c. 9.40pm Fauré Royal Albert Hall Au bord de l'eau (2 mins) Fauré Mark-Anthony Turnage Les roses d'Ispahan (3 mins) Canon Fever (3 mins) Fauré World Premiere Le secret (2 mins) Elgar Fauré Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)' (15 mins) Notre amour (2 mins) Delius Satie Sea Drift (25 mins) Je te veux (4 mins) INTERVAL Hahn Tippett L'énamourée (4 mins) Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles (16 mins) Hahn Elgar Fumée (3 mins) Coronation Ode (33 mins) Hahn 1911 version Dans la nuit (2 mins) Susan Gritton soprano Hahn Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Chansons grises – L'heure exquise (2 mins) Robert Murray tenor Poulenc Gerald Finley bass-baritone Métamorphoses – C'est ainsi que tu es (2 mins) Bryn Terfel bass-baritone Poulenc BBC Symphony Chorus Banalités – Hôtel, Voyages à Paris (2 mins) BBC Symphony Orchestra Poulenc Edward Gardner conductor (Canon Fever, Coronation Ode) Les chemins d'amour (4 mins) Sir Roger Norrington conductor (Cockaigne) Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Sir Mark Elder conductor (Sea Drift) Julius Drake piano Martyn Brabbins conductor (Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles) Prom 4: Respighi, Ravel and Adams Monday 16 July Prom 2: Lerner & Loewe – My Fair Lady 7.30pm – c. 9.35pm Saturday 14 July Royal Albert Hall 7.00pm – c. 10.30pm Royal Albert Hall Respighi Roman Festivals (22 mins) Loewe Ravel My Fair Lady (170 mins) Piano Concerto in G major (22 mins) (semi-staged) INTERVAL Anthony Andrews actor, Proms debut artist (Professor Henry John Adams Higgins) City Noir (34 mins) Annalene Beechey vocalist (Eliza Doolittle) Imogen Cooper piano John Wilson Orchestra Juilliard Orchestra John Wilson conductor Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music Shaun Kerrison stage director John Adams conductor Prom 3: Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius Sunday 15 July Tuesday 17 July 7.00pm – c. 10.00pm 7.30pm – c. 9.50pm Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall Debussy R. Strauss Pelléas et Mélisande (145 mins) Also sprach Zarathustra (32 mins) concert performance; sung in French R. Strauss Phillip Addis baritone (Pelléas) Four Last Songs (22 mins) Karen Vourc'h soprano, Proms debut artist (Mélisande) INTERVAL Laurent Naouri bass-baritone, Proms debut artist (Golaud) Kaija Saariaho Sir John Tomlinson bass (Arkel) Laterna magica (22 mins) Elodie Méchain alto, Proms debut artist (Geneviève) UK Premiere Dima Bawab soprano, Proms debut artist (Yniold) Sibelius Nahuel di Pierro bass, Proms debut artist (Doctor) Symphony No. 7 in C major (23 mins) Monteverdi Choir Anne Schwanewilms soprano Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique BBC Philharmonic Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor Juanjo Mena conductor Proms Chamber Music 1: Alice Coote sings French chansons Prom 6: Lam, Rachmaninov & Prokofiev Monday 16 July Wednesday 18 July 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm 7.00pm – c. 9.15pm Cadogan Hall Royal Albert Hall Gounod Fung Lam Au printemps (2 mins) Endless Forms (c9 mins) Saint-Saëns BBC Commission, World Premiere Aimons-nous (4 mins) Rachmaninov Fauré Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (35 mins) Poème d'un jour (6 mins) INTERVAL Version 1 Information from bbc.co.uk/proms/ Proms 2012 Page 2 of 12 Prokofiev Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor (43 mins) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' (50 mins) Kirill Gerstein piano Jussef Eisa clarinet, Proms debut artist BBC Symphony Orchestra IRCAM live electronics Jirí Belohlávek conductor West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim conductor Prom 7: Handel – Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks Wednesday 18 July Prom 11: Berlioz – The Trojans 10.15pm – c. 11.30pm Sunday 22 July Royal Albert Hall 4.30pm – c. 10.00pm Royal Albert Hall Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major (26 mins) Berlioz Handel The Trojans (255 mins) Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major (10 mins) Jonas Kaufmann tenor (Aeneas) Handel Fabio Capitanucci baritone, Proms debut artist (Coroebus) Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major (10 mins) Ashley Holland baritone (Panthus) Handel Brindley Sherratt bass (Narbal) Music for the Royal Fireworks (17 mins) Ji-Min Park tenor, Proms debut artist (Iopas, Iopas) Hervé Niquet conductor, Proms debut artist Barbara Senator mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Ascanius) Le Concert Spirituel Anna Caterina Antonacci soprano (Cassandra) Eva Maria Westbroek soprano, Proms debut artist (Dido) Hanna Hipp mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Anna) Prom 8: Handel – Judas Maccabaeus Ed Lyon tenor (Hylas) Thursday 19 July Robert Lloyd bass (Priam) 7.30pm – c. 10.20pm Lukas Jakobski bass (Greek Chieftain) Royal Albert Hall Jihoon Kim bass, Proms debut artist (Ghost of Hector) Ji Hyun Kim tenor, Proms debut artist (Helenus) Handel Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano (Hecuba) Judas Maccabaeus (130 mins) Royal Opera Chorus John Mark Ainsley tenor (Judas Maccabaeus) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Christopher Purves baritone (Simon/Eupolemus) Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Rosemary Joshua soprano (Israelitish Woman) Christine Rice mezzo-soprano, New Generation Artist (Israelitish Man) Proms Chamber Music 2: Tenebrae Tim Mead counter-tenor (Israelitish Messenger/Israelitish Priest) Monday 23 July Choir of the Enlightenment 1.00pm – c. 2.00pm Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Cadogan Hall Laurence Cummings director Gibbons First Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts (1612) – selection (8 Prom 9: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 mins) Friday 20 July Gibbons 7.30pm – c. 9.55pm The Cryes of London (7 mins) Royal Albert Hall Julian Philips Sorowfull Songes (c10 mins) Beethoven BBC Commission, World Premiere Symphony No. 1 in C major (25 mins) Steve Martland Pierre Boulez Street Songs – selection (22 mins) Dérive 2 (45 mins) Tenebrae INTERVAL Nigel Short conductor Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D major (35 mins) West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Prom 12: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 Daniel Barenboim conductor Monday 23 July 7.30pm – c. 9.45pm Royal Albert Hall Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Bach – The Art of Fugue Saturday 21 July Beethoven 3.00pm – c. 4.30pm Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral' (40 mins) Cadogan Hall Pierre Boulez Mémoriale ('… explosante-fixe …' Originel) (8 mins) J. S. Bach INTERVAL The Art of Fugue (arr. M. Esfahani) (70 mins) Pierre Boulez Mahan Esfahani harpsichord/director Messagesquisse (8 mins) Academy of Ancient Music Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor (30 mins) Hassan Moataz El Molla cello, Proms debut artist Prom 10: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Saturday 21 July Daniel Barenboim conductor 7.30pm – c. 9.55pm Royal Albert Hall Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (35 mins) Pierre Boulez Dialogue de l'ombre double (20 mins) INTERVAL Version 1 Information from bbc.co.uk/proms/ Proms 2012 Page 3 of 12 Prom 13: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 Thierry Fischer conductor Tuesday 24 July 7.00pm – c. 9.00pm Royal Albert Hall Prom 17: Beethoven & Boulez Thursday 26 July Beethoven 10.15pm – c. 11.30pm Symphony No. 8 in F major (25 mins) Royal Albert Hall Pierre Boulez Anthèmes 2 (25 mins) Beethoven INTERVAL Piano Quintet in E flat major (25 mins) Beethoven Pierre Boulez Symphony No. 7 in A major (35 min) Le marteau sans maître (35 mins) Michael Barenboim violin West–Eastern Divan Orchestra (members) IRCAM live electronics Pierre Boulez conductor West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim conductor Prom 18: Beethoven Cycle – Symphony No. 9, 'Choral' Friday 27 July Prom 14: Kronos Quartet 6.30pm – c. 7.55pm Tuesday 24 July Royal Albert Hall 10.00pm – c. 11.15pm Royal Albert Hall Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (77 mins) Omar Souleyman Anna Samuil soprano I'll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You (La sidounak sayyada) Waltraud Meier mezzo-soprano (arr. Jacob Garchik) (4 mins) Peter Seiffert tenor UK Premiere René Pape bass Sofia Gubaidulina National Youth Choir of Great Britain String Quartet No. 4 (12 mins) West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Ben Johnston Daniel Barenboim conductor String Quartet No. 4, 'Amazing Grace' (11 mins) Nicole Lizée The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (Fibre-Optic Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Les 24 Violons du Roy Flowers) (c10 mins) Saturday 28 July BBC Commission, World Premiere 3.00pm – c. 4.30pm Traditional Cadogan Hall Tusen tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) transcr. Ljova, arr. Kronos Quartet (5 mins) Lully Aleksandra Vrebalov Armide – suite (15 mins) … hold me, neighbor, in this storm … (22 mins) Desmarets Kronos Quartet Circé – suite (10 mins) Marais Ariane et Bacchus – suite (15 mins) Prom 15: Smetana, Prokofiev & Dvorák Campra Wednesday 25 July Tancrède – suite (13 mins) 7.30pm – c. 9.40pm Lalande Royal Albert Hall Symphonies pour les soupez du roy – suite (12 mins) Les 24 Violons du Roy Smetana Sir Roger Norrington conductor String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, 'From My Life' (orch. Szell) (28 mins) Prokofiev Prom 19: Mason, Shostakovich, Langgaard & Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (22 mins) Saturday 28 July INTERVAL 7.30pm – c. 10.00pm Dvorák Royal Albert Hall Symphony No. 7 in D minor (35 mins) Vadim Gluzman violin Benedict Mason BBC Symphony Orchestra meld (c25 mins) Jirí Belohlávek conductor BBC Commission, World Premiere Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (29 mins) Prom 16: Elgar, Wood, Ravel & Debussy Langgaard Thursday 26 July Symphony No. 11, ‘Ixion’ (5 mins) 7.00pm – c. 9.15pm INTERVAL Royal Albert Hall Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique' (45 mins) Elgar Daniel Müller-Schott cello In the South (Alassio) (23 mins) Chantage Hugh Wood BBC Symphony Orchestra Concerto for Piano (25 mins) Thomas Dausgaard conductor INTERVAL Ravel Une barque sur l'océan (8 mins) Prom 20: The Wallace & Gromit Prom: Musical Marvels! Debussy Sunday 29 July La cathédrale engloutie (orch.