PROMS 2018 Page 1 of 7 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms Sam Walton percussion Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor (20 mins) 20:15 Friday 13 July 2018 ON TV Martin James Bartlett piano Royal Albert Hall Freddy Kempf piano Morfydd Llwyn Owen Lara Melda piano Nocturne (15 mins) Ralph Vaughan Williams Lauren Zhang piano Toward the Unknown Region (13 mins) BBC Concert Orchestra Robert Schumann Andrew Gourlay conductor Symphony No 4 in D minor (original 1841 version) (28 mins) Gustav Holst The Planets (52 mins) Bertrand Chamayou piano Proms at … Cadogan Hall 1 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Anna Meredith 13:00 Monday 16 July 2018 Thomas Søndergård conductor 59 Productions Cadogan Hall, London Five Telegrams (22 mins) BBC co-commission with 14–18 NOW and Edinburgh Caroline Shaw Proms at … The Roundhouse International Festival: world première Second Essay: Echo (15 mins) 15:00 Saturday 21 July 2018 Third Essay: Ruby Roundhouse, Camden National Youth Choir of Great Britain BBC Symphony Chorus Robert Schumann Charles Ives BBC Proms Youth Ensemble Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (30 mins) The Unanswered Question (6 mins) BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo conductor Calidore String Quartet ensemble Georg Friedrich Haas Javier Perianes piano the last minutes of inhumanity (5 mins) world première Prom 2: Mozart, Ravel and Fauré 19:30 Saturday 14 July 2018 Prom 4: Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Hannah Kendall Royal Albert Hall Verdala (5 mins) Symphony world première 19:30 Monday 16 July 2018 Gabriel Fauré Royal Albert Hall Pavane (choral version) (5 mins) Isabel Mundry Gefallen (5 mins) Magnus Lindberg world première Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto (25 mins) Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major (32 mins) Luca Francesconi Dmitri Shostakovich We Wept (5 mins) Maurice Ravel Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Leningrad' (75 mins) Daphnis and Chloe (52 mins) world première Mark Simpson clarinet Igor Stravinsky Francesco Piemontesi piano BBC Philharmonic Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version) (9 mins) BBC Symphony Chorus Juanjo Mena conductor City of London Choir Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Olivier Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (35 mins) Alain Altinoglu conductor Prom 5: Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande 18:30 Tuesday 17 July 2018 Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Royal Albert Hall Prom 3: BBC Young Musician 40th London Sinfonietta George Benjamin conductor Anniversary Claude Debussy 19:00 Sunday 15 July 2018 ON TV Pelléas et Mélisande (180 mins) Royal Albert Hall Prom 9: War & Peace Christina Gansch Mélisande 19:30 Saturday 21 July 2018 Ben Foster John Chest Pelléas Royal Albert Hall Fantasia on the Young Musician Theme Christopher Purves Golaud BBC commission: world première Brindley Sherratt Arkel Eriks Esenvalds Karen Cargill Genevieve Shadow (8 mins) Steve Reich Chloé Briot Yniold Drumming - Part 1 (15 mins) Glyndebourne Festival Opera Benjamin Britten London Philharmonic Orchestra Sinfonia da Requiem (21 mins) Giovanni Sollima Robin Ticciati conductor Violoncelles, vibrez! (12 mins) Ludwig van Beethoven (new arrangement for 4 cellos & orchestra by Sollima) Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (65 mins) Prom 6: An American in Paris & Iain Farrington Erin Wall soprano Gershwinicity (13 mins) Turangalîla 19:30 Wednesday 18 July 2018 Judit Kutasi mezzo-soprano BBC commission: world première Royal Albert Hall Russell Thomas tenor Franz-Josef Selig baritone Camille Saint‐Saëns George Gershwin BBC Proms Youth Choir The Carnival of the Animals (13 mins) An American in Paris (17 mins) World Orchestra for Peace (arr Iain Farrington) Simon Halsey conductor Olivier Messiaen Donald Runnicles conductor David Bruce Turangalîla Symphony (74 mins) Sidechaining (10 mins) BBC commission: world première Angela Hewitt piano Prom 10: Fauré, Franck & Widor’s Toccata Cynthia Millar ondes Martenot Maurice Ravel 11:00 Sunday 22 July 2018 BBC Symphony Orchestra Tzigane (10 mins) Royal Albert Hall Sakari Oramo conductor James MacMillan Charles‐Marie Widor Britannia (13 mins) Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor, Op 42 – Toccata (6 mins) Prom 7: Jacob Collier and Friends Modest Mussorgsky 19:30 Thursday 19 July 2018 ON TV César Franck Pictures at an Exhibition - 10. The Great Gate of Kiev (orch. Royal Albert Hall Trois Pièces – Pièce héroïque (11 mins) Wood) (5 mins) Jacob Collier Gabriel Fauré Nicola Benedetti violin Becca Stevens Pavane (arr. Apkalna) (8 mins) Jennifer Pike violin Sam Amidon Nicholas Daniel oboe Metropole Orkest Johann Sebastian Bach Ben Goldscheider horn Hamid El Kasri Fantasia in G major, BWV 572 (10 mins) Alexander Bone saxophone Take 6 ensemble Jess Gillam saxophone Jules Buckley conductor Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball Alexandra Ridout trumpet Variations on a Theme by Paganini (A Study for the Pedals) (8 David Childs euphonium mins) Natalie Clein cello Prom 8: Youthful Beginnings Thierry Escaich Guy Johnston cello 19:30 Friday 20 July 2018 ON TV Deux Évocations (13 mins) Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello Royal Albert Hall Laura van der Heijden cello Iveta Apkalna organ Michael Collins clarinet Lili Boulanger Emma Johnson clarinet D’un matin de printemps (5 mins) Colin Currie percussion D’un soir triste (11 mins) Owen Gunnell percussion Prom 11: Mahler Symphony of a Thousand Adrian Spillett percussion Felix Mendelssohn 19:00 Sunday 22 July 2018 promslist_2018_v04.html 2018-07-22 Information from bbc.co.uk/proms/ PROMS 2018 Page 2 of 7 Royal Albert Hall Prom 14: Sibelius, Schubert & Prom 18: Currentzis conducts Beethoven 19:30 Saturday 28 July 2018 Gustav Mahler Zimmermann 19:30 Tuesday 24 July 2018 Royal Albert Hall Symphony No 8 in E flat major, 'Symphony of a Thousand' (80 Royal Albert Hall mins) Ludwig van Beethoven Richard Wagner Symphony No 2 in D major (32 mins) Tamara Wilson soprano The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – overture (10 mins) Camilla Nylund soprano Ludwig van Beethoven Joélle Harvey soprano Franz Schubert Symphony No 5 in C minor (31 mins) Marianne Beate Kielland mezzo-soprano Die junge Nonne Claudia Huckle contralto Gretchen am Spinnrade MusicAeterna Simon O'Neill tenor Lied der Mignon Teodor Currentzis conductor Quinn Kelsey baritone Erlkönig Morris Robinson bass Southend Boys’ Choir Bernd Alois Zimmermann Prom 19: Ten Pieces Prom Southend Girls' Choir Symphony in One Movement (15 mins) 13:00 Sunday 29 July 2018 BBC National Chorus of Wales Royal Albert Hall BBC Symphony Chorus Franz Schubert London Symphony Chorus Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt) (22 mins) Kerry Andrew BBC National Orchestra of Wales Mason Bates Thomas Søndergård conductor Jean Sibelius Joseph Bologne de Saint‐Georges Symphony No 7 in C major (22 mins) Aaron Copland Antonín Dvořák Proms at … Cadogan Hall 2 Elizabeth Watts soprano Edward Elgar 13:00 Monday 23 July 2018 Louis Lortie piano Carl Orff Cadogan Hall, London BBC Philharmonic Henry Purcell John Storgårds conductor Jean Sibelius Jean‐Philippe Rameau Igor Stravinsky Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Prelude in A minor (5 mins) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pièces de clavecin, Book 3 (19 mins) Prom 15: Paul Lewis plays Beethoven’s Music by Kerry Andrew, Mason Bates, Joseph Bologne excerpts (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), Copland, Dvořák, Elgar, Orff, ‘Emperor’ concerto Purcell, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky Eve Risser 19:30 Wednesday 25 July 2018 ON TV Furakèla (5 mins) Royal Albert Hall Naomi Wilkinson presenter BBC commission: world première Ten Pieces Children's Choir Tansy Davies BBC Singers François Couperin What Did We See? (orchestral suite from 'Between Worlds') London Music Masters Piéces de clavecin, Book 1 – Sarabande 'La lugubre' BBC commission: world première Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Youth Academy Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Chaconne 'La Favorite' Brave New Voices from English PEN Ludwig van Beethoven BBC Symphony Orchestra Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, 'Emperor' (38 mins) Rafael Payare conductor Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – La sensible Denni Sayers Stage Director Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – La marche des Scythes Johannes Brahms Symphony No 2 in D major (42 mins) Jean Rondeau harpsichord Paul Lewis piano Prom 20: Ten Pieces Prom 17:00 Sunday 29 July 2018 BBC Philharmonic Royal Albert Hall Prom 12: Beethoven, Shostakovich & Ben Gernon conductor Rachmaninov Kerry Andrew 19:00 Monday 23 July 2018 ON TV Mason Bates Royal Albert Hall Prom 16: Stravinsky, Debussy & Wagner Joseph Bologne de Saint‐Georges 19:30 Thursday 26 July 2018 Aaron Copland Royal Albert Hall Ludwig van Beethoven Antonín Dvořák Overture 'Coriolan' (8 mins) Edward Elgar Richard Wagner Carl Orff Tannhäuser – overture (14 mins) Dmitri Shostakovich Henry Purcell Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major (29 mins) Jean Sibelius Claude Debussy Igor Stravinsky La damoiselle élue (20 mins) Andrew Norman Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Spiral (6 mins) Music by Kerry Andrew, Mason Bates, Joseph Bologne Igor Stravinsky UK première (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), Copland, Dvořák, Elgar, Orff, Song of the Nightingale (20 mins) Purcell, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky The Firebird – suite (1945 version) (31 mins) Sergei Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances (36 mins) Naomi Wilkinson presenter Sabine Devieilhe soprano Ten Pieces Children's Choir Anna Stéphany mezzo soprano Alisa Weilerstein cello BBC Singers Hallé Choir (female voices) BBC Symphony Orchestra Denni Sayers Stage Director Hallé Youth Choir (female voices) Karina Canellakis conductor London Music Masters Hallé Brave New Voices from English PEN Mark Elder conductor Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Youth Academy Prom 13: Pioneers of Sound BBC Symphony Orchestra