PROMS
RAH = Royal Albert Hall
CH = Cadogan Hall FRIDAY 13 JULY
PROM 1 8.15-10.30pm RAH
First Night of the Proms. Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region, Holst The Planets, Anna Meredith Five Telegrams. National Youth Choir of Great Britain, BBC Proms Youth Ensemble, BBC SO & Chorus/sakari Oramo
SATURDAY 14 JULY
PROM 2 7.30-9.45pm RAH
Fauré Pavane, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27, Ravel Daphnis and Chloe. Francesco Piemontesi (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/
Alain Altinoglu
SUNDAY 15 JULY
PROM 3 7-9.30pm RAH
BBC Young Musician
Anniversary Concert. Ben Foster Fantasia on the Young Musician theme (BBC commission, world premiere), Steve Reich Drumming – Part 1, Giovanni Sollima Violoncellez, vibrez!, Saint-saëns Carnival of the Animals (excerpts), David
Bruce Sidechaining (BBC commission, world premiere), Iain Farrington Gershwinicity (BBC commission, world premiere), Ravel Tzigane, James Macmillan Brittania. Nicola Benedetti, Jennifer Pike (violin), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Ben Goldscheider (horn), Alexander Bone, Jess Gillam (saxophone), Alexandra Ridout (trumpet), David Childs (euphonium), Natalie Clein, Guy Johnston, Sheku Kanneh-mason, Laura van der Heijden (cello),
Michael Collins, Emma Johnson (clarinet), Colin Currie, Owen Gunnell, Adrian Spillett, Sam Walton (percussion), Martin James Bartlett, Freddy Kempf, Lara Melda (piano),
BBC Concert Orchestra/
Andrew Gourlay
MONDAY 16 JULY
PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 1 1-2pm CH
Caroline Shaw Second Essay: Echo, Third Essay: Ruby, (world premiere, BBC co-commission with RPS, BBC Proms, Coretet, Phillips Collection and the University of Delaware), Schumann Piano Quintet. Javier Perianes (piano), Calidore String Quartet PROM 4 7.30-9.50pm RAH
Magnus Lindberg Clarinet Concerto, Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’. Mark Simpson (clarinet), BBC Philharmonic/juanjo Mena
TUESDAY 17 JULY
PROM 5 6.30pm-10.10pm RAH
Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande (semi-staged; sung in French, with surtitles). Christiana Gansch (Mélisande), John Chest (Pelléas), Christopher Purves (Golaud), Brindley Sherratt (Arkel), Karen Cargill (Geneviève), Chloé Briot (Yniold), Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra/robin Ticciati
WEDNESDAY 18 JULY
PROM 6 7.30-9.35pm RAH
Gershwin An American in
Paris, Messiaen Turangalîla Symphony. Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Angela Hewitt (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/sakari Oramo
THURSDAY 19 JULY
PROM 7 7.30-9.40pm RAH
Jacob Collier and Friends. Jacob Collier (singer/arranger), Sam Amidon (folk artist), Take 6 (gospel sextet), Metropole Orkest/jules Buckley
FRIDAY 20 JULY
PROM 8 7.30-9.40pm RAH
Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps, D’un soir triste, Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1, Morfydd Owen Nocturne, Schumann Symphony No. 4 (original version 1841). Bertrand Chamayou (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/thomas Søndergård
SATURDAY 21 JULY
PROMS AT… 3-4.45pm
At the Roundhouse. Ives
The Unanswered Question, Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, world premieres of First World War-themed works by Luca Francesconi, Georg Friedrich Haas, Hannah Kendall and Isabel Mundry. Susan Bickley (mezzo), London Sinfonietta/george Benjamin PROM 9 7.30-9.45pm RAH
E¯riks E envalds Shadow (BBC commission, world premiere), Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Beethoven Symphony No. 9. Erin Wall (soprano), Judit Kutasi (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Franz-josef Selig (baritone), BBC Proms Youth Choir, World Orchestra for Peace/donald Runnicles & Simon Halsey
SUNDAY 22 JULY
PROM 10 11am-12pm RAH
Widor Organ Symphony No.
5 – Toccata, Franck Trois Pièces – Pièce héroïque, Fauré Pavane, Bach arr. Bax Fantasia in G, Thalben-ball Variations on a Theme by Paganini (A Study for the Pedals), Thierry Escaich Deux Évocations.
Iveta Apkalna (organ)
SUNDAY 23 JULY
PROM 11 7-8.30pm RAH
Mahler Symphony No. 8. Tamara Wilson, Camilla Nylund, Joélle Harvey (soprano), Christine
Rice (mezzo), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Simon O’neill (tenor), Quinn Kelsey (baritone), Morris Robinson (bass), Southend Boys’ and Girls’
Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales/thomas Søndergård
MONDAY 23 JULY
PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 2 1-2pm CH
Rameau Pièces de clavecin: Book 1 – Prelude in A minor, Book 3 – excerpts, Eve Risser Furakèla (BBC commission, world premiere), Couperin Pièces de clavecin: Book
1 – Sarabande ‘La lugubre’, Chaconne ‘La favorite’,
Royer Pièces de clavecin: Book 1 – La sensible, La marche des Scythes. Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) PROM 12 7-9.05pm RAH
Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1, Andrew Norman Spiral (UK premiere), Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances. Alisa Weilerstein (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra/
Karina Canellakis PROM 13 10.15-11.30pm RAH
Pioneers of Sound. Daphne Oram Still Point (world premiere of revised version). Plus electronic works, and the world premiere of a work for orchestra and electronics by Delia Derbyshire. Shiva Feshareki (turntables/electronics), London Contemporary Orchestra/robert Ames
TUESDAY 24 JULY
PROM 14 7.30-9.40pm RAH
Wagner Die Meistersinger – Overture, Schubert (orchestrated by Liszt) Die junge Nonne, Gretchen am Spinnrade, Lied der Mignon, Erlkönig, Fantasy in C, Zimmermann Symphony in one movement, Sibelius Symphony No. 7. Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Louis Lortie (piano), BBC Philharmonic/
John Storgårds
WEDNESDAY 25 JULY
PROM 15 7.30-9.55pm RAH
Tansy Davies What Did We See? (orchestral suite from ‘Between Worlds’) (BBC commission, world premiere), Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, Brahms Symphony No. 2. Paul
Lewis (piano), BBC Philharmonic/ben Gernon
THURSDAY 26 JULY
PROM 16 7.30-9.35pm RAH
Wagner Tannhäuser – Overture, Debussy La demoiselle élue, Stravinsky Le chant du rossignol, The Firebird – suite (1945). Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano), Hallé Choir & Youth Choir (female voices), Hallé Orchestra/mark Elder
FRIDAY 27 JULY
PROM 17 7-9.30pm RAH
Parry Symphony No. 5, Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, Parry Hear my words, ye people, Holst Ode to Death, Vaughan Williams A Pastoral Symphony. Tai Murray (violin), Francesca Chiejina (soprano), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), BBC National Orchestra, Chorus & Youth Chorus of Wales/martyn Brabbins
SATURDAY 28 JULY
PROM 18 7.30-9.10pm RAH
Beethoven Symphony
No. 2, Symphony No. 5. Musicaeterna/teodor Currentzis
SUNDAY 29 JULY
PROM 19 & 20 1-3pm, 5-7pm RAH
BBC Ten Pieces Prom. Sibelius Finlandia, Copland Rodeo – Hoe-down, Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-georges Symphony No. 1 in G – Allegro, Mason Bates Anthology of Fantastic Zoology – Sprite, A Bao A Qu, Elgar Enigma Variations 11,
6, 7, Orff Carmina burana – ‘O Fortuna’, Purcell Abdelazer – Rondeau, Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Finale, Dvoˇrák Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ – Largo, Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker – Waltz of the Flowers, Kerry Andrew No Place Like (BBC commission), Stravinsky The Firebird – extracts. Naomi Wilkinson (presenter), Ten Pieces Children’s Choir, BBC Singers, BBC So/rafael Payare
MONDAY 30 JULY
PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 3 1-2pm CH
Ancient Rituals and New Tales. Joseph Tawadros Constellation, Work, Permission to Evaporate, Gare de l’est, Jessica Wells Rhapsody for solo oud (BBC commission, world premiere), Joseph Tawadros Heal, Eye of the Beholder, Forbidden Fruit, Bluegrass Nikriz. Joseph Tawadros (oud) PROM 21 7.30-9.45pm RAH
Mozart Notturno in D, Haas Concerto grosso no. 1 (UK premiere), Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony. Hornroh Modern Alphorn Quartet, BBC Scottish So/ilan Volkov
TUESDAY 31 JULY
PROM 22 7-8.55pm RAH
Haydn Symphony No. 104 ‘London’, Vaughan Williams A London Symphony. BBC Scottish So/andrew Manze PROM 23 10.15-11.30pm RAH
Havana Meets Kingston. Mista Savona (keyboards/samples), Randy Valentine, Solis (vocals), Julito Padrón (trumpet/vocals), Stepper (saxophone), Bopee (guitar), Rolando Luna (piano), Mafia & Fluxy (drums/electric bass), Yaroldy Abreu Robles (percussion), Brenda Navarette (percussion/vocals)
WEDNESDAY 1 AUGUST
PROM 24 7-9.20pm RAH
Ethel Smyth The Wreckers
– On the Cliffs of Cornwall (Prelude to Act 2), Dvoˇrák Cello Concerto, Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben. Daniel Müllerschott (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/otto Tausk
THURSDAY 2 AUGUST
PROM 25 7-9pm RAH
Glinka Summer Night in Madrid, Joby Talbot Guitar Concerto (BBC commission, world premiere), Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker – Act 1. Milos Karadagli´c (guitar), Finchley Children’s Music Group, BBC So/alexander Vedernikov