Let the Proms begin!
It’s time for a summer of music! Explore the world’s greatest classical music festival with our complete guide to this year’s wonderful season of concerts
We present full details of the 2019 BBC Proms, plus explore some of the season’s themes and highlights
RAH = Royal Albert Hall CH = Cadogan Hall
FRIDAY 19 JULY PROM 1
7.30-9.35pm RAH
First Night of the Proms.
Zosha Di Castri Long is the Journey – Short is the Memory (world premiere), Dvoˇrák The Golden Spinning Wheel, Janáˇcek Glagolitic Mass (final version, 1928) (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1930).
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzosoprano), Ladislav Elgr (tenor), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Peter Holder (organ), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Karina Canellakis
SATURDAY 20 JULY PROM 2
7.30-10pm RAH
Dvoˇrák Violin Concerto, Smetana Má vlast. Joshua Bell (violin), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/jakub Hr˚u a
SUNDAY 21 JULY PROM 3
11am-12.15pm RAH Cbeebies Prom: A Musical
Trip to the Moon. Programme to include: John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Fugue (finale), Copland Fanfare for the Common Man, Puccini Madam Butterfly – Humming Chorus, Hans Zimmer Earth (world premiere). Yolanda Brown, Justin Fletcher, Chris Jarvis, Maddie Moate, Cat Sandion (Cbeebies presenters), Angie Newman (British Sign Language interpreter), Cbeebies Prom Choir, Chineke!/kwamé Ryan
PROM 4
7.30-9.30pm RAH
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Barber Violin Concerto, Holst The Planets. Nemanja Radulovi´c (violin), Trinity Boys Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/
Kirill Karabits
MONDAY 22 JULY PROM 5
11am-12.15pm RAH
Cbeebies Prom: A Musical Trip to the Moon. Repeat of Prom 3, see 21 July for details
PROMS AT…
1-2pm CH
Hildegard von Bingen Spiritus sanctus vivificans, Pérotin Viderunt omnes – excerpt, Josquin des Prez Ave Maria… Virgo serena, Mouton
Nesciens mater virgo virum, Victoria Regina caeli laetare a 8, Jonathan Dove Vadam et circuibo civitatem, Lassus Missa ‘Bell’amfitrit’altera’ – Gloria, Palestrina Magnificat primi toni, Byrd Sing joyfully, Alexia Sloane Earthward (world premiere), Gibbons O clap your hands. VOCES8
PROM 6
7.30-9.35pm RAH
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Metacosmos (UK premiere), Britten Violin Concerto, Stravinsky The Rite of Spring. James Ehnes (violin), Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School/ Edward Gardner
TUESDAY 23 JULY PROM 7
7.30-10pm RAH
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15, Paul Ben-haim Symphony No. 1, Schoenberg Five Orchestral Pieces (Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1912), Schumann Symphony No. 4 (revised version, 1851). Yeol Eum Son (piano),
BBC Philharmonic/
Omer Meir Wellber
WEDNESDAY 24 JULY PROM 8
7.30-9.25pm RAH
Debussy Prélude à l’aprèsmidi d’un faune (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1904), Peter Eötvös Alhambra (violin concerto) (UK premiere), Bartók Dance Suite (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1925), Stravinsky The Firebird – Suite (1919) (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1913). Isabelle Faust (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/peter Eötvös
THURSDAY 25 JULY PROM 9
7-9.05pm RAH
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Tobias Broström Nigredo – Dark Night of the Soul (double concerto for two trumpets and orchestra) (UK premiere),
Brahms Symphony No. 1. Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/markus Stenz
PROM 10
10.15-11.30pm RAH
The Race for Space.
Public Service Broadcasting, The Multi-story Orchestra/ Christopher Stark
FRIDAY 26 JULY PROM 11
7.30-9.45pm RAH
1969: The Sound of a Summer. Will Gregory Moog Ensemble, BBC Concert Orchestra/ Stephen Bell
SATURDAY 27 JULY PROMS AT…
3-4.30pm
At Battersea Arts Centre. Artists to include Oliver Coates, Crewdson & Cevanne and Jennifer Walshe
PROM 12
7.30-9.55pm RAH
Lera Auerbach Icarus (London premiere), Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet – Suite. Nicola Benedetti (violin), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/ Mark Wigglesworth
SUNDAY 28 JULY PROM 13
7.30-9.25pm RAH
Messiaen Des canyons aux étoiles…. Martin Owen (horn), David Hockings, Alex Neal (percussion), Nicolas Hodges (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/sakari Oramo
MONDAY 29 JULY PROMS AT…
1-2pm CH
Strozzi L’amante segreto,
Che si può fare, Sino alla morte, Lagrime mie, Bembo Ercole amante – ‘M’ingannasti in verità’, ‘Volgete altrove il guardo’, Cavalli Ercole amante – ‘E vuol dunque Ciprigna’. Mariana Flores (soprano), Cappella Mediterranea/ Leonardo García Alarcón (harpsichord, organ)
PROM 14
7.30-9.55pm RAH
Haydn The Creation. Sarah-jane Brandon (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Christoph Pohl (baritone), BBC Proms Youth Choir, BBC Philharmonic/
Omer Meir Wellber
TUESDAY 30 JULY PROM 15
7-9.05pm RAH
Beethoven Symphony No. 2, Shostakovich Symphony No. 10. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/mariss Jansons
PROM 16
10.15-11.30pm RAH
A tribute to salsa singer Celia Cruz. Angélique Kidjo (singer)
WEDNESDAY 31 JULY PROM 17
7.30-9.45pm RAH
Sibelius Symphony No. 1 (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1903), Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2, Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier – Suite. Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/mariss Jansons
THURSDAY 1 AUGUST PROM 18
7.30-9.50pm RAH
Britten Piano Concerto (revised version, 1945) (Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1938), Mahler Das Lied von der Erde (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1914). Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), BBC
Symphony Orchestra/ Edward Gardner
FRIDAY 2 AUGUST PROM 19
7.30-9.45pm RAH
Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, R Schumann Piano Concerto, James Macmillan The Confession of Isobel Gowdie. Alexander Melnikov (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/thomas Dausgaard
SATURDAY 3 AUGUST PROM 20
7.30-9.50pm RAH
Sibelius Violin Concerto (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1907), Symphony No. 5 (original version, 1915).
Pekka Kuusisto (violin),
Taito Hoffrén, Ilona Korhonen, Minna-liisa Tammela (singers), Vilma Timonen (kantele),
Timo Alakotila (harmonium), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/thomas Dausgaard
SUNDAY 4 AUGUST PROM 21
11am-12.15pm RAH Khachaturian transcr. Kiviniemi Gayane – Sabre Dance,
Falla transcr. Latry El amor brujo – Ritual Fire Dance, Beethoven Adagio in F major (for mechanical clock), JS Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, Gigout Air célèbre de la Pentecôte, Liszt arr. Guillou Prelude and Fugue on BACH, Widor Bach’s Memento – No. 4: Marche du veilleur de nuit, Saint-saëns, arr. Lemare Danse macabre plus improvisation. Olivier Latry (organ)
PROM 22
7.30-9.35pm RAH Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1915), Tarkiainen Midnight Sun Variations (world premiere), Shostakovich Symphony No. 11. BBC Philharmonic/john Storgårds
MONDAY 5 AUGUST PROMS AT…
1-2pm CH
Purcell The Virtuous Wife – Overture, The Fairy Queen – Hornpipe, The Virtuous Wife – Second Music: First Act Tune, The Indian Queen – Rondeau, Chacony in G minor, Marchand Pièces de clavecin: Book 1 – Allemande, Jacquet de la Guerre Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Telemann Sonata in A minor, Handel Trio Sonata in G. Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord),
The English Concert
PROM 23
7.30-9.40pm RAH
Arnold Peterloo Overture, Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – excerpts (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere of the suite, 1901). Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano), BBC Philharmonic/ben Gernon
TUESDAY 6 AUGUST PROM 24
11.30am-12.45pm RAH Relaxed Prom. Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – excerpts. Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano), BBC Philharmonic/ben Gernon
PROM 25
7.30-9.50pm RAH
Sibelius Karelia – Suite, Weinberg Cello Concerto (London premiere), Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6. Sol Gabetta (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra/dalia Stasevska
WEDNESDAY 7 AUGUST PROM 26
7-9pm RAH
Brahms Tragic Overture, Wagner Tristan and Isolde – Prelude and Liebestod (orchestral version), Mozart Requiem. Fatma Said (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Sunnyboy Dladla (tenor), David Shipley (bass), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales/nathalie Stutzmann
PROM 27
10.15-11.30pm RAH
The Sound of Space: Sci-fi Film Music. Music from sci-fi film and TV scores including excerpts from: Jed Kurzel
Alien: Covenant, Hans Zimmer Interstellar, Mica Levi Under the Skin, Clint Mansell Moon, Steven Price Gravity, John Murphy Sunshine, Carly Paradis The Innocents. London Contemporary Orchestra/ Robert Ames
THURSDAY 8 AUGUST PROM 28
7-9.05pm RAH
Takemitsu Twill by Twilight,
Huw Watkins The Moon (world premiere), Rachmaninov The Bells (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1921), Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1897). Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Oleg Dolgov (tenor), BBC National Chorus of Wales, Philharmonia Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Tadaaki Otaka
FRIDAY 9 AUGUST PROMS 29 & 30
3-5.30pm, 7.30-10pm RAH The Warner Brothers Story. Music from one of the leading studios of Hollywood’s Golden Age of cinema, including excerpts from: Arlen Blues in the Night, Korngold The Constant Nymph, The Sea
Hawk, Loewe My Fair Lady, Camelot, North A Streetcar Named Desire, Steiner Now, Voyager, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Styne Romance on the High Seas. Maida Vale Singers, John Wilson Orchestra/ John Wilson
SATURDAY 10 AUGUST PROM 31
7.30-9.45pm RAH
Brahms Variations on the St Anthony Chorale, R Strauss Four Songs, Op. 27, Bruckner Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’. Lise Davidsen (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra/ Esa-pekka Salonen
SUNDAY 11 AUGUST PROM 32
11am-1.10pm RAH
Benjamin Beckman new work (UK premiere), Berlioz Les nuits d’été, Strauss An Alpine Symphony. Joyce Didonato (mezzo-soprano), Brass of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, National Youth Orchestra of the USA/
Antonio Pappano
PROM 33
8-10.05pm RAH
Detlev Glanert Weites Land (‘Musik mit Brahms’ for orchestra), Schubert orch. Glanert Einsamkeit for soprano and orchestra, Mahler Symphony No. 4 (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1905). Christina Gansch (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Semyon Bychkov
MONDAY 12 AUGUST PROMS AT…
1-2pm CH
Schubert String Quartet No. 1, Sirmen String Quartet No. 5, Haydn String Quartet No. 63 in B flat ‘Sunrise’. Aris Quartet
PROM 34
7.30-9.30pm RAH Schubert Symphony No. 8 ‘Unfinished’, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Lutos¯awski Concerto for Orchestra. Martha Argerich (piano), West-eastern Divan Orchestra/daniel Barenboim
TUESDAY 13 AUGUST PROM 35
7-9.10pm RAH
Various Pictured Within:
Birthday Variations for M.C.B. (new ‘Enigma’ variations by Kalevi Aho, Sally Beamish, Harrison Birtwistle, Richard Blackford, Gavin Bryars,
Brett Dean, Dai Fujikura, Wim Henderickx, Colin Matthews, Anthony Payne, John Pickard, David Sawer, Iris ter Schiphorst and Judith Weir) (world premiere), Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music (Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1938), Brahms Song of Destiny, Elgar Enigma Variations.
Nadine Benjamin (soprano), Idunnu Münch (mezzosoprano), William Morgan (tenor), David Ireland (bass-baritone), ENO Chorus, BBC Singers, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/
Martyn Brabbins
PROM 36
10.15-11.30pm RAH Late-night Mixtape. Includes music by Pärt, Vasks, JS Bach and Schubert. Tenebrae, 12 ensemble
WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST PROM 37
7-9.10pm RAH
Berlioz The Childhood of Christ. Sarah Connolly (mezzosoprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Neal Davies (bass), Britten Sinfonia Voices, Genesis Sixteen, Hallé/mark Elder
PROM 38
10.15-11.30pm RAH
JS Bach Cantata No. 130 ‘Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir’, BWV 130, Cantata No. 19 ‘Es erhub sich ein Streit’, Cantata No. 149 ‘Man singet mit Freuden vom
Sieg’, BWV 19, Cantata No. 50 ‘Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft’, BWV 50. Solomon’s Knot
THURSDAY 15 AUGUST PROM 39
7-9pm RAH
Mendelssohn Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’), Elgar Sea Pictures, Errollyn Wallen This Frame Is Part of the Painting (world premiere), Musorgsky orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition. Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/elim Chan
FRIDAY 16 AUGUST PROM 40
7.30-9.45pm RAH
Sullivan Victoria and Merrie England – Suite, Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1, Prince Albert of Saxe-coburg and Gotha Songs, Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’. Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Stephen Hough (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/adám Fischer
SATURDAY 17 AUGUST PROMS AT…
3-4.30pm
At Holy Sepulchre London. Walton Where does the uttered music go?, Britten Sacred and Profane, Ireland The Holy Boy, Thea Musgrave Rorate coeli, Maconchy Three Donne Songs – No. 1: A Hymn to God the Father, Vaughan Williams Valiant-for-truth, Judith Weir Missa del Cid, Joanna Lee At this man’s hand (premiere). BBC Singers/sofi Jeannin
PROM 41
7.30-10pm RAH Rimsky-korsakov Mlada – Suite (Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1898). Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 (original version, 1891) (Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1900), Lyadov Baba-yaga, Kikimora, From the Apocalypse (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premieres 1906, 1917, 1914), Glazunov Symphony No. 5 (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1897). Alexander Ghindin (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vladimir Jurowski
SUNDAY 18 AUGUST PROM 42
7.30-9.45pm RAH Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major, Clara Schumann Piano Concerto, Sofia Gubaidulina Fairytale Poem, Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor. Mariam Batsashvili (piano), Ulster Orchestra/ Rafael Payare
MONDAY 19 AUGUST PROMS AT…
1-2pm CH
Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade, Nacht und Träume, Die Forelle, Mendelssohn
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges,
Der Mond, Neue Liebe,
Hensel Bergeslust, Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass?, Nach Süden, Liszt Freudvoll und Leidvoll, O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S’il est un charmant gazon, Oh, quand je dors, Comment, disaient- ils, Chopin Z˙yczenie, S´liczny ch¯opiec, Rossini
Canzonetta spagnuola.
Louise Alder (soprano),
Gary Matthewman (piano)
PROM 43
7.30-10.05pm RAH
Jonathan Dove new work*, Dieter Ammann Piano Concerto (world premiere), Beethoven Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’.
Anu Komsi (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Michael Weinius (tenor), Mika Kares (bass), Andreas Haefliger (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sakari Oramo & *Neil Ferris
TUESDAY 20 AUGUST PROM 44
7.30-9.25pm RAH
Koechlin Les bandar-log, Varèse Amériques (original version, 1921), Walton Belshazzar’s Feast. Gerald Finley (baritone), Orfeó Català, Orfeó Català Youth Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/ Simon Rattle
WEDNESDAY 21 AUGUST PROM 45
7.30-10pm RAH
Mississippi Goddam: A Homage to Nina Simone. Ledisi (singer), Metropole Orkest/jules Buckley
THURSDAY 22 AUGUST PROM 46
7.30-9.40pm RAH
Howell Lamia (Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1919), Elgar Cello Concerto, Knussen The Way to Castle Yonder, Weinberg Symphony No. 3 (London premiere). Sheku Kanneh-mason (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/mirga Gra inyt˙e-tyla
FRIDAY 23 AUGUST PROM 47
7.30-9.55pm RAH
JS Bach Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542, Cantata No. 147 ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’, BWV 147 – Chorale ‘Jesus bleibet meine Freude’ (transcr. Schmidt-mannheim), Prelude in E flat, BWV 552, Chorale Prelude ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’, BWV 645, Fugue in E flat, BWV 552, Bruckner Symphony No. 8 (1890 version, ed. Haas). Michael Schönheit (organ), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/ Andris Nelsons
SATURDAY 24 AUGUST PROM 48
7.30-9.55pm RAH
Silvestri Three Pieces for Strings, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2, Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2. Seong-jin Cho (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/cristian Maˇcelaru
SUNDAY 25 AUGUST PROM 49
5.30-7.30pm RAH
The Lost Words. A programme based on the book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, including works by John Luther Adams, Kerry Andrew, James Burton, Beethoven, Rautavaara, Vaughan Williams and Vivaldi, plus a new commission by Alissa Firsova. Stephanie Childress (violin), Jason Singh (beatboxer), Angie Newman (British Sign Language Interpreter), The Lost Words – Spell Song (folk group), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Southbank Sinfonia/ Jessica Cottis
MONDAY 26 AUGUST PROMS AT…
1-2pm CH
Robert Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70, Clara Schumann Three Romances Op. 22, Piano Trio in G minor Op. 17. Amatis Piano Trio
PROM 50
7.30-9.30pm RAH
R Schumann Genoveva – Overture, Jörg Widmann Babylon Suite (London premiere), Beethoven Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’. Orchestre de Paris/
Daniel Harding
TUESDAY 27 AUGUST PROM 51
7-10.15pm RAH
Mozart The Magic Flute (semi-staged; sung in
German, with surtitles).
David Portillo (Tamino), Sofia Fomina (Pamina), Björn
Bürger (Papageno), Alison
Rose (Papagena), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Caroline Wettergreen (Queen of the Night), Jörg Schneider (Monostatos), Esther Dierkes (First Lady), Marta Fontanalssimmons (Second Lady), Katharina Magiera (Third Lady), Michael Kraus (Speaker), Martin Snell (First Priest/ Second Man in Armour), Thomas Atkins (Second Priest/first Man in Armour),
Glyndebourne, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/ Antonello Manacorda
WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST PROM 52
7.30-10.05pm RAH
Mozart Concerto in E flat for two pianos, Tchaikovsky Suite No. 4 ‘Mozartiana’ (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1897), Ryan Wigglesworth Piano Concerto (world premiere), Stravinsky Divertimento:
The Fairy’s Kiss. Paul Lewis (piano), Britten Sinfonia/
Ryan Wigglesworth (piano)
THURSDAY 29 AUGUST PROM 53
7-9pm RAH
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis,
Hugh Wood Scenes from
Comus, Elgar The Music Makers. Stacey Tappan (soprano),
Sarah Connolly (mezzosoprano), Anthony Gregory (tenor), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Andrew Davis
PROM 54
10.15-11.40pm RAH
Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music. Monty Alexander (piano), Annette Walker (tap dancer), BBC Singers, Carleen Anderson and the UK Vocal Assembly, Nu Civilisation Orchestra/
Peter Edwards
FRIDAY 30 AUGUST PROM 55
7-10pm RAH
Handel Jephtha. Allan Clayton (Jephtha), Jeanine De Bique (Iphis), Hilary Summers (Storgè), Tim Mead (Hamor), Cody Quattlebaum (Zebul), Rowan Pierce (Angel), Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus/richard Egarr (harpsichord, conductor)
SATURDAY 31 AUGUST PROM 56
7.30-9.50pm RAH
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1909), Ireland
Piano Concerto (Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1930), Dobrinka Tabakova new work (world premiere), Debussy, orch. Wood Préludes, Book 1 – La cathédrale engloutie, Granados orch. Wood Danzas españolas – Andaluza, Wagner arr. Wood Wesendonck Lieder – Träume, Grainger arr. Wood Handel in the Strand, Ravel La valse (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1921). Nathaniel Anderson-frank (violin), Leon Mccawley (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra/bramwell Tovey
SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER PROM 57
11am-1pm RAH
Qigang Chen Xu Wing (The
Five Elements), Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23, Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances. Eric Lu (piano), Shanghai Symphony Orchestra/long Yu
PROM 58
7.30-9.30pm RAH
Linda Catlin Smith new work (world premiere), Janáˇcek
The Fiddler’s Child (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1924), Szymanowski Love Songs of Hafiz, Op. 26, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2. Georgia Jarman (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/ilan Volkov
MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER PROMS AT…
1-2pm CH
Weinberg String Quartet No. 7, Bacewicz Piano Quintet No. 1. Wojciech S´wita¯a (piano), Silesian String Quartet
PROM 59
7-10.15pm RAH
Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini (concert performance; sung in French, with surtitles). Michael Spyres (Benvenuto Cellini), Sophia Burgos (Teresa), Matthew Rose (Balducci), Tareq Nazmi (Pope Clement VII), Krystian Adam (Francesco), Ashley Riches (Bernardino), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/ John Eliot Gardiner
TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER PROM 60
7.30-9.55pm RAH Beethoven Piano Concerto
No. 4, Bruckner Symphony
No. 7. Murray Perahia (piano), Vienna Philharmonic/
Bernard Haitink
WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER PROM 61
7-9.10pm RAH
Dvoˇrák The Noonday Witch (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1896), Korngold Violin Concerto, Dvoˇrák Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’. Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Vienna Philharmonic/ Andrés Orozco-estrada
PROM 62
10.15-11.30pm RAH Programme inspired by the pizzica tarantata dance: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino with Justin Adams (guitar), Ballaké Sissoko (kora)
THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER PROM 63
7.30-9.40pm RAH Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3, Brahms Symphony
No. 2. Yuja Wang (piano), Staatskapelle Dresden/ Myung-whun Chung
FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER PROM 64
8-9.45pm RAH
The Breaks. Soul Mavericks, featuring Terra & Eddie, Sunni & Lagaet, Mr Switch (DJ), Alice Russell, Vula Malinga, Brendan Reilly (vocals), Heritage Orchestra/jules Buckley
SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
PROM 65
7.30-10.05pm RAH
Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio – Overture, Aria: ‘Popoli di Tessaglia! – Io non chiedo, eterni dei’, Cassation No. 1 in G major – Andante, Aria: ‘No, no, che non sei capace’, Symphony No. 35, R Strauss Capriccio – sextet, Ariadne auf Naxos – ‘Grossmächtige Prinzessin!’, Beethoven Symphony No. 7. Danae
Kontora (soprano), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/ Constantinos Carydis
SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER PROM 66
11-11.55am RAH
John Luther Adams In the
Name of the Earth (European premiere). Choirs to include: BBC Symphony Chorus, Crouch End Festival Chorus, London International Gospel Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus,
LSO Community Choir
PROM 67
7.30-9.30pm RAH Musorgsky orch. Rimskykorsakov A Night on the Bare Mountain (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1898), Louis Andriessen The Only One (UK premiere), Judith Weir Forest, Sibelius Symphony No. 5.
Nora Fischer (singer), BBC Symphony Orchestra/sakari Oramo
MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER PROMS AT…
1-2pm CH
Knussen … upon one note – Fantasia after Purcell, Study for ‘Metamorphosis’, Songs without Voices, Birtwistle Fantasia upon all the notes, Freya Waley-cohen new work (world premiere), Hans Abrahamsen Herbstlied, Alastair Putt Halazuni. Knussen Chamber Orchestra/ryan Wigglesworth (piano, conductor)
PROM 68
7.30-9.45pm RAH
Wagner Night. Weber
Der Freischütz – Overture, Franck Le chasseur maudit, Wagner Siegfried – Forest Murmurs, Götterdämmerung – Dawn, ‘Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde’, Siegfried’s
Rhine Journey, Siegfried’s
Death and Funeral March, Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene. Christine Goerke (soprano), Stephen Gould (tenor), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/
Marc Albrecht
TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER PROM 69
7-9.10pm RAH
Smetana The Bartered Bride – overture and Three Dances, Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin – Letter Scene (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1892), Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 (Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1944). Elena Stikhina (soprano), Czech Philharmonic/ Semyon Bychkov
PROM 70
10.15-11.30pm RAH
Biber Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas No. 16 – Passacaglia in
G minor, Penderecki Sinfonietta for Strings – Vivace, Jonny Greenwood Three Miniatures from Water – No. 3, 88
(No. 1), Horror vacui – for solo violin and 68 strings (world premiere), Reich Pulse. Daniel Pioro (violin), Katherine Tinker (piano), Jonny Greenwood
(bass guitar/tanpura),
BBC Proms Youth Ensemble, BBC National Orchestra of Wales/hugh Brunt
WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER PROM 71
7.30-9.45pm RAH
Bach Night. JS Bach Orchestral Suite Nos 1-4 interspersed with four new works inspired by dance movements from the suites, from Stuart Macrae, Nico Muhly, Ailie Robertson and Stevie Wishart. Dunedin Consort/john Butt
THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER PROMS 72 & 73
7-8.30pm, 10.15-11.45pm RAH
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (orchestral theatre staging). Mathew Baynton (actor),
Blind Summit Theatre, Aurora Orchestra/nicholas Collon
FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER PROM 74
7.30-9.50pm RAH Beethoven Night. Handel arr. Manze Music for the Royal Fireworks, Beethoven Concert aria ‘Ah! Perfido’, Fidelio – Overture, Fidelio – ‘Abscheulicher!... Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern’, Symphony No. 5,
JS Bach arr. Elgar Fantasia and Fugue in C minor. Elizabeth Watts (soprano), NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover/ Andrew Manze
SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER PROM 75
7.15-10.30pm RAH
Last Night of the Proms 2019. Daniel Kidane Woke (world premiere), Falla The Threecornered Hat – Suite No. 2,
Elgar Sospiri (Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1914), Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon, Bizet Carmen – ‘L’amour est un oiseau rebelle’, Saintsaëns Samson and Delilah – ‘Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix’, Verdi Don Carlos – ‘O don fatale’, Aida – Triumphal March, Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld – Overture, Grainger Marching Song of Democracy, Maconchy Proud Thames, Arlen The Wizard of Oz – ‘Over the Rainbow’, arr. Wood Fantasia on British Sea-songs, Arne arr. Sargent Rule, Britannia!, Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (‘Land of Hope and Glory’), Parry, orch. Elgar Jerusalem, arr. Britten The National Anthem, Trad., arr. Paul Campbell Auld Lang Syne. Jamie Barton (mezzo), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/sakari Oramo