Programme

• • • Unknown
    • The National Anthem (arr. Britten)
  • • Giuseppe Verdi
    • Requiem

Performers

• Susan Dunn

  soprano
  soprano
• Marjana Lipovšek

  alto
  alto
• Vinson Cole

  tenor
  tenor
• Paul Plishka

  bass
  bass
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Sir Andrew Davis

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
• London Symphony Chorus (pre-1976, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus)
• BBC Symphony Chorus (pre-1932, National Chorus; 1933-4, BBC Chorus; 1935-77, BBC Choral Society)

Composers

• Unknown
• Giuseppe Verdi

Programme

• • • William Walton
    • Overture 'Scapino'
  • • Frederick Delius
    • Concerto for Violin and Cello
  • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    • A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)

Performers

• Tasmin Little

  violin
  violin
• Raphael Wallfisch

  cello
  cello
• Brighton Festival Chorus
• Simon Keenlyside

  baritone
  baritone
• Joan Rodgers

  soprano
  soprano
• London Choral Society
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Vernon Handley

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• William Walton
• Frederick Delius
• Ralph Vaughan Williams

Programme

• • • Roberto Gerhard
    • Don Quixote (complete ballet: 2nd version) First UK concert performance
  • • Leos Janáček
    • Glagolitic Mass

Performers

• Thomas Trotter

  organ
  organ
• John Mitchinson

  tenor
  tenor
• Catherine Robbin

  contralto
  contralto
• Peter Mikuláš

  bass
  bass
• Kristine Ciesinski

  soprano
  soprano
• CBSO Chorus
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Sir Simon Rattle

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Roberto Gerhard
• Leos Janáček

Programme

• • • Jean Sibelius
    • Symphony No. 1 in E minor
  • • James Dillon
    • ignis noster World premiere
  • • Richard Strauss
    • Four Last Songs

Performers

• Helen Field

  soprano
  soprano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Alexander Lazarev

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Jean Sibelius
• James Dillon
• Richard Strauss

Programme

• • • Benjamin Britten
    • Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
  • • Simon Holt
    • walking with the river's roarWorld premiere
  • • Gustav Holst
    • The Planets

Performers

• Nobuko Imai

  viola
  viola
• Stephen Layton

  offstage conductor
  offstage conductor
• Holst Singers
• Yan Pascal Tortelier

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)

Composers

• Benjamin Britten
• Simon Holt
• Gustav Holst

Programme

• • • Maurice Ravel
    • La valse
  • • Henri Dutilleux
    • 'Tout un monde lointain ...' Proms premiere
  • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
    • Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’

Performers

• Timothy Hugh

  cello
  cello
• Ian Tracey

  organ
  organ
• Yan Pascal Tortelier

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)

Composers

• Maurice Ravel
• Henri Dutilleux
• Camille Saint‐Saëns

Programme

• • • Heitor Villa‐Lobos
    • Chôros No. 7 'Settiminio' Proms premiere
    • Quartet 'Impressões da vida mundana' Proms premiere
    • Bachianas brasileiras No. 9 Proms premiere
    • Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 Proms premiere
    • Nonet Proms premiere

Performers

• BBC Singers
• Anne Dawson

  soprano
  soprano
• Odaline Martinez

  conductor
  conductor
• Lontano

Composers

• Heitor Villa‐Lobos

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  • • John Tavener
    • We shall see Him as He is London premiere

Performers

• John Lill

  piano
  piano
• John Mark Ainsley

  tenor
  tenor
• Patricia Rozario

  soprano
  soprano
• Andrew Murgatroyd

  tenor
  tenor
• Chester Festival Chorus
• The Britten Singers
• BBC National Chorus of Wales
• Richard Hickox

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• John Tavener

Programme

• • • Herbert Willi
    • Concerto for Orchestra European premiere
  • • Kurt Weill
    • The Seven Deadly Sins
  • • Hector Berlioz
    • Symphonie fantastique

Performers

• Anja Silja

  soprano
  soprano
• Donald George

  tenor
  tenor
• Jörg Gottschick

  baritone
  baritone
• Volker Vogel

  tenor
  tenor
• Franz-Josef Kappellmann

  baritone
  baritone
• Christoph Dohnányi

  conductor
  conductor
• Cleveland Orchestra

Composers

• Herbert Willi
• Kurt Weill
• Hector Berlioz

Programme

• • • Robert Schumann
    • Symphony No. 4 in D minor
  • • Gustav Mahler
    • Rückert-LiederNo. 2 Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
    • Rückert-LiederNo. 1 Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
    • Rückert-LiederNo. 3 Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
    • Rückert-LiederNo. 5 Liebst du um Schönheit
    • Rückert-LiederNo. 4 Um Mitternacht
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Performers

• José van Dam

  baritone
  baritone
• Christoph Dohnányi

  conductor
  conductor
• Cleveland Orchestra

Composers

• Robert Schumann
• Gustav Mahler
• Ludwig van Beethoven

Programme

• • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • The Queen of Spades, Op 68Proms premiere

Performers

• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Sir Andrew Davis

  conductor
  conductor
• Dame Felicity Palmer

  Countess
  Countess
• Enid Hartle

  Governess
  Governess
• Anne Dawson

  Chloë
  Chloë
• Nancy Gustafson

  Lisa
  Lisa
• Sergei Leiferkus

  Count Tomsky
  Count Tomsky
• Yuri Marusin

  Herman
  Herman
• Christopher Thornton-Holmes

  Narumov
  Narumov
• Robert Burt

  Tchaplitsky
  Tchaplitsky
• Marie-Ange Todorovitch

  PaulineDaphnis
  PaulineDaphnis
• Dimitri Kharitonov

  Prince Yeletsky
  Prince Yeletsky
• Graeme Matheson-Bruce

  Tchekalinsky
  Tchekalinsky
• Andrew Slater

  Surin
  Surin
• Geoffrey Pogson

  Master of Ceremonies
  Master of Ceremonies
• Rachael Tovey

  Masha
  Masha
• Glyndebourne Chorus (formerly Glyndebourne Festival Chorus)

Composers

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Igor Stravinsky
    • Quatre études (orchestra)
  • • Colin Matthews
    • Broken Symmetry Proms premiere
  • • Elliott Carter
    • Three Occasions Proms premiere
  • • Arnold Schoenberg
    • Die glückliche Hand, Op 18

Performers

• David Wilson‐Johnson

  baritone
  baritone
• Stefan Asbury

  assistant conductor
  assistant conductor
• BBC Singers
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Oliver Knussen

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Igor Stravinsky
• Colin Matthews
• Elliott Carter
• Arnold Schoenberg

Programme

• • • Hector Berlioz
    • Benvenuto CelliniOverture
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  • • Béla Bartók
    • Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

Performers

• Zoltán Kocsis

  piano
  piano
• László Polgár

  narratorDuke Bluebeard
  narratorDuke Bluebeard
• Ildikó Komlósi

  Judith
  Judith
• Budapest Festival Orchestra
• Iván Fischer

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Hector Berlioz
• Franz Liszt
• Béla Bartók

Programme

• • • Antonín Dvořák
    • Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  • • Charles Ives
    • Symphony 'New England Holidays' Proms premiere
  • • John Philip Sousa
    • March 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' (orch. Leopold Stokowski) Proms premiere of this version

Performers

• Christopher Gayford

  assistant conductor
  assistant conductor
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
• Libor Pešek

  conductor
  conductor
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Antonín Dvořák
• Charles Ives
• John Philip Sousa

Programme

• • • Heinrich Schütz
    • Psalm 2 'Warum toben die Heiden', SWV 23
    • Psalm 84 'Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen', SWV 29
    • Nicht uns, Herr, sondern deinem Namen, SWV 43
    • Psalm 137 'An den Wassern zu Babel', SWV 37
    • Psalm 150 'Alleluja, lobet den Herren', SWV 38
  • • Giovanni Gabrieli
    • Intonationi d'organoIntonatione ottavo tono
    • Canzoni e sonate (from Sacrae symphoniae, libro primo)No. 13 Canzon septimi et octavi toni a 12
  • • Anon.
    • Introit: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
  • • Cesare Bendinelli
    • Tutta l'arte delle trombettaSonata 333
  • • Magnus Thomsen
    • Toccata 1
  • • Andrea Gabrieli
    • Intonationi d'organoIntonatione primo tono
    • Concerti, musica di chiesa, et madrigali...libro primo (1587)Kyrie a 5
    • Concerti, musica di chiesa, et madrigali...libro primo (1587)Kyrie a 12
    • Concerti, musica di chiesa, et madrigali...libro primo (1587)Christe a 8
    • Concerti, musica di chiesa, et madrigali...libro primo (1587)Gloria a 16
  • • Anon.
    • Collect
  • • Andrea Gabrieli
    • Intonationi d'organoIntonatione settimo tono
  • • Giovanni Gabrieli
    • Deus, qui beatum Marcum
  • • Anon.
    • Preface
  • • Andrea Gabrieli
    • Concerti, musica di chiesa, et madrigali...libro primo (1587)Sanctus a 12
    • Concerti, musica di chiesa, et madrigali...libro primo (1587)Benedictus a 12
  • • Cesare Bendinelli
    • Tutta l'arte delle trombettaSarasinetta
  • • Giovanni Gabrieli
    • Canzoni e sonate (from Sacrae symphoniae, libro primo)No. 16 Canzon quarti toni a 15
  • • Anon.
    • Pater Noster
  • • Giovanni Gabrieli
    • Canzoni e sonate (from Sacrae symphoniae, libro primo)No. 9 Canzon duodecimi toni a 10
    • Intonationi d'organoIntonatione quinto tono all quarta bassa
  • • Andrea Gabrieli
    • O sacrum convivium
  • • Anon.
    • Post Communion Prayer
    • Ita missa est
  • • Andrea Gabrieli
    • Benedictus Dominus Deus Sabaoth (organ version)
  • • Giovanni Gabrieli
    • Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus

Performers

• Paul McCreesh

  conductor
  conductor
• Gabrieli Choir
• Gabrieli Consort
• Gabrieli Players
• Charles Pott

  baritone
  baritone
• Mark le Brocq

  tenor
  tenor
• Christopher Purves

  bass
  bass
• Tessa Bonner

  soprano
  soprano
• Robert Horn

  tenor
  tenor
• Angus Smith

  tenor
  tenor
• Susan Hemington Jones

  soprano
  soprano
• Philip Daggett

  tenor
  tenor
• Simon Birchall

  bass
  bass
• James O’Donnell

  organ
  organ
• Timothy Roberts

  organ
  organ
• Robert Harre-Jones

  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor

Composers

• Heinrich Schütz
• Giovanni Gabrieli
• Anon.
• Cesare Bendinelli
• Magnus Thomsen
• Andrea Gabrieli

Programme

• • • Claude Debussy
    • La mer
  • • John Casken
    • Still Mine World premiere
  • • Frederick Delius
    • Brigg Fair
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Symphony No. 5 in E flat major

Performers

• Sir Thomas Allen

  baritone
  baritone
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Matthias Bamert

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Claude Debussy
• John Casken
• Frederick Delius
• Jean Sibelius

Programme

• • • Richard Rodney Bennett
    • Variations on a Nursery Tune World premiere
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
  • • Darius Milhaud
    • Le boeuf sur le toit
  • • Richard Rodney Bennett
    • Concerto for Stan Getz World premiere
  • • George Gershwin
    • An American in Paris

Performers

• Artur Pizarro

  piano
  piano
• John Harle

  saxophone
  saxophone
• BBC Concert Orchestra
• Barry Wordsworth

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Richard Rodney Bennett
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Darius Milhaud
• George Gershwin

Programme

• • • George Frideric Handel
    • Israel in Egypt (Pt 2: Exodus)
  • • Alexander Goehr
    • The Death of Moses, Op 53UK premiere

Performers

• Sarah Leonard

  soprano
  soprano
• New London Children’s Choir
• Monteverdi Choir
• Sir John Eliot Gardiner

  conductor
  conductor
• Michael Chance

  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor
• Nigel Robson

  tenor
  tenor
• English Baroque Soloists (pre-1977, Monteverdi Orchestra)

Composers

• George Frideric Handel
• Alexander Goehr

Programme

• • • Luigi Cherubini
    • AnacréonOverture
  • • Johann Nepomuk Hummel
    • Concerto for Trumpet in E major Proms premiere
  • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Invitation to the Dance (orch. Hector Berlioz)
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’

Performers

• John Wallace

  trumpet
  trumpet
• Roy Goodman

  conductor
  conductor
• The Hanover Band

Composers

• Luigi Cherubini
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel
• Carl Maria von Weber
• Ludwig van Beethoven

Programme

• • • Gabriel Fauré
    • Pavane (choral version)
  • • Maurice Ravel
    • Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
  • • Elena Olegovna Firsova
    • Augury, Op 38 World premiere
  • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    • Symphony No. 5 in D major

Performers

• BBC Symphony Chorus
• Pascal Rogé

  piano
  piano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Sir Andrew Davis

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Gabriel Fauré
• Maurice Ravel
• Elena Olegovna Firsova
• Ralph Vaughan Williams

Programme

• • • Joseph Haydn
    • Symphony No. 85 in B flat major 'La reine'
  • • Igor Stravinsky
    • Violin Concerto
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Performers

• Leonidas Kavakos

  violin
  violin
• Jerzy Maksymiuk

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)

Composers

• Joseph Haydn
• Igor Stravinsky
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Frédéric Chopin
    • Andante Spianato in G major, Op 22a
    • Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
  • • Arthur Honegger
    • Pastorale d'été
  • • Kodály Zoltán
    • Dances of Galánta

Performers

• Tamás Vásáry

  pianopiano/directorconductor
  pianopiano/directorconductor
• Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Composers

• Frédéric Chopin
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Arthur Honegger
• Kodály Zoltán

Programme

• • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version, 1867)
  • • Witold Lutosławski
    • Livre pour orchestre
  • • Sergei Rachmaninov
    • Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Symphony No. 7 in C major

Performers

• Nikolai Demidenko

  piano
  piano
• Jerzy Maksymiuk

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)

Composers

• Modest Mussorgsky
• Witold Lutosławski
• Sergei Rachmaninov
• Jean Sibelius

Programme

• • • Gustav Mahler
    • Blumine
  • • Béla Bartók
    • Piano Concerto No 2
  • • Claude Debussy
    • Jeux
  • • Joseph Haydn
    • Symphony No. 90 in C major

Performers

• Peter Donohoe

  piano
  piano
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Sir Simon Rattle

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Gustav Mahler
• Béla Bartók
• Claude Debussy
• Joseph Haydn

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • The Magic Flute (Overture)
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Violin Concerto in D major
  • • Igor Stravinsky
    • The Rite of Spring

Performers

• Frank Peter Zimmermann

  violin
  violin
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Gianluigi Gelmetti

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Igor Stravinsky

Programme

• • • Alban Berg
    • Three Pieces, Op 6
  • • Gustav Mahler
    • Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’

Performers

• The Bach Choir
• Jean Rigby

  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
• Lesley Garrett

  soprano
  soprano
• BBC National Chorus of Wales
• National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
• Tadaaki Otaka

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Alban Berg
• Gustav Mahler

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 1 in C major
  • • Gioachino Rossini
    • SemiramideRecitative & aria 'Eccomi alfine, in Babilonia...Ah! quel giorno' Act 1
    • La donna del lago – 'Tanti affetti in tal momento!'Scena & cabaletta 'Mura felice...Elena! Oh tu, che chiamo!' Act 1 Scene 2 Proms premiere
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Pelléas and Mélisande, Op 46 (Suite)
  • • Sir James MacMillan
    • Veni, veni Emmanuel World premiere

Performers

• Kathleen Kuhlmann

  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
• Evelyn Glennie

  percussion
  percussion
• Jukka-Pekka Saraste

  conductor
  conductor
• Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Gioachino Rossini
• Jean Sibelius
• Sir James MacMillan

Programme

• • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • OberonOverture
  • • Robert Schumann
    • Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, ‘Spring’
  • • Gustav Mahler
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 3 Trost im Unglück
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 15 Der Tamboursg'sell
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 14 Revelge
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 10 Lob des hohen Verstandes
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 6 Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 9 Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 1 Der Schildwache Nachtlied
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 5 Das irdische Leben
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 7 Rheinlegendchen
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 4 Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 2 Verlor'ne Müh
    • Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'No. 8 Lied des Verfolgten im Turm

Performers

• Yvonne Kenny

  soprano
  soprano
• Wolfgang Schöne

  baritone
  baritone
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Lothar Zagrosek

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Carl Maria von Weber
• Robert Schumann
• Gustav Mahler

Programme

• • • Gioachino Rossini
    • William Tell – overture
  • • Benjamin Britten
    • Piano Concerto
  • • Dmitry Shostakovich
    • Symphony No. 15 in A major

Performers

• Leif Ove Andsnes

  piano
  piano
• Edward Downes

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)

Composers

• Gioachino Rossini
• Benjamin Britten
• Dmitry Shostakovich

Programme

• • • Joseph Haydn
    • Cello Concerto No 1 in C major
  • • Peter Sculthorpe
    • Lament for Strings UK premiere
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Symphony No. 40 in G minor

Performers

• Steven Isserlis

  cello
  cello
• Richard Hickox

  conductor
  conductor
• Australian Chamber Orchestra

Composers

• Joseph Haydn
• Peter Sculthorpe
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Programme

• • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Masonic Funeral Music
  • • Peter Maxwell Davies
    • Black PentecostProms premiere
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No 8 in F major

Performers

• David Wilson‐Johnson

  baritone
  baritone
• Della Jones

  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
• Colin Carr

  cello
  cello
• Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Peter Maxwell Davies
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky
• Ludwig van Beethoven

Programme

• • • Niels Wilhelm Gade
    • The Elf-King's Daughter, Op 30Proms premiere
  • • Modest Mussorgsky
    • Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Edison Denisov)Proms premiere of this version
  • • Sergey Prokofiev
    • Cantata 'Alexander Nevsky'

Performers

• Inga Nielsen

  soprano
  soprano
• Anne Gjevang

  contralto
  contralto
• Poul Elming

  tenor
  tenor
• Danish National Concert Choir
• Aage Haugland

  bass
  bass
• Dmitri Kitaenko

  conductor
  conductor
• Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR (formerly Danish National RSO; Danish RSO)

Composers

• Niels Wilhelm Gade
• Modest Mussorgsky
• Sergey Prokofiev

Programme

• • • Johannes Brahms
    • Song of Destiny
  • • Robert Schumann
    • Piano Concerto in A minor
  • • Giuseppe Verdi
    • Four Sacred Pieces

Performers

• Wooburn Singers
• BBC Symphony Chorus
• Viktoria Postnikova

  piano
  piano
• Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (formerly Adams)

  soprano
  soprano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Gennady Rozhdestvensky

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Johannes Brahms
• Robert Schumann
• Giuseppe Verdi

Programme

• • • Carl Maria von Weber
    • Der FreischützOverture
  • • Johannes Brahms
    • Double Concerto
  • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian'

Performers

• Dmitry Sitkovetsky

  violin
  violin
• Mischa Maisky

  cello
  cello
• Claus Peter Flor

  conductor
  conductor
• Philharmonia Orchestra (1964-77, New Philharmonia Orchestra)

Composers

• Carl Maria von Weber
• Johannes Brahms
• Felix Mendelssohn

Programme

• • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069
    • Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV 229
    • Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
    • Magnificat in D major

Performers

• Christopher Hogwood

  conductor
  conductor
• Academy of Ancient Music
• Edward Higginbottom

  conductor
  conductor
• Choir of New College Oxford
• Simon Standage

  violin
  violin
• Micaela Comberti

  violin
  violin
• James Bowman

  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor
• David Thomas

  bass
  bass
• Catherine Pierard

  soprano
  soprano
• Barbara Bonney

  soprano
  soprano
• Christoph Prégardien

  tenor
  tenor

Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach

Programme

• • • Sergei Rachmaninov
    • The Isle of the Dead
  • • David Sawer
    • Byrnan Wood World premiere
  • • Dmitry Shostakovich
    • Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, ‘Babi Yar’ Proms premiere

Performers

• London Philharmonic Choir
• John Tomlinson

  bass
  bass
• Southwark Festival Chorus (men's voices)
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Mark Wigglesworth

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Sergei Rachmaninov
• David Sawer
• Dmitry Shostakovich

Programme

• • • Franz Schubert
    • String Quartet in D minor 'Death and the Maiden', D 810 (orch. Gustav Mahler) Proms premiere
  • • Alfred Schnittke
    • Monologue Proms premiere
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Serenade for Strings in C major, Op 48

Performers

• Yuri Bashmet

  viola/director
  viola/director
• Moscow Soloists (formerly Moscow Conservatoire Soloists)

Composers

• Franz Schubert
• Alfred Schnittke
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
  • • Franz Liszt
    • Prelude and Fugue on the name BACH, S 260
  • • Richard Wagner
    • TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
    • TannhäuserNo. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
    • RienziOverture
    • GötterdämmerungNo. 37 Trauermusik Act 3 Scene 2
    • GötterdämmerungDawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (abridged concert version)
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 1 Prelude Act 1

Performers

• James O’Donnell

  organ
  organ
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Klaus Tennstedt

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Franz Liszt
• Richard Wagner

Programme

• • • George Frideric Handel
    • Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F major, HWV 333
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
  • • Alfred Schnittke
    • Concerto Grosso No. 1 Proms premiere
  • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’

Performers

• Christian Zacharias

  piano
  piano
• Lesley Hatfield

  violin
  violin
• Paul Barritt

  violin
  violin
• Northern Sinfonia
• Heinrich Schiff

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• George Frideric Handel
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Alfred Schnittke
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Programme

• • • António Teixeira
    • Te Deum London premiere

Performers

• Harry Christophers

  conductor
  conductor
• Ian Partridge

  tenor
  tenor
• Peter Harvey

  bass
  bass
• Catherine Wyn-Rogers

  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
• Michael George

  baritone
  baritone
• Gillian Fisher

  soprano
  soprano
• Catherine Denley

  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
• Andrew Murgatroyd

  tenor
  tenor
• Lynda Russell

  soprano
  soprano
• The Sixteen Orchestra
• The Sixteen

Composers

• António Teixeira

Programme

• • • Sergey Prokofiev
    • Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
  • • Dmitry Shostakovich
    • Symphony No 11 in G minor, ‘The Year 1905’

Performers

• Martha Argerich

  piano
  piano
• Mstislav Rostropovich

  conductor
  conductor
• European Union Youth Orchestra (before 1995 European Community YO)

Composers

• Sergey Prokofiev
• Dmitry Shostakovich

Programme

• • • Hector Berlioz
    • The Childhood of Christ

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• David Atherton

  conductor
  conductor
• Stephen Jackson

  offstage conductor
  offstage conductor
• David Wilson-Johnson

  Herod
  Herod
• Ann Murray

  Mary
  Mary
• Martyn Hill

  narrator
  narrator
• Stephen Roberts

  Joseph
  Joseph
• Christopher Thornton-Holmes

  Polydorus
  Polydorus
• Robert Burt

  Centurion
  Centurion
• BBC Symphony Chorus (pre-1932, National Chorus; 1933-4, BBC Chorus; 1935-77, BBC Choral Society)

Composers

• Hector Berlioz

Programme

• • • Joseph Haydn
    • Symphony No. 48 in C major 'Maria Theresa' Proms premiere
    • Mass in B flat major 'Theresienmesse', Hob. XXII:12
    • Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'
    • Te Deum No 2 in C major

Performers

• Alastair Miles

  bass
  bass
• Nancy Argenta

  soprano
  soprano
• Catherine Robbin

  contralto
  contralto
• Michael Schade

  tenor
  tenor
• The English Concert Choir
• Trevor Pinnock

  conductor
  conductor
• The English Concert

Composers

• Joseph Haydn

Programme

• • • Gioachino Rossini
    • The Thieving Magpie – overture
  • • Sergei Rachmaninov
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
  • • Dmitry Shostakovich
    • Symphony No. 5 in D minor

Performers

• Mikhail Rudy

  piano
  piano
• Mariss Jansons

  conductor
  conductor
• St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (c.1925-91, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra)

Composers

• Gioachino Rossini
• Sergei Rachmaninov
• Dmitry Shostakovich

Programme

• • • Hector Berlioz
    • Overture ‘Le corsaire’
  • • Jean Sibelius
    • Violin Concerto
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Manfred

Performers

• Maxim Vengerov

  violin
  violin
• Yuri Temirkanov

  conductor
  conductor
• St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (c.1925-91, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra)

Composers

• Hector Berlioz
• Jean Sibelius
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Antonín Dvořák
    • Overture 'Othello', Op 93
  • • Edvard Grieg
    • Piano Concerto in A minor
  • • Dmitry Shostakovich
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Bacchanalia of John of Kronstadt and Paraskeva Piatnitsa London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31The Field London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Gallop London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Waltz Act 3 London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Introduction to Act 2 London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Petruchka (Garmoshka) London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Adagio Act 3 London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Waitresses London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Flight of the Cherubim (Paradise 1) London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Flight of the Angels (Paradise 2) London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Archangel Gabriel London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31The River Bed London premiere
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31Finale: Dance of the Temporary Victors Act 1 London premiere
  • • Richard Strauss
    • Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Performers

• Lars Vogt

  piano
  piano
• Gerard McBurney

  music arranger
  music arranger
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Sir Mark Elder

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Antonín Dvořák
• Edvard Grieg
• Dmitry Shostakovich
• Richard Strauss

Programme

• • • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    • Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
  • • William Walton
    • Christopher Columbus (arr. Christopher Palmer ) UK premiere
  • • Manuel de Falla
    • Nights in the Gardens of Spain
  • • Emmanuel Chabrier
    • España
  • • Enrique Granados
    • Goyescas (opera)Aria 'La Maja y el Ruiseñor'
  • • Maurice Ravel
    • Boléro

Performers

• Arthur Davies

  tenor
  tenor
• Judith Howarth

  soprano
  soprano
• BBC Singers
• Kathryn Stott

  piano
  piano
• BBC Concert Orchestra
• Barry Wordsworth

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• William Walton
• Manuel de Falla
• Emmanuel Chabrier
• Enrique Granados
• Maurice Ravel

Programme

• • • John Adams
    • Shaker Loops Proms premiere
    • Eros Piano Proms premiere
    • Grand Pianola Music Proms premiere

Performers

• Paul Crossley

  piano
  piano
• London Sinfonietta Voices (members)
• London Sinfonietta
• John Adams

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• John Adams

Programme

• • • Igor Stravinsky
    • Fireworks
  • • Sergei Rachmaninov
    • Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
  • • Toru Takemitsu
    • Fantasma/Cantos London premiere
  • • Igor Stravinsky
    • The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)

Performers

• Jean‐Yves Thibaudet

  piano
  piano
• Richard Stoltzman

  clarinet
  clarinet
• Tadaaki Otaka

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)

Composers

• Igor Stravinsky
• Sergei Rachmaninov
• Toru Takemitsu

Programme

• • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
  • • Max Bruch
    • Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
  • • Ernest Chausson
    • Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op 19
  • • Edward Elgar
    • ‘Enigma’ Variations

Performers

• Raphaël Oleg

  violin
  violin
• Ann Murray

  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
• Tadaaki Otaka

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn
• Max Bruch
• Ernest Chausson
• Edward Elgar

Programme

• • • Gioachino Rossini
    • Guillaume Tell (arr. Mike Westbrook)Overture
    • La gazza ladra (arr. Mike Westbrook)Overture
    • Il barbiere di Siviglia (arr. Mike Westbrook)Factotum al Bebop
    • Il barbiere di Siviglia (arr. Kate Westbrook)Lindoro
    • Guillaume Tell (arr. Mike Westbrook)Fete Champêtre
    • Il barbiere di Siviglia (arr. Mike Westbrook)The Barber
    • La gazza ladra (arr. Mike Westbrook)Magpie
    • La Cenerentola (arr. Kate Westbrook)Once upon a time
    • Guillaume Tell (arr. Mike Westbrook)Idyll
    • Guillaume Tell (arr. Mike Westbrook)Country Dance
    • Otello (arr. Kate Westbrook)Willow Song
    • Guillaume Tell (arr. Kate Westbrook)Hymn to Liberty
    • Guillaume Tell (arr. Mike Westbrook)Gallop/Finale
  • • Mike Westbrook
    • Funkin' Cinderella - encore

Performers

• Kate Westbrook

  singer
  singer
• Mike Westbrook

  piano/director
  piano/director
• Mike Westbrook Orchestra

Composers

• Gioachino Rossini
• Mike Westbrook

Programme

• • • Richard Wagner
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 49 Dance of the Apprentices Act 3 Scene 5
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 50 Procession of the Masters Act 3 Scene 5
    • The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 33 Prelude Act 3
  • • Hugo Wolf
    • Spanische LiederbuchNo. 12 In dem Schatten meiner Locken
    • Mörike LiederNo. 6 Er ist's
    • Mörike LiederNo. 24 In der Frühe (orchestral version)
    • Mörike LiederNo. 28 Gebet
    • Goethe LiederNo. 29 Anakreons Grab
    • Goethe LiederNo. 9 Mignon: Kennst du das Land
  • • Edward Elgar
    • Symphony No. 2 in E flat major

Performers

• Felicity Lott

  soprano
  soprano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Sir Andrew Davis

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Richard Wagner
• Hugo Wolf
• Edward Elgar

Programme

• • • Iain Hamilton
    • Commedia Proms premiere
  • • Hector Berlioz
    • Les nuits d'été
  • • Antonín Dvořák
    • Symphony No. 7 in D minor

Performers

• Isabelle Vernet

  soprano
  soprano
• Takuo Yuasa

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)

Composers

• Iain Hamilton
• Hector Berlioz
• Antonín Dvořák

Programme

• • • George Frideric Handel
    • Concerto grosso in A minor, HWV 322, Op 6.4
  • • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
    • Battalia Proms premiere
  • • Georg Philipp Telemann
    • Burlesque de Quixotte Proms premiere
  • • Antonio Vivaldi
    • Concerto for Four Violins in B minor
  • • Luigi Boccherini
    • Symphony in C minor, Op. 41, G 519

Performers

• David Greenberg

  violin
  violin
• Ingrid Matthews

  violin
  violin
• Cynthia Roberts

  violin
  violin
• Jeanne Lamon

  violin/director
  violin/director
• Tafelmusik

Composers

• George Frideric Handel
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
• Georg Philipp Telemann
• Antonio Vivaldi
• Luigi Boccherini

Programme

• • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
  • • Anton Bruckner
    • Symphony No. 1 in C minor- second version, Vienna 1891 Proms premiere

Performers

• Maria João Pires

  piano
  piano
• Riccardo Chailly

  conductor
  conductor
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (formerly Concertgebouw Orchestra)

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Anton Bruckner

Programme

• • • Anton Webern
    • Passacaglia
  • • Bruno Maderna
    • Grande aulodia Proms premiere
  • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    • Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Performers

• Maurice Bourgue

  oboe
  oboe
• Paul Verhey

  flute
  flute
• Riccardo Chailly

  conductor
  conductor
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (formerly Concertgebouw Orchestra)

Composers

• Anton Webern
• Bruno Maderna
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Programme

• • • Alban Berg
    • Violin Concerto
  • • Gustav Mahler
    • Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

Performers

• Anne‐Sophie Mutter

  violin
  violin
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Michael Tilson Thomas

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Alban Berg
• Gustav Mahler

Programme

• • • Anton Bruckner
    • Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak) - edited R. Hass

Performers

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Günter Wand

  conductor
  conductor

Composers

• Anton Bruckner

Programme

• • • Edward Elgar
    • Falstaff
  • • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’

Performers

• Brighton Festival Chorus
• Margaret Price

  soprano
  soprano
• Martine Mahé

  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
• Jan Blinkhof

  tenor
  tenor
• Kurt Moll

  bass
  bass
• London Symphony Chorus
• Vladimir Ashkenazy

  conductor
  conductor
• Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Edward Elgar
• Ludwig van Beethoven

Programme

• • • Felix Mendelssohn
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental musicNo. 6 Wedding March
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental musicNo. 4 Entr'acte (Allegro Appassionato)
  • • Igor Stravinsky
    • Concerto for piano and wind instruments
  • • Johannes Brahms
    • Symphony No. 2 in D major

Performers

• Olli Mustonen

  piano
  piano
• Vladimir Ashkenazy

  conductor
  conductor
• Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn
• Igor Stravinsky
• Johannes Brahms

Programme

• • • Nicolas Gombert
    • Missa 'In tempore paschali'Agnus Dei I and II
  • • Arvo Pärt
    • Seven Magnificat Antiphons UK premiere of revised version
  • • Josquin des Prez
    • Qui habitat in adiutorio altissimi (a 24)
  • • John Tavener
    • Two Hymns to the Mother of God Proms premiere
    • Eonía Proms premiere
  • • Nicolas Gombert
    • Credo Proms premiere

Performers

• Deborah Miles-Johnson

  alto
  alto
• Bo Holten

  conductor
  conductor
• BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)

Composers

• Nicolas Gombert
• Arvo Pärt
• Josquin des Prez
• John Tavener

Programme