Proms 1989

Proms 1989 Calendar

By Year

Fri 21 Jul 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1989
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
  Igor Stravinsky
  Oedipus rex
  Performers
  Robert Tear
  Shepherd
  Shepherd
  Felicity Palmer
  Jocasta
  Jocasta
  Philip Langridge
  Oedipus
  Oedipus
  Gwynne Howell
  MessengerCreon
  MessengerCreon
  Aage Haugland
  Tirésias
  Tirésias
  Tom Fleming
  narrator
  narrator
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (men's voices)
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Esa-Pekka Salonen
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Igor Stravinsky
Sat 22 Jul 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 02
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Benjamin Britten
  Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Bedrich Smetana
  Má vlastNo. 6 Blaník
  Má vlastNo. 3 Šárka
  Má vlastNo. 2 Vltava
  Má vlastNo. 4 From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
  Performers
  Mikhail Pletnev
  piano
  piano
  Libor Pešek
  conductor
  conductor
  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Benjamin Britten
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Bedrich Smetana
Sun 23 Jul 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 03
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Robert Schumann
  Manfred, Op 115Overture
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No 3 in D minor - 1877 version, edited L. Nowak. \ Nowak's edition of the 1877 version includes a 41 bar coda appended to the Scherzo by Bruckner in January 1878.
  Performers
  Giuseppe Sinopoli
  conductor
  conductor
  Philharmonia Orchestra (1964-77, New Philharmonia Orchestra)
  Composers
  Robert Schumann
  Anton Bruckner
Mon 24 Jul 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 04
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
  Performers
  Jonathan Williams
  horn
  horn
  Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Tue 25 Jul 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 05
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Markevitch
  Icare Proms premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’
  Performers
  Alfred Brendel
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Lothar Zagrosek
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Markevitch
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Felix Mendelssohn
Wed 26 Jul 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 06
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Toru Takemitsu
  Orion and Pleiades Proms premiere
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 4 in G major
  Performers
  Alexander Baillie
  cello
  cello
  Joan Rodgers
  soprano
  soprano
  Tadaaki Otaka
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  Toru Takemitsu
  Gustav Mahler
Thu 27 Jul 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 07
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Richard Wagner
  Tristan and IsoldePrelude and Liebestod
  Andrzej Panufnik
  Sinfonia sacra Proms premiere
  Performers
  Dmitry Sitkovetsky
  violin
  violin
  Tadaaki Otaka
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Richard Wagner
  Andrzej Panufnik
- 22:00
  Prom 08
  Kensington Town Hall
  Programme
  Frédéric Chopin
  Études, Op 10 (arr. Evelyn Glennie)No. 4 in C sharp minor Proms premiere of this arrangement
  Toshimitsu Tanaka
  Two Movements for MarimbaProms premiere
  John McLeod
  The Song of DionysiusWorld premiere
  Keiko Abe
  MichiProms premiere
  Paul Price
  Exhibition Snare Drum Solo No. 1Proms premiere
  Paul Creston
  Concertino for Marimba, Op 21 (version for marimba & piano)Proms premiere
  Performers
  Evelyn Glennie
  marimbapercussionsnare drum
  marimbapercussionsnare drum
  Philip Smith
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Frédéric Chopin
  Toshimitsu Tanaka
  John McLeod
  Keiko Abe
  Paul Price
  Paul Creston
Fri 28 Jul 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 09
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Kodály Zoltán
  Psalmus hungaricus, Op 13
  Johannes Brahms
  A German Requiem
  Performers
  Werner Hollweg
  tenor
  tenor
  Yvonne Kenny
  soprano
  soprano
  Håkan Hagegård
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Lothar Zagrosek
  conductor
  conductor
  London Choral Society
  BBC Symphony Chorus (pre-1932, National Chorus; 1933-4, BBC Chorus; 1935-77, BBC Choral Society)
  Composers
  Kodály Zoltán
  Johannes Brahms
Sat 29 Jul 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 10
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Leonard Bernstein
  Candide – overtureOverture
  Aaron Copland
  Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes
  George Gershwin
  Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofé)
  Cole Porter
  Kiss Me KateAnother op'nin, another show
  From this Moment On
  JubileeJust one of those things
  Born to DanceEasy to love
  Gay DivorceNight and day
  Anything GoesAnything goes
  George Gershwin
  Lady, be Good!Fascinating Rhythm
  RosalieHow long has this been going on?
  Funny Face'S wonderful
  Ray Golden
  The Goldwyn FolliesLove is here to stay
  George Gershwin
  Oh, Kay!Someone to watch over me
  Jerome Kern
  RobertaYesterdays
  Roberta (film version)Lovely to look at
  Harold Arlen
  A Star is BornThe man that got away
  Free and EasyCome rain or come shine
  Arthur Schwartz
  That’s Entertainment!That's entertainment
  Vincent Youmans
  Great DayMore than you know - encore
  Herman Hupfeld
  As time goes by
  Performers
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Barry Wordsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Richard Rodney Bennett
  piano
  piano
  Maria Ewing
  soprano
  soprano
  Neil Richardson
  music arranger
  music arranger
  Anon.
  music arranger
  music arranger
  Composers
  Leonard Bernstein
  Aaron Copland
  George Gershwin
  Cole Porter
  Ray Golden
  Jerome Kern
  Harold Arlen
  Arthur Schwartz
  Vincent Youmans
  Herman Hupfeld
Sun 30 Jul 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 11
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  George Frideric Handel
  Orlando, HWV 31 Proms premiere
  Performers
  Christopher Hogwood
  conductor
  conductor
  Lynne Dawson
  Angelica
  Angelica
  James Bowman
  Orlando
  Orlando
  David Thomas
  Zoroastro
  Zoroastro
  Emma Kirkby
  Dorinda
  Dorinda
  Catherine Robbin
  Medoro
  Medoro
  Academy of Ancient Music
  Composers
  George Frideric Handel
Mon 31 Jul 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 12
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 3 in F major
  Reinhold Moritzevich Glière
  Concerto for Coloratura Soprano Proms premiere
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Vladimir Ashkenazy) Proms premiere of this orchestration
  Performers
  Eileen Hulse
  soprano
  soprano
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Vladimir Ashkenazy
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Reinhold Moritzevich Glière
  Modest Mussorgsky
Tue 1 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 13
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Le tombeau de Couperin
  Witold Lutosławski
  Piano Concerto UK premiere
  Hector Berlioz
  Symphonie fantastique
  Performers
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Witold Lutosławski
  conductor
  conductor
  Krystian Zimerman
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Witold Lutosławski
  Hector Berlioz
Wed 2 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 14
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Arnold Bax
  Tintagel
  William Walton
  Cello Concerto
  Richard Strauss
  Ein Heldenleben
  Performers
  Raphael Wallfisch
  cello
  cello
  Edward Downes
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Arnold Bax
  William Walton
  Richard Strauss
Thu 3 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 15
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Symphony No 1 in D major 'Classical' - 1. Allegro
  Alfred Schnittke
  Viola ConcertoLondon premiere
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
  Performers
  Yuri Abramovich Bashmet
  viola
  viola
  Matthias Bamert
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Alfred Schnittke
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Fri 4 Aug 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 16
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  In the South (Alassio)
  Gustav Mahler
  Songs of a Wayfarer
  Maurice Ravel
  Piano Concerto in G major
  Claude Debussy
  La mer
  Performers
  Andrew Litton
  conductorpiano/conductor
  conductorpiano/conductor
  Ann Murray
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Gustav Mahler
  Maurice Ravel
  Claude Debussy
- 22:00
  Prom 17
  St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
  Programme
  John Blow
  Venus and Adonis Proms premiere
  Performers
  John Mark Ainsley
  Shepherd
  Shepherd
  Charles Medlam
  conductor
  conductor
  Stephen Varcoe
  Adonis
  Adonis
  Lynne Dawson
  Venus
  Venus
  Rogers Covey-Crump
  Huntsman
  Huntsman
  Richard Wistreich
  Shepherd
  Shepherd
  Nancy Argenta
  Cupid
  Cupid
  Charles Daniels
  Shepherd
  Shepherd
  Nicola Jenkin
  Shepherdess
  Shepherdess
  Tessa Bonner
  Little Cupid
  Little Cupid
  Angus Smith
  Huntsman
  Huntsman
  Mary Seers
  Little Cupid
  Little Cupid
  Richard Savage
  Huntsman
  Huntsman
  Lucinda Houghton
  Little Cupid
  Little Cupid
  London Baroque
  Composers
  John Blow
Sat 5 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 18
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Scherzo à la russe
  Jean Sibelius
  Violin Concerto
  Gustav Holst
  The Planets
  Performers
  Viktoria Mullova
  violin
  violin
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  David Atherton
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Jean Sibelius
  Gustav Holst
Sun 6 Aug 1989
- 14:30
  Prom 19
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gilbert Vinter
  Salute to YouthProms premiere
  Gustav Holst
  A Moorside Suite
  Richard Rodney Bennett
  The Flowers of the ForestWorld premiere
  Denis Wright
  Concerto for CornetProms premiere
  Derek Bourgeois
  BlitzProms premiere
  Malcolm Arnold
  The Padstow LifeboatProms premiere
  Performers
  Alan Morrison
  cornet
  cornet
  Charles Groves
  conductor
  conductor
  National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
  Composers
  Gilbert Vinter
  Gustav Holst
  Richard Rodney Bennett
  Denis Wright
  Derek Bourgeois
  Malcolm Arnold
- 19:30
  Prom 20
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Pohjola's Daughter
  The Bard, Op 64 Proms premiere
  The Oceanides
  Richard Wagner
  Die Walküre Act 3
  Performers
  Catherine Wyn‐Rogers
  Schwertleite
  Schwertleite
  Jane Eaglen
  Sieglinde
  Sieglinde
  Gwyneth Jones
  Brünnhilde
  Brünnhilde
  Della Jones
  Rossweisse
  Rossweisse
  Janice Cairns
  Helmwige
  Helmwige
  Anne-Marie Owens
  Waltraute
  Waltraute
  Simon Estes
  Wotan
  Wotan
  Angela Bostock
  Ortlinde
  Ortlinde
  Sally Burgess
  Siegrune
  Siegrune
  Penelope Walker
  Grimgerde
  Grimgerde
  Phyllis Cannan
  Gerhilde
  Gerhilde
  Sir Mark Elder
  conductor
  conductor
  National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Richard Wagner
Mon 7 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 21
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Khovanshchina (Prelude 'Dawn on the Moscow River', orch Shostakovich)
  Lyell Cresswell
  Speak for us, great seaLondon premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No 2 in C minor, 'Little Russian'
  Performers
  Kathryn Stott
  piano
  piano
  Jerzy Maksymiuk
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
  Composers
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Lyell Cresswell
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tue 8 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 22
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 40 in G minor
  Alban Berg
  Violin Concerto
  Anton Webern
  Cantata No. 2, Op 31
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Mass in C major 'Coronation', K 317
  Performers
  György Pauk
  violin
  violin
  David Wilson‐Johnson
  baritone
  baritone
  Penelope Walmsley-Clark
  soprano
  soprano
  Scottish Philharmonic Singers
  Neil Mackie
  tenor
  tenor
  Christine Cairns
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Jerzy Maksymiuk
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Alban Berg
  Anton Webern
Wed 9 Aug 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 23
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 1 in C major
  James Wood
  Oreion (of mountains...) World premiere
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
  Performers
  James Loughran
  conductor
  conductor
  James Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  John Lill
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  James Wood
  Johannes Brahms
- 22:00
  Prom 24
  Kensington Town Hall
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Introduction and Allegro
  Rupert Bawden
  Ultima Scena World premiere
  Gabriel Fauré
  Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op 15 Proms premiere
  Performers
  Skaila Kanga
  harp
  harp
  Rupert Bawden
  conductor
  conductor
  Nash Ensemble
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Rupert Bawden
  Gabriel Fauré
Thu 10 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 25
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Michael Tippett
  Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
  Antonio Vivaldi
  Gloria in D major, RV 589
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Lark Ascending
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Magnificat in D major
  Performers
  Michael Chance
  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor
  Eiddwen Harrhy
  soprano
  soprano
  Catherine Pierard
  soprano
  soprano
  The Richard Hickox Singers
  Bradley Creswick
  violin
  violin
  Martyn Hill
  tenor
  tenor
  Stephen Roberts
  baritone
  baritone
  Northern Sinfonia
  Richard Hickox
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Michael Tippett
  Antonio Vivaldi
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Johann Sebastian Bach
Fri 11 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 26
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Olivier Messiaen
  Des canyons aux étoiles … Proms premiere
  Performers
  London Sinfonietta
  David Atherton
  conductor
  conductor
  David Johnson
  glockenspiel
  glockenspiel
  James Holland
  xylorimba
  xylorimba
  Paul Crossley
  piano
  piano
  Michael Thompson
  horn
  horn
  Composers
  Olivier Messiaen
Sat 12 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 27
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
  Richard Strauss
  Four Last Songs
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor
  Performers
  Felicity Lott
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Richard Strauss
  Johannes Brahms
Sun 13 Aug 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 28
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Daniel Purcell
  The Judgment of ParisProms premiere
  John Weldon
  The Judgment of ParisProms premiere
  John Eccles
  The Judgment of ParisProms premiere of complete work
  Performers
  David Thomas
  Mercury
  Mercury
  Howard Crook
  Paris
  Paris
  Stephen Varcoe
  Paris
  Paris
  Paul Agnew
  Mercury
  Mercury
  Andrew King
  Mercury
  Mercury
  Rufus Müller
  Paris
  Paris
  Anthony Rooley
  director
  director
  Emma Kirkby
  Venus
  Venus
  Evelyn Tubb
  Pallas
  Pallas
  Sarah Pendlebury
  Juno
  Juno
  The Consort of Musicke (choir)
  Concerto Köln
  Composers
  Daniel Purcell
  John Weldon
  John Eccles
Mon 14 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 29
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Sonata in B minor
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Performers
  Peter Donohoe
  piano
  piano
  London Philharmonic Choir
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Kurt Masur
  conductor
  conductor
  Anthony Rolfe Johnson
  tenor
  tenor
  David Wilson‐Johnson
  baritone
  baritone
  Mechthild Gessendorf
  soprano
  soprano
  Hanna Schwarz
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Composers
  Franz Liszt
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Tue 15 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 30
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  John McCabe
  Fire at Durilgai London premiere
  Richard Strauss
  Oboe Concerto in D major
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 1 in E minor
  Performers
  Heinz Holliger
  oboe
  oboe
  Edward Downes
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  John McCabe
  Richard Strauss
  Jean Sibelius
Wed 16 Aug 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 31
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Alban Berg
  Three Fragments from 'Wozzeck'
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 6 in A minor
  Performers
  Eilene Hannan
  soprano
  soprano
  Finchley Childrens Music Group
  Bernhard Klee
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic
  Composers
  Alban Berg
  Gustav Mahler
- 22:00
  Prom 32 - 'A quattro violini' - music for four violins
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Giovanni Legrenzi
  16 Sonatas, Op 8No. 5 for Four Violins and Cello in C major Proms premiere
  16 Sonatas, Op 10Sonata for Four Violins in A minor Proms premiere
  Georg Philipp Telemann
  Concerto for Four Violins without Basso continuo in G major, TWV 40:201 Proms premiere
  Sonata (Concerto) for Four Violins without Basso continuo in C major, TWV 40:203 Proms premiere
  Jacques Aubert
  6 Concertos for Four Violins, Op 17No. 6 in G minor Proms premiere
  Leonardo Leo
  Concerto for Four Violins in D major
  Performers
  Reinhard Goebel
  violin/director
  violin/director
  Musica Antiqua Köln
  Composers
  Giovanni Legrenzi
  Georg Philipp Telemann
  Jacques Aubert
  Leonardo Leo
Thu 17 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 33
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Béla Bartók
  Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Endless Parade Proms premiere
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird
  Performers
  Håkan Hardenberger
  trumpet
  trumpet
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Elgar Howarth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Béla Bartók
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Igor Stravinsky
Fri 18 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 34
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Arvo Pärt
  Symphony No 3 UK premiere
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Violin Concerto in E minor
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Performers
  Cho-Liang Lin
  violin
  violin
  Neeme Järvi
  conductor
  conductor
  Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Arvo Pärt
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Jean Sibelius
Sat 19 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 35
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22No. 1 Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island
  Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22No. 2 The Swan of Tuonela
  Edvard Grieg
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Carl Nielsen
  Symphony No 5
  Performers
  Roland Pöntinen
  piano
  piano
  Neeme Järvi
  conductor
  conductor
  Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Edvard Grieg
  Carl Nielsen
Sun 20 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 36
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  La Cenerentola – overture
  Benjamin Britten
  Our Hunting Fathers, Op 8
  Soirées musicales
  Sergey Prokofiev
  CinderellaAct 2
  Performers
  Heather Harper
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Benjamin Britten
  Sergey Prokofiev
Mon 21 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 37
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
  Performers
  Sir Roger Norrington
  conductor
  conductor
  London Classical Players
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Franz Schubert
Tue 22 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 38
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Paul Dukas
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  Arthur Honegger
  Symphony No. 3 'Liturgique'
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  Performers
  Mariss Jansons
  conductor
  conductor
  Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Paul Dukas
  Arthur Honegger
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Wed 23 Aug 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 39
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Strauss
  Don Juan
  Edward Elgar
  Cello Concerto in E minor
  Arne Nordheim
  Nachruf UK premiere
  Igor Stravinsky
  Petrushka (1911 version)
  Performers
  Truls Mørk
  cello
  cello
  Mariss Jansons
  conductor
  conductor
  Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Richard Strauss
  Edward Elgar
  Arne Nordheim
  Igor Stravinsky
- 22:00
  Prom 40
  Kensington Town Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schreker
  Der Wind UK premiere
  Paul Hindemith
  Der Dämon, Op 28 (suite) Proms premiere
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Pierrot lunaire
  Performers
  Barbara Sukowa
  reciter
  reciter
  Reinbert Leeuw
  conductor
  conductor
  Schoenberg Ensemble
  Composers
  Franz Schreker
  Paul Hindemith
  Arnold Schoenberg
Thu 24 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 41
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Aaron Copland
  Quiet City
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
  Edward Elgar
  Symphony No. 1 in A flat major
  Performers
  Stephen Kovacevich
  piano
  piano
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Leonard Slatkin
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Aaron Copland
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Edward Elgar
Fri 25 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 42
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Henri Dutilleux
  Métaboles Proms premiere
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Robert Schumann
  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Rhenish’
  Performers
  Dmitry Sitkovetsky
  violin
  violin
  Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
  Marek Janowski
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Henri Dutilleux
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Robert Schumann
Sat 26 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 43
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No 1 in G minor, 'Winter Daydreams'
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
  Maurice Ravel
  La valse
  Performers
  Martin Roscoe
  piano
  piano
  Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
  Marek Janowski
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  Maurice Ravel
Sun 27 Aug 1989
- 15:00
  Prom 44
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture 'Le carnaval romain'
  Toru Takemitsu
  To the edge of dream Proms premiere
  Claude Debussy
  Images for OrchestraNo. 2 Ibéria
  Joaquín Rodrigo
  Concierto de Aranjuez
  Ottorino Respighi
  Pines of Rome
  Performers
  Julian Bream
  guitar
  guitar
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Toru Takemitsu
  Claude Debussy
  Joaquín Rodrigo
  Ottorino Respighi
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak) - 1890 version, edited R. Haas
  Performers
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  European Union Youth Orchestra (before 1995 European Community YO)
  Composers
  Anton Bruckner
Mon 28 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  The Damnation of Faust
  Performers
  Georg Solti
  conductor
  conductor
  Peter Rose
  Brander
  Brander
  Keith Lewis
  Faust
  Faust
  Anne Sofie Otter
  Marguerite
  Marguerite
  José Van Dam
  Méphistophélès
  Méphistophélès
  Westminster Cathedral Choristers
  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  Chicago Symphony Chorus
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
Tue 29 Aug 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Trad.
  North Indian Classical Music
  Performers
  Anindo Chatterjee
  tabla
  tabla
  Nishat Khan
  sitar
  sitar
  Imrat Khan
  sitar
  sitar
  Irshad Khan
  sitar
  sitar
  Vajahat Khan
  sarod
  sarod
  Shafaatullah Khan
  tabla
  tabla
  Composers
  Trad.
- 20:00
  Prom 48
  St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
  Programme
  Kodály Zoltán
  An Ode for Music Proms premiere
  Harrison Birtwistle
  On the Sheer Threshold of the Night Proms premiere
  William Byrd
  Come, woeful Orpheus Proms premiere
  Hans Werner Henze
  Orpheus Behind the Wire Proms premiere
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Margaret Feaviour
  soprano
  soprano
  Nigel Short
  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor
  Simon Berridge
  tenor
  tenor
  Richard Bourne
  bass
  bass
  Stephen Jackson
  baritone
  baritone
  Deborah Miles-Johnson
  alto
  alto
  Douglas Leigh
  tenor
  tenor
  Helen Miles
  soprano
  soprano
  Lynne Hirst
  soprano
  soprano
  John Alldis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Kodály Zoltán
  Harrison Birtwistle
  William Byrd
  Hans Werner Henze
Wed 30 Aug 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 49
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  The Creatures of PrometheusNo. 1 Overture
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  Hector Berlioz
  The TrojansChasse royale et orage Act 4
  Michael Tippett
  Symphony No. 4
  Performers
  Sir Stephen Hough
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Johannes Brahms
  Hector Berlioz
  Michael Tippett
Thu 31 Aug 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 50
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Marriage of Figaro
  Performers
  Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  Sir Simon Rattle
  conductor
  conductor
  Dame Felicity Palmer
  Marcellina
  Marcellina
  Dale Duesing
  Figaro
  Figaro
  Joan Rodgers
  Susanna
  Susanna
  John Graham-Hall
  Don Curzio
  Don Curzio
  Alison Hagley
  Barbarina
  Barbarina
  Marianne Rørholm
  Cherubino
  Cherubino
  François Loup
  Doctor Bartolo
  Doctor Bartolo
  William Shimell
  Count Almaviva
  Count Almaviva
  Mario Bolognesi
  Don Basilio
  Don Basilio
  Gunnel Bohman
  Countess Almaviva
  Countess Almaviva
  Eleanor Bennett
  Bridesmaid
  Bridesmaid
  John Hall
  Antonio
  Antonio
  Glyndebourne Chorus (formerly Glyndebourne Festival Chorus)
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fri 1 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 51
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No 8 in F major
  Paul Hindemith
  Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'
  Johannes Brahms
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Performers
  Konstanty Andrzej Kulka
  violin
  violin
  Takuo Yuasa
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Paul Hindemith
  Johannes Brahms
Sat 2 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 52
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Ruslan and Lyudmila – overtureOverture
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
  Johann Strauss II
  Emperor Waltz
  Josef Strauss
  Feuerfest! - polka, Op 269
  Franz Lehár
  The Merry WidowAria 'Es lebt eine Vilja' Act 2
  Johann Strauss II
  Egyptischer, Op 335
  Champagne Polka, Op 211
  Emmerich Kálmán
  Gräfin MarizaHöre ich Zigeunergeigen Act 1 Proms premiere
  Johann Strauss II
  Thunder and Lightning Polka
  By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz
  Performers
  Piers Lane
  piano
  piano
  Marilyn Hill Smith
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Barry Wordsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Johann Strauss II
  Josef Strauss
  Franz Lehár
  Emmerich Kálmán
Sun 3 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 53 - Marking the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Benjamin Britten
  Sinfonia da Requiem
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 7
  Performers
  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Simon Rattle
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Benjamin Britten
  Gustav Mahler
Mon 4 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 54
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Oliver Knussen
  Flourish with FireworksProms premiere
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  Minna Keal
  Symphony, Op 3First concert performance of complete work
  John Tavener
  The Protecting VeilWorld premiere
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Intermezzo in modo classico (orchestral version)
  Igor Stravinsky
  Song of the Nightingale
  Performers
  Steven Isserlis
  cello
  cello
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Oliver Knussen
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Oliver Knussen
  Claude Debussy
  Minna Keal
  John Tavener
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Igor Stravinsky
Tue 5 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 55
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Scythian Suite
  Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Scheherazade
  Performers
  Mikhail Rudy
  piano
  piano
  Alexander Barantschik
  violin
  violin
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Michael Tilson Thomas
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Wed 6 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 56
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Mass in B minor
  Performers
  Monteverdi Choir
  Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  conductor
  conductor
  Stephen Varcoe
  baritone
  baritone
  Michael Chance
  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor
  Anthony Rolfe Johnson
  tenor
  tenor
  Nancy Argenta
  soprano
  soprano
  Catherine Robbin
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  English Baroque Soloists (pre-1977, Monteverdi Orchestra)
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
Thu 7 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 57
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  Alun Hoddinott
  Star Children, Op 135 World premiere
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Performers
  Hugh Tinney
  piano
  piano
  Richard Armstrong
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Alun Hoddinott
  Edward Elgar
Fri 8 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 58
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Anton Bruckner
- 22:15
  Prom 59 - EMAS tenth-anniversary concert
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jonathan Harvey
  Ricercare una melodia Proms premiere
  Alejandro Viñao
  Son Entero Proms premiere
  Salvatore Sciarrino
  Come vengono prodotti gli incantesimi? (original version) Proms premiere
  Denis Smalley
  Pentes Proms premiere
  Javier Álvarez
  Temazcal Proms premiere
  Performers
  Jonathan Impett
  trumpet
  trumpet
  Gregory Rose
  conductor
  conductor
  Singcircle
  Kathryn Lukas
  flute
  flute
  Bob Ames
  sound projection
  sound projection
  Javier Alvarez
  maracas
  maracas
  Composers
  Jonathan Harvey
  Alejandro Viñao
  Salvatore Sciarrino
  Denis Smalley
  Javier Álvarez
Sat 9 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 60
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Antonín Dvořák
  Cello Concerto in B minor
  Edward Elgar
  Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
  Performers
  Paul Tortelier
  cello
  cello
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Charles Groves
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Antonín Dvořák
  Edward Elgar
Sun 10 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 61
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 43 in E flat major 'Mercury' Proms premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Symphony No. 4 World premiere
  Performers
  Sir András Schiff
  piano
  piano
  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  conductor
  conductor
  Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Peter Maxwell Davies
Mon 11 Sep 1989
- 19:00
  Prom 62
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Modest Mussorgsky
  A Night on the Bare Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op 145aProms premiere
  Richard Strauss
  Also sprach Zarathustra
  Performers
  Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau
  baritone
  baritone
  Vladimir Ashkenazy
  conductor
  conductor
  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Richard Strauss
- 22:00
  Prom 63
  Kensington Town Hall
  Programme
  Dominic Muldowney
  Un Carnaval cubiste World premiere
  John Tavener
  Trisagion Proms premiere
  Einojuhani Rautavaara
  Playgrounds for Angels Proms premiere
  Gordon Crosse
  Peace, Op 53 Proms premiere
  Witold Lutosławski
  Variations on a Theme of Paganini (arr. Roger Harvey) Proms premiere of this version
  Performers
  London Brass
  Composers
  Dominic Muldowney
  John Tavener
  Einojuhani Rautavaara
  Gordon Crosse
  Witold Lutosławski
Tue 12 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 64
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No 1 in C minor
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No 6 in B minor
  Performers
  Vladimir Ashkenazy
  conductor
  conductor
  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Dmitry Shostakovich
Wed 13 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 65
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Der FreischützOverture
  Frédéric Chopin
  Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  Performers
  Janina Fialkowska
  piano
  piano
  Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Frédéric Chopin
  Antonín Dvořák
Thu 14 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 66
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Missa solemnis
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  London Philharmonic Choir
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Ann Murray
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  John Aler
  tenor
  tenor
  Julia Varady
  soprano
  soprano
  Harald Stamm
  bass
  bass
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  BBC Symphony Chorus (pre-1932, National Chorus; 1933-4, BBC Chorus; 1935-77, BBC Choral Society)
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Fri 15 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 67
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Der Schauspieldirektor (Overture)
  Rondo in C major, K 373
  Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87Lungi da te Act 2 Proms premiere
  Aria 'Voi avete un cor fedele', K 217Proms premiere
  Clarinet Concerto in A major
  Exsultate, jubilate
  Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
  Performers
  Luigi De Filippi
  violin
  violin
  Felicity Lott
  soprano
  soprano
  Christopher Newport
  horn
  horn
  Richard Stoltzman
  clarinet
  clarinet
  Jane Glover
  conductor
  conductor
  London Mozart Players
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sat 16 Sep 1989
- 19:30
  Prom 68 - Last Night of the Proms 1989
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture ‘Le corsaire’
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor
  Georges Bizet
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 1 Prélude
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 2 Aragonaise
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 3 Intermezzo
  Carmen Suite No 2No. 6 Danse bohémienne Act 2
  Carmen, Suite No. 1No. 6 Les Toréadors
  Eric Coates
  London EverydayKnightsbridge Proms premiere
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Samson et DalilaAria 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' Act 2
  Frederick Delius
  Summer Night on the River
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 5 Jack's the Lad
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 6 Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies - Cadenza
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 7 Home, Sweet Home
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 3 The Saucy Arethusa
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 4 Tom Bowling
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 8 See, the Conquering Hero Comes
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 1 Bugle Calls
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem
  Performers
  Ida Haendel
  violin
  violin
  Sarah Walker
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  John Pritchard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Georges Bizet
  Eric Coates
  Frederick Delius
  Edward Elgar
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry

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