Proms 1975

Proms 1975 Calendar

By Year

Fri 25 Jul 1975
- 19:45
  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1975
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No 8 in E flat major, 'Symphony of a Thousand'
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Pierre Boulez
  conductor
  conductor
  Wendy Eathorne
  soprano
  soprano
  Bernadette Greevy
  contralto
  contralto
  Alberto Remedios
  tenor
  tenor
  Marius Rintzler
  bass
  bass
  Edda Moser
  soprano
  soprano
  Siegmund Nimsgern
  baritone
  baritone
  Linda Esther Gray
  soprano
  soprano
  Elizabeth Connell
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
  Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus (pre-1950, Scottish Orchestra Chorus; 1950-91, Scottish National Orchestra Chorus)
  BBC Symphony Chorus (pre-1932, National Chorus; 1933-4, BBC Chorus; 1935-77, BBC Choral Society)
  Composers
  Gustav Mahler
Sat 26 Jul 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 02
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Der Schauspieldirektor (Overture)
  Flute Concerto in D major, K314
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No 8 in F major
  Johann Strauss II
  Der ZigeunerbaronOverture
  Leichtes Blut - quick polka, Op 319Proms premiere
  Josef Strauss
  Die Libelle - polka-mazurka, Op 204Proms premiere
  Johann Strauss II
  Bandits' GalopProms premiere
  Rosen aus dem Süden
  Egyptischer, Op 335Proms premiere
  Champagne Polka, Op 211
  Erinnerung an Covent-Garden - waltz, Op 329Proms premiere
  Tik-Tak Polka, Op 365Proms premiere
  Performers
  James Galway
  flute
  flute
  James Loughran
  conductor
  conductor
  Hallé (pre-2003, Hallé Orchestra)
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Johann Strauss II
  Josef Strauss
Sun 27 Jul 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 03
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Moses und Aron
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Pierre Boulez
  conductor
  conductor
  Richard Angas
  Priest
  Priest
  Dame Felicity Palmer
  Young GirlSecond Naked Virgin
  Young GirlSecond Naked Virgin
  Philip Langridge
  Fourth Voice
  Fourth Voice
  John Noble
  ManAnother Man
  ManAnother Man
  Maureen Lehane
  Third VoiceFourth Naked Virgin
  Third VoiceFourth Naked Virgin
  Michael Rippon
  Fifth Voice
  Fifth Voice
  Günther (Günter) Reich
  Moses
  Moses
  Jane Manning
  First VoiceFirst Naked Virgin
  First VoiceFirst Naked Virgin
  Gillian Knight
  Second VoiceInvalid WomanThird Naked Virgin
  Second VoiceInvalid WomanThird Naked Virgin
  Siegmund Nimsgern
  Ephraimite
  Ephraimite
  Paul Hudson
  Sixth Voice
  Sixth Voice
  Richard Cassilly
  Aron
  Aron
  John Winfield
  YouthYoung ManNaked Youth
  YouthYoung ManNaked Youth
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Orpheus Boys Choir
  Composers
  Arnold Schoenberg
Mon 28 Jul 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 04
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Violin Concerto in E major
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 85 in B flat major 'La reine'
  Polyptyque Proms premiere
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 83 in G minor 'La poule'
  Performers
  Yehudi Menuhin
  violin/directorconductorviolin
  violin/directorconductorviolin
  Michael Dobson
  conductor
  conductor
  Menuhin Festival Orchestra
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Joseph Haydn
Tue 29 Jul 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 05
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Scènes historiques – Suite No. 1 Proms premiere of complete work
  Edvard Grieg
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 5 in D minor
  Performers
  Michael Roll
  piano
  piano
  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  Paavo Berglund
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Edvard Grieg
  Dmitry Shostakovich
Wed 30 Jul 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 06
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Luciano Berio
  Ora Proms premiere
  Karlheinz Stockhausen
  Kontra-Punkte Proms premiere
  Pierre Boulez
  Pli selon pli
  Performers
  The Swingle Singers
  John Constable
  piano
  piano
  Hugo D'Alton
  mandolin
  mandolin
  Freddie Phillips
  guitar
  guitar
  Phyllis Bryn‐Julson
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Pierre Boulez
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Luciano Berio
  Karlheinz Stockhausen
  Pierre Boulez
Thu 31 Jul 1975
- 20:00
  Prom 07
  Westminster Cathedral
  Programme
  Giovanni Gabrieli
  Canzon XXVIII a 8 'Sol sol la sol fa mi'
  Carlo Gesualdo
  Ave, dulcissima MariaProms premiere
  Giovanni Gabrieli
  O quam gloriosaProms premiere
  Heinrich Schütz
  Veni, Sancte Spiritus, SWV 475Proms premiere
  Samuel Scheidt
  Courant dolorosa a 4, SSWV 47Proms premiere
  Heinrich Schütz
  O bone Jesu, fili Mariae, SWV 471Proms premiere
  Dieterich Buxtehude
  Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113Proms premiere
  Anton Bruckner
  Ave Maria (1861 setting)
  Tota pulchra es, MariaProms premiere
  Christus factus estProms premiere
  Ecce sacerdos magnusProms premiere
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Four Sacred PiecesNo. 4 Te Deum
  Performers
  Equale Brass Ensemble
  Monteverdi Choir
  Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  conductor
  conductor
  English Baroque Soloists
  Philip Langridge
  tenor
  tenor
  Michael Rippon
  bass-baritonebass
  bass-baritonebass
  Martyn Hill
  tenor
  tenor
  Jill Gomez
  soprano
  soprano
  Jennifer Smith
  sopranomezzo-soprano
  sopranomezzo-soprano
  John Angelo Messana
  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor
  Wynford Evans
  tenor
  tenor
  Anon.
  tenor
  tenor
  Composers
  Giovanni Gabrieli
  Carlo Gesualdo
  Heinrich Schütz
  Samuel Scheidt
  Dieterich Buxtehude
  Anton Bruckner
  Giuseppe Verdi
Fri 1 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 08
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Quintet in F minor
  Michael Tippett
  Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Symphony No. 3 in A minor, ‘Scottish’
  Performers
  Peter Frankl
  piano
  piano
  Gabrieli String Quartet
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Charles Groves
  conductor
  conductor
  Alan Dalziel
  cello
  cello
  Eli Goren
  violin
  violin
  Bela Dekany
  violin
  violin
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Michael Tippett
  Felix Mendelssohn
Sat 2 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 09
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Kodály Zoltán
  Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'The Peacock'
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  Performers
  Clifford Curzon
  piano
  piano
  National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
  Christopher Seaman
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Kodály Zoltán
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sun 3 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 10
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Soldier's Tale- Staged performance in English translation by John Arden
  William Walton
  Façade: An Entertainment (with recitation)
  Performers
  Alfred Burke
  narrator
  narrator
  Edward Clayton
  Soldier
  Soldier
  Murray Melvin
  Devil
  Devil
  Suzanne Hywel
  dancer
  dancer
  Mary Thomas
  reciter
  reciter
  Derek Hammond-Stroud
  reciter
  reciter
  London Sinfonietta
  Elgar Howarth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  William Walton
Mon 4 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 11
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  Roberto Gerhard
  Violin Concerto
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 5 in D major
  Performers
  David Atherton
  conductor
  conductor
  Erich Gruenberg
  violin
  violin
  Adrian Boult
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Benjamin Britten
  Roberto Gerhard
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tue 5 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 12
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Benjamin Britten
  Sinfonia da Requiem
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
  Performers
  Yitkin Seow
  piano
  piano
  Raymond Leppard
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Benjamin Britten
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Franz Schubert
Wed 6 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 13
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphonic Variations, Op 78
  Arnold Cooke
  Cello ConcertoWorld premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 7 in A major
  Performers
  Thomas Igloi
  cello
  cello
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Charles Groves
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Antonín Dvořák
  Arnold Cooke
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Thu 7 Aug 1975
- 19:00
  Prom 14
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Rake’s ProgressProms premiere
  Performers
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Don Garrard
  Trulove
  Trulove
  Jill Gomez
  Anne Trulove
  Anne Trulove
  John Fryatt
  Sellem
  Sellem
  Rosalind Elias
  Baba the Turk
  Baba the Turk
  Thetis Blacker
  Mother Goose
  Mother Goose
  Leo Goeke
  Tom Rakewell
  Tom Rakewell
  Donald Gramm
  Nick Shadow
  Nick Shadow
  Malcolm King
  Keeper of the Madhouse
  Keeper of the Madhouse
  Glyndebourne Chorus (formerly Glyndebourne Festival Chorus)
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
Fri 8 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 15
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Sonata for Organ No. 1 in G major, Op 28 Proms premiere
  David Bedford
  Twelve Hours of Sunset World premiere
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor
  Performers
  Simon Lindley
  organ
  organ
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  John Poole
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Adrian Boult
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  David Bedford
  Johannes Brahms
Sat 9 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 16
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture ‘Le corsaire’
  Antonín Dvořák
  Violin Concerto in A minor
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor
  Performers
  Miriam Fried
  violin
  violin
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Antonín Dvořák
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mon 11 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 17 - The Art of the Netherlands
  St Augustine's Church, Kilburn
  Programme
  Josquin des Prez
  Fanfare 'Vive le roy' Proms premiere
  Jacob Obrecht
  Motet 'Haec Deum caeli' Proms premiere
  Johannes Tinctoris
  Missa 'sine nomine' (low clefs)Kyrie Proms premiere
  Antoine Brumel
  Missa 'Et ecce terrae motus'No. 2 Gloria Proms premiere
  Heinrich Isaac
  Canzona 'A la battaglia' Proms premiere
  Jean Mouton
  Nesciens mater virgo virum Proms premiere
  Hayne van Ghizeghem
  De tous biens plaine (four-part version) Proms premiere
  Josquin des Prez
  Credo super 'De tous biens plaine' Proms premiere
  Johannes Ockeghem
  Motet 'Intemerata Dei mater' Proms premiere
  Josquin des Prez
  Inviolata, integra et casta es Proms premiere
  La Spagna
  Heinrich Isaac
  Missa 'La bassadanza'Agnus Dei Proms premiere
  Performers
  David Munrow
  conductor
  conductor
  Early Music Consort of London
  Composers
  Josquin des Prez
  Jacob Obrecht
  Johannes Tinctoris
  Antoine Brumel
  Heinrich Isaac
  Jean Mouton
  Hayne van Ghizeghem
  Johannes Ockeghem
- 21:30
  Prom 18
  Round House, The
  Programme
  Hans Werner Henze
  El Cimarrón Proms premiere
  Performers
  Michael Rippon
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  Sebastian Bell
  flutes
  flutes
  Gary Kettel
  percussion
  percussion
  Timothy Walker
  guitar
  guitar
  Composers
  Hans Werner Henze
Tue 12 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 19
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 96 in D major 'Miracle'
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  Performers
  Walter Klien
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Robert Schumann
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Wed 13 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 20
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 3 in F major
  William Mathias
  Laudi Proms premiere
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
  Performers
  David Wilde
  piano
  piano
  Boris Brott
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  William Mathias
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Thu 14 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 21
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture
  A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
  Anton Webern
  Passacaglia
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 8 in G major
  Performers
  Wendy Eathorne
  soprano
  soprano
  Penelope Walmsley-Clark
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Anton Webern
  Antonín Dvořák
Fri 15 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 22
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Nocturnes
  Francis Poulenc
  Organ Concerto
  Olivier Messiaen
  Verset pour la Fête de la DédicaceProms premiere
  L' Ascension (organ version)No. 3 Transports de joie Proms premiere
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Rite of Spring
  Performers
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
  Philharmonia Orchestra
  Gillian Weir
  organ
  organ
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Francis Poulenc
  Olivier Messiaen
  Igor Stravinsky
Sat 16 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 23
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Le roi des étoiles
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Alban Berg
  Three Pieces, Op 6
  Richard Strauss
  Death and Transfiguration
  Performers
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (men's voices)
  Kyung-wha Chung
  violin
  violin
  Claudio Abbado
  conductor
  conductor
  International Youth Orchestra
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Alban Berg
  Richard Strauss
Sun 17 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 24
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  George Frideric Handel
  Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F major, HWV 333Proms premiere
  Silete venti, HWV 242Proms premiere
  Jean‐Philippe Rameau
  Les fêtes d'HébéLa Poésie (Entrée No. 1) - In this performance of La Poésie (Entrée No. 1 of Les fêtes d'Hébé) Scene 2 was omitted. Proms premiere
  Performers
  Jill Gomez
  sopranoSappho
  sopranoSappho
  Monteverdi Choir
  Philip Langridge
  Le ruisseau
  Le ruisseau
  Anne-Marie Rodde
  La naïade
  La naïade
  Dale Duesing
  Alcaeus
  Alcaeus
  Christopher Booth-Jones
  Le fleuve
  Le fleuve
  Nigel Wickens
  Hymas
  Hymas
  Richard Morton
  Thelemus
  Thelemus
  Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  conductor
  conductor
  English Baroque Soloists (pre-1977, Monteverdi Orchestra)
  Composers
  George Frideric Handel
  Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Mon 18 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 25
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No 36 in C major 'Linz', K 425
  Béla Bartók
  Piano Concerto No 1
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  Performers
  Michel Béroff
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Béla Bartók
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tue 19 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 26
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Mass in B minor
  Performers
  Christopher Seaman
  conductor
  conductor
  Alfreda Hodgson
  contralto
  contralto
  Dame Felicity Palmer
  soprano
  soprano
  Peter Pears
  tenor
  tenor
  Michael Rippon
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
Wed 20 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 27
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Images for OrchestraNo. 2 Ibéria
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat major, K449
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Stone Litany: Runes from a House of the Dead Proms premiere
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Performers
  Walter Klien
  piano
  piano
  Jane Manning
  soprano
  soprano
  Christopher Seaman
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Edward Elgar
Thu 21 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 28
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No 5 in B flat major
  Benjamin Britten
  Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 1 in E minor
  Performers
  Peter Pears
  tenor
  tenor
  Alan Civil
  horn
  horn
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Benjamin Britten
  Jean Sibelius
Fri 22 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 29
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Alexander Goehr
  Metamorphosis/DanceProms premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 1 in D major
  Performers
  Margaret Kingsley
  soprano
  soprano
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Alexander Goehr
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Gustav Mahler
Sat 23 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 30
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
  TannhäuserNo. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
  Maurice Ravel
  Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
  Hector Berlioz
  The TrojansChasse royale et orage Act 4
  Maurice Ravel
  Daphnis et Chloé: Fragments symphoniques I
  Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No. 2
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Malcolm Binns
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Maurice Ravel
  Hector Berlioz
Mon 25 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 31
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 49 in F minor 'La passione' Proms premiere
  William Walton
  Sonata for Strings Proms premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No 19 in F major, K 459
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Grosse Fuge, Op 133
  Performers
  Alfred Brendel
  piano
  piano
  Neville Marriner
  conductor
  conductor
  Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  William Walton
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Tue 26 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 32
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Jeux
  Humphrey Searle
  Labyrinth, Op 56 - This performance honours Humphrey Searle's 60th birthday today. Proms premiere
  Joseph Haydn
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major Proms premiere
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Performers
  Bernhard Klee
  conductorharpsichord/director
  conductorharpsichord/director
  Mincho Minchev
  violin
  violin
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Humphrey Searle
  Joseph Haydn
  Johannes Brahms
Wed 27 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 33
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture 'Leonore' No. 3
  Joseph Haydn
  Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major
  Franz Schubert
  Mass No. 5 in A flat major, D 678 Proms premiere
  Performers
  Geoffrey Gambold
  bassoon
  bassoon
  Alan Dalziel
  cello
  cello
  Bela Dekany
  violin
  violin
  David Theodore
  oboe
  oboe
  John Elwes
  tenor
  tenor
  Stephen Roberts
  baritone
  baritone
  Jennifer Smith
  soprano
  soprano
  Anne Collins
  contralto
  contralto
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Rudolf Kempe
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Joseph Haydn
  Franz Schubert
Thu 28 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 34
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Strauss
  Don Juan
  Michael Tippett
  Piano Concerto
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’
  Performers
  Sir John Pritchard
  conductor
  conductor
  Michael Tippett
  conductor
  conductor
  Paul Crossley
  piano
  piano
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Richard Strauss
  Michael Tippett
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Fri 29 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 35
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Love for Three Oranges, Suite, Op 33b Proms premiere
  Franz Liszt
  Variations on a Theme of Bach, 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen', S 673 Proms premiere
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Rudolf Kempe
  conductor
  conductor
  Jennifer Bate
  organ
  organ
  Tamás Vásáry
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Franz Liszt
  Antonín Dvořák
Sat 30 Aug 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 36
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Elliott Carter
  Concerto for Orchestra
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 9
  Performers
  Pierre Boulez
  conductor
  conductor
  New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Elliott Carter
  Gustav Mahler
Mon 1 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 37
  St Augustine's Church, Kilburn
  Programme
  William Byrd
  Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Proms premiere
  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  Surge illuminare Jerusalem Proms premiere
  Ricercare del primo tono Proms premiere
  Stabat mater
  Ricercare del ottavo tono Proms premiere
  Missa 'Assumpta est Maria' Proms premiere
  Soave fia il morir Proms premiere
  William Byrd
  Justorum animae Proms premiere
  Laudibus in sanctis
  Fantasia a 5, 'Two parts in one in the fourth above' Proms premiere
  Browning a 5, 'The leaves be green' Proms premiere
  From Virgin's womb Proms premiere
  Memento homo Proms premiere
  Christ rising again Proms premiere
  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Proms premiere
  William Byrd
  Ad Dominum cum tribularer Proms premiere
  Performers
  Stephen James Wilkinson
  conductor
  conductor
  The Britten Singers
  Jaye Consort of Viols
  Britten Singers (pre-1991, BBC Northern Singers) (members)
  Composers
  William Byrd
  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- 21:30
  Prom 38
  Round House, The
  Programme
  Bruno Maderna
  Serenata II - The Proms printed programme descibes the work played as 'Serenata No. 1 (1954)', but it seems more likely the revised/renamed 1957 version was played Proms premiere
  Thea Musgrave
  Space Play - no conductor Proms premiere
  John Buller
  Finnegan's Floras - hand percussion played by members of chorus Proms premiere
  Igor Stravinsky
  Two Poems of Konstantin Bal'mont (version with chamber ensemble)
  3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet. Proms premiere
  Trois poésies de la lyrique japonaise
  Roberto Gerhard
  Cançionero de Pedrell (version with chamber ensemble) Proms premiere
  Performers
  Sir Mark Elder
  conductor
  conductor
  London Sinfonietta
  John Constable
  piano
  piano
  London Sinfonietta Chorus
  Jane Manning
  soprano
  soprano
  Antony Pay
  clarinet
  clarinet
  Composers
  Bruno Maderna
  Thea Musgrave
  John Buller
  Igor Stravinsky
  Roberto Gerhard
Tue 2 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 39
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Cowie
  Leviathan World premiere
  Edward Elgar
  Falstaff
  Johannes Brahms
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Performers
  Ida Haendel
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Cowie
  Edward Elgar
  Johannes Brahms
Wed 3 Sep 1975
- 19:00
  Prom 40
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Benjamin Britten
  Peter GrimesProms premiere
  Performers
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Thomas Allen
  Ned Keene
  Ned Keene
  Heather Harper
  Ellen Orford
  Ellen Orford
  Forbes Robinson
  Swallow
  Swallow
  Jon Vickers
  Peter Grimes
  Peter Grimes
  John Dobson
  Bob Boles
  Bob Boles
  Elizabeth Bainbridge
  Auntie
  Auntie
  Anne Pashley
  Niece
  Niece
  John Lanigan
  Rev Horace Adams
  Rev Horace Adams
  Norman Bailey
  Captain Balstrode
  Captain Balstrode
  Teresa Cahill
  Niece
  Niece
  Gwynne Howell
  Hobson
  Hobson
  Heather Begg
  Mrs Sedley
  Mrs Sedley
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  Royal Opera Chorus
  Composers
  Benjamin Britten
Thu 4 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 41
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Introduction and Allegro
  Lennox Berkeley
  Voices of the Night, Op 86 Proms premiere
  Arthur Bliss
  Meditations on a Theme by John Blow
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Performers
  Adrian Boult
  conductor
  conductor
  Vernon Handley
  conductor
  conductor
  Itzhak Perlman
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Lennox Berkeley
  Arthur Bliss
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Fri 5 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 42
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Alborada del gracioso (for Orchestra)
  Georges Bizet
  Symphony in C major
  John McCabe
  Notturni ed Alba Proms premiere
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’
  Performers
  Jill Gomez
  soprano
  soprano
  Christopher Robinson
  organ
  organ
  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  Louis Frémaux
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Georges Bizet
  John McCabe
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
Sat 6 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 43
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
  Benjamin Britten
  Violin Concerto
  Sergei Rachmaninov
  The Bells
  Performers
  Ida Haendel
  violin
  violin
  Huddersfield Choral Society
  Sir Thomas Allen
  baritone
  baritone
  John Mitchinson
  tenor
  tenor
  Felicity Palmer
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  John Pritchard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Benjamin Britten
  Sergei Rachmaninov
Sun 7 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 44
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Strauss II
  Fledermaus-Polka, Op 362Proms premiere
  Performers
  Charles Mackerras
  conductor
  conductor
  Valerie Masterson
  Adele
  Adele
  Terry Jenkins
  Gabriel von Eisenstein
  Gabriel von Eisenstein
  Anne Evans
  Rosalinde
  Rosalinde
  Alan Opie
  Doctor Falke
  Doctor Falke
  Ann Hood
  Prince Orlofsky
  Prince Orlofsky
  Eric Shilling
  Colonel Frank
  Colonel Frank
  John Brecknock
  Alfred
  Alfred
  Joseph Riordan
  Doctor Blind
  Doctor Blind
  Dorothy Nash
  Ida
  Ida
  Ian MacPherson
  Ivan
  Ivan
  Brian Casey
  Frosch
  Frosch
  English National Opera Orchestra
  English National Opera Chorus
  Composers
  Johann Strauss II
Mon 8 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op 16
  Witold Lutosławski
  Concerto for Orchestra Proms premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  Performers
  Stephen Kovacevich
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Norman Del Mar
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Witold Lutosławski
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Tue 9 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Charles Ives
  Three Places in New England
  Béla Bartók
  The Miraculous Mandarin – suite
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
  Performers
  Lorin Maazel
  conductor
  conductor
  Cleveland Orchestra
  Composers
  Charles Ives
  Béla Bartók
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Wed 10 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Darius Milhaud
  La création du monde, Op 81
  Richard Rodney Bennett
  Soliloquy Proms premiere
  Constant Lambert
  Concerto for Piano and Nine Instruments Proms premiere
  Béla Bartók
  Contrasts, Sz 111 Proms premiere
  Kurt Weill
  Der DreigroschenoperBarbara-Song Proms premiere
  Der DreigroschenoperMoritat von Mackie Messer Proms premiere
  Der DreigroschenoperOverture Proms premiere
  Happy EndSurabaya-Johnny Proms premiere
  Happy EndBilbao-Song Proms premiere
  Happy EndMatrosen-Tango Proms premiere
  Happy EndDas Lied von der harten Nuss Proms premiere
  Performers
  Elgar Howarth
  conductor
  conductor
  Nash Ensemble
  Richard Rodney Bennett
  piano
  piano
  Annie Ross
  singer
  singer
  Clifford Benson
  piano
  piano
  Antony Pay
  clarinet
  clarinet
  Marcia Crayford
  violin
  violin
  Roswitha Trexler
  soprano
  soprano
  Composers
  Darius Milhaud
  Richard Rodney Bennett
  Constant Lambert
  Béla Bartók
  Kurt Weill
Thu 11 Sep 1975
- 19:00
  Prom 48
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Claudio Monteverdi
  L' incoronazione di Poppea- Performing edition by Roger Norrington in collaboration with Alan Curtis
  Performers
  Sir Roger Norrington
  conductor
  conductor
  Elizabeth Tippett
  DrusillaVenere
  DrusillaVenere
  Kenneth Bowen
  Ottone
  Ottone
  Sir John Tomlinson
  Seneca
  Seneca
  Anne Pashley
  Nerone
  Nerone
  Gloria Jennings
  NutriceFortuna
  NutriceFortuna
  Enid Hartle
  Arnalta
  Arnalta
  Janet Hughes
  AmoreValletto
  AmoreValletto
  Sarah Walker
  Poppea
  Poppea
  Jessica Cash
  PalladeDamigellaVirtù
  PalladeDamigellaVirtù
  Laura Sarti
  Ottavia
  Ottavia
  Edmund Bohan
  First SoldierLucano
  First SoldierLucano
  Ian Thompson
  Second Soldier
  Second Soldier
  Roger Bryson
  Mercurio
  Mercurio
  Nigel Beavan
  LibertoLittore
  LibertoLittore
  Kent Opera Orchestra
  Composers
  Claudio Monteverdi
Fri 12 Sep 1975
- 20:00
  Prom 49
  Westminster Cathedral
  Programme
  Thomas Tallis
  Spem in alium
  John Taverner
  Magnificat (primi toni) Proms premiere
  John Tavener
  Ultimos Ritos Proms premiere
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Roger Heath
  bass
  bass
  Penelope Walmsley-Clark
  soprano
  soprano
  Carl Duering
  speaker (German)
  speaker (German)
  Patricia Sowden-Price
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Julian Pike
  tenor
  tenor
  David Brierley
  speaker (English)
  speaker (English)
  John Bryning
  speaker (Latin)
  speaker (Latin)
  André Maranne
  speaker (French)
  speaker (French)
  John II Bull
  speaker (Spanish)
  speaker (Spanish)
  John Poole
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Composers
  Thomas Tallis
  John Taverner
  John Tavener
Sat 13 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 50
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Arthur Bliss
  Kenilworth Proms premiere
  Roberto Gerhard
  Sardana No. 1 Proms premiere
  John Ireland
  A Downland Suite Proms premiere
  Hans Werner Henze
  Ragtimes and Habañeras - Performed alternately the two bands with both joining in the final piece World premiere
  Arthur Sullivan
  The Gondoliersexcerpts - excerpts unspecified in programme
  Princess Idaexcerpts - excerpts unspecified in programme
  HMS Pinaforeexcerpts - excerpts unspecified in programme
  Performers
  Elgar Howarth
  conductor
  conductor
  Black Dyke Band
  Grimethorpe Colliery Band
  Harry Mortimer
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Ashley Lawrence
  conductor
  conductor
  John Mitchinson
  tenor
  tenor
  Valerie Masterson
  soprano
  soprano
  Patricia Kern
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Derek Hammond-Stroud
  baritone
  baritone
  Heather Begg
  contralto
  contralto
  Donald Francke
  bass
  bass
  Louis Halsey Singers
  Composers
  Arthur Bliss
  Roberto Gerhard
  John Ireland
  Hans Werner Henze
  Arthur Sullivan
Mon 15 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 51
  St Augustine's Church, Kilburn
  Programme
  Christopher Tye
  Mass 'Western Wind' Proms premiere
  Matthew Locke
  Music for His Majesty's Cornetts and Sackbuts Proms premiere
  Henry Purcell
  Funeral SentencesNo. 1 Man that is born of a woman, Z 27
  Funeral SentencesNo. 2 In the midst of life, Z 17a
  Funeral SentencesNo. 3 Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z 58b
  Michael Tippett
  Sonata for Four Horns
  Benjamin Britten
  Missa Brevis in D major, Op 63 Proms premiere
  Michael Tippett
  Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Proms premiere
  Performers
  George Guest
  conductor
  conductor
  The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
  Anthony Baines
  music arranger
  music arranger
  Alan Civil Brass Ensemble
  John Scott
  organ
  organ
  Composers
  Christopher Tye
  Matthew Locke
  Henry Purcell
  Michael Tippett
  Benjamin Britten
- 21:30
  Prom 52
  Round House, The
  Programme
  Anon.
  Worldes blis (arr. Alan Hacker) Proms premiere
  Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut (arr. Arnold Schoenberg) Proms premiere
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Five Chorale Preludes after J.S. BachDas alte Jahr vergangen ist Proms premiere
  Simon Bainbridge
  People of the Dawn World premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Adagio in B flat major, K 411 Proms premiere
  Harrison Birtwistle
  La plage Proms premiere
  Leos Janáček
  Říkadla (arr. Alan Hacker) Proms premiere
  Performers
  Jane Manning
  soprano
  soprano
  Matrix
  Tony Hymas
  piano
  piano
  Simon Bainbridge
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Anon.
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Simon Bainbridge
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Leos Janáček
Tue 16 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 53
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Leonard Bernstein
  Candide – overtureOverture Proms premiere
  Carl Sprague Ruggles
  PortalsProms premiere
  Charles Ives
  Symphony 'New England Holidays'No. 2 Decoration Day
  Aaron Copland
  Piano ConcertoProms premiere
  Roy Harris
  Symphony No. 3Proms premiere
  Aaron Copland
  Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes
  Performers
  Craig Sheppard
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Aaron Copland
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Leonard Bernstein
  Carl Sprague Ruggles
  Charles Ives
  Aaron Copland
  Roy Harris
Wed 17 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 54
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Le tombeau de Couperin Proms premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Sinfonia concertante in E flat major
  Frank Bridge
  Three Tagore SongsNo. 1 Day after day Proms premiere
  Three Tagore SongsNo. 2 Speak to me, my love Proms premiere
  Benjamin Britten
  Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A time there was...', Op 90 Proms premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'
  Performers
  Manoug Parikian
  violin
  violin
  Cecil Aronowitz
  viola
  viola
  Jane Manning
  soprano
  soprano
  Steuart Bedford
  conductor
  conductor
  English Chamber Orchestra
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Frank Bridge
  Benjamin Britten
Thu 18 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 55
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
  Hector Berlioz
  Harold in Italy
  Performers
  Stephen Kovacevich
  piano
  piano
  Csaba Erdélyi
  viola
  viola
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Philharmonia Orchestra (1964-77, New Philharmonia Orchestra)
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Hector Berlioz
Fri 19 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 56
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Iain Hamilton
  Epitaph for this World and Time Proms premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Performers
  Gordon Kember
  conductor
  conductor
  John Poole
  conductor
  conductor
  Kerry Woodward
  conductor
  conductor
  Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
  organ
  organ
  Frederick Rimmer
  organ
  organ
  Timothy Farrell
  organ
  organ
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  James Loughran
  conductor
  conductor
  John Mitchinson
  tenor
  tenor
  Bernadette Greevy
  contralto
  contralto
  Norman Bailey
  bass
  bass
  Jill Gomez
  soprano
  soprano
  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
  Iain Hamilton
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Sat 20 Sep 1975
- 19:30
  Prom 57 - Last Night of the Proms 1975
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  William Walton
  Overture ‘Portsmouth Point’
  Frederick Delius
  Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Five Tudor Portraits
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Lord Berners
  The Triumph of NeptuneNo. 16 Harlequinade Act 2
  The Triumph of NeptuneNo. 2 Schottische Act 1
  The Triumph of NeptuneNo. 13 Intermezzo: Sunday Morning Act 2
  The Triumph of NeptuneNo. 15 Dance of the Fairy Princess Act 2
  The Triumph of NeptuneNo. 3 Cloudland Act 1
  The Triumph of NeptuneNo. 12 The Sailor's Return: Polka Act 2
  The Triumph of NeptuneNo. 19 Apotheosis Act 2
  The Triumph of NeptuneNo. 18 Hornpipe Act 2
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem
  Unknown
  National Anthem (arr. Edward Elgar)
  Performers
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (men's voices)
  Thomas Hemsley
  baritone
  baritone
  Anne Howells
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Norman Del Mar
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  William Walton
  Frederick Delius
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Edward Elgar
  Lord Berners
  Henry Wood
  Hubert Parry
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