Proms 2021 Events
Sat 11 Sep 2021
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
A stellar line-up brings the world’s largest classical music festival to a close. Tenor Stuart Skelton and charismatic Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo for a spectacular climax to the festival.
A stellar line-up brings the world’s largest classical music festival to a close. Tenor Stuart Skelton and charismatic Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo for a spectacular climax to the festival.
Programme
- Mother(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Variations for Orchestra on a Theme of Ruth Gipps(13 mins)
- Adagio for strings(8 mins)arr. Jonathan Manners
- Le tombeau de Couperin – Rigaudon(3 mins)
- Fantasie on a Theme of Piazzolla – Chiquilín de Bachín(6 mins)
- Wesendonck-Lieder – ‘Im Treibhaus’(6 mins)
- The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Prize Song(5 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 – Juba Dance (3rd mvt)(4 mins)
- Libertango(5 mins)arr. John Lenehan
- Sur(4 mins)arr. George Morton
- Brigg Fair(3 mins)arr. Percy Grainger
- I Still Call Australia Home(3 mins)arr. Iain Farrington
- Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(17 mins)arr. Henry Wood, orch. Mark Millidge
- Rule, Britannia!(4 mins)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)arr. Anne Dudley
- Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
- The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(3 mins)
- Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)arr. Paul Campbell
Performers
- Stuart Skeltontenor
- Ksenija Sidorovaaccordion
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Also part ofProms on TV
Fri 10 Sep 2021
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Our final now-revealed Mystery Proms is a tonic for the soul – Russian Kolesnikov performs Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations for solo piano.
Our final now-revealed Mystery Proms is a tonic for the soul – Russian Kolesnikov performs Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations for solo piano.
Thu 9 Sep 2021
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Period-instrument ensemble Arcangelo and Director Jonathan Cohen return to the Proms, joined by the Arcangelo Chorus and a glittering line-up of soloists, for Bach’s crowning masterpiece, the St Matthew Passion.
Period-instrument ensemble Arcangelo and Director Jonathan Cohen return to the Proms, joined by the Arcangelo Chorus and a glittering line-up of soloists, for Bach’s crowning masterpiece, the St Matthew Passion.
Programme
- St Matthew Passion(157 mins)(sung in German)
Performers
- Louise Aldersoprano
- Iestyn Daviescounter-tenor
- Stuart JacksonEvangelist
- Hugo Hymastenor
- Roderick Williamsbaritone
- Matthew RoseChrist
- Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
- Arcangelo Chorus
- Jonathan Cohenharpsichord/director
Composers
Also part ofProms on TV
Wed 8 Sep 2021
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The third of our now-revealed Mystery Proms is a celebration of the UK’s leading freelance musicians with the specially formed Proms Festival Orchestra performing Shostakovich’s exuberant Festive Overture and Mahler’s popular Fifth Symphony.
The third of our now-revealed Mystery Proms is a celebration of the UK’s leading freelance musicians with the specially formed Proms Festival Orchestra performing Shostakovich’s exuberant Festive Overture and Mahler’s popular Fifth Symphony.
Programme
- Festive Overture(7 mins)
- Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor(68 mins)
Performers
- Proms Festival Orchestra
- Mark Wigglesworthconductor
Composers
Tue 7 Sep 2021
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Hallé makes a welcome return to perform Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with Proms favourite Benjamin Grosvenor. The programme also includes Saint-Saëns’s mighty ‘Organ’ Symphony, with soloist Anna Lapwood making her Proms debut.
The Hallé makes a welcome return to perform Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with Proms favourite Benjamin Grosvenor. The programme also includes Saint-Saëns’s mighty ‘Organ’ Symphony, with soloist Anna Lapwood making her Proms debut.
Programme
- Subito con forza(5 mins)BBC co-commission: UK premiere
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major(34 mins)(cadenzas: Saint-Saëns)
- interval
- Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’(36 mins)
Performers
- Benjamin Grosvenorpiano
- Anna Lapwoodorgan
- Sir Mark Elderconductor
