BBC Proms

BBC Proms Calendar

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1995
1996
1997

Fri 19 Jul 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 1996
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  The Creation
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Hans Peter Blochwitz
  Uriel
  Uriel
  Juliane Banse
  GabrielEve
  GabrielEve
  Wolfgang Schöne
  RaphaelAdam
  RaphaelAdam
  Lynette Alcantara
  contralto
  contralto
  BBC Symphony Chorus (pre-1932, National Chorus; 1933-4, BBC Chorus; 1935-77, BBC Choral Society)
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sat 20 Jul 1996
- 18:00
  Prom 02
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Don Carlos
  Performers
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Roderick Williams
  Royal Herald
  Royal Herald
  Susan Parry
  Thibault
  Thibault
  Olga Borodina
  Princess Eboli
  Princess Eboli
  Robert Lloyd
  Grand Inquisitor
  Grand Inquisitor
  Dmitri Hvorostovsky
  Rodrigo
  Rodrigo
  Sylvie Valayre
  Elisabeth de Valois
  Elisabeth de Valois
  Richard Margison
  Don Carlos
  Don Carlos
  Roberto Scandiuzzi
  King Philip II
  King Philip II
  Robin Leggate
  Count of Lerma
  Count of Lerma
  Mary Plazas
  Voice from Heaven
  Voice from Heaven
  Sorin Coliban
  Old Monk
  Old Monk
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  Royal Opera Chorus
  Composers
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sun 21 Jul 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 03
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Kurt Weill
  Der Silbersee Proms premiere
  Performers
  London Sinfonietta
  Gidon Saks
  Second Gravedigger
  Second Gravedigger
  Markus Stenz
  conductor
  conductor
  Peter Sidhom
  Olim
  Olim
  Helga Dernesch
  Frau von Luber
  Frau von Luber
  Graham Clark
  Lottery Agent
  Lottery Agent
  Juanita Lascarro
  Fennimore
  Fennimore
  Katarina Karnéus
  Second Shopgirl
  Second Shopgirl
  Catrin Wyn-Davies
  First Shopgirl
  First Shopgirl
  Heinz Zednik
  Baron Laur
  Baron Laur
  Heinz Kruse
  Severin
  Severin
  Paul Whelan
  First Gravedigger
  First Gravedigger
  Stephen Alder
  First Youth
  First Youth
  Andrew Weale
  Second Youth
  Second Youth
  London Sinfonietta Chorus
  Composers
  Kurt Weill
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Mon 22 Jul 1996
- 13:00
  Proms Chamber Music 01
  Royal College of Music
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Grosse Fuge, Op 133
  Elliott Carter
  String Quartet No. 5 London premiere
  Henri Dutilleux
  Ainsi la nuit Proms premiere
  Performers
  Arditti Quartet
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Elliott Carter
  Henri Dutilleux
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 04
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  Bourrée fantasqueProms premiere
  Albert Roussel
  Bacchus et Ariane, Op 43 (complete ballet)
  Dominic Muldowney
  Trombone ConcertoWorld premiere
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)
  Performers
  Robin Holloway
  orchestrator
  orchestrator
  Christian Lindberg
  trombone
  trombone
  Yan Pascal Tortelier
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Emmanuel Chabrier
  Albert Roussel
  Dominic Muldowney
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Tue 23 Jul 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 05
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, Op 86 (orch. Edward Elgar)
  Hans Werner Henze
  Three Pieces for Orchestra UK premiere
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor
  Antonín Dvořák
  8 Slavonic Dances, Op 72No. 1 in B major - encore
  Performers
  Nikolai Lugansky
  piano
  piano
  Vassily Sinaisky
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Hans Werner Henze
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Johannes Brahms
  Antonín Dvořák
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Wed 24 Jul 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 06
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäuserNo. 1 Overture
  TannhäuserNo. 2 Venusberg Music Act 1 Scene 1
  Richard Strauss
  Four Last Songs
  Antonín Dvořák
  Overture 'In Nature's Realm', Op 91
  Arnold Bax
  Spring Fire
  Performers
  Trinity College of Music Chamber Choir (women's voices)
  Christine Brewer
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Mark Elder
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Richard Strauss
  Antonín Dvořák
  Arnold Bax
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Thu 25 Jul 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 07
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Berthold Goldschmidt
  Passacaglia, Op 4 First UK concert performance
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Violin Concerto in E minor
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No 11 in G minor 'The Year 1905'
  Performers
  Christian Tetzlaff
  violin
  violin
  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  Yakov Kreizberg
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Berthold Goldschmidt
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 22:00
  Prom 08 - Dawn at Dusk
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Leonard Bernstein
  On the TownLonely Town
  West Side StoryI feel pretty
  West Side StorySomewhere
  Aaron Copland
  The Tender LandLaurie's Song
  Kurt Weill
  Street SceneLonely House Act 1
  Stephen Sondheim
  Saturday NightWhat More do I Need?
  Leonard Bernstein
  Wonderful TownBallet at the Village Vortex
  Richard Rodgers
  Garrick GaietiesManhattan
  Higher and HigherIt never entered my mind
  JumboWhy Can't I?
  Pal JoeyI Could Write a Book
  Stephen Sondheim
  A Little Night MusicNight Waltz
  Leonard Bernstein
  On the TownTimes Square
  Kurt Weill
  Lady in the DarkThe Saga of Jenny
  Richard Rodgers
  By Jupiter
  By JupiterNobody's Heart
  JumboLittle Girl Blue
  George Gershwin
  Oh, Kay!Someone to watch over me
  Richard Rodgers
  I Married an AngelA Twinkle in Your Eye
  Marc Blitzstein
  JunoI Wish It So
  Stephen Sondheim
  Anyone Can WhistleThere won't be trumpets
  Richard Rodgers
  Simple SimonHe was too good to me - encore
  George Gershwin
  Oh, Kay!Do-Do-Do - encore
  Performers
  Dawn Upshaw
  soprano
  soprano
  Fred Hersch
  piano
  piano
  London Sinfonietta
  Eric Stern
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Leonard Bernstein
  Aaron Copland
  Kurt Weill
  Stephen Sondheim
  Richard Rodgers
  George Gershwin
  Marc Blitzstein
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Fri 26 Jul 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 09
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Witold Lutosławski
  Novelette Proms premiere
  Benjamin Britten
  Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
  Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 5 in D minor
  Performers
  London Symphony Orchestra
  Mstislav Rostropovich
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Witold Lutosławski
  Benjamin Britten
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sat 27 Jul 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 10
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'
  Piano Concerto No 19 in F major, K 459- Cadenzas: Mozart
  Johannes Brahms
  Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major- Cadenzas: Movt 1: András Schiff; Movt 3: András Schiff & George Malcolm
  Performers
  Sir András Schiff
  piano
  piano
  George Malcolm
  conductor
  conductor
  English Chamber Orchestra
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sun 28 Jul 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 11
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Manuel de Falla
  Atlántida, cantata escénica (suite) London premiere
  Maurice Ravel
  Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 7 in A major
  Performers
  William Dazeley
  baritone
  baritone
  Raymond Winterflood
  treble
  treble
  María Bayo
  soprano
  soprano
  Katarina Karnéus
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Louis Lortie
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Manuel de Falla
  Maurice Ravel
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Mon 29 Jul 1996
- 13:00
  Proms Chamber Music 02
  Royal College of Music
  Programme
  Charles Ives
  Three-Page Sonata Proms premiere
  Aaron Copland
  Variations (piano version) Proms premiere
  Samuel Barber
  Piano Sonata, Op 26 Proms premiere
  Performers
  Philip Mead
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Charles Ives
  Aaron Copland
  Samuel Barber
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 12
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No 23 in D major, K 181
  Joseph Haydn
  Mass in C major 'Paukenmesse'
  The Storm: Hark! The Wild Uproar of the Winds, Hob. XXIVa:8
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’
  Performers
  Susan Gritton
  soprano
  soprano
  John Mark Ainsley
  tenor
  tenor
  Catherine Wyn‐Rogers
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Gerald Finley
  baritone
  baritone
  The English Concert Choir
  Trevor Pinnock
  conductor
  conductor
  The English Concert
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Joseph Haydn
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Tue 30 Jul 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 13
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  The Mastersingers of NurembergNo. 33 Prelude Act 3
  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. 1 Prelude Act 1
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Chamber Symphony No 1 in E majorProms premiere (Orchestral version)
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
  Performers
  Sir Stephen Hough
  piano
  piano
  Mark Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Wed 31 Jul 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 14
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  John Pickard
  The Flight of Icarus London premiere
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Symphony No. 2 in E minor
  Performers
  Steven Isserlis
  cello
  cello
  Mark Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  John Pickard
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Thu 1 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 15
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No 2 in C minor- 1877 version, edited L. Nowak
  Igor Stravinsky
  Capriccio
  Alfred Schnittke
  Dead Souls (suite)London premiere
  Performers
  Viktoria Postnikova
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Anton Bruckner
  Igor Stravinsky
  Alfred Schnittke
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Fri 2 Aug 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 16
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068
  George Frideric Handel
  Giulio CesareAria 'Va tacito e nascosto' Act 1 Scene 9 - The duet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 has previosly been performed at the proms Proms premiere
  Giulio CesareDuet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 - The duet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 has previosly been performed at the proms Proms premiere
  Giulio CesareOverture - The duet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 has previosly been performed at the proms Proms premiere
  Giulio CesareChorus 'Viva, viva il nostro Alcide' Act 1 Scene 1 - The duet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 has previosly been performed at the proms Proms premiere
  Giulio CesareAria 'Presti omai l'egizia terra Act 1 Scene 1 - The duet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 has previosly been performed at the proms Proms premiere
  Giulio CesareRecitative & aria 'Che sento? Oh Dio!...Se pietà di me non senti' Act 2 Scene 8 - The duet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 has previosly been performed at the proms Proms premiere
  Giulio CesareRecitatives & aria 'Voi, che mie fide ancelle...Forzai l'ingresso...Da tempeste il legno infranto' Act 3 Scene 7 - The duet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 has previosly been performed at the proms Proms premiere
  Giulio CesareSinfonia Act 3 Scene 10 - The duet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 has previosly been performed at the proms Proms premiere
  Giulio CesareRecitative & chorus 'Goda pur or l'Egitto...Ritorni omai nel nostro core' Act 3 Scene 10 - The duet 'Caro/Bella, più amabile beltà' Act 3 Scene 10 has previosly been performed at the proms Proms premiere
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Magnificat in D major
  Performers
  Andreas Scholl
  Caesarcounter-tenor
  Caesarcounter-tenor
  María Bayo
  Cleopatrasoprano
  Cleopatrasoprano
  Choir of New College Oxford
  Winchester Cathedral Choir
  Susan Gritton
  soprano
  soprano
  Peter Kooij
  bass
  bass
  Jamie MacDougall
  tenor
  tenor
  Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  René Jacobs
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  George Frideric Handel
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 22:00
  Prom 17
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Trad.
  North Indian Drum Music
  North Indian Classical Santoor Music
  Performers
  Pandit Shankar Ghosh
  music arrangerdirector
  music arrangerdirector
  Calcutta Drum Orchestra
  Shivkumar Sharma
  santoor
  santoor
  Anindo Chatterjee
  tabla
  tabla
  Composers
  Trad.
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sat 3 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 18
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Strauss
  Don Juan
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Performers
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  European Union Youth Orchestra (before 1995 European Community YO)
  Composers
  Richard Strauss
  Edward Elgar
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sun 4 Aug 1996
- 16:00
  Prom 19
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Trad.
  Hold On! (arr. Ken Burton)
  Deep River (arr. Norman Luboff)
  Nobody Knows (arr. Ken Burton)
  William Levi Dawson
  King Jesus is a-Listening (arr. William Levi Dawson)
  Randall Thompson
  The Peaceable KingdomSay ye to the Righteous
  The Peaceable KingdomWoe unto them
  The Peaceable KingdomThe Noise of a Multitude
  The Peaceable KingdomHowl ye
  The Peaceable KingdomThe Paper Reeds by the Brooks
  Trad.
  Soon I Will Be Done
  All My Trials
  Joshua (arr. Hall Johnson)
  Shelton Kilby
  Who Has Set Thy GloryWorld premiere
  Trad.
  Every time I feel the spirit (arr. Bob Burroughs)
  Oh, What a Beautiful City! (arr. Osterman)
  The Song of Moses and the Lamb (arr. Osterman)
  Ride on, King Jesus (arr. Hall Johnson)
  Way Over in Beulah Land (arr. Hall Johnson)
  Poor Mo'ner's Got a Home at Last
  Swing Down, Sweet Chariot (arr. Ken Burton)
  Performers
  James Holland
  percussion
  percussion
  Ian Hare
  organ
  organ
  Dominic Hackett
  timpani
  timpani
  Jeremy Cornes
  tambourine
  tambourine
  Ken Burton
  conductor
  conductor
  London Adventist Chorale
  Composers
  Trad.
  William Levi Dawson
  Randall Thompson
  Shelton Kilby
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 20
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Charles Ives
  Variations on 'America' (version for orchestra)Proms premiere
  The General SlocumProms premiere
  The Yale–Princeton Football GameProms premiere
  Aaron Copland
  SymphonyProms premiere
  John Adams
  Violin ConcertoProms premiere
  Duke Ellington
  HarlemProms premiere
  Performers
  Simon Preston
  organ
  organ
  Ernst Kovacic
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Leonard Slatkin
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Charles Ives
  Aaron Copland
  John Adams
  Duke Ellington
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Mon 5 Aug 1996
- 13:00
  Proms Chamber Music 03
  Royal College of Music
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Le tombeau de Couperin (arr. Mason Jones)Proms premiere of this arrangement
  Manuel de Falla
  Concerto for Harpsichord and Five Instruments
  Maurice Ravel
  Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
  Performers
  Nicholas Daniel
  oboe/directorconductor
  oboe/directorconductor
  Sally Burgess
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Haffner Wind Ensemble
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Manuel de Falla
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 18:30
  Prom 21
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  George Frideric Handel
  Semele, HWV 58
  Performers
  Rosemary Joshua
  Semele
  Semele
  William Christie
  conductor
  conductor
  Michael Chance
  Althamus
  Althamus
  Willard White
  Somnus
  Somnus
  Timothy Robinson
  Jupiter
  Jupiter
  Kathleen Kuhlmann
  Juno
  Juno
  Janis Kelly
  Iris
  Iris
  Reinhard Hagen
  Cadmus
  Cadmus
  Charlotte Hellekant
  Ino
  Ino
  Les Arts Florissants
  ensemble
  ensemble
  Composers
  George Frideric Handel
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Tue 6 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 22
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Carl Nielsen
  Overture 'Helios'
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Symphony No. 6 London premiere
  Jean Sibelius
  Violin Concerto
  Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22No. 4 Lemminkäinen's Return
  Performers
  Tasmin Little
  violin
  violin
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Carl Nielsen
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Wed 7 Aug 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 23
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hamish MacCunn
  The Ship o' the Fiend, Op 5
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor
  Tan Dun
  On Taoism London premiere
  Orchestral Theatre II: Re London premiere
  William Walton
  Symphony No 2
  Performers
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Lars Vogt
  piano
  piano
  Tan Dun
  conductor
  conductor
  Stephen Richardson
  bass
  bass
  Duncan Nairn
  bass clarinet
  bass clarinet
  Alex Walker
  contra-bassoon
  contra-bassoon
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
  Composers
  Hamish MacCunn
  Robert Schumann
  Tan Dun
  William Walton
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Thu 8 Aug 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 24
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  Baba-Yaga
  The Enchanted Lake, Op 62
  Kikimora
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Clarinet Concerto in A major
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 10 in E minor
  Performers
  Michael Collins
  basset clarinet
  basset clarinet
  Mikhail Pletnev
  conductor
  conductor
  Russian National Orchestra
  Composers
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 22:00
  Prom 25
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean‐Philippe Rameau
  ZaïsOverture Proms premiere
  In convertendo Dominus Proms premiere
  Jean‐Féry Rebel
  Les élémensLe cahos
  Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
  Te Deum, H 146
  Performers
  Simon Berridge
  haute-contre
  haute-contre
  Guillemette Laurens
  soprano
  soprano
  Rodrigo del Pozo
  haute-contre
  haute-contre
  Nicolas Cavallier
  bass
  bass
  Nicolas Rivenq
  bass
  bass
  Claron McFadden
  soprano
  soprano
  St. James's Singers
  Andrew King
  tenor
  tenor
  Nicolas Robertson
  tenor
  tenor
  Ivor Bolton
  conductor
  conductor
  St James's Baroque Players
  Composers
  Jean‐Philippe Rameau
  Jean‐Féry Rebel
  Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Fri 9 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 26
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'
  Alfred Schnittke
  Viola Concerto
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Symphony No 7 in C sharp minor
  Performers
  Yuri Abramovich Bashmet
  viola
  viola
  Mikhail Pletnev
  conductor
  conductor
  Russian National Orchestra
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Alfred Schnittke
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sat 10 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 27
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edgard Varèse
  Amériques
  George Gershwin
  Girl CrazyBut not for me Proms premiere
  RosalieHow long has this been going on? Proms premiere
  Shall We Dance?Slap that bass Proms premiere
  Oh, Kay!Someone to watch over me Proms premiere
  Pardon My EnglishThe Lorelei Proms premiere
  An American in Paris
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Rite of Spring
  Performers
  Sally Burgess
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  James (Jack) Holmes
  music arranger
  music arranger
  Paul Bateman
  music arranger
  music arranger
  National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
  Paul Daniel
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edgard Varèse
  George Gershwin
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sun 11 Aug 1996
- 16:00
  Prom 28 - Stravinsky Day
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Soldier's Tale
  Performers
  Daniel Harding
  conductor
  conductor
  Simon Russell Beale
  narrator
  narrator
  Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
  Birmingham Royal Ballet (members)
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 18:30
  Prom 29 - Stravinsky Day
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Fairy's Kiss
  Tres Sacrae Cantiones Proms premiere of complete work
  Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum
  The Flood Proms premiere
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Oliver Knussen
  conductor
  conductor
  James Wood
  conductor
  conductor
  New London Chamber Choir
  Michael Berkeley
  narrator
  narrator
  Robert Tear
  Lucifer
  Lucifer
  Mary King
  Noah's Wife
  Noah's Wife
  David Wilson‐Johnson
  God
  God
  Stephen Richardson
  God
  God
  Bernard Jacobson
  Noah
  Noah
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 21:30
  Prom 30
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Cantata Proms premiere
  Concerto for piano and wind instruments
  Mass
  Performers
  Neil Jenkins
  tenor
  tenor
  Teresa Shaw
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Taverner Choir (women's voices)
  Wayne Marshall
  piano
  piano
  Leigh Nixon
  tenor
  tenor
  Rachel Platt
  soprano
  soprano
  Rachel Wheatley
  soprano
  soprano
  Caroline Trevor
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Harvey Brough
  tenor
  tenor
  John Milne
  bass
  bass
  Taverner Choir
  Andrew Parrott
  conductor
  conductor
  Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Mon 12 Aug 1996
- 13:00
  Proms Chamber Music 04
  Royal College of Music
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Fantasia in C minor, K 475 (arr. Edvard Grieg) Proms premiere
  Witold Lutosławski
  Variations on a Theme by Paganini
  Percy Grainger
  Fantasy on Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' Proms premiere
  Performers
  Peter Donohoe
  piano
  piano
  Martin Roscoe
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Witold Lutosławski
  Percy Grainger
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 31
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Roberto Gerhard
  The Plague Proms premiere
  Joaquín Rodrigo
  Concierto de Aranjuez
  Maurice Ravel
  Boléro
  Manuel de Falla
  The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2No. 3 Final Dance (Jota) - encore
  Ruperto Chapí
  La RevoltosaPrelude - encore
  Performers
  Michael Pennington
  narrator
  narrator
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  John [Christopher] Williams
  guitar
  guitar
  Edmon Colomer
  conductor
  conductor
  Joven Orquesta Nacional de España
  Composers
  Roberto Gerhard
  Joaquín Rodrigo
  Maurice Ravel
  Manuel de Falla
  Ruperto Chapí
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Tue 13 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 32
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version)
  Oliver Knussen
  Horn ConcertoLondon premiere
  Claude Debussy
  Nocturnes
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K447
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 7 in C major
  Performers
  Barry Tuckwell
  horn
  horn
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus) (women's voices)
  Esa-Pekka Salonen
  conductor
  conductor
  Philharmonia Orchestra (1964-77, New Philharmonia Orchestra)
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Oliver Knussen
  Claude Debussy
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Wed 14 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 33
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  John Woolrich
  Concerto for Oboe World premiere
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (orch. Leopold Stokowski)
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor
  Performers
  Nicholas Daniel
  oboe
  oboe
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Matthias Bamert
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  John Woolrich
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Thu 15 Aug 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 34
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Leos Janáček
  Schluk und Jau Proms premiere
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  Hector Berlioz
  Symphonie fantastique
  Performers
  Jarmil Burghauser
  music arranger
  music arranger
  Artur Pizarro
  piano
  piano
  Libor Pešek
  conductor
  conductor
  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Leos Janáček
  Franz Liszt
  Hector Berlioz
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 22:00
  Prom 35
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Darius Milhaud
  La création du monde, Op 81
  Manuel de Falla
  Psyché Proms premiere
  Colin Matthews
  23 Frames Proms premiere
  Roberto Gerhard
  L'infantament meravellós de ShahrazadaNo. 6 El repòs del teu rull Proms premiere
  L'infantament meravellós de ShahrazadaNo. 10 Igual que le mar fosforescent Proms premiere
  L'infantament meravellós de ShahrazadaNo. 9 Càntirs de vidre Proms premiere
  L'infantament meravellós de ShahrazadaNo. 2 Jove flautista Proms premiere
  L'infantament meravellós de ShahrazadaNo. 7 Jo t'he donat el meu cor Proms premiere
  L'infantament meravellós de ShahrazadaNo. 5 Per què la por del soroll t'esgarrifa Proms premiere
  Manuel de Falla
  El corregidor y la molinera Act 1 Proms premiere
  Performers
  Nash Ensemble
  Rosa Mannion
  soprano
  soprano
  Christopher van Kampen
  cello
  cello
  Ian Brown
  piano
  piano
  Roger Chase
  viola
  viola
  Frank Lloyd
  horn
  horn
  Meirion Bowen
  music arranger
  music arranger
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Darius Milhaud
  Manuel de Falla
  Colin Matthews
  Roberto Gerhard
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Fri 16 Aug 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 36
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Leonore, Op 72 (1805 version)
  Performers
  Monteverdi Choir
  Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
  Hillevi Martinpelto
  Leonore
  Leonore
  Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  conductor
  conductor
  Matthew Best
  Don Pizarro
  Don Pizarro
  Christiane Oelze
  Marzelline
  Marzelline
  Kim Begley
  Florestan
  Florestan
  Robert Burt
  First Prisoner
  First Prisoner
  Michael Schade
  Jaquino
  Jaquino
  Colin Campbell
  Second Prisoner
  Second Prisoner
  Franz Hawlata
  Rocco
  Rocco
  Geert Smits
  Don Fernando
  Don Fernando
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sat 17 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 37
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Antonín Dvořák
  Te Deum, Op 103
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major
  Bohuslav Martinů
  Field Mass
  Leos Janáček
  Sinfonietta
  Performers
  Judith Howarth
  soprano
  soprano
  Ivan Kusnjer
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Richard Goode
  piano
  piano
  Jiří Bělohlávek
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Antonín Dvořák
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Bohuslav Martinů
  Leos Janáček
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sun 18 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 38
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  L'italiana in AlgeriOverture
  Edvard Grieg
  Peer Gynt (Solveig's song)
  Peer Gynt (Solveig's cradle song)
  6 Romances, Op 39No. 1 From Monte Pincio
  6 Poems, Op 25No. 2 A Swan
  12 Melodies, Op 33No. 2 Spring
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
  Performers
  Barbara Bonney
  soprano
  soprano
  Manfred Honeck
  conductor
  conductor
  Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Edvard Grieg
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Mon 19 Aug 1996
- 13:00
  Proms Chamber Music 05
  Royal College of Music
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  6 Divertimentos a 6, Hob. II:21-26 Proms premiere
  Antonín Dvořák
  Serenade in D minor, Op 44
  Performers
  Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Antonín Dvořák
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 39
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Béla Bartók
  Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
  Alfred Janson
  Mellomspill UK premiere
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  Performers
  Manfred Honeck
  conductor
  conductor
  Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Béla Bartók
  Alfred Janson
  Antonín Dvořák
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Tue 20 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 40
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Strauss
  Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  Ned Rorem
  Concerto for Cor Anglais London premiere
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor
  Serenade for Strings in C major, Op 48No. 2 Valse: Moderato - encore
  George Gershwin
  Porgy and BessOh, I can't sit down Act 2 - encore
  Performers
  Thomas Stacy
  cor anglais
  cor anglais
  Anon.
  music arranger
  music arranger
  Kurt Masur
  conductor
  conductor
  New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Richard Strauss
  Ned Rorem
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  George Gershwin
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Wed 21 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 41
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Violin Partita No 2 in D minorNo. 3 Sarabande - encore
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op 64bNo. 1 Montagues and Capulets
  Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op 64bNo. 2 The Young Juliet
  Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 1No. 5 Masks
  Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 1No. 7 Death of Tybalt
  Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 1No. 6 Romeo and Juliet (Balcony Scene)
  Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op 64bNo. 7 Romeo at Juliet's Tomb
  Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op 64bNo. 5 Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Fidelio – overtureencore
  Performers
  Anne‐Sophie Mutter
  violin
  violin
  Kurt Masur
  conductor
  conductor
  New York Philharmonic
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Thu 22 Aug 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 42
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  Tristan and IsoldePrelude and Liebestod
  Siegfried Matthus
  Der Wald UK premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
  Anton Bruckner
  Te Deum
  Performers
  Heiner Herzog
  timpani
  timpani
  Andreas Haefliger
  piano
  piano
  Yvonne Kenny
  soprano
  soprano
  Catherine Wyn‐Rogers
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Tom Randle
  tenor
  tenor
  Peter Sidhom
  baritone
  baritone
  Philharmonia Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Claus Peter Flor
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Siegfried Matthus
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Anton Bruckner
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 22:00
  Prom 43
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Olivier Messiaen
  Oiseaux exotiques
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Serenade in C minor, K388
  Igor Stravinsky
  Octet
  Kevin Volans
  Piano Concerto No. 1 UK premiere
  Performers
  Daniel Harding
  conductor
  conductor
  Peter Donohoe
  piano
  piano
  Netherlands Wind Ensemble
  Composers
  Olivier Messiaen
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Igor Stravinsky
  Kevin Volans
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Fri 23 Aug 1996
- 18:30
  Prom 44
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Alban Berg
  Lulu (three-act version, completed by F. Cerha)Proms premiere
  Performers
  Patricia Bardon
  Wardrobe Mistress
  Wardrobe Mistress
  Christine Rice
  Girl's Mother
  Girl's Mother
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Neil Jenkins
  Prince
  Prince
  Norman Bailey
  Schigolch
  Schigolch
  Donald Maxwell
  Animal Trainer
  Animal Trainer
  Wolfgang Schöne
  Doctor Schön
  Doctor Schön
  Christine Schäfer
  Lulu
  Lulu
  Kathryn Knight
  Countess Geschwitz
  Countess Geschwitz
  David Kuebler
  Alwa
  Alwa
  Stephan Drakulich
  Painter
  Painter
  Jonathan Veira
  Banker
  Banker
  Colette Delahunt
  Fifteen-year-old Girl
  Fifteen-year-old Girl
  Carole Wilson
  Woman Artist
  Woman Artist
  Darrell Babidge
  Journalist
  Journalist
  Richard Evans
  Manservant
  Manservant
  Michael Kennerley
  Police Commissioner
  Police Commissioner
  Composers
  Alban Berg
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sat 24 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 45
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Bedrich Smetana
  The Bartered BrideOverture
  The Bartered BrideDance of the Comedians Act 3
  The Bartered BrideAria 'Oh, what grief!...How beautiful was that dream of love!' Act 3
  Antonín Dvořák
  Rusalka, Op 114O silver moon Act 1
  8 Slavonic Dances, Op 72No. 1 in B major
  8 Slavonic Dances, Op 72No. 2 in E minor
  8 Slavonic Dances, Op 72No. 7 in C major
  Slavonic Dances, Op 46No. 2 in E minor
  Slavonic Dances, Op 46No. 8 in G minor
  Johann Strauss II
  Emperor Waltz
  Auf der Jagd - quick polka, Op 373
  Fledermaus-Polka, Op 362Mein Herr Marquis
  Franz Lehár
  The Merry WidowAria 'Es lebt eine Vilja' Act 2
  Johann Strauss II
  Rosen aus dem Süden
  Hans Christian Lumbye
  Champagne Galop
  Johann Strauss II
  Annen-Polka, Op 117
  By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz
  Performers
  Rebecca Evans
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Barry Wordsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Bedrich Smetana
  Antonín Dvořák
  Johann Strauss II
  Franz Lehár
  Hans Christian Lumbye
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sun 25 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 46
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Carl Nielsen
  MaskaradeOverture
  Detlev Glanert
  Symphony No. 3, Op 35 World premiere
  Edward Elgar
  Cello Concerto in E minor
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  Performers
  Truls Mørk
  cello
  cello
  Osmo Vänskä
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (formerly BBC Scottish Orchestra)
  Composers
  Carl Nielsen
  Detlev Glanert
  Edward Elgar
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Mon 26 Aug 1996
- 11:30
  Prom 47
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  William Walton
  Overture ‘Portsmouth Point’
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Lieutenant Kijé, Op 60 (suite)
  David Horne
  Reaching Out Proms premiere
  Geoffrey Burgon
  City Adventures World premiere
  Aaron Copland
  Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes
  Performers
  Jerzy Maksymiuk
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Evelyn Glennie
  percussion
  percussion
  Composers
  William Walton
  Sergey Prokofiev
  David Horne
  Geoffrey Burgon
  Aaron Copland
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 14:30
  Proms Chamber Music 06
  Royal College of Music
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op 66 Proms premiere
  Clara Schumann
  Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 Proms premiere
  Performers
  Gould Piano Trio
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Clara Schumann
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 48 - 150th anniversary of first performance
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Elijah
  Performers
  Susan Gritton
  soprano
  soprano
  Roderick Williams
  baritone
  baritone
  Richard Hickox
  conductor
  conductor
  Anthony Rolfe Johnson
  tenor
  tenor
  Stephen Richardson
  bass
  bass
  Janice Watson
  soprano
  soprano
  Bryn Terfel
  baritone
  baritone
  Jean Rigby
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Mark Tucker
  tenor
  tenor
  Christine Cairns
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Ingrid Attrot
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  BBC National Chorus of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh Chorus)
  London Symphony Chorus (pre-1976, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus)
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Tue 27 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 49
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No 8 in F major
  György Kurtág
  Stele, Op 33 UK premiere
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  Charles Ives
  Symphony No 4
  Performers
  Stephen Jackson
  offstage conductor
  offstage conductor
  Laurent Philippe
  assistant conductor
  assistant conductor
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  György Kurtág
  Claude Debussy
  Charles Ives
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Wed 28 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 50
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
  Symphony No 1 in C minor
  Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor: Allegro molto, WoO 1.1 (orch. Johannes Brahms)- encore
  Hungarian Dance No. 21 in E minor: Vivace, WoO 1.21 (orch. Antonin Dvorak )- encore
  Performers
  Radu Lupu
  piano
  piano
  Claudio Abbado
  conductor
  conductor
  Berliner Philharmoniker
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Thu 29 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 51
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’
  Performers
  Claudio Abbado
  conductor
  conductor
  Solveig Kringelborn
  soprano
  soprano
  Marjana Lipovšek
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Berliner Philharmoniker
  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
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Fri 30 Aug 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 52
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
  Nicholas Maw
  Concerto for Violin Proms premiere
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 5 in D major
  Performers
  Joshua Bell
  violin
  violin
  Sir Roger Norrington
  conductor
  conductor
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Nicholas Maw
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 22:00
  Prom 53
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Charles Ives
  From the Steeples and the Mountains
  Set No. 1 for small orchestra Proms premiere
  György Kurtág
  Samuel Beckett: What is the Word?, Op 30b Proms premiere
  William Byrd
  Ad Dominum cum tribularer
  Robert Carver
  O bone Jesu Proms premiere
  James Dillon
  Oceanos World premiere
  Performers
  Richard Bernas
  conductor
  conductor
  Music Projects, London
  Simon Berridge
  tenor
  tenor
  Ildikó Monyók
  reciter
  reciter
  Csaba Király
  piano
  piano
  Helen Groves
  soprano
  soprano
  Robin Tyson
  alto
  alto
  Robert Rice
  baritone
  baritone
  Paul Grier
  bass
  bass
  Stephen Layton
  conductor
  conductor
  Polyphony
  Composers
  Charles Ives
  György Kurtág
  William Byrd
  Robert Carver
  James Dillon
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sat 31 Aug 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 54
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Pulcinella
  Mark‐Anthony Turnage
  Your Rockaby Proms premiere
  Gabriel Fauré
  Requiem
  Performers
  Bonaventura Bottone
  tenor
  tenor
  Alan Opie
  baritone
  baritone
  Joan Rodgers
  soprano
  soprano
  Martin Robertson
  saxophone
  saxophone
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Mark‐Anthony Turnage
  Gabriel Fauré
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sun 1 Sep 1996
- 14:30
  Prom 55
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Jean‐Philippe Rameau
  Les fêtes d'HébéOuverture
  Les fêtes d'HébéMenuets
  Les fêtes d'HébéContredanse
  Les fêtes d'HébéAir gracieux pour Zéphire et les Grâces
  Les fêtes d'HébéPassepieds
  Les fêtes d'HébéMusette tendre en rondeau
  Les fêtes d'HébéLoure
  Les fêtes d'HébéGavottes en rondeau pour les Bergers
  Les fêtes d'HébéTambourin en rondeau
  Les fêtes d'HébéAir tendre
  Les fêtes d'HébéAir pour le Génie de Mars
  Les fêtes d'HébéLa Victoire
  Les fêtes d'HébéRigaudons
  Les fêtes d'HébéL'Hymen - Chaconne
  Les fêtes d'HébéMusette en rondeau
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 103 in E flat major 'Drumroll'
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Performers
  Thomas Zehetmair
  violin
  violin
  Frans Brüggen
  conductor
  conductor
  Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
  Composers
  Jean‐Philippe Rameau
  Joseph Haydn
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 56
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 38 in D major, ‘Prague’
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
  Johann Strauss II
  Der ZigeunerbaronOverture - encore
  Performers
  Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Franz Schubert
  Johann Strauss II
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Mon 2 Sep 1996
- 13:00
  Proms Chamber Music 07
  Cadogan Hall
  Programme
  Hugo Wolf
  Italian Serenade Proms premiere of this version
  Anton Bruckner
  String Quintet in F major Proms premiere
  Performers
  Raphael Ensemble
  Composers
  Hugo Wolf
  Anton Bruckner
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 57
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Olivier Messiaen
  Chronochromie
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 7 in E major
  Performers
  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Simon Rattle
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Olivier Messiaen
  Anton Bruckner
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Tue 3 Sep 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 58
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture ‘Le corsaire’
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’
  Michael Tippett
  Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 88 in G major
  Performers
  Alfred Brendel
  piano
  piano
  Ulrich Heinen
  cello
  cello
  Lyn Fletcher
  violin
  violin
  Gabrielle Lester
  violin
  violin
  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Simon Rattle
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Michael Tippett
  Joseph Haydn
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 22:00
  Prom 59
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Tomás Luis de Victoria
  Judas mercator pessimus - Tenebrae Responsory for Maundy Thursday Proms premiere
  Eram quasi agnus - Tenebrae Responsory for Maundy Thursday Proms premiere
  Andrew Simpson
  The Hollow Hills Proms premiere
  Tomás Luis de Victoria
  Tradiderunt me - Tenebrae Responsory for Good Friday Proms premiere
  Tenebrae factae sunt - Tenebrae Responsory for Good Friday Proms premiere
  Sir James MacMillan
  Màiri Proms premiere
  Tomás Luis de Victoria
  Astiterunt reges - Tenebrae Responsory for Holy Saturday Proms premiere
  O vos omnes Proms premiere
  Benjamin Britten
  Sacred and Profane Proms premiere
  Performers
  Stephen Cleobury
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers (1924-34, Wireless Chorus; 1935-8, 1942-3, 1946-72, BBC Chorus)
  Composers
  Tomás Luis de Victoria
  Andrew Simpson
  Sir James MacMillan
  Benjamin Britten
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Wed 4 Sep 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 60
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Rapsodie espagnole
  Manuel de Falla
  Nights in the Gardens of Spain
  Roberto Gerhard
  Cançionero de Pedrell (version with chamber ensemble)
  Manuel de Falla
  The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1
  The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2
  Performers
  Joaquín Achúcarro
  piano
  piano
  Jill Gomez
  soprano
  soprano
  Yan Pascal Tortelier
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Manuel de Falla
  Roberto Gerhard
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Thu 5 Sep 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 61
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 76 in E flat major Proms premiere
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 6 in A major
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Anton Bruckner
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Fri 6 Sep 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 62
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Le martyre de St Sébastien (suite arr. Caplet)No. 1 La cour des lys
  Le martyre de St Sébastien (suite arr. Caplet)No. 2 Danse extatique et Final du premier acte
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird
  Performers
  Alexander Toradze
  piano
  piano
  Valery Gergiev
  conductor
  conductor
  Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sat 7 Sep 1996
- 20:00
  Prom 63
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Symphony No 6 in E flat minor
  Modest Mussorgsky
  The Nursery (arr. Edison Denisov)UK premiere
  Claude Debussy
  La mer
  Performers
  Anna Netrebko
  soprano
  soprano
  Valery Gergiev
  conductor
  conductor
  Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  Composers
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sun 8 Sep 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 64
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
  Xavier Montsalvatge
  5 Canciones negras (version with orchestra) Proms premiere
  Manuel de Falla
  El amor brujo
  Igor Stravinsky
  Petrushka (1947 version)
  Performers
  Della Jones
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  David Atherton
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Xavier Montsalvatge
  Manuel de Falla
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Mon 9 Sep 1996
- 13:00
  Proms Chamber Music 08
  Royal College of Music
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  The Art of Fugue (arr. Joanna MacGregor and Madeleine Mitchell)Contrapunctus 14
  Olivier Messiaen
  Quartet for the End of Time
  Performers
  Joanna MacGregor
  piano/toy pianopiano
  piano/toy pianopiano
  Christopher Kampen
  cello
  cello
  Madeleine Mitchell
  violin
  violin
  David Campbell
  clarinet
  clarinet
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Olivier Messiaen
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 14:30
  Prom 65
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Arthur Sullivan
  Pineapple Poll (suite)No. 1 Opening Dance
  Michael Nyman
  Musique à Grande Vitesse Proms premiere
  Jacques Offenbach
  Orphée aux Enfers: Acte II, Scene 2. Galop InfernalCan-can Act 1
  Edvard Grieg
  Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op 46No. 4 In the Hall of the Mountain King - Alla marcia e molto marcato
  Richard Wagner
  LohengrinNo. 17 Prelude Act 3
  Gioachino Rossini
  Il signor BruschinoOverture
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K16No. 3 Finale: Presto
  Richard Rodney Bennett
  Murder on the Orient ExpressWaltz
  Trad.
  The Way of Life (arr. Ronald Corp)
  Aram Khachaturian
  GayanehSabre Dance
  Reinhold Moritzevich Glière
  The Red Poppy, Suite, Op 70aNo. 6 Russian Sailors' Dance
  Trad.
  Sakura (arr. Michael Neaum)
  Peter Sculthorpe
  The Fifth ContinentSmall Town Proms premiere
  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  Bachianas Brasileiras No 2
  Aaron Copland
  Rodeo – Four Dance EpisodesNo. 4 Hoe-Down
  Siyahamba (arr. Doreen Rao)
  Manuel de Falla
  La vida breveDanza española Act 2 Scene 2
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Performers
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Tony Robinson
  presenterspeaker
  presenterspeaker
  New London Children’s Choir
  Ronald Corp
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Arthur Sullivan
  Michael Nyman
  Jacques Offenbach
  Edvard Grieg
  Richard Wagner
  Gioachino Rossini
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Richard Rodney Bennett
  Trad.
  Aram Khachaturian
  Reinhold Moritzevich Glière
  Peter Sculthorpe
  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  Aaron Copland
  Manuel de Falla
  Edward Elgar
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 66
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Toru Takemitsu
  Star-Isle Proms premiere
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
  Anthony Powers
  Symphony World premiere
  Ottorino Respighi
  Pines of Rome
  Performers
  Leif Ove Andsnes
  piano
  piano
  Tadaaki Otaka
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales (pre-1993, BBC Welsh SO)
  Composers
  Toru Takemitsu
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Anthony Powers
  Ottorino Respighi
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Tue 10 Sep 1996
- 19:00
  Prom 67
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Michael Tippett
  The Rose Lake - After the performance of 'The Rose Lake' John Summers, Chairman of the Association of British Orchestras, presented the 1995 ABO Award to Sir Michael Tippett. Proms premiere
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
  Performers
  Sarah Chang
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Michael Tippett
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  Proms 1996
- 22:00
  Prom 68
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Cantata No. 105, 'Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht', BWV 105
  Motet 'Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf', BWV 226
  Mass in G minor, BWV 235Proms premiere
  Performers
  Vasiljka Jezovšek
  soprano
  soprano
  Andreas Scholl
  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor
  James Taylor
  tenor
  tenor
  Peter Kooij
  bass
  bass
  Philippe Herreweghe
  conductor
  conductor
  Collegium Vocale Gent
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Wed 11 Sep 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 69
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Henri Dutilleux
  L'arbre des songes Proms premiere
  Olivier Messiaen
  Turangalîla Symphony
  Performers
  Olivier Charlier
  violin
  violin
  Jean‐Yves Thibaudet
  piano
  piano
  Valerie Hartmann-Claverie
  ondes martenot
  ondes martenot
  Yan Pascal Tortelier
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Henri Dutilleux
  Olivier Messiaen
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Thu 12 Sep 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 70
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Five Orchestral Pieces
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak) - 1890 version, edited R. Haas
  Performers
  Daniel Barenboim
  conductor
  conductor
  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Anton Bruckner
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Fri 13 Sep 1996
- 18:45
  Prom 71
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Anton Bruckner
  Prelude and Fugue in C minor
  Locus iste
  Os justi
  Afferentur regi
  2 AequaleNo. 1
  Christus factus est
  2 AequaleNo. 2
  Ave Maria (1861 setting)
  Ecce sacerdos magnus
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Performers
  John Scott
  organ
  organ
  Jane Glover
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers
  Brian Raby
  trombone
  trombone
  Simon Gunton
  trombone
  trombone
  Peter Harvey
  trombone
  trombone
  Georg Solti
  conductor
  conductor
  Anne Sofie von Otter
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Deborah Voigt
  soprano
  soprano
  Johan Botha
  tenor
  tenor
  René Pape
  bass
  bass
  London Voices
  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Anton Bruckner
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 1996
Sat 14 Sep 1996
- 19:30
  Prom 72 - Last Night of the Proms 1996
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Te Deum No 2 in C major
  Poul Ruders
  Concerto in Pieces 'Purcell Variations'London premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Marriage of Figaro (Act 3, Sc 6: E Susanna non vien!)
  The Marriage of Figaro (Act 3, Sc 6: Dove sono i bei momenti)
  The Marriage of Figaro (Act 4, Sc 10: Giunse alfin il momento)
  Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87Duet 'Se viver non degg'io'
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings (Piano Concerto No. 1)
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Ruslan and Lyudmila – overtureOverture
  Malcolm Arnold
  The Sound Barrier, Suite, Op 38
  Jacques Offenbach
  The Tales of HoffmannBarcarolle 'Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour' Act 2
  La grande-duchesse de GérolsteinAria 'Ah! que j'aime les militaires'
  Hector Berlioz
  Les nuits d'étéNo. 2 Le spectre de la rose
  Giacomo Puccini
  Madama ButterflyFlower Duet Act 2
  G. Berthold
  Duetto buffo di due gatti- encore
  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
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  The Marriage of Figaro (Act 4, Sc 10: Deh vieni non tardar)
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductorpianoConductor
  conductorpianoConductor
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Felicity Lott
  sopranoSoprano
  sopranoSoprano
  Ann Murray
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  John Wallace
  trumpet
  trumpet
  Joanna MacGregor
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Poul Ruders
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Malcolm Arnold
  Jacques Offenbach
  Hector Berlioz
  Giacomo Puccini
  G. Berthold
  Edward Elgar
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
  Part of
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