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Fri 14 Jul 2017
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The 2017 BBC Proms opens with a dance and a shout. Celebrate John Adamsâs 70th birthday with his masterpiece Harmonium. Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethovenâs ground-breaking Third Piano Concerto.
The 2017 BBC Proms opens with a dance and a shout. Celebrate John Adamsâs 70th birthday with his masterpiece Harmonium. Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethovenâs ground-breaking Third Piano Concerto.
Programme
- St Johnâs Dance(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor(36 mins)
- interval
- Harmonium(33 mins)
Performers
- Igor Levitpiano
- BBC Proms Youth Choir
- Edward Gardnerconductor
Composers
Wed 19 Jul 2017
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Take a musical thrill-ride from the chaos of creation to wild witchesâ dances. Joshua Weilerstein conducts Berliozâs phantasmagoric Symphonie fantastique, and is joined by his sister, cellist Alisa Weilerstein for Pascal Dusapinâs concerto Outscape.
Take a musical thrill-ride from the chaos of creation to wild witchesâ dances. Joshua Weilerstein conducts Berliozâs phantasmagoric Symphonie fantastique, and is joined by his sister, cellist Alisa Weilerstein for Pascal Dusapinâs concerto Outscape.
Programme
- Les Ă©lĂ©mens â Le cahos(7 mins)
- Outscape(28 mins)BBC co-commission with the Casa da MĂșsica Foundation (Porto), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, OpĂ©ra de Paris and Stuttgart Opera: UK premiere
- interval
- Symphonie fantastique(50 mins)
Performers
- Alisa Weilersteincello
- Joshua Weilersteinconductor
Mon 24 Jul 2017
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Marking 50 years since the death of Malcolm Sargent, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC SO recreate Sargentâs 500th Prom. With music by Elgar, Holst, Walton and Berlioz, as well as Schumannâs mercurial Piano Concerto, with Beatrice Rana as soloist.
Marking 50 years since the death of Malcolm Sargent, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC SO recreate Sargentâs 500th Prom. With music by Elgar, Holst, Walton and Berlioz, as well as Schumannâs mercurial Piano Concerto, with Beatrice Rana as soloist.
Programme
- The National Anthem (arr. Wood)(3 mins)
- Overture 'Le carnaval romain'(9 mins)
- Piano Concerto in A minor(34 mins)
- interval
- Overture âCockaigne (In London Town)â(14 mins)
- Façade, Suite No. 1
- Façade Suite No. 2 ( No 5, Popular Song)(14 mins)
- The Perfect Fool(11 mins)
- On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring(6 mins)
- The Young Personâs Guide to the Orchestra(8 mins)
Performers
- Beatrice Ranapiano
- Sir Andrew Davisconductor
Fri 28 Jul 2017
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakovâs Scheherazade to the Siren-filled waters of Homerâs Odyssey and the stormy seas of Korngoldâs stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.
James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakovâs Scheherazade to the Siren-filled waters of Homerâs Odyssey and the stormy seas of Korngoldâs stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.
Programme
- The Sea Hawk â overture(6 mins)
- Sirens(33 mins)UK premiere
- interval
- Scheherazade(45 mins)
Performers
- Hannah Holgerssonsoprano
- Ida Falk Winlandsoprano
- James Gaffiganconductor
