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Proms 2021 Events

Sat 11 Sep 2021
- 19:30
  Last Night of the Proms 2021
  Royal 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 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 the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo for a spectacular climax to the festival.
  Programme
  Gity Razaz
  Mother(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Malcolm Arnold
  Variations for Orchestra on a Theme of Ruth Gipps(13 mins)
  Samuel Barber
  Adagio for strings(8 mins)arr. Jonathan Manners
  Maurice Ravel
  Le tombeau de Couperin – Rigaudon(3 mins)
  Franck Angelis
  Fantasie on a Theme of Piazzolla – Chiquilín de Bachín(6 mins)
  Richard Wagner
  Wesendonck-Lieder – ‘Im Treibhaus’(6 mins)
  The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Prize Song(5 mins)
  interval
  Florence Price
  Symphony No. 1 – Juba Dance (3rd mvt)(4 mins)
  Astor Piazzolla
  Libertango(5 mins)arr. John Lenehan
  Aníbal Troilo
  Sur(4 mins)arr. George Morton
  Trad.
  Brigg Fair(3 mins)arr. Percy Grainger
  Peter Allen
  I Still Call Australia Home(3 mins)arr. Iain Farrington
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(17 mins)arr. Henry Wood, orch. Mark Millidge
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!(4 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)arr. Anne Dudley
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
  Unknown
  The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(3 mins)
  Trad.
  Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)arr. Paul Campbell
  Performers
  Stuart Skelton
  tenor
  tenor
  Ksenija Sidorova
  accordion
  accordion
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gity Razaz
  Malcolm Arnold
  Samuel Barber
  Maurice Ravel
  Franck Angelis
  Richard Wagner
  Florence Price
  Astor Piazzolla
  Aníbal Troilo
  Trad.
  Peter Allen
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
  Also part of
  Proms on TV
Fri 10 Sep 2021
- 19:30
  Pavel Kolesnikov plays Bach's Goldberg Variations
  Royal 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.
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  ‘Goldberg’ Variations(85 mins)
  Performers
  Pavel Kolesnikov
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
Thu 9 Sep 2021
- 19:00
  Bach’s St Matthew ion
  Royal Albert Hall
  Period-instrument ensemble Arcangelo and Director Jonathan Cohen return to the Proms, ed by the Arcangelo Chorus and a glittering line-up of soloists, for Bach’s crowning masterpiece, the St Matthew ion.
  Period-instrument ensemble Arcangelo and Director Jonathan Cohen return to the Proms, ed by the Arcangelo Chorus and a glittering line-up of soloists, for Bach’s crowning masterpiece, the St Matthew ion.
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  St Matthew ion(157 mins)(sung in German)
  Performers
  Louise Alder
  soprano
  soprano
  Iestyn Davies
  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor
  Stuart Jackson
  Evangelist
  Evangelist
  Hugo Hymas
  tenor
  tenor
  Roderick Williams
  baritone
  baritone
  Matthew Rose
  Christ
  Christ
  Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
  Arcangelo Chorus
  Arcangelo
  Jonathan Cohen
  harpsichord/director
  harpsichord/director
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Also part of
  Proms on TV
Wed 8 Sep 2021
- 19:30
  Mahler’s 5th Symphony conducted by Mark Wigglesworth
  Royal 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
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Festive Overture(7 mins)
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor(68 mins)
  Performers
  Proms Festival Orchestra
  Mark Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Gustav Mahler
Tue 7 Sep 2021
- 19:30
  Benjamin Grosvenor Performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4
  Royal 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
  Unsuk Chin
  Subito con forza(5 mins)BBC co-commission: UK premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major(34 mins)(cadenzas: Saint-Saëns)
  interval
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’(36 mins)
  Performers
  Benjamin Grosvenor
  piano
  piano
  Anna Lapwood
  organ
  organ
  Hallé
  Sir Mark Elder
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Unsuk Chin
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Camille Saint‐Saëns

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