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Proms 2011 Events

Sat 10 Sep 2011
- 17:15
  Proms Plus Sing: Last Night
  Royal College of Music
  Also part of
  Introduction to the music Proms Plus in Evening concerts and events
- 17:30
  Proms in the Park - Hyde Park
  Hyde Park
  The BBC Proms in the Park experience offers a live open-air concert with high-profile artists and presenters, culminating in a BBC Big Screen link-up to the Royal Albert Hall and a firework finale in the park. So gather together your friends, pack a picnic and get ready for a fabulous night out. Update 10 September: We are sorry to announce that due to ill health Josh Groban has withdrawn from BBC Proms in the Park in Hyde Park
  Also part of
  Orchestral music Evening concerts and events
- 19:30
  Prom 74: Last Night of the Proms
  Royal Albert Hall
  Be part of the biggest musical party of the year!
  Be part of the biggest musical party of the year!
  Programme
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Musica benevolens(4 mins)Musicians Benevolent Fund commission: world premiere
  Béla Bartók
  The Miraculous Mandarin – suite(20 mins)
  Richard Wagner
  Götterdämmerung - 'Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!'(18 mins)
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major(19 mins)
  interval
  Frédéric Chopin
  Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22(9 mins)
  Percy Grainger
  Mo nighean dubh (My Dark-Haired Maiden)(4 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra(20 mins)
  Richard Rodgers
  Climb Ev'ry Mountain(4 mins)
  Carousel – 'You'll never walk alone'(3 mins)(arranged by Stephen Jackson)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!(8 mins)(arranged by Malcolm Sargent)
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem(4 mins)(orchestrated by Edward Elgar)
  Unknown
  National Anthem(2 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Susan Bullock
  soprano
  soprano
  Lang Lang
  piano
  piano
  Edward Gardner
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Béla Bartók
  Richard Wagner
  Franz Liszt
  Frédéric Chopin
  Percy Grainger
  Benjamin Britten
  Richard Rodgers
  Edward Elgar
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
  Also part of
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Fri 9 Sep 2011
- 17:45
  Proms Plus Intro: Weber's Der Freischutz
  Royal College of Music
  Also part of
  Introduction to the music Proms Plus Opera Evening concerts and events
- 19:30
  Prom 73: Weber arr. Berlioz – Der Freischütz
  Royal Albert Hall
  Proms favourite Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz’s rarely performed French version of Weber’s Romantic opera.
  Proms favourite Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz’s rarely performed French version of Weber’s Romantic opera.
  Programme
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Der Freischütz(135 mins)(French version, 1841, with recitatives by Berlioz; concert performance)
  Performers
  Andrew Kennedy
  tenor (Max)
  tenor (Max)
  Samuel Evans
  baritone (Kilian)
  baritone (Kilian)
  Matthew Brook
  bass-baritone (Kuno)
  bass-baritone (Kuno)
  Gidon Saks
  bass (Kaspar)
  bass (Kaspar)
  Virginie Pochon
  soprano (Ännchen)
  soprano (Ännchen)
  Sophie Karthä
  soprano (Agathe)
  soprano (Agathe)
  Christian Pelissier
  speaker (Samiel)
  speaker (Samiel)
  Robert Davies
  baritone (Ottokar)
  baritone (Ottokar)
  Luc Bertin-Hugault
  bass (Hermit)
  bass (Hermit)
  Monteverdi Choir
  Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
  John Eliot Gardiner
  conductor
  conductor
  Charmian Bedford
  soprano (Bridesmaids chorus)
  soprano (Bridesmaids chorus)
  Katy Hill
  soprano (Bridesmaids chorus)
  soprano (Bridesmaids chorus)
  Lucy Page
  soprano (Bridesmaids chorus)
  soprano (Bridesmaids chorus)
  Lucy Roberts
  soprano (Bridesmaids chorus)
  soprano (Bridesmaids chorus)
  Vanessa Heine
  alto (Bridesmaids chorus)
  alto (Bridesmaids chorus)
  Chloe Morgan
  alto (Bridesmaids chorus)
  alto (Bridesmaids chorus)
  Kate Symonds-Joy
  alto (Bridesmaids chorus)
  alto (Bridesmaids chorus)
  Composers
  Carl Maria von Weber
  Also part of
  French music concerts and events Opera Evening concerts and events