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Sun 23 Mar 2025
- 17:00
  Printemps des arts, Montecarlo: Debussy, Schönberg and Stravinsky
  Auditorium Rainier III, Monte Carlo
  Two innovative ballets, two major symphonic scores and two piano concertos are on the programme of this singular diptych, featuring as soloist the loyal Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo artist François-Frédéric Guy.
  Two innovative ballets, two major symphonic scores and two piano concertos are on the programme of this singular diptych, featuring as soloist the loyal Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo artist François-Frédéric Guy.
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Jeux
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Piano Concerto
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphony in Three Movements
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  François-Frédéric Guy
  piano
  piano
  Pascal Rophé
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Igor Stravinsky
Sat 22 Mar 2025
- 19:30
  Printemps des arts, Montecarlo: Stravsinky, Bartók and Schönberg
  Auditorium Rainier III, Monte Carlo
  Two innovative ballets, two major symphonic scores and two piano concertos are on the programme of this singular diptych, featuring as soloist the loyal Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo artist François-Frédéric Guy.
  Two innovative ballets, two major symphonic scores and two piano concertos are on the programme of this singular diptych, featuring as soloist the loyal Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo artist François-Frédéric Guy.
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Agon
  Béla Bartók
  Piano Concerto No 2
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Variations for Orchestra, Op 31
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  François-Frédéric Guy
  piano
  piano
  Pascal Rophé
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Béla Bartók
  Arnold Schoenberg
Fri 9 Sep 2011
- 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
  Proms 2011 Opera Evening concerts and events
Thu 8 Sep 2011
- 19:30
  Prom 72: Philadelphia Orchestra & Janine Jansen
  Royal Albert Hall
  The Proms welcome back the fabulous Philadelphia Orchestra after a five-year gap. This event has no seats remaining - check for returns closer to the date or Prom on the day for £5.
  The Proms welcome back the fabulous Philadelphia Orchestra after a five-year gap. This event has no seats remaining - check for returns closer to the date or Prom on the day for £5.
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Finlandia(8 mins)
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Violin Concerto in D major(35 mins)
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Symphonic Dances(36 mins)
  Maurice Ravel
  La valse(12 mins)
  Performers
  Janine Jansen
  violin
  violin
  Philadelphia Orchestra
  Charles Dutoit
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Maurice Ravel
  Also part of
  Proms 2011 Classical for Starters 2018-19 Orchestral music Evening concerts and events Concertos
Wed 24 Aug 2011
- 19:00
  Prom 53: Stravinsky, Ravel & Tchaikovsky
  Royal Albert Hall
  A great youth orchestra and a distinguished and much-loved conductor return.
  A great youth orchestra and a distinguished and much-loved conductor return.
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphony in Three Movements(20 mins)
  Maurice Ravel
  Shéhérazade(17 mins)
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor(42 mins)
  Performers
  Susan Graham
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
  Sir Colin Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Maurice Ravel
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Also part of
  Proms 2011 Classical for Starters 2018-19 Orchestral music Evening concerts and events