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Proms 2023 Events

Sat 9 Sep 2023
- 19:00
  Prom 71: Last Night of the Proms 2023
  Royal Albert Hall
  Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and soprano Lise Davidsen conductor Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for the biggest musical party of the year.
  Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and soprano Lise Davidsen conductor Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for the biggest musical party of the year.
  Programme
  Richard Strauss
  Don Juan(20 mins)
  Max Bruch
  Kol nidrei, Op. 47(12 mins)
  Roxanna Panufnik
  Coronation Sanctus(2 mins)
  James B. Wilson
  1922(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  William Walton
  Coronation Te Deum(10 mins)
  Richard Wagner
  Tannhä – ‘Dich, teure Halle’(3 mins)
  Pietro Mascagni
  Cavalleria rusticana – Easter Hymn(5 mins)
  Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo(5 mins)
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Macbeth – ‘Vieni! t’affretta!’(8 mins)
  interval
  Laura Karpman
  Higher. Further. Faster. Together. Main Theme from The Marvels
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Deep River(5 mins)arr. S. Parkin
  Emmerich Kálmán
  The Gypsy Princess – ‘Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland’(3 mins)
  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  Bachianas Brasileiras No 5
  Trad.
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(7 mins)arr. Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!(3 mins)arr. Sargent
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem(2 mins)orch. Elgar
  Unknown
  The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(2 mins)
  Trad.
  Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)arr. Paul Campbell
  Performers
  Lise Davidsen
  soprano
  soprano
  Sheku Kanneh‐Mason
  cello
  cello
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Marin Alsop
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Strauss
  Max Bruch
  Roxanna Panufnik
  James B. Wilson
  William Walton
  Richard Wagner
  Pietro Mascagni
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Laura Karpman
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Emmerich Kálmán
  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  Trad.
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
  Also part of
  Proms on TV
Fri 8 Sep 2023
- 18:00
  Proms at Great Yarmouth
  Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth
  conductor Anna-Maria Helsing, violinist Nathaniel Anderson-Frank and the BBC Concert Orchestra for a programme of popular orchestral favourites at one of only two remaining permanent circus buildings in the UK.
  conductor Anna-Maria Helsing, violinist Nathaniel Anderson-Frank and the BBC Concert Orchestra for a programme of popular orchestral favourites at one of only two remaining permanent circus buildings in the UK.
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Wasps – overture(10 mins)
  Eric Coates
  Dancing Nights(8 mins)
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Lark Ascending(15 mins)
  Sarah Rodgers
  Seascapes(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  William Walton
  Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’(6 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  Circus Polka(4 mins)
  Richard Rodgers
  Carousel – The Carousel Waltz(5 mins)arr. D. Walker
  interval
  Andrea Tarrodi
  Festive Overture(4 mins)
  Jimmy López Bellido
  Fiesta!(10 mins)
  Aram Khachaturian
  Masquerade – Waltz(4 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Anna-Maria Helsing
  conductor
  conductor
  Nathaniel Anderson-Frank
  violin
  violin
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Eric Coates
  Sarah Rodgers
  William Walton
  Igor Stravinsky
  Richard Rodgers
  Andrea Tarrodi
  Jimmy López Bellido
  Aram Khachaturian
  Also part of
  Proms Across the UK
- 19:30
  Prom 70: Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto
  Royal Albert Hall
  Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii performs Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan. Works by Bernstein, Honegger and Gabriela Ortiz complete the programme.
  Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii performs Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan. Works by Bernstein, Honegger and Gabriela Ortiz complete the programme.
  Programme
  Arthur Honegger
  Rugby(8 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(43 mins)
  interval
  Gabriela Ortiz
  Clara(17 mins)UK premiere
  Leonard Bernstein
  Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’(24 mins)
  Performers
  Nobuyuki Tsujii
  piano
  piano
  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  Domingo Hindoyan
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Arthur Honegger
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Gabriela Ortiz
  Leonard Bernstein
  Also part of
  Classical for starters
Thu 7 Sep 2023
- 19:00
  Prom 69: Mozart’s ‘Requiem’
  Royal Albert Hall
  Raphaël Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion present an alternative vision of Mozart’s Requiem, interspersed with additional pieces by the composer to create a compelling alternative sequence.
  Raphaël Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion present an alternative vision of Mozart’s Requiem, interspersed with additional pieces by the composer to create a compelling alternative sequence.
  Programme
  Trad.
  Plainsong ‘In paradisum’(3 mins)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr)(48 mins)Interspersed with:
  Ach, zu kurz ist unsers Lebenslauf(2 mins)
  Masonic Funeral Music(6 mins)
  Kyrie in D minor, K90(3 mins)
  Thamos, King of Egypt – ‘Ne pulvis et cinis’(4 mins)
  Five Solfeggios – No. 2(3 mins)
  Quis te comprehendat(4 mins)
  Two Church Songs – No. 2: ‘O Gottes Lamm’(3 mins)
  Performers
  Malakai Bayoh
  treble
  treble
  Sandrine Piau
  soprano
  soprano
  Beth Taylor
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Laurence Kilsby
  tenor
  tenor
  Alex Rosen
  bass
  bass
  Pygmalion
  Raphaël Pichon
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Trad.
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 22:15
  Prom 69a: The BBC Singers and Sofi Jeannin
  Royal Albert Hall
  The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin perform works by two contemporary composers, Joanna Marsh and Soumik Datta, alongside one of the highlights of the French choral repertoire, the Cantique des cantiques by Danel-Lesur.
  The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin perform works by two contemporary composers, Joanna Marsh and Soumik Datta, alongside one of the highlights of the French choral repertoire, the Cantique des cantiques by Danel-Lesur.
  Programme
  Joanna Marsh
  SEEN(20 mins)
  Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur
  Cantique des cantiques(21 mins)
  Soumik Datta
  Awaaz(25 mins)
  Performers
  Soumik Datta
  sarod
  sarod
  Aref Durvesh
  tabla
  tabla
  Prathap Ramachandra
  Mridangam
  Mridangam
  Glen Scott
  electronics producer
  electronics producer
  Camilo Tirado
  Sound and Effects
  Sound and Effects
  BBC Singers
  Sofi Jeannin
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Joanna Marsh
  Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur
  Soumik Datta
  Also part of
  Late Night Proms

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