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A
Adams, John (b.1947)
Adès, Thomas (b.1971)
Arne, Thomas (1710-1778)
B
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
- Bach Day - Various organ works. Prom 50
- St. John Passion Prom 51
- Suite Nos. 1, 2 & 3 for solo Cello Prom 52
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 Prom 24
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Bax, Arnold (1883-1953)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
- Choral Fantasy Prom 76
- The Creatures of Prometheus - Overture Prom 76
- Elegische Gesang, Op.118 Prom 75
- Grosse Fuge Prom 15
- Mass in C Prom 43
- Overture: Leonore No.3 Prom 48
- Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Prom 19
- Rondo in B flat, for piano and orchestra Prom 1
- Symphony No.1 Prom 23
- Symphony No.5 Prom 15
- Symphony No.6 ('Pastoral') Prom 44
- Symphony No.9 ('Choral') Prom 75
- Violin Concerto Prom 62
Benjamin, George (b.1960)
Berio, Luciano (1925-2003)
Berkeley, Michael (b.1948)
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990)
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887)
Boulez, Pierre (b.1925)
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
- Piano Concerto No.2 Prom 9
- Symphony No.2 Prom 9
- Symphony No.3 Prom 65
- Symphony No.4 Prom 38
- Violin Concerto Prom 25
Bridge, Frederick (1844-1924)
Bruch, Max (1838-1920)
Butterworth, Arthur (b.1923)
C
Carter, Elliot (b.1908)
- Catenaires (UK premiere) Prom 1
- Night Fantasies PCM 1
- Oboe Concerto Prom 15
- Soundings (UK premiere) Prom 44
Chen Yi (b.1953)
Chilcott, Bob (b.1955)
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)
Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)
Couperin, François (1668-1733)
D
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
- La mer Prom 69
- Nocturnes Prom 11
- Prelude (Book 1) La fille aux cheveux de lin Prom 60
- Prelude (Book 1) Les collines d'Anacapri Prom 60
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Prom 55
- Sonata for violin and piano PCM 3
Demessieux, Jeanne (1921-1968)
Denza, Luigi (1846-1922)
Dupré, Marcel (1886-1971)
Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)
E
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
- Enigma Variations Prom 33
- In the South (Alassio) Prom 35
- Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 Prom 76
- Sea pictures Prom 66
- Symphony No.1 Prom 7
- Violin Concerto Prom 2
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Eötvös, Peter (b.1944)
F
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Ferguson, Howard (1908-1999)
Finzi, Gerald (1901-1956)
G
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
- An American in Paris Prom 31
- Piano Concerto in F Major Prom 57
- Porgy and Bess - My man's gone now (BBC commission: world premiere) Prom 31
- Strike Up the Band Prom 31
Gold, Murray (b.1969)
Grainger, Percy (1843-1907)
H
Hakim, Naji (b.1955)
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Harvey, Jonathan (b.1939)
- Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco Prom 45
- Speakings (BBC co-commission, with IRCAM and Radio France: UK premiere) Prom 45
- Tombeau de Messiaen Prom 45
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
- Cello Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIb:1 Prom 7
- Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, for oboe, bassoon violin, cello Prom 38
Hesketh, Kenneth (b.1968)
Hillborg, Anders (b.1954)
Hobbs, J.W. (1799-1877)
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)
Holt, Simon (b.1958)
Hume, Tobias (c.1569-1645)
J
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928)
- Capriccio Prom 40
- Glagolitic Mass (original version, reconstr. Paul Wingfield) Prom 40
- Osud (concert performance) Prom 47
- Sinfonietta Prom 40
Janequin, Clément (c1485-1558)
Josquin Des Prez (c1440-1521)
L
Lambert, Michel (c1610-96)
Langford, Gordon (b.1930)
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594)
Lawson, Philip
Lovatt, S.E.
Liszt, Franz(1811-1886)
Lindberg, Magnus (b.1958)
M
McCabe, John (b.1939)
MacRae, Stuart (b.1976)
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
Manchicourt, Pierre de (c1510-1564)
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
- Couplets des Folies d'espagne PCM 5
- Pièces de viole, 3è livre - Prélude; Muzettes I/II; La sautillante PCM 5
- Sonate à la marésienne - excerpts PCM 6
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-47)
Meredith, Anna (b.1978)
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)
- Apparition de l'église éternelle Prom 42
- L'Ascension Prom 27
- L'Ascension, for solo organ Prom 6
- L'Alouette Lulu from Catalogue d'oiseaux PCM 1
- Cinq rechants Prom 63
- Concert à quatre Prom 45
- Dieu parmi nous, from "La Nativité du Seigneur" Prom 1
- Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Prom 6
- Harawi PCM 4
- Messe de la Pentecôte for solo organ Prom 32
- Theme and variations, for violin and piano PCM 3
- Turangalîla Symphony Prom 64
- La Nativité du Seigneur Prom 42
- Prelude for organ Prom 22
- Quartet for the End of Time Prom 67
- Saint Francis of Assisi (concert performance; sung in French) Prom 70
- La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ Prom 14
- Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace Prom 22
Monteclair, Michel (1667-1737)
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
- Volgendo il ciel PCM 2
- Ballo dell'Ingrate PCM 2
- The Coronation of Poppaea (semi-staged; sung in Italian) Prom 18
- Lamento d'Arianna PCM 2
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91)
- Oboe Concerto in C major, K314 Prom 1
- Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K491 Prom 72
- Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat major, K333 Prom 60
- Symphony No.34 in C, K338 Prom 43
Musgrave, Thea (b.1928)
Musorgsky, Modest (1839-1881)
- Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene; Boris's Monologue; Death Scene Prom 12
- A Night on the Bare Mountain (rev. Shebalin) Prom 12
- Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) Prom 11
O
Ockeghem, Johannes (c1410-1497)
Obrecht, Jacob (c1450-1505)
Ortiz, Diego (c1510-c70)
Osborne, Nigel (b.1948)
P
Parry, Hubert (1848-1918)
Passereau, Pierre (c1490-1547)
Penderecki, Krzysztof (b.1933)
Pintscher, Matthias (b.1971)
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)
- Piano Concerto No.1 Prom 12
- Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Prom 53
- Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.94a, for violin and piano PCM 3
- Symphony-Concerto Prom 44
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
R
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943)
- Piano Concerto No.1 Prom 10
- Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Prom 69
- Piano Concerto No.3 Prom 59
- Piano Concerto No.4 Prom 49
- Prelude in C sharp minor Prom 24
- Prelude in Bb Major, Op.23 No.2 Prom 60
- Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5 Prom 60
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Prom 29
- Symphonic Dances Prom 19
- Symphony No.1 Prom 34
- Symphony No.2 Prom 24
- Vespers (All-night vigil) Prom 36
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b.1928)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
- Boléro Prom 27
- Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No.2 Prom 55
- Ma Mère l'Oye - Suite Prom 58
- Pavane pour une infante défunte Prom 27
- Shéhérazade Prom 55
- La Valse Prom 37
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Rogers, John (1780-1847)
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937)
S
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Schoenberg, Arnold (1875-1951)
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915)
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Simcock, Gwilym (b.1981)
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884)
Smyth, Ethel (1858-1944)
Stanford, Charles (1852-1924)
Stockhausen, Karlheinz (1928-2007)
- Cosmic Pulses for electronics (UK premiere) Prom 20
- Gruppen Prom 20
- Harmonies, for solo trumpet (BBC commission: world premiere) Prom 20
- Kontakte Prom 20
- Punkte (1952/1962/1993) Prom 48
- Stimmung Prom 21
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
- Capriccio - Sextet PCM 8
- Festliches Präludium Prom 1
- Four Last Songs Prom 1
- Till Eulenspiegel Prom 16
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
- Ebony Concerto Prom 31
- The Firebird (complete) Prom 68
- L'Histoire du soldat Prom 39
- The Rite of Spring Prom 57
- Violin Concerto Prom 27
Stucky, Steven (b.1949)
T
Tavener, John (b.1944)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)
- The Sleeping Beauty Prom 46
- Symphony No.4 Prom 58
- Symphony No.5 Prom 53
- Symphony No.6 ('Pathetique') Prom 66
Tickell, Kathryn
Torke, Michael (b.1961)
Turnage, Mark-Anthony (b.1960)
V
Varèse, Edgard (1883-1965)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
- Choral Work Prom 4
- Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Prom 54
- Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' Prom 29
- Flos Campi Prom 43
- Job - A Masque for Dancing Prom 54
- The Lark Ascending Prom 55
- On Wenlock Edge PCM 7
- Piano Concerto Prom 35
- Sea Songs Prom 76
- Serenade to Music Prom 54
- Sinfonia Antarctica Prom 73
- Symphony No.4 Prom 10
- Symphony No.6 Prom 29
- Symphony No.8 Prom 16
- Symphony No.9 Prom 54
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
W
Wagenaar, Johan (1862-1941)
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
- The Ride of the Valkyries Prom 13
- Tannhäuser - "O du, mein holder Abendstern" Prom 76
- Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod Prom 64
- Parsifal - Prelude, Act I Prom 75
Watkins, Huw (b.1976)
Williams, Grace (1906-1977)
X
Xenakis, Iannis(1922-2001)
Y
Yarde, Jason (b.1970)
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