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BBC Proms - 18 July-13 Sept 2008 - The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival

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Week 4 : 8 - 14 August 2008

Fri 8

Sat 9

Sun 10

Mon 11

Tue 12

Wed 13

Thu 14

19.00 - 21.05

Chen Yi Olympic Fire (BBC commission: world premiere)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Vaughan Williams Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6

Olga Kern piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conductor


22.00 - 23.20

Michael Torke Javelin
John Adams The Chairman Dances
Bernstein Mass - Three Meditations
Ellington Harlem

Han-Na Chang cello

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Kristjan Järvi conductor

NB: Opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics today.


19.00 - 21.00

Gershwin Strike Up the Band
Gershwin, arr. Jason Yarde Porgy and Bess - My man's gone now (BBC commission; world premiere)
Jason Yarde Rhythm and other Fascinations (BBC commission; world premiere)
Stravinsky Ebony Concerto
Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

Gwilym Simcock Progressions for piano and orchestra (BBC commission; world premiere)
Gershwin An American in Paris

Gwilym Simcock piano
Phil Donkin bass
Martin France drums
Michael Collins clarinet

BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood conductor


16:00 - 17:00

Messiaen Messe de la Pentecôte
Interspersed with:
Manchicourt Missa 'Veni Creator Spiritus'

James O'Donnell organ

BBC Singers
Andrew Carwood conductor


19.30 - 21.30

Sibelius Night-Ride and Sunrise
Michael Berkeley Slow Dawn (world premiere of new version)
Stuart MacRae Gaudete (BBC commission; world premiere)

Elgar Enigma Variations

Susanna Andersson soprano

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor


13:00 - 14:00

Messiaen Harawi

Gweneth-Ann Jeffers soprano
Simon Lepper piano


19.30 - 21.50

Rachmaninov Symphony No.1 in D minor

Puccini Il tabarro (concert performance; sung in Italian)
Barbara Frittoli soprano Giorgetta
Miro Dvorsky tenor Luigi
Lado Ataneli baritone Michele
Jane Henschel mezzo-soprano La Frugola
Barry Banks tenor Il Tinca
Alastair Miles bass Il Talpa
Allan Clayton tenor Ballad-seller
Katherine Broderick soprano & Edgaras Montvidas tenor Young lovers

BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor


19:00 - 21:15

Elgar In the South (Alassio)
Vaughan Williams Piano Concerto

Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade

Ashley Wass piano

BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky conductor


22.15 - 23.30

Rachmaninov All-night vigil (Vespers)

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier conductor


19.30 - 21.50

Ravel La Valse
Anders Hillborg Clarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales) (UK premiere)

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Martin Fröst clarinet

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel conductor


19.00 - 21.05

Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello*
Schoenberg Variations for Orchestra, Op.31

Brahms Symphony No.4

*Members of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim conductor


22.15 - 23.30

Pierre Boulez Mémoriale ('... explosante-fixe ...' Originel)
Stravinsky L'Histoire du Soldat


Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor


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