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

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Week 5 : 15 - 21 August 2008

Fri 15

Sat 16

Sun 17

Mon 18

Tue 19

Wed 20

Thu 21

19.30 - 21.30

Janáček Sinfonietta
Janáček Capriccio

Janáček Glagolitic Mass (original version, reconstr. Paul Wingfield)

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano

Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet soprano
Anna Stéphany mezzo-soprano
Simon O'Neill tenor
Peter Fried bass
Simon Preston organ

BBC Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez conductor


18.30 - 22.00

Handel Belshazzar

Paul Groves tenor Belshazzar
Rosemary Joshua soprano Nitocris
Bejun Mehta counter-tenor Cyrus
Iestyn Davies counter-tenor Daniel
Robert Gleadow bass/baritone Gobrias

Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Charles Mackerras conductor


16.00 - 17.15

Messiaen Apparition de l'église éternelle;
Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur

Jennifer Bate organ


19.30 - 21.55

Mozart Symphony No.34 in C, K338
Vaughan Williams Flos Campi
Nigel Osborne Flute Concerto

Beethoven Mass in C

Rebecca Evans soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano
Thomas Walker tenor
Matthew Rose bass
Sharon Bezaly flute
Lawrence Power viola

BBC Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox conductor


13.00 - 14.00

Ortiz Passamezzo antico; Folia; Ruggiero Romanesca; Passamezzo moderno
Hume A Souldiers March; Harke, harke; A Souldiers Resolution
Marais Pièces de viole, 3è livre - Prélude; Muzettes I/II; La sautillante Sanz Jácaras; Canarios Marais Couplets des Folies d'espagne

Jordi Savall bass viol/viola da gamba
Rolf Lislevand theorbo/guitar


19.30 - 21.35

Elliott Carter Soundings (UK premiere)
Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto

Beethoven Symphony No.6, 'Pastoral'

Nicolas Hodges piano
Alban Gerhardt cello

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor


19.00 - 22.00

Jonathan Harvey Tombeau de Messiaen
Messiaen Concert à quatre

Jonathan Harvey Mortuos plango, vivos voco
Jonathan Harvey Speakings (BBC co-commission with IRCAM and Radio France; UK premiere)

Varèse Poème éléctronique
Varèse Déserts

Cédric Tiberghien piano
Emily Beynon flute
Alexei Ogrintchouk oboe
Danjulo Ishizaka cello

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor


19.00 - 22.30

Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty

London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor


19.30 - 22.00

Dvořák Slavonic Dances, Op.46

Janáček Osud (concert performance, sung in Czech)

cast includes:
Štefan Margita tenor Živný
Amanda Roocroft soprano Míla
Rosalind Plowright mezzo-soprano Míla's Mother
Aleš Briscein tenor Dr Suda
Owen Gilhooly baritone Konečny
Ailish Tynan soprano Miss Stuhlá
Martina Bauerová soprano Miss Pacovská/Fanča
George Longworth treble Doubek as child

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor


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