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

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Week 7 : 29 Aug - 4 Sept 2008

Fri 29

Sat 30

Sun 31

Mon 1

Tue 2

Wed 3

Thu 4

19.30 - 21.35

Ravel Mother Goose - suite
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin - suite

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4

New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel conductor


19.30 - 22.05

Magnus Lindberg Seht die Sonne (UK premiere)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor

Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor

Nikolai Lugansky piano

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor


16.00 - 17.30

Mozart Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat major, K.333
Rachmaninov Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5; Prelude in Bb Major, Op.23 No.2
Chopin Grand Polonaise in E-flat major
Schubert Fantasia in F minor for piano duet, D940*
Debussy Preludes (Book 1) - La fille aux cheveux de lin; Les collines d'Anacapri
Trad. Chinese Moonlight Reflections; Spring Dance
Liszt transc. Horowitz Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, S.244

Lang Lang piano
with Marc Yu* piano


20.00 - 21.35

Verdi Requiem

Violeta Urmana soprano
Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano
Joseph Calleja tenor
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo bass

BBC Symphony Chorus
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jirí Belohlávek conductor


13:00 - 14:00

Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge

Mark Padmore tenor
Nash Ensemble


19.00 - 21.10

Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major

Sibelius Symphony No.2 in D major

Nikolaj Znaider violin

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Sir Colin Davis conductor


22.00 - 23.30

Motets and chansons by Claude Le Jeune, Antoine Brumel and Claudin de Sermisy, interspersed with Indian ragas

Messiaen Cinq rechants
Night ragas

Nishat Khan sitar
Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa tabla
Natasha Ahmad tanpura

BBC Singers
David Hill conductor


19.30 - 21.40

Wagner Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod

Messiaen Turangalîla Symphony

Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Tristan Murail ondes martenot

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor


19.30 - 21.40

Brahms Symphony No.3 in F major

Shostakovich Symphony No.10 in E minor

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor


19.00 - 21.10

Grace Williams Sea Sketches
Elgar Sea Pictures

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6, 'Pathetique'

Christine Rice mezzo-soprano

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka conductor


22.00 - 23.00

Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

Martin Fröst clarinet
Anthony Marwood violin
Matthew Barley cello
Thomas Larchner piano


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