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

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Week 8 : 5 - 11 September 2008

Fri 5

Sat 6

Sun 7

Mon 8

Tue 9

Wed 10

Thu 11

19.30 - 21.55

Rimsky-Korsakov Kashchey the Immortal(concert performance; sung in Russian)

Stravinsky The Firebird

Vyacheslav Voynarovsky tenor Kashchey
Tatiana Monogarova soprano Princess
Pavel Baransky baritone Ivan Korolevich
Elena Manistina mezzo-soprano Kashcheyevna
Mikhail Petrenko bass Storm Knight

BBC Singers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor


19.30 - 21.45

Roussel Bacchus et Arianne - Suite No.2
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor

Thea Musgrave Rainbow
Debussy La mer

Stephen Hough piano

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conductor


16.00 - 22.00

Messiaen Saint Francis of Assisi (concert performance; sung in French)

The Netherlands Opera

Rodney Gilfrey St Francis
Heidi Grant Murphy Angel
Hubert Delamboye Leper
Henk Neven Brother Leo
Charles Workman Brother Masseo
Donald Kaasch Brother Elias
Armand Arapian Brother Bernard
Jan Willem Balijet Brother Sylvester
André Morsch Brother Rufus

Chorus of The Netherlands Opera
Martin Wright chorus master
The Hague Philharmonic
Ingo Metzmacher conductor


13:00 - 14:00

R. Strauss Capriccio - Sextet
Fauré La bonne chanson
Huw Watkins Sad Steps (BBC commission; world premiere)

Elizabeth Watts soprano
Aronowitz Ensemble


19.30 - 21.45

Mark-Anthony Turnage Chicago Remains (UK premiere)

Mahler Symphony No.6 in A minor

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor


19.30 - 21.45

Mozart Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K410

Shostakovich Symphony No.4 in C minor

Murray Perahia piano

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor


18.30 - 21.20

Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No.7)

Xenakis Pleiades

Holst The Planets

Elizabeth Watts soprano
4-Mality
O Duo
Holst Singers women's voices
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor


19.30 - 21.30

Matthias Pintscher Hérodiade-Fragmente

Mahler Symphony No.1 in D major

Marisol Montalvo soprano

Orchestre de Paris
Christoph Eschenbach conductor


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