BBC Proms - 17 July - 12 September 2009 - The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival

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5.00pm: In Tune Sean Rafferty and Petroc Trelawny present a special, live edition of BBC Radio 3's In Tune from the Royal College of Music, featuring Proms artists, music from the season and a preview of the Proms Literary Festival.

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Prom 1: The First Night of the Proms

  • Date Friday 17 July 2009
  • Time 7.30pm - 10.20pm
  • Venue Royal Albert Hall
  • Tickets £8 - £44 price band B or Prom for £5
  • Your Reviews
  • Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and at 8pm on BBC Two and BBC HD. Available on demand for 7 days.
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  • These programmes are no longer available.
Katia and Marielle Labèque © Brigitte Lacombe

An exciting mix to open the 2009 Proms. We launch our celebrations of Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Multiple Pianos and more.

Two starry former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists mark the scheme's 10th anniversary, and all of tonight's soloists return later in the season.

  • Stravinsky Fireworks (4 mins)
  • Chabrier Ode à la musique (9 mins)
  • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat (16 mins)
  • interval
  • Poulenc Concerto for 2 pianos (20 mins)
  • interval
  • Elgar In the South (Alassio) (22 mins)
  • Brahms Alto Rhapsody (13 mins)
  • Bruckner Psalm 150 (9 mins)
  • Ailish Tynan soprano
  • Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
  • Stephen Hough piano
  • Katia and Marielle Labèque pianos
  • BBC Symphony Chorus
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
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2009 Calendar

S M T W T F S
July
17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
August
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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