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Week 1: 17 - 23 July 2009
Friday 17	Saturday 18	Sunday 19	Monday 20	Tuesday 21	Wednesday 22	Thursday 23
In Tune 17.00 Live from RCM Prom 1 19.30 - 22.20 Stravinsky Fireworks Chabrier Ode à la musique Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat major Poulenc Concerto for two pianos Elgar In the South (Alassio) Brahms Alto Rhapsody Bruckner Psalm 150 Ailish Tynan soprano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Stephen Hough piano Katia and Marielle Labèque pianos BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiří Bělohlávek conductor	Proms Films 14.00 Stan Tracey Proms Intros 17.15 The Creation Prom 2 19.00 - 21.00 Haydn The Creation (sung in English, with revised text by Paul McCreesh) Rosemary Joshua Gabriel Mark Padmore Uriel Neal Davies Raphael Peter Harvey Adam Chetham's Chamber Choir Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh conductor Prom 3 22.15 - 23.15 Stan Tracey Genesis Stan Tracey and his Orchestra	Proms Intros 16.15 Partenope Prom 4 18.00 - 22.05 Handel Partenope Inger Dam-Jensen Partenope Tuva Semmingsen Rosmira Andreas Scholl Arsace Christophe Dumaux Armindo Bo Kristian Jensen Emilio Palle Knudsen Ormonte Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen conductor	PCM 1 13:00 - 14:00 Henry VIII Pastyme with good companye Fayrfax Missa 'Regali ex progenie' - Gloria W. Cornysh Ah Robin, gentle Robin Henry VIII Hélas, madame Fayrfax Benedicite! What dreamed I? Sampson Psallite felices Taverner Christe Jesu, pastor bone Tallis Sancte Deus, sancte fortis Ludford Domine Jesu Christe The Cardinall's Musick Andrew Carwood conductor Proms Intros 17.15 Mahler No.9 Prom 5 19.00 - 20.30 Mahler Symphony No.9 London Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink conductor Prom 6 21.30 - 23.30 Haydn The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross James MacMillan Seven Last Words from the Cross Elizabeth Watts soprano Renata Pokupić mezzo-soprano Andrew Kennedy tenor Darren Jeffery bass-baritone BBC Singers Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd conductor	Literary Festival 16.45 Elizabeth I Prom 7 18.30 - 22.30 Purcell The Fairy Queen (semi-staged) Cast to include: Carolyn Sampson soprano Lucy Crowe soprano Claire Debono soprano Anna Devin soprano Sean Clayton tenor Ed Lyon tenor Adrian Ward tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass-baritone Lukas Kargl baritone Desmond Barrit Drunken Poet/Bottom Jotham Annan Puck Joseph Millson Oberon Sally Dexter Tatiana Terrence Hardiman Egeus William Gaunt Theseus Paul McCleary Quince Brian Pettifer Snug Robert Burt Mopsa / Flute Jack Chissick Snout Roger Sloman Starveling Oliver Kieran-Jones Lysander Helen Bradbury Helena Susannah Wise Hermina Oliver Le Sueur Demetrius Francesca Gilpin Director Glyndebourne Chorus Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment William Christie conductor	Proms Intros 18.15 Music at King's Prom 8 20.00 - 22.30 Vaughan Williams The Wasps - Overture Ryan Wigglesworth The Genesis of Secrecy (BBC commission: world premiere) Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs Stanford Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A major Jonathan Harvey Come, Holy Ghost Judith Weir Ascending into Heaven Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 ('Organ') Simon Keenlyside baritone Thomas Trotter organ Choirs of King's and St John's colleges Choirs of Clare, Gonville and Caius and Trinity colleges Choirs from combined Cambridge colleges BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis conductor Stephen Cleobury conductor Andrew Nethsingha conductor	Proms Intros 17.45 British music Prom 9 19:30 - 22.05 Moeran Symphony in G minor Finzi Grand Fantasia and Toccata Elgar Symphony No.2 in E flat major Leon McCawley piano BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky conductor

Week 2: 24 - 30 July 2009
Friday 24	Saturday 25	Sunday 26	Monday 27	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
Proms Intros 17.45 East & West Prom 10 19:30 - 22.25 Takemitsu Ceremonial - An Autumn Ode Debussy, orch. Caplet Estampes - Pagodes Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Takemitsu Green Sarasate 'Carmen' Fantasy Ravel Tzigane Toshio Hosokawa Cloud and Light (UK premiere) Debussy La Mer Akiko Suwanai violin Mayumi Miyata shō Orchestre National de Lyon Jun Mãrkl conductor	Proms Films 14.00 The Birth of British Music Prom 11 17.00 - 18.05 Elgar, arr. Atkins Organ Sonata No.2 Edward MacDowell, arr. Peter Dickinson To a Wild Rose Peter Dickinson Blue Rose Variations Elgar, arr. Atkins Organ Sonata No.1 in G major David Titterington organ Family Music Intro 17.45 BBC Philharmonic Prom 12 19.30 - 21.40 Elgar Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)' Delius The Song of the High Hills Holst The Planets Rebecca Evans soprano Toby Spence tenor BBC Singers BBC Philharmonic Sir Charles Mackerras conductor	Prom 13 11:00 - 13.00 Khachaturian Gayane - Sabre Dance Chopin, orch. Stravinsky Waltz in E Flat major, Op.18 "Grande valse brillante" Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Lilliburlero Variations (world premiere of orchestral version) Holst A Song of the Night Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.4 new collaborative work The Rough Guide to the Proms Family Orchestra (world premiere) Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Jennifer Pike violin BBC Proms Family Orchestra Lincoln Abbotts director BBC Philharmonic Tecwyn Evans conductor Proms Films 14.00 The Birth of British Music Literary Festival 17.15 Events of 1934 Prom 14 19.00 - 21.10 Holst First Choral Symphony Delius Brigg Fair Elgar Enigma Variations Susan Gritton soprano BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Orchestra of Wales David Atherton conductor	PCM 2 13:00 - 14:00 Bizet Chanson d'avril Franck Nocturne Chabrier Les cigales Bachelet Chère nuit Duparc Au pays où se fait la guerre Ravel Histoire naturelles - Le paon Caplet Le corbeau et le renard Roussel Réponse d'une épouse sage Debussy Fêtes galantes - Colloque sentimental Honegger Trois chansons de la petite sirène Rosenthal Chansons du monsieur Bleu - La souris d'Angleterre Poulenc La dame de Monte-Carlo Susan Graham mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano Family Music Intro 17.45 Stravinsky's ballets Prom 15 19.30 - 21.35 Smetana The Bartered Bride - Overture Bartók Dance Suite Martinů Concerto for two pianos Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 version) Jaroslava Pěchočová piano Václav Mácha piano BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiří Bělohlávek conductor	Proms Intros 17.15 Stravinsky's ballets Prom 16 19:00 - 21.25 John Casken Orion over Farne Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 in G major Stravinsky The Firebird Stephen Hough piano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons conductor Prom 17 22:15 - 23.30 J S Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm!, BWV 229 J S Bach Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228 J S Bach Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 J S Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor	Composer Portraits 17.45 Jörg Widmann Prom 18 19:30 - 21.45 Jörg Widmann Con Brio (UK premiere) Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K216 Bruckner Symphony No.3 in D minor Arabella Steinbacher violin Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Nott conductor	Proms Intros 17.45 Mendelssohn Prom 19 19:30 - 21.50 Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini - Overture Berlioz La mort de Cléopâtre Mendelssohn Symphony No.2 in B flat major, 'Lobgesang' Susan Graham mezzo-soprano Sally Matthews soprano Sarah Castle mezzo-soprano Steve Davislim tenor Hallé Choir Hallé Youth Choir Hallé Sir Mark Elder conductor

Week 3: 31 July - 6 August 2009
Friday 31	Saturday 1	Sunday 2	Monday 3	Tuesday 4	Wednesday 5	Thursday 6
Literary Festivals 17.45 Victorian villains Prom 20 19:30 - 21.45 Stravinsky Pulcinella (complete) Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Mendelssohn Symphony No.5 in D major, 'Reformation' Nicholas Angelich piano Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano Andrew Staples tenor Brindley Sherratt bass Scottish Chamber Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor	Prom 21 11.00 - 13.00 Family Concert EVOLUTION! A Darwin-inspired extravaganza for kids Barney Harwood presenter Gemma Hunt presenter with special guest Sir David Attenborough BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood conductor Proms Films 14.00 Singin' in the Rain Family Orchestras 14.00 Dinosaurs and Dodos! Family Orchestras 16.45 Natural History Museum Proms Intros 17.45 MGM Film Musicals Prom 22 19.30 - 21.30 A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals Kim Criswell vocalist Sarah Fox soprano Sir Thomas Allen baritone Curtis Stigers vocalist Maida Vale Singers John Wilson Orchestra John Wilson conductor	Prom 23 11.00 - 13.00 Family Concert EVOLUTION! A Darwin-inspired extravaganza for kids Barney Harwood presenter Gemma Hunt presenter with special guest Sir David Attenborough BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood conductor Family Orchestras 14.00 Dinosaurs and Dodos! Family Orchestras 16.45 Natural History Museum Literary Festivals 17.45 Tennyson's poems Prom 24 19.30 - 21.45 Ben Foskett From Trumpet (BBC commission: world premiere) Beethoven Symphony No.4 in B flat major Berlioz Te Deum Simon Preston organ The Bach Choir BBC Symphony Chorus Crouch End Festival Chorus Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Trinity Boys Choir BBC Symphony Orchestra Susanna Mälkki conductor	PCM 3 13:00 - 14:00 Haydyn String Quartet in F sharp minor, Op. 50 No.4 Britten String Quartet No.2 Belcea Quartet Composer Portraits 17.15 Michael Jarrell Prom 25 19:00 - 22.05 Berlioz Overture 'Les francs-juges' Michael Jarrell Sillages (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/BBC commission: world premiere of expanded version) Berlioz Symphonie funèbre et triomphale Beethoven Symphony No.3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' Emmanual Pahud flute François Leleux oboe Paul Meyer clarinet BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer conductor	Literary Festivals 16.45 Victorian novels Prom 26 18:30 - 20:55 Mendelssohn Symphony No.1 in C minor Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Heinz Holliger (S)irató (UK premiere) Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet - excerpts Isabelle Faust violin BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer conductor Prom 27 22:00 - 23:15 Sir Harrison Birtwistle Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum Sir Harrison Birtwistle Silbury Air Sir Harrison Birtwistle Verses for Ensembles London Sinfonietta David Atherton conductor	Literary Festivals 17.45 Fin-de-siècle Vienna Prom 28 19:30 - 22.10 Stravinsky Scènes de ballet Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K191 Mahler Symphony No.6 in A minor Karen Geoghegan bassoon BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda conductor	Proms Intros 17.45 Gianandrea Noseda Prom 29 19:30 - 22.00 Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A major, 'Italian' Rossini La donna del lago - 'Mura felice' Rossini La Cenerentola - 'Nacqui' all'affanno e al pianto ... Non più mesta' Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Roma amor Respighi Pines of Rome Vivica Genaux mezzo-soprano Brass players from the Royal Northern College of Music BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda conductor

Week 4: 7 - 13 August 2009
Friday 7	Saturday 8	Sunday 9	Monday 10	Tuesday 11	Wednesday 12	Thursday 13
Proms Intros 17.45 Young Composers' Winners Day Prom 30 19.30 - 21.25 Respighi Fountains of Rome Helen Grime Virga Oliver Knussen Horn Concerto Stravinsky Jeu de cartes Balakirev, orch. Casella Islamey Martin Owenhorn BBC Symphony Orchestra Oliver Knussen conductor	Proms Films 14.00 Diaghilev Family Orchestras 14.00 Concerto for Orchestra Family Music Intro 17.15 Tchaikovsky, Lutosławski and Respighi Prom 31 19.00 - 21.00 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra Respighi Roman Festivals Stephen Hough piano National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Vasily Petrenko conductor	Family Music Intro 13.15 The Piano Prom 32 15:00 - 17.15 Multiple Pianos 1 Fauré, orch. Rabaud Dolly Suite Mozart Concerto for two pianos in E flat major, K365 Anna Meredith Left Light (BBC commission: world premiere) Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals Katia and Marielle Labèquepianos Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Phillipspianos Lidija and Sanja Bizjakpianos Britten Sinfonia Ludovic Morlot conductor Proms Intros 17.45 The Pianola Prom 33 19.30 - 22.00 Multiple Pianos 2 Antheil Ballet mécanique John Adams Grand Pianola Music Bartók Sonata for two pianos and percussion Stravinsky Les noces Tatiana Monogarova soprano Elena Manistina mezzo-soprano Vsevolod Grivnov tenor Kostas Smoriginas bass John Constable, Alissa Firsova, Rolf Hind, Ashley Wass, Llŷr Williams pianos Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Phillips pianos Colin Currie, Sam Walton percussion BBC Singers London Sinfonietta Edward Gardner conductor	PCM 4 13:00 - 14:00 Purcell Chacony Mozart Divertimento in F major, K138 John Woolrich Capriccio (world premiere) Stravinsky Concerto in D major Scottish Ensemble Jonathan Morton violin/director Family Music Intro 17.45 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Prom 34 19.30 - 21.50 Stravinsky The Fairy's Kiss Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Khachaturian Spartacus - excerpts Khachaturian Gayane - Hopak Julian Rachlin violin Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits conductor	Literary Festivals 17.45 Gilbert and Sullivan Prom 35 19:30 - 21.10 Sullivan Patience (semi-staged) Rebecca Bottone Patience Felicity Palmer Lady Jane Pamela Helen Stephen Lady Angela Elena Xanthoudakis Lady Ella Sophie-Louise Dann Lady Saphir Simon Butteriss Reginald Bunthorne Toby Stafford-Allen Archibald Grosvenor Donald Maxwell Colonel Calverley Graeme Danby Major Murgatroyd Bonaventura Bottone Lt. The Duke of Dunstable Chorus of English National Opera BBC Concert Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras conductor Martin Duncan director	Literary Festivals 17.15 Samuel Johnson Prom 36 19.00 - 21.20 Handel Solomon - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Handel Coronation anthem, 'Let thy hand be strengthened' Handel Semele - excerpts Handel Coronation anthem, 'My heart is inditing' Handel Coronation anthem, 'The King shall rejoice' Handel Motet, 'Salve Regina' Handel Organ Concerto in F major Op.4, No.4 (original version) Handel Coronation anthem, 'Zadok the Priest' Carolyn Sampson soprano Alastair Ross organ The Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor Prom 37 22.15 - 23.20 Philip Glass Violin Concerto Philip Glass Symphony No.7, 'A Toltec Symphony' (UK premiere) Gidon Kremer violin BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies conductor	Proms Intros 18.15 The Rite of Spring Prom 38 20.00 - 21.35 Ravel La valse Unsuk Chin Cello Concerto (BBC commission: world premiere) Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Alban Gerhardt cello BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov conductor

Week 5: 14 - 20 August 2009
Friday 14	Saturday 15	Sunday 16	Monday 17	Tuesday 18	Wednesday 19	Thursday 20
Young Composers 17.45 Inspire Day Prom 39 19.30 - 21.35 Jonny Greenwood Popcorn Superhet Receiver Stravinsky Apollo Sir Harrison Birtwistle The Mask of Orpheus - The Arches Cast to include: Alan Oke Orpheus (the man) Christine Rice Euridice (the woman) Anna Stéphany Euridice (the myth)/ Persephone Claron McFadden Hecate BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins conductor Ryan Wigglesworth 2nd conductor Ian Dearden sound projection	Proms Films 14.00 Stravinsky Literary Festivals 17.45 Orpheus Prom 40 19.30 - 21.40 Stravinsky Orpheus Beethoven Symphony No.9 ('Choral') Rebecca Evans soprano Caitlin Hulcup mezzo-soprano Anthony Dean Griffey tenor James Rutherford bass-baritone City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov conductor	Prom 41 10.30 - 13.30 Indian Voices 1- Khyal and Kerala Pandit Ram Narayan sarangi Manjiri Asnare Kelkar khyal singer Pandits Rajan and Sajan Mishra khyal singers Asima with Aruna Narayan sarangi Akbar Latif tabla Babar Latif tabla Sudhir Nayak harmonium Family Orchestras 14.00 Indian Voices in the Park Literary Festivals 17.45 Bollywood stories Prom 42 19.30 - 22.00 Indian Voices 2 - Bollywood Shaan vocalist The Groove Honey's Dance Academy	PCM 5 13.00 - 14.00 Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op.35, No.1 J S Bach, transcr. Busoni Chorale Preludes, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein', 'Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' Brahms Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op 24 Llŷr Williams piano Composer Portraits 17.45 Louis Andriessen Prom 43 19.30 - 21.30 Falla El amor brujo - three dances Louis Andriessen The Hague Hacking (UK premiere) Ravel Mother Goose (ballet) Ravel Boléro Katia & Marielle Labèque pianos Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor	Proms Intros 17.15 Iván Fischer Prom 44 19.00 - 21.10 Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor Leonidas Kavakos violin Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer conductor Prom 45 22.00 - 23.15 Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain	Proms Intros 17.45 Shostakovich Prom 46 19.30 - 22.00 Detlev Glanert Shoreless River (BBC co-commission, UK premiere) Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Shostakovich Symphony No.11, ‘The Year 1905’ Denis Matsuev piano BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov conductor	Proms Intros 16.45 Samson Prom 47 18.30 - 22.20 Handel Samson Susan Gritton Dalila Iestyn Davies Micah Mark Padmore Samson Neal Davies Manoa Christopher Purves Harapha Lucy Crowe Israelite Woman/ Philistine Woman/Virgin Ben Johnson Israelite Man/Philistine Man/Messenger The Choir of the English Concert The New Company The English Concert Harry Bicket conductor

Week 6: 21 - 27 August 2009
Friday 21	Saturday 22	Sunday 23	Monday 24	Tuesday 25	Wednesday 26	Thursday 27
Literary Festivals 17.15 Rana Mitter Prom 48 19.00 - 21.15 Liszt Les préludes Wagner Tristan and Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod Berlioz Symphonie fantastique West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim conductor Prom 49 22.15 - 23.30 Mendelssohn Octet Berg Chamber Concerto Michael Barenboim violin Karim Said piano Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim conductor	Proms Intros 14.30 West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Proms Films 16.00 Knowledge is the Beginning Prom 50 19.30 - 22.15 Beethoven Fidelio (concert performance sung in German with English narration by Edward Said) Waltraud Meier Leonore/narrator Simon O'Neill Florestan Peter Mattei Don Pizarro Sir John Tomlinson Rocco Adriana Kučerová Marzelline Stephan Rugamer Jaquino Viktor Rud Don Fernando BBC Singers Geoffrey Mitchell Choir West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim conductor	Literary Festivals 16.45 Literary composers Prom 51 18.30 - 20.45 Haydn Symphony No.101 in D major, 'Clock' Szymanowski Stabat mater (sung in Polish) Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Helena Juntunen soprano Monica Groop mezzo-soprano Scott Hendricks baritone Joshua Bell violin BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vänskä conductor	PCM 6 13:00 - 14:00 Schumann Phantaisie-stücke, Op.88 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1 in D minor Joshua Bell violin Steven Isserlis cello Dénes Várjon piano Proms Intros 17.45 Schnittke and Shostakovich Prom 52 19.30- 21.45 Schnittke Nagasaki (UK premiere) Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C minor Elena Zhidkova mezzo-soprano London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev conductor	Proms Intros 17.15 Anniversary composers Prom 53 19.00 - 21.15 Purcell Abdelazar - Suite Handel Xerxes - 'Ombra mai fù' Handel Alcina - 'Ah, mio cor!' Handel Water Music - Suite No.2 in D major Haydn Scena di Berenice Mendelssohn Symphony No.3 in A minor, 'Scottish' Joyce DiDonatomezzo-soprano Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Roger Norrington conductor Prom 54 22.15 - 23.30 Michael Nyman The Draughtsman's Contract - selection Michael Nyman The Musicologist Scores (BBC commission: world premiere) Michael Nyman Six Celan Songs - Blume; Psalm Michael Nyman The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover – Memorial Anu Komsi soprano Michael Nyman Band Michael Nyman director/piano	Proms Intros 17.45 Anthony Sayer Prom 55 19:30 - 21.40 John Adams Slonimsky's Earbox Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 R Strauss Symphonia domestica Shai Wosner piano BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles conductor	Literary Festivals 17.45 Mountain writing Prom 56 19.30 - 22.15 Rebecca Saunders traces (UK premiere of revised version) Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor R Strauss An Alpine Symphony Lang Lang piano Staatskapelle Dresden Fabio Luisi conductor

Week 7: 28 Aug - 3 Sept 2009
Friday 28	Saturday 29	Sunday 30	Monday 31	Tuesday 1	Wednesday 2	Thursday 3
Proms Intros 17.15 Stravinsky's Agon Prom 57 19.00 - 21.20 Stravinsky Agon Tchaikovsky Concerto Fantasia in G major, Op.56 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini Stephen Hough piano Steven Isserlis cello BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson conductor Prom 58 22.15 - 23.40 Louis Andriessen De staat Steve Martland Beat the Retreat Cornelis De Bondt Doors Closed (London premiere) Netherlands Wind Ensemble Lucas Vis conductor Bart Schneemannconductor	PCM 7 11.00 - 12.00 Haydn String Quartet in G major, Op. 77 No. 1 Goehr Since Brass, nor Stone ... Beethoven String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 Jerusalem Quartet Pavel Haas Quartet Colin Currie percussion PCM 8 13.00 - 14.00 Bach Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006 Bartók Sonata for solo violin Alina Ibragimova violin Tai Murray violin PCM 9 14.30 - 15.35 Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat major, K493 Spohr Nonet Kungsbacka Trio Lawrence Power viola Aronowitz Ensemble Galliard Ensemble Luis Cabrera double bass PCM 10 16.30 - 17.40 Delius Cello Sonata Holst Four Songs for tenor and violin, Op. 35 Holst Six Songs for baritone and piano, Op. 15 - selection Elgar Violin Sonata Natalie Clein cello Andrew Kennedy tenor Jonathan Lemalu bass-baritone Jennifer Pike violin Tom Poster piano Proms Intros 17.15 Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich Prom 59 19.00 - 21.00 Schubert Rosamunde - Overture Schubert, arr. Osvaldo Golijov She Was Here (UK premiere) Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G major Dawn Upshawsoprano Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich David Zinman conductor	PCM 11 11.00 - 12.25 Haydn String Quartet in D major, Op.20 No.4 Debussy String Quartet Szymanowski String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.37 Bree Allegro for four string quartets Meta4 Psophos Quartet Royal String Quartet Pavel Haas Quartet PCM 12 13.00 - 14.00 J S Bach Suite No.4 in E flat major for solo cello, BWV 1010 (transcr. for viola) Kodály Sonata for solo cello Maxim Rysanov viola Danjulo Ishizaka cello PCM 13 14.30 - 15.40 Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 Brahms Two songs for alto, viola and piano Martinů Promenades for flute, violin and harpsichord Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn - selection Antoine Tamestit viola Christine Rice mezzo-soprano Shai Wosner piano Emily Beynon flute Tai Murray violin Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Steven Osborne piano PCM 14 16.30 - 17.40 Arias and duets by Purcell and Handel Haydn Six Original Canzonettas Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, Op.66 Elizabeth Watts soprano Daniela Lehner mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton tenor Alison Balsom trumpet Mahan Esfahani harpsichord/ fortepiano Tai Murray violin Andreas Brantelid cello Tim Smedley cello Shai Wosner piano Family Music Intro 17.45 French and Russian music Prom 60 19.30 - 21.35 Vivier Orion (UK Premiere) Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major Musorgsky, orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Martha Argerich piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit conductor	PCM 15 11.00 - 12.00 Chopin Four Mazurkas, Op.24 Chopin Mazurka in A minor, Op.17 No.4 Mendelssohn Songs Without Words - selection Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (two-piano version) Simon Trpčeski piano Simon Crawford-Philips, Ashley Wass pianos PCM 16 13.00 - 14.00 J S Bach Sonata in E Flat major for flute and keyboard, BWV1031 J S Bach Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 - Badinerie John McCabe Study no. 12 (Sonata) (BBC Commission: world premiere) J S Bach, arr. Villa-Lobos Preludes and Fugues – selection (arr. for eight cellos) Villa-Lobos Bachiana Brasileira No. 5 Sharon Bezaly flute Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Ashley Wass piano Ailish Tynan soprano Claudio Bohórquez, Andreas Brantelid, Tim Smedley, Natalie Clein, Danjulo Ishizaka, Guy Johnston, Li-Wei, Marie Macleod, Christian Poltéra cellos Family Orchestras 14.00 Final Family Orchestra PCM 17 14.30 - 15.45 Britten Cello Suite No.3 Schubert String Quintet in C major, D956 Christian Poltéra cello Szymanowski Quartet Claudio Bohórquez cello PCM 18 16.30 - 17.40 Stravinsky The Soldier's Tale - suite Tom Arthurs And Distant Shore (BBC co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society: world premiere) Gwilym Simcock Contours Martinů La revue de cuisine Ronald van Spaendonck clarinet Ilya Gringolts violin Llỳr Williams piano Tom Arthurs, Giuliano Sommerhalder trumpets Richard Fairhurst piano Gwilym Simcock piano Aronowitz Ensemble Helen Simons bassoon Li-Wei cello Family Music Intro 17.15 Bring your instrument Prom 61 19.00 - 21.00 Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor Duparc L'invitation au voyage Duparc Extase (orch. Pierre de Bréville) Duparc Le manoir de Rosemonde Duparc Chanson triste Duparc Phidylé Ravel Daphnis and Chloé - Suite No.2 Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Royal Concert- gebouw Orchestra Mariss Jansons conductor	Proms Intros 17.45 Haydn's symphonies Prom 62 19.30 - 21.30 Haydn Symphony No.100 in G major, 'Military' Shostakovich Symphony No.10 in E minor Royal Concert- gebouw Orchestra Mariss Jansons conductor	Proms Intros 17.45 Xenakis Prom 63 19.30 - 21.40 Xenakis Nomos gamma Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead Xenakis Aïs Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E flat major Leigh Melrose baritone Colin Currie percussion BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson conductor	Proms Intros 17.15 Vladimir Jurowski and Tamara Stefanovich Prom 64 19.00 - 22.00 Ibert Bacchanale Debussy Jeux Mozart Sonata in D major for two pianos, K448 Zimmermann Dialoge Brahms Symphony No.1 in C minor Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich pianos London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski conductor

Week 8: 4 - 10 September 2009
Friday 4	Saturday 5	Sunday 6	Monday 7	Tuesday 8	Wednesday 9	Thursday 10
Literary Festivals 17.15 Viennese thinkers Prom 65 19.00 - 21.10 Ligeti Atmosphères Mahler Kindertotenlieder Schoenberg Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 R Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Matthias Goerne baritone Gustav Mahler Jugend- orchester Jonathan Nott conductor Prom 66 22.15 - 23.30 George Crumb Night of the Four Moons George Crumb Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale) George Crumb Ancient Voices of Children Hilary Summers mezzo-soprano Claire Booth soprano Hilary Summers mezzo-soprano Louis Watkins boy-soprano Nash Ensemble Diego Masson conductor	Proms Films 14.00 God Rot Tunbridge Wells Proms Intros 17.15 John McCabe Prom 67 19.00 - 21.05 Janáček, orch. Talich The Cunning Little Vixen - suite John McCabe Horn Concerto, 'Rainforest IV' (London premiere) Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World' David Pyatt horn BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen conductor	Family Orchestras 14.00 Singing Day Proms Intros 16.45 Handel's Messiah Prom 68 18.30 - 21.30 Handel Messiah Dominique Labelle soprano Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano John Mark Ainsley tenor Matthew Rose bass Members of: City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus Hallé Youth Choir National Youth Choir of Great Britain National Youth Choir of Wales Quay Voices (The Sage Gateshead) RSCM Millennium Youth Choir Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir Northern Sinfonia Nicholas McGegan conductor	PCM 19 13:00 - 14:00 Purcell Suite in G major - excerpts Purcell Hail, Bright Cecilia - 'Tis nature's voice' Purcell A New Ground Purcell Music for a while Purcell Suite in D major - excerpts Purcell Sweeter than roses Blow Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell Purcell Evening Hymn Iestyn Davies counter-tenor Simon Wall tenor Members of the Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr harpsichord/ director Literary Festivals 17.45 Sherlock Holmes Prom 69 19.30 - 21.45 Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25 Mahler, compl. Cooke Symphony No.10 Saleem Abboud Ashkar piano Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly conductor	Proms Intros 17.15 Sir Peter Maxwell Davis Prom 70 19.00 - 20.45 Mendelssohn Overture - 'The Hebrides' ('Fingal's Cave') Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Violin Concerto No.2 Sibelius Symphony No.5 in E flat major Daniel Hope violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Peter Maxwell Davies conductor Garry Walker conductor Prom 71 22.00 - 23.15 Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Westerlings Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Solstice of Light Ed Lyon tenor David Goode organ BBC Singers David Hill conductor	Composer Portraits 17.45 Augusta Read Thomas Prom 72 19.30 - 21.45 Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture and incidental music Augusta Read Thomas Violin Concerto No. 3, 'Juggler in Paradise' (BBC co-commission: UK premiere) Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F major, 'Pastoral' Jennifer Kohviolin BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiří Bělohlávek conductor	Proms Intros 17.45 Roger Wright Prom 73 19.30 - 21.30 Haydn Symphony No. 97 in C major Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C major, 'Great' Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst conductor

Week 9: 11 - 12 September 2009
Friday 11	Saturday 12	Sunday 13	Monday 14	Tuesday 15	Wednesday 16	Thursday 17
Proms Intros 16.45 Don Quixote Prom 74 18.30 - 20.45 R. Strauss Don Quixote Brahms Symphony No.4 in E minor Christian Frohn viola Tamás Varga cello Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta conductor Prom 75 22.15 - 23.45 Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma	Proms Intros 17.45 Hoffnung-inspired Orchestra Prom 76 19.30 - 22.30 The Last Night of the Proms Oliver Knussen Flourish with Fireworks Purcell, arr. Henry Wood New Suite Purcell Dido and Aeneas – 'Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth' (Dido’s Lament); 'With drooping wings ye cupids come' Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Villa-Lobos Chôros No. 10 'Rasga o Coração' Arnold A Grand, Grand Overture Ketèlby In a Monastery Garden Piazzolla Libertango Gershwin, arr. Barry Forgie Shall We Dance - 'They can't take that away from me' (BBC co-commission: world premiere) Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks - excerpts Arne, arr. Sargent Rule, Britannia! Parry, orch. Elgar Jerusalem Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 The National Anthem Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Alison Balsom trumpet BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson conductor

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