Prom 14 [BBC Proms]

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01Beethoven - Part 120100727BBC PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Katie Derham

A welcome return to the Proms for this polished German chamber orchestra in the second of the season's Beethoven Nights which revive a tradition common during the first decades of the Proms. Tonight, Artistic Director Paavo Jarvi conducts three works by Beethoven beginning with his First Symphony in which he staked his claim as the rightful heir to the Classical symphonic tradition. The orchestra is joined by American soloist Hilary Hahn in the richly expressive Violin Concerto - a work whose technical difficulties make it a pinnacle of the violin repertoire. The programme concludes with the Fifth Symphony with its explosive opening four-note motive among the most recognised and arresting beginnings to any work of classical music.

Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D

Hilary Hahn (violin)

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Paavo Jarvi (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Friday 30th July at 2pm.

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie under Paavo Jarvi in an all-Beethoven concert.

01Prom 14 (part 1): Durufle, Ravel And Simon Holt20140727Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thierry Fischer live at the BBC Proms with music by Ravel, Durufl退's Requiem and a new flute concerto from Simon Holt for Emmanuel Pahud.

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Simon Holt: Morpheus Wakes (BBC commision: world premiere)

Ravel: La valse

8.15pm Interval

8.35pm

Durufl退: Requiem

Ruby Hughes (soprano)

Gerald Finley (baritone)

Emmanuel Pahud (flute)

BBC National Chorus of Wales

National Youth Choir of Wales

Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Ravel's La Valse turns the Viennese waltz into a darkly tinged rhapsody, while his Valses nobles et sentimentales reflects the iconic dance in softer tones. Durufl退's Requiem is the musical cousin of Faur退's more familiar Requiem and anchors its warm 20th-century harmonies even more strongly in arching plainchant melody. Flute virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud joins the orchestra for the world premiere of Simon Holt's flute concert Morpheus Wakes - written for Pahud himself, who represents the god of dreaming 'as if slowly waking from a deep, troubled sleep'.

This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 29th July at 2pm.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer in music by Ravel and Simon Holt.

01Prom 14 (part 1): Prokofiev - The Piano Concertos20150728The pianists Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin join the LSO and Valery Gergiev to perform the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos, live at the BBC Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Concerto

8pm:

INTERVAL

8.20pm: Part 2

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major

8.50pm:

9.10pm: Part 3

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major

Daniil Trifonov (piano) (Concertos 1 & 3)

Sergei Babayan (piano) (Concertos 2 & 5)

Alexei Volodin (piano) (Concerto 4)

London Symphony Orchestra

Valery Gergiev conductor

All five Prokofiev piano concertos in one concert - it's a feat conductor Valery Gergiev achieved in 2012 at the Mariinsky and now brings to the Proms, along with three of his original pianists. It's a rare opportunity to hear three international soloists back-to-back, to compare styles and approaches, as well as to explore the composer's later, lesser-known concertos with their newly expressive tenderness. Daniil Trifonov, the prodigious young winner of the Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions, shares the bill with his teacher Sergei Babayan, while Alexei Volodin tackles the rarely heard Fourth, commissioned, like Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein.

LSO in Prokofiev: Piano Concertos: No 1 (with Daniil Trifonov); No 2 (with Sergei Babayan)

02Beethoven - Part 220100727BBC PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Katie Derham

A welcome return to the Proms for this polished German chamber orchestra in the second of the season's Beethoven Nights which revive a tradition common during the first decades of the Proms. Tonight, Artistic Director Paavo Jarvi conducts three works by Beethoven beginning with his First Symphony in which he staked his claim as the rightful heir to the Classical symphonic tradition. The orchestra is joined by American soloist Hilary Hahn in the richly expressive Violin Concerto - a work whose technical difficulties make it a pinnacle of the violin repertoire. The programme concludes with the Fifth Symphony with its explosive opening four-note motive among the most recognised and arresting beginnings to any work of classical music.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D

Hilary Hahn (violin)

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Paavo J䀀rvi (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Friday 30th July at 2pm.

Paavo Jarvi conducts Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in Beethoven's Symphony No 5.

02Prom 14 (part 2): Durufle, Ravel And Simon Holt20140727Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thierry Fischer live at the BBC Proms with music by Ravel, Durufl退's Requiem and a new flute concerto from Simon Holt for Emmanuel Pahud.

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Simon Holt: Morpheus Wakes (BBC commision: world premiere)

Ravel: La valse

8.15pm Interval

8.35pm

Durufl退: Requiem

Ruby Hughes (soprano)

Gerald Finley (baritone)

Emmanuel Pahud (flute)

BBC National Chorus of Wales

National Youth Choir of Wales

Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Ravel's La Valse turns the Viennese waltz into a darkly tinged rhapsody, while his Valses nobles et sentimentales reflects the iconic dance in softer tones. Durufl退's Requiem is the musical cousin of Faur退's more familiar Requiem and anchors its warm 20th-century harmonies even more strongly in arching plainchant melody. Flute virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud joins the orchestra for the world premiere of Simon Holt's flute concert Morpheus Wakes - written for Pahud himself, who represents the god of dreaming 'as if slowly waking from a deep, troubled sleep'.

This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 29th July at 2pm.

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales in a performance of Durufle's Requiem.

02Prom 14 (part 2): Prokofiev - The Piano Concertos20150728The pianists Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin join the LSO and Valery Gergiev to perform the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos, live at the BBC Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Concerto

8pm:

INTERVAL

8.20pm: Part 2

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major

8.50pm:

9.10pm: Part 3

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major

Daniil Trifonov (piano) (Concertos 1 & 3)

Sergei Babayan (piano) (Concertos 2 & 5)

Alexei Volodin (piano) (Concerto 4)

London Symphony Orchestra

Valery Gergiev conductor

All five Prokofiev piano concertos in one concert - it's a feat conductor Valery Gergiev achieved in 2012 at the Mariinsky and now brings to the Proms, along with three of his original pianists. It's a rare opportunity to hear three international soloists back-to-back, to compare styles and approaches, as well as to explore the composer's later, lesser-known concertos with their newly expressive tenderness. Daniil Trifonov, the prodigious young winner of the Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions, shares the bill with his teacher Sergei Babayan, while Alexei Volodin tackles the rarely heard Fourth, commissioned, like Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein.

Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3, with soloist Daniil Trifonov and LSO under Valery Gergiev

03Prom 14 (part 3): Prokofiev - The Piano Concertos20150728The pianists Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin join the LSO and Valery Gergiev to perform the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos, live at the BBC Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Concerto

8pm:

INTERVAL

8.20pm: Part 2

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major

8.50pm:

9.10pm: Part 3

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major

Daniil Trifonov (piano) (Concertos 1 & 3)

Sergei Babayan (piano) (Concertos 2 & 5)

Alexei Volodin (piano) (Concerto 4)

London Symphony Orchestra

Valery Gergiev conductor

All five Prokofiev piano concertos in one concert - it's a feat conductor Valery Gergiev achieved in 2012 at the Mariinsky and now brings to the Proms, along with three of his original pianists. It's a rare opportunity to hear three international soloists back-to-back, to compare styles and approaches, as well as to explore the composer's later, lesser-known concertos with their newly expressive tenderness. Daniil Trifonov, the prodigious young winner of the Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions, shares the bill with his teacher Sergei Babayan, while Alexei Volodin tackles the rarely heard Fourth, commissioned, like Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein.

Prokofiev: Piano Concertos: No 4 (soloist: Sergei Babayan); No 5 (with Alexei Volodin).