Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Prokofiev, Cinderella (acts 1 And 2) | 20120822 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra perform the complete score to Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella which contains some of the composer's most popular and melodious music. This is a rare opportunity to hear Prokofiev's generously melodic fairy-tale ballet score in its full glory under the baton of a conductor steeped in the Russian ballet repertoire. It tells the famous fairytale of poor Cinderella who lives with her wicked stepsisters and goes to the ball after a make-over from a fairy and falls in love with the prince. Able to stay only till midnight when the spell wears off, she loses her slipper which the prince uses to find her again. Prokofiev: Cinderella Op. 87 - Acts I & II Valery Gergiev (conductor). Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Acts 1 and 2 of Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella. |
| 01 | Prokofiev: Symphony No 1. Dutilleux: L'arbre Des Songes | 20110823 | BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Valery Gergiev and his London Symphony Orchestra feature pairings of works by Prokofiev and Dutilleux. Prokofiev is represented by two very contrasted symphonies, the 1st and the 5th, and Dutilleux by a fanfare that he composed for Rostropovich to conduct and a concerto that he wrote for the great American violinist Isaac Stern to play. Gergiev always has something special to say about Prokofiev and the very different worlds of the Haydn-inspired 1st Symphony (the 'Classical') and the wartime 5th (written in a single month in 1944) are bound to bring out the best in him. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the virtuoso Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos for Dutilleux's nocturnal concerto, whose title translates as 'The Tree of Dreams'. Dutilleux celebrated his 95th birthday earlier this year and his music celebrates what he calls 'the joy of sound'. That joy is certainly apparent in the short fanfare that he composed for Mstislav Rostropovich's 70th birthday, whose spatial arrangement of instruments should suit the Royal Albert Hall perfectly. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, 'Classical Henri Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 26th August at 2.30pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO. Prokofiev: Symphony No 1. Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes. |
| 01 | Prom 52 (part 1): Ivan Fischer And The Budapest Festival Orchestra | 20140825 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch The Budapest Festival Orchestra and Ivကn Fischer live at the BBC Proms Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 14 in D minor (orch. I. Fischer) Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major (orch. I. Fischer Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major (orch. I. Fischer) Mozart: March in D major, K335/1 Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished 8.15pm Interval 8.35pm Josef Strauss: Sph䀀ren-Kl䀀nge - waltz Johann II Strauss: Vergnügungszug - polka Dvorကk: Legend in B flat minor, Op. 59 No. 10 Johann II Strauss: By the Beautiful Blue Danube - waltz Johann II Strauss: Bandits' Galop Kodကly: Dances of Galကnta Ivကn Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 11th September at 2pm The Budapest Festival Orchestra returns to the Proms with a programme of orchestral showpieces. Sparkling Strauss dances are matched by a selection of Brahms's colourful Hungarian Dances, and Kodကly's sweeping Dances of Galကnta are balanced by the crisp Classical textures of Mozart's March in D major. At the centre is Schubert's 'Unfinished' Symphony, with its mood-swings and elusive harmonies. Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer in music by Brahms, Mozart and Schubert. |
| 01 | Prom 52 (part 1): Thierry Escaich | 20150823 | Bach and beyond - a fascinating musical journey with Thierry Escaich, live at the BBC Proms. Escaich juxtaposes the organ music of JS Bach with responses to it by Mendelssohn and Brahms, as well as demonstrating his own improvisatory skills on the organ of the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Brahms: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, WoO 10 Brahms: Chorale Prelude 'Herzliebster Jesu Bach: Chorale Prelude 'In dir ist Freude', BWV 615 8.20 pm Interval 8.40 pm Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir', BWV 686 Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata in A major, Op.65 No.3 Brahms: Chorale Prelude 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen', Op.122 No.1 Bach: Chorale 'Christ ist erstanden', BWV 746 (attrib.) Thierry Escaich (organ) Thierry Escaich is the renowned organist of the church of Saint-ɀtienne-du-Mont in Paris (where he is a successor to Maurice Durufl退), and an ambassador of the great French School of improvisation. Organist Thierry Escaich performs music by Bach and Brahms. |
| 01 | Prom 52 (part 1): Vir, Sibelius, Bantock And Elgar | 20130821 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Elgar's Enigma Variations & Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with soloist Lisa Batiashvili, live at the BBC Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Param Vir: Cave of Luminous Mind (BBC commission: world premiere) Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor 8.35pm Interval 8.55pm Bantock: Celtic Symphony Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Sakari Oramo (conductor) Dedicated to the late Jonathan Harvey, Param Vir's Cave of Luminous Mind is inspired by the mindfulness of Tibetan Buddhism and the story of Buddhist master Milarepa's penitential progress on the Diamond Path. Chief Conductor and Elgar Medalwinner Sakari Oramo directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Vir's work, Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations and Granville Bantock's 1940 Celtic Symphony for strings and six harps. Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili plays Sibelius's exhilarating Violin Concerto, a work she recorded in 2008 to rave reviews. An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Tuesday 27th August at 2pm. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Param Vir and Sibelius. |
| 01 | Strauss, Ravel, Scriabin - Part 1 | 20100824 | BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Vladimir Ashkenazy and the visiting Sydney Symphony perform Richard Strauss's lushly romantic waltzes which conjure up eighteenth-century Vienna, and Scriabin's multi-coloured Third Symphony which portrays the cosmic dance between the human spirit and the cosmos. French-born pianist H退l耀ne Grimaud joins them for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, which dances to the rhythms of the Jazz Age. R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - suite Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major H退l耀ne Grimaud, piano Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor This Prom is repeated on Tuesday 31st August at 2.00pm. Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Sydney Symphony in music by Strauss and Ravel. |
| 02 | Dutilleux: Slava's Fanfare. Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 | 20110823 | BBC PROMS 2011 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Valery Gergiev and his London Symphony Orchestra feature pairings of works by Prokofiev and Dutilleux. Prokofiev is represented by two very contrasted symphonies, the 1st and the 5th, and Dutilleux by a fanfare that he composed for Rostropovich to conduct and a concerto that he wrote for the great American violinist Isaac Stern to play. Gergiev always has something special to say about Prokofiev and the very different worlds of the Haydn-inspired 1st Symphony (the 'Classical') and the wartime 5th (written in a single month in 1944) are bound to bring out the best in him. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the virtuoso Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos for Dutilleux's nocturnal concerto, whose title translates as 'The Tree of Dreams'. Dutilleux celebrated his 95th birthday earlier this year and his music celebrates what he calls 'the joy of sound'. That joy is certainly apparent in the short fanfare that he composed for Mstislav Rostropovich's 70th birthday, whose spatial arrangement of instruments should suit the Royal Albert Hall perfectly. Henri Dutilleux: Slava's Fanfare Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Valery Gergiev (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Friday 26th August at 2.30pm. Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO. Dutilleux: Slava's Fanfare. Prokofiev: Symphony No 5. |
| 02 | Prokofiev, Cinderella (act 3) | 20120822 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra perform the complete score to Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella which contains some of the composer's most popular and melodious music. This is a rare opportunity to hear Prokofiev's generously melodic fairy-tale ballet score in its full glory under the baton of a conductor steeped in the Russian ballet repertoire. It tells the famous fairytale of poor Cinderella who lives with her wicked stepsisters and goes to the ball after a make-over from a fairy and falls in love with the prince. Able to stay only till midnight when the spell wears off, she loses her slipper which the prince uses to find her again. Prokofiev: Cinderella Op. 87 - Act III Valery Gergiev (conductor). Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Act 3 of Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella. |
| 02 | Prom 52 (part 2): Ivan Fischer And The Budapest Festival Orchestra | 20140825 | Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch The Budapest Festival Orchestra and Ivကn Fischer live at the BBC Proms Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 14 in D minor (orch. I. Fischer) Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major (orch. I. Fischer Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major (orch. I. Fischer) Mozart: March in D major, K335/1 Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished 8.15pm Interval 8.35pm Josef Strauss: Sph䀀ren-Kl䀀nge - waltz Johann II Strauss: Vergnügungszug - polka Dvorကk: Legend in B flat minor, Op. 59 No. 10 Johann II Strauss: By the Beautiful Blue Danube - waltz Johann II Strauss: Bandits' Galop Kodကly: Dances of Galကnta Ivကn Fischer (conductor) This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 11th September at 2pm The Budapest Festival Orchestra returns to the Proms with a programme of orchestral showpieces. Sparkling Strauss dances are matched by a selection of Brahms's colourful Hungarian Dances, and Kodကly's sweeping Dances of Galကnta are balanced by the crisp Classical textures of Mozart's March in D major. At the centre is Schubert's 'Unfinished' Symphony, with its mood-swings and elusive harmonies. Budapest Festival Orchestra in music by Josef Strauss, J Strauss II, Dvorak and Kodaly. |
| 02 | Prom 52 (part 2): Thierry Escaich | 20150823 | Bach and beyond - a fascinating musical journey with Thierry Escaich, live at the BBC Proms. Escaich juxtaposes the organ music of JS Bach with responses to it by Mendelssohn and Brahms, as well as demonstrating his own improvisatory skills on the organ of the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Brahms: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, WoO 10 Brahms: Chorale Prelude 'Herzliebster Jesu Bach: Chorale Prelude 'In dir ist Freude', BWV 615 8.20 pm Interval 8.40 pm Bach: Chorale Prelude 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir', BWV 686 Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata in A major, Op.65 No.3 Brahms: Chorale Prelude 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen', Op.122 No.1 Bach: Chorale 'Christ ist erstanden', BWV 746 (attrib.) Thierry Escaich (organ) Thierry Escaich is the renowned organist of the church of Saint-ɀtienne-du-Mont in Paris (where he is a successor to Maurice Durufl退), and an ambassador of the great French School of improvisation. Thierry Escaich performs organ music by Bach, Mendelssohn and Brahms. |
| 02 | Prom 52 (part 2): Vir, Sibelius, Bantock And Elgar | 20130821 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Elgar's Enigma Variations & Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with soloist Lisa Batiashvili, live at the BBC Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore Param Vir: Cave of Luminous Mind (BBC commission: world premiere) Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor 8.35pm Interval 8.55pm Bantock: Celtic Symphony Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Sakari Oramo (conductor) Dedicated to the late Jonathan Harvey, Param Vir's Cave of Luminous Mind is inspired by the mindfulness of Tibetan Buddhism and the story of Buddhist master Milarepa's penitential progress on the Diamond Path. Chief Conductor and Elgar Medalwinner Sakari Oramo directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Vir's work, Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations and Granville Bantock's 1940 Celtic Symphony for strings and six harps. Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili plays Sibelius's exhilarating Violin Concerto, a work she recorded in 2008 to rave reviews. An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Tuesday 27th August at 2pm. BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo. Bantock: Celtic Symphony. Elgar: Enigma Variations. |
| 02 | Strauss, Ravel, Scriabin - Part 2 | 20100824 | BBC PROMS 2010 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein Vladimir Ashkenazy and the visiting Sydney Symphony perform Richard Strauss's lushly romantic waltzes which conjure up eighteenth-century Vienna, and Scriabin's multi-coloured Third Symphony which portrays the cosmic dance between the human spirit and the cosmos. French-born pianist H退l耀ne Grimaud joins them for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, which dances to the rhythms of the Jazz Age. Scriabin: Symphony No.3 in C major - 'The Divine Poem H退l耀ne Grimaud, piano Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor This Prom is repeated on Tuesday 31st August at 2.00pm. Vladimir Ashkenazy's Prom with the Sydney Symphony ends with Scriabin's Symphony No 3. |