Kansas Public Radio is proud to present eight weeks of memorable performances from the historic BBC Proms, featuring music from some of the most esteemed musicians in the world. Tune in during Afternoon Classical from 1-3 p.m. beginning Friday, August 4.
AUGUST 4: FIRST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor; Paul Lewis, Piano
SIBELIUS: Finlandia
FROLYAK: Let There Be Light
GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor
SIBELIUS: Snöfrid, Op. 29
BRITTEN: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
AUGUST 11
BBC Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor; Sir Stephen Hough, piano
MASON: New Work (TBD)
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in Fsharp minor
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major
AUGUST 18
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor; María Dueñas, violin
FALLA: La vida breve
LALO: Symphonie espagnole
DEBUSSY: Images – Ibéria
RAVEL: Bolero
AUGUST 28
Hallé
Hallé Choir
BBC Symphony Chorus
Sir Mark Elder, conductor; Mané Galoyan, soprano; Dmytro Popov, tenor; Rodion Pogossov, baritone
RACHMANINOV: The Bells
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
SEPTEMBER 1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft, conductor; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor
SEPTEMBER 8
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer, conductor; Anna-Lena Elbert, soprano; Sir András Schiff, piano
LIGETI: Mysteries of the Macabre
BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica'
SEPTEMBER 15
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
SIMON: Four Black American Dances
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947 version)
GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F major
RAVEL: La valse
SEPTEMBER 22: LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Singers
Marin Alsop, conductor; Lise Davidsen, soprano; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
STRAUSS: Don Juan
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Deep River
BRUCH: Kol nidrei, Op. 47
WILSON: 1922
WAGNER: Tannhäuser – ‘Dich, teure Halle’
MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana – Easter Hymn
MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo
VERDI: Macbeth – ‘Vieni! t’affretta!’
KÁLMÁN: The Gypsy Princess – ‘Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland’
TRADITIONAL: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
ARNE: Rule, Brittania!
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
PARRY: Jerusalem
UNKNOWN: The National Anthem
TRADITIONAL: Auld Lang Syne
