Kansas Public Radio is proud to present nine weeks of memorable performances from the historic BBC Proms, featuring music from some of the most esteemed musicians in the world. Tune in from 7 - 9 p.m. beginning Friday, August 9.
Please note, coverage of the BBC Proms will take the place of Film Music Friday during this eight week span.
AUGUST 9: FIRST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan, conductor
HANDEL (arr. Mackerras): Music for the Royal Fireworks – Overture
BRUCKNER: Psalm 150
C. SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto
NOBUTO: Hallelujah Sim.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
AUGUST 16
Hallé Children’s Choir
Hallé Youth Choir
Hallé Choir
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
MACMILLAN: Timotheus, Bacchus, and Cecilia
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
AUGUST 23
The Swingles
Steven Osbourne, piano; Cynthia Milla, ondes martenot
BBC Philharmonic
Nicholas Collon, conductor
CLYNE: The Gorgeous Nothings
MESSIAEN: Turangalîla Symphony
AUGUST 30
Tobias Feldmann, violin
BBC Philharmonic
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major
GIBSON: beyond the beyond
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
SEPTEMBER 6
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
SEPTEMBER 13
Anthony McGill, clarinet
NYCOS Chamber Choir
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
BONIS: Salomé
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A major
MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
SEPTEMBER 20
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
DEBUSSY: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947 version)
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
SEPTEMBER 27
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’
SCHOENBERG: Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
OCTOBER 4: LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
Angel Blue, soprano
Sir Stephen Hough, piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Orama, conductor
CHAPÍ: Las hijas del Zebedeo – ‘Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores’ (Carceleras)
FAURÉ: Pavane
IVES: Yale–Princeton Football Game
PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi – ‘O mio babbino caro’/Madam Butterfly – Humming Chorus
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, ‘Egyptian’ – Andante
SIMON: TBD
WOOD (Arranger): Fantasia on British SeaSongs
ARNE (Arr. Sargent): Rule, Britannia!
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)
PARRY (Orch. Elgar): Jerusalem
BRITTEN (Arranger): The National Anthem
TRADITIONAL (Arr. Campbell): Auld lang syne