BBC Proms 2012

Welcome to our Proms page. Here you will find links to all the available recordings of works played at this year's BBC Proms. Just click on the name of the work (shown in blue font) to go to the relevant page.

Any other relevant recordings, (for example: similar works, recordings by the same artists, or specific recordings of the actual works by the artists performing them) are shown on the right hand side. Just click on the cover image to view full details.

Friday 13th July, 7:30pm - First Night of the Proms
Susan Gritton, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Gerald Finley, Bryn Terfel, Edward Gardner, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Mark Elder, Martyn Brabbins

Other relevant discs:

Mark-Anthony Turnage: Canon Fever

World premiere

Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town'

Delius: Sea Drift

Tippett: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles

Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44

Saturday 14th July, 7:00pm
Annalene Beechey, Anthony Andrews, Alun Armstrong, James Fleet, Julian Ovenden, John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson

Other relevant discs:

Loewe, F: My Fair Lady

Sunday 15th July, 7:00pm
Phillip Addis, Karen Vourc'h, Laurent Naouri, Sir John Tomlinson, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Other relevant discs:

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

Monday 16th July, 1:00pm - Alice Coote sings French chansons
Alice Coote, Julius Drake

Other relevant discs:

Gounod: Au printemps

Saint-Saëns: Aimons-nous

Fauré: Poème d'un jour Op. 21

Fauré: En sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2 (Verlaine)

Fauré: Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 No. 1 (Prudhomme)

Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan Op. 39 No. 4

Fauré: Le secret Op. 23 No. 3

Fauré: Notre amour Op. 23 No. 2

Satie: Je te veux

Hahn, R: L'Enamourée

Hahn, R: Fumée

Hahn, R: Dans la nuit

Hahn, R: L'heure exquise

Poulenc: Hotel

Poulenc: Voyage à Paris

Poulenc: Les chemins de l'amour

Monday 16th July, 7:30pm
Imogen Cooper, Juilliard Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music, John Adams

Respighi: Roman Festivals

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major

John Adams: City Noir

Tuesday 17th July, 7:30pm
Anne Schwanewilms, BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena

Other relevant discs:

Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Strauss, R: Four Last Songs

Kaija Saariaho: Laterna magica

UK premiere

Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105

Wednesday 18th July, 7:00pm
Kirill Gerstein, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek

Other relevant discs:

Fung Lam: Endless Forms

BBC commission - world premiere

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111

Wednesday 18th July, 10:15pm
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

Other relevant discs:

Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351

Thursday 19th July, 7:30pm
John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Purves, Rosemary Joshua, Christine Rice, Tim Mead, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings

Other relevant discs:

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

Friday 20th July, 7:30pm
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Other relevant discs:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Saturday 21st July, 3:00pm - Bach – The Art of Fugue
Academy of Ancient Music, Mahan Esfahani

Bach, J S: The Art of Fugue, BWV1080

Saturday 21st July, 7:30pm
Jussef Eisa, IRCAM, West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Other relevant discs:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60

Boulez: Dialogue de L'Ombre Double

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

Sunday 22nd July, 4:30pm
Bryan Hymel, Eva Maria Westbroek, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Fabio Capitanucci, Ashley Holland, Hanna Hipp, Brindley Sherratt, Barbara Senator, Ed Lyon, Robert Lloyd, Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Sir Antonio Pappano

Other relevant discs:

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Monday 23rd July, 1:00pm - Tenebrae
Tenebrae, Nigel Short

Other relevant discs:

Gibbons: Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts (1612) - selection

Gibbons, O: The Cries of London

Julian Philips: Sorowfull Songes

BBC Commission - world premiere

Steve Martland: Street Songs – selection

Monday 23rd July, 7:30pm
Hassan Moataz El Molla, West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Other relevant discs:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

Boulez: Mémoriale

Boulez: Messagesquisse

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Tuesday 24th July, 7:00pm
Michael Barenboim, IRCAM, West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Other relevant discs:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

Boulez: Anthèmes 2

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Tuesday 24th July, 10:00pm
Kronos Quartet

Other relevant discs:

Omar Souleyman: I'll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You (La sidounak sayyada) (arr. Jacob Garchik)

UK premiere

Gubaidulina: String Quartet No.4

Johnston, B: String Quartet No. 4

Nicole Lizée: The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (Fibre-Optic Flowers)

BBC commission - world premiere

trad.: Tusen tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) transcr. Ljova, arr. Kronos Quartet

Aleksandra Vrebalov: … hold me, neighbor, in this storm …

Wednesday 25th July, 7:30pm
Vadim Gluzman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek

Other relevant discs:

Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life'

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

Thursday 26th July, 7:00pm
Joanna MacGregor, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ryan Wigglesworth

Other relevant discs:

Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Op. 50

Wood, Hugh: Piano Concerto, Op. 31

Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs No. 3)

Debussy: Préludes - Book 1: No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie

Debussy: La Mer

Thursday 26th July, 10:15pm
Hilary Summers, West–Eastern Divan Orchestra (members), Pierre Boulez

Other relevant discs:

Beethoven: Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, Op.16

Boulez: Le Marteau sans maître

Friday 27th July, 6:30pm
Anna Samuil, Waltraud Meier, Peter Seiffert, René Pape, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Other relevant discs:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Saturday 28th July, 3:00pm - Les 24 Violons du Roy
Les 24 Violons du Roy, Sir Roger Norrington

Lully: Armide: excerpts

Desmarets: Circé – suite

Marais: Ariane et Bacchus – suite

Campra: Tancrède – suite

Lalande: Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy (extracts)

Saturday 28th July, 7:30pm
Daniel Müller-Schott, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

Other relevant discs:

Benedict Mason: meld

BBC commission - world premiere

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107

Langgaard, R: Symphony No. 11 'Ixion'

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'

Sunday 29th July, 3:30pm - The Wallace & Gromit Prom: Musical Marvels!
Tasmin Little, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon

Other relevant discs:

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

Adams, J: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Debussy: Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43

Excerpt from First Movement

Wallace: My Concerto in Ee, Lad

Proms Commission - world premiere

Sunday 29th July, 8:00pm
Aldeburgh World Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major - Adagio

Charlotte Bray - At the Speed of Stillness

BBC Commission - world premiere

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Monday 30th July, 1:00pm - La Tarantella
L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

Other relevant discs:

La Tarantella

Monday 30th July, 7:30pm
Gillian Keith, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda

Other relevant discs:

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527: Overture

Knussen: Symphony No. 2

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor

Tuesday 31st July, 7:00pm
Jonathan Lemalu, London Brass, BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, BBC Symphony Chorus, Tadaaki Otaka

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Ireland: These Things Shall be

Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden

Walton: Belshazzar's Feast

Tuesday 31st July, 10:15pm - BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy
José Hernando Arias Noguera, Egidio Cuadrado

World Routes Academy

Wednesday 1st August, 7:30pm
Håkan Hardenberger, Measha Brueggergosman, Sarah Connolly, Paul Groves, Jubilant Sykes, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Proms Youth Choir, David Robertson

Other relevant discs:

Ives, C: The Unanswered Question

Barber, S: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Zimmermann, B A: Trumpet Concerto in C 'Nobody Knows De Trouble I See'

Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Thursday 2nd August, 7:30pm
Joélle Harvey, Malin Christensson, Iestyn Davies, Ed Lyon, Matthew Rose, The English Concert, Harry Bicket

Other relevant discs:

Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Friday 3rd August, 7:45pm
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Saturday 4th August, 2:00pm
Sir James Galway, Ulster Orchestra, Ulster Youth Orchestra of Northern Ireland, JoAnn Falletta

Other relevant discs:

Chabrier: España

Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K314

Elaine Agnew: Dark Hedges

BBC Commission - world premiere

Stravinsky: The Firebird

Saturday 4th August, 7:30pm
Cynthia Millar, Joanna MacGregor, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Vasily Petrenko

Other relevant discs:

Varèse: Tuning up

Nico Muhly - Gait

BBC Commission - London premiere

Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony

Anna Meredith - HandsFree

Sunday 5th August, 4:30pm - The Angry Planet
Ruby Hughes, Children’s Choirs from London Boroughs, BBC Singers, The Bach Choir, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, David Hill

Other relevant discs:

Bob Chilcott: The Angry Planet

World Premiere

Ben Parry: Flame

Sunday 5th August, 7:30pm
Nicola Benedetti, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles

Other relevant discs:

James MacMillan: Fanfare Upon One Note

London Premiere

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46

Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20

Thea Musgrave - Loch Ness – a Postcard from Scotland

BBC Commission - world premiere

Respighi: Pines of Rome

Monday 6th August, 1:00pm - Debussy & Ravel
Jennifer Pike, Igor Levit, Nicolas Altstaedt

Other relevant discs:

Debussy: Violin Sonata

Debussy: Cello Sonata

Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor

Monday 6th August, 7:00pm
Morten Frank Larsen, Julius Foo, BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, Various Welsh Choirs, Kristjan Järvi

Other relevant discs:

Bernstein: Mass

Tuesday 7th August, 7:30pm
BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Chamber Choir, Northern Sinfonia Chorus, Rushley Singers, Juanjo Mena

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act 1

James MacMillan - Credo

BBC Co-Commission - world premiere

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major

Wednesday 8th August, 7:30pm
Katia and Marielle Labèque, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov

Other relevant discs:

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

Richard Dubugnon: Battlefield Concerto

Strauss, R: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

Thursday 9th August, 6:30pm
Steven Osborne, Roderick Williams, BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds

Other relevant discs:

Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104

Delius: Cynara

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Nørgård: Symphony No. 7

UK Premiere

Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52

Thursday 9th August, 10:15pm - Glamorous Night: A Celebration of Ivor Novello
Sophie Bevan, Toby Spence, Simon Callow, Hallé, Sir Mark Elder

Other relevant discs:

Selected songs by Ivor Novello

Friday 10th August, 6:45pm
David Kempster, Rebecca Evans, Alice Coote, Paul Groves, Jacques Imbrailo, Clive Bayley, Hallé, Hallé Choir and Youth Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Mark Elder

Other relevant discs:

Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49

Friday 10th August, 10:15pm
Tim Garland, National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Mark Armstrong

Ellington: Rockin' in Rhythm

Nikki Iles: Hush

Kenny Wheeler: Sweet Time Suite – Know Where You Are

Monk, T: 'Round Midnight

Jerome Richardson: Groove Merchant

Chris Whiter: The Change

Tom Stone: Return Flight

Ellington: Caravan

Duke Ellington: The Queen’s Suite – Sunset and the Mockingbird

Tim Garland: Agro Alegría

Saturday 11th August, 3:00pm - Britten Sinfonia
Susan Bickley, Nicholas Daniel, Nicolas Hodges, Britten Sinfonia, Clark Rundell

Other relevant discs:

Michael Finnissy: Piano Concerto No. 2

UK Premiere

Brian Ferneyhough: Prometheus

Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Gigue Machine

UK Premiere

Brian Elias: Electra Mourns

World premiere

Saturday 11th August, 7:30pm
Toby Spence, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Huddersfield Choral Society, London Symphony Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer

Other relevant discs:

Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)

Sunday 12th August, 3:30pm
National Youth Wind Orchestra, National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, James Gourlay, Bramwell Tovey

Other relevant discs:

Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Wind Band

Holst: Suite No. 2 for Military Band in F major, Op. 28 No. 2, H106

Gavin Higgins: Der Aufstand

BBC Commission - world premiere

Martin Ellerby: Paris Sketches

Walton: Crown Imperial

Leighton Lucas: Chorale and Variations

John Pickard: Wildfire

Gavin Bryars: After the Underworlds

BBC Commission - world premiere

Benjamin, G: Altitude

Derek Bourgeois: Blitz

Sunday 12th August, 8:00pm
Angela Denoke, Simon O'Neill, Katarina Karnéus, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, Neal Davies, Wolfgang Schöne, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, BBC Singers, Jiří Bělohlávek

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder

Monday 13th August, 1:00pm - Nicola Benedetti
Nicola Benedetti, Alexei Grynyuk, Leonard Elschenbroich

Other relevant discs:

Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

Korngold: Glück, das mir verbleib 'Marietta's Lied' (from Die Tote Stadt)

Korngold: Tanzlied des Pierrot from Die tote Stadt, Op. 12

Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101

Monday 13th August, 7:30pm
Lawrence Power, Philharmonia Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki

Other relevant discs:

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 1, Op. 64a

Olga Neuwirth: Remnants of Songs ... an Amphigony

UK Premiere

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116

Tuesday 14th August, 7:00pm
Benjamin Grosvenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit

Other relevant discs:

Delius: Paris - Song of a Great City

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Tuesday 14th August, 10:15pm
Byron Fulcher, Sound Intermedia, London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble, André Ridder

Other relevant discs:

Ligeti: Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes

Berio: Sequenza V for trombone

Xenakis: Phlegra

Harvey, J: Mortuos plango, vivos voco

Andriessen, L: de Snelheid

Cage: 4' 33"

Wednesday 15th August, 7:30pm
Nelson Freire, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

Other relevant discs:

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

Villa-Lobos: Mômoprecóce, fantasy for piano & orchestra, A. 240

Ginastera: Estancia - dance suite, Op. 8a

Thursday 16th August, 7:30pm
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6 in E minor

Friday 17th August, 7:45pm - Cage Centenary Celebration
Soloists, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Exaudi, Ilan Volkov

Other relevant discs:

John Cage: 1O1

John Cage: Improvisation III

Christian Marclay: Luggage 2012 – improvisation for orchestra

Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis

Cage: Winter Music for 1 to 20 pianos

Cage: Cartridge Music

Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra

John Cage: Four2

John Cage: But what about the noise of crumpling paper…

Cage: Experiences No. 2

John Cage: ear for EAR (Antiphonies)

David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Keith Rowe & Christian Wolff: Quartet – improvisation

John Cage: Branches

Saturday 18th August, 3:00pm - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Anne-Marie Owens, Andrew Watts, Huw Watkins, London Sinfonietta Voices, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Nicholas Collon

Other relevant discs:

Goehr: a musical offering (JSB 1985)

Knussen: Ophelia Dances

Knussen: Ophelia's Last Dance

Simon Bainbridge: The Garden of Earthly Delights

BBC Commission - world premiere

Saturday 18th August, 7:30pm
Alice Coote, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski

Other relevant discs:

Weber: Der Freischütz Overture

Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (4 songs, complete)

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

Sunday 19th August, 7:30pm
Mark Stone, Lisa Milne, Andrew Kennedy, Victoria Simmonds, Mark Richardson, Felicity Palmer, Leigh Melrose, BBC Concert Orchestra & Singers, Jane Glover

Other relevant discs:

Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard

Monday 20th August, 1:00pm - Escher Quartet
Escher Quartet

Other relevant discs:

Hugh Wood: String Quartet No. 4

Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

Monday 20th August, 7:30pm
Michael Collins, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

Other relevant discs:

Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622

Delius: Eventyr (once upon a time)

Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (FS97)

Tuesday 21st August, 7:30pm
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Other relevant discs:

Glinka: Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture

Emily Howard: Calculus of the Nervous System

UK Premiere

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'

Wednesday 22nd August, 7:00pm
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Other relevant discs:

Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87

Wednesday 22nd August, 10:15pm - 1612 Italian Vespers
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth

Other relevant discs:

Viadana: Deus in adiutorium meum

Viadana: Dixit Dominus

Barbarino: Exaudi Deus

Viadana: Laetatus sum

Viadana: O dulcissima Maria

Grandi: Plorabo die ac nocte

Gabrieli, G: Magnificat à 20/à28 - Con il sicut locutus. In ecco.

Monteverdi: Salve, O Regina

Gabrieli, G: In ecclesiis a 14

Thursday 23rd August, 7:30pm
Tasmin Little, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

Other relevant discs:

Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 9

London Premiere

Delius: Violin Concerto

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

Friday 24th August, 7:00pm
Stuart Skelton, Amanda Roocroft, Iain Paterson, Rebecca de Pont Davies, Matthew Best, Leigh Melrose, ENO Chorus and Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Britten: Peter Grimes

Saturday 25th August, 7:30pm
Claire Booth, Polly May, Clare McCaldin, New London Chamber Choir, BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen

Other relevant discs:

Goehr: Metamorphosis/ Dance

Knussen: Symphony No. 3

Helen Grime: Night Songs

BBC Commission - World Premiere

Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

Sunday 26th August, 7:30pm
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Daniele Gatti

Other relevant discs:

Wagner: Parsifal: Prelude to Act 3

Wagner: Parsifal: Good Friday Music

Berg: Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)

Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier - Suite

Ravel: La Valse

Monday 27th August, 1:00pm - Debussy & Schoenberg
Christine Schäfer, Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins

Other relevant discs:

Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp

Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21

Monday 27th August, 3:00pm - Family Matinee: A Journey to Far Corners of our Musical World
Miloš Karadaglić, Blind Boys of Alabama, Hari Sivanesana, Proms Family Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Stephen Bell

Other relevant discs:

Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio

Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo)

Monday 27th August, 8:00pm - The Broadway Sound
Maida Vale Singers, John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson

Other relevant discs:

The Broadway Sound

Tuesday 28th August, 6:30pm
Vito Priante, Lydia Teuscher, Sally Matthews, Audun Iversen, Isabel Leonard, Andrew Shore, Ann Murray, Alan Oke, Nicholas Folwell, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Wednesday 29th August, 7:00pm
Miah Persson, Andrew Kennedy, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Other relevant discs:

Howells: Hymnus Paradisi

Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55

Wednesday 29th August, 10:15pm
Imogen Heap, ensemblebash, BBC Singers, Eric Whitacre Singers, Eric Whitacre

Other relevant discs:

Bernstein: Warm-Up (from Mass)

Whitacre: Alleluia

Whitacre: Leonardo dreams of his flying machine

E. London (arr.): Bach Again

Eric Whitacre: Higher, Faster, Stronger

BBC Commission - World Premiere

Imogen Heap (arr. Whitacre): BBC Commission - World Premiere

World Premiere

Trad. (arr. Hogan): Three Spirituals

Whitacre: Cloudburst

Whitacre: Sleep

Thursday 30th August, 7:30pm
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Other relevant discs:

Ligeti: Atmosphères

Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1

Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63

Debussy: Jeux - Poème dansé

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2

Friday 31st August, 7:00pm
Yefim Bronfman, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Other relevant discs:

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3

Friday 31st August, 10:15pm
Martin Taylor, Britten Sinfonia, Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra, Spirit of Django, Guy Barker

The Spirit of Django

Saturday 1st September, 4:00pm - Cameron Carpenter plays Bach
Cameron Carpenter

Other relevant discs:

Bach, J S: Toccata & Fugue in F major, BWV540

Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006

Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in A major, BWV536

Busoni: Choral Prelude ‘Nun freut euch, lieben Christen’

Carpenter: Improvisation on B–A–C–H

Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in E flat major, BWV552 'St Anne'

Saturday 1st September, 7:30pm
Nikolaj Znaider, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Other relevant discs:

Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusine Overture, Op. 32

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation'

Sunday 2nd September, 4:00pm - Cameron Carpenter plays Bach
Cameron Carpenter

Other relevant discs:

Carpenter: Improvisation on the Bourée from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV542 'Great'

Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 15 in G major, BWV860

J. S. Bach and Mahler: Syncretic Prelude and Fugue in D major (arr. Carpenter)

Sunday 2nd September, 7:30pm
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Other relevant discs:

Messiaen: Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'

Monday 3rd September, 1:00pm - Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Debussy
Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Other relevant discs:

Debussy: Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon

Debussy: Élégie, L138

Debussy: Masques

Debussy: Préludes - Book 2 (12, complete)

Monday 3rd September, 7:30pm - Desert Island Discs 70th-Anniversary Prom
Ailish Tynan, Nicolas Altstaedt, Peter Donohoe, Wayne Marshall, Sir Willard White, Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart

Desert Island Discs 70th-Anniversary Prom

Tuesday 4th September, 7:30pm
Christian Tetzlaff, St Louis Symphony, David Robertson

Other relevant discs:

Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Schoenberg: 5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16

Gershwin: An American in Paris, tone poem

Wednesday 5th September, 7:00pm
Kathleen Kim, Alan Oke, Gerald Finley, Robert Orth, Jessica Rivera, James Rutherford, Stephanie Marshall, Louise Poole, Susan Platts, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

Other relevant discs:

Adams, J: Nixon in China

Thursday 6th September, 7:00pm
Murray Perahia, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Other relevant discs:

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

Thursday 6th September, 10:15pm
Staff Benda Bilili, Baloji

Staff Benda Bilili & Baloji

Friday 7th September, 7:30pm
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Other relevant discs:

Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major 'London'

Strauss, R: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

Saturday 8th September, 7:30pm
Nicola Benedetti, Joseph Calleja, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Jiří Bělohlávek

Other relevant discs:

Mark Simpson: sparks

BBC Commission - world premiere

Suk: Towards a New Life, Op. 35c

Delius: Songs of Farewell

Verdi: Forse la soglia attinse (from Un ballo in maschera)

Massenet: Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Puccini: E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Puccini: Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Williams, John: Olympic Fanfare

Shostakovich: Romance (from The Gadfly)

Brodszky: Be My Love

Lara, Augustin: Granada

Rodgers, R: You'll never walk alone (from Carousel)

Wood, Henry: Fantasia on British Sea Songs

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1

Parry: Jerusalem

anon.: God Save The Queen

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