Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
19:30 Friday 19 July 2019 ON TV

Zosha Di Castri
Long Is the Journey – Short Is the Memory (15 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Antonín Dvořák
The Golden Spinning Wheel
(28 mins)

Leos Janáček
Glagolitic Mass
(43 mins)
Final version 1928 Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1930

Asmik Grigorian soprano
Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
Ladislav Elgr tenor
Eric Owens bass-baritone
Peter Holder organ
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis conductor


Prom 2: Bohemian Rhapsody
19:30 Saturday 20 July 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor
(32 mins)

Bedrich Smetana
Má vlast
(75 mins)

Joshua Bell violin
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša conductor


Prom 3: CBeebies: A Musical Trip to the Moon
11:00 Sunday 21 July 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
(4 mins)

Benjamin Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
(4 mins)

Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
(3 mins)

Giacomo Puccini
Madam Butterfly – Humming Chorus
(4 mins)

Hans Zimmer
Earth
(6 mins)
BBC commission: world première

YolanDa Brown from 'Yolanda's Band Jam'
Justin Fletcher from 'Somethnig Special', 'Justin's House' and 'Gigglebiz'
Chris Jarvis from 'CBeebies Stargazing' and 'Show Me, Show Me'
Maddie Moate from 'Do You Know?'
Cat Sandion from 'CBeebies House' and 'Magic Door'
Angie Newman British Sign Language Interpreter
CBeebies Prom Choir
Chineke! Orchestra
Kwamé Ryan conductor


Prom 4: The Planets
19:30 Sunday 21 July 2019
Royal Albert Hall

John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
(4 mins)

Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto
(23 mins)

Gustav Holst
The Planets
(50 mins)

Nemanja Radulović violin
Trinity Boys Choir
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits conductor


Prom 5: CBeebies Prom (repeat)
11:00 Monday 22 July 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

YolanDa Brown from 'Yolanda's Band Jam'
Justin Fletcher from 'Somethnig Special', 'Justin's House' and 'Gigglebiz'
Chris Jarvis from 'CBeebies Stargazing' and 'Show Me, Show Me'
Maddie Moate from 'Do You Know?'
Cat Sandion from 'CBeebies House' and 'Magic Door'
Angie Newman sign language interpreter


Proms at … Cadogan Hall 1: VOCES8
13:00 Monday 22 July 2019
Cadogan Hall

Hildegard von Bingen
Spiritus sanctus vivificans
(3 mins)

Pérotin
Viderunt omnes
(3 mins)
– excerpt

Josquin des Prez
Ave Maria … Virgo serena
(5 mins)

Jean Mouton
Nesciens mater virgo virum
(5 mins)

Tomás Luis de Victoria
Regina coeli (a 8)
(4 mins)

Jonathan Dove
Vadam et circuibo civitatem
(9 mins)

Orlande de Lassus
Missa 'Bell'Amfitrit'altera' – Gloria
(6 mins)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Magnificat primi toni
(5 mins)

William Byrd
Sing joyfully unto God our strength
(3 mins)

Orlando Gibbons
O clap your hands together
(5 mins)

Alexia Sloane
Earthward
(4 mins)
BBC commission: world première

VOCES8


Prom 6: The Rite of Spring
19:30 Monday 22 July 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Metacosmos
(14 mins)
UK première

Benjamin Britten
Violin Concerto
(32 mins)

Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
(35 mins)

James Ehnes violin
Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and the Julliard School
Edward Gardner conductor


Prom 7: Schumann, Schoenberg & Mozart
19:30 Tuesday 23 July 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K450
(25 mins)

Paul Ben-Haim
Symphony No. 1
(30 mins)

Arnold Schoenberg
Five Orchestral Pieces
(16 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: world première, 1912

Robert Schumann
Symphony No 4 in D minor
(26 mins)
(revised version, 1851)

Yeol Eum Son piano
BBC Philharmonic
Omer Meir Wellber conductor


Prom 8: Invitation to the Dance
19:30 Wednesday 24 July 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
(10 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1904

Péter Eötvös
Alhambra (violin concerto)
(20 mins)
BBC co-commission with Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada, Orchestre de Paris and Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker: UK première

Béla Bartók
Dance Suite
(17 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1925

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)
(23 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1913

Isabelle Faust violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Péter Eötvös conductor


Prom 9: Strauss, Brahms & Broström
19:30 Thursday 25 July 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
(15 mins)

Tobias Broström
Nigredo: Dark Night of the Soul (concerto for two trumpets and orchestra)
(28 mins)
BBC co-commission with Malmö Symphony Orchestra: UK première

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 1 in C minor
(45 mins)

Jeroen Berwaerts trumpet
Håkan Hardenberger trumpet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Markus Stenz conductor


Prom 10: Public Service Broadcasting
22:15 Thursday 25 July 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Public Service Broadcasting
The Race for Space

Public Service Broadcasting
The Multi-Story Orchestra
Christopher Stark conductor


Prom 11: 1969: The Sound of a Summer
19:30 Friday 26 July 2019
Royal Albert Hall

The Will Gregory Moog Ensemble
BBC Concert Orchestra
Stephen Bell conductor


Proms at … Battersea Arts Centre
15:00 Saturday 27 July 2019
Battersea Arts Centre

Oliver Coates
Crewdson
Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian
Jennifer Walshe


Prom 12: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
19:30 Saturday 27 July 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Lera Auerbach
Icarus
(12 mins)
London première

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major
(35 mins)

Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet
(50 mins)
– suite

Nicola Benedetti violin
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Mark Wigglesworth conductor


Prom 13: ‘From the Canyons to the Stars …’
19:30 Sunday 28 July 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Olivier Messiaen
Des canyons aux étoiles …
(105 mins)

Martin Owen horn
David Hockings percussion
Alex Neal percussion
Nicolas Hodges piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Proms at … Cadogan Hall 2: A Celebration of Barbara Strozzi
13:00 Monday 29 July 2019
Cadogan Hall

Barbara Strozzi
L'amante segreto
(8 mins)

Antonia Bembo
Ercole amante – 'Mingannasti in verità'
(3 mins)

Barbara Strozzi
Che si può fare
(10 mins)

Antonia Bembo
Ercole amante – 'Volgete altrove il guardo'
(4 mins)

Barbara Strozzi
Sino alla morte
(12 mins)

Francesco Cavalli
Ercole amante – 'E vuol dunque Ciprigna'
(3 mins)

Barbara Strozzi
Lagrime mie
(9 mins)

Mariana Flores soprano
Cappella Mediterranea
Leonardo García Alarcón harpsichord/organ/director


Prom 14: The Creation
19:30 Monday 29 July 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Joseph Haydn
The Creation
(105 mins)
(sung in German)

Sarah-Jane Brandon soprano
Benjamin Hulett tenor
Christoph Pohl baritone
BBC Proms Youth Choir
BBC Philharmonic
Omer Meir Wellber conductor


Prom 15: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – 1
19:00 Tuesday 30 July 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 2 in D major
(32 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 10 in E minor
(55 mins)

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons conductor


Prom 16: Late Night – Angélique Kidjo
22:15 Tuesday 30 July 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Angélique Kidjo


Prom 17: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – 2
19:30 Wednesday 31 July 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 1 in E minor
(38 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1903

Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
(26 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1936

Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier – suite
(24 mins)

Lisa Batiashvili violin
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons conductor


Prom 18: Mahler & Britten
19:30 Thursday 1 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Benjamin Britten
Piano Concerto
(35 mins)
(revised version, 1945) Henry Wood Novelties: world première, 1938

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
(64 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1914

Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Claudia Mahnke mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton tenor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor


Prom 19: Strauss, Schumann & MacMillan
19:30 Friday 2 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra
(34 mins)

Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
(32 mins)

Sir James MacMillan
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
(26 mins)

Alexander Melnikov piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard conductor


Prom 20: Pekka Kuusisto and the BBC SSO
19:30 Saturday 3 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor
(34 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1907

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major (original version, 1915)
(36 mins)

Pekka Kuusisto violin
Taito Hoffrén singer
Ilona Korhonen singer
Minna-Liisa Tammela singer
Vilma Timonen kantele
Timo Alakotila harmonium
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard conductor


Prom 21: Olivier Latry
11:00 Sunday 4 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Aram Khachaturian
Gayane – Sabre Dance (transcr. Kiviniemi)
(3 mins)

Manuel de Falla
El amor brujo – Ritual fire dance (transcr. Latry)
(5 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Adagio in F major (for mechanical clock)
(5 mins)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Eugène Gigout
Air célèbre de la Pentecôte
(3 mins)

Franz Liszt
Prelude and Fugue on the name BACH, S 260
(14 mins)
(arr. Guillou)

Charles‐Marie Widor
Bach's Memento – No. 4: Marche du veilleur de nuit
(4 mins)

Camille Saint‐Saëns
Danse macabre (arr. Lemare)
(8 mins)

Olivier Latry organ


Prom 22: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich & Outi Tarkiainen
19:30 Sunday 4 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Sergey Rachmaninov
The Isle of the Dead
(21 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1915

Outi Tarkiainen
Midnight Sun Variations
(10 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 11 in G minor 'The Year 1905'
(58 mins)

BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds conductor


Proms at … Cadogan Hall 3: The English Concert
13:00 Monday 5 August 2019

Henry Purcell
The Virtuous Wife – overture
(3 mins)
The Fairy Queen – Hornpipe
(2 mins)
The Virtuous Wife
(4 mins)
Second Music: First Act Tune
The Indian Queen, Z. 630
(2 mins)
Rondeau
Chacony
(4 mins)

Louis Marchand
Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Allemande
(3 mins)

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Violin Sonata in D minor
(10 mins)

Georg Philipp Telemann
Sonata in A minor, TWV 43:a 5
(10 mins)

George Frideric Handel
Trio Sonata in G major, Op. 5 No. 4
(13 mins)

The English Concert
Kristian Bezuidenhout harpsichord


Prom 23: Swan Lake
19:30 Monday 5 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Malcolm Arnold
Overture 'Peterloo'
(10 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
(23 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
(50 mins)
– excerpts Henry Wood Novelties: UK première (suite), 1901

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon conductor


Prom 24: Relaxed Prom
11:30 Tuesday 6 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
(23 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
(35 mins)
– excerpts

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon conductor


Prom 25: Tchaikovsky, Sibelius & Weinberg
19:30 Tuesday 6 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite
(15 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1906

Mieczysław Weinberg
Cello Concerto
(31 mins)
London première

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'
(51 mins)

Sol Gabetta cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska conductor


Prom 26: Mozart's Requiem
19:00 Wednesday 7 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture
(14 mins)

Richard Wagner
Tristan and Isolde – Prelude and Liebestod
(17 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr)
(50 mins)

Fatma Said soprano
Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano
Sunnyboy Dladla tenor
David Shipley bass
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nathalie Stutzmann conductor


Prom 27: The Sound of Space: Sci-Fi Film Music
22:15 Wednesday 7 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Jed Kurzel
Alien: Covenant

Hans Zimmer
Interstellar

Mica Levi
Under the Skin

Clint Mansell
Moon

Steven Price
Gravity

John Murphy
Sunshine

Carly Paradis
The Innocents

London Contemporary Orchestra
Robert Ames conductor


Prom 28: Rachmaninov, Borodin & Huw Watkins
19:00 Thursday 8 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Toru Takemitsu
Twill by Twilight
(13 mins)

Huw Watkins
The Moon
(20 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Sergey Rachmaninov
The Bells
(37 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1921

Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
(14 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1897

Natalya Romaniw soprano
Oleg Dolgov tenor
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Philharmonia Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka conductor


Prom 29: The Warner Brothers Story
15:00 Friday 9 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Harold Arlen
Blues in the Night

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Constant Nymph

excerpts
The Sea Hawk

Frederick Loewe
My Fair Lady

excerpts
Camelot

excerpts

Alex North
A Streetcar Named Desire

excerpts

Max Steiner
Now, Voyager

excerpts
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

excerpts

Jule Styne
Romance on the High Seas

excerpts

Maida Vale Singers
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson conductor


Prom 30: The Warner Brothers Story (repeat)
19:30 Friday 9 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Harold Arlen
Blues in the Night

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Constant Nymph

excerpts
The Sea Hawk

Frederick Loewe
My Fair Lady

excerpts
Camelot

excerpts

Alex North
A Streetcar Named Desire

excerpts

Max Steiner
Now, Voyager

excerpts
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Jule Styne
Romance on the High Seas

excerpts

Maida Vale Singers
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson conductor


Prom 31: Brahms, Bruckner & Strauss
19:30 Saturday 10 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Johannes Brahms
Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
(18 mins)

Richard Strauss
Four Songs, Op. 27
(13 mins)

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No 4 in E flat major 'Romantic'
(68 mins)
(1878–80 version, ed. Nowak)

Lise Davidsen soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa‐Pekka Salonen conductor


Prom 32: An Alpine Symphony
11:00 Sunday 11 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Benjamin Beckman
new work
(5 mins)
UK première

Hector Berlioz
Les nuits d'été, Op 7
(30 mins)

Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony
(50 mins)

Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano
The National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor


Prom 33: Mahler, Schubert & Glanert
20:00 Sunday 11 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Detlev Glanert
Weites Land ('Musik mit Brahms' for orchestra)
(12 mins)
UK première

Franz Schubert
Einsamkeit for soprano and orchestra (orch. D. Glanert)
(21 mins)

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 4 in G major
(55 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1905

Christina Gansch soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov conductor


Proms at … Cadogan Hall 4: Aris Quartet
13:00 Monday 12 August 2019
Cadogan Hall

Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 1
(17 mins)

Maddalena Laura Sirmen
String Quartet No. 5 in F minor
(11 mins)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in B flat major, 'Sunrise'
(23 mins)

Aris Quartet


Prom 34: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
19:30 Monday 12 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
(25 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
(35 mins)

Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra
(30 mins)

Martha Argerich piano
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor


Prom 35: Enigma Variations
19:00 Tuesday 13 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Kalevi Aho
Sally Beamish
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Richard Blackford
Gavin Bryars
Brett Dean
Dai Fujikura
Wim Henderickx
Colin Matthews
Anthony Payne
John Pickard
David Sawer
Iris ter Schiphorst
Judith Weir
Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M. C. B.
(30 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
(13 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: world première, 1938

Johannes Brahms
Song of Destiny
(18 mins)

Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations
(29 mins)

Nadine Benjamin soprano
David Ireland bass-baritone
English National Opera Chorus
BBC Singers
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor


Prom 36: Late-Night Mixtape
22:15 Tuesday 13 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Tenebrae
12 Ensemble


Prom 37: The Childhood of Christ
19:00 Wednesday 14 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Hector Berlioz
The Childhood of Christ
(95 mins)

Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Allan Clayton tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
Neal Davies bass
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Genesis Sixteen
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conductor


Prom 38: Solomon’s Knot
22:15 Wednesday 14 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 130 'Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir', BWV 130
(16 mins)
Cantata No. 19 'Es erhub sich ein Streit', BWV 19
(21 mins)
Cantata No. 149, 'Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg', BWV 149
(19 mins)
Cantata No. 50, 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft', BWV 50
(4 mins)

Solomon's Knot


Prom 39: Elgar, Errollyn Wallen, Mendelssohn & Mussorgsky
19:00 Thursday 15 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Felix Mendelssohn
Overture 'The Hebrides' ('Fingal's Cave')
(10 mins)

Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures, Op 37
(23 mins)

Errollyn Wallen
This Frame Is Part of the Painting
(10 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch Maurice Ravel)
(35 mins)

Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Elim Chan conductor


Prom 40: Queen Victoria's 200th Anniversary
19:30 Friday 16 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Arthur Sullivan
Victoria and Merrie England – suite
(15 mins)

Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor
(21 mins)

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Songs
(12 mins)

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, 'Scottish'
(40 mins)

Alessandro Fisher tenor
Stephen Hough piano
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ádám Fischer conductor


Proms at … Holy Sepulchre London
15:00 Saturday 17 August 2019
Holy Sepulchre London

William Walton
Where does the uttered music go?
(6 mins)

Benjamin Britten
Sacred and Profane
(16 mins)

John Ireland
The Holy Boy
(3 mins)

Thea Musgrave
Rorate coeli
(11 mins)

Elizabeth Maconchy
Three Donne Songs – No. 1: A Hymn to God the Father
(4 mins)

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Valiant-for-truth
(6 mins)

Judith Weir
Missa del Cid
(20 mins)

Joanna Lee
At this man’s hand
(3 mins)
BBC commission: world première

BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin conductor


Prom 41: Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Lyadov & Glazunov
19:30 Saturday 17 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mlada – suite
(18 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: world première, 1898

Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
(29 mins)
(original version, 1891) Henry Wood Novelties: world première, 1900

Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
Baba-Yaga
(4 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1906
Kikimora
(9 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1917
From the Apocalypse
(9 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1914

Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
(33 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1897

Alexander Ghindin piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor


Prom 42: Youthful Beginnings
19:30 Sunday 18 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 1 in C major
(26 mins)

Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto
(21 mins)

Sofia Gubaidulina
Fairytale Poem
(10 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1 in F minor
(28 mins)

Mariam Batsashvili piano
Ulster Orchestra
Rafael Payare conductor


Proms at … Cadogan Hall 5: Louise Alder
13:00 Monday 19 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade
(4 mins)
Nacht und Träume
(3 mins)
Die Forelle
(2 mins)

Felix Mendelssohn
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
(4 mins)
Der Mond
(2 mins)
Neue Liebe
(2 mins)

Fanny Hensel
Bergeslust
(2 mins)
Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass
(2 mins)
Nach Süden
(2 mins)

Franz Liszt
Freudvoll und leidvoll
(3 mins)
O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
(5 mins)
S'il est un charmant gazon
(2 mins)
Oh! quand je dors
(5 mins)
Comment, disaient-ils
(3 mins)

Frédéric Chopin
Życzenie
(2 mins)
Śliczny chłopiec
(3 mins)

Gioachino Rossini
Canzonetta spagnuola
(3 mins)

Louise Alder soprano
Gary Matthewman piano


Prom 43: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
19:30 Monday 19 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Jonathan Dove
new work
(10 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Dieter Ammann
Piano Concerto
(25 mins)
BBC co-commission with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Wien, Lucerne Festival, Münchner Philharmoniker and Taipei Symphony Orchestra, supported by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council: world première

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'
(70 mins)

Anu Komsi soprano
Hilary Summers contralto
Michael Weinius tenor
Mika Kares bass
Andreas Haefliger piano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Neil Ferris conductor


Prom 44: Belshazzar’s Feast
19:30 Tuesday 20 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Charles Koechlin
Les bandar-log
(16 mins)

Edgard Varèse
Amériques
(25 mins)
(original version,1921)

William Walton
Belshazzar's Feast
(34 mins)

Gerald Finley baritone
Orfeó Català
Orfeó Català Youth Choir
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor


Prom 45: Mississippi Goddam: A Homage to Nina Simone
19:30 Wednesday 21 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Ledisi
Metropole Orkest
Jules Buckley conductor


Prom 46: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
19:30 Thursday 22 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Dorothy Howell
Lamia
(12 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: world première, 1919

Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor
(31 mins)

Oliver Knussen
The Way to Castle Yonder
(8 mins)

Mieczysław Weinberg
Symphony No. 3
(32 mins)
London première

Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conductor


Prom 47: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
19:30 Friday 23 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542
(4 mins)
Cantata No. 147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', BWV 147 – Chorale 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude' (transcr. Schmidt-Mannheim)
(3 mins)
Prelude in E flat major, BWV 552
(7 mins)
Chorale Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645
(3 mins)
Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552
(7 mins)

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)
(80 mins)

Michael Schönheit organ
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Andris Nelsons conductor


Prom 48: Rachmaninov, Prokofiev & Silvestri
19:30 Saturday 24 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Constantin Silvestri
Three Pieces for strings
(11 mins)

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
(32 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No 2 in E minor
(56 mins)

Seong-Jin Cho piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru conductor


Prom 49: The Lost Words
17:30 Sunday 25 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Stephanie Childress violin
Jason Singh beatboxer
Angie Newman British Sign Language Interpreter
The Lost Words – Spell Songs folk group
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Southbank Sinfonia
Jessica Cottis conductor


Proms at … Cadogan Hall 6: Amatis Trio
13:00 Monday 26 August 2019
Cadogan Hall

Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op 70
(9 mins)

Clara Schumann
Three Romances, Op. 22
(9 mins)
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
(28 mins)

Amatis Piano Trio


Prom 50: Orchestre de Paris
19:30 Monday 26 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Robert Schumann
Genoveva – overture
(9 mins)

Jörg Widmann
Babylon Suite
(30 mins)
London première

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, 'Pastoral'
(39 mins)

Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Harding conductor


Prom 51: The Magic Flute
19:00 Tuesday 27 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute
(155 mins)
(semi-staged; sung in German, with surtitles)

David Portillo Tamino
Sofia Fomina Pamina
Björn Bürger Papageno
Alison Rose Papagena
Brindley Sherratt Sarastro
Caroline Wettergreen Queen of the Night
Jörg Schneider Monostatos
Esther Dierkes First Lady
Marta Fontanals-Simmons Second Lady
Michael Kraus Speaker
Martin Snell First Priest/Second Man in Armour
Thomas Atkins Second Priest/First Man in Armour
Katharina Magiera Third Lady
Glyndebourne Chorus
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor


Prom 52: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky & Ryan Wigglesworth
19:30 Wednesday 28 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in E flat major for two pianos
(26 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 4, 'Mozartiana'
(25 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1897

Ryan Wigglesworth
Piano Concerto
(25 mins)
BBC co-commission with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: world première

Igor Stravinsky
Divertimento 'The Fairy's Kiss'
(24 mins)

Paul Lewis piano
Britten Sinfonia
Ryan Wigglesworth piano/conductor


Prom 53: Elgar's The Music Makers
19:00 Thursday 29 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
(16 mins)

Hugh Wood
Scenes from Comus
(28 mins)

Edward Elgar
The Music Makers
(38 mins)

Stacey Tappan soprano
Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Anthony Gregory tenor
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor


Prom 54: Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music
22:15 Thursday 29 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Monty Alexander piano
Annette Walker tap dancer
BBC Singers
Carleen Anderson and the UK Vocal Assembly
Nu Civilisation Orchestra
Peter Edwards conductor


Prom 55: Handel's Jephtha
19:00 Friday 30 August 2019
Royal Albert Hall

George Frideric Handel
Jephtha
(138 mins)

Allan Clayton Jephtha
Jeanine De Bique Iphis
Hilary Summers Storgè
Tim Mead Hamor
Cody Quattlebaum Zebul
Rowan Pierce Angel
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Richard Egarr conductor


Prom 56: Henry Wood Tribute
19:30 Saturday 31 August 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole
(16 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1909

John Ireland
Piano Concerto
(24 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: world première, 1930

Dobrinka Tabakova
new work
(10 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Claude Debussy
Préludes, Book 1 – La cathédrale engloutie (orch. Henry Wood)
(6 mins)

Enrique Granados
12 Danzas españolas, Op 37 (orch. Henry Wood)
(5 mins)

Richard Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder – Träume (arr. Wood)
(5 mins)

Percy Grainger
Handel in the Strand (arr. Henry Wood)
(4 mins)

Maurice Ravel
La valse
(12 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1921

Nathaniel Anderson-Frank violin
Leon McCawley piano
BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey conductor


Prom 57: Mozart, Rachmaninov & Qigang Chen
11:00 Sunday 1 September 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Qigang Chen
Wu Xing (The Five Elements)
(11 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
(28 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances
(36 mins)

Eric Lu piano
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Long Yu conductor


Prom 58: Tchaikovsky, Janáček, Szymanowski and Linda Catlin Smith
19:30 Sunday 1 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Linda Catlin Smith
new work
(15 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Leos Janáček
The Fiddler's Child
(12 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1924

Karol Szymanowski
Love Songs of Hafiz, Op. 26
(22 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 2 in C minor, 'Little Russian'
(32 mins)

Georgia Jarman soprano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor


Proms at … Cadogan Hall 7: Silesian String Quartet
13:00 Monday 2 September 2019
Cadogan Hall

Grażyna Bacewicz
Piano Quintet No. 1
(24 mins)

Mieczysław Weinberg
String Quartet No. 7
(24 mins)

Wojciech Świtała piano
Silesian String Quartet ensemble


Prom 59: Benvenuto Cellini
19:00 Monday 2 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Hector Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini
(154 mins)
(concert performance; sung in French, with surtitles)

Michael Spyres Benvenuto Cellini
Sophia Burgos Teresa
Matthew Rose Balducci
Tareq Nazmi Pope Clement VII
Krystian Adam Francesco
Ashley Riches Bernardino
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor


Prom 60: Vienna Philharmonic and Bernard Haitink
19:30 Tuesday 3 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 4 in G major
(34 mins)

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No 7 in E major
(65 mins)
(ed. Nowak)

Murray Perahia piano
Vienna Philharmonic
Bernard Haitink conductor


Prom 61: Vienna Philharmonic and Andrés Orozco-Estrada
19:00 Wednesday 4 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Antonín Dvořák
The Noonday Witch
(14 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1896

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto
(26 mins)

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No 9 in E minor, 'From the New World'
(43 mins)

Leonidas Kavakos violin
Vienna Philharmonic
Andrés Orozco‐Estrada conductor


Prom 62: Canzionere Grecanico Salentino
22:15 Wednesday 4 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Justin Adams guitar
Ballaké Sissoko kora


Prom 63: Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov
19:30 Thursday 5 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor
(41 mins)

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 2 in D major
(43 mins)

Yuja Wang piano
Staatskapelle Dresden
Myung-Whun Chung conductor


Prom 64: The Breaks
20:00 Friday 6 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Soul Mavericks, featuring Terra & Eddie, Sunni and Lagaet
Mr. Switch
A. Russell vocals
Vula vocals
Brendan Reilly vocals
The Heritage Orchestra
Jules Buckley conductor


Prom 65: Mozart, Beethoven & R. Strauss
19:30 Saturday 7 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Abduction from the Seraglio – overture
(5 mins)
Aria: 'Popoli di Tessaglia! – lo non chiedo, eterni dei'
(11 mins)
Cassation No. 1 in G major – Andante
(3 mins)
Aria: 'No, no, che non sei capace'
(4 mins)
Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'
(21 mins)

Richard Strauss
Capriccio – sextet
(7 mins)
Ariadne auf Naxos – 'Grossmächtige Prinzessin!'
(11 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A major
(39 mins)

Danae Kontora soprano
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Constantinos Carydis conductor


Prom 66: John Luther Adams's In the Name of the Earth
11:00 Sunday 8 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

John Luther Adams
In the Name of the Earth
(50 mins)
European première

Hackney Empire Community Choir
Victoria Park Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
Crouch End Festival Chorus
London International Gospel Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus
LSO Community Choir


Prom 67: Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius
19:30 Sunday 8 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Modest Mussorgsky
A Night on the Bare Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
(11 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1898

Louis Andriessen
The Only One

BBC co-commission with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and NTR ZaterdagMatinee: UK première

Judith Weir
Forest
(13 mins)

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 5 in E flat major
(32 mins)
(final version, 1919)

Nora Fischer singer
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Proms at … Cadogan Hall 8: Tribute to Oliver Knussen
13:00 Monday 9 September 2019
Cadogan Hall

Oliver Knussen
… upon one note – Fantasia after Purcell
(3 mins)

Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Fantasia upon all the notes
(9 mins)

Freya Waley-Cohen
new work
(5 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Oliver Knussen
Study for 'Metamorphosis'
(5 mins)

Hans Abrahamsen
Herbstlied
(6 mins)

Alastair Putt
Halazuni
(8 mins)

Oliver Knussen
Songs without Voices
(8 mins)

Knussen Chamber Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth piano/conductor


Prom 68: Wagner Night
19:30 Monday 9 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz – overture
(10 mins)

Richard Wagner
Siegfried – Forest Murmurs
(9 mins)

César Franck
Le chasseur maudit
(14 mins)

Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung – Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Götterdämmerung – Duet 'Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde'
Götterdämmerung – Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
Götterdämmerung – Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene

Christine Goerke soprano
Stephen Gould tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Marc Albrecht conductor


Prom 69: Smetana, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky
19:00 Tuesday 10 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride – overture
The Bartered Bride – Three Dances
(19 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin – Letter Scene
(12 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1892

Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 8 in C minor
(65 mins)
Henry Wood Novelties: UK première, 1944

Elena Stikhina soprano
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov conductor


Prom 70: Jonny Greenwood
22:15 Tuesday 10 September 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas No. 16 – Passacaglia in G minor
(6 mins)

Krzysztof Penderecki
Sinfonietta for strings – Vivace
(5 mins)

Jonny Greenwood
Three Miniatures from Water – No. 3
(5 mins)
88 (No. 1)
(7 mins)

Steve Reich
Pulse
(15 mins)

Jonny Greenwood
Horror vacui – for solo violin and 68 strings
(22 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Daniel Pioro violin
Katherine Tinker piano
Jonny Greenwood bass guitar/tanpura
BBC Proms Youth Ensemble ensemble
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Hugh Brunt conductor


Prom 71: Bach Night
19:30 Wednesday 11 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069
(19 mins)
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
(21 mins)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
(20 mins)
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068
(20 mins)

Dunedin Consort
John Butt conductor


Prom 72: Symphonie fantastique
19:00 Thursday 12 September 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
(80 mins)
(orchestral theatre staging)

Matthew Baynton actor
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor


Prom 73: Symphonie fantastique (repeat)
22:15 Thursday 12 September 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
(80 mins)
(orchestral theatre staging)

Matthew Baynton actor
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor


Prom 74: Beethoven Night
19:30 Friday 13 September 2019
Royal Albert Hall

George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks
(15 mins)
(arr. Manze)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Aria 'Ah! perfido'
(13 mins)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, Op 86 (orch. Edward Elgar)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio – overture
(7 mins)
Fidelio – 'Abscheulicher! … Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern'
(8 mins)
Symphony No 5 in C minor
(35 mins)

Elizabeth Watts soprano
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor


Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms
19:15 Saturday 14 September 2019 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Daniel Kidane
Woke
(9 mins)

Manuel de Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2
(13 mins)

Edward Elgar
Sospiri

Henry Wood Novelties: world première, 1914

Laura Mvula
Sing to the Moon
(4 mins)

Georges Bizet
Carmen – 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle' (Habanera)
(2 mins)

Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson and Delilah – 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix'
(7 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos – 'O don fatale'
(5 mins)
Aida – Triumphal March
(5 mins)

Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld – overture
(9 mins)

Percy Grainger
Marching Song of Democracy
(7 mins)

Elizabeth Maconchy
Proud Thames
(6 mins)

Harold Arlen
The Wizard of Oz – 'Over the Rainbow'
(5 mins)

Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
(17 mins)

Thomas Arne
Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)
(4 mins)

Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, 'Land of Hope and Glory'
(8 mins)

Hubert Parry
Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)
(2 mins)

Unknown
The National Anthem (arr. Britten)
(3 mins)
Auld Lang Syne

Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor