Proms 2020 Live Events
Sat 12 Sep 2020
- 20:00Royal Albert Hall
The Last Night of the Proms, featuring South-African soprano Golda Schultz with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under its Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska. Watch on BBC One at 8.00pm.
The Last Night of the Proms, featuring South-African soprano Golda Schultz with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under its Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska. Watch on BBC One at 8.00pm.
Programme
- The Marriage of Figaro – overture‘Deh vieni, non tardar’
- Morgen!
- Solus(BBC commission: world premiere)
- A Little Night Music – Night Waltz‘The Glamorous Life’
- Impromptu for strings
- The Lark Ascending
- Jerusalem - Our clouded hills(4 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Fantasia on British Sea-Songsi. The Saucy Arethusa ii. Tom Bowling iii. Jack’s the Lad iv. Sequence of sea songs from around the UK v. See, the conqu’ring hero comes vi. Rule, Britannia!
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’arr. Anne Dudley
- Carousel – 'You'll never walk alone'
- Jerusalem(3 mins)
- The National Anthem (arr. Britten)
Performers
- Golda Schultzsoprano
- Nicola Benedettiviolin
- Dalia Stasevskaconductor
Fri 11 Sep 2020
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Star British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason perform a specially recorded recital of Beethoven, Barber, Bridge and Rachmaninov. Watch on BBC Four at 8.00pm.
Star British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason perform a specially recorded recital of Beethoven, Barber, Bridge and Rachmaninov. Watch on BBC Four at 8.00pm.
Programme
- Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102 No. 1(15 mins)
- Cello Sonata(20 mins)
- Mélodie(5 mins)
- Cello Sonata in G minor(25 mins)
Performers
- Sheku Kanneh‐Masoncello
- Isata Kanneh‐Masonpiano
Thu 10 Sep 2020
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Radio 3’s Tom Service and Aurora Orchestra Principal Conductor Nicholas Collon introduce Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and British composer Richard Ayres’s new work that explores the effects of hearing loss. Watch on BBC Four at 8.00pm
Radio 3’s Tom Service and Aurora Orchestra Principal Conductor Nicholas Collon introduce Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and British composer Richard Ayres’s new work that explores the effects of hearing loss. Watch on BBC Four at 8.00pm
Programme
- No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven, dreaming, hearing loss, and saying goodbye)(20 mins)BBC co-commission: world premiere
- Symphony No. 7 in A major(36 mins)
Performers
- Tom Servicepresenter
- Nicholas Collonconductor
Composers
Wed 9 Sep 2020
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Benjamin Grosvenor performs Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Paavo Järvi, bookended by Ravel’s neo-Baroque masterpiece Le tombeau de Couperin and Mozart’s titanic Symphony No. 41. Watch on iPlayer at 7.30pm
Benjamin Grosvenor performs Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Paavo Järvi, bookended by Ravel’s neo-Baroque masterpiece Le tombeau de Couperin and Mozart’s titanic Symphony No. 41. Watch on iPlayer at 7.30pm
Programme
- Le tombeau de Couperin(17 mins)
- Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings (Piano Concerto No. 1)(21 mins)
- Symphony No. 41 in C major, ‘Jupiter’(31 mins)
Performers
- Paavo Järviconductor
- Benjamin Grosvenorpiano
- Jason EvansTrumpet
Tue 8 Sep 2020
- 19:30Hoddinott Hall
A mostly American Prom taking in the influences of jazz and popular music alongside iconic classic works by Barber and Copland respectively evoking a balmy Tennessee night and Pennsylvanian pioneer settlers. Watch on BBC iPlayer at 7.30pm.
A mostly American Prom taking in the influences of jazz and popular music alongside iconic classic works by Barber and Copland respectively evoking a balmy Tennessee night and Pennsylvanian pioneer settlers. Watch on BBC iPlayer at 7.30pm.
Programme
- Jazz Suite(11 mins)
- Chamber Symphony(22 mins)
- Rough Voices(8 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Knoxville: Summer of 1915(16 mins)
- Appalachian Spring(23 mins)
Performers
- Natalya Romaniwsoprano
- Ryan Bancroftconductor
