Afternoon on 3 - 21/07/2008

Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra under its chief conductor opening the 114th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The concert launches Proms celebrations of the centenaries of Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen and features a rich line-up of soloists. Christine Brewer (soprano) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Wayne Marshall (organ) Royal College of Music Brass BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Strauss: Festliches Praludium Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K314 Strauss: Four Last Songs Messiaen: La nativite du Seigneur (Dieu parmi nous) Beethoven: Rondo in B flat for piano and orchestra Elliott Carter: Catenaires for solo piano (UK premiere) Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy Plus Chamber Music: The first in a series of chamber music performances, featured throughout the Proms season, with Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Ebene Quartet in a recital given last year at the Wigmore Hall, London. Haydn: Quartet, Op 76 No 1 Ravel: Quartet.