BBC Proms - 2008
Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms 114th season.
BBC Proms - 2008 - 13/09/2008
Highlights from the four 2008 Proms in the Park events, including performances by Jose Carreras, trombonist Peter Moore, Evelyn Glennie, tenor Alfie Boe and soprano Rebecca Evans.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - 29/12/2008
From the BBC Proms 2008 season, the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle in the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, plus Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - BBC Proms Composer Portrait
Discussions with contemporary composers about their work at the Proms 20078 season
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BBC Proms - 2008 - BBC Proms in the Park
Now in its 13th year, Terry Wogan joins the revellers in London's Hyde Park for the traditional open air gala concert, preceding the finale to the Last Night of the Proms.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition
Composer Errollyn Wallen presents a round-up of the stages in this year's young composers' from the judges' selection through to the premiere performances by the Aurora Orchestra.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Great Conductors
Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Janacek's popular Sinfonietta and Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform Brahms's Fourth Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Last Night of the Proms - Swansea Proms in the Park
Singleton Park becomes the Bay of Naples for a night as the sixth BBC Proms in the Park from Swansea celebrates an evening of Italian music and Neopolitan song.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Messiaen and Saint-Saens
To mark Olivier Messiaen's centenary, organist Olivier Latry performs L'Ascension and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Nigel Kennedy: Classical and Jazz
Nigel Kennedy returns to the BBC Proms performing Elgar's Violin Concerto and his own compositions with some of Poland's finest jazz musicians in the Nigel Kennedy Quintet.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 1: First Night of The Proms
Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein at the Royal Albert Hall. Strauss's Four Last Songs, Beethoven's Rondo in B flat major, Mozart's Oboe Concerto and Strauss's Festliches Präludium.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Petroc Trelawny presents the opening night of the 114th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 10: Bax, Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov
The BBC Philharmonic under Yan Pascal Tortelier give the first public performance of Arnold Bax's In memoriam Patrick Pearse, alongside works by Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 11: Debussy, Holt and Mussorgsky
A concert with colour, both orchestral and visual, at its heart, and featuring the premiere of a work by Simon Holt, plus works by Debussy and Mussorgsky
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 12: Mussorgsky, Ades, Prokofiev and Borodin
The CBSO and Chorus in scenes from Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov (with John Tomlinson), plus works by Ades, Prokofiev and Borodin
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 13: Dr Who Prom
A Proms family concert featuring popular classics alongside incidental music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 14: La Transfiguration
Presented by Tom Service. Continuing a celebration of the centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen with a performance of La Transfiguration de notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 14: Messiaen
As part of the Messiaen centenary celebrations, Suzy Klein introduces a Prom consisting entirely of his monumental choral work La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 15: Beethoven and Elliott Carter
The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's 5th Symphony and his Grosse Fuge, while Nicholas Daniel performs Elliott Carter's single-movement Oboe Concerto.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 15: Beethoven, Carter
The BBC Symphony Orchestra under David Robertson celebrate the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Symphony No 5 and Elliott Carter's centenary
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 15: Beethoven Night
Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein present Beethoven Night with his Violin Concerto in D and 5th Symphony. Also, in the studio is Beethoven enthusiast and expert John Suchet.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 16: Hallé: 150th Anniversary
Highlights from the Prom event celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Halle orchestra, with performances of Bruch's Violin Concerto and Til Eulenspiegel.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 16: Vaughan Williams, Bruch, Strauss
The Halle Orchestra under music director Mark Elder perform works by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Strauss and Bruch
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 17: Awards for World Music
Mary Ann Kennedy and Lucy Duran host an evening featuring five of the winning artists in the 2008 Radio 3 Awards for World Music, which has moved to the Proms for the first time
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 17: World Music Celebration Programme 1
In the first of two programmes, the Proms welcomes for the first time the winners of the Radio 3 Awards for World Music, including Mayra Andrade and Bassekou Kouyate.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 17: World Music Celebration Programme 2
Verity Sharp introduces the second part of this year's world music concert, featuring Justin Adams's desert blues and Sa Ding Ding's Chinese electronica.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 18: Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppaea
A performance of the first two acts of Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppaea, from Glyndebourne Festival Opera
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 19: Hesketh, Beethoven, Rachmaninov
The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its relationship with young Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 2: BBC Concert Orchestra, Nigel Kennedy
Performances by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Paul Daniel as well as soloists Andrew Kennedy and Nigel Kennedy
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 2 - Christmas repeat
A BBC Proms concert from the 2008 season with tenor Andrew Kennedy and the BBC Concert Orchestra under Paul Daniel in Bax and Finzi. Plus Nigel Kennedy in Elgar's Violin Concerto.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 20: Stockhausen Day, Part 1
A Prom exploring the music of influential German composer Stockhausen
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 21: Stockhausen Day Late Night Prom
Presented by Louise Fryer, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Ensemble Theatre of Voices and director Paul Hiller perform Stockhausen's Stimmung for six singers and microphones.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 22: Wayne Marshall
Presented by Suzy Klein, from the Royal Albert Hall. Organist Wayne Marshall performs an all-French programme, with pieces by Messiaen, his protege Naji Hakim and Marcel Dupre.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 23: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, offering pieces by Beethoven and Mahler
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 23: Beethoven and Mahler
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Donald Runnicles, will perform Beethoven's 1st Symphony and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 24: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, offering pieces by Bach and Rachmaninov
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 25: Netherlands Philharmonic
Yakoz Kriezberg conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, offering pieces by Wagenaar and Brahms
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 26: King's Singers - 40th Anniversary
The King's Singers mark their 40th anniversary with a programme including French folk songs and renaissance madrigals, English Victorian part-songs and traditional English folk.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 26: The King's Singers
Presented by Brian Kay, from the Royal Albert Hall. The King's Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary year in 2008 with an Anglo-French programme, ranging from Lassus to Bridge.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 27: BBC Symphony Orchestra
George Benjamin conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, offering pieces by Messiaen, Stravinsky and Ravel
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 28: Ulster Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery conducts the Ulster Orchestra, offering pieces by Ferguson, Stanford, Smetana and Dvorak
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 29: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, offering pieces by Chen Yi, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 3: Nigel Kennedy Quintet
Petroc Trelawny presents a Prom concert from 2008 featuring Nigel Kennedy and his Polish-based jazz quintet NKQ along with guest vocalist jazz-funk-soul fusion singer Xantone Blacq.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 30: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Presented by Geoffrey Smith, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. A Prom of 20th-century Americana featuring works by Michael Torke, as well as Adams, Bernstein and Ellington.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 31: BBC Concert Orchestra
The BBC Concert Orchestra under Charles Hazlewood performs jazz-inspired works, by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Bernstein, with new pieces by Gwilym Simcock and Jason Yarde
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 31: Classical Jazz
Charles Hazlewood conducts this live Prom of Classical Jazz with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Presenter Suzy Klein is joined in the studio by choirmaster Gareth Malone.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 32: BBC Singers
James O'Donnell puts the organ of the Royal Albert Hall through its paces in Messiaen's Messe de la Pentecote, and alongside it a Renaissance mass by Pierre de Manchicourt.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 33: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in two world premieres - Michael Berkeley's Slow Dawn and Stuart MacRae's Gaudete - along with Elgar's Enigma Variations
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 34: Rachmaninov, Puccini
Gianandrea Noseda celebrates Puccini's 150th anniversary conducting the BBC Philharmonic and Singers in a concert performance of Il Tabarro. Plus Rachmaninov's First Symphony
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 35: Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Rimsky-Korsakov
Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Rimsky-Korsakov's tales of 1001 Nights: Scheherazade. His enthusiasm for all things English is displayed in performances of Elgar and Vaughan Williams
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 36: Rachmaninov Vespers
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Rachmaninov's Vespers is performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir directed by Paul Hillier.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 37: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Young Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in works by Ravel and Berlioz
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 38: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan
Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a performance of Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante, Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra and Brahms's Symphony Number 4.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 38 - Christmas repeat
A concert of Austrian classics, by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under its founder-conductor Daniel Barenboim, in a concert given at the 2008 BBC Proms.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 38: Daniel Barenboim - West-Eastern Divan
Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Haydn's Sinfonia concertante, Schoenberg's Variations, Op 31 and Brahms's Symphony No 4
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 39: Members of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in their second 2008 Proms concert. Pierre Boulez: Mémoriale (... explosante-fixe ... Originel). Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 4: Folk Day, Part 1
Folk-inspired classical works and folk music from Britain and abroad
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 40: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Janaceck
Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an all-Janacek programme, beginning with his popular Sinfonietta and ending with the Glagolitic Mass
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 40: Boulez and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Symphony Chorus, the London Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Janacek's Sinfonietta and the Glagolitic Mass, and Capriccio for piano.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 41: Handel's Belshazzar
Charles Mackerras conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Handel's oratorio Belshazzar, based on the Old Testament story of the downfall of the Babylonian king
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 42: Jennifer Bate
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Suzy Klein presentes Jennifer Bate (organ) in music by Messiaen. Including Apparition de l'eglise eternelle and La nativite du Seigneur.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 43: Beethoven Mass in C
Beethoven's Mass in C, performed by conductor Richard Hickox with the City of London Sinfonia, is preceded by Vaughan Williams's Flos Campi and Nigel Osborne's Flute Concerto.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 43: Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Beethoven
The BBC Singers and the City of London Sinfonia under Richard Hickox in music by Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Beethoven
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 44: Carter, Prokofiev, Beethoven
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Ilan Volkov perform a premiere of music by Elliott Carter, plus works by Prokofiev and Beethoven
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 45: Harvey, Messiaen, Varese
A programme featuring works by some of the biggest names in electronic music. With music by Jonathan Harvey, Messiaen and Varese
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 46: Sleeping Beauty
Russian conductor Valery Gergiev directs the London Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's delicate and romantic ballet Sleeping Beauty, a perennial favourite with children and adults
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 47: Belohlavek, Dvorak, Janacek
The BBC Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek perform works by Dvorak and Janacek
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 48: Gurzenich, Mahler, Schubert
In its Proms debut, Germany's Gurzenich Orchestra performs works by Schubert, Mahler, Stockhausen and Beethoven
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 49: National Youth Orchestra
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain perform Edgard Varèse's Amériques, Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto and Copland's Third Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 49: Varese, Rachmaninov and Copland
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Antonio Pappano perform Varese: Ameriques; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4 with soloist Boris Berezovsky; and Copland: Symphony No 3
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 5: Folk Day
Charles Hazlewood introduces a concert showcasing some of Britain's most exciting folk talent, including Bella Hardy, guitarist Martin Simpson and the 11-piece big band Bellowhead.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 5: Folk Day, Part 2
A concert featuring artists who are reviving and reinterpreting English folk music traditions
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 50: Bach Day - Simon Preston
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Suzy Klein introduces Simon Preston (organ) in music by Bach, including the celebrated Toccata and Fugue, plus the Canonic Variations.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 51: Bach Day - St John Passion
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook. John Eliot Gardiner conducts Bach's St John Passion, with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 51: St John's Passion
Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert in which Bach's St John Passion is performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Elliot Gardiner.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 52: Bach Day - Jian Wang
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, presented by Christopher Cook. Chinese cellist Jian Wang performs the first three of Bach's six solo cello suites.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 53: Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky
Petroc Trelawny presents as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Daniele Gatti perform a selection from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and finish with Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 53: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform an all-Russian programme, featuring excerpts from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet as well as Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 54: Vaughan Williams
Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an all-Vaughan Williams programme to mark exactly 50 years since the composer's death
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 54: Vaughan Williams Anniversary
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sir Andrew Davis perform Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and his 9th Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 55: Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Eotvos, Ravel
Peter Eotvos conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in five evocative works including the UK premiere of his violin concerto Seven, commemorating the astronauts who died in the space shuttle Columbia
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 56: Rautavaara and Tavener
A concert given as part of the BBC Proms 2008, with Rautavaara's Cantus arcticus, for taped birdsong and orchestra, and the premiere of Tavener's Cantus mysticus.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 57: Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky
The first of two Proms given by the visiting New York Philharmnonic under music director Lorin Maazel. With a joint commission by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 58: Ravel, Bartok, Tchaikovsky
The second of two Proms featuring the New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel. With music from two great 20th century ballets and a symphony from the 19th century's greatest ballet composer
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 59: Lindberg, Rachmaninov, Sibelius
The Olso Philharmonic, with pianist Nikolai Lugansky, perform northern European music, including Rachmaninov, Sibelius and Magnus Lindberg
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 6: Messiaen and Saint-Saens
To mark Olivier Messiaen's centenary, organist Olivier Latry performs L'Ascension and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 6: Messiaen, Latry
French organist Olivier Latry in works by Messiaen and Saint-Saens
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 60: Lang Lang
Petroc Trelawny presents a Prom featuring celebrated Chinese pianist Lang Lang in Mozart's Piano Sonata No 13, plus works by Rachmaninov, Chopin and Schubert.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 60: Lang Lang
Petroc Trelawny presents a concert in which 26-year-old Chinese superstar pianist Lang Lang performs works by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Chopin and Liszt.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 61: Verdi's Requiem
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Suzy Klein presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and other soloists in Verdi's Requiem.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius
Colin Davis conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Sibelius's much-loved Symphony No 2 and Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 62: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, under conductor Colin Davis, performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Sibelius's statement of pride for his native Finland, his Second Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 63: Motets, chansons ragas, Messiaen
From the Royal Albert Hall. Verity Sharp presents a concert featuring Messiaen's Cinq rechants - inspired by Sanskrit texts - plus motets, chansons and Indian night ragas.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 64: Wagner, Messiaen
The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle perform a programme of works based on the tragic story of the forbidden love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Isolde
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 65: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker perform two works central to their repertoire - Brahms's Symphony No 3, followed by Shostakovich's powerful 10th Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 65: Brahms, Shostakovich
The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle perform a programme of music by Brahms and Shostakovich
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 66: Williams, Elgar, Tchaikovsky
Music performed by The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, including works with a nautical theme and a piece by Tchaikovsky
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 67: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Verity Sharp presents a late-night performance of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, written while the composer was a prisoner of war.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 68: Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky
The London Philharmonic under Vladimir Jurowski mark the centenary of Rimsky-Korsakov's death with a rarely-heard opera. Plus an early work by his pupil, Stravinsky
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 69: Roussel, Rachmaninov, Musgrave, Debussy
Celebrated French conductor Stephane Deneve directs a programme of music dominated by the theme of the sea
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 7: Rossini, Haydn and Elgar
Roger Norrington conducts the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in Rossini's William Tell Overture, Haydn's rediscovered C major Cello Concerto and Elgar's Symphony No 1
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 70: Messiaen's St Francis of Assisi
Ingo Metzmacher conducts The Chorus of The Netherlands Opera in a performance of the only opera Messiaen ever wrote - an exploration of the life of St Francis of Assisi
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 71: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood introduces the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with principal conductor Bernard Haitink, who perform Mark-Anthony Turnage's Chicago Remains and Mahler's 6th Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 71: Turnage, Mahler
Bernard Haitink conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in music by Mahler as well as a work by Turnage dedicated to former Proms director John Drummond
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 72: Mozart, Shostakovich
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Haitink perform a concert featuring music by Mozart as well as a symphony by Shostakovich, suppressed by the composer for more than 25 years
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 73: Vaughan Williams, Xenakis, Holst
The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins give a performance of music exploring the natural world
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 74: Pintscher, Mahler
Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Orchestre de Paris in works by a young German composer as well as Mahler
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 75: Wagner, Penderecki, Beethoven
Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Beethoven, as well as pieces contrasting pieces by Wagner and Penderecki
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms
Roger Norrington is master of ceremonies as the traditional festivities herald the Last Night of the 114th BBC Proms season. Featuring performances by Bryn Terfel and Helen Grimaud
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms Part 1
Clive Anderson and Suzy Klein present live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall of the final BBC Proms concert. With Sir Roger Norrington and the winner of BBC2's Maestro.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms Part 2
Clive Anderson presents live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall of the final BBC Proms concert. Conductor Sir Roger Norrington is joined by Bryn Terfel and Helene Grimaud.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 8: Obrecht, Josquin Desprez
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Petroc Trelawny presents the Tallis Scholars performing mass settings by Renaissance composers Ockeghem, Obrecht and Desprez.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 9: Mendelssohn, Brahms
Recreating a programme first heard at the Proms in 1958, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek performing works by Mendelssohn and Brahms
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Proms 2008: Puccini - Il tabarro
Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers and an international cast in a performance of Puccini's one-act opera Il tabarro given at the BBC Proms 2008.
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Proms Chamber Concerts
Series of concerts by small classical musical ensembles, broadcast from Cadogan Hall
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BBC Proms - 2008 - Proms Literary Festival
Series exploring themes of the 2008 Proms season, and the relationship between writers and composers
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