BBC Proms - 2009
Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms' 115th season
BBC Proms - 2009 - BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition 2009
Sara Mohr-Pietsch profiles the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition 2009. The winners get a chance to compose a new piece for the Last Night of the Proms.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Last Night of the Proms 2009
Petroc Trelawny presents the festivities of the Last Night of the Proms 2009. American principal guest conductor David Robertson directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Last Night of the Proms - Part One
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Clive Anderson introduces the final concert of the 2009 Proms season. The evening gets under way with a Flourish of Fireworks by Oliver Knussen.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Last Night of the Proms - Part Two
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Clive Anderson introduces the spectacular climax to the 2009 Proms season, with American conductor David Robertson.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - NGA Weekend
A series of concerts celebrating the 10th anniversary of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme. Featuring some of the scheme's current crop of artists performing alongside former members
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 01: First Night of the Proms
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Petroc Trelawny presents the opening night of the 115th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 02: Haydn's Creation
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Louise Fryer introduces a performance of Haydn's Creation oratorio
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 03: Stan Tracey
Geoffrey Smith presents a Prom featuring Stan Tracey's recreation of the biblical version of the Big Bang as a big band suite
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 04: Handel's Partenope
Catherine Bott presents a concert performance of Handel's Partenope, sung in Italian. Featuring soprano Inger Dam-Jensen and mezzo Tuva Semmingsen
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 05: Mahler's 9th Symphony
From the Royal Albert Hall, Bernard Haitink conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 9
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 06: Haydn, MacMillan
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Douglas Boyd directs a performance of two powerful sacred works
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 07: Purcell's The Fairy Queen
Francesca Gilpin directs a semi-staged version of Purcell's The Fairy Queen, based on Jonathan Kent's original production from Glyndebourne. With soprano Carolyn Sampson
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 08: 800th Anniversary of Cambridge University
A Prom marking the 800th anniversary of the founding of Cambridge University, with college choirs, the BBC SO and alumni including conductor Andrew Davis, as well as composers Weir and Wigglesworth
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 09: Moeran, Finzi, Elgar
Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic in some lesser-known works of the English repertoire - by Moeran, Finzi and Elgar
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 10: Orchestre National de Lyon
From Ravel and Takemitsu to Debussy's La Mer, the French Orchestre National de Lyon, with solo violinist Akiko Suwanai, celebrate the musical links between east and west.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 10: Takemitsu, Debussy, Ravel, Sarasate, Hosokawa
The Orchestre National de Lyon conducted by Jun Markl perform a programme of music tracing the musical cross-fertilisation between East and West, and France and Spain
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 11: David Titterington
From the Royal Albert Hall. David Titterington (organ). Elgar, arr. Atkins: Organ Sonata No 2. Peter Dickinson: Blue Rose Variations. Elgar: Organ Sonata No 1 in G.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 12: 1934
From the Royal Albert Hall, Clive Anderson introduces a special Prom marking the anniversaries of three great British composers, Delius, Elgar and Holst, who died 75 years ago.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 12: Elgar/Delius/Holst
The BBC Philharmonic is joined by soprano Rebecca Evans, tenor Toby Spence and the BBC Singers to celebrate the legacy of Elgar, Delius and Holst, who all died in 1934
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 13: Family Prom
Violinist Jennifer Pike joins the BBC Philharmonic for a free family concert of popular favourites. With music by Khachaturian, Chopin, Bennett, Holst and Elgar
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 14: Holst, Delius, Elgar
David Atherton conducts the BBCNOW in the premiere of Holst's Choral Symphony, plus Delius's Brigg Fair and Elgar's Enigma Variations
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 15: Smetana, Bartok, Martinu, Stravinsky
The BBC SO under Jiri Belohlavek perform music by Smetana, Bartok and Martinu. Plus a performance of Petrushka as part of a Stravinsky ballet season at the Proms
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 16: Casken, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky
Andris Nelsons, the CBSO's new music director, makes his Proms debut in a programme featuring John Casken's Orion over Farne, Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto and Stravinsky's The Firebird
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 17: Bach Motets
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. Bach motets: Komm, Jesu, Komm!; Furchte dich nicht; Jesu, meine Freude; Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 17: Bach Motets
The Monteverdi Choir and John Eliot Gardiner perform four Bach motets and from the Proms Chamber series, Alina Ibragimova (violin) and Maxim Rysanov (viola) play Bach solo works.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 18: Widmann, Mozart and Bruckner
Tom Service presents the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra returning to the Proms, led by principal conductor Jonathan Nott in an Austro-German programme stretching across two and-a-half-centuries
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 19: Berlioz and Mendelssohn
Petroc Trelawny introduces the Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder, performing the overture to Berlioz's opera, Benvenuto Cellini and Mendelssohn's 2nd Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 19: Berlioz, Mendelssohn
Manchester's famous Halle Orchestra under music director Mark Elder reveal hidden gems by Berlioz and Mendelssohn - composed in the era of the orchestra's foundation
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 20: Stravinsky and Schumann
Conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin makes his Proms debut with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The music from Pulcinella, one of Stravinsky's eleven ballets, opens the programme.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 20: Stravinsky, Schumann, Mendelsssohn
Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in works by Berlioz, Beethoven and Michael Jarrell
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
Clive Anderson introduces a Prom celebrating 75 years of classic MGM film musicals. Songs from movies including The Wizard of Oz and Gigi are performed by conductor John Wilson.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 22 - MGM Musicals
John Wilson and his Orchestra celebrate MGM film musicals with songs from movie classics, including The Wizard of Oz, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Singin' in the Rain.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 23: Evolution
Evolution! A Darwin-inspired extravaganza for kids, including a world premiere from drum and bass DJ-turned conductor Goldie
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 24: Foskett, Beethoven, Berlioz
Susanna Malkki conducts the BBC SO as well as an array of choirs featuring adults and children in music by Ben Foskett, Beethoven and Berlioz
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 25: Berlioz, Jarrell, Beethoven
Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Berlioz and Beethoven, as well as the premiere of a work by Swiss composer Michael Jarrell
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 26: Mendelssohn, Holliger, Prokofiev
Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in two works from opposite ends of Mendelssohn's life, as well as music by Swiss composer Heinz Holliger and a Prokofiev ballet score
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 27: Harrison Birtwistle 75th Birthday Prom
From the BBC Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents a late-night Prom marking the 75th birthday of composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle given at the Royal Albert Hall in August.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 27 - Harrison Birtwistle celebration
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. The London Sinfonietta and its co-founder, conductor David Atherton, celebrate the music of Harrison Birtwistle with three virtuosic works.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 28: Stravinsky, Mozart, Mahler
The first of two Proms with Jiri Belohlavek conducting the BBC Philharmonic. Music includes a Stravinsky ballet commissioned for a 1944 Broadway revue, plus works by Mozart and Mahler
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 29: Mendelssohn, Maxwell Davies, Respighi
The second of two Proms with the BBC Philharmonic under Jiri Belohlavek features a musical tribute to Italy. With an early Mendelssohn work, plus Rossini, Maxwell Davies and Respighi
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 29: Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony
Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic perform Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's Roma Amor, Respighi's Pines of Rome and two Rossini arias.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 3: Stan Tracey
Catherine Bott presents a late-night jazz Prom from the 2009 season, in which pianist and composer Stan Tracey recreates the biblical version of the Big Bang. Stan Tracey: Genesis.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 30: Knussen Conducts Knussen
Oliver Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a Promenade concert which includes works by Stravinsky, Respighi, Helen Grime, Balakirev and Knussen himself.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 30: Respighi, Grime, Stravinsky, Knussen, Balakirev
Oliver Knussen, the BBC SO's artist-in-association, conducts music which demonstrates perfect mastery of the orchestra by the composers - Respighi, Grime, Stravinsky, Knussen and Balakirev
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under its new principal conductor Vasily Petrenko performs Tchaikovsky's famous Piano Concerto No 1 with Stephen Hough as soloist.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 31: Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, Respighi
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain makes its annual Proms visit with a programme featuring orchestral showpieces with a Polish and an Italian tint, plus a work from Russia
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 32: Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens
As part of a day of music for multiple pianos, the Britten Sinfonia is joined by three piano duos. With a new work by Anna Meredith, plus music by Faure, Mozart, Lutoslawski and Saint-Saens
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 33: Antheil, Adams, Bartok, Stravinsky
Proms 2009's Piano Day concludes with more multiple-keyboard music, including a notorious work by George Antheil, as well as pieces by John Adams, Bartok and Stravinsky
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 34: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under principal conductor Kirill Karabits perform ballet music by Stravinsky and Khachaturian. Violinist Julian Rachlin joins them in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 35: Patience
Acknowledged Gilbert and Sullivan expert Charles Mackerras conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a semi-staged performance of the exuberant operetta Patience
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 36: Handel Anniversary Highlights
To celebrate Handel's 250th anniversary, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen perform some favourite Handel hits, including Zadok the Priest and Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 36: Handel Celebration
Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, one of the leading British period ensembles, offer a selection of Handel's greatest choral successes, including excerpts from Solomon and Semele
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 37 - Philip Glass
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. A Prom devoted to the music of minimalist composer Philip Glass. Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (A Toltec Symphony - UK premiere).
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 37: Philip Glass
From the BBC Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents a concert devoted to the music of American minimalist composer Philip Glass. Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 38: Ravel, Chin, Stravinsky
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov perform two classic 20th century scores and a world premiere
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 38: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, played by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with conductor Ilan Volkov, preceded by Ravel's La Valse and Korean composer Unsuk Chin's Cello Concerto.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus
A performance of the central act of Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Mask of Orpheus by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers, conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 39: Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle
The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform works by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, as well as Stravinsky and Harrison Birtwistle
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Beethoven's 9th, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, four soloists and the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus. Stravinsky's ballet music Orpheus opens the programme.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 40: Stravinsky, Beethoven
Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky's Orpheus as well as the Proms' annual performance of Beethoven's Symphony No 9 (Choral)
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 41: Indian Voices Day - Khyal and Kerala
Indian Voices Day begins with a selection of music from the north of India, including the classical style known as Khyal, as well as other virtuoso styles from Varanasi and Kerala
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 42: Indian Voices Day - Bollywood
Fiona Talkington introduces an all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood extravaganza fronted by Shaan and featuring his band and dancers from Honey's Academy
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 43: Falla, Andriessen, Ravel
Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his first Proms appearance as the Philharmonia Orchestra's new principal conductor, with performances of music by Andriessen, Falla and Ravel
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 44: Prokofiev, Bartok, Dvorak
Hungary's leading orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, returns to the Proms under principal conductor Ivan Fischer to perform music by Prokofiev, Bartok and Dvorak
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 45 - Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain
From the Royal Albert Hall. The players of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain make their Proms debut with a specially-devised programme. Listeners can join in, too.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 45: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
From the Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in a specially devised programme including Jerusalem and Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 46: Glanert, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's cinematic Symphony No 11, a new work by Detlev Glanert and a piece by Rachmaninov
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 47: Handel's Samson
Handel's oratorio Samson, which tells the story of the last days of the Israelite warrior. Harry Bicket conducts, with Susan Gritton as Dalila and Mark Padmore as Samson.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 47: Samson
A cast of leading Handel singers and players - featuring tenor Mark Padmore - perform the tragic story of Samson, the Israelite hero cut off in his prime after falling for the wrong woman
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 48: Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan
Daniel Barenboim's unique Arab-Israeli West-Eastern Divan orchestra celebrates its tenth anniversary with a programme featuring works by Liszt, Wagner and Berlioz.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 48: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
As part of a two-day Proms residency, Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra performs a concert in which it revisits its roots in Weimar and the poetry of Goethe
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 49 - West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra play Mendelssohn's Octet and Berg's Chamber Concerto, a musical monument to friendship.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 50: Beethoven's Fidelio
A concert performance of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, accompanied by a cast of international singers and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 50: Fidelio
Daniel Barenboim conducts his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, with an English narration devised by the co-founder of the orchestra, scholar and historian Edward Said
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 51: Haydn, Szymanowski, Brahms
Osmo Vanska returns to the Proms to conduct the first Haydn symphony in a celebration of the 'father' of the form. Plus Szymanowski's Stabat Mater and Brahms's Hungarian-accented Violin Concerto
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 52: Schnittke, Shostakovich
The LSO under its Russian conductor Valery Gergiev perform the belated UK premiere of an early work by Schnittke and Shostakovich's wartime symphony, written at the time of the Battle of Stalingrad
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 53: Composers of the Year
A prom celebrating the four major composers whose anniversaries are being marked throughout the year: Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn
Roger Norrington conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a celebration of Radio 3's four composers of the year in 2009: Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 54 - Michael Nyman
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Best known for his soundtracks to movies such as The Piano and Wonderland, Michael Nyman brings his band to the Proms for the first time.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 55: Adams, Mozart, Strauss
Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a witty work by John Adams, a Mozart piano concerto (with Shai Wosner) and a piece by Strauss inspired by the composer's family life
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 56: Lang Lang Plays Chopin
Classical superstar Lang Lang returns to the Proms to play Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor. Plus, Rebecca Saunders's 'traces' and Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 56: Saunders, Chopin, Strauss
Fabio Luisi makes his Proms debut conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle in the UK premiere of a work by Rebecca Saunders, a Chopin piano concerto (with Lang Lang) and a Strauss Symphony
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
BBC SO/David Robertson in peformances of Agon, concluding the Proms's survey of Stravinsky ballets, and the Concert Fantasia in G, ending Stephen Hough's marathon of Tchaikovsky's concertante works
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 57: Tchaikovsky Night
Stephen Hough plays Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasia in G Minor for piano and orchestra and Steven Isserlis plays Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and Francesca da Rimini.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 58 - Andriessen, Martland, de Bondt
The Netherlands Wind Ensemble marks the birthday of Louis Andriessen and performs his music alongside two of his pupils - Englishman Steve Martland and Dutchman Cornelis de Bondt.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 58: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
The Netherlands Wind Ensemble perform trademark contemporary works by Steve Martland and Louis Andriessen as well as the London premiere of a piece by Cornelis de Bondt.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 59: Schubert, Mahler
David Zinman conducts his Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich in music by Schubert, including adaptations by Golijov, plus a Mahler Symphony
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 59: Tonhalle Orchestra
The Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under conductor David Zinman plays music by Schubert, Mahler and Golijov, live from the Royal Albert Hall.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 60: Martha Argerich
Pianist Martha Argerich plays Ravel's Piano Concerto in G with the Royal Philharmonic under Charles Dutoit. Plus music by Mussorgsky, Vivier and Prokofiev.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 60: Vivier, Ravel, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky
RPO/Charles Dutoit in Vivier's Orion, Ravel's Piano Concerto in G and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat, with Martha Argerich, and Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 61: Sibelius, Duparc, Ravel
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons in Sibelius's Symphony No 1, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe Suite No 2, and a selection of Duparc's songs with Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 62: Haydn, Shostakovich
Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra perform Haydn's Symphony No 100 (Military) and Shostakovich's Symphony No 10
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 63: Xenakis, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
David Robertson conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Xenakis's Nomos Gamma and Ais, Rachmaninov's The Isle of the Dead, and Shostakovich's Symphony No 9 in E flat
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 64: Ibert, Debussy, Mozart, Zimmermann, Brahms
The London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski plays orchestral works by Ibert, Debussy and Brahms, alongside pieces for two pianos by Mozart and Zimmermann
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 64: Jurowski & London Philharmonic
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the LPO in a programme featuring Bacchanale by Ibert, Debussy's ballet score Jeux, Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos and Brahms's First Symphony.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 65: Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester
The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Nott, perform Mahler's Songs on the Death of Children, Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra and Ligeti's Atmospheres.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 65: Ligeti, Mahler, Schoenberg, Strauss
Jonathan Nott conducts a top international youth orchestra, the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, in music by their namesake, plus Ligeti, Schoenberg and Richard Strauss
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 66 - Nash Ensemble
From the Royal Albert Hall. The Nash Ensemble and Diego Masson mark the 80th birthday of George Crumb. With Night of the Four Moons; Vox balaenae; Ancient Voices of Children.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 67: Janacek, McCabe, Dvorak
BBC NOW/Jac van Steen performs Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen (suite) arr Talich, John McCabe's Horn Concerto with David Pyatt (horn), and Dvorak's Symphony No 9 (From the New World)
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 68: Handel
Nicholas McGegan directs the Northern Sinfonia, over 200 young voices from across the UK and a distinguished cast of soloists in a performance of Handel's most celebrated oratorio, Messiah
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 69: Mendelssohn, Mahler
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly performs Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 25 with Saleem Abboud Ashkar (piano), and Mahler's Symphony No 10 (compl Cooke)
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 70: Mendelssohn, Maxwell Davies, Sibelius
Peter Maxwell Davies conducts the RPO in Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and his own Violin Concerto No 2 with Daniel Hope (violin). Garry Walker conducts Sibelius's Symphony No 5 in E flat
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 71
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. A performance of Peter Maxwell Davies' choral works Westerlings and Solstice of Light.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 71: Peter Maxwell Davies Celebration
David Hill conducts the BBC Singers, Ed Lyon (tenor) and David Goode (organ) in a celebration of composer Peter Maxwell Davies's 75th birthday. With Westerlings; Solstice of Light.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 72: Mendelssohn, Read Thomas, Beethoven
BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek in Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture and incidental music. Read Thomas: Violin Concerto No 3, Jennifer Koh (violin). Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral)
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 73: Haydn, Schubert
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Franz Welser-Most performs Haydn's Symphony No 97 in C and Schubert's Symphony No 9 in C (Great)
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood presents as the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra bring Haydn's Symphony No 98 in B-flat and Schubert's 'Great' Symphony No 9 in C to the Proms.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 74: R Strauss, Brahms
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta performs Richard Strauss's Don Quixote, with Christian Frohn (viola) and Tamas Varga (cello), and Brahms's Symphony No 4 in E minor
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 75
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his cross-cultural Silk Road Ensemble perform a mix of contemporary and traditional music.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 75: Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
From the BBC Proms 2009 season, the sounds of East meeting West with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his cross-cultural Silk Road Ensemble.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms
David Robertson conducts the traditional festivities of the Last Night of the Proms for the first time, with soloists Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) and Alison Balsom (trumpet)
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 9: Elgar Anniversary
Charles Hazlewood presents a concert commemorating the 75th anniversary of Elgar's death, with his Second Symphony played by the BBC Philharmonic and conducted by Vassily Sinaisky.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Chamber Concerts
Series of concerts by small classical musical ensembles, broadcast from Cadogan Hall
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Composer Portraits
Discussions with contemporary composers about their work at the Proms 2009 season
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms in the Park
Highlights from the five Proms in the Park events, taking place in Hyde Park, Hillsborough Castle, Glasgow Green, Singleton Park in Swansea and Buile Hill Park in Salford.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms in the Park
Janice Forsyth presents live music from violinist Nicola Benedetti, mezzo soprano Karen Cargill, the National Youth Girls Choir of Scotland, Salsa Celtica and the BBC SSO.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms in the Park
Janice Forsyth and Jamie MacDougall present highlights from Proms in the Park 2009, plus a look behind the scenes with the BBC SSO's violinist Alex Gascoine.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus
Series of events providing a fascinating context to the 2009 Proms season's music and artists
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