Prom 11 on 22 July (clue above) looks like the pick of the bunch but there's plenty more to enjoy in the 2012 Proms. Full listing below; more details on the BBC Proms website.
Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
Fri 13 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Mark-Anthony Turnage - Canon Fever (3 mins)
- Elgar - Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)' (15 mins)
- Delius - Sea Drift (25 mins)
- Tippett - Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles (16 mins)
- Elgar - Coronation Ode (33 mins)
Proms Plus Sing
Sat 14 July 2012, 1.30pm, Royal College of Music
Bring your family to join professional singers in favourite songs from My Fair Lady. Ideal for family members aged 7-plus.
Proms Plus Literary
Sat 14 July 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, the inspiration for My Fair Lady, is discussed by Professor of Irish History Roy Foster and dramatist Neil LaBute, whose film The Shape of Things was influenced by Shaw’s work. Matthew Sweet presents.
Prom 2: Lerner & Loewe – My Fair Lady
Sat 14 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Loewe - My Fair Lady (170 mins)
Proms Plus Late
Sat 14 July 2012, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young talent.
Proms Plus Intro
Sun 15 July 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Louise Fryer explores Debussy’s only completed opera.
Prom 3: Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande
Sun 15 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande (145 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 1: Alice Coote sings French chansons
Mon 16 July 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Gounod - Au printemps (2 mins)
- Saint-Saëns - Aimons-nous (4 mins)
- Fauré - Poème d'un jour (6 mins)
- Fauré - Cinq mélodies 'de Venise' – En sourdine (3 mins)
- Fauré - Au bord de l'eau (2 mins)
- Fauré - Les roses d'Ispahan (3 mins)
- Fauré - Le secret (2 mins)
- Fauré - Notre amour (2 mins)
- Satie - Je te veux (4 mins)
- Hahn - L'énamourée (4 mins)
- Hahn - Fumée (3 mins)
- Hahn - Dans la nuit (2 mins)
- Hahn - Chansons grises – L'heure exquise (2 mins)
- Poulenc - Métamorphoses – C'est ainsi que tu es (2 mins)
- Poulenc - Banalités – Hôtel, Voyages à Paris (2 mins)
- Poulenc - Les chemins d'amour (4 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Mon 16 July 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Ara Guzelimian (Provost and Dean, Juilliard School of Music) and Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (Principal, Royal Academy of Music) discuss the long-standing series of collaborations between their distinguished conservatoires. Louise Fryer hosts.
Prom 4: Respighi, Ravel and Adams
Mon 16 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Respighi - Roman Festivals (22 mins)
- Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major (22 mins)
- John Adams - City Noir (34 mins)
Proms Plus Portrait
Tue 17 July 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Kaija Saariaho discusses Laterna magica with Tom Service prior to its UK premiere and introduces performances of her chamber works Serenatas and Tocar given by musicians from the London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble.
Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius
Tue 17 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- R. Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra (32 mins)
- R. Strauss - Four Last Songs (22 mins)
- Kaija Saariaho - Laterna magica (22 mins)
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 in C major (23 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Wed 18 July 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Conductor Jane Glover begins a four-part series in which musicians from this year’s Proms season reveal their literary passions and talk about what they are reading this summer.
Prom 6: Lam, Rachmaninov & Prokofiev
Wed 18 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Fung Lam - Endless Forms (c9 mins)
- Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (35 mins)
- Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor (43 mins)
Prom 7: Handel – Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks
Wed 18 July 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Handel - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major (26 mins)
- Handel - Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major (10 mins)
- Handel - Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major (10 mins)
- Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (17 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Thu 19 July 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Musicians from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment introduce Handel’s oratorio Judas Maccabaeus with musical examples. Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents.
Prom 8: Handel – Judas Maccabaeus
Thu 19 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Handel - Judas Maccabaeus (130 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Fri 20 July 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
On the first night of Daniel Barenboim’s Beethoven/Boulez cycle, Pierre Boulez talks to Proms Director Roger Wright.
Prom 9: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Fri 20 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C major (25 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Dérive 2 (45 mins)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 in D major (35 mins)
Proms Plus Family Orchestra & Chorus
Sat 21 July 2012, 2.00pm, Royal College of Music
Beethoven Family Orchestra and Chorus, with a little bit of Boulez!
Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Bach – The Art of Fugue
Sat 21 July 2012, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- J. S. Bach - The Art of Fugue (arr. M. Esfahani) (70 mins)
Proms Plus Family
Sat 21 July 2012, 5.30pm, Royal College of Music
A live musical introduction perfect for all the family, with Rachel Leach and professional musicians. Bring your instrument and join in!
Prom 10: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Sat 21 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (35 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Dialogue de l'ombre double (20 mins)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' (50 mins)
Proms Plus Late
Sat 21 July 2012, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young talent.
Proms Plus Intro
Sun 22 July 2012, 2.45pm, Royal College of Music
An illustrated introduction to tonight’s performance of The Trojans with Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Prom 11: Berlioz – The Trojans
Sun 22 July 2012, 4.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Berlioz - The Trojans (255 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 2: Tenebrae
Mon 23 July 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Gibbons - The Cryes of London (7 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Mon 23 July 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Mariam Said and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari on the story of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, with host Clemency Burton-Hill.
Prom 12: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Mon 23 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral' (40 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Mémoriale ('… explosante-fixe …' Originel) (8 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Messagesquisse (8 mins)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor (30 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Tue 24 July 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Ed Stourton, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Sunday, is joined by a panel of guests to explore the influence on contemporary Arabic literature of the social and political uprisings of the ‘Arab Spring’.
Prom 13: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Tue 24 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F major (25 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Anthèmes 2 (25 mins)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major (35 min)
Prom 14: Kronos Quartet
Tue 24 July 2012, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Traditional - Tusen tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) transcr. Ljova, arr. Kronos Quartet (5 mins)
Proms Plus Family
Wed 25 July 2012, 5.30pm, Royal College of Music
Rachel Leach takes you on a family-friendly whistle-stop tour of the evening Prom with live musical examples. Bring your instrument and join in.
Prom 15: Smetana, Prokofiev & Dvořák
Wed 25 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, 'From My Life' (orch. Szell) (28 mins)
- Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (22 mins)
- Dvořák - Symphony No. 7 in D minor (35 mins)
Proms Plus Family
Thu 26 July 2012, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music
Join Fraser Trainer and discover the stories behind the music, learn about the composers and perform alongside musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Bring your instrument and join in.
Prom 16: Elgar, Wood, Ravel & Debussy
Thu 26 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Elgar - In the South (Alassio) (23 mins)
- Hugh Wood - Concerto for Piano (25 mins)
- Ravel - Une barque sur l'océan (8 mins)
- Debussy - La cathédrale engloutie (orch. Henry Wood) (8 mins)
- Debussy - La mer (25 mins)
Prom 17: Beethoven & Boulez
Thu 26 July 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Piano Quintet in E flat major (25 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Le marteau sans maître (35 mins)
Proms Plus Sing
Fri 27 July 2012, 4.45pm, Royal College of Music
Join Mary King in a special sing-through of the ‘Ode to Joy’ from Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony to mark the opening of the London Olympics. No need to book – just turn up!
Prom 18: Beethoven Cycle – Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'
Fri 27 July 2012, 6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (77 mins)
Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Les 24 Violons du Roy
Sat 28 July 2012, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Lully - Armide – suite (15 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Sat 28 July 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Join Stephen Johnson for an illustrated introduction to the music in tonight’s Prom.
Prom 19: Mason, Shostakovich, Langgaard & Tchaikovsky
Sat 28 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Benedict Mason - meld (c25 mins)
- Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (29 mins)
- Langgaard - Symphony No. 11, ‘Ixion’ (5 mins)
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique' (45 mins)
Proms Plus Late
Sat 28 July 2012, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young talent.
Proms Plus Family Orchestra & Chorus
Sun 29 July 2012, 11.00am, Royal College of Music
Join the Family Orchestra and Chorus in creating its own Wallace & Gromit soundtrack!
Proms Plus Family Orchestra & Chorus
Sun 29 July 2012, 1.30pm, Royal College of Music
Join the Family Orchestra and Chorus in creating its own Wallace & Gromit soundtrack!
Prom 20: The Wallace & Gromit Prom: Musical Marvels!
Sun 29 July 2012, 3.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
Wallace & Gromit appear in a new Proms adventure, before a screening of A Matter of Loaf and Death – plus classical favourites.
Proms Plus Intro
Sun 29 July 2012, 6.15pm, Royal College of Music
Stephen Johnson and musicians from the Aldeburgh World Orchestra give an illustrated introduction to the music in tonight’s Prom.
Prom 21: Aldeburgh World Orchestra
Sun 29 July 2012, 8.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Britten - Sinfonia da Requiem (21 mins)
- Mahler - Symphony No. 10 – Adagio (22 mins)
- Charlotte Bray - At the speed of stillness (c10 mins)
- Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (32 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 3: La Tarantella
Mon 30 July 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
A sequence of Baroque, traditional and improvised music inspired by the age-old myth of the power of music to heal the venomous bite of the tarantula spider; including works by Falconieri, Kapsberger, Kircher and Soler.
Proms Plus Literary
Mon 30 July 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Conductor David Hill continues the series in which leading musicians from this year’s Proms season introduce their literary passions and talk about what they are reading this summer.
Prom 22: Mozart, Mahler & Knussen
Mon 30 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Mozart - Don Giovanni – overture (6 mins)
- Oliver Knussen - Symphony No. 2 (17 mins)
- Mahler - Symphony No. 7 (78 mins)
Proms Plus Family Intro
Tue 31 July 2012, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music
Members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales explore music by four great British composers. Bring your instrument and join in!
Prom 23: Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Delius & Walton
Tue 31 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (16 mins)
- Ireland - These Things Shall Be (22 mins)
- Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden (10 mins)
- Walton - Belshazzar's Feast (36 mins)
Prom 24: BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy
Tue 31 July 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- José Hernando Arias Noguera - World Routes Academy (75 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Wed 1 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Choral director Simon Halsey introduces the new BBC Proms Youth Choir project and discusses tonight’s programme with Ken Burton, Principal Conductor of the London Adventist Chorale. Martin Handley hosts.
Prom 25: Ives, Barber, Zimmermann & Tippett
Wed 1 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Ives - The Unanswered Question (6 mins)
- Barber - Adagio for strings (8 mins)
- Zimmermann - Nobody knows de trouble I see (15 mins)
- Tippett - A Child of Our Time (72 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Thu 2 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
A musical exploration of Bach’s Mass in B minor with Matthew Rowe and musicians from The English Concert.
Prom 26: Bach – Mass in B minor
Thu 2 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- J. S. Bach - Mass in B minor (110 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Fri 3 Aug 2012, 6.00pm, Royal College of Music
Poet Jackie Kay and novelist Ali Smith discuss one of the great Scottish novels, Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, the first part of his Scots Quair trilogy, set in a Scottish farming community.
Prom 27: Wagner & Bruckner
Fri 3 Aug 2012, 7.45pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Wagner - Siegfried Idyll (18 mins)
- Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 in C minor (80 mins)
Prom 28: Ulster Youth Orchestra of Northern Ireland & Ulster Orchestra
Sat 4 Aug 2012, 2.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Chabrier - España (8 mins)
- Mozart - Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K314 (20 mins)
- Elaine Agnew - Dark Hedges (c12 mins)
- Stravinsky - The Firebird (30 mins)
Proms Plus Inspire
Sat 4 Aug 2012, 5.30pm, Royal College of Music
The Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, performs the winning entries from this year’s Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition. (Reduced seating capacity)
Prom 29: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Sat 4 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Varèse - Tuning Up (5 mins)
- Nico Muhly - Gait (20 mins)
- Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony (77 mins)
- Anna Meredith - HandsFree (12 mins)
Proms Plus Late
Sat 4 Aug 2012, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young talent.
Proms Plus Family Orchestra
Sun 5 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Royal College of Music
Join the Proms team in this special event inspired by The Angry Planet, ending in a performance. Family members can join Proms Plus Sing or Proms Family Orchestra, which will join forces for the performance.
Prom Plus Family Sing
Sun 5 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Royal College of Music
Join the Proms team in this special event inspired by The Angry Planet, ending in a performance. Family members can join Proms Plus Sing or Proms Plus Family Orchestra, which will join forces for the performance.
Prom 30: The Angry Planet
Sun 5 Aug 2012, 4.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Ben Parry - Flame (4 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Sun 5 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Matthew Rowe explores the music in tonight’s Prom, with live musical examples from members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra of Scotland & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Sun 5 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- James MacMillan - Olympic Fanfare (4 mins)
- Wagner - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – overture (12 mins)
- Bruch - Scottish Fantasy (30 mins)
- R. Strauss - Don Juan (17 mins)
- Thea Musgrave - Loch Ness – a Postcard from Scotland (c10 mins)
- Respighi - Pines of Rome (23 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 4: Debussy & Ravel
Mon 6 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Debussy - Cello Sonata (12 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Mon 6 Aug 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
War reporter Kate Adie and novelist Aminatta Forna discuss Margaret Atwood’s groundbreaking novel A Handmaid’s Tale, 25 years after its publication, in which a conservative religious revolution brings about a theocratic dictatorship.
Prom 32: Bernstein – Mass
Mon 6 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Bernstein - Mass (103 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Tue 7 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
James MacMillan and Andrew Carwood, Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral, consider the role of religion in music, with presenter Louise Fryer.
Prom 33: Wagner, Bruckner & MacMillan
Tue 7 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Wagner - Tristan and Isolde – Prelude (Act 1) (9 mins)
- James MacMillan - Credo (c25 mins)
- Bruckner - Symphony No. 6 in A major (55 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Wed 8 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Conductor Edward Gardner continues the series of literary passions and talks about what he’s reading this summer.
Prom 34: Schubert, Dubugnon & R. Strauss
Wed 8 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished' (25 mins)
- Richard Dubugnon - Battlefield Concerto (27 mins)
- R. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben (45 mins)
Proms Plus Portrait
Thu 9 Aug 2012, 4.45pm, Royal College of Music
Per Nørgård discusses his Seventh Symphony with Andrew McGregor prior to its UK premiere and introduces performances of his chamber works, Dancers Around Jupiterand String Quartet No. 6, ‘Tintinnabulary’, given by musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music.
Prom 35: Sibelius, Delius, Grieg & Nørgård
Thu 9 Aug 2012, 6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 6 in D minor (29 mins)
- Delius - Cynara (10 mins)
- Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor (29 mins)
- Per Nørgård - Symphony No. 7 (27 mins)
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 3 in C major (30 mins)
Prom 36: Glamorous Night: A Celebration of Ivor Novello
Thu 9 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Novello - A Celebration of Ivor Novello (75 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Fri 10 Aug 2012, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music
Join Matthew Rowe and musicians from the BBC Singers for a musical introduction to Elgar’s oratorio The Apostles.
Prom 37: Elgar – The Apostles
Fri 10 Aug 2012, 6.45pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Elgar - The Apostles (120 mins)
Prom 38: National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Fri 10 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Ellington - Rockin' in Rhythm (6 mins)
- Nikki Iles - Hush (8 mins)
- Kenny Wheeler - Sweet Time Suite – Know Where You Are (6 mins)
- Monk - 'Round midnight (arr. M. Armstrong) (5 mins)
- Richardson - Groove Merchant (7 mins)
- Chris Whiter - The Change (8 mins)
- T. Stone - Return Flight (7 mins)
- Ellington - Caravan (arr. Callum Au) (8 mins)
- Ellington - The Queen’s Suite – Sunset and the Mockingbird (4 mins)
- Tim Garland - Agro Alegría (c8 mins)
Proms Plus Sing
Sat 11 Aug 2012, 2.00pm, Royal College of Music
Sing extracts from Berlioz’s extraordinary Requiem with Mary King. Ideal for enthusiastic amateurs aged 16-plus.
Proms Saturday Matinee 3: Britten Sinfonia
Sat 11 Aug 2012, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Brian Ferneyhough - Prometheus (23 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Sat 11 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Rachael Leach and musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales give a musical insight into Berlioz’s Requiem.
Prom 39: Berlioz – Requiem
Sat 11 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Berlioz - Requiem (Grande messe des morts) (83 mins)
Proms Plus Late
Sat 11 Aug 2012, 10.00pm, Royal College of Music
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young talent.
Proms Plus Family Orchestra & Chorus
Sun 12 Aug 2012, 11.00am, Royal College of Music
Join the first Proms Family Wind Band, creating and performing a new piece!
Prom 40: National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain & National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
Sun 12 Aug 2012, 3.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Vaughan Williams - Flourish for Glorious John (3 mins)
- Holst - Suite No. 2 in F (11 mins)
- Gavin Higgins - Der Aufstand (c10 mins)
- Martin Ellerby - Paris Sketches (14 mins)
- Walton - Crown Imperial (8 mins)
- Lucas - Chorale and Variations (7 mins)
- John Pickard - Wildfire (12 mins)
- Gavin Bryars - After the Underworlds (c6 mins)
- George Benjamin - Altitude (8 mins)
- Derek Bourgeois - Blitz (12 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Sun 12 Aug 2012, 6.15pm, Royal College of Music
A musical introduction to Schoenberg’s epic cantata with Andrew McGregor and musicians from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers.
Prom 41: Schoenberg – Gurrelieder
Sun 12 Aug 2012, 8.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Schoenberg - Gurrelieder (99 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 5: Nicola Benedetti
Mon 13 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Brahms - Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor (30 mins)
Proms Plus Portrait
Mon 13 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Olga Neuwirth discusses Remnants of Songs … an Amphigory with Andrew McGregor prior to its UK premiere and introduces performances of her chamber works, … ad auras … in memoriam H. and Marsyas II, given by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.
Prom 42: Prokofiev, Neurwirth & Bartók
Mon 13 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 1 (30 mins)
- Olga Neuwirth - Remnants of Songs ... an Amphigony (20 mins)
- Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra (37 mins)
Proms Plus Family
Tue 14 Aug 2012, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music
Join Rachel Leach and play alongside musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to discover the history behind the evening’s concert.
Prom 43: Delius, Saint-Saëns & Tchaikovsky
Tue 14 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor (45 mins)
Prom 44: London Sinfonietta
Tue 14 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Ligeti - Poème symphonique (8 mins)
- Berio - Sequenza V (8 mins)
- Xenakis - Phlegra (12 mins)
- Jonathan Harvey - Mortuos plango, vivos voco (9 mins)
- Louis Andriessen - De snelheid (18 mins)
- Cage - 4' 33 (4:33 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Wed 15 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Tonight’s conductor Marin Alsop and Cathy Graham, Head of Music at the British Council, discuss the São Paulo Orchestra and Brazilian musical life with Petroc Trelawny.
Prom 45: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Wed 15 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World' (45 mins)
- Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man (4 mins)
- Joan Tower - Fanfare for the Uncomman Woman (3 mins)
- Villa-Lobos - Momoprécoce (28 mins)
- Ginastera - Estancia – suite (12 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Thu 16 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Composer Anthony Payne introduces an anthology of readings about Vaughan Williams, including letters, private papers and reviews.
Prom 46: Vaughan Williams – Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Thu 16 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 6 in E minor (31 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Fri 17 Aug 2012, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music
A whistlestop introduction to the world of John Cage, with experimental composer Alvin Curran and writer and broadcaster Ivan Hewett. Presented by Martin Handley.
BBC Proms Music Walk
Fri 17 Aug 2012, 6.00pm, Various locations
Don your headphones and take part in a curated Music Walk that will lead you to hidden locations and surprising live performance. Places for the Music Walk are free, subject to availability and available from 1 July by visiting this website. There will also be the opportunity to contribute your own sounds to an evolving Music Walk track.
Prom 47: Cage Centenary Celebration
Fri 17 Aug 2012, 7.45pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Cage - 1O1 (12 mins)
- Cage - Improvisation III (12 mins)
- Christian Marclay - Luggage 2012 – improvisation for orchestra (c5 mins)
- Cage - Atlas eclipticalis/Winter Music/Cartridge Music (30 mins)
- Cage - Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra (20 mins)
- Cage - Four2 (7 mins)
- Cage - But what about the noise of crumpling paper ... (15 mins)
- Cage - Experiences II (3 mins)
- Cage - ear for EAR (Antiphonies) (2 mins)
- David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Keith Rowe & Christian Wolff - Quartet – improvisation (c25 mins)
- Cage - Branches (20 mins)
Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Sat 18 Aug 2012, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Alexander Goehr - … a musical offering (J.S.B. 1985) … (15 mins)
- Oliver Knussen - Ophelia Dances (7 mins)
- Oliver Knussen - Ophelia's Last Dance (10 mins)
- Simon Bainbridge - The Garden of Earthly Delights (c35 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Sat 18 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Pianist Joanna MacGregor concludes the series of events in which musicians from this year’s Proms season introduce readings from their favourite works of fiction and poetry.
Prom 48: Weber, Mahler & Tchaikovsky
Sat 18 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Weber - Der Freischütz – overture (10 mins)
- Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (17 mins)
- Tchaikovsky - Manfred (57 mins)
Proms Plus Late
Sat 18 Aug 2012, 10.00pm, Royal College of Music
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young talent.
Proms Plus Sing
Sun 19 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Royal College of Music
Sing parts of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic The Yeomen of the Guard with Mary King. Ideal for enthusiastic amateurs aged 16-plus.
Proms Plus Intro
Sun 19 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Musicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Singers present a musical exploration of tonight’s operetta with Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Prom 49: Gilbert & Sullivan – The Yeomen of the Guard
Sun 19 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Sullivan - The Yeomen of the Guard (85 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 6: Escher Quartet
Mon 20 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Debussy - String Quartet in G minor (25 mins)
Proms Plus Family
Mon 20 Aug 2012, 5.30pm, Royal College of Music
Journey through the music of this evening’s Prom in a family-friendly introduction with Fraser Trainer. Bring along your instrument and join in.
Prom 50: Beethoven, Mozart, Delius & Nielsen
Mon 20 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Egmont – overture (9 mins)
- Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major (28 mins)
- Delius - Eventyr (Once Upon a Time) (16 mins)
- Nielsen - Symphony No. 5 (34 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Tue 21 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Novelist Pat Barker and Revd Giles Fraser discuss what British writers can learn from the Russian classics, with readings from their personal favourites.
Prom 51: Glinka, Howard & Shostakovich
Tue 21 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Glinka - Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture (5 mins)
- Emily Howard - Calculus of the Nervous System (15 mins)
- Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7 in C major 'Leningrad' (75 mins)
Proms Plus Family
Wed 22 Aug 2012, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music
Join Rachel Leach, musicians from the LSO and Director of the Royal Ballet Monica Mason for an interactive introduction to the music of Cinderella. Ideal for all the family. Bring your instrument and join in.
Prom 52: Prokofiev – Cinderella
Wed 22 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Prokofiev - Cinderella (105)
Prom 53: 1612 Italian Vespers
Wed 22 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Viadana - Salmi a quattro chori (1612) – Deus in adiutorium; Dixit Dominus (7 mins)
- Barbarino - Exaudi Deus (4 mins)
- Viadana - Salmi a quattro chori (1612) – Laetatus sum (7 mins)
- Viadana - O dulcissima Maria (2 mins)
- Grandi - Plorabo die ac nocte (7 mins)
- Gabrieli - Magnificat a 20/28 con il 'sicut locutus' (reconstr. H. Keyte) (9 mins)
- Monteverdi - Salve Regina (4 mins)
- Gabrieli - In eccelsiis (reconstr. H. Keyte) (7 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Thu 23 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Glenda Jackson MP and film critic Mark Kermode celebrate the work of the late Ken Russell, the film director of groundbreaking and controversial films about Delius, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Liszt, Mahler and Strauss.
Prom 54: Davies, Delius & Shostakovich
Thu 23 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
Tasmin Little has long been a passionate ambassador for Delius’s Violin Concerto; plus a new symphony by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
Proms Plus Intro
Fri 24 Aug 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Musicians from ENO provide an illustrated guide to Britten’s first operatic masterpiece. Andrew McGregor presents.
Prom 55: Britten – Peter Grimes
Fri 24 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Britten - Peter Grimes (150 mins)
Proms Plus Portrait
Sat 25 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Helen Grime discusses Night Songs ahead of its world premiere tonight and introduces performances of her chamber pieces 10 Miniatures for solo piano, To see the summer sky and Shadowplay by students from the Royal College of Music. Tom Service presents.
Prom 56: Goehr, Knussen, Grime & Debussy
Sat 25 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Oliver Knussen - Symphony No. 3 (15 mins)
Proms Plus Late
Sat 25 Aug 2012, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young talent.
Proms Plus Intro
Sun 26 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Musicians from the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester are joined by Andrew McGregor to give some musical insights into tonight’s programme.
Prom 57: Wagner, Berg, R. Strauss & Ravel
Sun 26 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Wagner - Parsifal – Prelude (Act 3) and Good Friday Music (20 mins)
- Berg - Violin Concerto (25 mins)
- R. Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier – suite (22 mins)
- Ravel - La valse (12 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 7: Debussy & Schoenberg
Mon 27 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Debussy - Sonata for flute, viola and harp (16 mins)
Prom 58: Family Matinee: A Journey to Far Corners of our Musical World
Mon 27 Aug 2012, 3.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
A family-friendly global musical journey, with popular classics from Delius, Falla and others, plus Malian duo Amadou & Mariam.
Proms Plus Literary
Mon 27 Aug 2012, 6.15pm, Royal College of Music
Clive James, poet, essayist and lyricist, and Tell Me on a Sunday lyricist Don Black discuss the great musical wordsmiths and reveal their personal favourites.
Prom 59: The Broadway Sound
Mon 27 Aug 2012, 8.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
John Wilson and his orchestra pay tribute to the composers who created the ‘Broadway sound’ – with excerpts from favorite shows.
Proms Plus Sing
Tue 28 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Royal College of Music
A great way to explore opera for the first time with the Glyndebourne Opera Land team. Suitable for 12- to 18-year-olds.
Proms Plus Intro
Tue 28 Aug 2012, 4.45pm, Royal College of Music
Join Rachel Leach and musicians from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for a musical introduction to Mozart’s comic opera.
Prom 60: Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro
Tue 28 Aug 2012, 6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro (190 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Wed 29 Aug 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Award-winning film-maker John Bridcut introduces a selection of fascinating and unexpected readings about Edward Elgar, including letters, diaries and reviews.
Prom 61: Howells & Elgar
Wed 29 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Elgar - Symphony No. 1 in A flat major (53 mins)
Prom 62: Eric Whitacre
Wed 29 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Bernstein - Warm-Up (2 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Alleluia (9 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (9 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Bach Again (arr. E. London) (5 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Higher, Faster, Stronger (c8 mins)
- Imogen Heap - The Listening Chair (arr. E. Whitacre) (c5 mins)
- Traditional - Three Spirituals (arr. M. Hogan) (9 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst (9 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Sleep (5 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Thu 30 Aug 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
A musical introduction to tonight’s programme with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and Rachel Leach.
Prom 63: Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle
Thu 30 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Ligeti - Atmosphères (8 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Fri 31 Aug 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Journalist Shirley Apthorp and Mark Pemberton, Chairman of the Association of British Orchestras, discuss the future of orchestras ahead of tonight’s performance by one of the world’s greatest.
Prom 64: Berliner Philharmoniker – Brahms & Lutosławski
Fri 31 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major (50 mins)
Prom 65: Taylor/Barker – The Spirit of Django
Fri 31 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Martin Taylor/Guy Barker - The Spirit of Django – orchestral suite (54 mins)
Prom 66: Cameron Carpenter plays Bach
Sat 1 Sept 2012, 4.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- J. S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 (8 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006 – excerpt (arr. C. Carpenter) (8 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 536 (6 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Chorale Prelude 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen', BWV 734 (arr. Busoni/C. Carpenter) (3 mins)
- Cameron Carpenter - Improvisation on B–A–C–H (c12 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552, 'St Anne' (arr. Schoenberg/C. Carpenter) (14 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Sat 1 Sept 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Roger Nichols, author of Mendelssohn Remembered, explores the personal writing of Mendelssohn, including letters, diaries, autobiography and reviews.
Prom 67: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – Mendelssohn
Sat 1 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Mendelssohn - Overture 'Ruy Blas' (8 mins)
- Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor (27 mins)
- Mendelssohn - Overture 'The Fair Melusine' (10 mins)
- Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5 in D major, 'Reformation' (27 mins)
Proms Plus Late
Sat 1 Sept 2012, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Informal post-Prom music and poetry from emerging young talent.
Proms Plus Sing
Sun 2 Sept 2012, 1.00pm, Royal College of Music
A rare opportunity to sing extracts from Adams’s Nixon in China, with Mary King, before Wednesday’s performance of the opera. Suitable for enthusiastic amateurs aged 16-plus.
Prom 68: Cameron Carpenter plays Bach
Sun 2 Sept 2012, 4.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Cameron Carpenter - Improvisation on the Bourée from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (c8 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Fantasia and Fugue in G minor 'The Great' (8 mins)
- J. S. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I – Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860 (5 mins)
- J. S. Bach and Mahler - Syncretic Prelude and Fugue in D major (arr. C. Carpenter) (30 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Sun 2 Sept 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
A musical introduction to Mahler’s Sixth Symphony with members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Stephen Johnson.
Prom 69: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – Messiaen & Mahler
Sun 2 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Messiaen - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (31 mins)
- Mahler - Symphony No. 6 in A minor (85 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 8: Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Debussy
Mon 3 Sept 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Debussy - Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon (3 mins)
- Debussy - Élégie (2 mins)
- Debussy - Masques (5 mins)
- Debussy - Préludes – Book 2 (38 mins)
Proms Plus Literary
Mon 3 Sept 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Mariella Frostrup is joined by Sir Tim Rice to explore the regular favourites of guests’ book choices on Desert Island Discs.
Prom 70: Desert Island Discs 70th-Anniversary Prom
Mon 3 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
Marking 70 years of Desert Island Discs, Kirsty Young introduces former castaways from the programme and their musical choices.
Proms Plus Intro
Tue 4 Sept 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Musicians from the St Louis Symphony and Tom Service introduce tonight’s programme.
Prom 71: St Louis Symphony
Tue 4 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Brahms - Tragic Overture (14 mins)
- Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major (40 mins)
- Schoenberg - Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 (16 mins)
- Gershwin - An American in Paris (18 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Wed 5 Sept 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Writer and broadcaster Rana Mitter, in conversation with journalist Shuyun Sun, discusses the political context of John Adams’s first opera, Nixon in China. Hosted by Louise Fryer.
Prom 72: John Adams – Nixon in China
Wed 5 Sept 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- John Adams - Nixon in China (180 mins)
Proms Plus Intro
Thu 6 Sept 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Join Proms Director Roger Wright and Chris Cotton, Chief Executive of the Royal Albert Hall, as they look back over the 2012 season with Petroc Trelawny. Questions can be submitted in advance at bbc.co.uk/proms.
Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Beethoven & Bruckner
Thu 6 Sept 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (35 mins)
- Bruckner - Symphony No. 9 in D minor (65 mins)
Prom 74: Staff Benda Bilili & Baloji
Thu 6 Sept 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
Congolese street musicians Staff Benda Bilili and Congolese-Belgo rapper Baloji bring their own pieces of Africa to the Proms.
Proms Plus Literary
Fri 7 Sept 2012, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Award-winning poet Wendy Cope and Ian McMillan introduce the winning entries in this year’s Proms Poetry competition.
Prom 75: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Haydn & R. Strauss
Fri 7 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Haydn - Symphony No. 104 in D major, 'London' (30 mins)
- R. Strauss - An Alpine Symphony (50 mins)
Proms Plus Sing
Sat 8 Sept 2012, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Get ready for the Last Night celebrations with a singalong workshop led by Mary King.
BBC Proms in the Park London
Sat 8 Sept 2012, 5.15pm, Hyde Park, London
Join in the Last Night celebrations in Hyde Park with a host of musical stars.
BBC Proms in the Park Glasgow
Sat 8 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Glasgow City Halls
Join the Last Night of the Proms celebrations in Glasgow's City Halls.
BBC Proms in the Park Caerphilly
Sat 8 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Caerphilly Castle
A magical evening of music under the stars at Caerphilly Castle.
BBC Proms in the Park Belfast
Sat 8 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Belfast Proms in the Park
BBC Proms in the Park Belfast is a major celebration of culture, achievement, people and places.
Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms 2012
Sat 8 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- John Williams - Olympic Fanfare and Theme (5 mins)
