Proms on Four Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• An Alpine Symphony
• Anna Netrebko and the BBC Philharmonic
• Baroque Masterpieces

  Pieces by Handel and Corelli; Andrew Manze conducts the English Concert and Academy of Ancient Music, with soloists Sarah Fox, Julia Gooding, Sarah Connolly, Mark le Brocq and Matthew Hargreaves.

• Beethoven's Fifth

  European premiere of James Macmillan's third symphony, 'Silence'; Beethoven's Symphony No. 5; Richard Strauss' 'Four Last Songs,' featuring soprano Barbara Frittoli.

• Berlioz: The Childhood of Christ

  John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.

• Dvorak and Strauss

  The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 and Richard Strauss' musical autobiography 'Ein Heldenleben.'

• Dvorak: Stabat Mater
• Dvorak's Anniversary
• Elektra

  Gabriele Schnaut stars in the title role of Richard Strauss's interpretation of Sophocles's play; Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the London Voices.

• Elgar's Third Symphony

  Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

• Finland at the Proms

  Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the UK premiere of Orion.

• Finland at the Proms

  Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Bela Bartok's only opera.

• First Night of the BBC4 Proms
• George Benjamin Tribute To Messiaen
• The Halle Play Elgar

  Mark Elder conducts the Halle Orchestra in a performance of Elgar's Symphony No. 1 and works by Berlioz and Colin Matthews.

• Janacek's Glagolitic Mass
• John Adams Conducts

  American composer John Adams conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of his own composition 'On the Transmigration of Souls.'

• Les Arts Florissants Celebrate Charpentier
• A London Prom

  London symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams; William Slatkin's 'A Song of Orpheus'; Leonard Slatkin conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

• Mahler Chamber Orchestra

  Ravel's 'Le tombeau de Couperin'; Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9, with soloist Leif Ove Andsnes; Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3.

• Mozart and Mahler

  Paul Lewis performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23; mezzo-soprano Alice Coote sings Mahler's 'Kindertotenlieder.'

• Mozart's Prague Symphony
• Pastoral Symphony

  The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, Ligeti's Lontano and Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5.

• Percussion World Premiere

  'Ruby,' a new percussion concerto by Joe Duddell, featuring Colin Currie; Marin Alsop and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

• Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony

  Estonian conductor Paavo Jarvi and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra present Mussorgsky's 'A Night on the Bare Mountain,' Erkki-Sven Tuur's Violin Concerto and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 6.

• Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
• Rattle conducts Debussy and Messaien
• Royal Night

  A musical celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Queen's coronation, including pieces by Walton, Elgar, Grainger, Turnage, Tippett, Bax and Britten.

• Saint-Saens's Second Piano Concerto

  Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski makes his Proms debut with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Joseph Swensen.

• Stravinsky and Bernstein

  Sakari Oramo conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

• Stravinsy's Firebird
• Tchaikovsky's Fifth

  UK premiere of H.K. Gruber's eccentric 'Dancing in the Dark'; Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Nelson Goerner; Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5.

• Wynton Marsalis: Out Here to Swing

  American trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra celebrate the golden age of swing.

• Zukerman Plays Elgar

  Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman returns to the Proms to perform Elgar's Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis.