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Petroc Trelawny previews the 2015 Proms season live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, talking to artists during rehearsals as well as to some of the people behind the scenes.

On the eve of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms 2015 Petroc Trelawny previews the season live from the Royal Albert Hall in London - two months of many of the world's greatest artists, composers, orchestras and ensembles including Last Night celebrations around the UK.

2015 is packed to the brim and Petroc will guide you through a season which features piano concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Prokofiev and choral masterpieces by Verdi, Elgar and Walton, as well as Proms celebrating the music of Nielsen and Sibelius, Bach and Boulez, Sondheim and Bernstein.

Whether it be a Prom, Proms Matinee, Proms Chamber Music or Proms Extra, Petroc will be your on-air guide to the music of this year's season. And, as the excitement mounts on stage and back stage at the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc will talk to artists during their final rehearsals and will hunt out those who make the Proms the best music festival in the world - from lighting engineers, instrument tuners and movers to the person in charge of bringing the music to you, whether it be your seat in the Albert Hall or on the radio in the comfort of your own home.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 16 Jul 2015 19:30

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.23 in A major K. 488 - Third movt: Allegro Assai

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de la Fondation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne. Conductor: Theodor Guschlbauer.
    • ERATO.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Hymnus Amoris - 3rd movt: Amor est pax mea

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Michael W Hansen. Singer: Lars Pedersen. Singer: Barbara Bonney. Choir: Københavns Drengekor. Singer: Bo Anker Hansen. Choir: Danish National Radio Choir. Singer: John Mark Ainsley.
    • Decca.
  • John Adams

    Gnarly Buttons: Extract from Movt 2: Hoedown (Mad Cow)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Markus Stenz.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique Op.14 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae; Liber scriptus (Requiem)

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550 - Third Movt: Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio

    Performer: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Memoriale (…explosante fixe… Originel)

    Performer: Sophie Cherrier. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.3 in E major BWV.1006 (Prelude)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova.
    • J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin: Alina Ibragimova.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • The Silver Violin: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 - Movt 1: Prelude

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • TELDEC.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Jul 2015 19:30

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