The complete programme listings for the 2012 season of the BBC Proms were announced on April 19, and this year’s festival features a whole host of works by Music Sales composers, both old and new. Coinciding with the Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Proms promises to be an exciting part of the celebrations.
Running from July 13 to September 8, the Proms features new commissions and composer portraits from several composers in the catalogue. On July 17,
Kaija Saariaho discusses her 2008 work
Laterna Magica at the Royal College of Music in a Proms Plus Portrait prior to the work’s UK premiere in the Royal Albert Hall later that evening. The Portrait also includes performances of her chamber works
Serenatas and
Tocar given by musicians from the London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble.
To celebrate significant birthdays,
Simon Bainbridge and
Hugh Wood both have works performed during the season.
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bainbridge will be given its World Premiere by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at a Proms Saturday Matinee in Cadogan Hall on August 18. On July 26, Joanna MacGregor and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Hugh Wood’s
Piano Concerto and the Escher Quartet perform his
String Quartet No 4 as part of a Proms Chamber Music concert on August 20.
The London Premiere of
Peter Maxwell Davies’
ninth symphony will take place during Prom 54 on August 23. The work by the Master of the Queen’s Music honours the jubilee. On August 9, the UK premiere of
Per Nørgård’s
Symphony No 7 will take place, preceded by a Proms Plus Portrait at the Royal College of Music featuring performances of several of his chamber works performed by students from the Royal Northern College of Music.
Helen Grime also has a Proms Plus Portrait dedicated to her work and she discusses her BBC commission
Night Songs which will be given its World Premiere on the same evening, August 25, as part of a concert to mark the 60th birthday of Oliver Knussen.
Further new commissions come from
Nico Muhly,
Gait for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and
Thea Musgrave, with
Loch Ness – a Postcard from Scotland which features the tuba as the legendary monster.
Electra Mourns by
Brian Elias will be given its World Premiere on August 11 at Cadogan Hall as part of a Proms Saturday Matinee.
On August 29
Eric Whitacre makes his Proms debut in a late-night showcase in which the BBC Singers join forces with the Eric Whitacre Singers and Imogen Heap. This concert also includes the World Premiere of his Olympic inspired
Faster, Higher, Stronger.
For more information on the BBC Proms, please see the
Proms websiteA full list of Music Sales works in performance is below…
Proms Plus PortraitAugust 9, 4:45pm Royal College of Music
Per NørgårdDancers Around Jupiter String Quartet No 6 - TintinnabularyStudents from the Royal Northern College of Music
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-09Prom 35August 9, 6:30pm Royal Albert Hall
Jean Sibelius ,
Symphony No 6 Per Nørgård,
Symphony No 7 UK Premiere
BBC Philharmonic; John Storgårds, conductor
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-09Proms Saturday Matinee 3August 11, 3pm Cadogan Hall
Brian Elias,
Electra Mourns World Premiere
Britten Sinfonia; Clark Rundell, conductor
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-11Prom 45August 15, 7:30pm Royal Albert Hall
Joan Tower,
Fanfare for the Uncommon WomanSão Paulo Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-15Proms Saturday Matinee 4August 18, 3pm Cadogan Hall
Simon Bainbridge,
The Garden of Earthly Delights World Premiere
Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo-soprano; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Nicholas Collon, conductor
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-18Proms Chamber Music 6August 20, 1pm Cadogan Hall
Hugh Wood,
String Quartet No 4 Escher Quartet
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-20Prom 54August 23, 7:30pm Royal Albert Hall
Peter Maxwell Davies, Symphony No 9 London Premiere
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Vasily Petrenko, conductor
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-23Proms Plus PortraitAugust 25. 5:45pm Royal College of Music
Helen Grime10 Miniatures for solo pianoTo see the summer skyShadowplayStudents from the Royal College of Music
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-25Prom 56August 25, 7:30pm Royal Albert Hall
Helen Grime,
Night SongsBBC Symphony Orchestra; Oliver Knussen, conductor
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-25Prom 61August 29, 7pm Royal Albert Hall
Herbert Howells,
Hymnus ParadisiMiah Persson, soprano; Andrew Kennedy, tenor; BBC Symphony Chorus; London Philharmonic Choir; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-29Prom 62August 29, 10:15pm Royal Albert Hall
Eric Whitacre,
Alleluia;
Higher, Faster, Stronger World Premiere
Eric Whitacre Singers; BBC Singers; Imogen Heap; Ensemble Bash; Eric Whitacre, conductor
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/august-29
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