Fri 17 Jul 2015

• 16:30

  Proms Extra

  Royal College of Music

  A live Proms edition of BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein – with interviews and live performances from artists appearing this season.

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  Proms Extra

  
• 19:30

  Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

  Royal Albert Hall

  Sakari Oramo conducts this year’s opening concert, in a programme that includes Walton’s pithy choral masterpiece 'Belshazzar’s Feast' and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 with soloist Lars Vogt. Broadcast live on BBC Two on Friday 17 July.

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  Sakari Oramo conducts this year’s opening concert, in a programme that includes Walton’s pithy choral masterpiece 'Belshazzar’s Feast' and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 with soloist Lars Vogt. Broadcast live on BBC Two on Friday 17 July.

  Programme

  • • • Carl Nielsen
      • Maskarade(5 mins)overture
    • • Gary Carpenter
      • Dadaville(6 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      • Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor(31 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Jean Sibelius
      • Belshazzar's Feast Suite(16 mins)
    • • William Walton
      • Belshazzar’s Feast(34 mins)

  Performers

  • Lars Vogt

    piano
    piano
  • Christopher Maltman

    baritone
    baritone
  • BBC Singers
  • BBC National Chorus of Wales
  • BBC Symphony Chorus
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Carl Nielsen
  • Gary Carpenter
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Jean Sibelius
  • William Walton

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