Proms 2017
Proms 2017 Calendar
By Date
Sat 22 Jul 2017
- 12:30Stage @TheDock
The BBC Proms travels to Hull for a performance of music inspired by water. Look out over the Humber while listening to works by Handel, Telemann, Mendelssohn and others, performed by Nicholas McGegan and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
The BBC Proms travels to Hull for a performance of music inspired by water. Look out over the Humber while listening to works by Handel, Telemann, Mendelssohn and others, performed by Nicholas McGegan and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Programme
- Water Music – overture(8 mins)
- Summer Night on the River(5 mins)
- Water Music – Suite No. 3 in G major(12 mins)
- RIVER(3 mins)BBC commission: first concert performance
- Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage(12 mins)
- Naïs – overture(5 mins)
- Sea Sketches – High Wind
- Sea Sketches – Calm Sea in Summer(10 mins)
- Water Music – Suite No. 2 in D Major(12 mins)
Performers
- Nicholas McGeganconductor
- 13:30Imperial College Union
Join professional musicians for the first Proms Scratch Orchestra & Chorus and create a piece of music inspired by tonight’s Prom. You don’t need to be able to read music, and all abilities are welcome. Open to ages 16-plus.
- 15:00Stage @TheDock
The BBC Proms travels to Hull for a performance of music inspired by water. Look out over the Humber while listening to works by Handel, Telemann, Mendelssohn and others, performed by Nicholas McGegan and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
The BBC Proms travels to Hull for a performance of music inspired by water. Look out over the Humber while listening to works by Handel, Telemann, Mendelssohn and others, performed by Nicholas McGegan and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Programme
- Water Music – overture(8 mins)
- Summer Night on the River(5 mins)
- Water Music – Suite No. 3 in G major(11 mins)
- RIVER(3 mins)BBC commission: first concert performance
- Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage(12 mins)
- Naïs – overture(5 mins)
- Sea Sketches – High Wind
- Sea Sketches – Calm Sea in Summer(10 mins)
- Water Music – Suite No. 2 in D Major(12 mins)
Performers
- Nicholas McGeganconductor
- 17:30Stage @TheDock
The BBC Proms travels to Hull for a performance of music inspired by water. Look out over the Humber while listening to works by Handel, Telemann, Mendelssohn and others, performed by Nicholas McGegan and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
The BBC Proms travels to Hull for a performance of music inspired by water. Look out over the Humber while listening to works by Handel, Telemann, Mendelssohn and others, performed by Nicholas McGegan and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Programme
- Water Music – overture(8 mins)
- Summer Night on the River(5 mins)
- Water Music – Suite No. 3 in G major(11 mins)
- RIVER(3 mins)BBC commission: first concert performance
- Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage(12 mins)
- Naïs – overture(5 mins)
- Sea Sketches – High Wind
- Sea Sketches – Calm Sea in Summer(10 mins)
- Water Music – Suite No. 2 in D Major(12 mins)
Performers
- Nicholas McGeganconductor
Also part ofProms Across the UK - 17:45Imperial College Union
Readings inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte, to whom Beethoven originally dedicated his 'Eroica' Symphony.
Also part ofProms Extra - 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Aurora Orchestra is back, again performing a classic work from memory. This year, with the help of presenter Tom Service, they explore Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony – the first Romantic symphony – in an event that’s part concert, part lecture.
The Aurora Orchestra is back, again performing a classic work from memory. This year, with the help of presenter Tom Service, they explore Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony – the first Romantic symphony – in an event that’s part concert, part lecture.
Programme
- Symphony No. 3 with live excerpts(25 mins)Tom Service and Nicholas Collon introduce Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, with live excerpts
- Metamorphosen(27 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’(47 mins)
Performers
- Tom Servicepresenter
- Nicholas Collonconductor
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