The 2019 BBC Proms, “the greatest classical music festival”, have been announced, and what a summer of music they have in store. From 19 July – 14 September, London’s Royal Albert Hall and other venues will play host to an exhilarating and eclectic series of concerts. IMG Artists is delighted to have so many artists performing this year. Let the planning (and queueing) commence.
Prom 1 – First Night of the Proms, 19 July
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass
Asmik Grigorian, soprano; Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano; Ladislav Elgr, tenor; Peter Holder, organ; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra; Karina Canellakis, conductor
Programme includes: Zosha Di Castri: Long Is the Journey – Short Is the Memory – BBC commission: World Premiere
Dvořák: The Golden Spinning Wheel(28 mins)
Joshua Bell, violin; Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor
Smetana: Má vlast
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Nemanja Radulović, violin
Barber: Violin Concerto
Trinity Boys Choir; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Karabits, conductor
Programme includes: Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Holst: The Planets
Yeol Eum Son, piano; Omer Meir Wellber, conductor
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat Major, K450
Paul Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 1
Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces
- Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor
BBC Philharmonic
Omer Meir Wellber, conductor
Haydn: The Creation
Sarah-Jane Brandon, soprano; Benjamin Hulett, tenor; Christoph Pohl, baritone; BBC Proms Youth Choir; BBC Philharmonic
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Britten: Piano Concerto (revised version, 1945)
With BBC Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor
Programme includes: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde with Claudia Mahnke, mezzo-soprano and Stuart Skelton, tenor
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
R.Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
- Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Sir James MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Alexander Melnikov, piano; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat Major
Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Taito Hoffrén, singer; Ilona Korhonen, singer; Minna-Liisa Tammela, singer; Vilma Timonen, kantele; Timo Alakotila, harmonium; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano, conductor
Benjamin Beckman: new work – UK Premiere
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été, Op 7
- Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; The National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Detlev Glanert: Weites Land (‘Musik mit Brahms’ for orchestra) UK premiere
Schubert: Einsamkeit for soprano and orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G Major
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Christina Gansch, soprano
Vladimir Jurowski
Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada – suite
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor(29 mins)
Konstantinovich Lyadov: Baba-Yaga; Kikimora; From the Apocalypse
Glazunov: Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major
Alexander Ghindin, piano; London Philharmonic Orchestra
Gerald Finley, bass-baritone
Koechlin: Les bandar-log
Varèse: Amériques
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Orfeó Català; Orfeó Català Youth Choir; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello*
Elgar: Cello Concerto
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor
Jessica Cottis, conductor
Music inspired by the bestselling book The Lost Words
Stephanie Childress, violin; Jason Singh, beatboxer; Angie Newman, British Sign Language Interpreter; The Lost Words – Spell Song, folk group; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; Southbank Sinfonia
David Portillo, Tamino
Mozart: The Magic Flute (semi-staged)
Sofia Fomina, Pamina; Björn Bürger, Papageno, Alison Rose, Papagena; Brindley Sherratt, Sarastro; Caroline Wettergreen, Queen of the Night; Jörg Schneider, Monostatos; Esther Dierkes, First Lady; Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Second Lady; Michael Kraus, Speaker; Martin Snell, First Priest/Second Man in Armour; Thomas Atkins, Second Priest/First Man in Armour; Katharina Magiera, Third Lady
Glyndebourne Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
Murray Perahia, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major
Vienna Philharmonic; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Programme includes: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Andrés Orozco‐Estrada, conductor
Dvořák: The Noonday Witch
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, “From the New World”
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Vienna Philharmonic
Elena Stikhina, soprano; Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Smetana: The Bartered Bride – Overture; Three Dances
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin – Letter Scene
Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor
Czech Philharmonic
Leif Ove Andsnes, Semyon Bychkov and Sheku Kanneh-Mason is managed is association with Enticott Music Management
