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BBC Philharmonic at the Proms Events

Wed 25 Jul 2018
- 19:30
  Prom 15: Paul Lewis plays Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ concerto
  Royal Albert Hall
  A concert of darkness and light opens with the world premiere of Tansy Davies’s 9/11-inspired What Did We See? and closes with Brahms’s sunny Second Symphony. Paul Lewis s Ben Gernon and the BBC Philharmonic for Beethoven’s 'Emperor' Concerto.
  A concert of darkness and light opens with the world premiere of Tansy Davies’s 9/11-inspired What Did We See? and closes with Brahms’s sunny Second Symphony. Paul Lewis s Ben Gernon and the BBC Philharmonic for Beethoven’s 'Emperor' Concerto.
  Programme
  Tansy Davies
  What Did We See? (orchestral suite from 'Between Worlds')BBC commission: world premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’(38 mins)
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 2 in D major(42 mins)
  Performers
  Paul Lewis
  piano
  piano
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  Ben Gernon
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Tansy Davies
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Johannes Brahms
  Also part of
  Proms 2018 Proms on TV
Tue 24 Jul 2018
- 19:30
  Prom 14: Sibelius, Schubert & Zimmermann
  Royal Albert Hall
  A concert of defiantly brilliant, genre-bending works pairs Sibelius’s enigmatic Seventh Symphony with Bern Alois Zimmermann’s Symphony in One Movement. Soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Louis Lortie the BBC Philharmonic for music by Schubert.
  A concert of defiantly brilliant, genre-bending works pairs Sibelius’s enigmatic Seventh Symphony with Bern Alois Zimmermann’s Symphony in One Movement. Soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Louis Lortie the BBC Philharmonic for music by Schubert.
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Prelude to Act 1(10 mins)
  Franz Schubert
  Die junge Nonne
  Gretchen am Spinnrade
  Lied der Mignon
  Erlkönig
  Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  Symphony in One Movement(15 mins)
  interval
  Franz Schubert
  Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt)(22 mins)
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 7 in C major(22 mins)
  Performers
  Elizabeth Watts
  soprano
  soprano
  Louis Lortie
  piano
  piano
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  John Storgårds
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Franz Schubert
  Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  Jean Sibelius
  Also part of
  Proms 2018
Mon 16 Jul 2018
- 19:30
  Prom 4: Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony
  Royal Albert Hall
  Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s barnstorming ‘Leningrad’ Symphony – a powerful tribute to the Soviet victims of WWII. Clarinettist Mark Simpson is the soloist in Magnus Lindberg’s ferociously virtuosic Clarinet Concerto.
  Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s barnstorming ‘Leningrad’ Symphony – a powerful tribute to the Soviet victims of WWII. Clarinettist Mark Simpson is the soloist in Magnus Lindberg’s ferociously virtuosic Clarinet Concerto.
  Programme
  Magnus Lindberg
  Clarinet Concerto(25 mins)
  interval
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'(75 mins)
  Performers
  Mark Simpson
  clarinet
  clarinet
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  Juanjo Mena
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Magnus Lindberg
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Also part of
  Proms 2018
Thu 14 Aug 2014
- 19:30
  Prom 38: Sibelius, Bridge & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  Royal Albert Hall
  John Storgårds champions his nation’s hero in the BBC Philharmonic's final 2014 Prom.
  John Storgårds champions his nation’s hero in the BBC Philharmonic's final 2014 Prom.
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Finlandia
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Symphony No. 5
  Frank Bridge
  Oration
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  John Storgårds
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Leonard Elschenbroich
  Cello
  Cello
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Frank Bridge
  Also part of
  BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms
Fri 8 Aug 2014
- 18:30
  Prom 29: Chopin, Franck, Saint-Saëns & Casella
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Alfredo Casella
  Elegia eroica
  Frédéric Chopin
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
  César Franck
  Symphonic Variations
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Gianandrea Noseda
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Benjamin Grosvenor
  Piano
  Piano
  David Goode
  Organ
  Organ
  Composers
  Alfredo Casella
  Frédéric Chopin
  César Franck
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Also part of
  BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms

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