Proms 2016
Proms 2016 Calendar
By Date
Thu 8 Sep 2016
- 17:15Imperial College Union
±«Óãtv Radio 3 presenter Ian MacMillan, award-winning poet Jackie Kay and Director of The Poetry Society Judith Palmer introduce the winning entries in this year’s ±«Óãtv Proms Poetry Competition and welcome some of the winners on stage to read their poems.
Also part ofProms Extra
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto – performed by Nikolaj Znaider – opens the second of the Dresden orchestra’s Proms. In the second half, Reger’s Variations on a Theme by Mozart is paired with Strauss’s tone poem Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche.
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto – performed by Nikolaj Znaider – opens the second of the Dresden orchestra’s Proms. In the second half, Reger’s Variations on a Theme by Mozart is paired with Strauss’s tone poem Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche.
Programme
- Violin Concerto in D major(45 mins)
- interval
- Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart(34 mins)
- Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks(15 mins)
Performers
- Nikolaj Znaiderviolin
- Christian Thielemannconductor
Also part ofClassical for Starters 2018-19 - 22:15Royal Albert Hall
In this Late Night Prom, Richard Egarr conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel’s glorious Coronation Anthems – the most famous of which is ‘Zadok the Priest’.
In this Late Night Prom, Richard Egarr conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel’s glorious Coronation Anthems – the most famous of which is ‘Zadok the Priest’.
Programme
- Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’(6 mins)
- Coronation Anthem 'My heart is inditing'(12 mins)
- Armonico tributo – Sonata No. 5 in G major(22 mins)
- Coronation Anthem 'Let thy hand be strengthened'(8 mins)
- Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 – Air (arr. L. Stokowski)(5 mins)
- Dido and Aeneas – ‘When I am laid in earth’ (Dido’s Lament)(5 mins)
- Coronation Anthem 'The king shall rejoice'(11 mins)
Performers
- Richard Egarrconductor
