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RAH = Royal Albert Hall

CH = Cadogan Hall

= Television broadcast

= Radio broadcast

FRIDAY 14 JULY

PROM 1

7pm RAH

First Night of the Proms: Sibelius Finlandia, Bohdana Frolyak new work (BBC commission: world premiere), Grieg Piano Concerto, Sibelius Snöfrid, Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Paul Lewis (piano), actor tbc, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Dalia Stasevska

SATURDAY 15 JULY

PROMS AT LONDONDERRY

2pm Guildhall, Derry

Byrd Emendemus in melius, O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, Sing joyfully, Ave verum corpus, Laudibus in sanctis, Morley Domine Dominus noster, Philips Ecce vicit Leo, Tomkins Too much I once lamented.

Stile Antico

PROM 2

8pm RAH

Keep the Faith – Northern Soul: Singers tbc, BBC Concert Orchestra/Edwin Outwater

SUNDAY 16 JULY

PROM 3

11am RAH

Debussy arr. Borwick Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Liszt Réminiscences de Norma, Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin, La valse Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

PROM 4

7.30pm RAH

Andrea Tarrodi Birds of Paradise, Beethoven Symphony No. 1, Vivaldi Four Seasons (with improvisation between movements). Ale Carr (cittern), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Pekka Kuusisto

MONDAY 17 JULY

PROM 5

7.30pm RAH

Coleridge-Taylor Ballade, Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 3, 10, Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Bomsori Kim (violin), BBC Philharmonic/Anja Bihlmaier

TUESDAY 18 JULY

PROM 6

7.30pm RAH

Grace-Evangeline Mason new work (BBC commission: world premiere), Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1, Mahler Symphony No. 1. Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Philharmonic/Mark Wigglesworth

WEDNESDAY 19 JULY

PROM 7

7pm RAH

Rachmaninov, orch. Respighi Five Études-tableaux, Coleridge-Taylor , Beethoven Elena Urioste (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Tadaaki Otaka

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