{"id":1689,"date":"2014-04-25T08:42:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T07:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2014-04-25T08:42:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T07:42:02","slug":"bbc-proms-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=1689","title":{"rendered":"BBC Proms 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
Opening at the Royal Albert Hall on 18 July 2014 the festival promises two months of many of the world\u2019s greatest artists, composers, orchestras and ensembles across 92 concerts including four Last Night celebrations around the UK.<\/span><\/div>\n
Nearly 50 years after the first appearance of a non-British orchestra at the Proms, 10 international ensembles from around the globe appear for the first time including orchestras from China, Greece, Iceland, Lapland, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea and Turkey. Some of the world\u2019s most renowned orchestras make welcome returns to the festival including the Berlin Philharmoniker, Cleveland Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. With Promming tickets remaining at \u00a35 for the ninth year running, the finest music making from around the globe is made accessible for the widest possible audience.<\/span><\/div>\n
A century after the outbreak of the First World War the Proms reflects on the music, musicians and musical legacy of the Great War. Works by composers who lost their lives in the trenches such as Butterworth, Stephan and Kelly, sit alongside the music of composers writing years after the conflict including Benjamin Britten\u2019s\u00a0War Requiem<\/i>, based on the poetry of Wilfred Owen, and Sally Beamish\u2019s violin concerto inspired by Erich Maria Remarque\u2019s novel\u00a0All Quiet on the Western Front<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Collaborating with the National Theatre for the first time, the War Horse Prom features life-size puppets from the internationally acclaimed production, alongside music performed by the Proms Military Wives Choir directed by Gareth Malone.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Celebrating 150 years since the birth of Richard Strauss the Proms features three of his complete operas and a host of instrumental and choral works. Glyndebourne Festival Opera, under Music Director Robin Ticciati, brings\u00a0Der Rosenkavalier<\/i>, while the final weekend in August sees consecutive performances of\u00a0Salome<\/i>, with Donald Runnicles and the Deutsche Oper Berlin in its debut performance at the Proms, and\u00a0Elektra<\/i>, with Semyon Bychkov and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Singing the title roles, two of the world\u2019s leading Strauss interpreters, Nina Stemme and Christine Goerke, lead remarkable casts.<\/span><\/div>\n
For the first time in a single season both Bach\u2019s St John and St Matthew Passions will be performed at the Proms. James Gilchrist, internationally renowned for his interpretation of the Evangelist in the\u00a0St John Passion<\/i>, will perform the role with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra under Sir Roger Norrington, and Sir Simon Rattle brings Peter Sellars\u2019s staging of the St Matthew Passion with the Berlin Philharmoniker and a stellar cast led by Mark Padmore.<\/span><\/div>\n
The Proms continues to offer a wide range of music with exciting debut performances by Paloma Faith and Rufus Wainwright. The Pet Shop Boys perform the world premiere of their new piece,\u00a0A Man from the Future,<\/i>\u00a0based on the life and work of Alan Turing. Laura Mvula returns for her own Late Night Prom and John Wilson and his orchestra give a staged performance of the Shakespeare-inspired musical\u00a0Kiss Me, Kate\u00a0<\/i>in its Proms debut.<\/span><\/div>\n
The 80th<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0birthdays of two of Britain\u2019s most important living composers, Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, are celebrated. There are also significant birthdays for British conductors with Donald Runnicles at 60, Sir Andrew Davis at 70, Sir Roger Norrington at 80 and Sir Neville Marriner at 90, all performing during the festival. The work of Lancastrian composer William Walton is also in focus with works ranging from his early witty \u2018entertainment\u2019\u00a0Fa\u00e7ade<\/i>\u00a0to rarities such as\u00a0Variations on a theme by Hindemith<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n
In the spirit of the Proms\u2019 enduring mission to make the best classical music available to everyone, in 2014 there will be more Proms content available to listen to online for longer than ever before across PC, mobile and tablet. With exciting new digital additions, including a dedicated Proms button on the BBC iPlayer Radio app, six interactive BBC iWonder guides, and the use of BBC Playlister, audiences can enjoy the Proms whenever and wherever they like.<\/span><\/div>\n
A second series of BBC Two\u2019s Saturday evening review show,\u00a0Proms Extra,<\/i>\u00a0hosted by Katie Derham, will introduce audiences to a wealth of musical guests. Every Prom is broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and the audio streamed online in HD quality, with additional broadcasts on Radio 1, Radio 2 and for the first time on both Radio 4, with a commission for its PM programme, and Radio 5 live in its 20th<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0anniversary year. For further Proms broadcast details\u00a0<\/span>click here<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Sir Andrew Davis will conduct the First Night of the Proms marking his 70th<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0birthday with a performance of Elgar\u2019s\u00a0The Kingdom<\/i>, and Sakari Oramo conducts the Last Night of the Proms for the first time. Oramo will be joined by star soloists violinist Janine Jansen and baritone Roderick Williams to lead the Last Night celebrations. Rufus Wainwright, who gives his own Late Night Prom a few days earlier, performs at Proms in the Park, Hyde Park alongside Earth, Wind & Fire and there will be Last Night celebrations around the UK in Belfast, Glasgow and Swansea.<\/span><\/div>\n
Leading conductors also include Marin Alsop, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Iv\u00e1n Fischer, Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink, Sir Simon Rattle, Franz Welser-M\u00f6st and David Zinman who gives his last ever performance as Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. Soloists include Alison Balsom, Joshua Bell, James Ehnes, Julia Fisher, Ingrid Fliter, Benjamin Grosvenor, Daniel Hope and Tasmin Little.<\/span><\/div>\n
The Proms\u2019 ongoing commitment to New Music is demonstrated with 12 world premieres (10 of which are BBC commissions) and 23 European, UK and London premieres. Alongside some of the most popular violin works in the repertoire audiences are invited to explore some lesser-known and brand-new gems including violin concertos by Moeran, Mathias, Sally Beamish and Gabriel Prokofiev.<\/div>\n
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For full details of the season please visit:\u00a0bbc.co.uk\/proms<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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