ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2007
Broadcasting the Proms
The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ brings the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms, the world's greatest classical music festival, to the widest
possible audience via ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ radio, television and online. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 broadcasts each
concert live and all are available on-demand via Listen Again for seven days after broadcast.
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- Proms broadcast live on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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- Proms available online with on-demand listening over seven
days
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- First regular weekly broadcasts on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Four in addition
to extensive television coverage of the season across ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ
One and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two
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- ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One broadcasts three themed concert programmes
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- Digital services provide in-depth information about each
broadcast on-air and online
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This is the first year that ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Four has had a regular weekly
presence at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms which is at the heart of the
extensive television coverage this season. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One
broadcasts highlights from six concerts in a series of three
special programmes and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two brings viewers some of
this season's highlights.
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A wide range of multimedia platforms
bring the full range of programming, supported by news about
the season, information about the music and artists and
related broadcasts inviting audiences outside the Royal Albert
Hall to join in and enjoy the complete ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms experience.
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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms are broadcast live on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3. Listeners can
hear repeat broadcasts of most concerts each weekday in
Afternoon on 3 (2.00pm) at bbc.co.uk/radio3. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms
Chamber Music concerts are broadcast live from Cadogan
Hall and repeated the following Saturday (2.00pm) and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ
Proms Composer Portraits are broadcast on the day of
recording, after the evening's Prom.
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Regular programmes
across the station will also feature ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms-related content
with detailed information about the wider musical and cultural
context of the season's key events.This includes two special
Sunday Features, which focus upon Sibelius (in the year of the
50th anniversary of his death) and Shakespeare, building upon
the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms theme which celebrates repertoire inspired by
his works.
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Artists and composers will join presenters to offer insights
into the works being performed and their own unique
interpretations. Listeners to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 via DAB digital radio
and Freeview will be able to view βnow playing' details and
programme notes.
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The season is also available to listeners
throughout Europe, North America and across the world via
the European Broadcasting Union, as well as online via the
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms website. Selected concerts will again be broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 over the Christmas period.
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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Four offers viewers the chance to enjoy a raft of
concerts broadcast live weekly throughout the season and
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two features some of this year's most eagerly awaited
performances, including those directed by Sir Colin Davis,
Michael Tilson Thomas and Bernard Haitink. Highlights from six
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms concerts are brought to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One viewers in a
series of three themed programmes.
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The first of these reflects
the 150th anniversary of Edward Elgar's birth, featuring the
composer's Enigma Variations performed by Daniele Gatti and
the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra coupled with Paul Watkins
performing the legendary Cello Concerto, recorded on the
opening night of the season.
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Subsequent programmes
celebrate young, international orchestral music-making with
highlights from concerts by the National Youth Orchestras of
both Venezuela and Great Britain and the European Union
Youth Orchestra and a special broadcast showcasing Baroque
favourites.
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For all televised Proms on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ
Fou, digital TV viewers (digital satellite, Freeview,Virgin TV
and Sky viewers) can press the red button on their remote
control to access programme notes tailored to each channel.
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These programme notes provide viewers with a guide to the
music including biographical information about the composer,
background information and contextual references about the
work, deeper analytical details and a commentary about specific interesting features of the music. On the Last Night of
the Proms, this will also include live coverage from Proms in
the Park concerts around the UK.
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Every ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Prom can be heard live online and concerts are
available for up to seven days after the original broadcast. Last
year there was a 200 per cent increase in the numbers of people
using the βListen Again' service at bbc.co.uk/radio3 and more
than a million requests by users were received throughout the
season.
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The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms website continues to be the primary source
for the most up-to-date information about the programme of
concerts and events, artists and repertoire, also inviting
audiences to participate in debate by submitting their own
reviews and joining the lively discussions on the message
board. Online users are offered a wealth of background
material with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and a look
at the more historical perspective, celebrating the rich and
unique history of the world's greatest music festival.
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Listeners
can access detailed notes about the music featured in each
evening's concert, available one hour before each concert,
complementing the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms broadcast experience.The
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms will once again create a special WAP site for the
season enabling users to access information via their mobile
phones, including listings, updates, booking and broadcast
information.
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Broadcast listings
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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms are broadcast live on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 and ancillary
events as follows:
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- ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms Saturday Matinee concerts are broadcast live
on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 at 3.00pm
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- ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms Chamber Music concerts are broadcast live on
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 on Mondays at 1.00pm and repeated the
following Saturday at 2.00pm
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- ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms Composer Portraits will be recorded for
broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 immediately after that evening's
Prom. Andrew McGregor will be talking to David Matthews
and Thomas AdΓ©s, and the portraits will include chamber
music by the composers.
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Throughout the season on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3, programmes will
feature Proms-related material.
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- Proms Preview Evening (Thursday 12 July, 7.00pmβ8.45pm)
Petroc Trelawny previews the season's programme and
features interviews with selected artists who will be
taking part
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- A special programme will be devoted to this year's
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms/Guardian Young Composers Competition and
will be broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 between the two Proms on Friday 24 August
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- In Breakfast (weekdays, 7.00amβ10.00am; weekends,
7.00amβ9.00am), Rob Cowan, Martin Handley and Sara
Mohr-Pietsch present music and updates on the season
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- Summer CD Review (Saturdays, 9.00amβ12.00 noon) will
feature new releases and reissues from artists and
orchestras appearing at the Proms
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- Classical Collection (weekdays, 10.00amβ12.00 noon)
Sarah Walker and James Jolly present their favourite
recordings of works featured throughout this year's Proms
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- Afternoon on 3 (weekdays, 2.00pmβ5.00pm) will include
repeat broadcast of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms concerts
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- In Tune (weekdays, 5.00pmβstart of Prom) features
interviews, performances and news surrounding the Proms
season, presented by Sean Rafferty
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- Twenty Minutes Talks and features broadcast in the intervals
of evening Proms, reflecting Proms themes and anniversaries
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- The Adverb Broadcast weekly during Proms intervals on
Thursday evenings throughout the season. Actors and
writers join Ian McMillan and guest presenters for readings
and discussion, including specially commissioned new writing
on Shakespearean themes.The programme is recorded
before live audiences at Cadogan Hall each Monday
immediately after the Proms Chamber Music concert
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- Artist Focus (weekdays, 10.30pmβ11.00pm) will explore
music by selected artists featured across the season
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- Sunday Feature This year's ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms Sunday Features
focus upon Shakespeare and Sibelius. In 'Courting the East:
Shakespeare and the Ottomans' (22 July, 9.30pmβ10.15pm),
dynamic historian Jerry Brotton uncovers the complex
relationship between the court of
Elizabeth I and
the Islamic world, vividly
illustrated by Shakespeare.
Later in the season a
special programme marks
the 50th anniversary of
Sibelius's death
(5 August, 9.30pmβ
10.15pm)
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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One
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Elgar at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms |
(Transmission date tbc) |
| Enigma Variations |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniele Gatti |
| Cello Concerto |
Paul Watkins/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra/JiΕΓ BΔlohlΓ‘vek |
| Four Choral Songs, Op. 53 (excerpts) |
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus/Stephen Jackson |
Youth orchestras of the world |
(Transmission date tbc) |
| Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Latin American works |
SimΓ³n BolΓvar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel |
| Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 |
Alexander Kobrin/National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Mark Elder |
| Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 |
European Union Youth Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis |
Baroque composers |
(Transmission date tbc) |
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Purcell (arr. Catherine Mackintosh):
Sett of Favourite Airs, Fantasies and Dances
Handel: Arias and Duets
Handel: Concerto a due cori in F major
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Kate Royal/Ian Bostridge;
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Rachel Podger;
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Gottfried von der Goltz
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Last Night of the Proms |
Broadcast live |
| Last Night of the Proms, Part 2 |
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra/ JiΕΓ BΔlohlΓ‘vek |
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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two
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| 13 Jul |
First Night of the Proms (ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ SO/JiΕΓ BΔlohlΓ‘vek) |
Broadcast live |
| 14 Jul |
Music from Great British Films (ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra) |
Broadcast 28 July |
| 04 Aug |
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Mark Elder |
Live/deferred |
| 11 Aug |
European Union Youth Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis |
Live/deferred |
| 25 Aug |
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernard Haitink |
Live/deferred |
| 01 Sep |
San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas |
Live/deferred |
| 08 Sep |
Last Night of the Proms, Part 1 (ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ SO/JiΕΓ BΔlohlΓ‘vek) |
Broadcast live |
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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Four
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| 15 Jul |
Campra/Rameau |
Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/Buskaid/Gardiner |
| 16 Jul |
Berio/Rossini |
Swingle Singers/Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome/Antonio Pappano |
| 17 Jul |
Hayden/Bernstein/
Ives |
O. Shaham/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ SO/David Robertson |
| 22 Jul |
Dean/Beethoven |
Gondwana Voices/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ SO/David Robertson |
| 23 Jul |
Haydn |
Handel and Haydn Society of Boston/Sir Roger Norrington |
| 29 Jul |
Ήσ²Ή³ά°ωΓ©/΅ώ±π°ω±τΎ±΄Η³ϊ/΅ώΎ±³ϊ±π³Ω |
Von Otter/Les Musiciens du Louvre,Grenoble/Marc Minkowski |
| 30 Jul |
Ravel/Salonen/
Berlioz |
Bronfman/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| 31 Jul |
Sibelius/Britten/
³Υ²Ή°ωΓ¨²υ±π/ΆΩ±π²ϊ³ά²υ²υ²β |
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov |
| 05 Aug |
Brahms/Elgar/
R. Strauss |
Ogrintchouk/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniele Gatti |
| 06 Aug |
Beethoven/Berg/
Korngold/Schumann |
Fleming/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda |
| 07 Aug |
Britten/Mahler |
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda |
| 13 Aug |
Weber/Mahler/
Brahms |
Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Paavo JΓ€rvi |
| 14 Aug |
Stravinsky/
Bernstein/
Gershwin |
Marcus Roberts Trio/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish SO/Robert Spano |
| 19 Aug |
Shostakovich/
Bernstein/
Ginastera etc |
SimΓ³n BolΓvar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel |
| 20 Aug |
΄‘»εΓ¨²υ/΅ώ²Ή°ω³ΩΓ³°μ |
Philharmonia Orchestra/Christoph von DohnΓ‘nyi |
| 26 Aug |
΅ώ°ωΎ±³Ω³Ω±π²Τ/²Ρ²Ή°ω³ΩΎ±²ΤΕ―/
Prokofiev |
Kahanek/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ SO/JiΕΓ BΔlohlΓ‘vek |
| 27 Aug |
Michael Ball (repertoire tbc) |
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Callum McLeod |
| 28 Aug |
Tchaikovsky/
Prokofiev |
LSO/Valery Gergiev |
| 02 Sep |
Ives/R. Strauss/
Shostakovich |
Voigt/San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas |
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