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September
- Prom 76
- Saturday 13 September 2008: The Last Night of the Proms
- Conductor Sir Roger Norrington is joined for the Last Night by soloists Bryn Terfel and Hélène Grimaud
- Prom 75
- Friday 12 September 2008: Beethoven's 'Choral' Symphony
- Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic in works by Wagner, Penderecki and Beethoven
- Prom 74
- Thursday 11 September 2008: Orchestre de Paris
- Christoph Eschenbach conducts Matthias Pintscher, and Mahler's First Symphony
- Prom 73
- Wednesday 10 September 2008: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- A programme of Vaughan Williams and Holst, and Xenakis featuring 4-Mality and O Duoº
- Prom 72
- Tuesday 9 September 2008: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Bernard Haitink conducts Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony, and Mozart with Murray Perahia
- Prom 71
- Monday 8 September 2008: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Bernard Haitink conducts Turnage's Chicago Remains and Mahler's Sixth Symphony
- Proms Chamber Music 8
- Monday 8 September 2008: Aronowitz Ensemble
- Soprano Elizabeth Watts and the Aronowitz Ensemble play works by R Strauss, Faure and Huw Watkins
- Prom 70
- Sunday 7 September 2008: St Francis of Assisi
- Messiaen's opera in a concert performance by The Netherlands Opera and Ingo Metzmacher
- Prom 69
- Saturday 6 September 2008: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Stéphane Denève conducts music by Roussel, Rachmaninov, Thea Musgrave and Debussy
- Prom 68
- Friday 5 September 2008: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Vladimir Jurowski conducts opera by Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinsky's Firebird/li>
- Prom 67
- Thursday 4 September 2008: Quartet for the End of Time
- Martin Fröst, Anthony Marwood, Matthew Barley and Thomas Larcher perform Messiaen's Quartet
- Prom 66
- Thursday 4 September 2008: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Tadaaki Otaka conducts music by Grace Williams and Tchaikovsky, and Elgar with soloist Christine Rice
- Prom 65
- Wednesday 3 September 2008: Berliner Philharmoniker
- Brahms's Third Symphony and Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
- Prom 64
- Tuesday 2 September 2008: Berliner Philharmoniker
- Sir Simon Rattle conducts Wagner, and Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphony
- Prom 63
- Monday 1 September 2008: Nishat Khan
- The BBC Singers are joined by sitar-player Nishat Khan in a programme of Messiaen, motets, chansons and Indian ragas
- Prom 62
- Monday 1 September 2008: Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
- Sir Colin Davis conducts Sibelius, and Beethoven with violinist Nikolaj Znaider
- Proms Chamber Music 7
- Monday 1 September 2008: Nash Ensemble
- Mark Padmore and the Nash Ensemble perform works by Coleridge-Taylor and Vaughan Williams
August
- Prom 61
- Sunday 31 August 2008: Verdi's Requiem
- The BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra perform Verdi's Requiem with soloists including Olga Borodina
- Prom 60
- Sunday 31 August 2008: Lang Lang
- Chinese pianist Lang Lang plays music by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt
- Prom 59
- Saturday 30 August 2008: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts music by Magnus Lindberg and Sibelius, and Rachmaninov with pianist Nikolai Lugansky
- Prom 58
- Friday 29 August 2008: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
- Music by Ravel and Bartók, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4 conducted by Lorin Maazel
- Prom 57
- Thursday 28 August 2008: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
- Lorin Maazel conducts a new work by Steven Stucky, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Gershwin.
- Prom 56
- Wednesday 27 August 2008: London Sinfonietta
- Music by Rautavaara and Sir John Tavener, including his The Whale, conducted by David Atherton
- Prom 55
- Wednesday 27 August 2008: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Peter Eötvös conducts music by Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Ravel and his own work 'Seven'
- Prom 54
- Tuesday 26 August 2008: Vaughan Williams Anniversary Prom
- The 'Tallis' Fantasia; Job: A Masque for Dancing; Serenade to Music, and the Ninth Symphony.
- Prom 53
- Monday 25 August 2008: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Daniele Gatti is the conductor in Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5
- Proms Chamber Music 6
- Monday 25 August 2008: Les Talens Lyriques
- French Baroque music by Lambert, Marais, Montéclair, Couperin and Rameau, with director Christophe Rousset.
- Prom 52
- Sunday 24 August 2008: Bach Day - Cello Suites
- Bach's Cello Suites nos.1-3 performed by Chinese cellist Jian Wang.
- Prom 51
- Sunday 24 August 2008: Bach Day - St John Passion
- A performance by the English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, and soloists, under Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
- Prom 50
- Sunday 24 August 2008: Bach Day - Simon Preston
- Renowned Bach interpreter Simon Preston plays Bach organ music as part of Bach Day.
- Prom 49
- Saturday 23 August 2008: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
- Antonio Pappano conducts Varèse, Copland and Rachmaninov's 4th Piano Concerto with Boris Berezovsky.
- Prom 48
- Friday 22 August 2008: Gürzenich Orchester
- Mahler's Symphony No.5, Stockhausen and Beethoven, plus Angelika Kirchschlager in orchestrations of Schubert songs.
- Prom 47
- Thursday 21 August 2008: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Jiří Bělohlávek conducts Dvořák's Slavonic Dances and Janáček's rarely heard opera Osud ('Fate').
- Prom 46
- Wednesday 20 August 2008: London Symphony Orchestra
- Valery Gergiev conducts Tchaikovsky's ballet score, The Sleeping Beauty.
- Prom 45
- Tuesday 19 August 2008: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Music by Jonathan Harvey, Messiaen and Varèse conducted by Ilan Volkov.
- Prom 44
- Monday 18 August 2008: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Ilan Volkov conducts Elliott Carter, Prokofiev and Beethoven's Symphony No.6.
- Proms Chamber Music 5
- Monday 18 August 2008: Jordi Savall
- Jordi Savall's Proms debut playing music by Ortiz, Hume, Marais and Sanz, with Rolf Lislevand.
- Prom 43
- Sunday 17 August 2008: City of London Sinfonia
- Works by Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Nigel Osborne, plus Beethoven's Mass in C conducted by Richard Hickox.
- Prom 42
- Sunday 17 August 2008: Jennifer Bate
- Messiaen's organ works Apparition de l'église éternelle and La Nativité du Seigneur.
- Prom 41
- Saturday 16 August 2008: Handel's Belshazzar
- Handel's oratorio Belshazzar performed by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Sir Charles Mackerras.
- Prom 40
- Friday 15 August 2008: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez conducts Janáček's Sinfonietta, Capriccio and Glagolitic Mass.
- Prom 39
- Thursday 14 August 2008: Members of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
- Daniel Barenboim conducts Pierre Boulez's Mémoriale (... explosante-fixe ... Originel) and Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale.
- Prom 38
- Thursday 14 August 2008: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
- Haydn and Schoenberg, plus Brahms's Symphony No.4, conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
- Prom 37
- Wednesday 13 August 2008: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
- Gustavo Dudamel conducts Ravel and Berlioz, plus Anders Hillborg's Clarinet Concerto with soloist Martin Fröst.
- Prom 36
- Tuesday 12 August 2008: Rachmaninov Vespers
- The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Paul Hillier perform Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (Vespers).
- Prom 35
- Tuesday 12 August 2008: BBC Philharmonic
- Vassily Sinaisky conducts Elgar and Rimsky-Korsakov, plus Vaughan Williams's Piano Concerto with soloist Ashley Wass.
- Prom 34
- Monday 11 August 2008: BBC Philharmonic
- Rachmaninov's Symphony No.1, and Puccini's Il tabarro featuring Barbara Frittoli as Giorgetta.
- Proms Chamber Music 4
- Monday 11 August 2008: Gweneth-Ann Jeffers
- Soprano Gweneth-Ann Jeffers and pianist Simon Lepper perform Messiaen's song-cycle Harawi.
- Prom 33
- Sunday 10 August 2008: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- World premieres by Michael Berkeley and Stuart MacRae, plus Sibelius, and Elgar's Enigma Variations.
- Prom 32
- Sunday 10 August 2008: BBC Singers
- Messiaen's Messe de la Pentecôte for solo organ interspersed with Manchicourt's Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus.
- Prom 31
- Saturday 9 August 2008: BBC Concert Orchestra
- Jazz-infused music featuring a new work by pianist Gwilym Simcock, plus Gershwin, Jason Yarde, Stravinsky and Bernstein.
- Prom 30
- Friday 8 August 2008: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Kristjan Järvi conducts music by Michael Torke, John Adams and Ellington, and Bernstein with cellist Han-Na Chang.
- Prom 29
- Friday 8 August 2008: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Leonard Slatkin conducts a world premiere by Chen Li, Rachmaninov with pianist Olga Kern, and Vaughan Williams.
- Prom 28
- Thursday 7 August 2008: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Works by Ferguson, Smetana and Dvorak, plus Stanford's Piano Concerto No.2 with pianist Finghin Collins.
- Prom 27
- Wednesday 6 August 2008: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- George Benjamin conducts Messiaen, Ravel and his own work, and Carolin Widmann is the soloist in Stravinsky's Violin Concerto.
- Prom 26
- Tuesday 5 August 2008: The King's Singers
- Songs by Poulenc and McCabe, plus French Renaissance madrigals, Victorian part-songs and English folk songs.
- Prom 25
- Tuesday 5 August 2008: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
- Dvorak and Wagenaar conducted by Yakov Kreizberg, who is joined by Julia Fischer for Brahms's Violin Concerto.
- Prom 24
- Monday 4 August 2008: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Stefan Solyom conducts Bach and Rachmaninov, plus Smyth's Concerto with soloists Richard Watkins and Tasmin Little.
- Proms Chamber Music 3
- Monday 4 August 2008: Alina Ibragimova/Huw Watkins
- Violinist Alina Ibragimova plays music for violin and piano by Debussy, Messiaen and Prokofiev.
- Prom 23
- Sunday 3 August 2008: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Beethoven's Symphony No.1 and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, conducted by Donald Runnicles.
- Prom 22
- Sunday 3 August 2008: Wayne Marshall
- Organist Wayne Marshall performs French organ music and finishes with his own improvisations.
- Prom 21
- Saturday 2 August 2008: Stockhausen Day (2) - Theatre of Voices
- Paul Hillier directs Theatre of Voices in Stockhausen's Stimmung.
- Prom 20
- Saturday 2 August 2008: Stockhausen Day (1)
- The BBC Symphony Orchestra play Stockhausen, including the world premiere of Klang, 5th hour - Harmonien for solo trumpet.
- Prom 19
- Friday 1 August 2008: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Vasily Petrenko conducts a new work by Kenneth Hesketh, Beethoven with pianist Paul Lewis, and Rachmaninov.
July
- Prom 18
- Thursday 31 July 2008: The Coronation of Poppaea
- Monteverdi's opera, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Emmanuelle Haïm, and Danielle de Niese as Poppeae.
- Prom 17
- Wednesday 30 July 2008: World Music Celebration
- Performances from the Winners of the Radio 3 Awards for World Music.
- Prom 16
- Tuesday 29 July 2008: Hallé
- Mark Elder conducts Butterworth, Vaughan Williams and Strauss, and violinist Janine Jansen plays Bruch.
- Prom 15
- Monday 28 July 2008: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Beethoven's Grosse Fuge and Symphony No.5, plus Elliott Carter's Oboe Concerto with soloist Nicholas Daniel.
- Proms Chamber Music 2
- Monday 28 July 2008: I Fagiolini
- Music by Monteverdi played by I Fagiolini and Barokksolistene, and conducted by Robert Hollingworth.
- Prom 14
- Sunday 27 July 2008: La Transfiguration
- Thierry Fischer conducts Messiaen's La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
- Prom 13
- Sunday 27 July 2008: Doctor Who Prom
- The BBC Philharmonic play Murray Gold's music for the TV series, plus Copland, Holst, Turnage, Prokofiev and Wagner.
- Prom 12
- Saturday 26 July 2008: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Thomas Adès conducts Musorgsky, Prokofiev, Borodin and his own work, with soloists Sir John Tomlinson and Louis Lortie.
- Prom 11
- Friday 25 July 2008: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Thierry Fischer conducts Debussy, Musorgsky and a new work by Simon Holt.
- Prom 10
- Thursday 24 July 2008: BBC Philharmonic
- Music by Bax and Vaughan Williams plus Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2 with soloist Yevgeny Sudbin.
- Prom 9
- Wednesday 23 July 2008: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Symphonies by Brahms and Mendelssohn, and Brahms's Piano Concerto no.2 with pianist Lars Vogt.
- Prom 8
- Tuesday 22 July 2008: The Tallis Scholars
- The Tallis Scholars and Peter Phillips play versions of 'Malheur me bat' by Obrecht, Ockeghem and Josquin des Prez.
- Prom 7
- Tuesday 22 July 2008: SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart
- Sir Roger Norrington conducts Rossini and Elgar, and Jean-Guihen Queyras plays Haydn's First Cello Concerto
- Prom 6
- Monday 21 July 2008: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
- Featuring Olivier Latry in the Saint-Saëns 'Organ' Symphony and music by Messiaen.
- Proms Chamber Music 1
- Monday 21 July 2008: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
- Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays works by Schumann, Elliott Carter, Messiaen and Bartok.
- Prom 5
- Sunday 20 July 2008: Folk Day 2 and Ceilidh
- Folk music from singer Bella Hardy, singer/guitarist Martin Simpson and the big band Bellowhead.
- Prom 4
- Sunday 20 July 2008: Folk Day 1 (Free Event)
- Works by Vaughan Williams, Grainger, Berio and Bartok, alongside the music from young British folk musicians.
- Prom 3
- Saturday 19 July 2008: NKQ - Nigel Kennedy Quintet
- Violinist Nigel Kennedy is joined by some of Poland's finest jazz musicians.
- Prom 2
- Saturday 19 July 2008: BBC Concert Orchestra
- Nigel Kennedy returns to the Proms for Elgar's Violin Concerto, plus music by Bax and Finzi.
- Prom 1
- Friday 18 July 2008: The First Night of the Proms
- With music by Strauss, Mozart, Messiaen, Beethoven, Elliott Carter and Scriabin.
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