BBC Proms - 18 July-13 Sept 2008 - The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival
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FRIDAY 18 JULY
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5.00pm-8.00pm: In Tune A special edition of Radio 3's evening drive-time programme live from the Britten Theatre, featuring artists from the Proms and the Literary Festival.
The First Night of the Proms
- Date Friday 18 July 2008
- Time 8.00pm - c10.30pm
- Venue Royal Albert Hall
- Tickets £7 - £44 price band B or Prom for £5
- Broadcast Live on BBC Two and Live on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week.
The opening Prom launches our centenary celebrations of Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen, and features three soloists who will make return visits during the season.
- Richard Strauss Festliches Präludium (12 mins)
- Mozart Oboe Concerto in C major, K314 (20 mins)
- R. Strauss Four Last Songs (22 mins)
- Interval
- Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur - Dieu parmi nous (8 mins)
- Beethoven Rondo in B flat for piano and orchestra (10 mins)
- Elliott Carter Caténaires for solo piano (UK premiere) (4 mins)
- Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy (20 mins)
- Christine Brewer soprano
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
- Nicholas Daniel oboe
- Wayne Marshall organ
- Royal College of Music Brass
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
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