BBC Proms 2011

Friday 15 July

• Proms Plus
  5.00pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Join us for the First Night of the Proms, a varied taster for the new season, building to one of Janáček’s most visceral and optimistic works.

• Proms Plus Late
  9.40pm, Royal Albert Hall

Saturday 16 July

• Proms Plus Intro
  4.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 2: Rossini – William Tell

  6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Antonio Pappano returns with his Italian forces for a rare revival of Rossini’s magnum opus about the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland and the hero who shoots an apple from his son’s head.

Sunday 17 July

• Proms Plus Sing; Choral Sunday
  1.00pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 3: Organ recital – Bach, Bingham, Alain & Liszt

  4.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A major new work caps Stephen Farr’s afternoon recital on the fabled organ of the Royal Albert Hall.

• Proms Plus Intro
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 4: Brian – Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothic'

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Over a thousand performers gather for a rare performance of Brian’s gargantuan work, ‘The Gothic’.

Monday 18 July

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  Proms Chamber Music 1: Esfahani plays Bach's Goldberg Variations

  1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  The Proms Chamber Music series begins at the top with one of the unassailable peaks of the repertoire.

• Proms Plus Literary
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 5: Messiaen, Dusapin & Beethoven

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A mainly French affair and a fabulous line-up for Beethoven’s Triple, which sees the return of iconic Martha Argerich.

Tuesday 19 July

• Proms Plus Family: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
  5.00pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 6: Weber, Brahms & Stravinsky

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Exuberant Weber, Brahms at his most lyrical and Stravinsky at his most revolutionary.

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  Prom 7: Schubert – String Quintet

  10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The first of 2011’s Late Night Proms focuses on Schubert’s stirring String Quintet.

Wednesday 20 July

• Proms Plus Literary: Instruments in Literature - The Cello
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 8: Dvořák & Smetana

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A Czech evening with a favourite conductor, a favourite concerto and a surprising Proms first.

Thursday 21 July

• Proms Plus Intro: Bela Bartók
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 9: Sibelius, Bartók and Janáček

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé are joined by András Schiff in a mixed programme of 20th-century masters

Friday 22 July

• Proms Plus Intro: Debussy Images
  5.30pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 10: Debussy, Ravel & Falla

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A new conductor brings us images of musical Spain – dancing days, moonlit caresses and sultry nights.

• Proms Plus Late
  9.50pm, Royal Albert Hall

Saturday 23 July

• Proms Plus Family Orchestra and Chorus
  10.00am, Royal College of Music
• Proms Plus Family: Human Planet in the Park
  1.00pm, Kensington Gardens
• Proms Plus Intro: Behind the Scenes of Human Planet
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 11: Human Planet Prom

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Big-screen video projections and excerpts from Nitin Sawhney’s score for the acclaimed landmark BBC One series Human Planet.

Sunday 24 July

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  Prom 12: Human Planet Prom

  11.00am, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Big-screen video projections and excerpts from Nitin Sawhney’s score for the acclaimed landmark BBC One series Human Planet.

• Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
  1.00pm, Royal College of Music
• Proms Plus Intro: Verdi's Requiem
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 13: Verdi – Requiem

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Verdi’s masterpiece storms the heavens in the second of the Proms Choral Sundays.  

Monday 25 July

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  Proms Chamber Music 2: Purcell, Beamish & Brahms

  1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  A potent mix of old and new in which the youthful members of the Elias Quartet, current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, are joined by a young clarinettist who is already a Proms veteran.

• Proms Plus Intro: Mahler's Symphony No. 9
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 14: Mahler – Symphony No. 9

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A powerful goodbye from Mahler and the chance to say farewell to Sir Roger Norrington in his final concerts as Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Tuesday 26 July

• Proms Plus Literary: Faust
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 15: Kodály, Bartók & Liszt

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A big Liszt moment accessed by way of music from his folk-inspired successors.

Wednesday 27 July

• Proms Plus Portrait: Pascal Dusapin
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 16: Berlioz, Fauré, Dusapin & Stravinsky

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Contrasting French favourites, the UK premiere of a recent work by Pascal Dusapin and one of Stravinsky's best-loved scores.

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  Prom 17: World Routes Academy

  10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The latest graduate of BBC Radio 3’s World Routes Academy shares an evening with his mentor.

Thursday 28 July

• Proms Plus Intro: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 18: Beethoven, Dalbavie & Carter

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Favourite works by Beethoven and a brace of significant premieres from distinguished flautist Emmanuel Pahud.

Friday 29 July

• Proms Plus Intro: BBC Symphony Orchestra
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 19: Honegger, Bridge, Berg, Castiglioni & Debussy

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A typically thought-provoking programme from Oliver Knussen showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside established 20th-century classics.

Saturday 30 July

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  Prom 20: Horrible Histories – Free Family Prom

  11.00am, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Anyone who has split their sides laughing at CBBC’s hit television series Horrible Histories now has the chance to see and hear the cast perform some of the most popular songs from the show in our Free Family Prom.

• Proms Plus Family Orchestra and Chorus: Horrible Histories
  2.00pm, Royal College of Music
• Proms Plus Family Poetry Workshop
  2.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
• Proms Plus Family Poetry Workshop
  3.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
• Proms Plus Literary: Musicians' Literary Passions - Stephen Hough
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 21: Strauss, Walton & Prokofiev

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Andris Nelsons and his Birmingham forces present an evening of high-octane classics.

• Proms Plus Late
  9.55pm, Royal Albert Hall

Sunday 31 July

• Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
  1.00pm, Royal College of Music
• Proms Plus Intro: Rachmaninov's Choral works
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 22: Rachmaninov

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A Sunday choral portrait of Rachmaninov, that takes in familiar favourites as well as neglected masterpieces.

Monday 1 August

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  Proms Chamber Music 3: Les Talens Lyriques

  1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  Couperin, Lully, Rameau and Montéclair expertly revived in an intimate conspectus of the French Baroque.

• Proms Plus Intro: Franz Liszt
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 23: Beethoven, Saint-Saëns & Liszt

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Saint-Saëns’s ‘Egyptian’ concerto, Liszt’s Romantic epic and Beethoven’s dramatic Fourth Symphony.

Tuesday 2 August

• Proms Plus Literary: Rudyard Kipling
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 24: Elgar, Grainger & Strauss

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Contrasting impressions of Elgar and Grainger, with Strauss’s prankster’s chronicle bringing up the rear.

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  Prom 25: Grainger

  10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A celebration of Grainger, one of music’s great originals, exploring the roots of his bracing, restless art.

Wednesday 3 August

• Proms Plus Family: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  5.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
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  Prom 26: Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  An all-French evening, with Debussy, Dutilleux, and Ravel.

Thursday 4 August

• Proms Plus Intro: Strauss's Four Last Songs
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 27: Robin Holloway, Strauss & Brahms

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A dazzling world premiere, Strauss’s final testament and Brahms at his sunniest.

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  Prom 28: The Tallis Scholars

  10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  An anniversary composer and a world-class ensemble promise a moving and evocative Late Night experience.

Friday 5 August

• Proms Plus Intro: Gustav Mahler
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 29: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra plays Mahler

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel joins his old friends in the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra to tackle a colossus of the standard repertoire.

• Proms Plus Late
  9.10pm, Royal Albert Hall

Saturday 6 August

• Proms Plus Inspire: Young Composers' Concert
  4.30pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 30: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

  6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  DJ Switch joins the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain to perform Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra  

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  Prom 31: Nigel Kennedy plays Bach

  10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Nigel Kennedy returns to the Proms live and unplugged in solo Bach.

Sunday 7 August

• Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
  1.00pm, Royal College of Music
• Proms Plus Intro: Mahler's Das klagende Lied
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 32: Brahms & Mahler

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Well-loved Brahms from one of the 2011 Proms featured artists, plus the music in which Mahler found himself.

Monday 8 August

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  Proms Chamber Music 4: Katia Buniatishvili plays Liszt & Prokofiev

  1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  The young Georgian pianist sensation explores the keyboard virtuosity of Liszt and Prokofiev.

• Proms Plus Literary: Scandinavian Crime Writing
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 33: Sibelius, Grieg & Nielsen

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra return to the Proms to play two contrasting symphonies and critically acclaimed young pianist, Alice Sara Ott, makes her Proms debut in one of the most popular of all piano concertos.

Tuesday 9 August

• Proms Plus Intro: Frank Bridge
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 34: Bridge, Holt, Dupré & Saint-Saëns

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A concert with roots on both sides of the channel takes in new music and an old favourite by Saint-Saëns guaranteed to raise the roof.

Wednesday 10 August

• Proms Plus Intro: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 35: Liszt, Glière & Rachmaninov

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A young Ukrainian maestro and his venerable British band tackle a mixed programme with Slavic flavour.

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  Prom 36: Steve Reich & Ensemble Modern

  10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Celebrating Steve Reich’s 75th birthday year with a selection of his seminal pieces.

Thursday 11 August

• Proms Plus Family: BBC Philharmonic
  5.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
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  Prom 37: Bridge, Brahms, Holst & Elgar

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A concert of surprises and classical music’s best-loved enigma, from the indefatigable Vassily Sinaisky

Friday 12 August

• Proms Plus Literary: Film Music
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 38: Film Music Prom

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The BBC Concert Orchestra and its American principal conductor explore the rich legacy of film music from Hollywood and beyond.  

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  Prom 39: Spaghetti Western Orchestra

  10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The inventive Spaghetti Western Orchestra present their own unique take on Western soundtracks and the music of Ennio Morricone - look out for asthma inhalers, cereal packets and other unlikely instruments

Saturday 13 August

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  Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Bennett, Dutilleux & Maconchy

  3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, one of Britain’s most respected and versatile musicians, turned 75 this year and the first of this season’s contemporary music matinees pays tribute to his distinctive creative voice and its French connections.

• Proms Plus Literary: Humour in Literature
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 40: Comedy Prom

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Musician, actor, comedian and rock ’n’ roll superstar Tim Minchin hosts a Proms first – a Comedy Prom.

• Proms Plus Late
  9.40pm, Royal Albert Hall

Sunday 14 August

• Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
  1.00pm, Royal College of Music
• Proms Plus Intro: Benjamin Britten
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 41: Purcell & Britten

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A recreation of a Britten concert conducted by the composer at the Proms in 1963, but with a contemporary twist provided by Joby Talbot.

Monday 15 August

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  Proms Chamber Music 5: Britten & Bridge

  1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  Youthful music from a neglected master and his famous pupil.

• Proms Plus Family: Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake
  5.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
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  Prom 42: Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Tchaikovsky offers elegance, charm and raw passion in the first of his full-length ballets.

Tuesday 16 August

• Proms Plus Intro: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 43: Copland, Bax, Barber, Bartók & Prokofiev

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Yuja Wang makes her Proms debut as Andrew Litton presents an international programme with strong American connections. 

Wednesday 17 August

• Proms Plus Literary: Dante's Divine Comedy
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 44: Shostakovich, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Esa-Pekka Salonen presents an all-Russian programme with an acclaimed young soloist.

Thursday 18 August

• Proms Plus Portraits: Thomas Larcher
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 45: Larcher & Bruckner

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  New music that brings together friends and partners followed by a 19th-century cathedral in sound.

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  Prom 46: Viktoria Mullova & Matthew Barley

  10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Join Viktoria Mullova, Matthew Barley and friends in a colourful Late Night entertainment of contrasted styles that marries Hungarian folk music and jazz influences.

Friday 19 August

• Proms Plus Intro: Johannes Brahms
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 47: Brahms – Symphony No. 3 & Piano Concerto No. 1

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The Chamber Orchestra of Europe is celebrating its 30th anniversary with two years of Brahms under Bernard Haitink, and brings a pair of concertos and a pair of symphonies to the Proms.

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  Prom 48: Brahms & Schumann

  10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Angela Hewitt picks up the Brahms thread and launches this Late Night Prom that takes in an unjustly neglected score by Brahms’s mentor, Robert Schumann, before observing the composer through the prism of an admirer, Arnold Schoenberg.

Saturday 20 August

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  Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Maxwell Davies, Aperghis & Birtwistle

  3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  Contrasted scores from modern masters, a BBC commission and a new direction for sacred music.

• Proms Plus Literary: Musicians' Literary Passions - Andrew Litton
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 49: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 & Symphony No. 4

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  More of Brahms at his greatest from an authoritative team.

• Proms Plus Late
  9.40pm, Royal Albert Hall

Sunday 21 August

• Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
  1.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
• Proms Plus Intro: Mozart's Requiem
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 50: Britten, Colin Matthews & Mozart

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Music championed by or written in memory of the late Richard Hickox, a versatile and much-missed musician.

Monday 22 August

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  Proms Chamber Music 6: Emmanuel Pahud & Eric Le Sage

  1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  A stellar recital from renowned soloists who are also dedicated chamber music specialists.

• Proms Plus Portrait: Kevin Volans
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 51: Wagner, Liszt, Kevin Volans & Brahms

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  More Brahms and Liszt and a new concerto hot off the press and written for tonight’s soloist.

Tuesday 23 August

• Proms Plus Intro: London Symphony Orchestra
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 52: Prokofiev & Dutilleux

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A welcome return for Leonidas Kavakos with one of Dutilleux’s most luminous scores and a brace of popular Prokofiev from his leading interpreter.

Wednesday 24 August

• Proms Plus Family: Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
  5.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
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  Prom 53: Stravinsky, Ravel & Tchaikovsky

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A great youth orchestra and a distinguished and much-loved conductor return.

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  Prom 54: Marc–André Hamelin plays Liszt

  10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  For Liszt’s bicentenary year, pianistic titan Marc-Andre Hamelin pays a late-night tribute.

Thursday 25 August

• Proms Plus Intro: Handel's Operas
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 55: Handel – Rinaldo

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its annual Proms visit with Rinaldo, the latest in the company’s distinguished line of Handel stagings.

Friday 26 August

• Proms Plus Literary: Prince Albert
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 56: Strauss & Mahler

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Youthful high jinks and a tragic masterpiece of infinite scope.

Saturday 27 August

• Proms Plus Family Orchestra and Chorus: Mozart and Beethoven
  1.00pm, Royal College of Music
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  Proms Saturday Matinee 3: Hildegard, Britten, Birtwistle & Wishart

  3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  An innovative programme inspired by a remarkable figure ahead of her time.  

• Proms Plus Literary: Musicians' Literary Passions - Matthew Barley
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 57: Anders Hillborg, Mozart & Beethoven

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Distinguished international guests present top-flight Viennese classics and a post-minimalist maverick from Sweden.

• Proms Plus Late
  9.50pm, Royal Albert Hall

Sunday 28 August

• Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
  2.00pm, Royal College of Music
• Proms Plus Intro: Mendelssohn's Elijah
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 58: Mendelssohn – Elijah

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Paul McCreesh directs a raft of enthusiastic choirs and a sensational line-up of soloists in Mendelssohn’s magnum opus.

Monday 29 August

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  Proms Chamber Music 7: Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott

  1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  A lunchtime date with a long-established recital partnership.

• Proms Plus Family Orchestra and Chorus: Hollywood
  1.00pm, Royal College of Music
• Proms Plus Intro: John Wilson
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 59: Hooray for Hollywood

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The Proms goes to the movies with John Wilson and his Orchestra in a celebration of the Golden Age of Hollywood film musicals.

Tuesday 30 August

• Proms Plus Literary: William Golding
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 60: Mozart & Bruckner

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A Proms debut for a winning combination and a rising piano star.

Wednesday 31 August

• Proms Plus Portraits: Graham Fitkin
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 61: Fitkin & Beethoven

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A new concerto for Yo-Yo Ma and an iconic masterpiece for all time.

Thursday 1 September

• Proms Plus Intro: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 62: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The Israel Philharmonic takes to the stage with its longest-serving maestro and a favourite soloist.

Friday 2 September

• Proms Plus Intro: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 63: Liszt & Mahler

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A chance to experience the precision, subtlety and sparkle of an ensemble widely rated as one of the great success stories of the contemporary classical scene.

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  Prom 64: Audience Choice

  10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Create your own Prom! Tonight the audience choose what they would like to hear, selecting from the Budapest Festival Orchestra‘s music library.  

Saturday 3 September

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  Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Tippett, Tavener & Gubaidulina

  3.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Music of humanism, of faith and light and some unquiet brooding too.

• Proms Plus Literary: Musicians' Literary Passions - Tasmin Little
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 65: Elgar, Berkeley, Rachmaninov & Kodály

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Favourite Elgar and Rachmaninov, a recent concerto and a tall tale that deserves to be told more often.    

• Proms Plus Late
  9.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Sunday 4 September

• Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
  1.00pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 66: Organ recital - Thierry Escaich

  4.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The second of this year’s organ recitals is given by the mercurial organist of St-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris, a composer and improviser of renown making his debut on the Royal Albert Hall’s mighty instrument.  

• Proms Plus Intro: London Symphony Orchestra
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 67: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  A seasoned interpreter revisits one of Beethoven’s supreme achievements, the largest and longest of his non-stage works.

Monday 5 September

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  Proms Chamber Music 8: Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt

  1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
  

  A stellar recital from renowned soloists who are also dedicated chamber music specialists.

• Proms Plus Literary: Proms Poetry Competition
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 68: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Hélène Grimaud

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra visits the Proms in the first of two concerts with its current Music Director.

Tuesday 6 September

• Proms Plus Intro: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 69: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Anne-Sophie Mutter

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  For the second of its two concerts, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra preface Mahler’s turbulent and heart-wrenching Fifth Symphony with lyrical music by one of the most distinguished and prolific of contemporary German composers.

Wednesday 7 September

• Proms Plus Intro: The 2011 Proms Season
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 70: Bridge, Birtwistle & Holst

  7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  David Robertson’s second programme revels in the diversity of British music. 

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  Prom 71: Tribute to Stan Kenton

  10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  We salute the artistry and creative ambition of jazz legend Stan Kenton, born 100 years ago.

Thursday 8 September

• Proms Plus Literary: Instruments in Literature - The Piano
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 72: Philadelphia Orchestra & Janine Jansen

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  The Proms welcome back the fabulous Philadelphia Orchestra after a five-year gap.

Friday 9 September

• Proms Plus Intro: Weber's Der Freischutz
  5.45pm, Royal College of Music
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  Prom 73: Weber arr. Berlioz – Der Freischütz

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Proms favourite Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz’s rarely performed French version of Weber’s Romantic opera.

Saturday 10 September

• Proms Plus Sing: Last Night
  5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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  Proms in the Park - Hyde Park

  5.30pm, Proms in the Park
  

  The BBC Proms in the Park experience offers a live open-air concert with high-profile artists and presenters, culminating in a BBC Big Screen link-up to the Royal Albert Hall and a firework finale in the park.So gather together your friends, pack a picnic and get ready for a fabulous night out.

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  Prom 74: Last Night of the Proms

  7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
  

  Be part of the biggest musical party of the year!