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An
epic season of 大象传媒 Proms - 18
July to 13 September 2003
The
most successful music festival in the world - Financial Times, April
2002
We're
all so used to the idea of the Proms we forget how amazing they
are: the biggest and most varied music festival in the world - Sunday
Express, June 2002
The
大象传媒 does many worthwhile things but none of more value than the
Proms - Mail on Sunday, September 2002
Greek
Myths theme brings drama, passion, love and war to the Proms
Anniversary
composers celebrated - Berlioz's The Trojans and Prokofiev's War
and Peace
Great
partnerships: Rattle and Berlin, McFerrin and Vienna, Mehta and
Israel, Jansons and Pittsburgh
Premieres
from around the world: Adams, Birtwistle, Goebbels, Gruber, Knussen,
Pintscher, Weir
大象传媒
commissions from Joe Duddell, Joseph Phibbs, Robert Saxton and John
Woolrich
A
marathon world music Late Late Junction Prom
The Proms go interactive with Nation's Favourite audience vote
out
& about: John Adams and the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra at the Brixton
Academy
The
Queen visits the Proms in the 50th anniversary year of her Coronation
Last
Night Proms in the Park in all four UK nations for the first time
STOMP
and Harry Potter come to the Blue Peter Prom
Detailed
press pack available
Full
details of the 109th season of the 大象传媒 Proms have been announced
by Nicholas Kenyon, Controller, 大象传媒 Proms, Live Events and TV Classical
Music.
The
season runs from 18 July to 13 September 2003, with more concerts
and special events than ever, including for the first time Proms
in the Park in all four UK nations.
Greek
Myths is the big theme of the season.
These
stories of love, war, gods, gorgons and elemental acts
of passion have resonated across the centuries, inspiring some of
the greatest works of art in all its forms.
The
大象传媒 Proms presents many of the finest myth-inspired works including
some on a huge scale.
At
the heart of the season are performances of major dramatic masterpieces:
Berlioz's The Trojans under Sir Colin
Davis, Strauss's Elektra under Donald Runnicles, Purcell's Dido
and Aeneas and Tippett's King Priam.
There
are myth-inspired works by Stravinsky, Britten, Mendelssohn and
Nielsen, and by living composers from Birtwistle to Woolrich.
The
Proms bicentenary celebrations for Berlioz also feature the lyrical
oratorio The Childhood of Christ conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner
and the thrilling early opera Benvenuto Cellini under Sir Roger
Norrington.
The
50th anniversary of Prokofiev's death is marked by a range of music
including symphonies, concertos (including the Cello Concerto in
its rarely heard original form), and the opera War and Peace, which
comes to the Proms in a semi-staged performance of English National
Opera's acclaimed production.
The
First Night presents the Russian composer's film score for Ivan
the Terrible with the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard
Slatkin.
Sir
David Attenborough narrates Peter and the Wolf.
Other
anniversaries celebrated at the Proms includes those of Arnold Bax,
Lennox Berkeley, Gy枚rgy Ligeti and Thea Musgrave.
For
Corelli's 350th birthday a huge Baroque string orchestra has been
specially assembled.
The
Proms continues to be unrivalled as a patron of new and recent music.
Major
recent works from around the world by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Elliott
Carter, Heiner Goebbels, HK Gruber, Oliver
Knussen and Judith Weir and a new score from Joseph Phibbs for the
Last Night are some of the highlights.
There
is the first opportunity in Europe to hear John Adams's Pulitzer
Prize-winning response to 9/11, On the Transmigration of Souls.
The
大象传媒 Proms continues to attract the world's leading orchestras and
conductors.
The
new partnership of Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
comes to the Proms for the first time.
The
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has an afternoon concert of popular
classics conducted by the unique Bobby McFerrin (who also sings!).
Then
there is the long-awaited return of the Israel Philharmonic conducted
by Zubin Mehta and the UK debut of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra,
Daniel Barenboim's unique orchestra comprised of young Arab and
Israeli musicians.
The
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra gives two concerts in its farewell
tour with Mariss Jansons.
The
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra is, as ever, at the heart of the 大象传媒 Proms
season with 12 concerts.
Following
its appearance at last summer's Prom at the Palace the Orchestra
once again plays in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen and His
Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, who make only their second
visit to the Proms in a programme celebrating the 50th anniversary
of the Coronation.
Among
leading singers star soprano Angela Gheorghiu makes her Royal Albert
Hall Proms debut as soloist in the Last Night, while Barbara Frittoli
makes hers in Strauss's Four Last Songs.
Thrilling
American mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sings Jocasta in Stravinsky's
Oedipus rex as well as Britten's cantata Phaedra.
Olga
Borodina sings Berlioz's La mort de Cl茅op芒tre and Gabriele
Schnaut the title-role in Elektra.
There
is Anne Sofie von Otter in a Late Night Prom of Handel and Bach
and Dame Felicity Lott performing Poulenc's one-woman tour de force
to a Cocteau text, La voix humaine.
The
Trojans marks the Proms debut of Canadian tenor Ben Heppner.
Among
the instrumentalists this year are pianists Leif Ove Andsnes, H茅l猫ne
Grimaud and Stephen Kovacevich, and cellists Heinrich Schiff, Steven
Isserlis and Yo-Yo Ma.
Viktoria
Mullova, Vadim Repin, Gil Shaham, Christian Tetzlaff, Tasmin Little
(introducing Ligeti's Concerto to the Proms), Pinchas
Zukerman (in Oliver Knussen's acclaimed new Concerto) and Leila
Josefowicz on the Last Night create a strong season for violinists.
Violinist
Janine Jansen, viola player Lawrence Power and singers Jonathan
Lemalu and Alice Coote are among 大象传媒 Radio 3's New Generation Artists
appearing at the Proms.
Bringing
concerts to the widest possible audience has been central to the
Proms ever since the 大象传媒 took over their management 76 years ago.
Once
again the Proms go digital with a fortnight of broadcasts on
大象传媒 FOUR, and the website will take online booking.
This
year the Proms season will be more interactive than ever.
Digital
satellite viewers will be able to choose among the four separate
Proms in the Park concerts, while Freeview viewers will be able
to access the London Hyde Park concert.
There's
also a big expansion in the 大象传媒 Proms Online menu - all
the news and information on the season including full sets of programme
notes for all 73 Royal Albert Hall concerts and handy quick guides
and behind-the-scenes features.
As
well as booking tickets online, viewers can post their views and
questions on a message board and can write their own reviews.
On-screen
programme notes will be provided to digital viewers and several
Proms will again be available as Audio on Demand for up to seven
days after broadcast.
Audience
involvement doesn't stop with increased access.
This
year for the first time people are asked to vote for what they want
to hear on a Proms programme.
In
The Nation's Favourite Prom singers Rosemary Joshua and John Mark
Ainsley have boldly volunteered to perform arias and duets chosen
by readers of the 大象传媒 Proms Guide, Radio Times and users of the
Proms website.
Update
- press release of 16.07.03 - Nation
votes for top songs as 大象传媒 Proms opens
The
new interactive features together with existing broadcast services
ensure that access to the 大象传媒 Proms is greater than
ever: on television there are four concerts on 大象传媒 ONE, seven on
大象传媒 TWO and 14 on 大象传媒 FOUR.
大象传媒
Radio 3 continues to broadcast every concert live on air and online
and the 大象传媒 World Service broadcasts selected concerts around the
world.
There
are many supporting programmes and features on Radio 3
including the new Saturday morning Celebrity Choice.
There
is now a huge range of extra events alongside the Royal Albert Hall
concerts.
In
a pre-season innovation, Proms out & about, leading composer
and conductor John Adams helps the Proms reach new audiences when
he and the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra work with children aged seven
to 12 and their parents at the Brixton Academy in London.
A
Post-Prom discussion is introduced in addition to Pre-Prom talks.
Controversial
director Peter Sellars gives this year's Proms lecture on The Culture
of Democracy and the relevance of Greek myths today.
Proms
Composer Portraits and Proms Chamber Music concerts
take place at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
The
British Museum and the Proms have joined forces to
offer a Study Day with a combined ticket offer to see the Prom performance
of King Priam.
The
National Gallery will present talks on Greek-myth inspired paintings.
And
in the season's final weekend Proms in the Park comes to Hyde Park,
Swansea, Glasgow and Belfast, reaching all four nations of the United
Kingdom for the first time with stars including Bryn Terfel in Hyde
Park.
The
大象传媒 Proms continue to offer outstanding value for money: there is
no increase in ticket prices from last year.
Buying
tickets for the concerts is easier than ever with online booking
once again complementing telephone and postal booking procedures
through the 大象传媒 Proms Guide.
Full
details of the 大象传媒 Proms 2003 season can be found online and in
the 大象传媒 Proms Guide, which is published on Thursday 1 May.
It
gives concert-goers their first chance to apply for tickets for
the season before telephone booking opens on Monday 16 June, as
well as being an invaluable companion to the season.
Priced
at 拢5, it is available from all good bookshops.
Nicholas
Kenyon said: "Thanks to the collaboration of colleagues across
the 大象传媒 and artists from around the world, we are now providing
an extraordinary range of events of the highest quality
supported by the most innovative ways of communicating them.
"The
大象传媒 Proms lead the way in making great music available to all."
Notes
to Editors
The
大象传媒 Proms press pack is available here in . You may require Adobe Acrobat Software to read PDF files
which can be obtained .
Greek
Myths (20 KB)
Proms
in the Park (18 KB)
Nation's
Favourite Opera Arias (11 KB)
Broadcasting
the Proms
(17 KB)
Late
Night Proms (15 KB)
New
Music at the Proms (25 KB)
Proms
Debuts (13 KB)
Anniversaries
at the Proms (26 KB)
out
& about with John Adams
(14 KB)
Young
Composers Competition
(13 KB)
Proms
Go Interactive
(10 KB)
Family
Events (20 KB)
Proms
Extras (18 KB)
Factsheet
(10
KB)
All the
大象传媒's digital services are now available on ,
the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable.
Freeview
offers the 大象传媒's eight television channels, interactive services
from 大象传媒i, as well as 11 大象传媒 radio networks.
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