UPDATE: Here’s a link to all the programs available to listen (and watch, if you’re in UK).
For those of us on this side of the world, it seems that the only way to enjoy BBC Proms this year is via BBC Radio 3 broadcasts which are about to begin its live transmission and then, as the website claims, these broadcasts will be available for 7 days for those who want to listen to them (again).
It’s 6:30pm (London time) now, so the first broadcast will be in about 1.5 hours – so it will be 3pm ET. Enjoy!
Here’s a full schedule you can look through, as always, great diversity so plenty of things to hear.
Friday 18 July 2008 20:00-21:05 (Radio 3)
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Petroc Trelawny presents the opening of the 114th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Jiri Behlolavek launch the Proms season with music by Strauss and Mozart.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes
Playlist:
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Royal College of Music Brass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Strauss: Festliches Praludium
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K314
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Friday 18 July 2008 21:25-22:30 (Radio 3)
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Petroc Trelawny presents the second half of the opening concert of the 114th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
The concert concludes with works by Messiaen and Elliott Carter, whose centenaries are celebrated this year.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes
Playlist:
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Royal College of Music Brass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Messiaen: La nativite du Seigneur (Dieu parmi nous)
Beethoven: Rondo in B flat for piano and orchestra
Elliott Carter: Catenaires for solo piano (UK premiere)
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy
Perverse Egalitarianism 