{"id":28295,"date":"2023-05-23T16:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=184880"},"modified":"2023-05-23T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:40:07","slug":"who-is-performing-at-the-2023-bbc-proms","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/who-is-performing-at-the-2023-bbc-proms\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is performing at the 2023 BBC Proms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Our guide to just some of the hugely talented performers, conductors, orchestras and choirs looking in at the 2023 BBC Proms <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Steve Wright\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 23 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The 2023 BBC Proms are almost upon us \u2013 which means that, once again, some of the world\u2019s finest orchestras, choirs, conductors and performers will be descending on London this summer. Oh, and Great Yarmouth, Gateshead, Truro, Perth, Londonderry, Aberystwyth and Dewsbury \u2013 the 2023 Proms are travelling right across the UK this year!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s our guide to some of the performers you can expect to hear at this year\u2019s Proms. And don\u2019t forget we have a full <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/bbc-proms-2023-schedule\/&quot;\"><strong>2023 Proms schedule<\/strong><\/a> elsewhere on the site.<\/p>\n<h2>Who is performing at the 2023 BBC Proms?<\/h2>\n<h3>Which orchestras are performing at the 2023 BBC Proms?<\/h3>\n<p>Here are some of the orchestras performing at the 2023 Proms.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/queen-bestows-royal-title-northern-sinfonia\/&quot;\">Royal Northern Sinfonia<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Based at the Sage Gateshead, the RNS will be performing a trio of concerts at their home venue: a set with the musician Self Esteem on Friday 21 July, a concert featuring works by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/johannes-brahms\/&quot;\"><strong>Brahms<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/mozart\/&quot;\"><strong>Mozart<\/strong><\/a> and US composer <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/m\/who-is-missy-mazzoli\/&quot;\"><strong>Missy Mazzoli<\/strong><\/a> on Saturday 22 July, and a CBeebies concert on Sunday 23 July.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Mendelssohn:\" a=\"\" midsummer=\"\" night=\"\" dream=\"\" op.=\"\" royal=\"\" northern=\"\" sinfonia=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BFVQojI5gTs?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h4>The Hall\u00e9<\/h4>\n<p>Manchester\u2019s Hall\u00e9 Orchestra has been around since 1857. Its long and storied past includes the premiere performance of <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/edward-elgar\/&quot;\">Elgar<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Symphony No. 1. Later, under conductor John Barbirolli, the Hall\u00e9 became a world-famous band.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s currently enjoying another golden age under Sir Mark Elder, and is noted particularly (as in the Barbirolli era) for its performances of English repertoire. At the Proms, you\u2019ll hear them play <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/sergey-rachmaninov\/&quot;\"><strong>Rachmaninov<\/strong><\/a> (<em>The Bells<\/em>) and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/dmitri-shostakovich\/&quot;\"><strong>Shostakovich<\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/introduction-shostakovichs-symphony-no-5\/&quot;\"><strong>Symphony No. 5<\/strong><\/a>) on Wednesday 26 July.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/shostakovichs-best-symphonies\/&quot;\">Which is Shostakovich\u2019s best symphony?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h4>City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n<p>The CBSO was formed under its current name in 1920, although orchestras have been performing in Birmingham since 1740. The CBSO\u2019s past conductors include Adrian Boult, Sakari Oramo and, famously, Sir Simon Rattle.<\/p>\n<p>The CBSO makes two appearances at the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/bbc-proms-2023-schedule\/&quot;\"><strong>2023 BBC Proms<\/strong><\/a>. On Thursday 27 July, it joins its own Chorus and Youth Chorus for <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/igor-stravinsky\/&quot;\">Stravinsky<\/a>\u2018s <\/strong><em>Symphony of Psalms and <\/em><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/carl-orff\/&quot;\">Orff<\/a>\u2018s <em><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/carmina-burana-lyrics-composer\/&quot;\">Carmina Burana<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em>That one\u2019s conducted by current CBSO chief conductor Kazuki Yamada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;height:\" max-height:=\"\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-23-at-12.48.42-3ddc839.png?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C199&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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type=\"&quot;image\/png&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-23-at-12.48.42-3ddc839.png?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-23-at-12.48.42-3ddc839.png?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/png&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-185012\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-23-at-12.48.42-3ddc839.png?quality=90&amp;resize=558%2C371&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Conductor\" kazuki=\"\" yamada=\"\" title=\"&quot;Conductor\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Conductor Kazuki Yamada leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky and Orff<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The orchestra then returns to the Royal Albert Hall the next day for a tribute to the Bollywood legend <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lata_Mangeshkar&quot;\"><strong>Lata Mangeshkar<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>BBC Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n<p>One of the five BBC orchestras \u2013 along with the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/bbc-national-orchestra-wales-celebrates-its-90th-birthday\/&quot;\"><strong>BBC National Orchestra of Wales<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 the BBC Symphony gets the honour of performing at both the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/first-night-of-the-proms\/&quot;\"><strong>First Night of the Proms<\/strong><\/a> and the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/last-night-of-the-proms-all-you-need-to-know\/&quot;\"><strong>Last Night of the Proms<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra<\/h4>\n<p>Under current artistic director <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/kirill-karabits-to-assume-new-role-with-bournemouth-symphony-orchestra\/&quot;\"><strong>Kirill Karabits<\/strong><\/a>, the BSO is enjoying a very fruitful era. They\u2019ll be joining hornist <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-felix-klieser\/&quot;\"><strong>Felix Klieser<\/strong><\/a> on 2 August for a programme including <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/mozart\/&quot;\"><strong>Mozart<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/sergey-rachmaninov\/&quot;\"><strong>Rachmaninov<\/strong><\/a>, and again the following day for a lineup including Walton\u2019s <em>Orb &amp; Sceptre<\/em>, recently heard at the Coronation.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/violinist-plays-on-serenely-after-bow-snaps\/&quot;\">Violinist plays on serenely after bow snaps<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h4>Aurora Orchestra<\/h4>\n<p>Formed in 2004, Aurora Orchestra was the first orchestra to perform whole symphonies from memory as a regular feature of its artistic output. And it will be doing just that on Saturday 2 September, playing Stravinsky\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/stravinskys-rite-spring-guide-and-best-recordings\/&quot;\"><strong><em>The Rite of Spring<\/em><\/strong><\/a> from memory for two performances (3pm &amp; 7.30pm, Proms 62 and 63).<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/musical-memory-why-are-orchestras-learning-symphonies-heart\/&quot;\">Musical memory | Why are orchestras learning symphonies off by heart?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\"&quot;Beethoven's\" pastoral=\"\" symphony=\"\" from=\"\" memory=\"\" at=\"\" the=\"\" bbc=\"\" proms=\"\" aurora=\"\" orchestra=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/19eFK5VuDvk?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h4>Budapest Festival Orchestra<\/h4>\n<p>Founded in 1983, the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) has made a name for itself as one of the most distinctive and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/worlds-best-orchestras\/&quot;\">best orchestras in the world<\/a><\/strong>. This is largely down to the work of co-founder Iv\u00e1n Fischer, who has conducted the orchestra\u00a0since its inception.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/five-most-unusual-budapest-festival-orchestra-concerts\/&quot;\"><strong>Five of the most unusual Budapest Festival Orchestra concerts<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/chineke-orchestra-what-the-bme-ensemble-is-doing-to-shine-a-light-on-the-lack-of-diversity-in-classical-music\/&quot;\">Chineke!<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Chi-chi Nwanoku\u2019s trailblazing orchestra has kickstarted the careers of artists including Sheku Kanneh-Mason, and is providing a platform for brilliant musicians from the black, Asian and ethnically diverse community who aren\u2019t getting the performance opportunities they deserve elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Chineke! gives us Prom 61 on Friday 1 September, featuring works by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/joseph-haydn-2\/&quot;\"><strong>Haydn<\/strong><\/a>, Beethoven, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/samuel-coleridge-taylor\/&quot;\"><strong>Coleridge-Taylor<\/strong><\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Which choirs are performing at the 2023 BBC Proms?<\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-are-the-bbc-singers\/&quot;\">BBC Singers<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Britain\u2019s only full-time professional chamber choir, the BBC Singers made headline news earlier in 2023 when the BBC announced that the <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/bbc-singers-to-be-disbanded-following-bbc-classical-review\/&quot;\">Singers would be disbanded<\/a><\/strong> as part of a new classical music strategy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" 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title=\"&quot;BBC\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> The BBC Singers have a busy 2023 Proms<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>That decision has since been suspended, and in fact the BBC Singers have a very busy\u00a0 Proms this year, appearing in four concerts including both the First and Last Night of the Proms. Which is good to hear, as they will be celebrating their 100th birthday next year.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/what-is-the-monteverdi-choir\/&quot;\">Monteverdi Choir<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The first of three ensembles founded by the conductor <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-sir-john-eliot-gardiner\/&quot;\"><strong>John Eliot Gardiner<\/strong><\/a>, the Monteverdi Choir sang their first notes way back in 1964. Most recently seen at the Coronation, they will be in attendance for Prom 64 on Sunday 3 September, where they join another Gardiner ensemble, the Orchestre R\u00e9volutionnaire et Romantique, for a performance of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/hector-berlioz\/&quot;\"><strong>Berlioz<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s grand opera <em>Les Troyens<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Which conductors are performing at the 2023 BBC Proms?<\/h3>\n<h4>Sir <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/rattles-best-recordings\/&quot;\">Simon Rattle<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Perhaps the most famous living British conductor, Rattle had a long and fruitful tenure with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 1980 to 1998. He was then principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1999 to 2018. His most recent post was as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra: he makes his final performances with the LSO at this year\u2019s Proms.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s made acclaimed recordings of the symphonies of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/jean-sibelius\/&quot;\"><strong>Sibelius<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/gustav-mahler\/&quot;\"><strong>Mahler<\/strong><\/a> (in Birmingham) and Beethoven and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/johannes-brahms\/&quot;\"><strong>Brahms<\/strong><\/a> (in Berlin). We named one of the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/20-greatest-conductors-all-time\/&quot;\"><strong>20 greatest conductors of all time<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/which-is-the-best-mahler-symphony\/&quot;\">Which is the best Mahler symphony?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Rattle conducts the LSO and Chorus in Schumann\u2019s <em>Das Paradies und Die Peri <\/em>on Tue 22 August, and the LSO and BBC Singers in Mahler and Poulenc on Sun 27 August.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1017224570-e8fee96.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=296%2C199,\" https:=\"\" 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simon=\"\" rattle=\"\" title=\"&quot;BBC\" rattleedinburgh=\"\" international=\"\" festival=\"\" credit=\"\" robbie=\"\" jack=\"\" via=\"\" getty=\"\" images=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Simon Rattle makes his farewell performances with the London Symphony Orchestra at the 2023\u00a0 Proms. Pic: Robbie Jack\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-conductor-dalia-stasevska\/&quot;\">Dalia Stasevska<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>We made Dalia Stasevska <em>BBC Music Magazine\u2019s<\/em> Personality of the Year for 2023, in recognition of her tireless efforts to support her Ukrainian countrymen both on and off the podium.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/2023-awards\/bbc-music-awards-2023-winners-announced\/&quot;\"><strong>BBC Music Awards 2023 winners announced<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/07\/Dalia_CREDIT_Jarmo-Katila-43248e8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=561%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;2023\" first=\"\" night=\"\" of=\"\" the=\"\" proms=\"\" dalia=\"\" stasevska=\"\" title=\"&quot;2023\" stasevska.=\"\" pic:=\"\" jarmo=\"\" katila=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Dalia Stasevska conducts the 2023 First Night of the Proms. Pic: Jarmo Katila<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Stasevska will be conducting them for this year\u2019s First Night of the Proms, with a programme including Sibelius, Grieg, Britten and a new work by Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/best-ukrainian-composers-of-all-time\/&quot;\">12 best Ukrainian composers of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Marin Alsop<\/h4>\n<p>US conductor Marin Alsop will be conducting the Last Night of the Proms \u2013 for the third time. The first time she took on the gig, back in 2013, she was the first woman to conduct the Last Night.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Last\" night=\"\" of=\"\" the=\"\" proms=\"\" pt.=\"\" bbc=\"\" royal=\"\" albert=\"\" hall=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6mWNYXdG4WQ?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Alsop was a hugely successful music director at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2021 (where she remains as music director laureate). In another first, she was the first woman to lead a major American orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/marin-alsop-is-philharmonias-new-principal-guest-conductor\/&quot;\">Alsop has been announced as the Philharmonia\u2019s new principal guest conductor<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the programme will include the usual Last Night favourites such as \u2018Rule Britannia\u2019, <em>Pomp &amp; Circumstance<\/em>, \u2018Jerusalem\u2019 and the National Anthem \u2013 plus works including <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/richard-strauss\/&quot;\"><strong>Strauss<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s <em>Don Juan<\/em>, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/max-bruch\/&quot;\"><strong>Bruch<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s <em>Kol Nidrei<\/em>, and excerpts from Mascagni\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/cavalleria-rusticana-best-recordings\/&quot;\"><strong><em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>John Storg\u00e5rds<\/h4>\n<p>The Finnish conductor and violinist, currently chief conductor at the BBC Philharmonic, will lead his orchestra in a brace of Proms.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday 3 August (Prom 26), Storg\u00e5rds and the BBC Phil will give us Sibelius\u2019s Symphony No. 1 and the Walton Violin Concerto, with <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/six-of-the-best-recordings-by-violinist-james-ehnes\/&quot;\"><strong>James Ehnes<\/strong><\/a> on violin. And on\u00a0 Wednesday 9 August (Prom 33), conductor and orchestra return with mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly for a programme of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/carl-maria-von-weber\/&quot;\"><strong>Weber<\/strong><\/a>, Rachmaninov, and songs by Croatian composer Dora Peja\u010devi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-john-wilson\/&quot;\">John Wilson<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>A Proms favourite, Wilson is a conductor, arranger and musical scholar probably best known for his hugely popular programmes of light music \u2013 which he often performs with his own ensemble, the <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/classicalmusic.production.wcp.imdserve.com\/features\/articles\/five-best-john-wilson-proms\/&quot;\">John Wilson Orchestra<\/a><\/strong>. He\u2019s also, however, a proven conductor of the standard classical repertoire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/09\/Prom-38-Sinfonia-of-London-and-John-Wilson-CR-Chris-Christodoulou-25-61d3966.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/09\/Prom-38-Sinfonia-of-London-and-John-Wilson-CR-Chris-Christodoulou-25-61d3966.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/24\/2021\/09\/Prom-38-Sinfonia-of-London-and-John-Wilson-CR-Chris-Christodoulou-25-61d3966.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C412&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Chris\" christodoulou=\"\" title=\"&quot;Prom\" sinfonia=\"\" of=\"\" london=\"\" and=\"\" john=\"\" wilson=\"\" cr=\"\" chris=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Conductor John Wilson returns with Proms favourites, the Sinfonia of London. Pic: Chris Christodoulou<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>At the 2021 Proms, Wilson caused a stir with his <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/classicalmusic.production.wcp.imdserve.com\/features\/articles\/john-wilson-and-the-sinfonia-of-london\/&quot;\">re-established orchestra, The Sinfonia of London<\/a><\/strong>, and a programme conjuring up the world of fin-de-si\u00e8cle Vienna. And he is outspoken about his desire to avoid being pigeonholed.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/five-best-john-wilson-proms\/&quot;\">Best John Wilson Proms<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>You can see Wilson and the Sinfonia in action at Prom 30 on Sunday 6 August, where they are joined by pianist Benjamin Grosvenor for a programme including Walton, <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/boulanger-lili\/&quot;\">Lili Boulanger<\/a>, <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/best-recordings-rachmaninovs-piano-concerto-no-2\/&quot;\">Rachmaninov\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 2<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Andris Nelsons<\/h4>\n<p>The Latvian conductor <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/interview-andris-nelsons\/&quot;\">Andris Nelsons<\/a><\/strong> enjoyed a successful tenure at the Cityof Birmingham Symphony orchestra, and is now music director\u00a0of the\u00a0Boston Symphony Orchestra, as well as\u00a0<i>Gewandhauskapellmeister<\/i>\u00a0of the\u00a0Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>With the former, he\u2019s made some acclaimed recordings of (among others) the Shostakovich symphonies.<\/p>\n<p>Nelsons brings his Boston band for two Proms this year. Prom 52 (Friday 25 August) features a European premiere of Julia Adolphe\u2019s\u00a0<em>Makeshift Castle<\/em>, plus Strauss\u2019s\u00a0<em>Death and Transfiguration <\/em>and <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/sergey-prokofiev\/&quot;\">Prokofiev<\/a>\u2018s<\/strong>\u00a0Symphony No. 5.<\/p>\n<p>They return the next day for Prom 55, featuring another European premiere: Carlos Simon\u2019s\u00a0<em>Four Black American Dances. <\/em>That work is joined by <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/igor-stravinsky\/&quot;\">Stravinsky<\/a>\u2018s<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Petrushka, <\/em>Ravel\u2019s <em>La valse <\/em>and <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/george-gershwin\/&quot;\">Gershwin<\/a>\u2018s<\/strong> Piano Concerto, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet at the keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Which soloists are performing at the 2023 BBC Proms?<\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/laura-van-der-heijden-signs-to-chandos-records\/&quot;\">Laura van der Heijden<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The former BBC Young Musician of the Year winner heads to Dewbsury on xx 3 August for one of this year\u2019s many regional Proms.\u00a0 She\u2019ll be performing cello sonatas by Rachmaninov and Dora Peja\u010devi\u0107 (one of this year\u2019s themed Proms composers, marking 100 years since her death).<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;BBC\" young=\"\" musician=\"\" of=\"\" the=\"\" year=\"\" strings=\"\" final=\"\" winner=\"\" van=\"\" der=\"\" heijden=\"\" cello=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QkZTblmpNds?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h4>Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha<\/h4>\n<p>The South African soprano will sing Strauss\u2019s profoundly moving <em>Vier letzte Lieder<\/em> (<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/when-did-richard-strauss-write-his-four-last-songs\/&quot;\"><strong><em>Four last songs<\/em><\/strong><\/a>) for Prom 28 (Saturday\u00a0 5 August),which also includes <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/aaron-copland\/&quot;\"><strong>Copland<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Symphony No. 3 and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/paul-hindemith\/&quot;\"><strong>Hindemith<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s <em>Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber<\/em>. The <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.nyo.org.uk\/&quot;\"><strong>National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain<\/strong><\/a> will be performing on the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Pekka Kuusisto<\/h4>\n<p>Another multi-talented Finn like John Storg\u00e5rds above, Kuusisto will have a busy night on Saturday 16 July (Prom 4). He\u2019ll be conducting Germany\u2019s Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen for a programme including Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 1 and <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/antonio-vivaldi\/&quot;\">Vivaldi<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s <em>Four Seasons<\/em>, for which he\u2019ll also be the soloist.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/best-finnish-conductors\/&quot;\">Five of the best Finnish conductors<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/the-best-recordings-of-vivaldis-the-four-seasons\/&quot;\">The best recordings of Vivaldi\u2019s <em>The Four Seasons<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h4\/>\n<h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-elena-urioste\/&quot;\">Elena Urioste<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>US-born violinist Elena Urioste is a former BBC New Generation Artist, who has performed with major orchestras throughout America and internationally. She also co-founded \u2013 with her husband, the British pianist and composer Tom Poster \u2013 the<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.kaleidoscopecc.com\/&quot;\"><strong> Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective<\/strong><\/a>, a flexible ensemble that has included the likes of Nicola Benedetti, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Mary Bevan and Alison Balsom.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday 19 July (Prom 7), Elena performs Coleridge-Taylor\u2019s Violin Concerto in a programme that also includes <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/guide-beethovens-symphony-no-5\/&quot;\"><strong>Beethoven\u2019s Fifth Symphony<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Rufus Wainwright<\/h4>\n<p>The soulful Canadian gives us a unique double header: successive live performances of his 2003 and 2004 albums <em>Want One<\/em> and <em>Want Two<\/em>, on Tuesday 5 September.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Rufus\" wainwright=\"\" oh=\"\" what=\"\" a=\"\" world=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;150&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vLC4XFs5UhQ?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h4>Self Esteem<\/h4>\n<p>The Rotherham-born musician Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem, is a hugely popular multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and theatre composer, much loved for her caustic commentaries on modern life, love, relationships and gender relations. She will play a live set at Sage Gateshead on Friday 21 July (Prom 9), accompanied by Sage\u2019s resident band, the <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/sagegateshead.com\/royal-northern-sinfonia\/&quot;\">Royal Northern Sinfonia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Self\" esteem=\"\" i=\"\" do=\"\" this=\"\" all=\"\" the=\"\" time=\"\" video=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mtd_jlV61mA?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-sheku-kanneh-mason\/&quot;\">Sheku Kanneh-Mason<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason gets one of classical music\u2019s best gigs this year: playing at the Last Night of the Proms. He\u2019ll be performing Bruch\u2019s cello concertante work <em>Kol Nidrei<\/em>, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Sheku\" kanneh-mason=\"\" plays=\"\" bruch=\"\" kol=\"\" nidrei=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDPKTYy8bso?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h4>Yuja Wang<\/h4>\n<p>The Chinese pianist graces this year\u2019s Proms with a performance of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/best-recordings-rachmaninovs-rhapsody-theme-paganini\/&quot;\"><strong>Rachmaninov\u2019s <em>Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.<\/em><\/strong><\/a> Accompaniment comes from the BBC Symphony Orchestra under another star Finn, conductor Klaus M\u00e4kel\u00e4 (Prom 27, Friday 4 August).<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-felix-klieser\/&quot;\">Felix Klieser<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Felix Klieser\u2019s story is an extraordinarily inspiring one. He was born with no arms, but it\u2019s not stopped him from becoming an internationally renowned French horn player. Instead of using his hands to press the valves, Klieser uses his toes.<\/p>\n<p>His French horn sits on a stand, and he uses his right foot to move in and out of the bell of the instrument and his left foot to press the valves and change the notes.<\/p>\n<p>He will perform Mozart\u2019s Horn Concerto No. 4 twice at this year\u2019s Proms, on the evening of Wednesday 2 August and the morning of Thursday 3 August.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/ten-pieces-special-part-2-mozarts-horn-concerto-no-4\/&quot;\"><strong>\u2018Ten Pieces\u2019 Special: Part 2 \u2013 Mozart\u2019s Horn Concerto No. 4<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/dennis-brain-the-british-virtuoso-who-brought-the-french-horn-to-prominence-as-a-solo-instrument\/&quot;\">Dennis Brain: the British virtuoso who brought the French horn to prominence as a solo instrument<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Which of the 2023 BBC Proms are on TV?<\/h3>\n<p>You can find transmission dates for the televised 2023 Proms in our article on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/when-are-bbc-proms-tv\/&quot;\"><strong>how to watch this year\u2019s Proms<\/strong><\/a>. 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