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Nordic forests, Alpine sunlight and a Moorish nocturne. The 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Thomas S酶nderg氓rd play Wilhelm Stenhammar鈥檚 Excelsior!, Strauss鈥檚 An Alpine Symphony and Szymanowski鈥檚 opulent symphony subtitled 鈥楾he Song of the Night鈥�.

Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music play works by Handel and the Roman composers who inspired him. Soprano Sophie Bevan sings two Italian cantatas in a programme including concerti grossi by Corelli and Valentini and keyboard miniatures by Bernardo Pasquini.

Experience some of the vocal writing of Verdi鈥檚 Four Sacred Pieces with Mary King.

Sir Antonio Pappano, the Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, and soprano Maria Agresta celebrate Verdi鈥檚 bicentenary with the Four Sacred Pieces, the original version of the Requiem鈥檚 鈥楲ibera me鈥�, a touching Ave Maria setting and the orchestral version of the great opera composer鈥檚 String Quartet.

Stolen gold and a world order in chaos. Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin open the Proms cycle of Wagner鈥檚 epic operatic tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung, with a cast hand-picked from Barenboim鈥檚 Berlin and Milan productions.

Daniel Barenboim鈥檚 Proms Ring cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin continues with Die Walk眉re. Simon O鈥橬eill and Anja Kampe sing the roles of the tragic twins Siegmund and Sieglinde, whose doomed love inspires the rebellion of Br眉nnhilde (sung by Nina Stemme).

Talking birds, dragon鈥檚 blood and a ring of fire. Lance Ryan sings the title-role in the third part of Daniel Barenboim鈥檚 complete Ring cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Nine Stemme is the rebel Valkyrie, Br眉nnhilde, who teaches Siegfried love and fear.

Semyon Bychkov and the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra interrupt the Ring cycle to explore Wagner鈥檚 intoxicating tragedy Tristan and Isolde, a turning point in the history of Romantic music. Robert Dean Smith and Violeta Urmana are the illicit lovers.

Daniel Barenboim鈥檚 survey of The Ring of the Nibelung with the Staatskapelle Berlin concludes with betrayal, revenge, immolation and the return of the stolen gold to the waters of the Rhine. Nina Stemme sings the role of Br眉nnhilde, while Mikhail Petrenko is the vengeful Hagen.

Pianist Imogen Cooper, soprano Ruby Hughes, tenor James Gilchrist and guitarist Christoph Denoth mark Britten鈥檚 centenary in a sequence of song-cycles and miniatures, from Night Piece (Notturno) to A Charm of Lullabies, My beloved is mine and Abraham and Isaac.

Sing extracts from 罢补苍苍丑盲耻蝉别谤 with Mary King.

Acclaimed Wagnerian Donald Runnicles continues the Proms Wagner bicentenary celebrations with Wagner鈥檚 罢补苍苍丑盲耻蝉别谤. Robert Dean Smith sings the role of the titular troubadour who tires of sensual pleasure and longs for spiritual redemption

Two works by Gustav Holst, and two from the Polish composer Witold Lutos艂awski. Edward Gardner directs the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in Holst鈥檚 Egdon Heath and The Planets and Lutos艂awski鈥檚 Symphonic Variations. Louis Lortie is the soloist in Lutos艂awski鈥檚 Piano Concerto.

In their second 麻豆社 Proms appearance this season, Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra are joined by Genia K眉hmeier, Anna Larsson and the Bavarian Radio Chorus for Mahler鈥檚 epic Symphony No. 2, 鈥楻esurrection鈥�, bringing a vision of life after death.

A late-night feast of sinfonias, arias and chorales as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, 70 this year, conducts the singers and players of the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Bach鈥檚 Easter Oratorio and Ascension Oratorio.

Mary King explores Britten's mastery of word-setting in his vocal writing.

Vasily Petrenko conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and young singers from across the British Isles in Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony, Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Walt Whitman setting Towards the Unknown Region and the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage鈥檚 Frieze.

Late-15th-century motets from the Eton Choirbook alternate with music by Gustav Holst and his daughter Imogen and the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle鈥檚 The Moth Requiem in an alluring programme from the 麻豆社 Singers and the Nash Ensemble under Nicholas Kok.

Celebrating their 40th anniversary, the Tallis Scholars return to the 麻豆社 Proms in a Late Night Prom interweaving the movements of John Taverner鈥檚 Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas with motets by the infamous aristocratic madrigalist Carlo Gesualdo.

Last heard at the Proms in 1977, The Midsummer Marriage is Tippett鈥檚 The Magic Flute, an opera rich in trials and transformations. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra and 麻豆社 Singers, with Paul Groves and Erin Wall singing the roles of Mark and Jenifer.

Explore the vocal writing in Brahms's A German Requiem with Mary King. Suitable for singers familiar with the work who want to get some vocal tips!

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra plays Dvo艡谩k last 鈥極ld World鈥� Symphony, No. 8, under Andris Nelsons. Soprano Krist墨ne Opolais sings arias by Verdi and Tchaikovsky in a matinee that ends with a flurry of Viennese waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss II.

Marin Alsop conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Choir of the Enlightenment in a rare performance of Brahms鈥檚 A German Requiem on period instruments. Brahms鈥檚 Tragic Overture and Schumann鈥檚 Fourth Symphony complete a powerful programme of mourning and consolation.

Sir Mark Elder conducts the 贬补濒濒茅 in Wagner鈥檚 final opera of sensual temptation and spiritual redemption, Parsifal. Lars Cleveman is the Holy Fool of the title, Katarina Dalayman the Magdalen figure Kundry,聽Detlef Roth the wounded Amfortas and Sir John Tomlinson Gurnemanz.

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Festival Opera cast in Britten鈥檚 predatory tragedy. Jacques Imbrailo sings the title-role, Brindley Sherratt is Claggart, Mark Padmore the spineless Captain Vere.

Josep Pons conducts the 麻豆社 Singers and 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Charlotte Seither鈥檚 Language of Leaving. Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Brahms鈥檚 Violin Concerto in a concert that contrasts Stravinsky鈥檚 ballet Petrushka with a cappella motets.

In the last Cadogan Hall concert of the festival, tenor Ian Bostridge, lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and the viol consort Fretwork mark the 450th anniversary of the birth of John Dowland, the laureate of the Elizabethan lute song, in a sequence of galliards, lachrimaes and fantasias.

David Hill conducts the 麻豆社 Singers and the Choristers of Temple Church in Britten鈥檚 choral variations A Boy was Born, written when the composer was just 19 years old, and George Lloyd鈥檚 Requiem, dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.

A series of musical farewells as Osmo V盲nsk盲 conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky鈥檚 turbulent 鈥楶ath茅tique鈥� Symphony, G贸recki鈥檚 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs and Anthony Payne鈥檚 orchestration of Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Four Last Songs.

Xian Zhang directs the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi in Tchaikovsky鈥檚 symphonic drama Manfred and the overtures to La forza del destino and La traviata. Celebrated Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja sings arias from Rigoletto, Luisa Miller and I vespri siciliani.

A fun workshop with Mary King to get you ready for vocal action at the Last Night singalong.

Marin Alsop becomes the first female conductor of the Last Night of the Proms. Joyce DiDonato and Nigel Kennedy join the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in a concert that runs from Rossini and Handel arias to a mass singalong, and from Vaughan Williams鈥檚 The Lark Ascending and rarities by Britten and Bantock to a new opener by Anna Clyne.