Early Music Proms 2019

[doversoul1]

Mon 22 Jul 2019
Cadogan Hall 1: VOCES8
From the supple plainchant melodies of Hildegard of Bingen to the sophisticated choral polyphony of Palestrina, Byrd and Lassus, Proms debut artists VOCES8 return to music’s origins to launch a sequence of lunchtime concerts spanning 800 years.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/composers/d1cf7a39-f268-45e8-bbc0-6cea5c0272cf

Mon 29 Jul 2019
13:00
Cadogan Hall 2: A Celebration of Barbara Strozzi
Soprano Mariana Flores and Cappella Mediterranea celebrate the 400th anniversary of pioneering Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi. A selection of love songs by Strozzi and her contemporaries includes the poignant ‘Lagrime mie’ and ‘Che si può fare’.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/composers/1adf3b22-29b2-47f5-b422-55fe56a9ac87

Mon 5 Aug 2019
Cadogan Hall 3: The English Concert
Kristian Bezuidenhout joins period ensemble The English Concert for a Baroque journey around Europe, featuring lively English dances by Purcell, virtuosic harpsichord music by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and chamber music by Handel and Telemann.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/composers/27870d47-bb98-42d1-bf2b-c7e972e6befc

Fri 30 Aug 2019
Prom 55: Handel's Jephtha
The Proms' Handel cycle continues with the composer’s last, and perhaps greatest, oratorio. Richard Egarr conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus in the devastating story of the warrior Jephtha commanded by God to sacrifice his daughter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/composers/27870d47-bb98-42d1-bf2b-c7e972e6befc

The Proms that include single work or a piece by ‘early’ composers are not included here. Four feature concerts without the usual blockbuster names. I think it will be good.

Please add if anything I have missed.

[doversoul1]

Just in case someone else might be interested in.

[Serial_Apologist]

Thanks dovers. In my view Cadogan Hall is a much nicer venue in all sorts of ways than the Albert Hall. People should get their skates on, however - I see a few of the concerts there are already fully booked. You takes yer chances by just turning up say half an hour before proceedings, as have I - availability being dependent on bookers not turning up at the last minute.

[doversoul1]

This was missed.

Wed 14 Aug 2019
22:15
Prom 38: Solomon’s Knot

Live at BBC Proms: Solomon's Knot makes its Proms debut with an all-Bach late night Prom
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Hannah French

JS Bach:
Cantata No. 130 'Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir', BWV 130
Cantata No. 19 'Es erhub sich ein Streit', BWV 19
Cantata No. 149, 'Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg', BWV 149
Cantata No. 50, 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft', BWV 50
Solomon's Knot

Performing with small forces and without a conductor, Baroque-music collective Solomon’s Knot brings a contemporary clarity and freshness to all its performances.
The ensembles makes its Proms debut with an all-Bach Late Night Prom of cantatas composed for the Feast of St Michael – the saint who, appropriately, protects against the evils of darkness and night.
[...]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007kwv

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Another unmissable event for me.

[doversoul1]

Thank you ferney

Missed from my original list.

Wednesday 11 September 19:30

Prom 71: Bach Night
Royal Albert Hall
John Butt and his period-instrument ensemble the Dunedin Consort explore the music of Bach. They pair Bach’s four Orchestral Suites with four newly commissioned works, each taking inspiration from the dances that are the heartbeat of Bach’s music.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/r3j38g/by/date/2019/09/11

Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069(19 mins)
Nico Muhly
New Work
(BBC co-commission with Dunedin Consort: world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066(21 mins)
Stevie Wishart
New Work
(BBC co-commission with Dunedin Consort: world premiere)
interval
Ailie Robertson
New Work
(BBC co-commission with Dunedin Consort: world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067(20 mins)
Stuart MacRae
New Work
(BBC co-commission with Dunedin Consort: world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068(20 mins)