Your wishes for 2016 (Music-related suggestions only please)

[Suffolkcoastal]

Gone all the way back to 1945 with symphonies/sinfonias/sinfoniettas performed at the Proms. Interesting to compare with my previous list to 1985. The totals include the handful of Winter Proms. I'll try & show the individual totals per symphony later.
BEETHOVEN 474
MOZART 218
BRAHMS 198
SIBELIUS 184
HAYDN F J 175
TCHAIKOVSKY 173
MAHLER 168
SCHUBERT 158
SHOSTAKOVICH 152
DVORAK 131
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 116
BRUCKNER 101
BERLIOZ 67
ELGAR 64
MENDELSSOHN 63
PROKOFIEV 60
STRAVINSKY 41
SCHUMANN 37
BRITTEN 34
RACHMANINOV 32
WALTON 31
NIELSEN 28
JANACEK 18
FRANCK 16
R STRAUSS 14
BORODIN 13
DAVIES 13
SAINT-SAENS 13
HINDEMITH 12
SCRIABIN 12
MESSIAEN 11
SCHOENBERG 11
TIPPETT 11
BAX 10
IVES 9
COPLAND 8
BIZET 7
HENZE 7
LUTOSLAWSKI 7
LISZT 6
SZYMANOWSKI 6
ALWYN 5
ARNOLD 5
KNUSSEN 5
PANUFNIK 5
RUBBRA 5
BERIO 4
BLISS 4
MARTINU 4
ROUSSEL 4
BERKELEY L 3
BERNSTEIN 3
BRIAN 3
GERHARD 3
HONEGGER 3
JONES D 3
SIMPSON 3
ZEMLINSKY 3
BACH CPE 2
BOYCE 2
FRICKER 2
P GLASS 2
GOEHR A 2
GORECKI 2
HAMILTON I 2
HARRIS 2
HARTMANN K A 2
MACMILLAN 2
MATTHEWS D 2
MOERAN 2
NORGARD 2
PART 2
PENDERECKI 2
PISTON 2
SCHMIDT F 2
SESSIONS 2
ADAMS J 1
AHO 1
ANDRIESSEN H 1
ARNE 1
BACH JC 1
BANTOCK 1
BENJAMIN A 1
BERWALD 1
BOCCHERINI 1
BUSH G 1
BUTTERWORTH A 1
CARTER E 1
CASKEN 1
CHAUSSON 1
DUTILLEUX 1
EISLER 1
FULTON 1
GARDNER J 1
GLANERT 1
GLIERE 1
GOOSENS E 1
HELY-HUTCHINSON 1
HOLLOWAY 1
HOLST 1
D'INDY 1
KANCHELI 1
KEAL M 1
KORNGOLD 1
KRAUS J M 1
LANGGAARD 1
LILBURN 1
LLOYD G 1
LLOYD J 1
MALIPIERO 1
MIASKOVSKY 1
NASH P P 1
ORR R 1
OSBORNE N 1
PARRY 1
POWERS A 1
RUDERS 1
SCHNITTKE 1
W SCHUMAN 1
SEARLE 1
SURINACH 1
STENHAMMAR 1
SUK 1
TAL 1
VASKS 1
WEBER 1
WEILL 1
WOOD H 1
WORDSWORTH 1
YIU R 1

[Serial_Apologist]

Many many thanks for these sadly illuminating stats, SC. Not even one for Koechlin or Milhaud. Absolutely disgraceful exhibition of philistinism on the part of programmers of the Proms over my lifetime.

[Lat-Literal]

No RK!

[techniquest]

No Khachaturian in that list. I'd love to see/hear his first two symphonies performed at the Proms; and his 3rd might be fun for the last night :)

[Nick Armstrong]

In recent years the Nottingham Symphony has only been broadcast in part on BBC Radio 3 (just the first movement, in January 2014).

Thank you Bryn - as a Nottingham lad, it is shameful that I have never ever heard this (despite occasional curiosity, preceding complete failure to pursue it).

I am now listening to this version, which - on a spot comparison - I marginally prefer to the BBC recording you feature: this is the Dutton issue, Royal Scottish National under Martin Yates

Sounds like very good stuff to me !! Used to sneak out of school and go to Goose Fair (Mvt. 4) !

[Maclintick]

Thank you Bryn - as a Nottingham lad, it is shameful that I have never ever heard this (despite occasional curiosity, preceding complete failure to pursue it)

Sounds like very good stuff to me !! Used to sneak out of school and go to Goose Fair (Mvt. 4) !

I found this interesting:

http://www.alanbushtrust.org.uk/timeline/timeline.asp

....particularly the astonishing volte-face by the BBC banning AB's works in 1941, then granting him a very public rehabilitation in allowing him to conduct his Symphony in C at the Proms a year later ! Also notable is the 1986 "Lascaux" Symphony recording by the BBC Phil & the indefatigable Ted Downes, which I hope survives in the BBC Archives..

[Orphical]

Gurrelieder hasn't been done since 2012 so maybe it's time for another outing...one which I'd like to attend in person. Also Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in D please; and if Hilary Hahn's the soloist, I'll definitely be there.

That might well happen. Donadl Runnicles is conducting the BBCSSO at the EIF and it might be that they visit the Proms

[pastoralguy]

In your dreams, PG, and in mine: George Lloyd's music is sublime, and I have to confess to having most of the Symphonies, the piano music and at least one of the piano concertos conducted by the composer, plus the symphonies 4, 5 and 8 with Ted Downes on Lyrita. Were I really fortunate, and Mr Blakeman was in a good mood, I should like to hear the Symphonic Mass at the Proms, surely his masterpiece. I was lucky to meet Lloyd once at ENO when he was there for Britten's 'Peter Grimes' and he was so nice giving me his autograph. A very fine composer, whose music should be more widely heard (but won't).

Apologies, Colonel. I've just caught up with your post. I was lucky enough to meet George Lloyd when he conducted his, iirc, Ninth Symphony at the Three Choirs Festival circa 1988. He autographed a cd for me and was such an engaging man it started a lifelong interest in his music.

One day, I'm going to win enough money on the Lottery to be able to afford a series of recordings of the complete symphonies with Sir Simon and Die Berliner Philharmoniker!