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BBC Proms Reviews: 2009 Archive
BBC Proms 2009
Prom 74:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta
Strauss' Don Quixote and Brahms' Fourth Symphony are on the menu for our final proms review of the year.

BBC Proms 2009: Season Preview BBC Proms:
Season Preview
A sizeable ballet cycle, New Generation Artist concerts, a focus on 'England at the crossroads', and a 'Multiple Pianos' day are just some of what's in store. And that's before you even approach the four 'composers of the year' and a host of visiting orchestras.
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Proms Prom 73:
Vienna Philharmonic / Welser-Mˆst
Replacing an indisposed Harnoncourt, Franz Welser-Mˆst conducts Haydn and Schubert.
Proms Prom 70:
Royal Philharmonic / Maxwell Davies / Walker
Peter Maxwell Davies' 75th birthday is celebrated with the UK Premiere of his 2nd Violin Concerto.
Proms Prom 69:
Leipzig Gewandhaus / Chailly
Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No.1 and Mahler's 10th with Chailly and the Gewandhaus.
Proms Prom 65:
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester/Nott
Jonathan Nott and his youth orchestra perform works by Ligeti, Mahler, Schoenberg and Strauss.
Proms Prom 63:
BBCSO/Robertson
The Prommers were sectioned off by ropes for this concert - possibly to stop them escaping.
Proms Prom 62:
Royal Concertgebouw/Jansons
Mariss Jansons secures brilliant playing from the Dutch orchestra, but is short on emotion.
Proms Prom 58:
Netherlands Wind Ensemble / Vis
Louis Andriessen's De staat as a late night alongside Steve Martland and Cornelis De Bondt.
Proms Prom 55:
BBCSSO/Runnicles
Do Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra deliver an evening of domestic bliss?
Proms Prom 53:
OAE/Norrington
American mezzo-soprano Joyce di Donato is ravishing in Handel and Haydn with the OAE.
Proms Prom 50:
West-Eastern Divan / Barenboim
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's final proms concert is Beethoven's Fidelio.
Proms Proms 48 & 49:
West-Eastern Divan / Barenboim
Barenboim conducts two concerts by his orchestra drawn from Middle East youth.
Proms Prom 46:
BBCSO/Bychkov
Semyon Bychkov conducts a shattering performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 'The Year 1905'.
Proms Prom 45:
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
George Formby would have been proud as hundreds of ukulele fans coverge on the Proms.
Proms Prom 43:
Philharmonia / Salonen
The Labeque sisters give the UK premiere of Louis Andriessen's The Hague Hacking.
Proms Prom 39:
BBC SO / Brabbins / Wigglesworth
A semi-staging of Harrison Birtwistle's 1986 opera The Mask of Orpheus.
Proms Prom 36:
The Sixteen/Christophers
Soprano Carolyn Sampson joins The Sixteen to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death.
Proms Prom 35:
BBC Concert Orchestra/Mackerras
Sir Charles Mackerras conducts a concert performance of Patience with a starry line up of soloists.
Proms Prom 31:
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Petrenko
Youthful exuberance is the order of the day in this outstanding Prom conducted by Vasily Petrenko.
Proms Prom 28:
BBC Philharmonic/Noseda
Gianandrea Noseda conducts a monumental performance of Mahler's 6th Symphony.
Proms Prom 27:
London Sinfonietta / Atherton
A celebration of Harrison Birtwistle's 75th birthday with the London Sinfonietta.
Proms Prom 20:
SCO / Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin makes a sensational Proms debut with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Proms Prom 18: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Nott
Jonathan Nott leads the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Bruckner's 3rd Symphony.
Proms Prom 15:
BBC SO / Belohlávek
JirÌ Belohlávek conducts the BBC SO in Smetana, Bartok, Martinu and Stravinsky's Petrushka.
Proms Prom 7:
OAE / Christie
Glyndebourne Opera visit the Proms with their production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen.
Proms Prom 5:
LSO / Haitink
Bernard Haitink conducts the LSO in Mahler's glorious 9th Symphony.
Proms Prom 4: Concerto Copenhagen / Mortensen
Handel's opera Partenope in a concert performance by Concerto Copenhagen.
Proms Prom 2: Gabrieli Consort & Players / McCreesh
Paul McCreesh conducts a thrilling period performance of Hadyn's The Creation.
Proms Prom 1:
BBC SO / Belohlávek
BBC SO/Belohlávek in Stravinsky, Chabrier, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Brahms and Bruckner.
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