The 2012 BBC Proms open on 13 July and end on 8 September. This is the full list of the 76 concerts. Book tickets here.
Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
Fri 13 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Mark-Anthony Turnage - Canon Fever (3 mins)
- Elgar - Overture 'Cockaigne (In London Town)' (15 mins)
- Delius - Sea Drift (25 mins)
- Tippett - Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles (16 mins)
- Elgar - Coronation Ode (33 mins)
Prom 2: Lerner & Loewe – My Fair Lady
Sat 14 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Loewe - My Fair Lady (170 mins)
Prom 3: Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande
Sun 15 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande (145 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 1: Alice Coote sings French chansons
Mon 16 July 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Gounod - Au printemps (2 mins)
- Saint-Saëns - Aimons-nous (4 mins)
- Fauré - Poème d'un jour (6 mins)
- Fauré - Cinq mélodies 'de Venise' – En sourdine (3 mins)
- Fauré - Au bord de l'eau (2 mins)
- Fauré - Les roses d'Ispahan (3 mins)
- Fauré - Le secret (2 mins)
- Fauré - Notre amour (2 mins)
- Satie - Je te veux (4 mins)
- Hahn - L'énamourée (4 mins)
- Hahn - Fumée (3 mins)
- Hahn - Dans la nuit (2 mins)
- Hahn - Chansons grises – L'heure exquise (2 mins)
- Poulenc - Métamorphoses – C'est ainsi que tu es (2 mins)
- Poulenc - Banalités – Hôtel, Voyages à Paris (2 mins)
- Poulenc - Les chemins d'amour (4 mins)
Prom 4: Respighi, Ravel and Adams
Mon 16 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Respighi - Roman Festivals (22 mins)
- Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major (22 mins)
- John Adams - City Noir (34 mins)
Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius
Tue 17 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- R. Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra (32 mins)
- R. Strauss - Four Last Songs (22 mins)
- Kaija Saariaho - Laterna magica (22 mins)
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 in C major (23 mins)
Prom 6: Lam, Rachmaninov & Prokofiev
Wed 18 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Fung Lam - Endless Forms (c9 mins)
- Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (35 mins)
- Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor (43 mins)
Prom 7: Handel – Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks
Wed 18 July 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Handel - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major (26 mins)
- Handel - Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major (10 mins)
- Handel - Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major (10 mins)
- Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (17 mins)
Prom 8: Handel – Judas Maccabaeus
Thu 19 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Handel - Judas Maccabaeus (130 mins)
Prom 9: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Fri 20 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C major (25 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Dérive 2 (45 mins)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 in D major (35 mins)
Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Bach – The Art of Fugue
Sat 21 July 2012, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- J. S. Bach - The Art of Fugue (arr. M. Esfahani) (70 mins)
Prom 10: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Sat 21 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (35 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Dialogue de l'ombre double (20 mins)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica' (50 mins)
Prom 11: Berlioz – The Trojans
Sun 22 July 2012, 4.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Berlioz - The Trojans (255 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 2: Tenebrae
Mon 23 July 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Steve Martland - Street Songs – selection (22 mins)
Prom 12: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Mon 23 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral' (40 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Mémoriale ('… explosante-fixe …' Originel) (8 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Messagesquisse (8 mins)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor (30 mins)
Prom 13: Beethoven Cycle – Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Tue 24 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F major (25 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Anthèmes 2 (25 mins)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major (35 min)
Prom 14: Kronos Quartet
Tue 24 July 2012, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Sofia Gubaidulina - String Quartet No. 4 (12 mins)
Prom 15: Smetana, Prokofiev & Dvořák
Wed 25 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, 'From My Life' (orch. Szell) (28 mins)
- Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (22 mins)
- Dvořák - Symphony No. 7 in D minor (35 mins)
Prom 16: Elgar, Wood, Ravel & Debussy
Thu 26 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Elgar - In the South (Alassio) (23 mins)
- Hugh Wood - Concerto for Piano (25 mins)
- Ravel - Une barque sur l'océan (8 mins)
- Debussy - La cathédrale engloutie (orch. Henry Wood) (8 mins)
- Debussy - La mer (25 mins)
Prom 17: Beethoven & Boulez
Thu 26 July 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Piano Quintet in E flat major (25 mins)
- Pierre Boulez - Le marteau sans maître (35 mins)
Prom 18: Beethoven Cycle – Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'
Fri 27 July 2012, 6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (77 mins)
Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Les 24 Violons du Roy
Sat 28 July 2012, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Lully - Armide – suite (15 mins)
Prom 19: Mason, Shostakovich, Langgaard & Tchaikovsky
Sat 28 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Benedict Mason - meld (c25 mins)
- Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (29 mins)
- Langgaard - Symphony No. 11, ‘Ixion’ (5 mins)
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique' (45 mins)
Prom 20: The Wallace & Gromit Prom: Musical Marvels!
Sun 29 July 2012, 3.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
Wallace & Gromit appear in a new Proms adventure, before a screening of A Matter of Loaf and Death – plus classical favourites.
Prom 21: Aldeburgh World Orchestra
Sun 29 July 2012, 8.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Britten - Sinfonia da Requiem (21 mins)
- Mahler - Symphony No. 10 – Adagio (22 mins)
- Charlotte Bray - At the speed of stillness (c10 mins)
- Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (32 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 3: La Tarantella
Mon 30 July 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
A sequence of Baroque, traditional and improvised music inspired by the age-old myth of the power of music to heal the venomous bite of the tarantula spider; including works by Falconieri, Kapsberger, Kircher and Soler.
Prom 22: Mozart, Mahler & Knussen
Mon 30 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Mozart - Don Giovanni – overture (6 mins)
- Oliver Knussen - Symphony No. 2 (17 mins)
- Mahler - Symphony No. 7 (78 mins)
Prom 23: Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Delius & Walton
Tue 31 July 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (16 mins)
- Ireland - These Things Shall Be (22 mins)
- Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden (10 mins)
- Walton - Belshazzar's Feast (36 mins)
Prom 24: BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy
Tue 31 July 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Egidio Cuadrado - World Routes Academy (75 mins)
Prom 25: Ives, Barber, Zimmermann & Tippett
Wed 1 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Ives - The Unanswered Question (6 mins)
- Barber - Adagio for strings (8 mins)
- Zimmermann - Nobody knows de trouble I see (15 mins)
- Tippett - A Child of Our Time (72 mins)
Prom 26: Bach – Mass in B minor
Thu 2 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- J. S. Bach - Mass in B minor (110 mins)
Prom 27: Wagner & Bruckner
Fri 3 Aug 2012, 7.45pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Wagner - Siegfried Idyll (18 mins)
- Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 in C minor (80 mins)
Prom 28: Ulster Youth Orchestra of Northern Ireland & Ulster Orchestra
Sat 4 Aug 2012, 2.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Chabrier - España (8 mins)
- Mozart - Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K314 (20 mins)
- Elaine Agnew - Dark Hedges (c12 mins)
- Stravinsky - The Firebird (30 mins)
Prom 29: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Sat 4 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Varèse - Tuning Up (5 mins)
- Nico Muhly - Gait (20 mins)
- Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony (77 mins)
- Anna Meredith - HandsFree (12 mins)
Prom 30: The Angry Planet
Sun 5 Aug 2012, 4.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Bob Chilcott - The Angry Planet (c45 mins)
Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra of Scotland & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Sun 5 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- James MacMillan - Olympic Fanfare (4 mins)
- Wagner - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – overture (12 mins)
- Bruch - Scottish Fantasy (30 mins)
- R. Strauss - Don Juan (17 mins)
- Thea Musgrave - Loch Ness – a Postcard from Scotland (c10 mins)
- Respighi - Pines of Rome (23 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 4: Debussy & Ravel
Mon 6 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Debussy - Violin Sonata (13 mins)
Prom 32: Bernstein – Mass
Mon 6 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Bernstein - Mass (103 mins)
Prom 33: Wagner, Bruckner & MacMillan
Tue 7 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Wagner - Tristan and Isolde – Prelude (Act 1) (9 mins)
- James MacMillan - Credo (c25 mins)
- Bruckner - Symphony No. 6 in A major (55 mins)
Prom 34: Schubert, Dubugnon & R. Strauss
Wed 8 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished' (25 mins)
- Richard Dubugnon - Battlefield Concerto (27 mins)
- R. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben (45 mins)
Prom 35: Sibelius, Delius, Grieg & Nørgård
Thu 9 Aug 2012, 6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 6 in D minor (29 mins)
- Delius - Cynara (10 mins)
- Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor (29 mins)
- Per Nørgård - Symphony No. 7 (27 mins)
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 3 in C major (30 mins)
Prom 36: Glamorous Night: A Celebration of Ivor Novello
Thu 9 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Novello - A Celebration of Ivor Novello (75 mins)
Prom 37: Elgar – The Apostles
Fri 10 Aug 2012, 6.45pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Elgar - The Apostles (120 mins)
Prom 38: National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Fri 10 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Ellington - Rockin' in Rhythm (6 mins)
- Nikki Iles - Hush (8 mins)
- Kenny Wheeler - Sweet Time Suite – Know Where You Are (6 mins)
- Monk - 'Round midnight (arr. M. Armstrong) (5 mins)
- Richardson - Groove Merchant (7 mins)
- Chris Whiter - The Change (8 mins)
- T. Stone - Return Flight (7 mins)
- Ellington - Caravan (arr. Callum Au) (8 mins)
- Ellington - The Queen’s Suite – Sunset and the Mockingbird (4 mins)
- Tim Garland - Agro Alegría (c8 mins)
Proms Saturday Matinee 3: Britten Sinfonia
Sat 11 Aug 2012, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Brian Elias - Electra Mourns (c17 mins)
Prom 39: Berlioz – Requiem
Sat 11 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Berlioz - Requiem (Grande messe des morts) (83 mins)
Prom 40: National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain & National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
Sun 12 Aug 2012, 3.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Vaughan Williams - Flourish for Glorious John (3 mins)
- Holst - Suite No. 2 in F (11 mins)
- Gavin Higgins - Der Aufstand (c10 mins)
- Martin Ellerby - Paris Sketches (14 mins)
- Walton - Crown Imperial (8 mins)
- Lucas - Chorale and Variations (7 mins)
- John Pickard - Wildfire (12 mins)
- Gavin Bryars - After the Underworlds (c6 mins)
- George Benjamin - Altitude (8 mins)
- Derek Bourgeois - Blitz (12 mins)
Prom 41: Schoenberg – Gurrelieder
Sun 12 Aug 2012, 8.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Schoenberg - Gurrelieder (99 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 5: Nicola Benedetti
Mon 13 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Brahms - Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor (30 mins)
Prom 42: Prokofiev, Neurwirth & Bartók
Mon 13 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 1 (30 mins)
- Olga Neuwirth - Remnants of Songs ... an Amphigony (20 mins)
- Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra (37 mins)
Prom 43: Delius, Saint-Saëns & Tchaikovsky
Tue 14 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Delius - Paris (The Song of a Great City) (22 mins)
Prom 44: London Sinfonietta
Tue 14 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Ligeti - Poème symphonique (8 mins)
- Berio - Sequenza V (8 mins)
- Xenakis - Phlegra (12 mins)
- Jonathan Harvey - Mortuos plango, vivos voco (9 mins)
- Louis Andriessen - De snelheid (18 mins)
- Cage - 4' 33 (4:33 mins)
Prom 45: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Wed 15 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World' (45 mins)
- Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man (4 mins)
- Joan Tower - Fanfare for the Uncomman Woman (3 mins)
- Villa-Lobos - Momoprécoce (28 mins)
- Ginastera - Estancia – suite (12 mins)
Prom 46: Vaughan Williams – Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Thu 16 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 4 in F minor (30 mins)
Prom 47: Cage Centenary Celebration
Fri 17 Aug 2012, 7.45pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Cage - 1O1 (12 mins)
- Cage - Improvisation III (12 mins)
- Christian Marclay - Luggage 2012 – improvisation for orchestra (c5 mins)
- Cage - Atlas eclipticalis/Winter Music/Cartridge Music (30 mins)
- Cage - Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra (20 mins)
- Cage - Four2 (7 mins)
- Cage - But what about the noise of crumpling paper ... (15 mins)
- Cage - Experiences II (3 mins)
- Cage - ear for EAR (Antiphonies) (2 mins)
- David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Keith Rowe & Christian Wolff - Quartet – improvisation (c25 mins)
- Cage - Branches (20 mins)
Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Sat 18 Aug 2012, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Alexander Goehr - … a musical offering (J.S.B. 1985) … (15 mins)
- Oliver Knussen - Ophelia Dances (7 mins)
- Oliver Knussen - Ophelia's Last Dance (10 mins)
- Simon Bainbridge - The Garden of Earthly Delights (c35 mins)
Prom 48: Weber, Mahler & Tchaikovsky
Sat 18 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Weber - Der Freischütz – overture (10 mins)
- Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (17 mins)
- Tchaikovsky - Manfred (57 mins)
Prom 49: Gilbert & Sullivan – The Yeomen of the Guard
Sun 19 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Sullivan - The Yeomen of the Guard (85 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 6: Escher Quartet
Mon 20 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Debussy - String Quartet in G minor (25 mins)
Prom 50: Beethoven, Mozart, Delius & Nielsen
Mon 20 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Egmont – overture (9 mins)
- Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major (28 mins)
- Delius - Eventyr (Once Upon a Time) (16 mins)
- Nielsen - Symphony No. 5 (34 mins)
Prom 51: Glinka, Howard & Shostakovich
Tue 21 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Glinka - Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture (5 mins)
- Emily Howard - Calculus of the Nervous System (15 mins)
- Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7 in C major 'Leningrad' (75 mins)
Prom 52: Prokofiev – Cinderella
Wed 22 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Prokofiev - Cinderella (105)
Prom 53: 1612 Italian Vespers
Wed 22 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Viadana - Salmi a quattro chori (1612) – Deus in adiutorium; Dixit Dominus (7 mins)
- Barbarino - Exaudi Deus (4 mins)
- Viadana - Salmi a quattro chori (1612) – Laetatus sum (7 mins)
- Viadana - O dulcissima Maria (2 mins)
- Grandi - Plorabo die ac nocte (7 mins)
- Gabrieli - Magnificat a 20/28 con il 'sicut locutus' (reconstr. H. Keyte) (9 mins)
- Monteverdi - Salve Regina (4 mins)
- Gabrieli - In eccelsiis (reconstr. H. Keyte) (7 mins)
Prom 54: Davies, Delius & Shostakovich
Thu 23 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - Symphony No.9 (25 mins)
Prom 55: Britten – Peter Grimes
Fri 24 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Britten - Peter Grimes (150 mins)
Prom 56: Goehr, Knussen, Grime & Debussy
Sat 25 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
Debussy’s music for the play The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian is the culmination of a Prom including Knussen’s Third Symphony.
Prom 57: Wagner, Berg, R. Strauss & Ravel
Sun 26 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Wagner - Parsifal – Prelude (Act 3) and Good Friday Music (20 mins)
- Berg - Violin Concerto (25 mins)
- R. Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier – suite (22 mins)
- Ravel - La valse (12 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 7: Debussy & Schoenberg
Mon 27 Aug 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Schoenberg - Pierrot lunaire (33 mins)
Prom 58: Family Matinee: A Journey to Far Corners of our Musical World
Mon 27 Aug 2012, 3.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
A family-friendly global musical journey, with popular classics from Delius, Falla and others, plus Malian duo Amadou & Mariam.
Prom 59: The Broadway Sound
Mon 27 Aug 2012, 8.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
John Wilson and his orchestra pay tribute to the composers who created the ‘Broadway sound’ – with excerpts from favorite shows.
Prom 60: Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro
Tue 28 Aug 2012, 6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro (190 mins)
Prom 61: Howells & Elgar
Wed 29 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
Elgar’s First was a turning point in the British symphony. Martyn Brabbins conducts it, as well as Howells’s Hymnus Paradisi.
Prom 62: Eric Whitacre
Wed 29 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Bernstein - Warm-Up (2 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Alleluia (9 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (9 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Bach Again (arr. E. London) (5 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Higher, Faster, Stronger (c8 mins)
- Imogen Heap - The Listening Chair (arr. E. Whitacre) (c5 mins)
- Traditional - Three Spirituals (arr. M. Hogan) (9 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst (9 mins)
- Eric Whitacre - Sleep (5 mins)
Prom 63: Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle
Thu 30 Aug 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Debussy - Jeux (18 mins)
Prom 64: Berliner Philharmoniker – Brahms & Lutosławski
Fri 31 Aug 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Lutosławski - Symphony No. 3 (35 mins)
Prom 65: Taylor/Barker – The Spirit of Django
Fri 31 Aug 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Martin Taylor/Guy Barker - The Spirit of Django – orchestral suite (54 mins)
Prom 66: Cameron Carpenter plays Bach
Sat 1 Sept 2012, 4.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- J. S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 (8 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006 – excerpt (arr. C. Carpenter) (8 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 536 (6 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Chorale Prelude 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen', BWV 734 (arr. Busoni/C. Carpenter) (3 mins)
- Cameron Carpenter - Improvisation on B–A–C–H (c12 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552, 'St Anne' (arr. Schoenberg/C. Carpenter) (14 mins)
Prom 67: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – Mendelssohn
Sat 1 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Mendelssohn - Overture 'Ruy Blas' (8 mins)
- Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor (27 mins)
- Mendelssohn - Overture 'The Fair Melusine' (10 mins)
- Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5 in D major, 'Reformation' (27 mins)
Prom 68: Cameron Carpenter plays Bach
Sun 2 Sept 2012, 4.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Cameron Carpenter - Improvisation on the Bourée from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (c8 mins)
- J. S. Bach - Fantasia and Fugue in G minor 'The Great' (8 mins)
- J. S. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I – Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860 (5 mins)
- J. S. Bach and Mahler - Syncretic Prelude and Fugue in D major (arr. C. Carpenter) (30 mins)
Prom 69: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – Messiaen & Mahler
Sun 2 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Messiaen - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (31 mins)
- Mahler - Symphony No. 6 in A minor (85 mins)
Proms Chamber Music 8: Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Debussy
Mon 3 Sept 2012, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall
- Debussy - Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon (3 mins)
- Debussy - Élégie (2 mins)
- Debussy - Masques (5 mins)
- Debussy - Préludes – Book 2 (38 mins)
Prom 70: Desert Island Discs 70th-Anniversary Prom
Mon 3 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
Marking 70 years of Desert Island Discs, Kirsty Young introduces former castaways from the programme and their musical choices.
Prom 71: St Louis Symphony
Tue 4 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Brahms - Tragic Overture (14 mins)
- Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major (40 mins)
- Schoenberg - Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 (16 mins)
- Gershwin - An American in Paris (18 mins)
Prom 72: John Adams – Nixon in China
Wed 5 Sept 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- John Adams - Nixon in China (180 mins)
Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Beethoven & Bruckner
Thu 6 Sept 2012, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (35 mins)
- Bruckner - Symphony No. 9 in D minor (65 mins)
Prom 74: Staff Benda Bilili & Baloji
Thu 6 Sept 2012, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
Congolese street musicians Staff Benda Bilili and Congolese-Belgo rapper Baloji bring their own pieces of Africa to the Proms.
Prom 75: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Haydn & R. Strauss
Fri 7 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Haydn - Symphony No. 104 in D major, 'London' (30 mins)
- R. Strauss - An Alpine Symphony (50 mins)
Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms 2012
Sat 8 Sept 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall
- Delius - Songs of Farewell (18 mins)