PROMS 99: THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS
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JAMES MACMILLAN PREMIERE
An oratorio-like score called Quickening, commissioned from the fashionable Scot and given by the BBCSO and choirs under Andrew Davis. 7.30pm
Tickets: available at all prices (pounds 9-20)
MONDAY
PROM OF THE WEEK
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC/ SIMON RATTLE
Outside the US, there are two orchestras that sit at the very top of the world pile: the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic. And it's no great surprise that Simon Rattle is closely associated with both of them. The Berlin Phil, of course, has just made him its chief conductor-designate. The Rattle/ Vienna partnership plays two nights and, although Tuesday's is a grander programme, I prefer this. The first half is Ravel, in music where the richly cushioned string sound of this orchestra should mesmerise. The second half is Beethoven. If you've heard the recent Rattle/Vienna recordings, you'll know what to expect. 7.30pm
Tickets: sold out
TUESDAY
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC/ SIMON RATTLE
The second programme, with Mahler's Resurrection Symphony as the main work. 7.30pm
Tickets: sold out
WEDNESDAY
BAVARIAN STATE ORCHESTRA/ ZUBIN MEHTA
Richard Strauss's local band from Munich, playing - what else? - Richard Strauss. An anniverary tribute. 7pm
Tickets: sold out
GILES SWAYNE PREMIERE
An extended, 75-minute choral work called Havoc, written for the BBC Singers who, 20 years ago, premiered the composer's comparably epic Cry. Perhaps the most exciting new work in the Proms this year. 10pm
Tickets: available, all at pounds 9
THURSDAY
YEVGENY KISSIN
Russia's keyboard wunderkind, playing the Chopin Concerto no 1 with Mehta and the Bavarian State Orchestra who are still around from Wednesday. 7.30pm
Tickets: sold out
FRIDAY
BEETHOVEN'S 9TH
The traditional penultimate night fare - this year delivered by the LSO and Colin Davis. 7.30pm
Tickets: sold out
SATURDAY
THE LAST NIGHT
Fatuous, flag-waving nonsense in the second half, as always. But the first half rounds up all the themes of this year's Proms season - Nielsen, France and the Ascent of Man - with a new little piece by Esa-Pekka Salonen for credibility's sake. The concert will be relayed live to Hyde Park, Birmingham and Swansea. And, of course, it's also on the BBC. 7.30pm
Tickets: sold out
Ticket information is correct at time of going to press. Five hundred standing tickets are on sale one hour before each concert, except for the last night.
All concerts at Royal Albert Hall, SW7 (0171 589 8212)
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