The principal anniversary composers included In the 2009 season, which ran from 17 July to 12 September 2009, the total number of concerts reached 100 for the first time.
1. George Frideric Handel (250th anniversary of his death)
2. Joseph Haydn (200th anniversary of his death)
3. Felix Mendelssohn (200th anniversary of his birth)
4. Henry Purcell (350th anniversary of his birth)
The humorist and music impresario Gerard Hoffnung was also remembered with the performance in the Last Night of Malcolm Arnold's A Grand Grand Overture, which was commissioned for the first Hoffnung Music Festival.
The 2009 Proms featured Bollywood music for the first time, as part of a day-long series of concerts and events also covering Indian classical music. Performers in the day included Ram Narayan, Rajan and Sajan Mishra, and Shaan.
Guide which was published in April, you might want to grab a pen and do some defacing.
The complete and updated listings are also available through the Proms website, if pen and ink ain't your thing.
BBC Proms 2009 runs between 17 July - 12 September.
Corrections and alterations run as follows:
Prom 2 (18 July)
Sophie Bevan replaces Sarah Tynan as Eve in Haydn's The Creation.
Members of the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir join Chetham's Chamber Choir and the Gabrieli Consort in the chorus.
Prom 6 (20 July)
Andrew Kennedy replaces James Gilchrist as the tenor for James MacMillan's Seven Last Words from the Cross.
Prom 7 (21 July)
The full cast list for Purcell's The Fairy Queen is announced as follows:
Soprano - Carolyn Sampson
Soprano - Lucy Crowe
Soprano - Claire Debono
Soprano - Anna Devin
Tenor - Sean Clayton
Tenor - Ed Lyon
Tenor - Adrian Ward
Bass-baritone - Andrew Foster-Williams
Hermina - Susannah Wise
Demetrius - Oliver Le Sueur
some may b missing
Please also note that the semi-staging for BBC Proms is directed by Francesca Gilpin, based on the original production for Glyndebourne by Jonathan Kent.
Prom 19 (30 July)
Steve Davislim replaces Peter Auty as the tenor for Berloiz's La mort de léopâtre.
Proms Plus (1 August)
David Benedict joins Petroc Trelawny and Patrick O' Connor to explore the world of MGM musicals.
Prom 21/23 (1 and 2 August)
The title of the BBC commission by Goldie is announced as Sine Tempore ('Without Time'). The London Philharmonic Choir is announced to perform in this concert.
Prom 22 (1 August)
Seth MacFarlane, singer and creator of Emmy award-winning series Family Guy, is announced to perform MGM classics in this concert.
Prom 24 (2 August)
Jörg Schneider is announced as the tenor for Berlioz's Te Deum. The BBC commission from Ben Foskett is called From Trumpet.
Prom 30 (7 August)
Oliver Knussen's Horn Concerto replaces Cleveland Pictures in this concert, with Martin Owen as the soloist.
Prom 32 (9 August)
The title for the BBC commission by Anna Meredith is announced as Left Light.
Prom 33 (9 August)
Synergy Vocals are announced to perform the three vocal parts in Grand Pianola Music by John Adams.
Pianists Tom Poster and Alissa Firsova (who replaces the originally advertised François-Frédéric Guy) are announced to play in Stravinsky's Les Noces.
Prom 39 (14 August)
The full cast of Sir Harrison Birtwistle's The Mask of Orpheus - The Arches is announced as follows:
Orpheus (the man) - Alan Oke (tenor)
Orpheus (the myth) - Thomas Walker (tenor)
Euridice (the woman) - Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Sound Projection - Ian Dearden
some may be missing
PCM 14 (30 August)
Tim Sedley is announced as cello continuo for the Purcell and Handel Arias and duets.
PCM 16 (31 August)
Tim Sedley is announced as cello continuo for Bach pieces in this concert.
Prom 66 (4 September)
Claire Booth is announced as the soprano soloist, and Louis Watkins as the boy soprano, for George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children.
Hilary Summers sings mezzo-soprano in Night of the Four Moons.
Prom 70 (8 September)
The title for the world premiere by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is announced as Violin Concerto No 2 Fiddler on the Shore.
Prom 72 (9 September)
Jennifer Koh replaces Frank Peter Zimmermann as the violinist for Violin Concerto No 3 Juggler in Paradise by Augusta Read Thomas.
Noted historical anniversaries covered in the 2009 Proms included the 75th anniversary of the MGM film musical, and the 10th year of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. There was a child-oriented Prom to mark the Darwin bicentenary as well as a Free Family Prom including the Proms Family Orchestra.
i have just mentioned early life and childhood only for the purpose of inspiration because one can know about others achievement with out trying to know but it takes time/effort to know how he has got this destination.you may already know their names but you don't know what was behind the scene.
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