Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms

8 Sep 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:15 Sat 8 Sep 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms

19:15 Sat 8 Sep 2018 Royal Albert Hall

Baritone Gerald Finley and saxophonist Jess Gillam join Sir Andrew Davis and the 麻豆约拍 SO for the musical party that is the Last Night of the Proms. The programme includes music by Stanford, Parry and Elgar.

Performances & Interviews

01:58

Land of Hope and Glory as you鈥檝e never heard it before

Oud maestro Joseph Tawadros applies the rules of Arabic music to Proms favourites

Aug '18麻豆约拍 Radio 3

Programme

- - Paul Hindemith
  - Overture 'Neues vom Tage'(7 mins)
- - Hector Berlioz
  - Lelio - Fantasy on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'(15 mins)
- - Roxanna Panufnik
  - Songs of Darkness, Dreams of Light(10 mins)
- - Charles Villiers Stanford
  - Songs of the Sea(18 mins)
  - The Bluebird(4 mins)
- - Hubert Parry
  - Blest Pair of Sirens(11 mins)
- - interval
- - Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
  - Suite alg茅rienne, Op 60(5 mins)
- - Darius Milhaud
  - Scaramouche(10 mins)
- - Richard Rodgers
  - Carousel 鈥� 'Soliloquy'(8 mins)
- - Henry Wood
  - Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
- - Thomas Arne
  - Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(5 mins)
- - Edward Elgar
  - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, 鈥楲and of Hope and Glory鈥�(8 mins)
- - Hubert Parry
  - Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(3 mins)
- - Unknown
  - The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(3 mins)
  - Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)

Performers

Composers

About This Event

Sir Andrew Davis, the much-loved former Chief Conductor of the 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra and a veteran steersman of the Last Night, returns to direct the greatest annual party in classical music. The popular nautical theme of traditional favourites by Henry Wood and Thomas Arne is extended in Stanford鈥檚 Songs of the Sea, featuring star Canadian baritone Gerald Finley.

Another British choral classic, Blest Pair of Sirens 鈥� honouring the 鈥榟armonious sisters, Voice and Verse鈥� 鈥� joins Jerusalem in the centenary year of Hubert Parry鈥檚 death.

There鈥檚 a dash of Broadway in the touching 鈥楽oliloquy鈥� from Rodgers and Hammerstein鈥檚 Carousel, in which the wife-battering Billy finds new eloquence while vowing to change his ways, and a more mischievous streak in Milhaud鈥檚 delightful suite Scaramouche.

Roxanna Panufnik鈥檚 new commission rounds off a series of over 40 world, UK or London premieres this season, continuing the forward-looking vision of Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood.

There will be one interval

First half Broadcast live on 麻豆约拍 Two, second half live on 麻豆约拍 One