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Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms

The Last Night of the Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall. Sakari Oramo conducts the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra, ±«Óãtv Singers and Chorus, plus star mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton.

The Last Night of the Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall. Sakari Oramo conducts the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra, ±«Óãtv Singers and Chorus, plus star mezzo-soprano soloist Jamie Barton.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny and Georgia Mann

Daniel Kidane: Woke (±«Óãtv Commission: world premiere)

Falla: Three Cornered Hat - Suite No.2

Laura Mvula: Sing to the Moon

Maconchy: Proud Thames

Elgar: Sospiri

Bizet: Carmen - L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah - Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix

Verdi: Don Carlos - O don fatale

Verdi: Aida - Triumphal March

c. 8.30pm INTERVAL
Georgia Mann and Petroc Trelawny look back at the last two months of the ±«Óãtv Proms in the company of guests. Georgia also goes backstage to talk to some of tonights performers, and she heads into the arena to get a sense of the excitement with some of the Prommers.

9.00 pm Part 2

Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld - Overture

Grainger: Marching Song of Democracy

Arlen: The Wizard of Oz - Over the Rainbow

Gershwin: I got rhythm

arr. Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs

Arne arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia!

Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.1 in D major (Land of Hope and Glory)

Parry orch Elgar: Jerusalem

arr. Britten: The National Anthem

Trad arr. Paul Campbell: Auld Lang Syne

Jamie Barton (Mezzo-soprano)
±«Óãtv Singers
±«Óãtv Symphony Chorus
±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

From orchestral dances and marches to songs and arias, Offenbach’s light-footed musical comedy to Verdi’s operatic tragedies, world premieres to traditional favourites, this year’s Last Night of the Proms is a spectacular climax to the world’s greatest classical music festival.

Charismatic American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, whose lustrous voice has established her as one of the most exciting performers of her generation, joins Sakari Oramo and the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus to lead the musical celebrations.

3 hours, 44 minutes

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Music Played

  • Daniel Kidane

    Woke

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Manuel de Falla

    The Three-Cornered Hat - Suite No. 2

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen - 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle' (Habanera)

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Samson and Delilah - 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix'

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Don Carlos - 'O don fatale'

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida - Triumphal March

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Orpheus in the Underworld - overture

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Percy Grainger

    Marching Song of Democracy

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Harold Arlen

    Over the Rainbow

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Henry Wood

    Fantasia on British Sea Songs

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Thomas Arne

    Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, 'Land of Hope and Glory'

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Sakari Oramo.
  • Unknown

    The National Anthem (arr. Britten)

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Unknown

    Auld Lang Syne

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sonnet (Serenade)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Radek Baborák. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
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Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Sep 2019 19:15

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