Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms

The Last Night of the Proms from the Royal Albert Hall. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers & Chorus, plus star mezzo-soprano soloist Jamie Barton.

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

Daniel Kidane: Woke (BBC 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. 10.15pm INTERVAL
Georgia Mann and Petroc Trelawny look back at the 2019 BBC Proms season in the company of guests.

c.10.30pm 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)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC 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 BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus to lead the musical celebrations.