The Last Night of the Proms

BBC Proms poster
BBC Proms
16th September 1995 Season 49 Episode 10

Richard Baker describes the scene at the Royal Albert Hall where the Centenary Season ends with members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Singers all on stage under the baton of Andrew Davis. Two fine British stars, the mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers and violinist Tasmin Little make their Last Night debuts. Tonight's concert begins with the Berlioz overture The Corsair, followed by Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending. The other works in the first half are Zemlinsky's Psalm 23, songs from Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn and Waltz Sequence No 1 from Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.

View season
Up next

Next Episode

View season
The Last Night of the Proms still
Season 49 · Episode 11

The Last Night of the Proms

The second half of the concert starts with the Fanfare Jrfrom La Péri by Dukas and the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle 's Panic. Birtwistle's new work is followed by Berio's arrangement ofBoccherini's Ritirata Notturna di Madrid and Stokowski's arrangement of Dido's Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Then, afterthe Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Saint-Saens, comes the traditional celebratory finale of the Last Night - Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No 1, Sir Henry Wood 's Fantasia on British Sea Songs, Arne's Rule, Britannia! and Elgar's orchestration of Parry's Jerusalem.
Episode details

Details

Talent

Cast & Crew

No cast or crew images yet

TMDB does not have usable profile images for this cast or crew yet.

Recommended

More Like This