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Last broadcast on Sat, 13 Sep 2008, 20:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Roger Norrington is master of ceremonies as the traditional festivities herald the Last Night of the 114th BBC Proms season.
Star turns are provided by bass-baritone Bryn Terfel who brings operatic heroes and villains vividly to life, and French pianist Helene Grimaud who is soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy.
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Helene Grimaud (piano)
Anna Leese, Sophie Bevan (soprano)
Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano)
Nathan Vale, Joshua Ellicott (tenor)
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Roger Norrington (conductor)
Beethoven: Overture (The Creatures of Prometheus)
Wagner: Wie Todesahnung Damm'rung...O du, mein holder Abendstern (Tannhauser - Act 3)
Puccini: Tre sbirri, Una carrozza' (Tosca - Act 1)
Beethoven: Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus and orchestra (Choral Fantasy)
Verdi: Ehi paggio!... L'onore Ladri! (Falstaff - Act 1).
Broadcast
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Sat 13 Sep 200820:00
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