Prom 72: The Last Night of the Proms

Time: 7.30pm - c10.40pm

Venue ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Tickets £20-£85 price code F or Prom for £5

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With final echoes of Shakespeare in works by Dvořák and Thomas Adès, and a rare revival for the anniversary of Elgar – who has long occupied a central place in the Last Night festivities – the BBC SO and Chorus are joined by a Russian soprano and an American violinist whose star qualities bring a fitting climax to this season marking 80 years of the BBC’s running of the Proms. Jiří Bělohlávek conducts the Last Night for the first time.

Dvořák

Overture 'Othello' (15 mins)

Rakhmaninov

Vocalise (arr. violin & orchestra) (6 mins)

Ravel

Tzigane (10 mins)

Thomas Adès

The Storm (Opening Scene from 'The Tempest') (3 mins)

Elgar

The Spirit of England – The Fourth of August (8 mins)

Bellini

La sonnambula – scene from Act 2 (11 mins)

Interval

Fučík

Entrance of the Gladiators (3 mins)

Léhar

Giuditta - 'Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss'

Ponce, arr. Heifetz

Estrellita (4 mins)

R. Strauss

Morgen

Elgar

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') (8 mins)

Henry Wood

Fantasia on British Sea-Songs (with additional numbers arr. Bob Chilcott) (24 mins)

Parry orch. Elgar

Jerusalem (2 mins)

Henry Wood

The National Anthem (2 mins)

Anna Netrebko soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Joshua Bell violin
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor

Andrew Kennedy is a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme which is supported by Aviva plc.'

Detailed notes about the music will be available one hour before the concert.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

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