5.30pm - 6.15pm: Proms Intro Start your Last Night by joining others to sing favourite folk songs from the British Isles.
Over 40 years since his Proms debut, Sir Roger Norrington makes his first Last Night appearance.
In the first half, Bryn Terfel prays to the stars (as Wolfram in Tannhäuser), delivers his highly individual concept of honour (as Verdi's Falstaff) and renounces God in favour of Tosca (as Scarpia in Tosca) - and French pianist Hélène Grimaud appears in Beethoven's 'Choral' Fantasy (with pre-echoes of the Ninth Symphony's 'Ode to Joy').
The second-half festivities include Anna Meredith's nation-hopping commission as well as a final Vaughan Williams instalment, and a celebration of folk music - a central feature of VW's musical outlook - reflecting back on our earlier Proms Folk Day.
Bryn Terfel bass-baritone
Hélène Grimaud piano
Anna Leese soprano 1
Sophie Bevan soprano 2
Cora Burggraaf mezzo-soprano
Nathan Vale tenor 1
Joshua Ellicott tenor 2
Jonathan Lemalu bass-baritone
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
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