Prom 74: Last Night of the Proms
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© BBC/Chris Christodoulou -
© BBC/Chris Christodoulou -
© BBC/Chris Christodoulou -
© BBC/Chris Christodoulou -
© BBC/Chris Christodoulou -
© BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Saturday 10 September
7.30pm – c. 10.45pm
Royal Albert Hall
Choral music and singing events, Piano music
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Musica benevolens (c4 mins)
Musicians Benevolent Fund commission:
World Premiere -
Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin - suite (20 mins) -
Wagner
Götterdämmerung (18 mins)
Immolation Scene -
Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (19 mins) - INTERVAL
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Chopin
Grande Polonaise brillante, Op. 22 (9 mins)
(version for piano & orchestra) -
Grainger
Mo nighean dubh (My Dark-Haired Maiden) (4 mins) -
Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (20 mins) -
Rodgers
The Sound of Music (4 mins)
'Climb ev'ry mountain' -
Rodgers
Carousel (3 mins)
'You'll never walk alone' (arranged by Stephen Jackson) -
Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') (8 mins) -
Arne
Rule Britannia (8 mins)
(arranged by Malcolm Sargent) -
Parry
Jerusalem (4 mins)
(orchestrated by Edward Elgar) -
Traditional
The National Anthem (2 mins)
- Lang Lang piano
- Susan Bullock soprano
- BBC Symphony Chorus
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Edward Gardner conductor
Discover the music
More from Radio 3
- Watch the audience sing 'Land of Hope and Glory'
- Watch Katherine Jenkins sing 'And this is my Beloved' from Kismet
- Watch Susan Bullock sing Arne's 'Rule Britannia'
- Watch Lang Lang play the final part of the finale of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1
- Watch Susan Bullock sing Wagner at the Last Night
- Watch Lang Lang play Liszt's Consolation No. 3
About this event
Be part of the biggest musical party of the year!
Tradition meets high jinks once again as Edward Gardner conducts his first Last Night of the Proms. For this grandest of grand finales there are two very special guests.
Since her first Proms appearance in 1995, Susan Bullock has emerged as Britain's leading dramatic soprano, specialising in what she calls 'the large ladies' of the repertoire. None is more challenging than Brünnhilde, whose Immolation Scene concludes Wagner's epic Ring cycle.
Also featured is a classical music superstar, as popular in the West as in his native China. Lang Lang plays Liszt at his most dazzling on this, his sixth visit to the Proms.
Bartók's thrilling suite provides a blast of exotic orchestral colour. Arne, Parry and Elgar bring down the curtain in traditional fashion. But first the Master of the Queen's Music pays tribute to the Promenaders' fundraising efforts on behalf of the Musicians Benevolent Fund in his new work.
Broadcasts
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Radio
Listen to repeat on 31 December 2011 from 9pm on BBC Radio 3 and in HD Sound on the website. Listen online for 7 days after broadcast. -
Television & Red Button
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Comment number 1.
threnodio_II10SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 18:September
Thw world's greatest music festival, the world's worst web site.
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Comment number 2.
Tantilus10SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 20:September
Bring back the Sea Shanties. That is all. They are an integral part of the Last Night and it is a disgrace to Sir Henry Wood to remove them yet again.
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Finlay10SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 20:September
Nothing against the Park Proms (I have been to the Hyde Park one yonks ago) but why can't I see Part 1 Albert Hall on BBC 2 -is it because I live In Scotland-I cant even get it on the red button-I am Scottish and all that but the Albert Hall is different class _I look forward to the whole year
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Tantilus10SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 20:September
Just a suggestion. If you have Sky, you can watch different BBC regional broadcasts around channel 990. Just choose BBC 2 London and you can watch the Albert Hall Part 1. Might be completely unhelpful if you don't have Sky though
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Comment number 5.
Hennie10SSSS MMMMMMMMMMMM 00002011 - 21:September
Musica malevolens?
Having looked foward to the 2011 last night, I noticed the opening piece by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund. I am normally a bit hesitant where "modern" compositions are concerned, but I try to be open-minded and willing to embrace new sounds and musical structures.
The piece started out a bit pedestrian and uninspired, but let's give it a chance. Then the entire orchestra burst forth in a total cacophony of sound which sounded like two different bands playing two different compositions in two different keys and every player having a free-for-all. What an insult to the ear, to the prommers and to the words "colours in harmony" Is this really music? Even the Bartok that followed it sounded reasonably traditional in comparison. I think it is high time that the term "music" be redefined. At least it should be of some pleasure or create some emotion in the listener except the urge to apply the fingers to the ears? This seems to me like the emperors new clothes. Certain people will rave about it while inwardly hoping that they may never have to listen to it again. I raise my glass to my few donated pounds wasted!
I will now look forward to the over-rated Lang Lang to deliver the goods I was looking forward to.
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