Radio 2 Events

Music icon  Barry Manilow  is to join this year’s BBC Proms in the Park - the annual extravaganza held in London’s Hyde Park that allows music lovers to enjoy the magic and majesty of the much-loved Last Night of the Proms. The event is taking place on Saturday 12 September 2009 and is his only UK concert in 2009.

He joins a star-studded line-up that includes the award-winning mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, who performs at the Proms in the Park concert for the very first time. The event also sees performances from acclaimed Icelandic tenor sensation Garðar Thór Cortes and the BBC Concert Orchestra under the baton of Martin Yates. It culminates in a live video link-up with the Royal Albert Hall and a nationwide sing-along to traditional favourites including Jerusalem  and Rule Britanniawith the help of the Royal Choral Society. As ever, crowds are encouraged to bring picnics and flags, to sing along and enjoy the music and fireworks.

Tributes to two of the world’s best rock bands start the entertainment in the afternoon’s warm up events, which is hosted by BBC Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce. The Counterfeit Stones entertain with their individual take on The Rolling Stones and Gary Mullen and the Works prepare audiences for the main event with the best of Queen.

Now an integral part of the UK’s musical calendar, BBC Proms in the Park is hosted by Sir Terry Wogan is one of five major outdoor shows staged by the BBC in five locations across all four nations of the United Kingdom - Glasgow, County Down, Salford, Swansea and London  which bring the magic of the Last Night of the Proms to many thousands of music lovers around the UK.
Here's full details of the line- up:

Katherine Jenkins - mezzo-soprano
Garđar Thór Cortes - tenor
Escala
Special guest Barry Manilow
Sir Terry Wogan

Counterfeit Stones
The Emperors of Soul
Gary Mullen and The Works
Ken Bruce

Royal Choral Society
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates - conductor



Watch Proms In The Park on Red Button and the iPlayer this weekend.
You can watch Barry Manilow and Katherine Jenkins performing at the Proms In the Park concert LIVE on from any BBC Digital Channel via the Red Button from 1930 on Saturday night. The concert will also be available on the iPlayer for a week after broadcast from Sunday morning.

Further details of Proms Red Button activity