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Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms

The Last Night of the 2016 Proms. Leading soloists join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and BBC Singers conducted by Sakari Oramo.

The Last Night of the Proms 2016 from the Royal Albert Hall. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers and Chorus, and soloists headed by Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez in a Last Night that also showcases a hand-picked selection of young singers in Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music.

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill and Petroc Trelawny

Tom Harrold: Raze (BBC commission)
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Borodin: Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances (Act 2)
Rossini: La Cenerentola - Si, ritrovarla io giuro
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore - Una furtiva lagrima
Offenbach: La Belle Hélène - Au mont Ida
Britten: Matinées musicales
Jonathan Dove: Our revels now are ended
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Donizetti: La Fille du régiment - 'Ah! mes amis'
¡Fiesta Caribeña! - arr. Anne Dudley
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, 'Land of Hope and Glory'
Arr. Wood: Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Arne: Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)
Parry: Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)
The National Anthem (arr. Britten)

Juan Diego Flórez (tenor)
Duncan Rock (baritone)
Francesca Chiejina, Eve Daniell, Lauren Fagan, Alison Rose (sopranos)
Claire Barnett-Jones, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Anna Harvey, Katie Stevenson (mezzo-sopranos)
Trystan Llyr Griffiths, Oliver Johnston, Joshua Owen Mills, James Way (tenors)
Bragi Jónsson, Benjamin Lewis, James Newby, Bradley Travis (basses)
BBC Proms Youth Ensemble
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor

First broadcast 10th September 2016.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 31 Dec 201621:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Last Night of the BBC Proms 2016

    • Tom Harrold

      Raze

      Orchestra: BBC Proms Youth Ensemble. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • George Butterworth

      The Banks of Green Willow

      Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Alexander Borodin

      Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances

      Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Gioachino Rossini

      La Cenerentola - 'Si, ritrovarla io giuro'

      Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Gaetano Donizetti

      L'elisir d'amore – 'Una furtiva lagrima'

      Performer: Juan Diego Flórez. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Jacques Offenbach

      La belle Hélène – 'Au mont Ida' (Proms 2016)

      Performer: Juan Diego Flórez. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
      • Decca.

    • Benjamin Britten

      Matinees musicales (after Rossini), Op.24

      Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Jonathan Dove

      Our revels now are ended

      Singer: Duncan Rock. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Michael Torke

      Javelin

      Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Serenade to Music

      Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Performer: Francesca Chiejina. Performer: Eve Daniell. Performer: Lauren Fagan. Performer: Alison Rose. Performer: Claire Barnett-Jones. Performer: Marta Fontanals-Simmons. Performer: Anna Harvey. Performer: Katie Stevenson. Performer: Trystan Llŷr Griffiths. Performer: Oliver Johnston. Performer: Joshua Owen Mills. Performer: James Way. Performer: Bragi Jónsson. Performer: Benjamin Lewis. Performer: James Newby. Performer: Bradley Travis.

    • Gaetano Donizetti

      La fille du regiment - 'Ah! mes amis'

      Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Singer: Andrew Rupp. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Edward Elgar

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

      Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Hubert Parry

      Jerusalem

      Orchestrator: Edward Elgar. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • BBC New Generation Artists

    • Adolf Schulz-Evler

      Arabesques on a theme from 'The Beautiful Blue Danube'

      Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
      • DECCA.

Credits

PerformerBBC Singers
PerformerBBC Symphony Chorus
PerformerBBC Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 Dec 201621:00
    BBC Radio 3