Celebrate a great British tradition and embrace the spirit of this magical evening.

Tradition met high jinks in 2010 as Jií Blohlávek conducted his second Last Night, while the spirit of Henry Wood presided, as always, over the grand finale of the BBC Proms. Renée Fleming lends her lustrous soprano to music by Strauss, Dvoák and Smetana.

A festive new piece by Jonathan Dove opens the evening; brilliant young viola player Maxim Rysanov gives Tchaikovsky’s popular cello variations a new voice; a contemporary hornpipe forms an upbeat to anniversary composer Arne’s Rule, Britannia!, while traces of the season’s Wood, Parry, Wagner, Rodgers and Hammerstein and opera themes run throughout the concert.

Full Listing:
Jonathan Dove A Song of Joys
Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien
Tchaikovsky, arr. Rysanov Rococo Variations
Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
R. Strauss Verführung, Op. 33 No. 1
Vision, Op. 48 No. 1
Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2
Winterweihe, Op. 48 No. 4
Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1
Chabrier Joyeuse marche
Smetana Dalibor – ‘Dobrá! Já mu je dám! … Jak je mi?’
Dvoák Rusalka – Song to the Moon
Vaughan Williams Suite for viola and small orchestra – Prelude and Galop
Wagner Lohengrin – Bridal Chorus
Rodgers and Hammerstein Carousel – ‘You’ll never walk alone’
Trad, orch. Nic Raine Fisher’s Hornpipe
Arne, arr. Sargent Rule, Britannia!
Parry, orch. Elgar Jerusalem
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)
The National Anthem