Last Night of the Proms

Synopsis

Katie Derham introduces the spectacular climax to the 2010 Proms from the Royal Albert Hall. There are encores from composers featured earlier in the season, with music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Wagner, Henry Wood and Parry. The star soloists are American soprano Renee Fleming and viola player Maxim Rysanov, and the combined forces of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Singers are conducted by Jiri Belohlavek. Audiences around the UK can join the singing of an excerpt from the musical Carousel, along with the more traditional Last Night fare of Rule Britannia, Jerusalem and Pomp and Circumstance No 1.