The Last Night of the Proms

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The second half of the concert starts with the Fanfare Jrfrom La Péri by Dukas and the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle 's Panic. Birtwistle's new work is followed by Berio's arrangement ofBoccherini's Ritirata Notturna di Madrid and Stokowski's arrangement of Dido's Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Then, afterthe Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Saint-Saens, comes the traditional celebratory finale of the Last Night - Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No 1, Sir Henry Wood 's Fantasia on British Sea Songs, Arne's Rule, Britannia! and Elgar's orchestration of Parry's Jerusalem.