Performances of Thomas Arne at BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sat 13 Sep 2025

• 19:00

  Last Night of the Proms 2025

  Royal Albert Hall

  The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 BBC Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises, star turns and all the traditional favourites

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  The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 BBC Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises, star turns and all the traditional favourites

  Programme

  • • • Modest Mussorgsky
      • A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version, 1867)(12 mins)
    • • Johann Nepomuk Hummel
      • Trumpet Concerto in E flat major(19 mins)
    • • Lucy Walker
      • Today(2 mins)
    • • Arthur Benjamin
      • Storm Cloud Cantata (from ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’)(8 mins)
    • • Charles Gounod
      • Faust – ‘Ah, je ris de me voir’ (Jewel Song)(5 mins)
    • • Franz Lehár
      • The Merry Widow – Vilja Song(5 mins)
    • • Camille Pépin
      • Fireworks(6 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Paul Dukas
      • The Sorcerer’s Apprentice(12 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Freddie Mercury
      • Bohemian Rhapsody(8 mins)arr. Stuart Morley
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Festive Overture(7 mins)
    • • Lerner & Loewe
      • Medley from My Fair Lady(8 mins)arr. Paul Campbell Wouldn't it be Loverly, Without You, On the Street Where You Live, Show Me, I Could Have Danced All Night
    • • Leonard Bernstein
      • Prelude, Fugue and Riffs(4 mins)arr. Simon Wright
    • • Leroy Anderson
      • The Typewriter(3 mins)
    • • Rachel Portman
      • The Gathering Tree(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Trad.
      • Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(13 mins)arr. Wood
    • • Thomas Arne
      • Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(3 mins)
    • • Edward Elgar
      • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)
    • • Hubert Parry
      • Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
    • • Trad.
      • The National Anthem(2 mins)(arr. Britten)
      • Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)(arr. P. Campbell)

  Performers

  • Louise Alder

    soprano
    soprano
  • Alison Balsom

    trumpet
    trumpet
  • Axelle Saint-Cirel

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Bill Bailey

    typewriter
    typewriter
  • Sam Oladeinde

    tenor
    tenor
  • Brian May
  • Roger Taylor
  • BBC Singers

    ensemble
    ensemble
  • BBC Symphony Chorus

    ensemble
    ensemble
  • National Youth Choir

    ensemble
    ensemble
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Elim Chan

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Modest Mussorgsky
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • Lucy Walker
  • Arthur Benjamin
  • Charles Gounod
  • Franz Lehár
  • Camille Pépin
  • Paul Dukas
  • Freddie Mercury
  • Dmitry Shostakovich
  • Lerner & Loewe
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Leroy Anderson
  • Rachel Portman
  • Trad.
  • Thomas Arne
  • Edward Elgar
  • Hubert Parry

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