Details

Part of the BBC Proms. The Last Night brings Alison Balsom, a former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, in a concerto by one anniversary composer (Haydn) and Sarah Connolly in a famous lament by another (Purcell), while a third (Handel) provides the main orchestral fireworks. Oliver Knussen's own Flourish (sparked by Stravinsky's Fireworks from the First Night) is complemented by new fanfares specially written by young Proms Inspire composers, which feature in our link-up with Last Night festivities around the country. We mark 50 years since the deaths of Albert Ket?lbey and Gerard Hoffnung (the latter in Arnold's uproarious piece including parts for vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and rifles, written for the first Hoffnung Music Festival in 1956). And the BBC SO's David Robertson presides for the first time over the massed forces on stage and in the audience. Approx finish time: 22:30. Broadcast Live on BBC Two from 19:30, BBC One from 21:15 and BBC Radio 3. There will be an interval.

Cast/Performers

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Alison Balsom (trumpet)

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Oliver Knussen (Flourish with Fireworks), Purcell (arr. Henry Wood New Suite), Purcell (Dido and Aeneas), Haydn (Trumpet Concerto in E flat major), Mahler (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen), Villa-Lobos (Chorus No. 10), Arnold (A Grand. Grand Overture), Ketelby (In a Monastery Garden), Piazzolla (Libertango), Gershwin (arr. Barry Forgie Shall We Dance - 'They can't take that away from me' BBC co-commission:world premiere), Handel (Music for the Royal Fireworks - excerpts), Arne (arr. Sargent Rule Britannia!), Parry, Elgar (Jerusalem. Pomp and Circumstance March No.1)