Introduced by Richard Baker.

BBC1 joins Radio 3 in stereo for the second half of tonight's closing concert of the 86th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Rodney Friend

Elgar March: Pomp and Circumstance No 1, in D major

Grainger Shepherd's Hey, Brigg Fair, Colonial Song, Molly on the Shore

Judith Rees (soprano) Gareth Roberts (tenor)

Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs

Arne, orch Sargent Rule, Britannia

Parry, orch Elgar Jerusalem
with Anne Collins (contralto)
BBC Singers, director John Poole
BBC Symphony Chorus, conductor Brian Wright

(For the best effect viewers with stereo Radio 3 should turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative)
(The Last Night of the Proms won the British Academy Award for the best actuality coverage of 1979. View: p 93)
Last Night of the Proms (record REH 290, cassette ZCF 290) from record shops