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Last Night of the Proms

on BBC One London

The Proms season comes to a spectacular close as BBC1 takes over coverage. Introduced by Alan Titchmarsh.
The second-half programme commences with six short and varied pieces. The Ojai Festival Overture by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is followed by the Humming Chorus from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Two songs from Hollywood musicals follow - Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! and Where Is the Life That Late I Led? from Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate. Gilbert and Sullivan's I've Got a Little List from The Mikado precedes the rousing Liberty Bell March by Sousa.
The evening concludes with the traditional celebrations as the audience in London's Royal Albert Hall are joined in song by the thousands attending Proms in the Park events around the country.
Also on Radio 3, with the grand finale on Radio 2 from 9.45pm.
BBCi: during the programme, digital viewers can access extra information about the music, composers and performers by pressing the red button on their handset Putting on a party: page 15

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Presenter:
Alan Titchmarsh

BBC One London

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