BBC Proms 2023

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The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: Proms at Christmas 2023: Prom 71: Last Night of the Proms 2023

Prom 71: Last Night of the Proms 2023

Proms at Christmas 2023

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BBC Proms 2023: Marin Alsop conducts the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra.

BBC Proms 2023: soprano Lise Davidsen and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason join the BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop for the Last Night.

BBC Proms 2023: Another chance to hear soprano Lise Davidsen and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason join the BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and conductor Marin Alsop for the Last Night.

Presented by Georgia Mann and Petroc Trelawny, from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Bruch: Kol nidrei, Op. 47
Roxanna Panufnik: Coronation Sanctus
James B. Wilson: 1922 (world premiere)
Walton: Coronation Te Deum
Wagner: Tannhäuser – ‘Dich, teure Halle’
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – Easter Hymn; Intermezzo
Verdi: Macbeth – ‘Vieni! t’affretta!’

Laura Karpman: Higher. Further. Faster. Together. Main Theme from The Marvels
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (arr. S. Parkin): Deep River
Emmerich Kálmán: The Gypsy Princess – ‘Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland’
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras – Cantilena 
Trad. (arr. Wood): Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Arne (arr. Sargent): Rule, Britannia!
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Parry (orch. Elgar): Jerusalem
Anon. (arr. Britten): The National Anthem 
Trad. (arr. Paul Campbell): Auld Lang Syne

Lise Davidsen (soprano)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

Two great names in classical music come together to host the biggest musical party of the year. Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and soprano Lise Davidsen join conductor Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for an evening of opera arias, songs, spirituals, choral anthems and world premieres, as well as all the traditional favourites by Arne, Elgar and Parry.

BBC Proms: Proms at Christmas 2023

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

A selection of Proms performances to celebrate the Christmas season.

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