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Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the final concert of the 2015 Proms season as conductor Marin Alsop returns to lead the celebrations.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the final concert of the 2015 Proms season as conductor Marin Alsop returns to lead the celebrations after her triumphant Last Night debut in 2013. Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings a selection of popular arias by Puccini in a programme which also includes Richard Strauss's sparkling tone poem Till Eulenspiegel and Arvo Pärt's Credo, a crashing musical battle between good and evil performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. The remarkable 23-year-old British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor plays Shostakovich's second piano concerto and the concert begins with the world premiere of the new ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission Arise Athena! by the Jamaican-born composer Eleanor Alberga.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Music Played

  • Eleanor Alberga

    Arise, Athena!

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Credo

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus.
  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca - Recondita armonia

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Manon Lescaut - Donna non vidi mai

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot - Nessun dorma

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Conductor: Marin Alsop.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Katie Derham
Producer Helen Mansfield
Director Bridget Caldwell
Conductor Marin Alsop
Orchestra ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers

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