Live at the BBC Proms: Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by conductor Sakari Oramo.
Live at the BBC Proms: Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by conductor Sakari Oramo
Presented by Georgia Mann & Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Bernstein: Candide: Overture
Foulds: Keltic Suite, ii. ‘Lament’
Dvořák: Rusalka: Act I – ‘Vidino divná, přesladká’
Smetana: Ma Vlast - Vltava (The Moldau)
Samy Moussa: Dithyramb (BBC commission: world premiere)
Barber: Piano Concerto, Op. 38
c.8.40pm
During the interval, Petroc & Georgia chat to soprano Louise Alder who was one of the soloists at the Last Night of the Proms last year and performed Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne earlier this season, BBC Radio 6 Music broadcaster Stuart Maconie who curated the groundbreaking Prog Rock Prom at the start of this season and the Northern Soul Prom in 2023, Sofi Jeannin, the outgoing Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers, and tonight’s star tenor Nicky Spence.
9pm
To Dolly, With Love - songs by Dolly Parton, arranged by Fiona Brice: 9 to 5 – Jolene – I Will Always Love You
Holst: The Planets – Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Alexander Tsfasman: Jazz Suite for Piano and Orchestra
Various, arr. Stuart Calvert: Scotch Snap
Anne Dudley: Iris of Life (BBC commission: world premiere)
Loesser. arr. Mark Cumberland: Guys & Dolls - Sit down you’re rockin’ the boat
Trad. arr. Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Arne arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia!
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Parry, arr. Elgar: Jerusalem
arr. Britten: The National Anthem
Trad. Arr. Paul Campbell: Auld Lang Syne
Nicky Spence, tenor
Yuja Wang, piano
Beverley Knight, vocals
Sheridan Smith, vocals
Ward Thomas, vocals
Robert Jordan, bagpipes
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus - Neil Ferris, chorusmaster
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
The culmination of a summer of over 80 concerts – including at venues around the country – classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close while echoing some of the themes of the season. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang returns following her last appearance here in 2023. Her talents are matched by the vocal and stage prowess of charismatic Scottish tenor Nicky Spence, whose repertoire ranges from operatic roles by Britten and Janáček to the witty, urbane numbers of Noël Coward. As ever, BBC forces flood the stage of the Royal Albert, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo, returning for his fifth Prom this summer – including an appearance as violinist in Bristol – and his seventh Last Night.
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Frederick Loewe
I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner. Singer: Louise Alder. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan. -
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King Crimson
21st Century Schizoid Man
Music Arranger: Fiona Brice. Singer: Guy Garvey. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ames. -
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide - Comic Operetta In 2 Acts ; Overture
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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John Foulds
Keltic Suite Op.29 ; A Lament
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Antonín Dvořák
Rusalka - Lyric Fairy Tale In 3 Acts B.203, Op.114 ; Act 1; Vidino Divna, Presladka
Performer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers. -
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Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast - Cycle Of Symphonic Poems ; Vltava
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Samy Moussa
Dithyramb
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers. -
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Vincent Youmans
Tea for Two (No, no, Nanette)
Music Arranger: Art Tatum. Performer: Yuja Wang. -
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Samuel Barber
Concerto Op.38
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Alan Menken
Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)
Music Arranger: Danny Troob. Singer: Stewart Clarke. Singer: Celinde Schoenmaker. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sarah Hicks. -
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Robert Schumann
Talismane (4 Songs for Double Chorus Op. 141)
Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
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Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors
Performer: Dolly Parton. Lyricist: Dolly Parton.- Coat Of Many Colors.
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Sheridan Smith, Beverley Knight & Ward Thomas
To Dolly, With Love
Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Gustav Holst
The Planets - Suite Op.32 ; Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. -
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Alexander Tsfasman
Jazz Suite
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Various Artists
Scotch Snap
Music Arranger: Stuart Calvert. Singer: Nicky Spence. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Anne Dudley
Iris Of Life
Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Frank Loesser
Guys And Dolls Musical Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat
Performer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers. -
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Henry Wood
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Thomas Arne
Rule, Britannia
Performer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers. -
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Edward Elgar
Pomp And Circumstance Marches Op.39 ; No.1 In D Major;
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers. -
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Hubert Parry
Jerusalem
Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Benjamin Britten
The National Anthem
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers. -
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Trad.
Auld Lang Syne
Composer: Trad.. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers. -
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Maurice Ravel
Toccata (Le tombeau de Couperin)
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
- Hyperion.
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- Sat 12 Sep 2026 19:00BBC Radio 3