Last Night from Around the UK BBC Proms

After an extraordinary summer, that's seen the Queen's spectacular

Diamond Jubilee, the triumphant Olympic and Paralympic Games, as

well as the cultural riches of Festival 2012, it's time to cap off

the celebrations with a UK-wide party to mark the Last Night of the

Welcome to the Last Night Of The Proms celebrations from around the

UK! As you can see, I'm surrounded by an enormous crowd gathered to

party here in London's Hyde Park. But not only here! People are also

out in force in front of Caerphilly Castle in Wales, in Northern

Ireland at Belfast's spectacular Titanic Slipways and in Scotland at

Glasgow's City Halls - everyone eagerly anticipating an evening of

It is a wonderful event. Proms in the Park Caerphilly, come on!

a brilliant way to celebrate the summer we have had. I got a good

spot, I hope the miss sus is here, she will be here in a minute.

Proms is always fantastic. You get a good audience. What a fantastic

event. It is a special feeling. is my favourite event of the year

to be honest. It will be a big party, I'm looking forward toy.

you there. I hope she will be Over the next 90 minutes, we'll be

hearing the very best from the concerts taking place across the UK.

Here's a little taste of some of the huge variety of music that we

can look forward to. In Hyde Park, we have pop legend Kylie Minogue.

can't get you out of my head! the extraordinary voice of Alfie

Boe. From Belfast, the internationally acclaimed singer

Hayley Westenra. # He spent the summer by my side! In Caerphilly we

have BBC Young Musician 2012 Laura van der Heijden. And in Glasgow,

the pianist Joanna MacGregor. There's plenty of local flavour

from each of the home countries. Not forgetting the traditional

singalong, where prommers join forces across the UK. Sit back and

relax. We are in for for a treat. Earlier this summer we celebrated

the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, with music playing a big part in the

festivities. Appropriate then that the rousing piece opening our

programme tonight - Walton's 'Crown Imperial' - was played at Her

Majesty's Coronation in 1953 and again last year at the wedding of

the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It's over to the BBC Concert

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Orchestra, conducted by Richard Walton's Crown Imperial getting us

underway here in Hyde Park. Meanwhile over at Belfast's Titanic

Slipways, American tenor Noah Stewart is waiting to tell us about

his route into opera. I grew up with the story of the Titanic to be

here singing where it began is amazing. I love singing. I went to

the Julie art school for music and art and I fell in love with opera.

All my friends wanted to be pop stars, but I said, I want to do

# Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! # Tu pure, o, Principessa, nella

tua fredda stanza, guardi le stelle. # che tremano d'amore e di speranza.

# Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me, il nome mio nessun sapr!

# No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dir quando la luce splender!

# Ed il mio bacio scioglier il silenzio.

# che ti fa mia! # Il nome suo nessun sapr!

# Dilegua, o notte! # Tramontate, stelle!

# Tramontate, stelle! # All'alba vincer!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Noah Stewart with Nessun Dorma - None Shall

Sleep - from Puccini's Turandot, here in Belfast. Meanwhile, in

Caerphilly another tenor, Andrew Staples stepped in at just 24 hours

notice and joins forces with Elin Manahan Thomas for the Drinking

Song from Verdi's La Traviata At a late night party in Paris, the

young tenor Alfredo is in love with the soprano Violetta and he is

# Libiamo, libiamo ne'lieti calici che la bellezza infiora.

# E la fuggevol, fuggevol ora s'inebrii a volutt Libiam ne'dolci

fremiti che suscita l'amore, poiche quell'ochio al core onnipotente va.

# Libiamo, amore, amor fra i calici pi caldi baci avr.

# Coro # Ah! Libiam, amor, fra' calici pi

caldi baci avr Violetta. # Tra voi tra voi sapr dividere

# il tempo mio giocondo. # Tutto e follia, follia nel mondo.

# ci che non e piacer. # Godiam, fugace e rapido.

# e'il gaudio dell'amore, # e'un fior che nasce e muore,

# ne pi si pu goder. # Godiamo, c'invita, c'invita un

fervido accento lusinghier. # Coro.

# Godiamo, la tazza, la tazza e il cantico, la notte abbella e il riso.

# In questo, in questo paradiso ne scopra il nuovo d

# La vita e nel tripudio. # Quando non s'ami ancora.

# Nol dite a chi l'ignora. # E'il mio destin cos.

# Godiamo, la tazza, la tazza e il cantico,

# La notte abbella e il riso. # In questo, in questo paradiso ne

scopra il nuovo d. Elin Manahan Thomas and Andrew Staples with the

BBC NOW and chorus conducted by Tecwyn Evans getting us into party

mood with the Drinking Song from Verdi's La Traviata. Over in

Glasgow's City Halls, pianist Joanna MacGregor is playing

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Joanna MacGregor with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and

conductor Stephen Bell performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Time

to return to Hyde Park, and earlier backstage I met singer Alfie Boe.

How does it feel to be at Proms in the Park? It is wonderful and a

good opportunity for everyone to get together and celebrate British

music. It is going to be fun. will you sing? A song that is a

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Neopolitan song about the guitars These events attract all sorts of

people, you have fans of the artist and people, families, friends x

coming to have a great night out. Now does this year feel better than

ever? Yes the Jubilee and the Olympics makes it fantastic. Proud

to be British! For all the right reasons. I like you have a

Paralympic flag on your face. That is wonderful. Have a fantastic

evening all of you. Thank you so much. There's no doubt it's a very

special atmosphere here, and one that each venue shares in its own

particular way. Weather is great. All watched it on television and

wanted to come. It is a great atmosphere. Fantastic atmosphere

always in the City Halls. We all get a great audience. I will wave

my flag. You couldn't have more families here. Everyone enjoying it

and the children getting a great spwrduction to classical music. -

great introduction to classical music. We had a picnic. Well we did

have. We brought a few bits. My friend gets peckish on a cold

evening. It is great, we have plenty of booze, so we can get

tanked up. We're rating for rule Britannia. A fantastic evening.

is more fun than being in the Royal Albert Hall. $$YELOW And they've

got a lot to look forward to, still to come tonight, Music from Phantom

of the Opera, Irish Folk music from McPeake, and of course global

# I can't get you out of my head! # Earlier this year I presented the

television coverage of BBC Young Musician 2012 and was lucky enough

to witness at first hand our next performer win that coveted title.

It's over to Caerphilly now to hear the astonishingly talented 15-year-

old, Laura Van Der Heijden play the 3rd Movement of Elgar's Cello

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15-year-old BBC Young Musician 2012 Laura van der Heijden with the

beautiful slow movement from Elgar's cello concerto. Belfast

next, where clearly looking forward to returning home is flautist

Eimear McGeown. I'm based in London, so any time to play a home audience

is nice. You go to your roots and being at the Titanic, it is a

special place to hold it, by the water and stuff. It is a special

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Eimear McGeown accompanied by the Ulster Orchestra and conductor

Christopher Bell with the Carmen Fantasy, based on themes from

Bizet's opera. In Glasgow, here's the soprano Carolyn Sampson who's

going to sing a song by that witty writer and composer Noel Coward -

# Seorita Nina, from Argentina, despised the Tango

# Although she never was a girl to let a man go

# She wouldn't sacrifice her principles for sex.

# She looked with scorn on the gyrations

# Of her relations who danced the conga.

# And swore that if she had to stand it any longer

# She'd lose all dignity and wring their silly necks.

# She said that frankly she was blinded To all the over advertised

romantic charms. # And then she got more bloody

minded And told them where to put their tropic palms.

# And she could not refrain from saying that their idiotic swaying.

# And those damned guitarras playing were an insult to her race.

# And that she really couldn't face # Such international disgrace.

# She declined to Begin The Beguine when they besought her to.

# And with language profane and obscene she cursed the man who

taught her to She cursed Cole Porter too.

# From this it's fairly clear that Nina, in her demeanour Was so

offensive that when the hatred of her friends grew too intensive.

# She thought she'd better beat it while she had the chance.

# After some trial and tribulation, she reached the station.

# And met a sailor, who had acquired a wooden leg in Venezuela.

# And so he married him, because he couldn't dance. # There surely

never could've been a # More irritating girl than Nina.

# They never speak in Argentina Of this degenerate bambina.

# Who had the luck to find romance She wouldn't zans! Carolyn Sampson

enjoying a bit of musical fun there with Noel Coward's Nina from

Argentina. Stephen Bell conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Next, a multinational vocal group with over 26 million album sales.

And a lot of those fans clearly here in Hyde Park. Here's Il Divo

with "Its Time to Say Goodbye." # Quando sono solo Sogno allorizzonte

E mancan le parole. # Si lo soche non ce luce.

# In un stanz # Quando manca il sole.

# Se non ci sei to # Con me. Con me.

# Su ne finestre. # Mostra a tutti il mio cuore.

# Che hai acceso # Chudi dentro me.

# La luce che # Hai incontrato per strada.

# Time to say goodbye. # Horizons are never far.

# If I live on this life with pride. # Holding eternal love.

# In my heart I will go. On ships overseas/

# That now I know No. They dont exist anymore.

# Its time to say goodbye. # So with you I will go.

# On ships overseas #That now I know. # No. They dont

exist anymore. # Its time to say goodbye.

# So with you I will go. Il Divo raising the temperature and

party atmosphere here in Hyde Park. Coming up we have a Gospel Choir

celebrating its 30th anniversary. Their founder is Bazil Meade.

have per formed on many stages of this size. Live Aid, we were here.

We were at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall and sang at many huge

stages. But this is special, because of the atmosphere. It is

wonderful. Put your hands together Hyde Park. And they've performed

with Elton John, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Sting and many more. Here

are the London Community Gospel Choir with Faith. # I'm going to

tell you what we need and how much you believe. # It is faith, faith,

faith! Yeah faith is what we need! # If we could just believe! # We

need faith # I'm going to tell you what we need # It is for you to see

# I said faith, faith, faith! Faith is what we need! # If we just

believe! # Faith can move a mountain # It can open any door # I

need a change, so faith, faith, faith! Faith is what we need. # If

you have a problem, yeah! # In your darkest hour. # Make clear it is

power. # Faith! Said I believe # You have got to have it # What you

need # Sing what you need. Faith, faith, faith! # Faith, faith faith!

Faith is what we need. If we just believe. # Yeah! # We need faith

# Well I said faith is what we need trust God and you will see. Can I

say it, can I say it again? # Faith is what we need # Trust in God and

you will see. # Come on choir. Trust in God and you will see!

Faith in God is what we need. Faith is what we need. # Trust in God and

you will see. Trust in God and you will see. # Trust in God and you

will see. # A little bit of faith # Yeah yeah yeah! I said FAITH! A bit

of faith. Said just a little... Just a little bit # I said just a

little bit # A little bit of faith can move a mountain. # Set you free.

# Yeah! Faith! Faith! Say faith! Say faith! # Faith! I said all you

need. # I say yeah, faith. Faith! Faith! Faith! Faith! # Yeah! Faith

is what you need # Faith is what we need # If we just believe. # Faith

is what we need! Said we need... Said we need # Faith can move a

mountain. # It can set you free! Annette bow enwith the London

Community Gospel Choir. In Hyde Park we're getting ready to

celebrate our Olympic and Paralympic heroes. Earlier I caught

up with a gold medallist, Heather Staning. How was it. It is still a

massive buzz. Has it sunk in for you that first gold medal? Yes just

about. There has been a lot of fun and it has been amazing to take my

medal and show people. Everyone is just so proud. And disappointed you

don't have with you. It is probably a good thing. Why are you here?

heard Kylie is on? Yes. I'm excited about that. I just love being here

and enjoying the atmosphere. It feels like the summer cannot be

bettered. From the Jubilee to the Paralympics and the Proms. Do you

feel you have so much ahead that you can go on, Rio perhaps?

potentially. The summer's been phenomenal and it would be tough to

top that. I know Rio would be fantastic. A great party! Probably

not as great as the Proms in the Park. From all of us, thank you for

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Still to come: Some pop royalty - Kylie. In Belfast there is Hayley

Westenra. And of course we have still got the annual Proms sing

along. This year, Northern Ireland witnessed the grand opening of its

spectacular new Titanic Belfast visitor attraction, in front of

which - in the Titanic Slipways - the world's most famous ship was

built and from where it set sail one hundred years ago. And that's

where we go to now for our next piece of music from James Cameron's

epic film about that iconic, but doomed ship, that still has such a

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A reminder of the events of 100 years ago, when the Titanic was

launched from this very site. The Proms in the Park presenters here

are Northern Ireland's Noel Thompson and Claire McCollum.

next guest has been an international singing star for a

decade already, although she is still only 25. She started busking

in New Zealand, but is now her country's most successful recording

artist. Please give a warm Belfast welcome to Hayley Westenra. West

will sing I Dreamed a Dream. From # There was a time when men were

kind When their voices were soft And their words inviting.

I dreamed love would never die. I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

# When I was young and unafraid, a dreams were made. # There was no

ransom to be paid. # No song unsung, no wine untasted.

# But the tigers come at night. # With their voices soft as thunder.

# As they tear your hope apart. # As they turn your dream to shame.

# He slept a summer by my side. # He filled my days with endless

wonder. # He took my childhood in his

stride. # But he was gone when autumn came.

# And still I dream he'll come to # That we will live the years

together. # But there are dreams that cannot

# And there are storms we cannot weather.

# I had a dream my life would be. # So different from this hell I'm

living. # So different now from what it

seemed. Now life has killed the Hayley Westenra can I Dreamed a

Dream. Back to Caerphilly and on stage is one presenter, Alex Jones.

Knew due wet from the Phantom of the Opera. Please welcome back the

beautiful Elin Manahan Thomas and our hero of the night, Andrew

staples. Being such a tremendous last minute replacement, Andrew

Staples is the hero in Wales. Here he is with Elin Manahan Thomas to

sing All I Ask of You. # No more talk of darkness.

# Forget these wide-eyed fears. # I'm here, nothing can harm you.

# My words will warm and calm you. # Let me be your freedom, let

daylight dry -your tears. # I'm here, with you, beside you,

to guard you and to guide you. you love me every waking moment,

turn my head with talk of summertime.

# Say you need me with you, now and always.

# Promise me that all you say is true.

# That's all I ask of you. $CYAN Say you'll share with me one

love, one lifetime. # Say the word and I will follow you. Share each

day with me, each night, each morning.

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# Say you love me. You know I do. # Anywhere you go let me go too.

Elin Manahan Thomas and Andrew Staples with All I Ask of You from

the Phantom of the Opera. Back in Hyde Park, on stage presenting as

he has for so many years, our national treasure, sir Terry Wogan.

Do I sense your anticipation? The time is upon us for the past 25

years we have watched with pride as she has gone from a young actress

on a soap opera into a musical superstar. Ore for heavens sake

pull yourselves together! Accompanied by the BBC concert

orchestra, welcome the goddess of Good evening everyone. How you

doing? All right London... Does this sounds just a tiny bit

# I just can't get you out of my head # Boy your loving is all I

think about # I just can't get you out of my head # Boy it's more than

I dare to think about come on! La la la la la! La la la la # I just

can't get you out of my head, boy your loving is all I think about #

I just can't get you out of my head boy it's more than I dare to think

about every night # Every day just to be there in your arms! # Won't

you stay? # Won't you stay? # Stay forever and ever and ever and when?

And ever! Let's sing! La la la la la! # La la la, la la la la la! #

La la la, la la la! I just can't get you out of my head boy your

loving is all I think about # I just can't get you out of my head

boy it's more than I dare to think about # There's a dark secret in me

# Don't leave me lost in your arms. # Set me free! # Feel the need in

me! # Set me free! # Stay forever and ever and ever... One, two

three! La la la, la la la la! La la la, la la la la la! La la la, la la

la la! La la la, la la la! I just can't get you out of my head. # I

just can't get you out of my head. # I just can't get you out of my

head. # I just can't get you out of You sound amazing. You know, the

one thing I don't have is a flag. Is it possible that one could reach

That is on the Australian flag, so I like to think I'm doing both of

them here. If it's OK can I just hear you acapella? If you weren't

moving ten seconds ago, I think you will move now. Yes this was the

first record I ever recorded. # Everybody's doing a brand-new dance

now Come on baby do the locomotion. Sh I know you'll get to love it if

you give it a chance # Little baby says they can do wit ease, it is

easier than learning your A Bc. So come on do the locomotion with me.

You have got to sway your hips now # Come on baby # Jump up # Jump

back! Well I think you have got the knack now come on baby do the

locomotion. Chug a chug a motion like a railroad train now, do it

nice and easy, now don't lose control, a little bit of rhythm and

a lot of soul. # So come on, do the locomotion with me. Come on do the

locomotion yeah! # Move around the floor in a locomotion # Come on

baby do the locomotion # Do it holding hands if you get the notion

# Come on baby, do the locomotion. There's been a dance that's so easy

to do, it even makes you happy when you're feeling blue # So come on,

come on, do to locomotion with me! # You have got to swing your hips

now # That's right, jump up, jump back I think you have got the knack

# Do the lotion motion, do the locomotion. Come on do the

locomotion. # Come on do the locomotion. # Baby! # I know you

can do it! # Come on baby # Come on, Incoming! The phenomenon that is

Kyle -- that is Kylie. Looking like she was having the time of her life

there. Thank you. One of the great traditions of the Proms is a

glorious sing along. So let's join in as in the Royal Albert Hall we

start proceedings. We start with the Rogers and hammer Stein classic,

# When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high # And don't

be afraid of the dark. # At the end of the storm # Is a golden sky #

And the sweet silver song of the lark. # Walk on, through the wind.

# Walk on through the rain. # Though your dreams be tossed and

blown. # Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart. # And you'll never

walk alone. # Youl'll never walk # You walk through a storm. # Hold

your head up high. # And don't be afraid of the dark. At the end of

the storm is a golden sky and the sweet silver song of the lark. #

Walk on through the wind, walk on through the rain, though your

dreams be tossed and blown. # Walk on, walk on, with hope in your

heart and you'll never walk alone. A packed Royal Albert Hall there,

joined by the voices of thousands of people across the UK. Now the

events bring their special local flavour. We start in Belfast with

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# By yon Bonnie Banks, where the sunshine s bright on Loch Lomond,

for me and my true love will never meet again # On the bonnie, Bonnie

Banks of Loch Lomond. And you take the high road and I'll take the low

road and I'll be in Scotland before you ye. For me and my true love

will never meet again # On the # I might well be parted in yon

shady glen on the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond. # Where the Highland

hills to view # With the moonshining out in the gloming. #

You take the high road and I'll take the low road and I'll be in

Scotland before ye # For me and my true love shall never meet again #

On the bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond. # You take the high road

and I'll take the low road # And I'll be in Scotland before you #

For me and my true love will never meet again on the bonnie, Bonnie

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# Land of Hope and Glory, mother of the free # How shall we extol thee,

who are born of thee? # Wider still and wider shall thy bonds be set. #

Good, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet. # God, who made

What a fitting end to a spectacular summer of events across the UK. To

all of you, thank you for making it a summer like no other and have

from a very jubilant Hyde Park, good night. # For all Lang sine my

dear # For all Lang sine, we'll take a cup of kindness dear, for