Last Night of the Proms - Part 2 BBC Proms

It has been one of the most glorious summers ever seen in this

country, with the London Olympics and the Paralympic Games. On top of

that, we've had the London2012 Festival, bring all manner of

cultural events to the nation. At the heart of that festival is the

summer season of concerts here at the Royal Albert Hall, which

tonight reaches its climax. Welcome to Last Night of the Proms 2012. As

always the last night celebrations are under way not just here but

around the whole country. Just across the road in Hyde Park,

40,000 people are enjoying Proms in the Park in glorious weather. Look

at that. A fabulous sight. They are having so much fun over there.

In Northern Ireland, they're celebrating with a Prom on the

Titanic Slipway in Belfast. In Wales, 4,000 people gathered near

Caerphilly Castle and in Scotland, a concert at Glasgow's City Halls

as well. They will all be joining in the

party here at the hall later tonight, as will our global

audience with TV, radio and cinema broadcasts reaching people not just

across the British Isles but also from Montreal to Malta. We are

making a little bit of Proms' history tonight as well. If you

have a 3D ready television and the appropriate glasses, you can watch

tonight's programme in 3D for the first time. Just go to the BBC's HD

channel. Tonight's concert will be performed by the BBC Symphony

Orchestra and Chorus with conductor Jiri Belohlavek. And we have

fantastic soloists. Scottish violinist, Nicola

Benedetti and Maltese tenor who's been wowing audiences across the

globe, Joseph Calleja. But before we get going here, in Hyde Park the

BBC Concert Orchestra is on stage with superstar British tenor Alfie

Boe. We'll be catching him from earlier tonight singing Lehar's

# Shine, then, my whole life through # That dreams of mine

# And I shall hear you whisper "I love you"

# In dreams when night is falling I seem to hear you calling

# For you have cast a net around me

# And 'neath a magic spell hath bound me

# Yours, yours alone

# A wondrous air is your beautiful hair

# Bright as a summer sky is the light in your eyes

# Soft as a startled dove Is the voice of my love

# You are my heart's delight And where you are, I long to be

The

The hugely-loved

The hugely-loved tenor,

The hugely-loved tenor, Alfie Boe, singing, You Are My Heart's Delight,

from Lehar's operetta, Land of Miles over in Hyde Park earlier

this evening. All this evening I'm delighted to say I'm joined here in

the box by Australian-born American soprano Danielle de Niese. Thank

you for joining us. This is your first Last Night of the Proms. We

are already half way through but all the fun is to come. What are

you looking forward to? The amazing energy is incredible. I'm looking

forward to the entire second half. It is hard to imagine we can outdo

the amazing music we've heard in the first half. I know we can and

we'll get better and better. It is quite amazing. It has been such a

big year for the United Kingdom. We have opened up our hearts here in

this nation to the world with the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics

and Paralympics and now we are here at the Royal Albert Hall. I can't

believe we are here. It is a stunning event. It sounds like the

World Cup but for mousic or something. The audience has been

incredible. You are right. Thank you. We will speak to you more

later. The BBC Symphony Orchestra are on stage, they are about to

tune up and are getting ready to begin. The best way to get a show

started is with a show-stopper and that is what we have got coming up

now with the Olympic Fanfare and Theme, written by legendary film

composer John Williams. He's the man behind scores to Star Wars,

Indiana Jones and ET. He was 9 obvious choice to write a fanfare

for the -- he was the obvious choice to write a fanfare for the

Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. And there to conduct it is Jiri

Belohlavek, Chief Conductor for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Let's get

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MUSIC: "Olympic Fanfare And Theme" John Williams' Olympic Fanfare and

Theme which he wrote for the 1984 LA Olympics, performed by the BBC

Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Jiri Belohlavek. Jiri will be

bringing us music from his homeland next, a sparkling orchestral show

piece by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. It's his Carnival Overture

and conjures up a vibrant Bohemian MUSIC: "The Gadfly - Romance"

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That was Dvorak's Carnival Overture, performed by the BBC Symphony

Orchestra and conducted by Jiri Belohlavek. Wonderfully festive

piece, but with that lovely at MissEr ific section in the middle

which -- atmospheric section in the middle which portrays a pair of

lovers wandering off into the night. You may have noticed particularly

lovely solos. The cor anglais player is Alison Teale, the

flautist Daniel Pailthorpe. Next up we have the violinist, Nicola

Benedetti joining the Orchestra for a piece from Dmitri Shostakovich.

It comes from his score from a 1955 film called the good flie. It is a

piece of Soviet propaganda. It has become one of his best-loved piece

poos. We will hear the famous -- one of his best-loved pieces.

We will hear the famous Romance. Nicola Benedetti shot to fame at 15.

After winning BBC Young Musician of the Year. She is only in her early

20s now. She has had a stellar international career but she's also

passionately dedicated to music education, particularly so the

famous Sistema Scotland project. She has told me her summer holidays

have been delayed until December because she's so busy. But she will

be packing her Strad. Her violin because she can't go more than two

days before practising. Let me tell you about the instrument. It is

worth multi-millions. It is absolutely priceless. It is 300

years old. It has been lent to her by a banker in exchange for a few

private performances every year. It's very ornate, if you get a

close-up of it at any point in the next few minutes. It even has

decorations on the pegs which you tune the strings with. She has only

been playing the instrument for six months and she was telling me

before the concert that some new violins take a long time to get use

to, to break-, in if you like. It can almost be a painful process.

But this one, she picked it up and played for 15 minutes and she was

so comfortable she played an entire recital that night on continue and

hasn't looked back since. Well here she comes, looking beautiful.

Nicola Benedetti, with the conductor, Jiri Belohlavek. And

she's going to play the Romance from Dmitri Shostakovich's the

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MUSIC: "The Gadfly - Romance" Beautiful performance by Nicola

Benedetti, playing the Romance from The Gadfly with the BBC Symphony

Orchestra, conducted by Jiri Belohlavek. If you thought you

recognised that tune, it was from TV show, Riley Ace of Spies.

Nicola will be back on stage in just a moment, alongside Maltese

tenor, Joseph Calleja. Together they are going to perform a very

special version of Leoncavallo's classic song, Mattinata, meaning

Morning. That was the first song ever written expressly for what we

now know as HMV. Then The Gramophone Company. The song was

famously recorded in 190 4bi Enrico Caruso and it has been a huge

favourite ever since. -- 190 4. It is a rare chance to hear it tonight

in its arrangement for voice and solo violin. Well as the

celebrations really start to get going, you can see that the stage

has been decorated. The flags are just getting ready to be waved

there in this audience. I can hear party poppers. I'm sure you can,

too. The piece we are going to hear next, it is unusual this

arrangement. There is only one copy of the score. It had to be tracked

down in a remote Italian Villa, especially for tonight's concert.

Let me tell you a little bit about these Maltese tenor, for those of

you who haven't met him yet this evening. Joseph Calleja is an utter

superstar. He has the most phenomenal voice. He was first

discovered when his English auntie. He used to visit every summer, who

lived outside Scunthorpe, heard him doing an impression of Luciano

Pavarotti. She said - you know what, he is very talented. Why don't you

join a choir back in your native Malta. He did. The rest is history.

These days he performs all over the world from Covent Garden to the

Metropolitan Opera. Knows stranger to the Proms either. He was here

last year. But this is his first Last Night of the Proms. He feels

incredibly honoured to be here. There he is with his co-virtuoso,

Nicola Benedetti. They have never played before together or sung

together - performed, I should say. Both of them rather excited about

it, I know. They are with conductor, Jiri Belohlavek. Let's us hear them

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# L'aurora di bianco vestita APPLAUSE

I think they enjoyed that as much as we ZJoseph Calleja and Nicola

Benedetti performing Mattinata by Leoncavallo. And any minute now

we're going to see three promenadeers, who are giving

presents to the soloists. Something of a Last Night of the Proms

tradition. We have Michael Heiser giving a present to Nicola

Benedetti and Chris Frapwell a gift to Jiri Belohlavek and Joseph

Calleja doesn't miss out. Anita Parker from Wimbledon give him his

Plaus Lots of waves for the audience from

this popular pair of soloists and probably picking out some of the

flags from Scotland and Malta waving wildly from the audience.

Well, as Nicola and Joseph leave the stage - it's not the last we

have seen of Joseph he will be back on stage in a minute for another

song. But let me tell you about the Promenaders. We have seen three

giving gifts. They do the most extraordinary good work. Some of

the people who come to the Proms, of which there are 75 concerts.

Some come to every one and raise an enormous amount of charity mub.

Every night they make a collection -- money. Every night they make a

collection and we have been told the grand total this year is �8

2,000. That money will be given to the Mew igss Benevolent Fund. Also

to Music and the Deaf and the Orepheus Centre Trust. It is good

work that happens from some of these dedicated Prommers, as they

are called, all throughout the summer months here at the Royal

Albert Hall. But tonight it is all about letting

our hair down and for the rest of the evening we have got all sorts

of traditional Last Night of the Proms treats in store. Ruelbritania,

Land of Hope and Glory. I hope you are getting ready at home to join

in with the singing. -- Rule Britannia.

Well when Joseph Calleja returns to the stage, we are going to be

hearing him sing a famous piece by us a inLara, called Granada.

-- Agustin. There is tonight's favourite Maltese tenor, returning

to the stage to perform that song which has forever been associated

with the great Hollywood star, Mario Lanza, about that magical

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MUSIC: "Granada" CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Joseph Calleja singing Granada, by us a inLara.

-- Agustin laria. Imagine my surprise this morning,

when we told me how much he enjoyed his summers in Yorkshire and in the

lake dris strict. -- in the Lake District. Joyself

will be staying on the stage now -- Joseph. But he will not be singing

alone. This is where we all get involved.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, here in the Royal Albert Hall. Good

evening. Good evening to everyone around the UK who is listening and

watching on TV or radio or online. And also for the first time this

year, the 3D transmission in the parks.

And special greetings to the audiences in the four Proms in the

Park venues around the UK. These are the people who are gathered in

Belfast. Those in Caerphilly.

Nain Glasgow. APPLAUSE

-- and in Glasgow. And in Hyde Park, just across the road.

And now there is the time for you all to singalong, wherever you are.

At Last Night of the Proms, we are creating always the biggest choir

in the world and we are now going to start with a Rodgers &

Hammerstein classic, You'll Never Walk Alone. Mr Calleja will lead us

in our singing. So make sure we really sing well for him. You've

# And don't be afraid # At the end of the storm

# And the sweet, silver song of a 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

# You'll never walk alone

CHOIR: # 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 a 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

# You'll never walk alone

APPLAUSE

The

The BBC

The BBC Symphony

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and tenor Joseph Calleja and

the combined forces of audiences here at the Royal Albert Hall, in

Caerphilly, in Glasgow and Belfast and I don't doubt lots of you

watching in big screens on the cinema, or at home on your sofas.

That was Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic, You'll Never Walk Alone,

from their musical Carousel. Well that piece was famously

adopted as the anthem of Liverpool Football Club after it was a hit

song for Liverpudlian band Gerry and the Pacemakers. Danni, it is

such a moving song, isn't it? know. I actually sang that song

myself when I was about 15 years old to mark the 50th anniversary of

the Holocaust, along with some survivors. It was money of the most

moving experiences of my life. To hear it again tonight has been

slightly emotional for me. I could tell. You were welling up a little

as you were listening. But there is something about collective singing

that's so powerful. Why is that? think in times of turmoil, in times

of war and distress, I think people turn to each other and then they

turn to music. Singing is often one of the first things that people do

in sometimes of strive -- strife. We get together in church, in the

field, in the square and we sing and mark the event. Music has an

incredible power to bring people together to unite them and give

them inner strength. I think while we can be very strong apart, we are

stronger together and it is a perfect time to celebrate that,

during this year and with all of these nations' flags here flying.

Very proud. It is very moving. have heard lots of beautiful voices

singing together but we have heard one particularly beautiful voice

singing alone, Joseph Calleja. He is something special. For those who

haven't heard him before, tell us a little bit about his talent. It is

a revelation for the British audiences. I think they really,

really enjoyed him. So we are really thrilled. Thrilled for his

success. Well, the party is well under way

now. And it is time to get your flags ready. We are about to begin

a sequence of traditional Last Night music. The party poppers are

going off. The streamers have been coming down into our box, land on

my lap. This year we will be beginning with Sir Henry Wood's

Fantasia on British Sea Songs. Well Danni, if I can just ask you again,

this music is so familiar to a British audience here. Was it

something you were familiar with? In Australia did it have the same

resonance when you watched the Proms at home? Well I think for

Australia. Here we are, we have to cut that short. I think we're ready

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MUSIC: "Fantasia on British I think you are too easy satisfied.

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It sounded like first rehearsal. So, That was really like a first

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# When Britain first # Arose, arose from out

# And guardian angels sang this strain

AUDIENCE: # Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves

# Britons never, never, never shall be slaves

# Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves

# Britons never, never, never shall be slaves

# Still more majestic shalt thou rise

# More dreadful from each foreign stroke

# More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke

# As the loud blast The blast that tears the skies

# Serves but to root thy native oak

AUDIENCE: # Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves

# Britons never, never, never shall be slaves

# Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves

# Britons never, never, never shall be slaves

# The Muses still with Freedom found

# Shall to thy happy coast repair

# Shall to thy happy happy coast repair

# Bless'd isle with matchless With matchless beauty crown'd

# And manly hearts to guard the fair

AUDIENCE: # Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves

# Britons never, never, never shall be slaves

# Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves

# Britons never, never, never will be slaves. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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That was wonderful,

That was wonderful, that

That was wonderful, that was

That was wonderful, that was great. You are in very good voices. But I

still think that we need another gold. But, but I think we need some

help. Let's listen... Ladies and gentlemen, to celebrate that this

summer, Britannia really has ruled the waves, the BBC Proms welcomes

to the stage some of the gold and silver medal winners from the

Olympic Games. From Team GB and Paralympics GB. We have Alex

Gregory, Tom James. Zack Purchase. Mary Ritchie. James Row and lily

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# Britons never, never, never # Rule, Britannia!

# Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. #

APPLAUSE

Wasn't

Wasn't that

Wasn't that the

Wasn't that the most fantastic surprise and the most fantastic

performance of rule Britannia you have ever seen. Wonderful to see

that celebration, members of Team GB and Paralympics GB joining

Joseph Calleja on the stage, here at the Last Night of the Proms. The

BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony chorus, conducted by

Joseph Calleja, rule Britannia by Thomas Arne.

APPLAUSE Of course. I think that was a

really wonderful surprise. A and it made this wonderful

evening even more special. I would like to start by saying thank you

and congratulations to all artists who contributed to this marvellous

festival. Here, here. Thank you. And let's give a special

round of applause to our soloists tonight, Nicola Benedetti and

Joseph Calleja. APPLAUSE

And BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

And next I would like to thank all of you. As so many of the artists

have said already, you are really the greatest audience in the world.

APPLAUSE Your sensitivity, your attentive

listening and your passion for music, and not speaking about the

wonderful humour, these are the qualities which give meaning to our

performance. I would like to give a particular thanks to the Prommers.

Not only for coming to all the concerts but also for collecting

large amounts of money to support musical charities. Thank you very

So, as we see, Sir Henry Wood's idea to bring music to the most

broad audience is alive and very well. So let's give some cheers to

Sir Henry Wood. So hip, hip, hooray. Hip, hip, hooray.

Bravo. APPLAUSE

I think that this summer in London has proved an excellent example of

the Greek idea of the balance, attention to the body and spirit.

The cultivation of the human body and the limits it strives to reach

were sensationally represented by this year's Olympic Games. The

attention to the spirit was provided by the Cultural Olympiad

amongst which the Proms is a shining star. And I'm very happy to

be part of this most important music festival in the world.

When I was preparing myself for tonight's performance, it occurred

to me that, sadly, this will mark a double value diction for me. --

valadiction. And that's because it is my last concert as Chief

Conductor for BBC Symphony Orchestra and that also means I say

farewell to London where I have been a sort of resident for the

past six years. My deepest gratitude goes to the

members of the Orchestra, for their great mewsicality, and enthusiasm

and for the warm, friendly atmosphere that we have created

together. It was a real delight to make music with you.

APPLAUSE As you all know, I am a Czech

citizen and so I was delighted to be awarded an honorary CBE earlier

this year by Her Majesty the Queen. APPLAUSE

If you will forgive me, I want to take this moment to share my deep

pride in the honour. So I have it here.

And now, let me end with the invitation for the 2013 BBC Proms.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will be back here on Friday,

12th July 2013 to open the 119th Proms season. I hope you will be

here. Thank you. # And so say all of us

# For he's a jolly good fellow # And so say all of us #

Hyypia, hooray. March No. 1 in D major"

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# Wider still and wider Shall thy bounds be set

# God, who made thee mighty Make thee mightier yet

# God, who made thee mighty Make thee mightier yet

# 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 bounds be set

# God, who made thee mighty Make thee mightier yet

Make thee mightier yet. #

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# How shall we extol thee? Who are born of thee?

# Wider still and wider Shall thy bounds be set

# God, who made thee mighty Make thee mightier yet

Make thee mightier yet. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

El

El goer's

El goer's Pompey

El goer's Pompey -- Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No 1, played

by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony chorus. Lots of other

people involved, too, all conducted by the Orchestra's much-loved Chief

It's marvellous, you are wonderful. I think it would be a pity to

# Land of hope and glory # How shall we extol thee?

# Wider still and wider Shall thy bounds be set

# God, who made thee mighty Make thee mightier yet

Make thee mightier yet. #

# God, who made thee mighty Make thee mightier yet. #

Make thee mightier yet

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Just

Just one

Just one more

Just one more time, said Jiri Belohlavek and didn't he enjoy it

and so did 40,000 people over in Hyde Park at Proms in the Park and

so many more thousands all around the country.

One of the many traditions here # And did those feet

# Walk upon # On England's pleasant

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# Shine forth # I will not cease

# Nor shall my sword # In England's

Sir Hubert Parry's hymn, Jerusalem, in a setting of words by William

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Benjamin rit Briten's arrangement of the national anthem, written in

1961. Jiri Belohlavek shaking hands with

so many members of this Orchestra he clearly loves so warmly, in his

last performance as their Chief It's been a particularly moving

Last Night of the Proms, I feel. Certainly the atmosphere here in

the hall has been something quite exceptional.

That is nearly it for this 2012 season of BBC Proms. The 118th

season of concerts that continued the ambition of the concert founder

and director, productor, Sir Henry Wood, to provide music for the

people at a price the people can afford.

This Last Night of the Proms concert marks the conclusion of a

wonderful concert of music making across BBC Radio, television and

online. It has seen both artists and audiences from all over the

world coming together to perform and enjoy music of all kinds. From

Columbian accord yonists, to the CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

There is just one final traditional moment left.

Which is normally led by the Promenaders, themselves. I suspect

we've got that coming up pretty soon. And that's the singing of

# We'll take a cup # We'll take a cup

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And that traditional farewell means we really have come to the end of

the Last Night of the Proms 2012. Wherever you are, I hope you've

enjoyed it. The Proms will be back again next year, of course. I do

hope you will join us for the First Night of the Proms on Friday, 12th