:00:32. > :00:35.Well, after all the excitement of last year in London 2012, this
:00:35. > :00:38.summer had a lot to live up to. last year in London 2012, this
:00:38. > :00:46.Actually it did pretty well. We last year in London 2012, this
:00:46. > :00:55.baby. And another unforgettable With Glasgow preparing to host the
:00:55. > :00:59.Commonwealth Games in just under a year's time, I have come to Scotland
:00:59. > :01:03.to enjoy their annual Proms in the Park celebrations. As you can see,
:01:03. > :01:05.I'm surrounded by thousands of prommers who have turned out to
:01:06. > :01:11.party here on Glasgow Green. They are not alone. People are out on
:01:11. > :01:19.force at venues across the can country. In front of Caerphilly
:01:19. > :01:21.Ireland, at Belfast's spectacular Titanic Slipways and in London's
:01:21. > :01:26.Hyde Park where a sellout crowd Titanic Slipways and in London's
:01:26. > :01:30.gathered. As always we are all eagerly-anticipating a magnificent
:01:30. > :01:33.night of music making, splingled with a special Proms' magic. --
:01:33. > :02:17.Over the next 90 minutes we'll hear the best from all four Proms in
:02:17. > :02:20.Over the next 90 minutes we'll hear parks concerts taking place around
:02:20. > :02:24.the UK. It is a star-studded line-up that reflects the huge variety of
:02:24. > :02:29.music that is the hallmark of the block become Proms. Caerphilly
:02:29. > :02:36.music that is the hallmark of the BBC Proms. In Caerphilly we have
:02:36. > :02:40.West End star John Owen Jones. A and wared-winning trumpeter,
:02:40. > :03:00.And an exciting early preview of a show tipped to become as successful
:03:00. > :03:18.And here in Glasgow, Spice Girl show tipped to become as successful
:03:18. > :03:18.And here in Glasgow, Spice Girl turned soloist Melanie C. Melanie C
:03:19. > :03:44.And chart-topping singer, alibi So, something for everyone and that
:03:45. > :03:47.And chart-topping singer, alibi Here in Hyde Park we are a stone's
:03:47. > :03:49.And chart-topping singer, alibi throw from the Royal Albert Hall
:03:49. > :03:50.And chart-topping singer, alibi where there have been over 70 Proms
:03:50. > :03:54.And chart-topping singer, alibi concerts throughout the summer.
:03:54. > :04:00.And chart-topping singer, alibi we have 40,000 people waiting to
:04:00. > :04:10.celebrate the Last Night. World renowned tenor, Joseph Calleja.
:04:10. > :04:17.celebrate the Last Night. World Edna Everage. Yes, it's me Possums.
:04:17. > :04:30.celebrate the Last Night. World Let's get things started with the
:04:30. > :04:37.BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Richard Richard Balcombe to play
:04:37. > :06:32.to Caerphilly now, to hear Welsh West End star, Sophie Evans. From
:06:32. > :07:57.# Some day when I take to the floor # Oh, look at me hair, what do can
:07:57. > :08:11.# The rats on the street all dance # There's the flasher who lives
:08:11. > :08:14.# The rats on the street all dance # There's a bum on his bar room
:08:15. > :08:21.# They wish me luck on my way to # and some day when I take to the
:08:21. > :08:36.# The world's gonna wake up and # and some day when I take to the
:08:36. > :08:40.# I know there's a place where I # I see all those party lights
:08:40. > :08:59.# so someone invite me before I # I see all those party lights
:08:59. > :09:10.# Oh, oh, oh something inside of me # My ma tells me no, but my feet
:09:10. > :09:16.# It's like a drummer inside my # Oh, oh, oh don't make me wait
:09:16. > :09:39.# One more moment for you my life to # Every day's like an open door
:09:39. > :09:42.# Every sound's like a symphony # And I promise Baltimore that some
:09:43. > :10:23.# The world's gonna wake up and Maltese tenor, Joseph Calleja was
:10:23. > :12:50.entertain the enthusiastic crowd in the star of and unforgettable Last
:12:50. > :13:01.That was a song dead Taited to the Now from Glasgow we're going to
:13:01. > :13:05.That was a song dead Taited to the Spice Girl Melanie C as she sings
:13:05. > :14:55.# Don't you think it's rather funny # I never thought I'd come to this
:14:55. > :15:12.# Don't you think it's rather funny # he scarce me so -- -- scares me so
:15:12. > :16:19.# I never thought I'd come to this Melanie C and I Don't Know How To
:16:19. > :16:24.Love Him. To end this sequence we end over to Titanic Slipways in
:16:24. > :16:34.Belfast to hear Katherine Jenkins who is in a flirtatious mood as
:16:34. > :19:34.Belfast to hear Katherine Jenkins takes on the role of Bizet's Carmen.
:19:34. > :19:38.This summer the BBC pointed the spectacular scenery of the Hebrides.
:19:38. > :19:44.coast of Scotland. Well, if you spectacular scenery of the Hebrides.
:19:44. > :19:51.that series, you will know that accompaniment to some breath-taking
:19:51. > :19:53.photography. With me is Donald Shaw one of the composers and musicians
:19:54. > :19:58.who feature on that soundtrack. one of the composers and musicians
:19:59. > :20:05.and started to write themes and I was inspired by the initial images
:20:05. > :20:08.and started to write themes and develop them from there. Some of the
:20:08. > :20:12.instruments like the Irish flute and the pipes and the Scottish fiddle,
:20:12. > :20:20.some of these instruments have very strong human voice qualities about
:20:20. > :20:22.they have a lot of emotion in the way they are played and that comes
:20:22. > :20:32.to playing with the Orchestra, way they are played and that comes
:20:32. > :20:34.to playing with the Orchestra, fantastic musicians. There is always
:20:34. > :20:37.something a little bit more kind of powerful and uplifting when you
:20:37. > :20:38.something a little bit more kind of performance with an Orchestra like
:20:38. > :25:15.serious, Hebrides, Islands on the Still to come, the legend that is
:25:15. > :25:18.genetically modified, I'm real. Gramophone artist of the year,
:25:18. > :25:27.And two Welsh stars of the West Gramophone artist of the year,
:25:28. > :25:45.Next May the BBC Young Musician final 2014 returns to Scotland after
:25:45. > :25:46.cultural events leading up to the Commonwealth Games. Well, our next
:25:46. > :25:51.performer is a former winner of Commonwealth Games. Well, our next
:25:51. > :25:55.competition, just 12 years old when she took the title in 2002. And
:25:55. > :25:58.competition, just 12 years old when very glad to say, since then, she
:25:58. > :26:03.has been building a reputation as one of the most exciting performers
:26:03. > :26:06.Jennifer, what have been your career highlights since you took the title
:26:06. > :26:10.in 2002? It has to be the first highlights since you took the title
:26:10. > :26:16.I played in the Albert Hall Prom. I was 15 and I was surrounded by the
:26:16. > :26:20.prommers. I played back, I think, just -- Bach, just solo in the
:26:20. > :26:24.middle of the Albert Hall. It was amazing. A real highlight. How do
:26:24. > :26:30.you feel when you are performing on stage. I imagine there is pressure
:26:30. > :26:33.but also a lot of joy? It is a really rewarding experience. It
:26:33. > :26:33.but also a lot of joy? It is a bit like a roar coaster ride being a
:26:33. > :26:38.performer. -- a roller coaster. bit like a roar coaster ride being a
:26:38. > :26:42.is something I love doing. It comes with huge pressures and stress but I
:26:42. > :26:48.kind of - I run on that, it is like my battery. I really enjoy it so
:26:48. > :26:50.atmosphere, here. How did you select the piece you will be playing for us
:26:50. > :31:05.composer. I couldn't resist putting this evening? I will be playing
:31:05. > :31:19.form of star of BBC Young Musician. Since taking the brass title in
:31:19. > :31:27.reputation. She crosses musical boundaries with ease I'm playing an
:31:27. > :31:31.arrangement of George Gershwin's Something to Watch Over Me. I cannot
:31:31. > :31:37.play the words but I think of the words when I'm playing. I think
:31:37. > :31:37.play the words but I think of the help's you make sense of it. --
:31:37. > :36:08.beautiful sound. Alison Balsam on Back to Hyde Park where Zeb has
:36:08. > :36:10.beautiful sound. Alison Balsam on a little anxious. There goes Nigel
:36:10. > :36:15.Kennedy. We are relieved he made T he had a few minutes to get here
:36:15. > :36:20.from the Albert Hall. He is going up on stage and then he has to rush all
:36:20. > :36:24.the way back again for the final sequence of the Last Night of the
:36:24. > :36:42.Proms. It is a lot calmer now we Indeed. One of the highlights was
:36:42. > :36:47.pieces. -- -- was his performance of He is now going to perform one of
:36:47. > :39:12.his own pieces with Mostafa Fasad. How did it go? It was really lovely.
:39:12. > :39:24.Such a great chance for Mostafa How did it go? It was really lovely.
:39:25. > :39:30.be - I was taught violin by a great something on. It was great to play
:39:30. > :39:33.in front of a crowd like that. I have an engagement in the Albert
:39:33. > :39:47.I have grabbed a moment with Erin and Anton. This is not the norm
:39:47. > :39:52.ballroom setting is it? Not the and Anton. This is not the norm
:39:52. > :39:54.but spectacular. 40,000 people. Spectacular. Come on. I have been up
:39:54. > :39:58.on stage. There is not a lot of Spectacular. Come on. I have been up
:39:58. > :40:01.up there. It is wider than it is deep. There is just about enough for
:40:01. > :40:05.us. We can sweep across the stage. It is so lovely because we are doing
:40:05. > :40:09.the Viennese waltz. It just sweeps across the stage. It is lovely.
:40:09. > :40:13.the Viennese waltz. It just sweeps have that incredible Orchestra
:40:13. > :40:14.behind us. What a sound. And, the wonderful audience, of course,
:40:14. > :42:19.Strictly's Anton and Erin bringing their own special brand of glamour
:42:19. > :42:24.and romance to Proms in the Park. Meanwhile, there is another familiar
:42:24. > :42:30.face back stage. It is a fantastic atmosphere. Live music, everybody
:42:30. > :42:35.Fireworks going off. -- along. This year I think it might be marred
:42:35. > :42:38.slightedly by an Australian. Are you worried about her? Worried? Sick
:42:38. > :42:44.with worry. Because, of course, worried about her? Worried? Sick
:42:44. > :42:50.know what she is going to do. She's going to call it the Last Night
:42:50. > :42:58.know what she is going to do. She's the Pommees, she is going to call it
:42:58. > :43:03.liberties left, right, and centre # That's what my public's done for
:43:03. > :43:21.# That's the idea of fun for me # That's what my public's done for
:43:22. > :43:30.# I won't be sunbathing on a beach # The things those hairdressers
:43:30. > :43:40.# I won't be sunbathing on a beach # I would rather do it on a tower
:43:40. > :43:47.# that's what my public means to me # And now the time has come to
:43:47. > :43:51.# that's what my public means to me # I feel a lump inside my heart
:43:51. > :44:17.from me Camilla's looking gorgeous # I feel warm deep down knowing
:44:17. > :44:20.from me Camilla's looking gorgeous # Mrs Mertesacker wears the -- Mrs
:44:20. > :44:27.Merkel wears the same in polyester # And there is a Possum in the crowd
:44:27. > :44:30.# Who would kill to wear this gown # That's what my Sovereign means to
:44:30. > :46:17.Now, the Last Night and the Proms in attract all sorts of people for
:46:17. > :46:19.Now, the Last Night and the Proms in kinds of reasons. You have die-hard
:46:19. > :46:22.prommers, fans of the performers, and picnicking families just out to
:46:22. > :46:28.entertainment. So let's see who and picnicking families just out to
:46:28. > :46:35.come to join us this year. After 4.00pm I was at the front gate ready
:46:35. > :46:42.to go for action, for an evening of entertainment. There couldn't have
:46:42. > :46:54.Near Croydon. The atmosphere is building already. You can hear the
:46:54. > :47:00.Will you be up dancing? Oh, yeah. Who are you looking forward to
:47:00. > :47:10.seeing? Nigel Kennedy. Katherine music. The music. The atmosphere,
:47:10. > :47:27.the people. The crowd. Alfie Boe music. The music. The atmosphere,
:47:27. > :48:01.In Glasgow, Alfie Boe sings Burt brother. I haven't seen her in
:48:01. > :48:03.In Glasgow, Alfie Boe sings Burt hear from someone who certainly
:48:03. > :48:03.In Glasgow, Alfie Boe sings Burt knows how to entertain a crowd in a
:48:03. > :48:10.field. West End superstar, John knows how to entertain a crowd in a
:48:10. > :48:16.Jones. The Proms means something special to me. It's one of those
:48:16. > :48:20.generations, the Proms, you know. It is a celebration of good music,
:48:21. > :48:21.generations, the Proms, you know. It people are hear for the music. It is
:48:21. > :49:16.# He acts while other men talk # He looks at this world and wants
:49:16. > :49:27.# He knows the meaning of success # His needs are more so he gives
:49:27. > :49:49.# They call him the win winner who # And he strikes like Thunderball
:49:49. > :49:50.# Any woman he wants, he'll get # He will break any heart without
:49:50. > :50:18.# His days of asking are all are all # His fight goes on and on and on
:50:18. > :50:54.# But he thinks that the fight is # So he strikes like Thunderball #
:50:54. > :51:37.# But he thinks that the fight is Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
:51:37. > :51:44.# But he thinks that the fight is # In a world that's moving too fast.
:51:44. > :52:04.# In a world whering in can last # And we'll have music all around
:52:04. > :52:57.# And dance that it's the last night # on the other side of the earth
:52:57. > :53:09.# there's a place where life still # You won't believe all the things
:53:09. > :55:43.Last Night of the World from Miss Saigon. Performed by John Owen Jones
:55:43. > :55:50.and Sophie etches with the BBC One of Ireland's most successful
:55:50. > :55:59.musical exportser started life as an interval performance during the
:55:59. > :56:07.Riverdance have now devised a brand new stage show, this time combining
:56:07. > :56:12.Irish elements with vibrant Latin anticipation in Dublin, ahead of an
:56:13. > :56:16.international tour. Now we are going to head over to Belfast to join
:56:16. > :56:18.international tour. Now we are going thousands of lucky prommers who
:56:18. > :56:18.international tour. Now we are going being treated to a preview of what
:56:18. > :03:22.Heartbeat of Home which opens in Dublin at the end of the month.
:03:22. > :03:28.Heartbeat of Home which opens in you were wondering who the voke
:03:28. > :03:37.Heartbeat of Home which opens in was, she is Zimbabwean born Lucia
:03:37. > :03:44.Glasgow. Proms in the Park, Alfie Boe. The song is powerful. Written
:03:44. > :03:49.by Burt Bacharach. It has that real Bacharach feel to it, a solid swing.
:03:49. > :03:54.Elvis Costello recorded it and did connected with that song immensely.
:03:54. > :04:57.This is the fist time tonight I # As I tumble back down to the earth
:04:57. > :05:25.# She was the light that I'd bless # God give me strength shoob God if
:05:25. > :05:38.she'd grant me with her indulgence # I might as well wipe her from
:05:38. > :05:38.she'd grant me with her indulgence # Maybe I was washed out like a
:05:38. > :06:51.# Since I lost the power to pretend # That there could ever be a handy
:06:51. > :06:58.# She was the light that I'd bless she took my last chance at happiness
:06:58. > :07:23.# God give me strength knob God she took my last chance at happiness
:07:23. > :09:09.The wonderful Alfie Boe. His own band and the BBC skosh BBC Scottish
:09:09. > :09:12.Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Steven Bell. How we head back to
:09:12. > :09:17.Belfast where Katherine Jenkins Steven Bell. How we head back to
:09:17. > :13:13.Katherine Jenkins and Martynas. Accompanied by the Ulster Orchestra.
:13:13. > :13:18.Now, topping the bill in Hyde Park, the legend that is Bryan Ferry.
:13:18. > :14:25.# Come on, come on let's stick together. Now know we made a vow
:14:25. > :15:04.# Well if you're stuck for a while # How can it be happy without its ma
:15:04. > :16:56.Come on come on let's stick together # To leave one another never #
:16:56. > :17:17.One of the great traditions of the Last Night celebrations is when
:17:18. > :17:23.One of the great traditions of the the parks linking together with
:17:23. > :17:25.One of the great traditions of the for a huge sing-along. Let's join
:17:25. > :17:32.Marin Alsop, the American conductor, Good evening to those of you around
:17:32. > :17:49.Caerphilly, Glasgow and in Hyde the UK watching on the big screens.
:17:49. > :18:04.Caerphilly, Glasgow and in Hyde Invite you now to join us to sing
:18:04. > :18:04.Caerphilly, Glasgow and in Hyde # When you walk through a storm
:18:05. > :18:37.# And don't be afraid of the dark # When you walk through a storm
:18:37. > :19:00.# There's golden sky And the sweet # Walk on, through the rain Rab
:19:00. > :19:16.though your dreams be toss tossed # Walk on walk on with open in your
:19:16. > :20:13.# When you walk through a storm # And don't be afraid of the dark
:20:13. > :20:19.# At the end of the storm Is a # And the sweet silver song of the
:20:19. > :21:11.# Though your dreams be tossed and # And the sweet silver song of the
:21:11. > :21:14.heart And you'll never walk alone # All' never walk alone -- you'll
:21:14. > :21:56.here and thousands more around the country joined in to You'll Never
:21:56. > :22:00.Walk Alone. Well, to round-off this highlights programme, we are going
:22:00. > :22:06.to do another trip around all of the Proms of the park events around
:22:06. > :22:06.to do another trip around all of the country. They each bring their
:22:06. > :27:16.special local flavour to the party. # I will not crease from metal fight
:27:16. > :27:34.# Nor shall my sword sleep in my # In England's green and pleasant
:27:34. > :27:43.Well, what a wonderful way to end a # In England's green and pleasant
:27:43. > :27:49.magical night of music-making around the UK and another unforgettable BBC
:27:50. > :27:58.Proms next year, you can do a will Glasgow is any indication of the
:27:58. > :28:02.the Commonwealth Games next year, Scottish welcome that is awaiting
:28:02. > :28:03.the Commonwealth Games next year, well, that will be something worth
:28:03. > :28:10.seeing as well. For now, from a well, that will be something worth