Proms in the Park - Live from Glasgow Green BBC Proms

Hello and welcome to BBC Proms In The Park 2016,

Ladies and gentlemen, please give a huge round of applause for the BBC

Scottish Symphony Orchestra and their conductor for this

MUSIC: "Festive Overture" by Shostakovich.

I hope that's managed to whet your appetite for some

Shostakovich's Festive Overture, a suitably celebratory welcome

to Proms In The Park 2016, here on Glasgow Green.

We have a really great line- up for you this evening

with an incredible array of talent joining us on stage.

We have internationally renowned Scottish mezzo-soprano

Appearing for the first time at Proms we have the multi-million

selling, Brit award-winning, musician KT Tunstall.

Performing some well- known hits from the West End,

We have a special treat for you as well this evening,

Corporal Gary McLintoch and his gal pal Julie Jackson, known to millions

from the comedy hit series Gary Tank Commander,

will be on musical manoeuvres in a beautiful duet.

And of course, none of this could happen without the BBC's very

own Scottish Symphony Orchestra, led by Laura Samuel and conducted

We are, of course, live on BBC Two Scotland for the first

part of tonight's concert, and we're also live all night

Highlights from tonight are being shown UK-wide

and online, on the red button, and later on tonight,

Glasgow Green will be centre stage on BBC One's coverage

of the Last Night Of The Proms from the Albert Hall.

Now without further ado, it's our first guest this evening.

She's a Scottish and international star and began playing gigs

as a teenager in her home in St Andrews before her big break

# Her face is a map of the world, is a map of the world

# You can see she's a beautiful girl She's a beautiful girl

# And everything around her is a silver pool of light

# The people who surround her feel the benefit of it

# She holds you captivated in her palm

# This is what I wanna be Suddenly I see

# Why the hell it means so much to me

# I feel like walking the world Like walking the world

# You can hear she's a beautiful girl She's a beautiful girl

# She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white

# Makes you feel warmer when you're trying to remember what you heard

# She likes to leave you hanging on a wire

# This is what I wanna be Suddenly I see

# Why the hell it means so much to me

# I can see her eyes looking from a page in a magazine

# Oh she makes me feel like I could be a tower

# A big strong tower She got the power to be

# The power to give The power to see, yeah, yeah, yeah

OK, Glasgow. I need your help. Hands in the air.

Singh, Suddenly I See. I want to see it loud.

# Suddenly I See. Let me hear you. # Suddenly I See. Sounds good.

# Suddenly I see the power to give, the power to see

# This is what I wanna be Suddenly I see

# Why the hell it means so much to me

# Suddenly I see This is what I wanna be

# Why the hell it means so much to me

# Whoa, whoa, yeah, yeah Suddenly I see

# Why the hell it means so much to me

KT Tunstall, ladies and gentlemen. I was trying not to trip on the wire.

Fantastic. I wish I had seen that cable. Welcome to Proms In The Park.

It is phenomenal. CHEERING

Tell me, is this the first time you have performed with the Symphony

Orchestra? It is. The first time I have performed with an orchestra.

What an amazing orchestra to have a first experience with. Beautiful. I

dreamt about doing it but never had a chance. If you have thought about

going on tour, I can get you good rates. You have been going around

the Highlands. What happened on your tour yesterday? Tell everybody. I

have got a new album. It came out yesterday. It has been a lovely

resurgence of energy. Back to rocking out on stage. You will sing

a song froze right now. I would love to. What are you going to think? It

is called Maybe It's A Good Thing. I will let you get your guitar. Ladies

and gentlemen, KT Tunstall. # Often feeling lost,

has brought it out # But I'm looking for

a love, not a heartache # Even though I know

from the handshake # Life will become one big

stupid truth or dare # Ever shoot your silver

through my veins # I'll always remember the time

you sat next to me and you said # I'll always remember the time

you sat next to me and you said There is no doubt about it, it is

definitely a good thing. KT Tunstall, thank you very much and

all the very best with the new album.

In the world of theatre, uttering the name of the Scottish play,

Macbeth, can give thespians the heebie-jeebies, just

like the opera by Verdi that makes opera singers that little bit wary.

But we here at Proms in the Park laugh in the face

of such superstition when we have our own lucky rabbit's

foot in the shape of Stephen Bell, who conducts the BBC SSO now,

in this dramatic overture to The Force of Destiny!

MUSIC: The Force Of Destiny by G.Verdi

Dramatic stuff from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Our next performance this evening comes from a relatively new band.

Since winning Britain's Got Talent in 2014, Collabro has

risen to global fame, gaining fans around the world,

bringing musical theatre to millions through their distinctive style,

and bagging a number-one debut album.

Singing for the first time at Proms in the Park,

and starting with a big audience favourite from 'The Lion King',

singing The Circle of Life, ladies and gentlemen,

# More to find than can ever be found

# More to find than can ever be found

Collabro, ladies and gentlemen. A new come, Jimmy, Thomas, Michael and

Matthew. Welcome to Glasgow. What have you been up to recently? We

have been doing all sorts, specifically planning a third album.

It is really exciting and it will be out early next year. Do you know

what is going to be on that? I have a really exciting bit of news. We

will let the fans decide one of the tracks on the album. Follow us on

Twitter and see how to enter that competition. Fantastic. Where does

this love of musical theatre come from, Thomas? We have all grown up

losing news -- loving musical theatre.

CHEERING Hello. We did theatre as children.

We have grown up with it. What are you going to sing now? It is

O'Sullivan meal. It is not. We are going to sing a song from Phantom Of

The Opera called Music Of The Night. -- O Sole Mio.

Always a crowd favourite, it has sold millions

Ladies and gentlemen, here's Collabro with Music Of The Night.

# Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation

# Darkness stirs and wakes imagination

# Silently the senses abandon their defences

# Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour

# Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender

# Turn your face away from the garish light of day

# Turn your face away from cold, unfeeling light

# And listen to the music of the night

# Close you eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams

# Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before

# Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar

# And you'll live as you've never lived before

# Softly, deftly, music shall caress you

# Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you

# Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind

# In this darkness which you know you cannot fight

# The darkness of the music of the night

# Let your mind start a journey through a strange, new world

# Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before

# Let your soul take you where you long to go

# Floating, falling, sweet intoxication

# Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation

# Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in

# To the power of the music that I write

# The power of the music of the night

# You alone can make my song take flight

# Help me make the music of the night.

A wonderful rendition of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Music Of The Night

It has been said I have the perfect place to play the Phantom. --

perfect face. Phantom is set in Paris

and we're staying in France, heading to warmer climes now,

to Provence, and a popular If you want to form your own chain

and dance your way around Glasgow Green then now's your chance

as our wonderful orchestra play George Bizet's' fun

and frolicsome Farandole! MUSIC: "Farandole (Arlesienne

Suite No.2)" by Bizet. It was more Mary Doll Van Farandole

going on down there with the dancing.

Plenty of time for dancing in part two later on.

But now, ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure now

to introduce a man whose military might is matched only

A man who recently grilled some our most formidable political

figures and most definitely had them on the back foot, or certainly

on their knees in the case of Willie Rennie's healing hands.

That's right, he's a tank commander, and his name is Gary.

Please welcome to the stage Corporal Gary McLintoch

My God. You all right? Hello. It is lovely to have you. And your friend

Julie at Proms In The Park. That is a lovely tan. It is cracking. I was

out all day yesterday. You have got to put in the hours. What are you

going to sing for us? We are going to sing a song. Me and Julie. We

have been practising. What about you, what are you doing? I am

singing later. This is like a duet for two people. They would be a

crowd. Kinky. Before juicing, I believe you're going to be coming

back to Glasgow at the SSE Hydro? I can't say much other

than it's on the 20th, Can you tell us about it? I cannot

tell you anything about it. It is classified. Would you be able to get

me a free ticket? No. Can we sing a song. I will leave you with Gary and

Julie. Just like the practice. Maestro. Wait, can I say something

# OK, can I just say something crazy?

# All my life has been a series of doors in my face

# Cos like I've been searching my whole life

# And maybe it's the party talking or the chocolate fondue

# And it's nothing like I've ever known before

# Who thinks so much like me!

Wait, wait, conductor, wait. Sorry. Can I tell you is an absolute crazy

thing? Yes. Will you be my best friend for ever and ever? Maybe.

That's it. CHEERING

I'm not joking. I absolutely nailed that. They pure love you. See you

later! They certainly tanked that one! There will always be an open

door for Gary and Julie. Absolutely fantastic. Let's hear it for them

again. Now time for some more

music from our orchestra. Inspired by Bergman's Smiles

Of A Summer Night and Mozart's "Eine kleine Nacht Musik"

Steven Sondheim created a musical From the award-winning

A Little Night Music comes this, MUSIC: Night Waltz

by Stephen Sondheim Earlier this year, at the age of 81,

the composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies died at his home on Sanday,

Orkney. He loved those islands,

and much of his music was inspired by his walks along the coastline

and the views of distant hills. For all that pomp and circumstance,

back on Orkney, where he'd lived since the '70s, he was

simply known as Max. It was there that I got to sing

with him at St Magnus Festival, So we'd like to pay our own tribute

to Max now with one of his best known melodies,

Farewell To Stromness. You'll all agree, a wonderful piece

by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Now, time to introduce you to a very

special performer making a return She's a world-renowned

mezzo-soprano, She's travelled the world

and thrilled audiences, and we're privileged

to have her here this evening. In a moment she'll be singing

Habanera from Carmen, but before that, from Mozart's Italian opera

Cosi Fan Tutte, with Smanie # Odio la luce, odio

l'aria, che spiro # Deh fuggi, per pieta,

fuggi # Dentro quest'anima

# Piu non cessate, # Dentro quest'anima

# Piu non cessate, # Et c'est bien en

vain qu'on l'appelle This next performance will take

us out of this world. And I can't believe it was 34 years

ago that ET phoned home. We will pick up the story when the

ET is bidding a fond farewell to his good friend Elliott. No one writes

flying music like John Williams. MUSIC: "ET, Adventures

On Earth" by John Williams. It's my turn to join the band now

with one of my favourite songs. It's Agustin Lara's tribute to that

beautiful town in Andalusia. and shout "ole" as we turn

Glasgow Green into Granada! # Que le dieran marco

a la Virgen Morena # Que le dieran marco

a la Virgen Morena More music, and an amazing finale

to part one of our concert here on Glasgow Green in just

a moment, but before we leave BBC Two Scotland,

remember to look out for a very special performance over

on BBC One in a short while. Karen Cargill will be back on stage

singing live, representing Scotland with an amazing version

of the Skye Boat Song, Our coverage on BBC Two

is about to end but you can listen to part two of our

Glasgow Proms in the Park. And of course, a big thanks

to all our performers tonight. It is time for the finale, Highland

Cathedral. # Land of our fathers,

we will always be # Faithful and loyal

to our own country # In times of danger,

we will set you free # Hail, Caledonia,

to our ancient prayer # In this highland cathedral

of our God and King # Joining, together,

with one dream to share # God bless the people

of this land so fair # Gone is the past,

let us start anew # Let this hope of

peace, always remain # Spirit of Scotia,

be strong and true # Then your children

will smile again # Rise, Caledonia,

let your voices ring # In this highland cathedral

of our God and King # Whom, joy and liberty

to all will bring # Come, let your heart

with love and courage sing # Rise, Caledonia,

let your voices ring # In this highland cathedral

of our God and King # Whom joy and liberty

to all will bring # Come, let your heart

with love and courage sing CHEERING

APPLAUSE # Doo-wa, doo-wa, doo-wa,

doo-wa, doo-wa! # Friday 23rd of September

on BBC One. And watch the celebrities

take their first steps GLOCKENSPIEL PLAYS

Hello, campers! Hi-de-Hi! I met him,

and he frightened me to death.