0:00:02 > 0:00:04We're celebrating Proms superstar, the conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06It's 50 years since his death
0:00:06 > 0:00:11and tonight we're recreating his 500th Prom from 1966.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Welcome to The BBC Proms 2017.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39You may know him as Flash Harry, or recognise him
0:00:39 > 0:00:42as the man with the white carnation in his lapel.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Sir Malcolm Sargent was chief conductor
0:00:44 > 0:00:46of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and
0:00:46 > 0:00:51effectively the chief conductor of the Proms, for 20 years from 1947.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Until the Second World War,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Sir Henry Wood had conducted every single Prom,
0:00:55 > 0:00:59but the arrival of Malcolm Sargent on the scene changed everything.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Sargent was born the same year the Proms were founded
0:01:01 > 0:01:05and he later joked it was Henry Wood's birthday present to him,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08knowing he would need something to occupy himself with later in life.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12And occupy himself he most certainly did.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Sir Malcolm Sargent quickly became synonymous with the Proms.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16His impact was enormous - in fact,
0:01:16 > 0:01:21he's the man behind the Last Night of the Proms as we know it today.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24He loved the TV cameras and with his sense of style
0:01:24 > 0:01:27and flair on stage he soon became a household name.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29He really knew how to put on a show,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31which is exactly what we're going to do tonight.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35The BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sir Andrew Davis
0:01:35 > 0:01:38are recreating Sargent's 500th Prom,
0:01:38 > 0:01:43which was performed here in the hall on Saturday the 23rd of July 1966,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46the First Night of the Proms Season that year.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47And what a great way to mark
0:01:47 > 0:01:49the 50th anniversary of Sir Malcolm's death.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53And what a great way to hear what a Prom was like half a century ago.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Some of you might even remember the concert.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59I've got a copy here of the original programme.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02And the first thing I noticed is that there is lots of music -
0:02:02 > 0:02:04many different pieces of music.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07So tonight in our recreation, as well as Berlioz and Schumann,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10we'll hear pieces from some of Sargent's favourite
0:02:10 > 0:02:14English composers - Elgar, Walton, we've got Holst and Delius,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16leading up to Britten's iconic
0:02:16 > 0:02:20The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra at the climax of concert.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24But before the music begins, let's meet the man himself.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29Here he is working the crowd at the Last Night in 1965.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33I find it hard to believe what I sometimes hear
0:02:33 > 0:02:36and read in the paper, that the youth of this country is,
0:02:36 > 0:02:41- what should I say, untidy... - LAUGHTER
0:02:42 > 0:02:47- ..unintelligent... - LAUGHTER
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- ..irresponsible... - CHEERING
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- ..and ill-behaved. - CHEERING
0:02:53 > 0:02:57I know you'll agree with me that that is not true of you.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00CHEERING
0:03:00 > 0:03:01What a showman.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04And in typical flamboyant fashion, Sargent's concert had
0:03:04 > 0:03:10an exhilarating curtain raiser - Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12ORCHESTRA TUNES UP
0:03:18 > 0:03:19APPLAUSE
0:03:19 > 0:03:23And here comes Sir Andrew Davis, our conductor for the night,
0:03:23 > 0:03:24who's going to open this concert
0:03:24 > 0:03:28exactly as Malcolm Sargent did back in 1966.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45# God save our gracious Queen
0:03:45 > 0:03:52# Long live our noble Queen
0:03:52 > 0:03:56# God save the Queen
0:03:58 > 0:04:04# Send her victorious
0:04:04 > 0:04:10# Happy and glorious
0:04:10 > 0:04:17# Long to reign over us
0:04:17 > 0:04:27# God save the Queen. #
0:04:27 > 0:04:30APPLAUSE
0:04:32 > 0:04:35The national anthem - Henry Wood's arrangement, of course.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37And the concert ran straight into the next piece.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Hector Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52APPLAUSE
0:13:59 > 0:14:03What a fizzing start to this Prom celebrating Sir Malcolm Sargent.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07That was Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Many would say he's the natural heir to Sir Malcolm Sargent.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15The BBC Symphony Orchestra -
0:14:15 > 0:14:20a special mention there to the cor anglais soloist, Max Spiers.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26From Berlioz, we turn to another of the great Romantic composers -
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Robert Schumann, and his Piano Concerto in A minor.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32It originally started life as "a fantasie for piano and orchestra",
0:14:32 > 0:14:34but when Schumann couldn't get that published,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37he made it the first movement of his only piano concerto,
0:14:37 > 0:14:41which he created with his beloved and brilliant wife Clara in mind.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43One of the greatest pianists of the time,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47she went on to play the premiere in 1846.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Audiences were struck by
0:14:49 > 0:14:51the incredibly rich and complex relationship
0:14:51 > 0:14:53between soloist and the orchestra,
0:14:53 > 0:14:55but some thought it wasn't flashy enough
0:14:55 > 0:14:58and in the end the concerto was not very well received.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Clara was crushed, but Schumann was more philosophical,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05telling her "in ten years' time all this will have changed."
0:15:05 > 0:15:07And you know what? He was right.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10It became a much-played and imitated masterpiece.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12In fact, Grieg's famous piano concerto
0:15:12 > 0:15:14was unashamedly modelled on it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19In Malcolm Sargent's 500th Prom in 1966, it was performed by
0:15:19 > 0:15:21the international superstar Moura Lympany,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23just shy of her 50th birthday.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Our soloist this evening is just 24.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29She's a rising star, she's a Radio 3 New Generation Artist,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Beatrice Rana, who is making her Proms debut.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35She says she fell in love with the piece as a teenager
0:15:35 > 0:15:38and begged her teacher to let her try it, but he refused.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41She was frustrated, but on reflection says, "Now I thank him,
0:15:41 > 0:15:46"as it's a very special and delicate concerto that requires maturity."
0:15:46 > 0:15:48APPLAUSE
0:15:50 > 0:15:56And here she is - Beatrice Rana - with Sir Andrew Davis,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59to perform Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47APPLAUSE
0:47:38 > 0:47:40APPLAUSE
0:47:56 > 0:48:01And a fabulously assured debut there by Beatrice Rana.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04A New Generation Artist, 24-year-old.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08A wonderful performance there
0:48:08 > 0:48:10of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15Some lovely moments of connection, I'm sure you'll agree,
0:48:15 > 0:48:19between the soloist and conductor Sir Andrew Davis.
0:48:24 > 0:48:28When Clara Schumann played the premiere in January 1846,
0:48:28 > 0:48:30conducted by Mendelssohn - now there's a combination -
0:48:30 > 0:48:34she was just five weeks away from giving birth to her fourth child.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46We said earlier that
0:48:46 > 0:48:49it was a piece that Beatrice's teacher said required maturity.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53She is only 24. But, my goodness, she was absolutely on top of it.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09Thanking the orchestra.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26If you enjoyed that and you'd like to hear some more Schumann,
0:49:26 > 0:49:29you can hear his cello concerto in Prom 33
0:49:29 > 0:49:32and his 3rd symphony in Prom 40.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35And I should direct you to the iPlayer, because if you missed
0:49:35 > 0:49:38Bernard Haitink's performance of the 2nd Schumann symphony,
0:49:38 > 0:49:40then you missed a real treat.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43So go to the iPlayer and do catch up if you can.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47APPLAUSE
0:53:56 > 0:53:59Lovely encore there from Beatrice Rana.
0:53:59 > 0:54:05That was Widmung, written by Schumann and arranged by Liszt.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20During Sir Malcolm's 20 years at the Proms,
0:54:20 > 0:54:22he built up a great relationship with the audience,
0:54:22 > 0:54:25and that intense connection between audience and artist
0:54:25 > 0:54:29has become a defining feature of the modern Proms Festival, something our
0:54:29 > 0:54:33conductor this evening, Sir Andrew Davis, whole-heartedly embraces.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36We caught up with Sir Andrew to find out a little bit more about
0:54:36 > 0:54:38his personal connection with Sargent.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42'And there is Sir Malcolm.'
0:54:42 > 0:54:44You know, in a way, he owned the Proms.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48After the death of Sir Henry Wood,
0:54:48 > 0:54:50Sargent came along and kind of revitalised them.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54PLAYING: Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D by Elgar
0:54:54 > 0:54:58I saw a good deal of Sir Malcolm Sargent in my teenage years
0:54:58 > 0:55:01when I used to come up on the Tube and promenade.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04And actually he gave me a prize once when I was about...
0:55:04 > 0:55:06I don't know, 15 or 16.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09It was a national piano playing competition
0:55:09 > 0:55:12and I won third prize, which he presented to me.
0:55:12 > 0:55:17But he was very charming. I mean, I was kind of overawed by the moment.
0:55:19 > 0:55:23He certainly was a major presence in my musical life
0:55:23 > 0:55:26all through my teenage years from the Proms.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32Yes, the idea that I'd ever be standing up on the podium
0:55:32 > 0:55:34in the Albert Hall was sort of ridiculous.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37Couldn't be anything further from my thoughts.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41There's no question that Sargent opened my eyes to a lot of music.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49He was very elegant, very dapper.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52A very popular figure.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56He would stand up and kind of command not only the orchestra
0:55:56 > 0:55:58but the whole stage and the whole hall.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01- Young ladies, young gentlemen... - CHEERING
0:56:01 > 0:56:04The showmanship, that's very much part of him,
0:56:04 > 0:56:07that's one of the reasons his nickname was Flash Harry.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11Ladies and gentlemen...
0:56:11 > 0:56:14- and others. - LAUGHTER
0:56:17 > 0:56:19When I was asked to conduct this concert,
0:56:19 > 0:56:24which I was very thrilled to do, a replica of his 500th Prom,
0:56:24 > 0:56:26I'm only in 130 or something...
0:56:29 > 0:56:31Brylcreem is definitely out.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34But I am going to wear a white carnation.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37That was one of his signature things.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40This is a wonderful chance to celebrate somebody
0:56:40 > 0:56:44who's been gone a long time, but whose legacy is still with us
0:56:44 > 0:56:46and I'm very proud to be able to do that.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49Hear, hear. I see you!
0:56:49 > 0:56:51Not in first, dear.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55Our conductor, Sir Andrew Davies, there.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58Now, I want you to imagine that it's the end of the interval
0:56:58 > 0:57:01of Malcolm Sargent's 500th Prom in 1966.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04And you're now settling down by the wireless at home,
0:57:04 > 0:57:06ready for a very British-themed second half,
0:57:06 > 0:57:10which begins with Elgar. He'd been a personal friend of Sargent
0:57:10 > 0:57:13and a composer Sargent championed throughout his career.
0:57:13 > 0:57:16The Cockaigne Overture, written in 1901 and described as
0:57:16 > 0:57:20"a musical portrait of life in the turn of century London"
0:57:20 > 0:57:22is one of Elgar's most popular pieces.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25But don't mistake "Cockaigne" for Cockney.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28The somewhat ironic title refers to an imaginary country,
0:57:28 > 0:57:32a medieval utopia where the houses were made of cake and barley sugar
0:57:32 > 0:57:35and the rivers flowed with wine.
0:57:35 > 0:57:39Listen out for a chirpy Londoner, church bells and a military band.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42The initial theme on the violins, which recurs throughout,
0:57:42 > 0:57:44is said to represent the Guildhall in London.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47APPLAUSE
0:57:49 > 0:57:51And here comes Sir Andrew Davis, there he is,
0:57:51 > 0:57:54to conduct Elgar's Cockaigne Overture.
1:13:38 > 1:13:40APPLAUSE
1:13:47 > 1:13:50Oh, it was great to hear the organ here at the Royal Albert Hall,
1:13:50 > 1:13:53at the end of the Cockaigne Overture there
1:13:53 > 1:13:55by Edward Elgar.
1:13:55 > 1:14:00Sir Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra,
1:14:00 > 1:14:03led by Stephen Bryant, just taking his seat there.
1:14:03 > 1:14:07And Elgar once described this piece as "stout and steaky"
1:14:07 > 1:14:10which gives you an idea of what he thought about London at the time.
1:14:12 > 1:14:15Apparently it was a performance of this piece in 1971
1:14:15 > 1:14:17conducted by the then Prime Minister Edward Heath,
1:14:17 > 1:14:21that was credited with bringing it back into popular consciousness.
1:14:22 > 1:14:26Sir Malcolm Sargent knew the titans of 20th-century English music
1:14:26 > 1:14:28personally and took his role as
1:14:28 > 1:14:30their unofficial ambassador very seriously.
1:14:30 > 1:14:33Many of them entrusted premieres of their work to him,
1:14:33 > 1:14:36including our next two composers - William Walton and Gustav Holst.
1:14:38 > 1:14:41Walton's Facade started life as a series of poems
1:14:41 > 1:14:45written by Edith Sitwell, which Walton set to music.
1:14:45 > 1:14:48As in 1966, we'll be hearing the orchestral version tonight.
1:14:48 > 1:14:51It's influenced by jazz, and Schoenberg and Satie
1:14:51 > 1:14:53and it's full of quirky harmonies.
1:14:53 > 1:14:57Facade was described as "daring stuff indeed"
1:14:57 > 1:15:00and earned Walton some notoriety in the 1920s
1:15:00 > 1:15:02as an avant-garde modernist.
1:15:02 > 1:15:04APPLAUSE
1:15:06 > 1:15:07So, listen closely
1:15:07 > 1:15:10as Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
1:15:10 > 1:15:12in excerpts from Facade Suites
1:15:12 > 1:15:15and listen out for Oh, I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside.
1:19:42 > 1:19:44APPLAUSE
1:26:21 > 1:26:23LAUGHTER
1:26:23 > 1:26:25APPLAUSE
1:29:01 > 1:29:03APPLAUSE
1:29:12 > 1:29:17Just brilliant. Excerpts there from Walton's Facade Suites.
1:29:17 > 1:29:19I don't think anybody enjoyed it in the hall
1:29:19 > 1:29:23as much as Sir Andrew Davis did conducting it on the stage.
1:29:23 > 1:29:26Absolutely marvellous stuff.
1:29:26 > 1:29:29Apparently, on the 500th Prom, that night in 1966,
1:29:29 > 1:29:33that was the piece that got the biggest cheer.
1:29:33 > 1:29:36And the English music in the second half of Malcolm Sargent's
1:29:36 > 1:29:40500th Prom continues with Holst's The Perfect Fool.
1:29:40 > 1:29:43Following the colossal success of The Planets in 1918,
1:29:43 > 1:29:44Holst thought to himself,
1:29:44 > 1:29:46"I know, I'll have a go at writing a comic opera!"
1:29:46 > 1:29:50It was a disaster, though not a complete waste of five years' work,
1:29:50 > 1:29:52because the short ballet music at the start
1:29:52 > 1:29:55was far more popular than the opera itself.
1:29:55 > 1:29:57It took on a life of its own in the concert hall,
1:29:57 > 1:30:01and it's this music that the orchestra played in the 1966 Prom.
1:30:02 > 1:30:06Holst's musical palette is every bit as varied and imaginative
1:30:06 > 1:30:08as in The Planets and there are stylistic similarities,
1:30:08 > 1:30:11as he invokes the spirits of Earth, Water and Fire
1:30:11 > 1:30:13which are summoned by a wizard.
1:30:13 > 1:30:15APPLAUSE
1:30:18 > 1:30:20Sir Andrew Davis returning to the stage
1:30:20 > 1:30:23to conduct Gustav Holst's The Perfect Fool.
1:41:09 > 1:41:11APPLAUSE
1:41:14 > 1:41:17The ballet music from Holst's The Perfect Fool.
1:41:17 > 1:41:20And we're going to go straight onto the next piece of music
1:41:20 > 1:41:24in Sargent's programme - the much-loved vivid evocation
1:41:24 > 1:41:25of the English countryside
1:41:25 > 1:41:29called On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Delius.
1:47:24 > 1:47:26APPLAUSE
1:47:35 > 1:47:36Just lovely.
1:47:36 > 1:47:41That piece by Frederick Delius, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
1:47:41 > 1:47:44Sir Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
1:47:45 > 1:47:47And that piece really does conjure up images
1:47:47 > 1:47:50of a spring morning in England and it was written in 1912.
1:47:50 > 1:47:52And I think it captures
1:47:52 > 1:47:56that age of innocence before the First World War, doesn't it?
1:47:56 > 1:47:57Well, we're almost at the end of
1:47:57 > 1:48:01our recreation of Malcolm Sargent's 500th Prom.
1:48:01 > 1:48:02The concert finished with a piece
1:48:02 > 1:48:04that was very close to Sargent's heart -
1:48:04 > 1:48:07Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra,
1:48:07 > 1:48:09which was originally commissioned in 1945
1:48:09 > 1:48:11by the British Ministry for Education,
1:48:11 > 1:48:14for a short film called Instruments of the Orchestra.
1:48:14 > 1:48:17In that film, Malcolm Sargent narrated and conducted
1:48:17 > 1:48:21a musical tour of the various instruments and sections.
1:48:21 > 1:48:24So, the piece takes the form of Theme and Variations,
1:48:24 > 1:48:27and for his core theme it's no accident that Britten
1:48:27 > 1:48:29took inspiration from another English master,
1:48:29 > 1:48:31the Baroque composer Henry Purcell,
1:48:31 > 1:48:35and his incidental music for the play Abdelazer.
1:48:36 > 1:48:39APPLAUSE
1:48:44 > 1:48:47And I think that before the Britten,
1:48:47 > 1:48:49our conductor might have something up his sleeve.
1:48:52 > 1:48:57Erm, it's really a great privilege for me to be here tonight,
1:48:57 > 1:49:01celebrating the memory of Sir Malcolm Sargent.
1:49:01 > 1:49:05I was fortunate enough to meet him once, in 1960 -
1:49:05 > 1:49:09a long time ago - when he was most encouraging and kind to me.
1:49:09 > 1:49:14But by that time, he was already an important figure in my musical world
1:49:14 > 1:49:19because I had listened to many of his performances,
1:49:19 > 1:49:22right down there in the arena.
1:49:22 > 1:49:25LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
1:49:28 > 1:49:31It's hard to imagine I was ever one of you, but there we are.
1:49:31 > 1:49:33LAUGHTER
1:49:33 > 1:49:36He was, of course, famous for his championing of British music,
1:49:36 > 1:49:40including - let's not forget - Gilbert and Sullivan,
1:49:40 > 1:49:45and I have to say that actually the first recording I ever bought
1:49:45 > 1:49:50was his recording of The Dream of Gerontius.
1:49:50 > 1:49:55And in terms of manipulating and inspiring huge choral forces,
1:49:55 > 1:49:58I think we can safely say that
1:49:58 > 1:50:01there's never been anyone to better him.
1:50:01 > 1:50:03He was really extraordinary.
1:50:03 > 1:50:06But not only did he do British music,
1:50:06 > 1:50:08his range was extraordinarily wide.
1:50:08 > 1:50:11His Sibelius, for instance, was always wonderful.
1:50:11 > 1:50:13And I particularly remember
1:50:13 > 1:50:17a performance of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony, when I was down there,
1:50:17 > 1:50:21that made a huge impression on me.
1:50:21 > 1:50:23So, for almost 20 years,
1:50:23 > 1:50:28he simply was the Proms for millions of people.
1:50:28 > 1:50:33And the Last Night, of course, was his finest hour.
1:50:33 > 1:50:37Now, when it eventually fell to my lot
1:50:37 > 1:50:42to steer that extraordinary evening through the sometimes choppy seas
1:50:42 > 1:50:46caused by the boisterousness of the Promenaders...
1:50:46 > 1:50:49- LAUGHTER - No, surely not!
1:50:49 > 1:50:52..it was on Sir Malcolm and my memories of him
1:50:52 > 1:50:55that I drew to guide and inspire me.
1:50:55 > 1:50:58You probably can't see this, because I wanted a white one,
1:50:58 > 1:51:00but this is a red carnation
1:51:00 > 1:51:04which was, of course, his signature decoration, so to speak.
1:51:04 > 1:51:09And I shall wear it to finish the concert.
1:51:09 > 1:51:12So, as we perform Benjamin Britten's
1:51:12 > 1:51:14marvellous Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra,
1:51:14 > 1:51:19and as you listen to it - and, by the way, Sargent premiered it -
1:51:19 > 1:51:22let's all cast our minds back, those of us who can,
1:51:22 > 1:51:24and those of us who can't,
1:51:24 > 1:51:27join in the celebration of this remarkable man
1:51:27 > 1:51:31who opened the magic box of music literally for millions of people.
1:51:31 > 1:51:35So, let's do this the really old-fashioned way.
1:51:35 > 1:51:37So, to Sir Malcolm Sargent, hip-hip...
1:51:37 > 1:51:39- ALL:- Hooray!
1:51:39 > 1:51:41- Hip-hip...- ALL:- Hooray!
1:51:41 > 1:51:44- Hip-hip... - ALL:- Hooray!
2:09:07 > 2:09:09APPLAUSE
2:09:22 > 2:09:26A rousing and crowd-pleasing end to this Prom,
2:09:26 > 2:09:30with Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
2:09:30 > 2:09:33It's a great work, that, isn't it? It really is.
2:09:33 > 2:09:35Wonderful to see it.
2:09:38 > 2:09:43Such an orchestral showpiece, everybody having their moment,
2:09:43 > 2:09:45and enjoyed thoroughly by the audience here
2:09:45 > 2:09:47at the Royal Albert Hall,
2:09:47 > 2:09:52by the orchestra and by Sir Andrew Davis as well.
2:09:54 > 2:09:56Lovely affectionate tribute he made
2:09:56 > 2:10:00to Sir Malcolm Sargent as well, before that piece.
2:10:03 > 2:10:05CHEERING
2:10:12 > 2:10:14Now doing a bit of a Malcolm Sargent
2:10:14 > 2:10:16and focusing on every section of the orchestra as well.
2:10:33 > 2:10:39The BBC Symphony Orchestra in fine form tonight.
2:10:39 > 2:10:45Sir Andrew Davis was their chief conductor for 11 years,
2:10:45 > 2:10:48and they obviously enjoyed playing for him again.
2:10:49 > 2:10:50And that brings our celebration
2:10:50 > 2:10:53of the legendary Proms conductor Malcolm Sargent to an end.
2:10:53 > 2:10:59I hope you've enjoyed the recreation of his 500th Prom from July 1966.
2:10:59 > 2:11:03There certainly was a lot of different music played back then.
2:11:03 > 2:11:04A lot of music full-stop.
2:11:04 > 2:11:07Stay with us for more music, though, this evening.
2:11:07 > 2:11:09In just a few moments here on BBC Four,
2:11:09 > 2:11:13Scott Walker is revisited in a star-studded late-night Prom,
2:11:13 > 2:11:18celebrating the much-lauded 1960s era of his solo career.
2:11:18 > 2:11:22It's going to be great. But for now, from me, goodnight.