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BBC Proms poised for last night Proms conclude with Last Night
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The 2008 Proms season is set for its finale later with the traditional Royal Albert Hall last night concert, and events in parks across the UK. The BBC Proms season has ended with the traditional Last Night concert in London's Royal Albert Hall.
Flags will be waved by music lovers at outdoor concerts in London's Hyde Park, and in Belfast, Swansea and Glasgow. Thousands of people also attended open-air events on big screens in Hyde Park, Belfast, Glasgow and Swansea.
The BBC has said this season has proved a success, with 78% of the main evening concerts selling out. Jose Carreras and Lesley Garrett performed at Hyde Park, while Bryn Terfel sang Rule, Britannia at the Albert Hall.
The Albert Hall show will be broadcast live on BBC One and Two, along with highlights of the four park Proms. Sir Roger Norrington, conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Doctor Who prom The National Youth Choir of Scotland were among the acts on Glasgow Green, while the National Orchestra of Wales appeared at Swansea's Singleton Park, and the Ulster Orchestra were at Belfast's City Hall.
Coverage of the Last Night of The Proms will also take place on Radio 2, Radio 3 and local radio stations across the country. If you wandered around Kensington Gore in the evening this summer and see these thousands of people pouring out, you realise classical music is alive and well in London Sir Roger NorringtonProms conductor It is 40 years since Sir Roger's Proms debut but the first time he has been the conductor of the final night.
This season's musical events, which began on 18 July, included performances by Nigel Kennedy and Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Patriotic favourites including Pomp and Circumstance, Rule, Britannia! and Jerusalem were played, with the traditional conclusion of the national anthem.
A Doctor Who prom was also staged, which featured classical music containing the themes of space and time from composers including Holst and Wagner. Works by Beethoven, Wagner, Puccini and Verdi were also performed and there was a celebration of folk music with an arrangement by Chris Hazell of traditional compositions from around the UK and Ireland.
A special scene featuring the show's current star David Tennant was also shown during the concert. Also in the programme was Sea Songs by Vaughan Williams, as this year's Proms have celebrated the music of the British composer, who died 50 years ago last month.
A total of 164 events have been held across the eight-week season. 'Pretty barmy'
Asked earlier if he was nervous about Saturday evening's concert, Sir Roger replied: "A little. It's rather daunting, isn't it?"
He described the occasion as a night "when classical music lets its hair down".
"Classical music in the last eight weeks has had this glorious festival in the Albert Hall and around, and it goes on being glorious - but it becomes pretty barmy by the end," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"The Proms attendance has been fantastic this year - amazing.
Patriotic displays are always seen at the final evening of the Proms"If you wandered around Kensington Gore in the evening this summer and see these thousands of people pouring out, you realise classical music is alive and well in London."
He said those who attended the Proms had "such a great time" and hailed the "extraordinary feeling of community" among those inside the Royal Albert Hall.
The BBC said this year's event has been a success, with 78% of the main evening concerts selling out.
The 113th Proms season began on 18 July and included performances by Nigel Kennedy and Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
A Doctor Who prom was also staged, one of 164 events held in all.