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Soprano Louise Alder and trumpeter Alison Balsom join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers, Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with Elim Chan, including world premieres by Rachel Portman and Camille Pépin.

Presented by Georgia Mann and Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Modest Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version, 1867)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Arthur Benjamin arr. Herrmann: Storm Cloud Cantata (from ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’)
Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow – Vilja Song
Charles Gounod: Faust – ‘Ah, je ris de me voir’ (Jewel Song)
Camille Pépin: Fireworks (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere)
Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

c.8.35pm During the interval Georgia and Petroc chat with the actor and comedian Nick Mohammed and the pianist Nicholas McCarthy, whose sumptuous performance of Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand we heard in the opening weekend of the season.

9pm
Dmitry Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Rachel Portman: The Gathering Tree (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere)
Trad. arr. Wood: Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
Thomas Arne arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia!
Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Hubert Parry orch. Elgar: Jerusalem
Trad. arr. Britten: The National Anthem
Trad. arr. P. Campbell: Auld Lang Syne

The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises and star turns. Elim Chan conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in all the traditional favourites – anthems, folk songs and singalongs – with solo performances by ‘captivating’ soprano Louise Alder and ‘sensational’ trumpeter Alison Balsom. There’s a nod to this season’s Bernard Herrmann celebration, a mischievous sorcerer’s apprentice from Dukas, and premieres by Camille Pépin and Rachel Portman.