Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2013 - One Hundred and Nineteenth Season - Prom 75 - Last Night of the Proms
Performance Date7 September 2013
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:33
Main PerformersIestyn Davies,
Joyce DiDonato - vocal,
Nigel Kennedy - violin
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Symphony Chorus
ConductorsMarin Alsop
Set List'Masquerade' , Anne Clyne,
'Overture' from The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Wagner,
'Chichester Psalms', Bernstein,
'The Lark Ascending', Vaughan Williams,
Overture, 'The Building of the House', Britten,
'Cherubin - 'Je Suis Gris! Je Suis Gris!', Massenet,
'Frondi Tenere e Belle...Ombra Mai Fu' from Xerxes, Handel,
'Tani Affetti in Tal Momento' La Donna Del Lago, Rossini
INTERVAL,
'Overture' and 'Make Our Garden Grow' from Candide, Bernstein,
'Va, Pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slave)' from Nabucco, Verdi,
'Over the Rainbow' from The Wizard of Ox, Arlen,
'Csardas', Monti,
'Londonderry Air' (Danny Boy), trad., arr. C Hazell,
'The Sea Reivers', Bantock,
'HMS 'Trinidad' March', Lloyd,
'Rule Brittania!', Arne, arr. Sargent,
'Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D Major - Land of Hope and Glory', E Elgar,
'Jerusalem', Parry, orch. E Elgar,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. B Britten
Performance NotesBBC commission and world premiere of 'Masquerade', Anne Clyne.
UK premiere of orchestral version of 'HMS Trinidad arch', Lloyd.

Nigel Kennedy wore an Aston Villa football club shirt.

Marin Alsop became the first woman conductor to conduct the Last Night of the Proms in the 119 Seasons of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts history.

Marin Alsop addressed the audience telling them: "Quite a lot has been made of me being the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms. I'm incredibly honoured and proud to have this title, but I have to say I'm still quite shocked that it can be 2013 and there can still be firsts for women. Here's to the second, third, fourth, fifths, hundredths to come." She also spoke out in favour of keeping music at the 'Front and Centre' of society. "The power of music cannot be over-estimated. It's what makes us human beings, it's what makes us a great civilisation. We cannot forget that ever, and music and art cannot be pushed to the margins - they have to be front and centre."

Full house with approxiamately 350 patrons turned away.

Prommers made the buttonholes for the orchestra in door 3 porch and then pinned them on the orchestra at the top of the stairs to backstage.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2013/57),
Programme (RAHE/1/2013/130),
Handbills (RAHE/6/2013/38, 39),
Poster (RAHE/2/2013/35),
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2013/130BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2013 - Prom 75 - Last Night of the Proms7 September 2013
RAHE/6/2013/38BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2013 - Prom 75 - Last Night of the Proms7 September 2013
RAHE/6/2013/41BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2013 - Prom 75 - Last Night of the Proms7 September 2013
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9203BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2013 - One Hundred and Nineteenth Season75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7499DiDonato; Joyce (1969-); American mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/9Kennedy; Nigel (28 December 1956); British violinist and violist
DS/UK/5638Davies; Iestyn (1979-); British countertenor
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/1135Alsop; Marin (16 October 1956); American conductor and violinist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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