Last Night of the Proms programme announced, with additional screening of the concert in Coventry

Although Proms in the Park isn't taking place this year, there will be filmed inserts of national songs from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland included in the programme for this year's Last Night

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Published: August 31, 2021 at 11:56 am

The programme for this year's Last Night of the Proms has been announced, with national songs from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland included in the line-up.

Although the usual Proms in the Park celebrations won't be going ahead this year in the other countries of the United Kingdom, the Last Night will pay tribute to these nations with performances of 'Island Spinning Song', 'O Gymru! (O Wales)' and 'Carrickfergus'.

The Last Night of the Proms will take place as usual in London's Royal Albert Hall, but there will be an additional screening of the concert in the Assembly Festival Gardens in Coventry.

Find out more about this year's Last Night of the Proms, who is performing and how you can watch it from home.

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The programme for this year's Last Night of the Proms is listed below:

Gity Razaz Mother (BBC commission: world premiere) Malcolm Arnold Variations for Orchestra on a Theme of Ruth Gipps Samuel Barber, arr. Jonathan Manners Adagio for strings Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Rigaudon Franck Angelis Fantasie on a Theme of Piazzolla – Chiquilín de Bachín Richard Wagner Wesendonck Lieder – Im Treibhaus Richard Wagner The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Prize Song Florence Price Symphony No. 1 – ‘Juba Dance’ (3rd movt) Astor Piazzolla, arr. John Lenehan Libertango Aníbal Troilo, arr. George Morton ‘Sur’ arr. Percy Grainger Brigg Fair Peter Allen, arr. Iain Farrington ‘I Still Call Australia Home’ arr. Henry Wood, orch. Mark Millidge Fantasia on British Sea-Songs Thomas Arne Rule, Britannia! Edward Elgar, arr. Anne Dudley Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’) Hubert Parry, arr. Edward Elgar Jerusalem arr. Benjamin Britten The National Anthem Trad., arr. Paul Campbell Auld Lang Syne

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