BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 54: Vaughan Williams - Prom 54 - Part 2

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. This Prom marking 50 years to the day since the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams concludes with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Davis performing Serenade to Music, with words by Shakespeare and, according to tradition, featuring 16 leading British singers. The programme ends with Vaughan Williams's last symphony - the Ninth - which was completed when he was 85 years old. Sarah Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Sophie Bevan, Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Allison Cook, Louise Poole, Julia Riley, Catherine Hopper (mezzo-soprano) Ed Lyon, Joshua Ellicott, Peter Wedd, Nicholas Sharratt (tenor) Mark Stone, Darren Jeffery, George von Bergen, Tim Mirfin (bass) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Symphony No 9.