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BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms - Prom 76: Last Night Christmas repeat

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Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Roger Norrington is master of ceremonies for the traditional festivities of the Last Night of the 2008 Proms season. Star turns are provided by bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, who brings operatic heroes and villains vividly to life, and French pianist Helene Grimaud, soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. The celebrations also include Anna Meredith's nation-hopping commission, entitled froms, as well as a lyrical work from anniversary composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Beethoven: Overture (The Creatures of Prometheus) Wagner: Wie Todesahnung Damm'rung... O du, mein holder Abendstern (Tannhauser, Act 3) Puccini: Tre sbirri, Una carrozza (Tosca, Act 1) Beethoven: Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus and orchestra (Choral Fantasy) Verdi: Ehi paggio!... L'onore Ladri!' (Falstaff, Act 1) Denza, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov: Funiculi, funicula Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon Trad, arr. Chris Hazell: Folk Song Medley: The Turtle Dove (England); Loch Lomond (Scotland); Cariad cyntaf (Wales); Molly Malone (Ireland) (BBC commission; world premiere) Anna Meredith: froms (BBC commission; world premiere) Henry Wood: Fanfares Vaughan Williams: Sea Songs Arne, arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia! Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 Parry, orch. Elgar: Jerusalem The National Anthem Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Helene Grimaud (piano) Anna Leese, Sophie Bevan (sopranos) Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano) Nathan Vale, Joshua Ellicott (tenors) Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Roger Norrington (conductor).