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Sat 13 Sep 2008
- 20:00
  Prom 76 - Last Night of the Proms 2008
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  The Creatures of PrometheusNo. 1 Overture
  Richard Wagner
  TannhäNo. 25b O du mein holder Abendstern Act 3 Scene 2
  TannhäNo. 25a Wie Todesahnung Dämm'rung Act 3 Scene 2
  Giacomo Puccini
  ToscaTre sbirri, una carrozza...Te Deum laudamus Act 1
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Choral Fantasy
  Giuseppe Verdi
  FalstaffEhi! paggio!...L'onore! Ladri! Act 1
  Luigi Denza
  Funiculì, funiculà (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)Proms premiere
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The House of LifeNo. 2 Silent Noon
  Folk-Song MedleyWorld premiere
  Anna Meredith
  froms- The performers in the Royal Albert Hall were ed by satellite with others in Hyde Park, Wales, Scotland and Ulster World premiere
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea-SongsNo. 1 Bugle Calls - The performers in the Royal Albert Hall were ed by satellite with others in Hyde Park, Wales, Scotland and Ulster
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Sea SongsProms premiere
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia!
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem
  Unknown
  National Anthem
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Roger Norrington
  conductor
  conductor
  Bryn Terfel
  WolframScarpiaFalstaffbass-baritone
  WolframScarpiaFalstaffbass-baritone
  Edward Goater
  Spoletta
  Spoletta
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Hélène Grimaud
  piano
  piano
  Jonathan Lemalu
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  Anna Leese
  soprano
  soprano
  Sophie Bevan
  soprano
  soprano
  Joshua Ellicott
  tenor
  tenor
  Cora Burggraaf
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Nathan Vale
  tenor
  tenor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  BBC National Chorus of Wales
  BBC Concert Orchestra (percussion)
  Ulster Orchestra (brass)
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Ulster Orchestra
  Royal Marine Trumpeters
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Richard Wagner
  Giacomo Puccini
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Luigi Denza
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Anna Meredith
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
Fri 12 Sep 2008
- 19:30
  Prom 75
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  ParsifalNo. 1 Prelude Act 1
  Krzysztof Penderecki
  Threnody 'For the Victims of Hiroshima'Proms premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Elegischer Gesang 'Sanft wie du lebtest', Op 118
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Performers
  CBSO Chorus
  Emma Bell
  soprano
  soprano
  Iain Paterson
  bass
  bass
  Timothy Robinson
  tenor
  tenor
  Jane Irwin
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Gianandrea Noseda
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Philharmonic (pre-1983, BBC Northern SO; 1983-91, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Krzysztof Penderecki
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Thu 11 Sep 2008
- 19:30
  Prom 74
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Matthias Pintscher
  Hérodiade-FragmenteProms premiere
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 1 in D major
  Bedrich Smetana
  The Bartered BrideDance of the Comedians Act 3 - encore
  Performers
  Marisol Montalvo
  soprano
  soprano
  Christoph Eschenbach
  conductor
  conductor
  Orchestre de Paris
  Composers
  Matthias Pintscher
  Gustav Mahler
  Bedrich Smetana
Wed 10 Sep 2008
- 18:30
  Prom 73 - In memoriam Vernon Handley (11/11/1930 - 10/9/2008)
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Sinfonia antartica (Symphony No. 7)
  Iannis Xenakis
  PléïadesProms premiere
  Gustav Holst
  The Planets
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Elizabeth Watts
  soprano
  soprano
  Holst Singers
  4-MALITY
  O Duo
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Iannis Xenakis
  Gustav Holst
Tue 9 Sep 2008
- 19:30
  Prom 72
  Royal Albert Hall
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 4 in C minor
  Performers
  Murray Perahia
  piano
  piano
  Bernard Haitink
  conductor
  conductor
  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Dmitry Shostakovich