Last Night of The Proms 2023

The BBC Proms 2023 season culminates in the celebratory Last Night of the Proms, which takes place on Saturday 9 September at the Royal Albert Hall. This year’s festival finale is led by conductor Marin Alsop, who hosts the concert alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and two star soloists: soprano Lise Davidsen and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

Here’s how you can watch and listen to Last Night of the Proms across the BBC…

What time is Last Night of the Proms on TV and BBC iPlayer?

Katie Derham will present Last Night of the Proms on TV and BBC iPlayer, and will be joined by special guests Sandi Toksvig and Danielle de Niese.

The TV broadcast will be live and in two parts: Part 1 is on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 7pm with Part 2 on BBC One from 9pm.

When is Last Night of the Proms on Radio and BBC Sounds?

BBC Radio 3 will broadcast Last Night of The Proms live from 7pm, presented by Petroc Trelawny and Georgia Mann, featuring special guest Grayson Perry. You can also listen in on BBC Sounds.

Last Night of the Proms Programme

R. Strauss Don Juan

Bruch Kol Nidrei

Roxanna Panufnik Coronation Sanctus

James B. Wilson 1922 (BBC commission: world premiere)

Walton Coronation Te Deum

Wagner Tannhauser – ‘Dich, teure Halle’ with Lise Davidsen

Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Easter Hymn with Lise Davidsen

Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo

Verdi Macbeth – ‘Vieni t’affretta’ with Lise Davidsen

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Laura Karpman Higher. Further. Faster. Together. Main Theme from The Marvels

Coleridge-Taylor Deep River with Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Kálmán The Gypsy Princess – ‘Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland’ with Lise Davidsen

Villalobos Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 – Aria (Cantilena) with Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Lise Davidsen

Trad. arr. Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs

Arne arr. Sargent Rule, Britannia! Verses 1, 3, 6 with Lise Davidsen

Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

Parry arr. Elgar Jerusalem

The National Anthem arr. Britten

Trad. Arr. Paul Campbell Auld Lang Syne

Last Night of the Proms Performers

Lise Davidsen soprano

Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop conductor