Radio Times: Review by:; Alison Graham

The Last Night of the Proms is always a big, special patriotic occasion, but this year’s feels more special and more patriotic than usual as it provides a musical full stop to what has been the most sensational of summers.

After the wild success of the Olympics and Paralympics, maybe we’ll all be singing Land of Hope and Glory just that little bit more loudly from our sofas. Maybe we will even wave a flag.

You all know what to expect, a massive party with live music in a great venue, as Jiri Belohlavek bids farewell as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

About this programme

Jiri Belohlavek takes to the podium at the Royal Albert Hall to conduct the concluding part of this year's rousing Proms finale. Audiences in London's Hyde Park, Glasgow, Caerphilly and Belfast can join in the live celebrations as violinist Nicola Benedetti and tenor Joseph Calleja return with the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra to perform music by Richard Rodgers, Shostakovich, John Williams and Dvorak, as well as the traditional Last Night anthems Rule Britannia, Jerusalem and Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No 1. Introduced by Katie Derham.