The Last Night of the Proms: it's so good they're doing it twice

It is arguably the most popular classical music concert in the world. So this year the BBC Proms are doing the Last Night twice.

In a tribute to the festival's long history, the Last Night of a century ago is to be re-enacted on September 5. A week later, the official finale to this year's music extravaganza will take place.

The recreation of the 1910 concert, will be free to get in to, marking the start of a new tradition: an annual free Prom. It will include works by Wagner, Beethoven and Dvorak, with rarities such Who Were The Yeomen of England? from Edward German's comic opera of 1902, Merrie England. Jerusalem and Land Of Hope And Glory will be absent, but Rule Britannia will be there.

The event was announced along with details of this year's line-up at the Royal Albert Hall, and the unveiling of Katie Derham as the BBC's face of the Proms.

The official Last Night, on September 11, will see US soprano Renée Fleming lead the singing.

A massive opening weekend is planned. The festival launches on Friday July 16 with Gustav Mahler's Symphony Of A Thousand, which requires 600 musicians and singers, followed on successive days by Bryn Terfel in Wagner's The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, and Plácido Domingo in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. It will be only Domingo's second Proms appearance, and comes months after the Spanish tenor underwent cancer surgery at the age of 69.

Announcing the line-up today, Proms director Roger Wright said he wanted to acknowledge the history of the festival while making it work for the 21st century: “[Proms founder] Henry Wood believed in making the best-quality classical music available to the widest possible audience, and that remains at the heart of the Proms today.”

Admission prices have been frozen for another year, thanks to the BBC's subsidy of nearly £6 million.

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Proms season 2010

    Friday 16              Saturday 17        Sunday 18

In Tune 5.00pm Live from RCM Prom 1 8pm - 9.30pm MahlerSymphony No.8 in E flat major, 'Symphony of a Thousand' Mardi Byerssoprano Twyla Robinsonsoprano Malin Christenssonsoprano Stephanie Blythemezzo-soprano Kelly O'Connormezzo-soprano Nikolai Schukofftenor Hanno Müller-Brachmannbaritone Tomasz Koniecznybass Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Choristers of Westminster Abbey Choristers of Westminster Cathedral BBC Symphony Chorus Crouch End Festival Chorus Sydney Philharmonia Choirs BBC Symphony Orchestra,Jiří Bělohlávekconductor

Opera Day 11am Come and Sing Wagner Opera Day 11am Wagner Study Session Proms Intros 2.15pm The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Prom 2 4pm - 10.15pm WagnerThe Mastersingers of Nuremberg Bryn TerfelHans Sachs  Raymond VeryWalther von Stoltzing  Amanda RoocroftEva Christopher PurvesBeckmesser  Andrew TortiseDavid  Anna BurfordMagdalene David SoarNightwatchman  Brindley SherrattPogner Simon ThorpeKothner David StoutNachtigall Paul HodgesSchwartz Rhys MeirionZorn Andrew ReesEisslinger  Stephen RookeMoser  Arwel Huw MorganFoltz Geraint DoddVogelgesang  Owen WebbOrtel Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera,Lothar Koenigsconductor

Proms Intros 4.15pm Simon Boccanegra Prom 3 6pm - 9pm VerdiSimon Boccanegra Plácido DomingoSimon Boccanegra Marina PoplavskayaAmelia Joseph CallejaGabriele Adorno Ferruccio FurlanettoJacopo Fiesco Jonathan SummersPaolo Albiani Lukas JakobskiPietro Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,Antonio Pappanoconductor

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Forget the election. We want the Proms manifesto

Two days to go.  Two days until we know what delights are lined up for those balmy summer nights at the Royal Albert Hall. Two days until the phrase ‘BBC Proms’ in the Telegraph blog tag box begins its gradual rise from 4 point to 8 point to complete dominance of the cultural blogosphere by the time we reach the Last Night on September 11th.

The Proms schedule remains a closely guarded secret until it’s launched by controller Roger Wright on Thursday. It’s something of a miracle that the embargo is so respected. Obviously lots of people at the BBC have access to the plans – and being media folk, well, it’s hard to stop the odd titbit slipping out to friends and colleagues. Perhaps that’s why us presenters only get fed oblique details in the run up. “We’d like you to present on a prom on xxth August” goes the conversation. “Great, what’s in it?”. “A major European Orchestra. Brilliant programme”. “Okay then”. That’s usually pretty much all we are trusted with.  Well, I may exaggerate slightly, but suffice it to say my detailed knowledge at this point encompasses about 2 per cent of the total programme.

Booksellers will have had their copies of the Proms Guide delivered several weeks ago – it’s still always a best seller. And while I saw the Guide on sale in two branches of a smart London bookstore at the weekend (tut tut), most seem to play along with the rules. And rightly so – it’s much more fun when we all discover together. Then there are nearly two weeks to make up our minds about what we want to hear before tickets go on sale on May 4th. At that point lies the adventure of ticket application forms, online bookings, passport photos for Prommers passes. It’s probably not the best week for the Royal Albert Hall’s box office manager.

So what’s going to be in this year’s season ?  Can’t tell you even my 2 per cent I’m afraid. It’s not like I’m Mr Chiles with ITV to fall back on. But we could have a fun 48 hours speculating …

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