The BBC Proms 2023 season culminates with the Last Night of the Proms celebration, taking place on Saturday September 9 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, the BBC Singers, the 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 on 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 television broadcast will be live and in two parts: the first part is on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 7 p.m. and the second part on BBC One from 9 p.m.

When is Last Night of the Proms released 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, with special guest Grayson Perry. You can also listen to BBC Sounds.

Program for the last night of the balls

R.Strauss Don Juan

Bruch Kol Nidrei

Roxanna Panufnik Coronation Shrine

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 Upper. Further away. Faster. Together. Main theme of Wonders

Coleridge-Taylor Deep River with Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Kalman The Gypsy Princess – “Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland” with Lise Davidsen

Villalobos Bachianas brasileiras n°5 – Aria (Cantilena) with Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Lise Davidsen

Trans. arr. Henri Bois Fantasy about British sea shanties

Arné arr. Sergeant Rule, Britannia! Verses 1, 3, 6 with Lise Davidsen

Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March #1

Parry arr. Elgar Jerusalem

The National anthem arr. Britten

Trans. Arr. Paul Campbell Auld Lang Syne

Last Night of the Proms cast

Lise Davidsen soprano

Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello

BBC singers

BBC Symphony Choir

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sailor Alsop driver