Synopsis

The concluding concert of this year's BBC Proms, a consistently British tradition, features a program entirely devoted to British composers. The first half begins with Holst's ballet music from *A Perfect Fool*, followed by Arnold's Clarinet Concerto No. 2, with Michael Collins as soloist. Following shorter works by Delius and Lord Berners, the first part concludes with Lambert's *Rio Grande*, a piece uniting mezzosoprano Delia Jones, pianist Kathryn Stott, the BBC Singers, and the BBC Sympho