Synopsis

From the Royal Albert Hall, the season’s farewell concert opens with a powerful rendition of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, arranged for full orchestra by Henry Wood, the founder of the Proms. This is followed by Vaughan Williams' Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, and then Walton's choral masterpiece, Belshazzar's Feast. The BBC Singers, marking their 70th anniversary this year, unite with the BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis. The evening i