Synopsis

BBC One will broadcast live the grand finale of the 2001 Proms season. The proceedings feature American conductor Leonard Slatkin leading the BBC Symphony Orchestra, bringing a transatlantic flavor to the evening's program. Highlights include John Adams’s *Short Ride in a Fast Machine* and a Sousa march popularized by Monty Python. American mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade makes her debut at the Proms, performing Canteloube's *Songs of the Auvergne*. The concert concludes with the customary sin