Synopsis

Katie Derham welcomes listeners to the second half of the Last Night of the Proms, broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall. As an Olympic year unfolds, the concert’s second part opens with *Javelin*, a work by American composer Michael Torke that first resonated at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. A group of young singers then present Vaughan Williams's 1938 *Serenade to Music*, a tribute to Henry Wood’s fiftieth anniversary. British composer Anne Dudley offers a vibrant spec