Jack Burgess
Live editor

Well that's it for another season of the BBC Proms and the Last Night never fails to impress.

The Proms has truly sung its heart out this year.

There are so many standout performances to choose from across the last few weeks - from the centenary of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, to the Disco Prom; from Mozart and Mendelssohn to Florence + The Machine and Sam Smith.

My favourite? It has to be Gustav Holst’s Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from the famous orchestral suite The Planets.

You can watch a short clip of it here:

If you're, like me, sad that it's over, don't worry - we've got plenty more for you to enjoy:

• Catch up on any Proms you've missed on BBC iPlayer
• Pretend the season isn't over by heading over to BBC Sounds, where you can listen to every Proms performance from this year

• Watch some unmissable moments at this year's Proms in this highlights programme

• Think you're an expert on the Proms? Test your knowledge on the history of the Proms with this quiz

See you next year!

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It’s the 76th Emmy Awards in the US on Sunday night, which is one of the US TV industry's highest honours. The ceremony will be hosted from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Our colleagues in the US will be covering every minute of it and running a live page on our website and app from Washington DC.

It’ll be up from about 22:00 BST (17:00 local time) so check back tomorrow to see which of the stars walking down the red carpet pick up an award.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

And that's a wrap. After eight weeks and 90 concerts, the BBC Proms has once again drawn to a close.

Highlights this year included the Aurora Orchestra playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony from memory; the debut of pop star Florence + The Machine; and a thrilling performance of Britten’s War Requiem, with Sir Antonio Pappano making his debut as the chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.

The Last Night was, as ever, light-hearted and celebratory, capped by a radiant performance from Angel Blue and a cheeky rendition of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious by Sir Stephen Hough.

If you missed any of this year's concerts, they're all available for the next 30 days on BBC Sounds.

Finally, as an epic night of incredible music draws to a close, the crowd links arms and sings Auld Lang Syne together, arranged by Paul Campbell.

Now it's time for British composer Benjamin Britten's arrangement of the National Anthem.

Jack Burgess
Live editor

The music was written by Sir Hubert Parry and the orchestration was another score by Edward Elgar.

The famous words for Jerusalem are from the classic poem And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time by William Blake.

Rachel Flynn
reporting from the Royal Albert Hall

Conductor Sakari Oramo takes a moment to celebrate this year's BBC Proms, and thanks those who made it possible - starting with Prom's founder Sir Henry.

The BBC Singers get an extra loud stomp from the crowd - perhaps a nod to their near removal in last year's BBC budget cuts.

He thanks Prom's Director David Pickard on his last night in the role.

He says: "Dr David, you will be remembered for your creative programming and the decision to take the Proms across the UK."

Here's part of the Fantasia on British Sea-Songs, arranged by Henry Wood, that we heard a little while ago.

Get your feet stomping with this short clip:

Rachel Flynn
reporting from the Royal Albert Hall

The hall is awash with red and blue - be it from flags, wristbands or outfits - as the crowd stands and sings Land of Hope and Glory.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

That was such a joyous performance from Angel Blue.

She had the audience in her hands, as she strode across the stage, throwing red and white roses to her admirers (and placing one coyly at the feet of violinist / leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Stephen Bryant).

Conductor Sakari Oramo also received a white rose and tried briefly to conduct with it.

"We're all a little bit in love now, aren't we?" asked Katie Derham on BBC One.

"What a show-stopper."

Rachel Flynn
reporting from the Royal Albert Hall

Angel Blue was, well... in blue for her performance of Rule, Britannia! just now.

Jack Burgess
Live editor

Another piece that you'll surely have heard before.

Land of Hope And Glory is a patriotic song scored in 1901 by British composer Edward Elgar.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

Here we go, next up is the traditional closing sequence of the Last Night of the Proms.

It’s now 70 years since the closing pieces – minus Auld Lang Syne – were first played together for the first time.

The ever-popular Malcolm Sargent (or “Flash”, as he was affectionately known) helped put together the programme that evening, as well as conducting the orchestra.

The innovation came around the same time that the Proms were first broadcast on television – and Sargent also encouraged the waving of bright flags and banners to give the concert some visual splendour.

Over the last few years, there’s been a debate over the inclusion of both Rule, Britannia! and Land And Hope And Glory.

Critics say the lyrics have uncomfortable associations with Britain’s colonial past and slavery and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is among those who asked the BBC to drop the songs.

In 2020, a plan to perform Rule, Britannia! without lyrics (partly because of Covid restrictions on choirs) prompted a furious backlash and the BBC reinstated the song.

But interestingly, there was no such outcry when the song was demoted between 2002 and 2007.

During those years, it was heard only as an element of Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs rather than separately.

Jack Burgess
Live editor

We're into the final few pieces now - I'm sure you'll have heard them before!

The first is Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne and arranged by Malcolm Sargent.

We'll also be hearing these pieces soon Pomp and Circumstance, Jerusalem, The National Anthem and Auld Lang Syne.

Rachel Flynn
reporting from the Royal Albert Hall

The whole of the Royal Albert Hall is stomping along to Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs - a sign we're coming towards the end of tonight's festivities.

And now's we're into the Last Night of the Proms classics.

First up is Fantasia on British Sea-Songs, arranged by Henry Wood.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

Right, we’re in for a treat here.

Carceleras is one of Angel Blue’s favourite pieces to perform – a brisk, tongue-twisting cascade of syllables that showcases both her vocal dexterity and her sense of fun.

It’s taken from the Las Hijas Del Zebedeo (The Daughters of the Zebedeo) – a sort of comic operetta known as a zarzuela, written by Spanish composer Ruperto Chapí.

The lyrics are sung by Luisa, who works in a tailor shop and is boasting about the many qualities of her boyfriend, Arturo.

"I die when he looks at me," she declares, "and it turns me to jelly when he sighs".

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

Sir Stephen Hough has arranged this next piece especially for soloist Angel Blue – In His Hands.

The piece is a BBC commission and world premiere, combining the Whole World In His Hands and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.

Rachel Flynn
reporting from the Royal Albert Hall

As soon as The Pink Panther arrangement begins, the crowd lets out a mutual 'ahhhh!'

Wristbands are glowing, the audience is clicking, and that baritone sax is doing the job perfectly.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

What did The Pink Panther say when he stepped on a bug?

“Dead ant. Dead ant. Dead ant, dead ant, dead ant."

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Anyway, this is probably the most recognisable saxophone riff ever (with apologies to Baker Street and Careless Whisper), written for the 1963 Pink Panther movie.

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Everyone associates it with the one and only truly original panther-pink panther, who appears in the opening titles, but Henry Mancini actually wrote it for an entirely different scene.

“It was actually David Niven’s scene when I read the script,” he said.

“He was the fella that stole the jewels – so that was written for him [because] I knew he had a lot of tippy-toe scenes in the picture.”