Performances of Dolly Parton at BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sat 12 Sep 2026

• 19:15

  Last Night of the Proms 2026

  Royal Albert Hall

  Classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo

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  Classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo

  Programme

  • • • Leonard Bernstein
      • Candide – overture(5 mins)
    • • John Foulds
      • Keltic Suite – Lament(5 mins)ii. ‘Lament’
    • • Antonín Dvořák
      • Rusalka – ‘Vidino divná, přesladká’ (Prince’s Aria)(7 mins)
    • • Bedrich Smetana
      • Má vlast – Vltava(12 mins)
    • • Samy Moussa
      • DithyrambBBC commission: world premiere
    • • Samuel Barber
      • Piano Concerto(26 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Dolly Parton
      • To Dolly, With Love(7 mins)9 to 5 – Jolene – I Will Always Love You arr. Fiona Brice
    • • Gustav Holst
      • 'Jupiter' from The Planets(8 mins)
    • • Alexander Tsfasman
      • Suite for Piano and Orchestra (Jazz Suite)(15 mins)
    • • Various Artists
      • Scotch SnapBBC commission: world premiere arr. Stuart Calvert
    • • Anne Dudley
      • Iris of Life(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Frank Loesser
      • Guys and Dolls – ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin' the Boat’(5 mins)arr. Mark Cumberland
    • • Trad.
      • Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(13 mins)arr. Wood
    • • Thomas Arne
      • Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(3 mins)
    • • Edward Elgar
      • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)(8 mins)
    • • Hubert Parry
      • Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
    • • Unknown
      • The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(2 mins)
    • • Trad.
      • Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)(arr. P. Campbell)

  Performers

  • Nicky Spence

    tenor
    tenor
  • Yuja Wang

    piano
    piano
  • BBC Singers
  • BBC Symphony Chorus
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Leonard Bernstein
  • John Foulds
  • Antonín Dvořák
  • Bedrich Smetana
  • Samy Moussa
  • Samuel Barber
  • Dolly Parton
  • Gustav Holst
  • Alexander Tsfasman
  • Various Artists
  • Anne Dudley
  • Frank Loesser
  • Trad.
  • Thomas Arne
  • Edward Elgar
  • Hubert Parry
  • Unknown

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