Last Night of the Proms Tonight.

Yes sue - it did rather stick out like a sore thumb.

Didn't like the Mary Poppins section at all - did the washing up.

I think it's Musical Theatre.

Please.

Yeah. What is "MT"?

Sorry nannanna - I really did not like her voice and felt she contributed very little to the overall quality of the concert. The songs are written to be sung in a much higher register and sounded pretty weird transposed so low. And there were moments when she seemed to be late coming in. I love Mary Poppins, so that is not the problem! I was not looking for operatic voice, just better quality.

"MT"? - what is that? I am being a bit dim this morning!

Her name is Ruthie Henshall Mishap and she's an MT legend. As a Mary Poppins mash-up was included in the programme, she was the obvious choice. MT sung with an operatic voice sounds awful. Ruthie is MT quality!

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Yes - Ruthy Henshaw added nothing to the proceedings. I am all for a variety of music, but quality has to be the most important thing.

I thought it got a bit juvenile last night. All that Mary Poppins stuff!

And the forced jollity. (Look! We're British and we will enjoy this) again

Just picked it up on iplayer. Roderick Williams is sublime - what a singer; and I loved the way he sang Rule Britannia, taking us back to the Arne style.

How splendid to have the importance of investing in musical education so publicly endorsed - let's hope the government is listening!

The first time they included 'You'll Never Walk Alone' I moaned that it was the usual dumbing down we've come to expect of our much loved traditions.

This year they excluded it and I was really disappointed.

I agree about the tenor, Mishap I winced as well.

There was excellent singing and most of the good old traditional songs. I do so love Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem. There was a certain amount of poignancy in view of the fact that things may not be the same next year.

Before I was married my mother and I went to the proms a lot. My father worked for EMI Records and his department used to get 2 sets of tickets for all the concerts. They used to have to do a ballot for the first and last nights and the Gilbert and Sullivan night but we were able to do the first and last a couple of times and pretty much had our pick of the others. If you had been to quite a few concerts during the season you recognised a lot of people on the last night and it turned into a party.

If you like this sort of thing, try the Battle Proms - just google it. Six concerts around the country each summer. All the "last night" trimmings. I have to declare an interest, as my DD and SIL run these, so will forgive HQ if they delete me!

We watched it on a large screen as part of a Rotary knees up! Meant that we only saw the jolly second part, but it was fun to sing along and wave flags in a group. I agree about the referendum making it extra poignant SueBailey1. In fact, shamefully there were a few boos every time Scotland was shown

It was always a ballot for first and last night tickets and I don't think it has changed. Tickets for the rest of the season can be bought in the usual way.

Mishap Get it on i Player. X

Well would you believe it? - OH only recorded the first half, so I have missed the good bits! Darn!

I'm half way through watching my recording of the last night and so far it is ll a bit odd - a very strange choice of music for the first half - bitty and unappealing, apart from the Chausson violin Poeme. The R Strauss (who I usually love) is obscure and the tenor is truly appalling - I had my fingers in my ears at one point - it was that bad!! Such a shame as Roderick Williams, the baritone, is pure magic.

I am hoping that things will improve in the second half!

Yes I went to the Last night a few years back. We were super organised that year as one of my sons was in one, so we bought tickets for a few of the proms, can't remember how many, maybe 4 or 5, and applied for the last night and got 2 tickets in a box, and it was my birthday!. Not all the proms are super expensive, you can get cheap tickets especially for the late night ones, and if you want to stand. Same son was in the choir at one of the proms this year and we enjoyed it so much we couldn't remember why we hadn't gone to more this year. You've just got to apply early in the year when the programme comes out.

I read somewhere that to get tickets for the last night, you need to have attended a set number of the other promenade concerts, not sure how many.

merlot I'm sorry for your loss- occasions like the proms and for me British Legion ceremony in the Albert Hall are poignant but also give us the opportunity to remember the good times.

Not sure how much I enjoyed last night -somehow I was thinking about breaking up the United Kingdom (referendum on Friday) and it made me feel very sad that we've come to this debate. Sad to see large events in Wales and Ireland, and London but no Scotland.

Oh merlotgran - I watched Last Night of the Proms with my mum after my little sisters were put to bed. I've such special, happy memories, we'd sing along, Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory with particular gusto.

My DP loves the last night of the proms. I have often wondered how the tickets are allocated. Is it a ballot or do they just go on sale on a certain day like pop concerts?