{"id":21769,"date":"2022-09-09T12:17:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T10:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1705100"},"modified":"2022-09-09T12:29:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T10:29:14","slug":"bbc-proms-cancels-tonight-and-last-night-of-the-proms","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bbc-proms-cancels-tonight-and-last-night-of-the-proms\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Proms cancels tonight and Last Night of the Proms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 09 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The BBC has confirmed that the Proms will not go ahead tonight or tomorrow following the sad death of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

A statement posted on the official BBC Proms Twitter account confirmed the news, revealing that Prom 71 and the Last Night of the Proms had both been called off.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the very sad news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen, as a mark of respect we will not be going ahead with Prom 71 on Friday 9 September, or the Last Night of the Proms on Saturday 10 September,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

The Last Night of the Proms had been planned to take place at the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night (10th September), bringing an end to the eight-week summer season of classical music.<\/p>\n

The evening\u2019s music was set to be led by\u00a0BBC Symphony Orchestra principal guest conductor Dalia Stasevska, while soprano Lise Davidsen and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason were among those included in the line-up.<\/p>\n

But the event is one of many to have been cancelled as the United Kingdom pays its respects to the country\u2019s longest-reigning monarch, who died at Balmoral aged 96 yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday 8th September<\/span><\/figcaption> Victoria Jones – WPA Pool\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

It is the first time the Last Night of the Proms has been cancelled since 1944, when the event was called off due to renewed bombing during the Second World War.<\/p>\n

However, changes have been made to the programme in response to major news events more recently, including following the death of Diana Princess of Wales in 1997 and after the 9\/11 attacks in 2001.<\/p>\n

Thursday night\u2019s event, Prom 70: The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, had already been cancelled yesterday evening, having originally been scheduled to begin at 7:30pm \u2013 just an hour after the news broke.<\/p>\n

The Queen herself had been a patron at Royal Albert Hall and last attended the Proms in 2006 when a special concert was staged in honour of her 80th birthday.<\/p>\n

The news of the monarch\u2019s death was announced by Buckingham Palace yesterday evening, with an official statement reading: \u2018The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the latest scheduling information, visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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