The Proms his 1994 Last Night appearance, he sang one verse in a Welsh translation, with the chorus also translated into Welsh. 2009 saw the continued absence of Wood's "Sea Songs", this time replaced by specially commissioned fanfares, and extracts from Handel's "Music for the Royal Fireworks". In 2009, for the first time, the Last Night was shown live in several cinemas across Asia and in Canada and Australia. The 2014 Last Night saw soprano Elizabeth Watts wearing a dress by Vivienne Westwood, which was auctioned in aid of Streetwise Opera. The online auction ran from 8 September to 18 September. The
The Proms Proms. The 2013 season celebrated several composer anniversaries: The season featured concert performances of seven of his thirteen operas, including "Der Ring des Nibelungen" performed over the course of one week by the Staatskapelle Berlin, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the first time the complete "Ring" cycle had been performed at The Proms in a single season. BBC Radio 3 also collaborated with BBC Radio 2 and Radio 6. The 2014 season had a number of pieces in commemoration of the 100 year anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, including the premier of the first violin concerto "1914" by