For most Brits The Last Night Of The Proms is a must whether they're classical music aficionados or not.
It's all about the great British patriotic emotions let loose, proud and uplifting.
Strange though to see among the red, white and blue Union Jacks held high the hundreds of European Union flags' blue with yellow stars as well.
Brexit may be a done deal but many of the Brits were keen to keep that flag flying.
Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo was elegant and witty in his role. A superb music meister.
Swedish opera singer Nina Stemme was sublime singing the Prelude and Liebstod from Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde which would have brought many opera lovers to tears. However, her songs by Kurt Weill and George Gershwin didn't manage that same emotion in my opinion. There are some operatically trained voices and Stemme's is one, that donot translate well to the lighter music genre.
As this glorious concert progressed in the Royal Albert Hall in London there were fantastic live crosses to concerts in Hyde Park, Glasgow, Enniskillen in Northern Ireland and Swansea in Wales where it was noticeable there was a distinct lack of the EU blue and yellow flags.