THIS year’s Welsh Proms ended in style on Saturday night, as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra treated a full house to an entertaining programme of classics.

The evening began with Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave, followed by the theme from Spartacus, then came the world premiere of the Overture Celtic Spirit by composer Paul Mealor, who was in fact in the audience to hear it played publicly for the first time.

This piece began lightly and slowly with strings and continued faster and faster until the audience could have risen to its feet for a ceilidh.

The first half ended with the unmistakeable theme from the first Harry Potter film, and its haunting glockenspiel solo at the start.

The second half featured the very popular Typewriter piece by Leroy Anderson, then David Childs on the euphonium – regarded as one of the finest brass musicians of his generation – led the Carnival of Venice and the Flight of the Bumblebee.

Welsh proms founder Owain Arwel Hughes, then took us through a fun-filled session of audience participation, with everyone on their feet to sing a selection of Welsh songs including Cwm Rhondda and I Bob Un Sydd Ffyddlon, rounded off with the Welsh anthem.

It was wonderful week of music to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Welsh proms and the audience certainly got into the spirit of the last evening with lots of flag-waving and cheering.

The Keith Little Band then kept the music coming with an hour of jazz on level 3 – as the week drew to a close for another year.