Astor Piazzolla

Last Night of the Proms 2021, review: a return to a balance of fun and games with misty-eyed celebration

• In a normal year the Last Night of the Proms is that giddy moment when you throw caution and dignity to the winds, mutter “oh, sod it” at the thought of the disapproving sidelong glances you might get, and join the other 5,000 people in the Albert Hall in a lusty singalong of Rule Britannia, Jerusalem and Auld Lang Syne.