<P> The 2014 Last Night saw the on - line auction of a Vivienne Westwood dress, worn by soprano Elizabeth Watts, in aid of Streetwise Opera . </P> <P> The following table lists by year the conductors of the Last Night of the Proms . In general, since the tenure of Sargent, the Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra has led this concert, but guest conductors have directed the Last Night on several occasions . Additionally, the tradition until 1980 was for a British conductor . Charles Mackerras was the first non-British - born conductor to lead the Last Night, in 1980 . Leonard Slatkin was the first American conductor of the Last Night in 2001 . Jiří Bělohlávek was the first non-native English speaker to conduct the Last Night, in 2007 . Marin Alsop was the Last Night's first female conductor in 2013 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Conductor </Th> <Th_colspan="8"> Last Night (s)... </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 19th c.--1940s </Th> <Th> 1950s </Th> <Th> 1960s </Th> <Th> 1970s </Th> <Th> 1980s </Th> <Th> 1990s </Th> <Th> 2000s </Th> <Th> 2010s </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Wood </Td> <Td> 1895--1938, 1941--1943 </Td> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Adrian Boult </Td> <Td> 1945, 1946 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Basil Cameron </Td> <Td> 1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Constant Lambert </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Malcolm Sargent </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> 1947--1966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colin Davis </Td> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> <Td_colspan="2"> 1967--1972 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norman Del Mar </Td> <Th_colspan="1"> </Th> <Td> 1973, 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Charles Groves </Td> <Td> 1974, 1976, 1978 </Td> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Loughran </Td> <Td> 1977, 1979 </Td> <Td> 1981, 1982, 1984 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Charles Mackerras </Td> <Th_colspan="1"> </Th> <Td> 1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vernon Handley </Td> <Td> 1985 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Raymond Leppard </Td> <Td> 1986 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mark Elder </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Andrew Davis </Td> <Td> 1988 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 1990--1992, 1994--1999, 2000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir John Pritchard </Td> <Td> 1989 </Td> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barry Wordsworth </Td> <Th_colspan="1"> </Th> <Td> 1993 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Leonard Slatkin </Td> <Th_colspan="1"> </Th> <Td> 2001--2004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Daniel </Td> <Td> 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jiří Bělohlávek </Td> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> 2010, 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Roger Norrington </Td> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Robertson </Td> <Td> 2009 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward Gardner </Td> <Th_colspan="1"> </Th> <Td> 2011 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marin Alsop </Td> <Td> 2013, 2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sakari Oramo </Td> <Td> 2014, 2016, 2017 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Conductor </Th> <Th_colspan="8"> Last Night (s)... </Th> </Tr>

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