Mon 26 Jul 2021 19.01 EDT Simon Rattle has said he avoided conducting at the Last Night of the Proms throughout his career because of his discomfort at its âjingoistic elementsâ. In an interview with Radio Times, the conductor â who announced earlier this year he would be leaving the London Symphony Orchestra and relocating to Germany â said nationalistic aspects of the event left him âuneasyâ. The Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in a pre-pandemic year. Photograph: Alex Sudea/REX/Shutterstock âI never conducted the Last Night, always avoided it a bit. Iâve been uneasy about some of the jingoistic elements, ever since the Falklands in 1982,â he said.