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BBC PROMS SEASON 2010 - 16 July 2010 to 11 September 2010 |
The 2010 Proms start on Friday 17 July and the season ends on 12 September
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BBC PROMS SEASON 2008 Review |
The 2008 season ran from 18 July-13 September 2008. The BBC released details of the season slightly earlier than usual, on 9 April 2008. As expected, composers whose anniversaries are marked include, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, 2008 being 50 years since his death; Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen in their centenary year; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to mark the centenary of his death; and Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose 80th birthday would have fallen during the season (he died on December 5, 2007). The celebration of Stockhausen is centred on two large-scale concerts on 2 August 2008, and complementing Vaughan-Williams's interest in folk music, the first Saturday is given over to a celebration of various aspects of British folk, including free events in Kensington Gardens and the Albert Hall, and ending with a céilidh in the hall itself.
Other changes include additional pre-Prom talks and events, for the first time there will be a related talk or event before every Prom, to be held in the Royal College of Music. The popular child-oriented Prom this year becomes the Doctor Who Prom (rather than the Blue Peter Prom of recent years.
Just over a month before the announcement, Margaret Hodge, the UK Culture Secretary suggested "that the Proms was one of several big cultural events that many people did not feel comfortable attending", and advocated an increase in multicultural works and an effort to broaden the audience.
Brief History
A history of music at the Proms
Since 1895 the Proms have presented the best in live music to wide audiences, with a huge line up of events and performances throughout the summer. Taking place for the 114th season this year the 2008 Proms feature over 70 concerts over 58 days of music festivities.
Join the party at Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert hall will be raising the roof with a string of more than 70 concerts, showcasing world class orchestral music and solo performances in the heart of London. Music fans can revel in a world of symphonies, arias and concertos, featuring dozens of works from some of history's greatest composers.
Naming
The Proms (also more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC) is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1895, each season now consists of over 70 concerts in the Albert Hall, a series of eight chamber concerts and four Saturday Matinees at Cadogan Hall, additional Proms in the Park events across the United Kingdom on the Last Night and associated educational and children's events. It is the biggest classical music festival in the world.
Proms is short for promenade concerts. The term promenade concert arose from the original practice of audience members promenading, or strolling, in some areas of the concert hall during the concert. Promming now refers to the use of the standing areas inside the hall (the arena and gallery) for which ticket prices are much lower than for the reserved seating. Single concert promming tickets can be purchased, with few exceptions, only on the day of the concert, which can give rise to long queues for well-known artists or works. Prommers can purchase full or half season tickets instead for guaranteed entry, although not guaranteed standing position. A number of Prommers are particularly keen in their attendance, and see it as a badge of honour to achieve the "Grand Slam" of attending every concert of the season. In 1997 one programme in the BBC documentary series "Modern Times" covered this dedicated following.
The Last Night
The Last Night of the Proms is one of the most popular classical music concerts in the world, watched and listened to by an audience of many millions around the globe
While it lives up to its reputation of a fun Last Night party celebrating British tradition, it equally encapsulates the spirit of the Proms, with leading international artists and an all-embracing programme, introducing new works alongside much-loved classics and bringing together the different themes of the season.
Proms in the Park now takes the Last Night party to Belfast, Swansea, Manchester and Glasgow as well as London, reflecting the increased interest in the Proms from around the UK.
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