Proms

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A right old rumpus at the Royal Albert Hall last night.

Picking highlights is tricky in a programme bursting with top notch concerts but you’ve got to start your Proms planning somewhere.

London’s greatest musical festival, the BBC Proms kicks off this evening for the first night of nine weeks worth of events. The first night is dedicated to the 150th anniversary celebrations of Mahler’s birth and is set to be quite the intense opener with over …

Shoreditch Festival pitches up in Shoreditch Park this coming weekend, with music, arts, fireworks, dogs and words trampling the sun scorched grass and diverting the Hoxton massive northwards a notch. Friday 16th July: Free Proms in the park between 7.30-9.30pm with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra …

Blessed with a beautiful summer’s evening, the last night of the Kenwood Proms certainly proved how brilliant the British are at picnicking. Forget Union Jack flag-waving for the theme from the Dambusters or Jerusalem – wave the flags for the genius of the bag that …

Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience requires just that—and lots of it. Particularly when you’ve chosen to be cheap and not buy the libretto. Inspired by the Aesthetic Movement, this ever so silly opera tells the story of Patience, a young, virginal, and naïve milkmaid and her …

The BBC’s released the line-up for this year’s Proms, running 17 July-12 September. We quite like the sound of the celebration of MGM musicals with, um, Curtis Stigers joining the Maida Vale Singers and others to belt out songs from The Wizard Of Oz, Singin’ …

FREE TONIGHT? Don’t forget it’s Prom Season. Royal Albert Hall goers at lunchtime were treated to a Dr. Who Spectacular with a specially recorded mini-episode of the cult programme being screened, and featuring classical music from around the galaxy (we don’t actually mean like Klingon …