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Post by blobble84 on Apr 19, 2024 15:20:15 GMT
The BBC Proms season 2024 runs at The Royal Albert Hall in London from Friday 19th July - Saturday 14th September.
Sadly no musicals again this year... but quite a lot alongside the traditional classical concerts for those who might be interested, including...
- Saturday 20th July: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco - Friday 2nd August: Sam Smith: In the Lonely Hour - Wednesday 14th August: Reel Change: Soundtracks at the Cutting Edge - Monday 26th August: Doctor Who (afternoon + evening) - Monday 2nd September: Ultra Lounge: Henry Mancini and Beyond - Wednesday 11th September: Symphony of Lungs: Florence + The Machine
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Post by AddisonMizner on Apr 19, 2024 20:01:27 GMT
Exciting. How do you know this? The programme is announced on Thursday, 25th April.
What opera is on this year?
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Post by openbook on Apr 19, 2024 22:27:36 GMT
Who else finds the TV coverage piss poor? What’s worse, is I don’t feel it’s going to get better any time soon, or even that that’s what they want. Just point the cameras at the stage and that should be it, we don’t need empty words before the music. If you can stand in a certain point in the arena, you should be able to stand at that same point in any other concert, I thought it was such a waste of space that last year they reduced the arena space by about 15-20 people for the sake of 3 minutes. WHY? Late Night proms. How did I know when I saw that the band Public Service Broadcasting had a prom, that I instantly thought it was going to be a late night one, when it didn’t mention it on the home page, and then I found out I was right? It’s like they think that if they have these groups on AT ALL they must be late nights, even though there must be fans of this music that don’t necessarily want to get back home after midnight. Same with composers like Glass and Reich, 9/10 performances of these works are late nights, so this is a deliberate choice. I really hope they play everything without stopping before the end this time. That horrible opera concert last year was embarrassing in that way. They obviously thought that composers don’t know what they’re doing when they wrote all that. Disrespectful. Just play what’s written down.
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