Summary
Who can doubt the Proms form the most accessible music festival in the world when this season's programme is so mouth-watering, and you can 'prom' for Pounds 4 and get best seats for Pounds 30?
Mellor's Top Ten is more than usually difficult to compile because two of this year's three themes really hit the spot for me: Bohemian music in honour of the centenary of the death of that most lovable of composers, Antonin Dvorak, and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Leos Janacek; and English music, marking 70 years since the death of Elgar, Holst and Delius and the birth of Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle.See the full content of this document
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Fanfare for the Proms
But, as usual, I've allowed myself to be seduced by great orchestras under world-renowned conductors who always hit the heights in the Albert Hall, and a few curiosities which, if you don't catc...
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