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[rhythmaning]

Someone calls these drive-by postings...

I have a lot of things to cover, and will do so over the next few days.

But just now I am really looking forward to the start of the Proms...

Really.

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[f4f3.livejournal.com]

The proms are on the list of things I don't get. I mean, I can see why others might, but I just don't. I think it's down to only ever seeing "Land of Hope and Glory" and identifying the Proms for ever after with hordes of drunken, Union Jack waving Thatcherite yuppies. Which is a pity, because, well, The Albert Hall, sunshine, smart dressing, oh, and music, too.

[nicnac.livejournal.com]

I've always viewed as being akin to gardening, i.e. something one can appreciate when too old to pursue other interests. There just isn't enough time to enjoy everything at once.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Hmm, this would fit in with the CD of "Baroque Adagios" I bought the other week...

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

Oh no no no... Not the last night of the Proms, which is all that you describe, and which I do not indulge at all; but the other 72 concerts, two months of music. It is just a great way to hear classical music - the programming is usually interesting (they put new pieces with things one knows already), and it removes a lot of the usual stuffiness of classical concerts.

I haven't been to the Proms live - I should have said "listening to the Proms on the radio..." but still, it is a great festival.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Ah - you see the two are synonomous to me. Possibly because that's all the coverage they get in the media I listen to or watch (um, everything except R3 and classic FM, basically).

I suppose it's similar to someone thinking that all there is to the Olympic Games is watching a stadium full of modern dancers light a torch....