Launching the BBC Proms 2012
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|17:46 UK time, Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Editor's Note - Today sees the launch of the 2012 BBC Proms, an eight week season spanning the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics, welcoming an international line-up of leading orchestras, conductors and soloists from the UK and around the world.
Over on the Radio 3 Blog, Roger Wright, Director BBC Proms writes,
At the heart of the Proms is the scale of the event, and it's something which puts quality and accessibility together. It is, simply, the best music festival in the world.
Roger Wright also talks about the forthcoming season, its ethos and the experience of the first night concert in this audio interview for the About the BBC blog.
- Full press information on the BBC Media Centre website.
- Full concert listings for the entire season are available on the BBC Proms website.
- Roger Wright blogs about the season on the BBC Radio 3 blog.
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At 23:40 26th Apr 2012, crickedneck wrote:How do you think any of us can afford the cost of running the gauntlet of the ghastly olympics? Tfl has advised against unnecessary travel and taxi firms have said fares will treble because Seb and his mates have to have special car lanes. Why didn't you delay the start until this awful jamboree was over?
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