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  Proms 2022: back to normal, but why settle for ‘normal’?

  Proms 2022: back to normal, but why settle for ‘normal’? . The return of international orchestras and an increased focus on concerts outside of London are welcome facets of this year’s season, but adventurous and ambitious programming feels in short supply. And, below, our pick of this year’s concerts

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  First Night of the Proms 2021, Royal Albert Hall, review: Emerging from hibernation, this festival has rarely seemed so thrilling

  By the skin of their teeth, the Proms are with us, live and in-person. It was a close-run thing. The fear was that for the second year in a row the Proms would be a sad ghostly affair, broadcast to online audiences only. Then came the joyous news that there would be a six-week season of nightly Proms for an audience of 1,000. Last week came the even more joyous news that the Proms would be running at full capacity. Of course it’s not been easy. One can only imagine the atmosphere of fevered unce

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  Play on, maestros … our pick of the BBC Proms 2021

  Play on, maestros … our pick of the BBC Proms 2021The season may be slightly shorter than usual, but this year’s Proms will still include many tantalising pairings, several premieres and a fond farewell The Proms return to the Royal Albert Hall – with audiences – for the first time since 2019. Photograph: Mark Allan/The Guardian

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  TV tonight: the Last Night of the Proms 2020

  TV tonight: the Last Night of the Proms 2020. Rule, Britannia, or not, the highlight of this year’s unusual classical music calendar promises to serve up new pieces and old favourites. Plus: Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club. Here’s what to watch this evening

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  Last Night of the Proms to finally take place after weeks of controversy

  The BBC made a U-turn so that Rule, Britannia! and Land Of Hope And Glory will be sung at the event.

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  Last Night of the Proms 2020 review, Royal Albert Hall: What the nation needs right now isn’t a culture war, it’s a tonic, and the BBC provided it brilliantly

  A triumphant, over-emotional and silly celebration of eight weeks of musical glories; that’s what the Last Night of the Proms should be. But this year, there was precious little to celebrate. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown, the Proms season has been a sad affair. True, we’ve enjoyed a full eight-week season. But three-quarters of it was a rehash of Proms from the archive, and the “live” broadcasts of the past two weeks in the empty space of the Albert Hall have had a muted

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  This week's home entertainment: from Ratched to Des

  This week's home entertainment: from Ratched to DesNurse Ratched’s origin story comes to Netflix, while David Tennant plays Dennis Nilsen in a chilling dramatisation

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  Proms conductor: I played no role in decisions over traditional songs

  The BBC decided to strip lyrics from traditional Last Night of the Proms favourites such as Land Of Hope And Glory.

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  BBC Proms: Conductor Dalia Stasevska ‘heartbroken’ after being wrongly blamed for ‘Rule Britannia’ controversy

  Conductor Dalia Stasevska has expressed her “heartbreak” after being blamed for the decision not to perform “Rule, Britannia!” at the 2020 Proms.The Finnish conductor found herself in the limelight last week after reports from “BBC sources” suggested that both “Rule, Britannia!” and “Land of Hope and Glory” were pulled from the Last Night of the Proms at Stasevska’s request due to their history with colonialism and slavery.

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  Proms conductor hits back as BBC bosses are blamed for silencing Rule, Britannia!

  A Finnish conductor blamed for the row over the Last Night of the Proms has hit back as those close to her insist that BBC bosses were behind the decision to replace Rule, Britannia! Dalia Stasevska is said to be “heartbroken” by personal attacks on her as her friends insist she did not demand that Rule, Britannia! and Land Of Hope And Glory were pulled from the Last Night of the Proms because of associations with colonialism and slavery. It was down to BBC bosses and she would never have the "a

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