Richard Notton schrieb:
> What you all may not know is that tomorrow, Battle of Britain Day (largely
> forgotten), is also the last night of the Proms* - "a rumbustious
> celebration of quintessential Britishness", for the first time in history
> the long established and fixed programme has been altered to encompass works
> of a more appropriate nature in the light of recent events and indeed that
> presently the Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra is an American.
> (*Promenade Concerts - Sir Henry Wood)
Oh dear! No "Rule Britannia" and no "Pomp and Circumstances"!
What about "Jerusalem"?
I can't understand, that they altered the programme from singing
"Britons never never never will be slaves " and "Land of hope and
glory, Mother of the Free" to "A song of joy" (Beethoven's 9th
symphony). Is this
more appropriate at the moment?
Regards from Germany
Andreas
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