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BBC Proms
This is the 115th year of the Proms and it still remains true to its original aim: to present the widest possible range of music, performed to the highest standards, to large audiences. The Queen's Hall, which stood next to BBC Broadcasting House The first Proms concert took place on 10 August 1895 and was the brainchild of the impresario Robert Newman, manager of the newly built Queen's Hall in London. While Newman had previously organised symphony orchestra concerts at the hall, his aim w...
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