Proms Highlights: w/c 4th August 2008

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Please see the previous post for Monday's Prom (no. 24, I can't wait!). Below are this week's Proms recommendations...

Prom 26: Tuesday 5 August
Late night Prom commencing at 10.15pm. The King's Singers return to the Proms to celebrate their 40th Anniversary with a variety of English and French folk songs. Not to be missed!

Prom 27: Wednesday 6 August
Includes Stravinsky's Violin Concerto and Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte.

Prom 28: Thursday 7 August
Includes Smetena's Má vlast - Vltava and Dvorak's Symphony no. 8.

Prom 30: Friday 8 August
Late night Prom commencing at 10pm. John Adams' The Chairman Dances and music by Bernstein and Ellington.

Happy listening!

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