Proms I'm aiming to get to

[kaberett]

• Friday 22nd August: Prom 48 "Classical Tectonics", in which the Iceland Symphony Orchestra do a volcanoes-themed gig. Aiming to queue from 6.45pm, maybe getting dinner at the South Ken Thai Square around 5.30?
  
• Sunday 24th August: Dvorak [cello concerto!!!], Beethoven & Janacek
  
• Monday 25th August: 1pm, Proms chamber music 6 (Mozart piano sonata in D major, Mahler piano quartet in A minor, Strauss Metamorphosen (for septet))
  
• Friday 5th September: the Berlin Phil play Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances & Stravinsky's Firebird
  
• Friday 7th September: Rach piano concerto #2, Tchaik symphony #5

Comments

[forestofglory]

I'm still a bit confused by this use of the word Prom, since in American English Prom means a fancy high school dance. Still I hope you enjoy -- that 1st one seems very you.

[kaberett]

I believe that it is similarly short for "promenade"; it's always been the case that you can get tickets on the day by queueing outside the hall, which has turned into a tradition of its own with people playing bridge, having picnics etc in the plaza where queues form. Here's some detail on the history!

[forestofglory]

Thank you! That was interesting.

[ex_we935]

I agree with forestofglory - the first Prom seems right up your street! Volcano concert!

~K.