Two days to go. Two days until we know what delights are lined up for those balmy summer nights at the Royal Albert Hall. Two days until the phrase ‘BBC Proms’ in the Telegraph blog tag box begins its gradual rise from 4 point to 8 point to complete dominance of the cultural blogosphere by the time we reach the Last Night on September 11th.
The Proms schedule remains a closely guarded secret until it’s launched by controller Roger Wright on Thursday. It’s something of a miracle that the embargo is so respected. Obviously lots of people at the BBC have access to the plans – and being media folk, well, it’s hard to stop the odd titbit slipping out to friends and colleagues. Perhaps that’s why us presenters only get fed oblique details in the run up. “We’d like you to present on a prom on xxth August” goes the conversation. “Great, what’s in it?”. “A major European Orchestra. Brilliant programme”. “Okay then”. That’s usually pretty much all we are trusted with. Well, I may exaggerate slightly, but suffice it to say my detailed knowledge at this point encompasses about 2 per cent of the total programme.
Booksellers will have had their copies of the Proms Guide delivered several weeks ago – it’s still always a best seller. And while I saw the Guide on sale in two branches of a smart London bookstore at the weekend (tut tut), most seem to play along with the rules. And rightly so – it’s much more fun when we all discover together. Then there are nearly two weeks to make up our minds about what we want to hear before tickets go on sale on May 4th. At that point lies the adventure of ticket application forms, online bookings, passport photos for Prommers passes. It’s probably not the best week for the Royal Albert Hall’s box office manager.
So what’s going to be in this year’s season ? Can’t tell you even my 2 per cent I’m afraid. It’s not like I’m Mr Chiles with ITV to fall back on. But we could have a fun 48 hours speculating …
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