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BBC Singers will play an ‘important role’ in Proms, says event director

The corporation recently announced it has suspended the proposed closure of the choir.

The Independent UK

BBC Proms 2022: Nicola Benedetti with the RSNO and Thomas Søndergård review - swinging stuff

The superstar violinist played Wynton Marsalis’ composition written for her, and he couldn’t have had a better advocate

Evening Standard

Proms & ENO: Glass Handel review – arias meet beatboxing in a creative but baffling cacophony

Anthony Roth Costanzo’s neon-lit ‘operatic experience’ brought together Handel and Philip Glass plus dancers, a painter … and films of erotic puddings

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Prom 35: Oslo Philharmonic/Mäkelä review – breathtaking Yuja Wang reveals new depths to Liszt

The pianist gave a virtuosic but exquisitely controlled account of Liszt’s flamboyant First Piano Concerto, on a stunning night at the Proms that also featured exceptional playing of Sibelius and Strauss

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Tredegar Band at the Proms; HMS Pinafore; Poulenc double bill – review

The Tredegar brass band wowed the Proms then were back in Wales in time for their day jobs. Plus, fizz and finesse in G&S and Poulenc

The Guardian - UK

The top brass: Ahead of two dedicated Proms, can brass bands finally move beyond the cliches?

It’s been 33 years since the last Prom dedicated to brass band music, while Gavin Higgins’ concerto for Brass band and orchestra is the first Proms commission of its kind. It’s time to forget that Hovis ad and celebrate the banding world

The Guardian - UK

Pick of the BBC Proms 2022: Presenters on the concerts they can’t wait to see

From the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, to a celebration of Aretha Franklin and the music of video games, BBC TV presenters on the Proms not to miss this summer

Evening Standard

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School bans 80 pupils from Prom because they didn't meet 'certain standards'

The pupils' parents have now arranged an alternative event

Liverpool Echo

School bans 80 pupils from prom because they didn’t meet ‘certain standards’

Shocked parents of the teenagers excluded from the academy prom had already spent a lot of money on outfits.

Daily Record

Furious parents slam school where pupils were banned from prom for 'not meeting standards'

Students are being judged on their attendance, punctuality and 'positive attitudes to learning'

Manchester Evening News

Parents slam 'cruel Year 11 prom passport' that bans kids for poor attendance

New prom passports at Abbey Park School in Swindon mean year 11 students with anything less than 96% attendance would not be welcome at the end of year celebrations

Daily Mirror

BBC Proms concert to be staged in Bristol for the first time

There will be a limited number of discounted tickets released on the morning of the concert

Bristol Post

Pokémon goes to the Proms: 2022 season to feature first video game music concert

The BBC Proms video games concert will look back over the history of the genre, with scores from The Legend of Zelda, Battlefield 2042 and more

The Guardian - UK

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