Well done to everyone who performed/helped out at this week’s brilliant Summer Concert. Video and photos to come …

Congratulations to Ben in year 13 for being awarded this year’s Eddie Rider shield:

Plan to book your Promming ticket to see Brooke and Emma perform at this year’s NYO Prom

The BBC Proms, what’s it all about?

The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895.

Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.

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In the grandeur of St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1970, Leonard Bernstein conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem that marks Placido Domingo’s first appearance with the Maestro. In an introductory note, Mr. Bernstein dedicates this performance to victims of war and oppression: “Let us remember them all and meditate on our own salvation, here on Earth.”

Giuseppe Verdi (born October 9/10, 1813, Roncole, Italy — died January 27, 1901, Milan, Italy) was a leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th century, noted for operas such as Rigoletto (1851), Il trovatore (1853), La traviata (1853), Don Carlos (1867), Aida (1871), Otello (1887), and Falstaff (1893) and for his Requiem Mass (1874). Find out more here

Verdi

Leonard Bernstein (born August 25, 1918, Lawrence, U.S. — died October 14, 1990, New York, U.S.) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist noted for his accomplishments in both classical and popular music, for his flamboyant conducting style, and for his pedagogic flair, especially in concerts for young people. Find out more here

Bernstein

And finally …

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