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BBC Proms to welcome back audiences
This summer's BBC Proms will go ahead with 52 concerts across 44 days in front of live audiences at the Royal Albert Hall, BBC reports.
The festival will open on 30 July with Vaughan Williams' Serenade To Music, described as "a love song to music and musicians" after a year of lockdown.
The Last Night will also see Rule, Britannia! sung in full, after a row over plans to omit the lyrics in 2020.
Proms director David Pickard said "all the traditional elements" would be in place for the 11 September finale.
At present, it is unclear how many audience members will be allowed into the London venue for the 127th annual Proms season, which will span six weeks instead of the usual eight.
The current limit is set at 1,000 but organizers hope that, by July, a full audience of 5,000 will be permitted.
The season will also mark the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Albert Hall, with four commissions celebrating the venue's history, and five concerts featuring its famous organ - which was originally powered by two steam engines.
The festival will open on 30 July with Vaughan Williams' Serenade To Music, described as "a love song to music and musicians" after a year of lockdown.
The Last Night will also see Rule, Britannia! sung in full, after a row over plans to omit the lyrics in 2020.
Proms director David Pickard said "all the traditional elements" would be in place for the 11 September finale.
At present, it is unclear how many audience members will be allowed into the London venue for the 127th annual Proms season, which will span six weeks instead of the usual eight.
The current limit is set at 1,000 but organizers hope that, by July, a full audience of 5,000 will be permitted.
The season will also mark the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Albert Hall, with four commissions celebrating the venue's history, and five concerts featuring its famous organ - which was originally powered by two steam engines.
