Above: recently I went to hear a concert by a brass octet. I got there just before the concert began, and the only seats left were just in front of the perfomers, which meant I got the full blast of the music. The place was absolutely packed, about three hundred people, which shows you how popular classical culture can be.
Above: the programme began with the Paris Fanfare, which was written to celebrate the opening of the Channel Tunnel. Somehow I imagined Edward Heath conducting the debut of this piece. Glasses of wine at the interval.
As I write this I am listening to Prom 24, and will continue to listen to Prom 25 as a sort of backdrop to Newsnight.
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