subject: Last Night of the Poms Tickets are available at YourTicketMarket [print this page] Last Night of the Poms is a series of concerts held yearly in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain. Regularly there are also shows in France, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Scandinavian countries.Last night of The Proms concerts consist of a combination of pop music and popular classical music (often combined) and various well-known musicians and groups usually participate (see below).Last Night of the Proms is the biggest annually organised indoor event in Europe.Not to be confused with the Last Night of the Proms, which is the last concert of the BBC Proms, a series of seventy or so classical concerts held yearly in the Royal Albert Hall in London. Last Night of the Poms was created by two Belgian students, Jan Vereecke and Jan Van Esbroeck in 1985. The first NotP took place at the Antwerp Sportpaleis in Belgium on 19 October 1985. Nowadays the event is organized by PSE Belgium (Promotion for Special Events), still managed by Jan Vereecke and Jan Van Esbroeck. For the concerts outside the Benelux countries, PSE co-operates with local promoters (Dirk Hohmeyer in Germany, GPE Producciones in Spain, etc.). In Last Night of The Poms,The 2006 season(the 112th)marked the 250th birthday celebrations of Mozart and the centenary of Shostakovich's birth. New initiatives for the year included four Saturday matinee concerts at the Cadogan Hall and the chance for audience members to get involved with The Voice, a collaborative piece performed in two Last Night of The Poms on 29 July. On 3 September 2006, a concert was cancelled due to a fire which damaged the hall's electrical system.The season saw the launch of a venture called the Last Night of The Poms Family Orchestra in which children and their extended families can make music with BBC musicians. In Last night of The Poms,The 2007 season ran from 13 July-8 September 2007, with the first concert beginning with Walton's Portsmouth Point and included Elgar's Cello Concerto performed by Paul Watkins and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Following the previous year's Voice day, brass instruments were specially featured with two concerts Last night of The Poms on 28 July 2007. Early press coverage focused heavily on the fact that musical theatre star Michael Ball would be the central performer in a concert on 27 August and a concert of British film music on 14 July. This led to media accusations of "dumbing down", despite Nicholas Kenyon's defence of the programme.Anniversaries marked in this Last night of The Poms season included the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edward Elgar, the 100th anniversary of the death of Edvard Grieg and the 50th anniversary of the death of Jean Sibelius as well as marking 80 years since the first BBC sponsorship of the Proms. The series also included an additional series of four Saturday matinee concerts at Cadogan Hall.
The 2007 season was Nicholas Kenyon's last season as controller of the BBC Poms, before he became Managing Director at the Barbican Centre from October 2007. Roger Wright became controller of the Last night of The Poms in October 2007, whilst retaining responsibility for BBC Radio 3 and taking up a broader role controlling the BBC's classical music output across all media. For Further Contact call us on 0044(0)207494 3245
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