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Promenade Concerts before 1950
When the first Promenade Concert took place in August 1895 few realised that a musical tradition had been established. It continues to grow more than 100 years later.
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The Promenade Concerts
The first Promenade concert took place in London in August 1895 and this world famous summer music festival still continues and thrives today.
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London in High Summer
Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt visits London in August, enjoys a visit to Buckingham Palace and Clarence House to admire some fine paintings before buying tickets to the Theatre Royal, the Victoria Palace and the Albert Hall for a Henry Wood Promenade Concert
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Promenade Concerts after 1950
The Promenade Concerts fondly known as "the Proms" were established more than 100 years ago are a great British tradition with a truly international flavour.
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A Little Pomp and Circumstance
Each year millions of Americans gather to watch black robed graduates march to the strains of Edward Elgar's most famous work, Pomp and Circumstance. Find out why here!
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The Carl Rosa Opera Company
Karl August Nikolaus Rose (Hamburg, 1842-Paris, 1889) was a successful conductor in England and America, and the founder of a great English opera company.
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Victorian Cemeteries of London
People not only went to attend interments but used them as places to enjoy. They were created as places of peace and beauty where people could sit or sroll.
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The Queen's tears for America
The Queen's tears for America at St. Paul's and the Archbishop of Canterbury's words of hope. British public and Royals sign the Book of Condolence at the American Embassy. A 'Requiem for Manhattan' at the Royal Albert Hall. Stuart Buchanan MacWatt describes England's mourning for the slain in New York and Washington.<B>Updated: 25 September 2001</B>
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The Princess Diana Memorial Walkway
Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt traces the designated Princess Diana Memorial Walk through London's St. James's and Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens to the Diana Memorial Playground near Kensington Palace, taking afternoon tea at the Ritz en route.
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