Comedy at the Proms used to consist of the Prommers' collective badinage. Now that source of wit has dried up, this first Comedy Prom was designed to fill the giggle gap... more
It features in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest symphony ever written. But that in itself gives little idea of the immensity of Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony, the first of his 32... more
Miranda Hart, Hugh Bonneville, Al Murray, Stephen Mangan and more than 50 other comedians and actors united to break the Guinness World Record for the largest kazoo ensemble... more
London's annual jazz festival returns with a cracking line-up of both well-established names and up-and-coming musicians from the capital's thriving alternative scene.... more
The audience was dancing the conga in the aisles and gave Pink Martini a standing ovation, but Mark Espiner found the 12-strong band a little too predictable.... more
After a stint in Pinter's People, comedian Bill Bailey fronted the BBC Concert Orchestra and his musical departure was certainly more successful than his theatrical foray.... more
In the first of what it hopes will be an annual festival to complement the classical Proms, the BBC's Electric Proms aims to persuade a wide cross-section of contemporary musicians to try something a bit different.... more
The Barbican resembled La Rive Gauche as London's Francophiles assembled for the live recreation of two of the strangest moments in French music.... more
The Affordable Art Fair comes to town, the mammoth Fabric celebrates its 7th birthday party, there's at tribute to the musical legacy of Serge Gainsbourg and Volupte lounge host a special cacao-themed soiree.... more
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