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Photo © Neil Rickards

The First Night of the Proms is one of the most anticipated dates of the classical music season. This year, 76 concerts are taking place at the Royal Albert Hall, in addition to a series of Chamber Proms and matinee concerts at Cadogan Hall and a selection of special events before the season culminates in the famous Last Night and the Proms in the Park, in Hyde Park on September 11.

© Alberto Venzago/LSO (2010)

The London Symphony Orchestra lives in the Barbican, its home since 1982, and is considered to be one of the world’s more flamboyant orchestras. It was founded in 1904 and was the first self-governing orchestra in the UK. In 1912, The LSO was booked onto The Titanic, to transport it across the Atlantic for an American tour, but last minute changes of plans averted the sinking of the orchestra.