En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Coronation Ode for soloists chorus and orchestra, Op.44

The first night of the Proms was, in this year of Olympic celebrations and the Diamond Jubilee, a tribute to all things English, featuring an impressive range of singers and a (somewhat appropriate) relay team of stellar English conductors. The programme began with a strange mixture of old and new.