Книги, главы из книг для написания диплома, курсовой работы, реферата по предмету Английский язык: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (из книги "British Studies" by V. Pavlotskiy, St.Petersburg, 1996)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (из книги "British Studies" by V. Pavlotskiy, St.Petersburg, 1996)

В данном разделе мы вам предлагаем бесплатные материалы, по которым возможно выполнение дипломов, курсовых, рефератов и контрольных работ по данному предмету самостоятельно, а также на заказ, в частности словари и справочники.

Кроме словарей и справочников билетов и вопросов Вы можете найти на сайте «Электив»: билеты и вопросы, методички, шпаргалки, книги, статьи, аннотации на книги, рецензии, словари, планы работ .

Также бесплатно вы можете подобрать литературу по данному предмету.

Список тем работ, которые Вы можете у нас заказать в максимально короткие сроки.

HENRY WOOD PROMENADE CONCERTS

Amongst music-lovers in Britain — and, indeed, in very many other countries — the period between July and September 21 is a time of excitement, of anticipation, of great enthusiasm.

We are in the middle of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts — the Proms. London music-lovers are particularly fortunate, for those who are able to obtain tickets can attend the concerts in person. Every night at 7 o'clock (Sunday excepted) a vast audience assembled at the Royal Albert Hall rises for the playing and singing of the National Anthem. A few minutes later, when seats have been resumed, the first work of the evening begins.

But even if seats are not to be obtained, the important parts of the concerts can be heard — and are heard —- by a very great number of people, because the BBC broadcasts certain principal works every night throughout the season. The audience reached by this means is estimated to total several millions in Britain alone, and that total is probably equalled by the number of listen¬ers abroad.

The reason why such a great audience is attracted is that the Proms present every year a large repertoire of classical works under the best conductors and with the best artists. A season provides an anthology of masterpieces.

The Proms started in 1895 when Sir Henry Wood formed the Queen's Hall Orchestra. The purpose of the venture was to pro¬vide classical music to as many people who cared to come at a price all could afford to pay, those of lesser means being charged comparatively little — one shilling — to enter the Promenade, where standing was the rule.

The coming of the last war ended two Proms' traditions. The first was that in 1939 it was no longer possible to perform to London audiences — the whole organization was evacuated to Bristol. The second was that the Proms couldn't return to the Queen's Hall after the war was over — the Queen's Hall had become a casualty of the air-raids (in 1941), and was gutted.