My own personal version of Desert Island Discs, Track 5, “Land of Hope and Glory”

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So I’m British and proud of my (imperfect) country.

For those of you who don’t know, each year the good old BBC (“Auntie”) stages and transmits a whole series of Promenade Concerts (The Proms) from the Royal Albert Hall in London.

This year the concerts run from 16th July through to 11th September.

A good range of orchestras and singers, some world famous, some less so, are chosen to perform a varied selection of music over the season.

The traditional highlight of every Proms season though is the “Last Night”.

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