Part of the recently introduced Proms Across the UK, Proms Bristol will see four concerts taking place over the August bank holiday weekend
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00:00 So in terms of access and inclusion, we see that as very much our job as a charity.
00:04 So I am here in the main hall of the newly refurbished Bristol Beacon,
00:09 which has recently announced that they will be hosting the BBC Proms this summer.
00:13 We have a whole weekend of events, four major events that have come, so it's a massive coup
00:19 for our beautiful new building. I've been really, you know, wonderfully happy about
00:23 how excited everybody is about the Proms. I think it's important because it's an international
00:28 festival. It's recognised across the world, people travel from everywhere and I'm sure we'll
00:32 have many people who come to Bristol who've never considered Bristol just because the Proms are here.
00:37 Part of the recently introduced Proms across the UK, Proms Bristol will see four concerts
00:43 taking place over the August bank holiday weekend. The CBBC Prom will also see additional activities
00:51 from the Beacon's family-friendly Hoo-Ha Festival, bringing a range of free musical activities
00:57 and experiences for children and their families to enjoy.
01:01 So the Proms is one of the largest music festivals in the world, principally classical music,
01:08 but does all sorts of music as well. And it's really famous for the proming tickets.
01:14 The idea of the Proms is that as many people from many different backgrounds get access to
01:20 music as possible. So we're very excited to announce that one of the events is with the
01:25 Para Orchestra. The piece and the performance is called the Virtuous Circle and it's a performance
01:31 of Mozart's 40th Symphony. The next is a performance with the BBC Singers who are
01:37 celebrating their 100 years. There's some fantastic compositions in there, really accessible. John
01:42 Tavener's Song for Athena, which was very famous, but also a piece by John Picard who is a composer
01:49 based in Bristol and wrote a fantastic piece for them in 2018. There's new commissions in there,
01:53 so that should be a beautiful performance. The next is a concert by the Bournemouth Symphony
01:59 Orchestra who are an orchestra in residence. It's a wonderful moment because they've been
02:06 working with Kirill Karabits, their principal conductor, for many years and this will be his
02:11 last performance with them as chief conductor. So it's a fantastic opportunity for Bristol
02:16 audiences to say goodbye to Kirill as chief conductor. And the final performance is CBeebies,
02:23 which we're delighted about. It's about saying that Bristol is as good as anywhere in Europe,
02:28 in the world, and we deserve this beautiful concert performance space and it's really proving
02:35 that point. So yeah, I think that's why everybody's been so excited. The announcement of BBC Proms
02:41 visiting the Bristol Beacon is an exciting thing for the city of Bristol and hopefully the first
02:47 of many. I mean, we have a partnership with them with a real focus on inclusion, as you can see
02:53 from the power orchestra and also the composers represented in it. So yes, this is the first of