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qatsi

You expect me to talk? No, Mr Bond, I expect you to sing!

Aug 01, 2011 20:57

Dad visited this weekend on his way back from a holiday in Devon. He wanted to have a look around London, as it's years since he's been there, so we went to meet him on Sunday after lunch to go to the Cabinet War Rooms (now rebranded as the 'Churchill' War Rooms). Ironically, I didn't find the Churchill room extension all that engaging; it was a ( Read more... )

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Just the person I was looking for brixtonbrood August 1 2011, 20:25:01 UTC

This reminds me that you are the ideal person to answer a question of mine (if you wouldn't mind please).

If we wanted to get day promenade tickets for Friday's prom (Simon Bolivar do Mahler 2 at 7:30pm on a Friday), when would you advise starting to queue?

Re: Just the person I was looking for qatsi August 1 2011, 21:34:25 UTC

That's a tricky one. I think it will be a very popular concert - it's the right combination of the work and the performers to pull in a lot of people ( ... )

Re: Just the person I was looking for brixtonbrood August 2 2011, 17:50:45 UTC

Hmmm, you've confirmed my prejudice that this would be a jolly popular one, and next week's Radio Times confirms it further (in its coverage of the as-live broadcast the following day) by stating that the seated tickets sold out in 3 hours flat in May, so there's presumably a lot of pent up demand. I think we will have to give it a miss since there's no way we can get there before 5:30, and we don't fancy this one enough to spend 2 hours in a queue for no guaranteed ticket.

Thanks for the advice though.

Re: Just the person I was looking for qatsi August 2 2011, 19:20:29 UTC

Oh, I'm sorry about that. Unfortunately (from your perspective) the Simon Bolivar orchestra got "discovered" on their previous visit to the Proms.