Last Night of the Proms – Hull City Hall
An alien taking their seat at the Hull City Hall on Thursday evening might possibly have wondered what the tuneless racket was, emanating from the group of musicians on the stage.
Of course, we Earthlings knew better; the noisy crew were extremely talented members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra warming up their instruments for the Last Night of the Proms.
Yet, at the stroke of 7.30pm, when award-winning conductor Nicolò Umberto Foron raised his baton to bring the noisemakers to order, my goodness, the aforementioned racket turned into music so glorious, it gave me goose pimples on my goose pimples.
As is the norm at any concert at this grand venue, the stage is set in the shadow of the magnificent organ - all 5,505 pipes of it. Built by the Hull firm of Forster and Andrew...