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Battle Proms: Concerts with cavalry and cannons

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There are many outdoor concerts in Britain through the summer, but the Battle Proms are the only ones that include nearly 200 cannons fired to music.The artillery features Beethoven’s Battle Symphony and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. The concert programme also includes Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor and works well known to British patriotic audiences: Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory and Rule […]

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