‘Olympic-level singing’: London’s legendary Proms offer low-cost thrills in troubled times

London: There’s a buzz in the warm evening air as thousands of people stream onto the streets near Hyde Park and talk happily about the concert they’ve just seen at a London landmark. We are outside the Royal Albert Hall a little after 9pm, a few minutes after sunset, and the cloudless sky is cornflower blue. I weav…

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