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World’s largest classical music festival launched

Posted by haynhi on 19/04/2011

The BBC Proms 2011 Season, arguably the world’s largest classical music festival, has been launched – http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/features/launch-day/.

The site features a video clip of Benjamin Grosvenor who will be the youngest soloist to perform in the First Night of the Proms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf

His official website says: “The eighteen year old British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is internationally recognized for his electrifying performances and penetrating interpretations.”

And here’s a YouTube video of his performance at the BBC Young Musician of the Year contest when he was 11:

Proms ticket sale starts on May 7th while ‘Promming’ places are always available on the door for £5 each though the queues for some performances can start as early as 7AM.

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BBC Global News Director Richard Sambrook on his career at the BBC

Posted by haynhi on 26/02/2010

BBC Global News Director Richard Sambrook talks about his career at the BBC.

Nice interview with clips from the last day of theVietnam War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the massacre in Bosnia and…

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4952631

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Is trouble awaiting the BBC?

Posted by haynhi on 10/10/2009

BBC storm as two of BNP’s most notorious activists are invited on Radio 1 to insult Ashley Cole

By Jason Lewis, Mail on Sunday Security Editor
Last updated at 10:13 PM on 10th October 2009

 Ashley Cole and Cheryl Cole

Race row: The BNP pair told Radio 1 that Ashley Cole, pictured with wife Cheryl, is not British

The BBC is facing demands for an investigation after allowing two leading BNP activists to make unchallenged ‘racist’ statements on a flagship news broadcast.

Radio 1′s Newsbeat programme introduced the interviewees

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1219538/BBC-storm-BNPs-notorious-activists-invited-Radio-1-insult-Ashley-Cole.html?ITO=1490&referrer=yahoo#ixzz0TZhhj4NZ

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