Simon Rattle avoided conducting at Last Night of the Proms over ‘jingoistic’ elements of concert

Simon Rattle avoided conducting at Last Night of the Proms over ‘jingoistic’ elements of closing concert Sir Simon Rattle said he has been ‘torn’ over the Last Night of the Proms concert He thinks the Proms is an ‘extraordinary’ way of bringing people together, but he has steered clear of it in the past There … Read more