The Proms 2011: the final week and Last Night in review

This year's record-breaking festival has featured some standout performances – so please, tell us what your highlights wereSo finally it ended, with a whimper and a bang. The Proms is unusual in ending with both. For fans of the Last Night, and the opportunity to celebrate great little Britishness with no apparent irony, it is undoubtedly a big bang. Many, though, merely whimper as they look on at the unruly flagwaving. For music critics, by contrast, the sobbing is mostly from relief that two...

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