Wow! What a fantastic night! The atmosphere was tremendous. The house and its grounds, the performance stand, the London Gala Orchestra and conductor Stephen Bell and the two choirs, Beccles Choral Society and Pakefield Singers - all had a ball!
Like the Last Night of the Proms in the BBC Prom Season our Last Night started with something different. We started as we meant to go on with our second performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana in 15 months. While our earlier performance at Snape Maltings was with 2 pianos and percussion, as originally written by Carl Orff, this time we had a full orchestra accompanying us. We really enjoyed ourselves with this, and I gather that it went down pretty well with everyone else!
The second half followed time honoured traditions of well loved orchestral pieces and Patriotic Songs, with Rule Britannia, Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory hitting all the right spots as the end of our biggest concert so far in terms of the size of the crowd.