Classical music takes center stage Aug 26, 2019

Classical music takes center stage

We"re looking at the West–Eastern Divan youth orchestra rehearsing for a performance in the BBC Proms. The Proms (short for promenade concerts) is an annual music festival held in London over eight weeks from July into September. The first Proms took place on August 10, 1895 in the Queen’s Hall in Langham Place, London. After the Queen"s Hall was destroyed by a bomb during the Blitz, the Proms moved here to the Royal Albert Hall in 1941. This year marks the 125th festival and includes 150 concerts and educational events. While the focus is on classical music, the Proms in the Park event closes out the season with performances from Barry Manilow, Chrissie Hynde, and other pop artists.

© Oli Scarff/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Aug 26, 2018From pirate port to nature preserve
Aug 26, 2020Spotted Lake emerges
Aug 26, 2021What are these creatures?
Aug 26, 2022Kiteboarding and windsurfing in Croatia
Aug 26, 2023Museum Night in Berlin
Aug 26, 2024Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Aug 26, 2025Trullo buildings in Alberobello, Apulia, Italy

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 16, 2019The birth of Bauhaus
Sep 9, 2024Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
Mar 6, 2020Hello, harbinger of spring
Sep 19, 2018Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
Sep 1, 2020National Mushroom Month
Nov 7, 2025Polar Bear Week
Dec 27, 2018A wonderland in winter
Apr 7, 2021A willowy welcome to spring
Nov 24, 2023Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
Nov 26, 2022World Olive Tree Day
Aug 16, 2018Keep your hands inside the ride at all times…
Jan 17, 2023Muniellos Nature Reserve
Jun 10, 2023Porto Cathedral, Portugal
Jan 9, 2022Rice processing in Bangladesh
Apr 10, 2025Siblings Day
Oct 22, 2018We did not invent this, honest
May 11, 2019Bringing together history and technology
Jun 8, 2022World Oceans Day
Mar 24, 2018Crimson-rumped toucanet in the Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Ecuador
Jun 9, 2018Yarn bombing in the village of Gurnard, England
Oct 5, 2023World Teachers Day
Jan 16, 2025Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
Nov 27, 2025Happy Thanksgiving!
Jul 26, 2018Exploring the wilder side of New York
Mar 17, 2024St. Patricks Day
Nov 21, 2021The Great Glen
Aug 2, 2018The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
Jul 22, 2021Singing praises of the oceans
Jan 18, 2018Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
Aug 4, 2021A special day for a special cat