The 2012 Proms season

[Caliban]

Of course von Dittersdorf suffers the neglect we have so long come to expect

That's a great line!

[Petrushka]

I've just had a run through and agree there's plenty here to please. Those VPO/Haitink and BPO/Rattle concerts look fantastic!

I'm considering going down to book in person. Does anyone who has done it know what time is best to start the queue?

[doversoul]

No thank you..we have had quite enough of Schubert to last us well into 2017.

On a separate note...presentation. Is there still no simple way, like there used to be in the past, to see what works by a particular composer are being performed? Sure, you can key in the composer's name and the get a long screenful of every Prom featuring that composer...but then you have to wade through tons of bumph to get the information that you want. Really disappointed that the same goons who designed last year's user-unfriendly guide are still there.

See All Composers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/composers

See All Performers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/performers

See All Categories
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/categories

[mercia]

Jiri's last last night
will he be sad ?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Have they finally dumped those annoying and not very good PC insertions into the Henry Wood Fantasia? No mention of Bob Chilcott in the listings.

[David Underdown]

It appears to be pure unadulterated Wood. Whether Rule Britannia actually gets left that way we'll see (though with Calleja as soloist, it may do). Already people moaning that it's not listed, not realising it's the end of the Sea Songs...

[MrGongGong]

It appears to be pure unadulterated Wood. .

Plenty of opportunity for the dicks to do the old "heave ho" nonsense then

[grandchant]

Absolutely excellent; the first season I've felt enthusiastic about since 2003 with a great mix of the familiar with the 'unfamiliar but promising' to broaden horizons. Concerts and performers truly of festival class. I'll be listening to every performance (except the jazz). Despite my loyalty to Barenboim and his band, I think Boulez should have been given the ninth to present the whole cycle himself.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

No thank you..we have had quite enough of Schubert to last us well into 2017.

Have "we"? Are "we" also boycotting Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, and Mozart?

[aeolium]

There seems to be a belated reaction against the 2009 anniversary composers - no Purcell, 1 Haydn symphony, 1 Mendelssohn concert, 1 major Handel concert (and a popular evening one). Still, I suppose they do get quite a lot of coverage elsewhere in the year and I'm definitely looking forward to the Judas Maccabeus (I have the wonderful Mackerras recording of that). As with Guillaume Tell last year, there's a very ambitious opera production with The Trojans which I'll definitely tune in for.