Out & About July 2017

OA competition

Three pairs of tickets to the Highclere Battle Proms concert to be won

S ince their first concert in 1997, the Battle Proms have been treating their audiences to a heady mix of sublime classical music, a carefully choreo- graphed Spitfire flypast and cavalry displays, dramatic cannon fire and stunning firework finales. As the series enters its 20th anniversary, the Battle Proms will once again return to Highclere Castle, the home of ITV’s Downton Abbey , on Saturday, August 5. The Battle Proms takes much of its historical inspiration from the Napoleonic wars. As well as staging a colourful skill-at-arms cavalry display in full regalia, the Battle Proms is also the only place in the world you can see Beethoven’s Battle Symphony performed as he intended – with 193 live firing cannons providing a thunderous percussion. And if this wasn’t excitement enough for a summer’s afternoon, the Battle Proms have worked closely with the Grace Spitfire team over the years to create one of the most carefully choreographed aerial displays you are likely to catch this summer.

Highclere Battle Proms competition, Out&About, Newspaper House, Faraday Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2DW. The closing date for entries is Tuesday, July 11. For Out&About terms and conditions see page 63.

So much more than just a fly past, this display has the iconic Spitfire dancing through the sky to the opening pieces of the orchestral perfor- mance by the New English Concert Orchestra. The full orchestral programme then takes cen- tre stage for the rest of the evening, complete with a stunning performance by star soprano Denise Leigh and culminating in a flag-waving, sing-a-long Last Night of the Proms -style finale as a spectacular firework display lights up the sky. Out&About has teamed up with the Battle Proms to offer three readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to the event at Highclere Castle on August 5. If you don’t want to leave it to chance then find out more and book tickets for this spectacular night out at visit www.battleproms.com or call 01432 355 416. For your chance to win a pair of tickets to the Highclere Battle Proms, answer the following question: Which wars provide much of the historical

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