Wednesday, August 26, 2020
BBC 'is considering dropping Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory from Last Night of the Proms in wake of BLM protests'
This is sacrilegious. These songs are immensely enjoyed and are undoubtedly the highlight of the Proms. But patriotism is "racist" if not "white supremacist" these days of course
British anthems: Rule, Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory could be axed from the BBC Proms amid the Black Lives Matter movement, an insider has claimed.
The broadcaster is considering dropping the patriotic songs from the Last Night concert due to fears of criticism because of their apparent links to colonialism and slavery, the Times reported.
Dalia Stasevska, who is conducting the Last Night on September 12, is said to believe 'a ceremony without an audience is the perfect moment to bring change.'
'Dalia is a big supporter of Black Lives Matter,' a source added.
Flag-waving crowds will be absent from London's Royal Albert Hall during the 125th annual Last Night of the Proms concert due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Jan Younghusband, head of BBC music TV commissioning, has confirmed the content of the Last Night concert is still under review.
She said: 'We have a lot of problems about how many instruments we can have. It is hard to know whether it is physically possible to do [Rule Britannia].
Its inclusion in the Last Night was previously criticised by BBC columnist Richard Morrison, who put out a call for Rule, Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory to be scrapped from the concert because they are 'crudely jingoistic'.
Last month, Mr Morrison used his column in the BBC Music Magazine to claim it would be 'insensitive, bordering on incendiary' to chant the 'nationalist' songs this year in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement.
He took aim at the traditional patriotic pieces, and called for a 'toe-curling embarrassing anachronistic farrago of nationalistic songs' to be replaced with a 'more reflective' finale which doesn't 'provoke offence or ridicule' - but stopped short of proferring any suggestions.
BBC Proms director David Pickard said: 'These are challenging times for our nation and the rest of the world, but they show that we need music and the creative industries more than ever.
'This year it is not going to be the Proms as we know them, but the Proms as we need them.
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4 comments:
"Rule Britannia" can be played on a single harmonica, so the "number of instruments" argument is just Woke BS. I'm surprised they aren't cutting "God Save the Queen" as a remnant of the colonialism and hierarchical power structures they so claim to despise.
we can't have people chanting nationalistic anthems, after all they might start to believe we are a nation working together instead of a thousand distict special interest groups each only concerned with themselves.
This is ridiculous. There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking pride in your country. We Americans are great at that regardless of the Marxist BLM and Antifa. The American Flag flies day and night at my home and I will deal harshly with anyone I catch trying to mess with it.
They need to start returning those violence prone BLM to Africa and away from all signs of Humanity and that includes many native tribes
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