Should traditions be preserved? Once again critics are calling for an overhaul of the “traditional” programme for the Last Night of the Proms. But what are traditions anyway?
‘Swap Rule Britannia for British folk music!’
Maestro: Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason won the 2016 BBC Young Musician award. Glossary
Last Night of the Proms - An eight-week season of daily orchestral concerts held in London every summer.
British Empire - A group of countries that were once ruled or controlled by the UK, including Australia, Canada, India and large parts of Africa.
Colonialism - This refers not only to the material realities of colonial rule, but also to the mindset of the colonising powers and their ways of justifying empire. Most Europeans believed that empire was a moral good, because it imparted 'civilisation' to 'primitive' cultures and so helped them to develop.
Henry Wood - An English conductor born in 1869.
Judo - A modern Japanese martial art.
Martial arts - Sports that emerged as a form of fighting or defending yourself, often in Japan, China or Korea.
French Revolution - The overthrow (and subsequent execution) of France’s king and aristocratic government in 1789. The revolution became infamous and influential worldwide.
Edmund Burke - Irish statesman, economist and philosopher. Often regarded as the founder of modern British conservatism.