Yamit mamo biography

SEEN AND HEARD UK CONCERT REVIEW
 

Prom 11 -  The Doctor Who Prom: Yamit Mamo and Mark Chambers (vocalists), London Philharmonic Choir, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ben Foster and Grant Llewellyn (conductors) Royal Albert Hall, London 25.7.2010 (JPr)

 

I knew this was a different sort of Prom from the moment I sat down and heard a very young voice asking ‘Is that an alien behind the Tardis?’ The soothing reply from the accompanying adult was ‘No dear, that is just a bust of Sir Henry Wood, he was the man who thought up these concerts.’ The idea of the Doctor Who Proms is, of course, to celebrate the TV programme and also, I assume, to try and introduce a much younger audience than usual to the delights of classical music.

For some readers, the word ‘Tardis’ may not mean anything, but for adults of a certain age (i.e.

those of us who have never completely grown up) it is the spacecraft that ‘The Doctor’ travels in through t