Editing BBC Proms (section)

===Post-war===
Sir Adrian Boult and Basil Cameron continued as conductors of the Promenade Concerts after the War, on their return to the Royal Albert Hall, until the advent of [[Malcolm Sargent]] as Proms chief conductor in 1947. Sargent held this post until 1966; his associate conductor from 1949 to 1959 was [[John Hollingsworth]]. Sargent was noted for his immaculate appearance ([[:wikt:evening dress|evening dress]], [[carnation]]) and his witty addresses where he good-naturedly chided the noisy Prommers. Sir Malcolm championed choral music and classical and British composers, especially [[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]]. The charity founded in his name, [[CLIC Sargent]], continues to hold a special Promenade Concert each year shortly after the main season ends. CLIC Sargent, the [[Musicians' Benevolent Fund]] and further musical charities (chosen each year) also benefit from thousands of pounds in donations from Prommers after most concerts.  When asking for donations, Prommers from the Arena regularly announce to the audience the running donations total at concert intervals through the season, or before the concert when there is no interval.

After Wood's death, Julian Herbage acted as ''de facto'' principal administrator of the Proms for a number of years, as a freelance employee after his retirement from the BBC, with assistance from such staff as [[Edward Clark (conductor)|Edward Clark]] and Kenneth Wright.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Doctor | first=Jenny | title=The Parataxis of "British Musical Modernism" | journal=The Musical Quarterly | volume=91 | issue=1–2 | pages=89–115 | year=2008 | doi=10.1093/musqtl/gdn031}}</ref> During the tenure of [[William Glock]] as Controller of the Proms, from 1960 to 1973, the Proms repertory expanded both forwards in time, to encompass then contemporary and avant-garde composers such as [[Boulez]], [[Berio]], [[Elliott Carter|Carter]], [[Dallapiccola]], [[Peter Maxwell Davies]], [[Roberto Gerhard|Gerhard]], [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze]], [[Ligeti]], [[Lutosławski]], [[Lutyens]], [[Nicholas Maw|Maw]], [[Messiaen]], [[Luigi Nono (composer)|Nono]], [[Stockhausen]], and [[Michael Tippett|Tippett]], as well as backwards to include music by past composers such as [[Purcell]], [[Francesco Cavalli|Cavalli]], [[Monteverdi]], [[William Byrd|Byrd]], [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], [[Dufay]], [[Dunstaple]], and [[Machaut]], as well as less-often performed works of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and [[Joseph Haydn]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Bayan Northcott | title=Small ripples in a calm sea: As the 100th season of Henry Wood Proms sails into port, Bayan Northcott wonders if the programming is running out of steam | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music--proms-small-ripples-in-a-calm-sea-as-the-100th-season-of-henry-wood-proms-sails-into-port-bayan-northcott-wonders-if-the-programming-is-running-out-of-steam-1446529.html?cmp=ilc-n | work=The Independent | access-date=19 September 2010 | location=London}}</ref> From the 1960s, the number of guest orchestras at the Proms also began to increase, with the first major international conductors ([[Leopold Stokowski]], [[Georg Solti]], and [[Carlo Maria Giulini]]) performing in 1963, and the first foreign orchestra, the [[Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra]], performing in 1966. Since that time, almost every major international orchestra, conductor and soloist has performed at the Proms. In 1970, [[Soft Machine]]'s appearance led to press attention and comment as the first "pop" band to perform there.

The 1968 season began on a Friday night instead of the usual Saturday night. This concert marked a tribute to Sir Malcolm Sargent who had died shortly after delivering a brief speech from the rostrum at the Last Night in 1967. He had been too ill to actually conduct that concert.  Every year since then, the Proms have always started on a Friday night in July.