There are some things in life that you just have to accept. For instance I think it vanishingly unlikely I will ever get to the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. However sometimes life gives you an alternative which ends up being a very reasonable substitute.
So it turned out when we got a call recently saying did we have anything planned for the evening as some friends had spare tickets to a concert. As ever with Wife we had to check the general state of play regarding her health and whether she was likely to be able to stay the distance. Fortunately it was the BSO doing a Last Night of the Proms style concert rather than something more modern and therefore loud