tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post5756600115864669479..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: On your guard for the 2013 BBC PromsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-15092095239409054572013-07-12T13:39:45.582+01:002013-07-12T13:39:45.582+01:00In a Telegraph interview on 11/07/2103 Roger Wrigh...In a <i>Telegraph</i> interview on 11/07/2103 Roger Wright said "Our overall budget is around nine million, and around five million of that comes from the licence-payer". <br /><br />Yet in the 2009 <i>Guardian</i> interview I used for my calculations he said "Of the £8.8m budget for the festival, approximately £6m comes from BBC subsidy".<br /><br />Which means either the BBC Proms subsidy has been cut by £1 million (17%) in four years, or the declared subsidy fluctuates depending on the political climate.<br /><br />As I say in this post "it is impossible to accurately identify how much money is spent on the Proms".<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/proms/10166977/BBC-Proms-2013-director-Roger-Wright-interview.html<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/08/bbc-proms-2009-previewPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com