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The BBC's acclaimed Electric Proms returns for a second London run this autumn, with the Corporation aiming to set new standards for both live performance and the way it delivers content to the consumer

by Paul Williams

Compared to its classical equivalent, the BBC's Electric Proms is just a tiny sapling. But, one year on from the festival's inaugural outing, event director Lorna Clarke already has grand ambitions that it will ultimately became as important to the Beeb's popular music output as the BBC Proms is to the Corporation's classical offering.

"It's trying to get to the point with the Electric Proms where classical music is with the BBC ...

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