6 , ▁Wood ' s ▁subsequent ▁conduct ing ▁career ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁concert ▁hall . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁Prom s ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 4 ▁Wood ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁Wagner ▁festival ▁at ▁Bay re uth ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁the ▁conduct or ▁Felix ▁M ott l , ▁who ▁subsequently ▁appointed ▁him ▁as ▁his ▁assistant ▁and ▁ch orus ▁master ▁for ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁Wagner ▁concert s ▁at ▁the ▁newly ▁built ▁Queen ' s ▁Hall ▁in ▁London . ▁The ▁manager ▁of ▁the ▁hall , ▁Robert ▁New man , ▁was ▁propos ing ▁to ▁run ▁a ▁ten - week ▁season ▁of ▁prom en ade ▁concert s ▁and , ▁im pressed ▁by ▁Wood , ▁invited ▁him ▁to ▁conduct . ▁There ▁had ▁been ▁such ▁concert s ▁in ▁London ▁since ▁ 1 8 3 8 , ▁under ▁conduct ors ▁from ▁Louis ▁Antoine ▁Jul li en ▁to ▁Arthur ▁S ull ivan . ▁S ull ivan ' s ▁concert s ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s ▁had ▁been ▁particularly ▁successful , ▁because ▁he ▁offered ▁his ▁aud ien ces ▁something ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁usual ▁light ▁music . ▁He ▁introduced ▁major ▁classical ▁works , ▁such ▁as ▁Be eth oven ▁sym phon ies , ▁normally ▁restricted ▁to ▁the ▁more ▁expensive ▁concert s ▁presented ▁by ▁the ▁Phil harm onic ▁Society ▁and ▁others . ▁New man ▁aim ed ▁to ▁do ▁the ▁same : ▁" I ▁am ▁going ▁to ▁run ▁night ly ▁concert s ▁and ▁train ▁the ▁public ▁by ▁easy ▁stages . ▁Popular ▁at ▁first , ▁gradually ▁raising ▁the ▁standard ▁until ▁I ▁have