text:  Oh, it's such a pleasure to be asked. When you're phoned up and asked to do the proms, there's no way you'd say no. It's such a huge part of our culture in this country. And there's just something incredibly special about the hall itself. When you walk out onto stage, you can't quite believe that your voice will carry right up to the heights that you see in front of you and to the tiny pinpricks of people.