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For lovers of classical music, it doesn’t get better than a Battle Proms concert in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. On arrival, pick up a chilled bottle of Le Dolci Colline Rose Prosecco and sit back as Napoleonic Cavalry and Infantry displays kick the evening off, followed by shots from a vintage field gun and a choreographed display from Carolyn Grace in a LF Mark IX Spitfire. The New English Concert Orchestra, led by Douglas Coombes, perform a set of classical arrangements including Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture with live cannon fire and Beethoven’s Battle Symphony, accompanied by live cannons and muskets. To end an epic evening, soprano Denise Leigh leads performances of classics such as Rule Britannia, followed by a firework display.