Mrs Duck, you think those hi-jackers were wanting us to change the proms programme? It's a possibility, I suppose.

Fraid I'm with our guest on this. American hand-on-heart "god save America" stuff leaves me cold, and the last night of the proms had become the one occasion when we ran them close.

I thought the Adagio was a fine choice, as was Beethoven's Ninth. For my money, these are pieces that reach beyond national boundaries, but perhaps you're uncomfortable with that.