Friday Night ... is Procol Harum night!

Pictures by Charlie Allison for BtP

Matt Pegg, bassist par excellence and also, on this occasion, coach and guide for emergency stand-in guitarist, Dave Colquhoun

Gary Brooker, with choir behind – is one of those singers our Mystery Blogger, you might wonder – and David Firman, conductor

Dave Colquhoun sits for most of the set to mitigate the pain from his broken ankle. When a solo comes, he stands and lets rip ...

... as this image shows

Longer shot of the ensemble. Unusually someone in the audience, to the left, seems to be brandishing a vastly oversized stag-beetle

The serpentine backdrop might not be to everyone's taste, but for a band with five players and three keyboards, it has a literal relevance

Note the four-armed mic stand behind the conductor. Sound on the broadcast was impeccable – review here – and the orchestra was heard with great clarity

Spotbar shining on brightly

And at the curtain-call The Commander's flaxen poll plays havoc with our photographer's exposure settings

Thanks, Charlie!

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