Suprised no thread on this yet. Astonishing talent, as always. Presentation marginally better than usual BUT.....! On the strength of Alison Balsom's remarks the young trumpeter won't be going forward, but strangely she was the only performer who brought tears to MY eyes. But my, haven't you got to admire the quality of these young players. It did strike me how fortunate they were to have supportive - and well to do? - parents.
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Why on earth do they not promote this with anything like the enthusiasm for the Proms?
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Jamal the harpist and Hugo the cellist were both very impressive I thought .Comment
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Also the Sax player, and... and...
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I wasn't actually aware the competition had started!Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
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Which sums up the situation in a nutshell. I only happened to notice it when I was looking for something else. Annoyed that given all the hype and adverts for all sorts of other(much less deserving/interesting) things this is completely ignored, but it's nothing new. I've suggested before that it almost seems as if the Beeb is planing a quiet death, or at best reducing it to a single "Best of" type treatment and not showing any of the preliminary stages at all. There are enough barriers(boiling down to lack of equal opportunities) to young people going into "classical" music without sidelining one project that highlights and celebrates on a national platform those who do.Originally posted by LMcD View Post
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- dead right. e,g, the BBCSO and other BBC orchs would not exist if there was no attempt to net the best. Such comps are critical and if the Beeb don' t give them adequate optics, where does the profession go for new talent?
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Live broadcasting is the natural home of competitions.Originally posted by DracoM View Post- dead right. e,g, the BBCSO and other BBC orchs would not exist if there was no attempt to net the best. Such comps are critical and if the Beeb don' t give them adequate optics, where does the profession go for new talent?Comment
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I guess we're not going to see anything of the Leeds Piano Competition either this year?Comment
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It seems remarkable now that the live final of Young Musician of the Year used to be on BBC1 on a Sunday night - I recall Anna Markland's win in 1982 being followed by Thatcher telling us to rejoice at the recovery of South Georgia .Originally posted by edashtav View PostComment
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I don’t think competitions are all that important in training or recruiting orchestral musicians. Much more important is a wide tuition base with millions learning instruments especially strings where I gather there is something of a crisis ; properly qualified tutors ; and an industry with a career structure and I’m not sure the UK has these.Originally posted by DracoM View Post- dead right. e,g, the BBCSO and other BBC orchs would not exist if there was no attempt to net the best. Such comps are critical and if the Beeb don' t give them adequate optics, where does the profession go for new talent?Comment
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The change of format this year seems a disaster to me. Now there is to be a Final with no Brass or Percussion players.
OK - not sure whether to put this as a new thread, or post on the Grumble Thread instead.
Seems churlish to complain when the BBC has at least [**] offered a few crumbs of "culture" to those of us who like, or have liked, music.
The previous fiormat had its problems, but if anything the BBC has succeeded in replacing it with something even more problematic.
The comments from the judges seem like replies from astrologers in newspapers, and can be taken in several ways.
"Oh - I've got to have X in because I don't want in 10 years to be known as the person who didn't vote for the superstar!" - a slight paraphrase.
Really seems - dare I say it - a dumbed down programme.
A great shame - and the competitors have put in a great deal of time and effort to get to the near final stages.
Well done by all of them.
[**] It was the least they could do - after all!Last edited by Dave2002; 23-09-24, 09:01.Comment
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