Vienna Philharmonic Summer Concert tonight.

[MickyD]

On BBC Four - looks like Miss Derham will be getting the chance to put on another posh frock...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012cr35

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Thanks for pointing out this concert, MickyD. I really enjoyed last year's broadcast - it reminded me just how crass the Proms-in-the-Park broadcasts are in comparison. The Viennese go to listen to the music, instead of going there in the desperate attempt to wave to the cameras.

[amateur51]

Oh dear, my heart sank when I read that Gergiev will be in charge.

When does the man take a holiday?

[Ferretfancy]

amateur51

Press the red button to see his fingers flutter!

[remdataram]

Oh dear, my heart sank when I read that it's the Vienna Philharmonic!

It will be interesting to see whether they have joined the 21st Century in allowing a decent number of Women to join their ranks - I don't understand how they've got away with the blatant sexism for so long.

Anyway, here's to an enjoyable concert.........

[amateur51]

amateur51

Press the red button to see his fingers flutter!

It's the sweatin' and the flutterin' that get to me, plus the urgent desire to shout either 'Anyone got a comb for the Maestro?' or 'Oi! Gergiev! Get your bl**dy hair cut!'

[remdataram]

The concert was recorded on 2nd June.

This is the program:-

Franz Liszt: Les Préludes
Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, 1st Movement (arr. Fritz Kreisler)
Jean Sibelius: Scene with Cranes, op. 44/2
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Instrumentation by Maurice Ravel)

[salymap]

Gergiev has cut his hair by the look of it but his fingers still flutter of course.

[Norfolk Born]

Oh dear, my heart sank when I read that it's the Vienna Philharmonic!

It will be interesting to see whether they have joined the 21st Century in allowing a decent number of Women to join their ranks - I don't understand how they've got away with the blatant sexism for so long.

Anyway, here's to an enjoyable concert.........

We spotted a total of three women. I suspect that's the minimum they can include to avoid contravening Austrian (or EU) law.

[Mr Pee]

I had a tricky choice tonight- the VPO on the BBC- with added waffle- or the BPO on Sky Arts 2 in HD. I'm afraid the BPO won! A fantastic Brahms 4, amongst other delights. And of course I did not have to listen to Katy Derham, or anybody else for that matter. Just the music.

[amateur51]

I had a tricky choice tonight- the VPO on the BBC- with added waffle- or the BPO on Sky Arts 2 in HD. I'm afraid the BPO won! A fantastic Brahms 4, amongst other delights. And of course I did not have to listen to Katy Derham, or anybody else for that matter. Just the music.

I'm reminded of that memorable line from Schlesinger's Sunday Bloody Sunday "oh not those tired old tits again"

[Mr Pee]

oh not those tired old tits again

What a very strange way to refer to the Berlin Philharmonic.

[Norfolk Born]

I had a tricky choice tonight- the VPO on the BBC- with added waffle- or the BPO on Sky Arts 2 in HD. I'm afraid the BPO won! A fantastic Brahms 4, amongst other delights. And of course I did not have to listen to Katy Derham, or anybody else for that matter. Just the music.

Not to mention the Goldner Quartet on Radio 3 - AND Coronation Street.
Honestly...you wait ages for something decent on the radio or TV and then they send along a whole batch of stuff at once. I think it's called The Number 11 Bus Syndrome.

[amateur51]

What a very strange way to refer to the Berlin Philharmonic.

You silly twisted boy, you

[Alison]

I enjoyed the VPO concert very much apart from the violin concerto. What was that arrangement all about ?

Gergiev's power and intensity offset the inevitably rather diffuse acoustic.

Maybe not a concert to keep in the archives, still less to buy on disc.

It's likely to turn up on Sky Arts one would have thought.