Queen's Jubilee Concert

[MrGongGong]

Thanks cloughie. Yes Brian May was certainly a television moment, if entirely derivative - Hendrix Woodstock Star Spangled Banner.......

quite ......... a bad impersonation of an iconic moment in American Culture ................

[Mr Pee]

quite ......... a bad impersonation of an iconic moment in American Culture ................

Gosh, you really are a grumpy old thing this morning, aren't you? Did you get out of bed on the wrong side?

[MrGongGong]

Gosh, you really are a grumpy old thing this morning, aren't you? Did you get out of bed on the wrong side?

Actually i've been in bed for most of the last week after having surgery
but feeling much better now and feeling that we should stop settling for mediocrity

[Mr Pee]

Actually i've been in bed for most of the last week after having surgery
but feeling much better now and feeling that we should stop settling for mediocrity

Well, I'm very glad you're feeling better. However, the definition of mediocrity is entirely subjective. For example, I would consider the work many of your preferred composers to be mediocre. Give me Brian May on the roof, however derivative, over Cage's absurdities anyday.

[Mary Chambers]

If my memory serves were there not separate pop and classical bashes in 2002!

Yes, that's my memory, too. Just googled it, and there was Party at the Palace and Prom at the Palace. Andrew Davies, LSO, and I have horrible memories of Roberto Alagna singing very flat.

I find this pop+crossover concert positively embarrassing. Don't ask me to explain - it just seems wrong, and tells me more about my country than I want to know.

[MrGongGong]

Well, I'm very glad you're feeling better. However, the definition of mediocrity is entirely subjective. For example, I would consider the work many of your preferred composers to be mediocre. .

yeah right on mrP
Tippet and Britten were totally mediocre and insignificant

[cloughie]

quite ......... a bad impersonation of an iconic moment in American Culture ................

Chill out guys - it was a bit of fun, Yes there was only one Hendrix, but May's a mean axeman!

[Richard Tarleton]

And he has great hair

[LHC]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/queen-to-be-bombarded-with-lower-middle-class-music-201202084869/

[doversoul1]

Yes, that's my memory, too. Just googled it, and there was Party at the Palace and Prom at the Palace. Andrew Davies, LSO, and I have horrible memories of Roberto Alagna singing very flat.

I find this pop+crossover concert positively embarrassing. Don't ask me to explain - it just seems wrong, and tells me more about my country than I want to know.

Mary
That’s exactly what I thought when I read the OP. I can’t imagine any other countries marking the similar occasion with a concert of ‘thoroughly well established’ pop singers and a bestselling classical performer who is not even their own. No traditional music, no new works composed for the occasion? I’d have thought this is one concert that could be organised without any concern for profit and could show off the country’s Culture and Art. Have they (whoever thought about it) no respect for the Queen? Or for the country for that matter?

[Panjandrum]

There was an amusing moment a few years later - HM was meeting a line up of veteran rockers who included Brian May. Hadn't a clue who he was of course

Surprised he didn't say "ma'am we share the same name".

[3rd Viennese School]

Isn't there to be a premiere of Max Symphony no.9?

With Symphony no.1 as a warm-up!

Now that would be worth watching on televison! Complete with horrified celebs.

[cloughie]

Mary
That’s exactly what I thought when I read the OP. I can’t imagine any other countries marking the similar occasion with a concert of ‘thoroughly well established’ pop singers and a bestselling classical performer who is not even their own. No traditional music, no new works composed for the occasion? I’d have thought this is one concert that could be organised without any concern for profit and could show off the country’s Culture and Art. Have they (whoever thought about it) no respect for the Queen? Or for the country for that matter?

I ask this question frm an information point of view - I would not want to misjudge anyone. Is there anyone in the cabinet or shadow cabinet for that matter including the Culture Secretary who has any interest, feeling or respect fro classical music. i suspect not, but I may be wrong, which may also go some way to explaining why Radio 3 has been allowed to sink to its present low. Does anyone remember John Major's stand on Test Match Special? ...and there it still is on R4LW - no I don't have many radios with LW on, but that's not really the point. A political will can lead to a way!

[Mary Chambers]

I ask this question frm an information point of view - I would not want to misjudge anyone. Is there anyone in the cabinet or shadow cabinet for that matter including the Culture Secretary who has any interest, feeling or respect fro classical music.

I know that Nick Clegg is keen on Schubert lieder. He was taught German at school by the same person (Richard Stokes) who taught Ian Bostridge. Stokes used recordings of lieder in his lessons. I think I must have heard this on a Private Passions programme. The problem is that in the present climate they are mostly afraid to admit any interest, in case they seem out of touch.

I have no idea who is responsible for thinking of this concert. I presume it's an attempt at 'engaging with the people', appearing unstuffy and thus preserving the monarchy. I'm still embarrassed.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I know that Nick Clegg is keen on Schubert lieder. He was taught German at school by the same person (Richard Stokes) who taught Ian Bostridge.

Yes. This is one of the few things I still like about NickClegg. As for the virtual elimination of classical music this time round, it stinks.