Originally posted by Chris Newman
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Mahler 3 - LSO, Bychkov
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And I should have said that the LSO sounded in fine form. The Barbican's idiosyncratic acoustics didn't bother me at all (maybe it was where I was sitting - middle of Row P in the stalls) - important in a symphony where Bychkov took full advantage of the orchestra's ability to play PPP as well as FFF. Bychkov has an unhysterical way with Mahler which suits this least hysterical of his symphonies well. Christians Stotjin didn't have quite the radiance I remember of Anna Larssen with the Concertgebouw last year but at least her articulation was excellent. I felt suitably elated in thrill-o-meter terms at the end to make it a memorable Mahler 3 for me at least. I now rather fancy going to Munich in July to hear Miles in Walton 1. The one bad point about the concert, though was the coughing - why oh why do people have to wait for the quietest moments to hack away
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I did spot a set of three microphones suspended from the ceiling behind the baffle boards but I imagine they might be there permanently? They certainly didn't look adequate for a recording - though Toscanini managed with fewer in 8H.
I thought it was a very good performance and certainly the orchestra played mightily but my thrill-o-meter registered just below 'memorable. Perhaps I'm just getting old. I'm with you about the coughing Dougie. My fantasies involved summary execution as one virtuoso lung emptier offered his best gargly sputum noises just as the last movement edged in pianissimo on the strings.
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Originally posted by Steerpike View PostI did spot a set of three microphones suspended from the ceiling behind the baffle boards but I imagine they might be there permanently? They certainly didn't look adequate for a recording - though Toscanini managed with fewer in 8H.
I thought it was a very good performance and certainly the orchestra played mightily but my thrill-o-meter registered just below 'memorable. Perhaps I'm just getting old. I'm with you about the coughing Dougie. My fantasies involved summary execution as one virtuoso lung emptier offered his best gargly sputum noises just as the last movement edged in pianissimo on the strings.
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Curalach
Originally posted by EnemyoftheStoat View PostSummary execution would have been too good for him/her/it. What is it with LSO audiences? Mind you, after that effort, everybody else seemed to admit defeat so perhaps we should be grateful.
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At the Wigmore Hall they have a more-or-less sustained campaign against coughing. They do sometimes lecture the audience before a concert but the results are good, coughing is minimal (a miracle given the average age of the audience) and suitably stifled when it happens. The LSO note on the matter in the programme is very recessive. I do think they need to think about the problem.
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Originally posted by Steerpike View PostAt the Wigmore Hall they have a more-or-less sustained campaign against coughing. They do sometimes lecture the audience before a concert but the results are good, coughing is minimal (a miracle given the average age of the audience) and suitably stifled when it happens. The LSO note on the matter in the programme is very recessive. I do think they need to think about the problem."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Meanwhile, back to Bychkov (or should that be cough?), the Guardian wasn't terribly impressed - http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012...bychkov-review, although they did give it 3 stars. As it's almost unheard of for anything to get the full five three must count as not at all bad.
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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostA chacun son gout - was I even at the same performance? While it may not have stormed the heavens, "uninvolving" is not a word I would use. Critics, doncha just luv 'em.
PS Liked the Bychcough
He's very grudging with the stars in any case - http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/andrewclements
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