New Year concert/VPO nyd fwm

[Alison]

What has changed ? Repertoire ? Performance style ?

[Petrushka]

What has changed ? Repertoire ? Performance style ?

Good questions but not easy to answer! It all seems like a different age. One thing you will notice is that the VPO players (particularly the percussion) do a lot of clowning around. In those days it wasn't quite the global media event it now is. Some of the humour is rather heavy handed and perhaps doesn't travel well. The repertoire was more restricted to the better known pieces and I suspect that the record companies now have much more input than 40 odd years ago.

Treat yourself to a New Year gift and see what you think!

A very happy new year to you.

[Dave2002]

I really thought this was Welsh Newspeak: Vpo nyd fwm

Give up! Farm Waste Management?

Something much ruder?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The nearest I got was pob nydd fwym - which is sort of "people are bound to take the day of(f)"?

[MrGongGong]

The nearest I got was pob nydd fwym - which is sort of "people are bound to take the day of(f)"?

Interesting that this is regarded as an "annual event"
last time I stumbled across this I lasted all of 10 minutes mostly confined to being geeky about the horn valves
but the music

but for those who love it, please enjoy it without me

[DracoM]

R3 home page lists Mariss Janssons as conductor. Trelawny tells us it's F Welser-Most.
Erm...........??

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

R3 home page lists Mariss Janssons as conductor. Trelawny tells us it's F Welser-Most.
Erm...........??

I'm not sure which R3 home page you're looking at, Draco, but this one not only names FW-M, but also has his photo!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/

[cloughie]

Give up! Farm Waste Management?

Something much ruder?

As a heading it matches the uncomplimentary nickname given him by some members of the LPO when as a young conductor he was at the helm. Frankly worse than most!

[DracoM]

< New Year's Day Concert
01/01/2013

From the Musikverein, Mariss Jansons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in its traditional New Year concert of music by Johann Strauss II and his contemporaries. >

On the 'Listen Live' link page from this very forum!!

[subcontrabass]

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Another fun game to play... how many female players will feature?!
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I make it four: two back desk first violins, third flute, and harp.

[amateur51]

I make it four: two back desk first violins, third flute, and harp.

This must be a record, surely

[Prommer]

This must be a record, surely

An oversight, probably, as you know they might ruin the sound.

[Vile Consort]

Interesting that this is regarded as an "annual event"
last time I stumbled across this I lasted all of 10 minutes mostly confined to being geeky about the horn valves
but the music

but for those who love it, please enjoy it without me

Quite! I've always avoided it like the plague.

[amateur51]

An oversight, probably, as you know they might ruin the sound.

Political correctness gone maa-aad

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

I make it four: two back desk first violins, third flute, and harp.

No, the total is six - 2 x violins, 2 x violas, 3rd flute and harp - although the flautist has only played in Wagner so far... clearly Strauss is beneath her.