Hallé/Elder play Shostakovich ‘Leningrad’ Symphony, Bridgewater Hall, Thurs 3rd Oct

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  • teamsaint
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 25279

    #16
    looks like a solid turnout by Board Members tonight then.


    Hope you all enjoy it. Should make for good radio .
    I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

    I am not a number, I am a free man.

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    • Petrushka
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 12417

      #17
      The first live 'Leningrad' I attended was at the 1983 Proms on July 29 under Edward Downes. There's nothing quite so thrilling as a live 'Leningrad' and I've heard a couple from Jansons and Gergiev and one from Rostropovich.
      "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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      • gedsmk
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 204

        #18
        Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
        There's nothing quite so thrilling as a live 'Leningrad' and I've heard a couple from Jansons and Gergiev and one from Rostropovich.
        Couldn't agree more! CBSO with Nelsons in Birmingham, me sitting about 12 rows back in the stalls was one of the greatest concerts I've ever been to.

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        • DracoM
          Host
          • Mar 2007
          • 13018

          #19
          Absolutely STAGGERING performance. The disciplined, impassioned articulation of the strings alone was worth the roar at the end.

          That is what Radio 3 is about.

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          • jayne lee wilson
            Banned
            • Jul 2011
            • 10711

            #20
            Oh my heaven...

            Why DOES this thing have such an effect on me?
            I think I'd be happy if the Leningrad Symphony was the last music I ever heard.

            Performance - Devastating.

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            • Hornspieler
              Late Member
              • Sep 2012
              • 1847

              #21
              Oh dear, oh dear!

              Talk about forced labour!

              An idiot presenter just about summed that up for me.

              Well, never mind. I expect most listeners were enthralled, but for me that was a mediochre travesty of what should be an inspiring work.

              Maybe the film music festival we're having is not so bad after all.

              HS

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              • DracoM
                Host
                • Mar 2007
                • 13018

                #22
                You have GOT to be joking??

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                • MrGongGong
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 18357

                  #23
                  What was the piano music that was on then changed to Shostakovitch ?

                  just now ?
                  My Dab radio does that sometimes .........

                  aha an announcer explains ...... Grr
                  on the rare occasions I randomly find something on the radio and wonder what it was , one would think the Website would tell me ?

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                  • Flay
                    Full Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 5795

                    #24
                    I haven't heard the Shosty yet. But what did members make of the Britten?

                    I felt like I was listening to a metamorphosed version of Peter and the Wolf.
                    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                    • teamsaint
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 25279

                      #25
                      I just try to enjoy the music that i find myself listening to.

                      I enjoyed this a lot, though it wasn't faultless.

                      But I'm not really worried about faultless performances.
                      Last edited by teamsaint; 03-10-13, 21:20.
                      I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                      I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                      • Petrushka
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12417

                        #26
                        Couldn't agree more with both DracoM and Jayne. Staggering and devastating indeed. Can't wait to hear from the Northern Branch of the Forum in the hall.
                        "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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                        • Petrushka
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 12417

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Flay View Post
                          I haven't heard the Shosty yet. But what did members make of the Britten?

                          I felt like I was listening to a metamorphosed version of Peter and the Wolf.
                          I felt that the Britten was, frankly, inconsequential stuff. The words spoke more to me than the music which, in my view, was hardly worth resurrecting.
                          "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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                          • Mary Chambers
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 1963

                            #28
                            Originally posted by Flay View Post
                            I haven't heard the Shosty yet. But what did members make of the Britten?

                            I felt like I was listening to a metamorphosed version of Peter and the Wolf.
                            I've said before that I don't think it's a good idea to resurrect and reconstruct every little piece that Britten wrote, however trivial. This was much as I expected - efficient incidental music, written in his youth as a means of making a living. It had a certain curiosity value, but not really much more. Samuel West made a good job of the narration.

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                            • Flosshilde
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 7988

                              #29
                              Originally posted by Hornspieler View Post
                              Well, never mind. I expect most listeners were enthralled, but for me that was a mediochre travesty of what should be an inspiring work.
                              Well, that's put you all in your place!

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                              • salymap
                                Late member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 5969

                                #30
                                I put the Britten on for two or three minutes - sounded very odd indeed- will pluck up courage to listen tomorrow, or not

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