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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
Why not watch the BBC4 repeat this evening and make your own mind up? Take no notice of us lot!"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Let us know what you make of the Vivienne Westwood costumes and the choreography, BBMOriginally posted by Petrushka View Post
Why not watch the BBC4 repeat this evening and make your own mind up? Take no notice of us lot!
. Like Sir Velo I loved Tales from the Vienna Woods (and, like Roehre, the accompanying film) and wish they'd do it more often. A lot of the music does tend to go in one ear and out the other for me - I can't get away from the feeling that it's the musical equivalent of guzzling an entire box of fondant chocolates in one go (fattening, no roughage, bad for the teeth) but hugely enjoyable nevertheless. I'm now listening to some lute music as a sort of musical antacid
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I presume the official DVD/Video release also edited out the microphone problems when Herbie made his speech "What we all want today is peace, peace, and again peace" - the look on his face when the mic initially gave up on him suggested that the technician in charge might just have been excepted!Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
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I'd start about 18' in to the BBC2 coverage this morning for the zither solo and ensuing rather lovely music; then skip to about 34' in for the Richard Strauss (although the principal horn rather muffed the end of his first soloOriginally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
)... and then skip to 'Dynamiden' (starts about 57' minutes in) which as Petrushka says above is pretty classic stuff and fascinating for the Rosenkavalier origins (and also the opening sounds to me where RS got bits of Alpensinfonie from....).
The sight gags of Barenboim making a nuisance of himself wandering / mincing / marching among the band shaking hands (amusing when the odd player pretended to refuse) during Radetzky were fun.... (wrong-footing the burbling Trelawny as a bonus
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Avoid the dancers !!!
Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 01-01-14, 15:49."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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It's people from all over the world these days. I'll be logging on to the VPO website tomorrow to have my traditional attempt to get into this concert. Will find the money from somewhereOriginally posted by Caliban View Post... miserable/smug-looking rich Austrians in the audience 
In answer to ER earlier: I've been to a VPO concert in the Musikverein (Mahler 3 VPO/Bychkov 2008) and it's a fabulous hall with stunning acoustics. Mind, as Petroc mentioned this morning the seats aren't very good and I found they were too close together. I sat there until the hall emptied and just let the splendour of it wash over me."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Yes I edited out that comment.... Early in the televised bit of the concert, the punters in the expensive seats looked uniformly uninspired and somewhat repellent. They cheered up later...Originally posted by Petrushka View PostIt's people from all over the world these days. I'll be logging on to the VPO website tomorrow to have my traditional attempt to get into this concert. Will find the money from somewhere
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Probably wind ... leastways it is when babes look like thatOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
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Ignore the above, watch the whole caboodle and make up your own mind!!!!Originally posted by Caliban View PostI'd start about 18' in to the BBC2 coverage this morning for the zither solo and ensuing rather lovely music; then skip to about 34' in for the Richard Strauss (although the principal horn rather muffed the end of his first solo )... and then skip to 'Dynamiden' (starts about 57' minutes in) which as Petrushka says above is pretty classic stuff and fascinating for the Rosenkavalier origins (and also the opening sounds to me where RS got bits of Alpensinfonie from....).
The sight gags of Barenboim making a nuisance of himself wandering / mincing / marching among the band shaking hands (amusing when the odd player pretended to refuse) during Radetzky were fun.... (wrong-footing the burbling Trelawny as a bonus)
Avoid the dancers !!!
And for once I actually enjoyed watching the dancers- I thought VW's costumes were bonkers but fun, and the choreography was inspired in places. And also this year we learned that VPO horn players are human after all....Comment
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He did ask!Originally posted by RichardWagner View PostIgnore the above, watch the whole caboodle and make up your own mind!!!!
The 'make your own mind up' guidance had already been given. I was merely providing an alternative guide, as Bbm appeared to require a steer.
Welcome and Happy New Year, by the way!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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they weren't. The Pizzicati-polka nearly was, but there there is essentially only one basis-tempo. The waltz, especially the Dynamiden, wasn't exactly in time, as there Barenboim couldn't resist some rubato.Originally posted by Stunsworth View Post
The live duo at the end obviously was.Comment
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Sound advice, RW. And welcome! Must have missed your first post. There are clearly, erm, two schools of thought about the ballet, this year's offering had attitude!Originally posted by RichardWagner View PostIgnore the above, watch the whole caboodle and make up your own mind!!!!
And for once I actually enjoyed watching the dancers- I thought VW's costumes were bonkers but fun, and the choreography was inspired in places. And also this year we learned that VPO horn players are human after all....Comment
(and Richard Strauss obviously as well
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