I don't think it's yet been mentioned here that the Radio 3 broadcast will be on Saturday July 2 at 5pm:
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It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
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Off for lunch with your ‘mystery’ reviewer tomorrow in a large northern city…..Originally posted by french frank View PostUm, not actually my review, jonfan, but one who lives a bit farther north than me. He writes to say I must have copied his review wrongly as 'Kundry's laughter is a leap from top B (natural) to Db (written C#), nearly two octaves below'. I think I've got that right now. Any corrections to the amanuensis (me) … He's retired to bed with the vapours
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Say hello to Person X from us here in York too (I think I know who it will be!).Originally posted by Braunschlag View Post
We are probably going to all three ON offerings early next year so might be able to meet up then.Comment
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I should clarify that the review was not written for this forumOriginally posted by Braunschlag View Post I read it somewhere else and wrote and asked if I could add it to our discussion and he kindly agreed. I sent him the link and NEEDLESS to say he was APPALLED at the HASH I made of copying it 
Would love to be sitting at the next table to you two erudite gentlemen and drink of your erudition (I bet the food would be good too).It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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I saw this at the Nottingham Royal Centre, stripped of its theatrical props. A most minimalist of productions (but effective stage acting through gesture). It’s very strong and should be caught if you are able to attend the remaining performances. The singing palm must go to Brindley Sherratt, who brought gravitas, compassion and humanity to the huge role of Gurnemanz. Derek Welton is possibly the best Klingsor I’ve seen, sheer malevolence and torment without hamming it up. The act 2 encounter between Parsifal and Kundry was riveting. By the end, is Kundry really seeking salvation in Parsifal’s arms, or is it still a ploy to engineer his fall? The chorus was in particularly fine form, as were the flower maidens. Wagner’s exquisite writing in this sequence never fails to stun. Farnes’ Wagner is among the finest I’ve heard, and this was one of the fastest Parsifal’s I’ve witnessed - but it was ‘right’, everything flowed naturally. The strings were burnished, the brass imposing, and the timpanists really went for it in the shattering transformation music of the final act. Parsifal is a difficult work to bring off, but this was a glorious performance of a sublime work of art.Comment
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This is being broadcast later today on Opera on 3 I believe.Comment
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