Wagner ... Pointless and Dull?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

played this morning on Breakfast and did me head in .... bits of this and bits of that ... jumpy shouty and trickster quick .... but just incoherent ... and boring it all sounded false just an ephemeral show off and if i was in a real Viennese mood of disapproval i'd have said a piece of phallic-narcissistic totemism ... and then i heard it was Wagner ... my word what have i come to!

[Flay]

Chill out, Calum, it was early Wagner. We've all done things we regret in retrospect.

But I totally agree it is rubbish and did not warrant an airing. But rubbish is the order of the day on "Breakfast."

[Alison]

My first encounter with the piece - hooray for bank holidays -

I confess i didnt want it to end !

[Roehre]

I think it is a fresh piece.
Wagner wasn't even 22 as he finished it in 1835 .

[Alison]

The perfect piece for Jarvi and the RSNO.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

[Mr Pee]

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You really are the master of the obscure/irrelevant link, AKA.

And what does BAFF
signify? I've been wondering.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

i told you once i'm not telling you again ....

surely it takes all sorts is not too cryptic Mr Pee?

[MrGongGong]

???????

You really are the master of the obscure/irrelevant link, AKA.

And what does BAFF
signify? I've been wondering.

I guess mrP doesn't do cryptic crosswords then ?

do you want a clue ?

It takes................................

[Mr Pee]

I guess mrP doesn't do cryptic crosswords then ?

do you want a clue ?

It takes................................

Ah, I've got it:-

http://www.baff.org.uk/

Although I never had you down as a military type. Were you in the RAF? Perhaps we served together!!

[Chris Newman]

Back to the original topic. This overture is a very early piece of Wagner where he unwittingly or wittingly sounds like Rossini (or even at times like Mendelssohn) with lots of joky percussion effects. Great romp of a performance from Franz Konwitschny. He was a much underrated conductor: shame his son is such a lousy opera director.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

the clip is better than the performance this am [Royal Scottish National Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (conductor)]

[amateur51]

Were you in the RAF? Perhaps we served together!!

Don't Ask Don't Tell, Mr Pee!

[Roehre]

[QUOTE=Chris Newman;148095]Ba He was a much underrated conductorQUOTE]

Yes, but certainly partly his own undoing.
It is rumoured that after his after his untimely death his widow had a nice top up of her pension by retrieving the deposits of empty bottles of alcohol she inherited

[Chris Newman]

[QUOTE=Roehre;148308]

Ba He was a much underrated conductorQUOTE]

Yes, but certainly partly his own undoing.
It is rumoured that after his after his untimely death his widow had a nice top up of her pension by retrieving the deposits of empty bottles of alcohol she inherited

Yes, his nickname was Konwhisky.