Christmas Stockings! What would you like to find in them?

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  • BBMmk2
    Late Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 20908

    #16
    Should I get another Dream of Gerontius?!?!? ie the Boult DVD? :)
    Last edited by BBMmk2; 07-12-16, 10:26.
    Don’t cry for me
    I go where music was born

    J S Bach 1685-1750

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26533

      #17
      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      The DVD of Boult's performance of Dream of Gerontius in Canterbury Cathedral in 1968, with Pears, Baker and Shirley-Quirk

      Santa was as good as his word, and this gift duly appeared and has now been watched. Great performance - and Janet Baker above all is in heart-stopping form, absolutely overwhelming

      I would have liked to see more of Boult, though - and less of the 'experimental' close ups of arches and gargoyles during the choral passages (during the 'demons' chorus' bit, the gargoyles are zoomed in on in time with the music... could have done without that sort of 'special effect; but hey-ho it was the 60s...)
      Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 05-01-17, 17:33.
      "...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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      • pastoralguy
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 7758

        #18
        Originally posted by Caliban View Post

        Santa was as good as his word, and this gift duly appeared and has now been watched. Great performance - and Janet Baker above all is in heart-stopping form, absolutely overwhelming

        I would have liked to see more of Boult, though - and less of the 'experimental' close ups of arches and gargoyles during the choral passages (during the 'demons' chorus' bit, the gargoyles are zoomed in on in time with the music... could have done without that sort of 'special effect; but hey-ho it was the 60s...)

        With birthday no. 54 looming, I wondered if I should ask my beloved for this DVD as a present to commemorate my entry into the world. Problem is, I rarely watch music DVDs despite having some nice stuff.

        Yes, Cali, I too hate those 'arty' shots of whatever happens to be around at the time. I'd much rather see Rodney Friend's violin playing or the dishy girls in the second fiddles.

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        • MrGongGong
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 18357

          #19
          Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
          Should I get another Dream of Gerontius?!?!? ie the Boult DVD? :)
          More closet kinksters I see

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26533

            #20
            Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
            More closet kinksters I see
            It's all in your head, Maureen!
            "...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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