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Five Essential Elgar Recordings - your five?
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostAnnouncement at the Fairfield Hall in Croydon at the start of a concert in the mid 1980s....
'Ladies and gentlemen, tonight's soloist Salvatore Accardo is unfortunately indisposed and will be replaced in the Elgar violin concerto by the young British violinist Nigel Kennedy'.
I'm not sure whether whether it proved to be his 'breakthrough' performance, but it was very well received on the night.
Ah well, such is the way of the music business.
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostI'm beginning to wonder whether the performance that I saw in Croydon was a bit earlier than I thought. I can't be sure, but I think that he was playing with the LPO under Klaus Tennstedt. We moved to Suffolk in 1986."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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You're very probably right..it was definitely Nigel Kennedy and it was definitely the Elgar concerto, but my memory isn't as - what's the word? - as it used to be!
It appears that there has been some controversy in recent times about the Fairfield Halls, with Nigel Kennedy among those contributing to the debate.
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Originally posted by pastoralguy View PostI first heard Nig in 1977 when he played with the SNO. After that, the SNO went through a phase of violin soloists cancelling and their 'go to' replacement was Nigel Kennedy. It was obvious that this chap had a special talent. I was a bit cheesed when I asked an SNO member why he no longer played with them. 'Oh, he's WAY too expensive now!' Was the reply.
Ah well, such is the way of the music business.
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On listening to Kate Kennedy's broadcast list, I nearly bit my tongue off when she constantly talked about The Dream of Jerontius, and how gid it was.Last edited by Eine Alpensinfonie; 13-09-18, 12:35.
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