BaL 4.03.23 - Walton: Viola Concerto

[teamsaint]

Yes: I got £100, which is why I'm tempted.


Cheaper elsewhere though, so just ordered.

Ha, I guessed as much

Damn, nothing for us this month. But well done on your haul, spend it wisely.
Could have done with a windfall, after insurance, MOT and service, and washing machine packing up on Monday. Not all on Monday. Just the twin tub failure.

Currently streaming the Ehnes/ BBCSO

[Pulcinella]

Nice of DON just now to respond to a listener's question on Twitter, but really: What's a tutti?

Enjoying it so far.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Nice of DON just now to respond to a listener's question on Twitter, but really: What's a tutti?

Enjoying it so far.

Why can’t pianists sing in tune ?

[Pulcinella]

Why can’t pianists sing in tune ?

I think his evident enthusiasm gets in the way.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I think his evident enthusiasm gets in the way.

He’s certainly drilling down into the detail. After much talk of bar lines now ticking off Jurowski for changing a bass note. It’s all very entertaining.

[Bryn]

He’s certainly drilling down into the detail. After much talk of bar lines now ticking off Jurowski for changing a bass note.

Quite right, too.

[Barbirollians]

He’s certainly drilling down into the detail. After much talk of bar lines now ticking off Jurowski for changing a bass note. It’s all very entertaining.

Forgotten how good Nige was in this .I only had it on cassette and have not listened to it in an age.

[Goon525]

I can manage ‘tutti’ well enough, but can someone here explain DON’s obsession with bar lines?

[Ein Heldenleben]

I can manage ‘tutti’ well enough, but can someone here explain DON’s obsession with bar lines?

I was thinking that - there are such things as beats within bars. I think he has a problem with exaggerated beats at the beginning of a bar. It’s all about context - ok in a Chopin waltz but not a nocturne. I think pianists tend to obsess over them a bit.

[Pulcinella]

Forgotten how good Nige was in this .I only had it on cassette and have not listened to it in an age.

It's a shame that he doesn't follow Walton's speed directions at the end, though!

[Alison]

Enjoyable stuff and I want both to acquire the winner and revisit a work which has not featured in my listening for a long while.

[Barbirollians]

It's a shame that he doesn't follow Walton's speed directions at the end, though!

Bought the Power when it came out and have always been impressed by it as with all his records to be honest .

[HighlandDougie]

I'm tempted to wonder what poor old Walton had done to deserve DON at his most, err, "DON-ish". One person's entertainment is for we DON-phobes more of an irritation. Bring back Tom Service! But at least his final choice(s) were well made.

[visualnickmos]

Who won the 'golden viola?'

[Ein Heldenleben]

Who won the 'golden viola?'

Power BBC SSO Volkov.