A very odd affair that was the RSNO's last concert of the season. The First half was much better than the second which consisted of Walton's score for Henry the 5th which involved the RSNO Chorus, the RSNO Junior Chorus and a narrator.
The choir had very little to do and every time the Orchestra got going the narrator would interrupt with narration! (As a linking device it would have been fine but not during the music). Somehow, for me, it never really gelled and everything seemed to be incidental - neither fish nor fowl.
It was made worse by the narrator's groupies sitting in front of us making a heck of a racket.
The choir had very little to do and every time the Orchestra got going the narrator would interrupt with narration! (As a linking device it would have been fine but not during the music). Somehow, for me, it never really gelled and everything seemed to be incidental - neither fish nor fowl.
It was made worse by the narrator's groupies sitting in front of us making a heck of a racket.
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