The Monster Forts of Nige Kennedy

[teamsaint]

I love the way that Nige still manages to inspire faux outrage in the stuffier "music lovers".......
and I thought it was "all about the music" ?

he pissed me off by coming on the best part of a hour late .

[french frank]

My guess is that it was just Nigel acting big and that he'll backtrack when questioned (giving a huge wink to the cameras as if to say but I was telling the truth really):

Any MP, Tory, Labour, Lib Dem or Green would say that if he really did as he said, at least two people should be charged with electoral fraud.

'And as he points out, "A lot more people listen to classical music now than when I started out," which he puts down in part to the appeal of his persona.' Um ...

[Mr Pee]

he pissed me off by coming on the best part of a hour late .

Like I said. He's a knob.

[Mr Pee]

'And as he points out, "A lot more people listen to classical music now than when I started out," which he puts down in part to the appeal of his persona.' Um ...

Well that certainly says a lot about the size of his ego, if nothing else.....

[Beef Oven!]

I love the way that Nige still manages to inspire faux outrage in the stuffier "music lovers".......
and I thought it was "all about the music" ?

I don't get the Aston Villa joke though. Who's he winding up with that one?

[Bryn]

I am quite appalled. What is the UK parliamentary system coming to when a Tory MP, for Hendon of all places, does not know that the offence is "Personation", not "impersonation".

[teamsaint]

I don't get the Aston Villa joke though. Who's he winding up with that one?

blues fans?
football fans?
Cricket lovers?
Michael Nyman?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

He's best ignored

At the risk of repeating myself, I would like to ...er...repeat myself.

[teamsaint]

At the risk of repeating myself, I would like to ...er...repeat myself.

Worked like a charm first time,EA !!

[Exonian]

I'm sorry, but try as I might with Kennedy, I do think that he is, in common parlance, a bit of a knob.

[/QUOTE]

A perfect summary!

[ahinton]

Nige may be heading for trouble as a result of the interview linked to in the OP.

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/09/calls-for-nigel-kennedys-arrest-over-election-remarks.html

I'm sorry, but try as I might with Kennedy, I do think that he is, in common parlance, a bit of a knob.

Only a bit?...

I really wouldn't bother to try any harder, frankly...

[Tony Halstead]

Only a bit?...

I really wouldn't bother to try any harder, frankly...

It's such a shame, no...a tragedy, that such a wonderfully talented violinist should have turned into - let's face it - a 'figure of fun', a grotesque caricature of himself.

[underthecountertenor]

It's such a shame, no...a tragedy, that such a wonderfully talented violinist should have turned into - let's face it - a 'figure of fun', a grotesque caricature of himself.

Exactly, Tony (and, on the first page, pastoralguy). I was entranced by his youthful recording of the Elgar Violin Sonata and miniatures (with Peter Pettinger) when it first came out, and still return to it with great pleasure. His early concerto recordings were, likewise, glorious. I almost wonder whether his bizarre behaviour and his rejection of anything the slightest bit traditional is, in part at least, subconsciously a response to the extraordinary array of perhaps even more wonderfully talented and technically secure young violinists who have appeared since the mid 80s. Might it be that for him to play any of the great violin concertos in live performances today would invite unfavourable comparisons? Or am I being unfair? Certainly his lifestyle would appear to afford him precious little opportunity to put in the work that such repertoire demands.

[ahinton]

Exactly, Tony (and, on the first page, pastoralguy). I was entranced by his youthful recording of the Elgar Violin Sonata and miniatures (with Peter Pettinger) when it first came out, and still return to it with great pleasure. His early concerto recordings were, likewise, glorious. I almost wonder whether his bizarre behaviour and his rejection of anything the slightest bit traditional is, in part at least, subconsciously a response to the extraordinary array of perhaps even more wonderfully talented and technically secure young violinists who have appeared since the mid 80s. Might it be that for him to play any of the great violin concertos in live performances today would invite unfavourable comparisons? Or am I being unfair? Certainly his lifestyle would appear to afford him precious little opportunity to put in the work that such repertoire demands.

Good points all; I don't pretend to be certain of the answer to this but would not discount what you suggest might be the case.

[french frank]

He does seem to be making the most of this moment in the sun of media attention while he's at the Proms - conductors are useless, electoral fraud (alleged), political pronouncements. How about giving Jennifer Pike a go at the Last Night? - I understand she will be available ...