Music at a....certain event

[ahinton]

Is it really of any interest at all who did or didn't watch/listento/read about it?

Depends on to whom, I guess; it's of scant interest to me but might be to some.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Depends on to whom, I guess; it's of scant interest to me but might be to some.

It was certainly regarded as "of interest" to the Beeb itself, which spent some time on Sunday's R4 news broadcasts pointing out how many millions watched their broadcast pf the event, and how many millions more this was than ITV's coverage. (There was also - again on Sunday, just when we thought it was safe to switch the radio on again - quite a lot of time given to the bride's dress. And in other news, World War Three was declared ... )

[cloughie]

And in other news, World War Three was declared ...

Fake news! But maybe with a hint of truth!

[Richard Tarleton]

Oh, dear - she did have an off day, didn't she?! Fortunately the visuals meant that most people probably weren't giving it their foremost attention.

The Signum recording, though, does show why it's not surprising that she was asked in the first place.

She was clearly putting a brave face on it - first clip. There were clearly some unusually stressful circumstances - see second clip. Unlike (say) Kiri te Kanawa, whose performance during the signing of the register at Charles and Diana's wedding did not have to be precisely timed. I recognised Lesley Hatfield, leader of BBC NOW, on the first desk of the violins.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=elin+manahan+thomas+royal+wedding&view=detail&mid=4C3AAB6DC54514E146434C3AAB6DC54514E14643&FORM=VIRE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-44184818/royal-wedding-2018-welsh-soprano-s-stress-at-song-timing

[underthecountertenor]

She was clearly putting a brave face on it - first clip. There were clearly some unusually stressful circumstances - see second clip. Unlike (say) Kiri te Kanawa, whose performance during the signing of the register at Charles and Diana's wedding did not have to be precisely timed. I recognised Lesley Hatfield, leader of BBC NOW, on the first desk of the violins.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=elin+manahan+thomas+royal+wedding&view=detail&mid=4C3AAB6DC54514E146434C3AAB6DC54514E14643&FORM=VIRE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wale...at-song-timing

Wouldn't the timing have been down to the conductor? As it happens, I got the impression that it was not 'timed' at all - it went on for quite a bit after the bride had reached the altar rail. Not that I care about that one way or the other - just seems a bit odd for her to talk about being stressed by timing issues in the circumstances.

[jean]

It was certainly regarded as "of interest" to the Beeb itself...

Well, it would be.

But I meant to us, on this board, on this thread.

Republican virtue-signalling could have a thread of its own?

[jean]

Oh, dear - she did have an off day, didn't she?! Fortunately the visuals meant that most people probably weren't giving it their foremost attention.

The Signum recording, though, does show why it's not surprising that she was asked in the first place.

Interesting that someone posted the Signum clip after the wedding, and some of those who commented clearly thought it was the performance at the wedding they were listening to!

[Serial_Apologist]

Oh, dear - she did have an off day, didn't she?! Fortunately the visuals meant that most people probably weren't giving it their foremost attention.

The Signum recording, though, does show why it's not surprising that she was asked in the first place.

Oh dear - that must mean that my predilection for impure delivery demonstrates that I must be wearing the wrong generic ears when comparing the two, only to find minimal differences. Where's MrGG when one needs him?

[underthecountertenor]

Interesting that someone posted the Signum clip after the wedding, and some of those who commented clearly thought it was the performance at the wedding they were listening to!

'Interesting,' perhaps, but signifying what, would you say?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

'Interesting,' perhaps, but signifying what, would you say?

I thought that jean was agreeing with my suggestion that on the day, some people weren't paying as much attention to the Music as to the "visuals"?

[jean]

Yes - or that distinctions apparent to the aficionado are less so to the great unwashed (many of whom, if the comments are to be believed, were washing themselves with their tears as they listened).

That said, if someone had played me the recorded version after I'd heard and partially forgotten the live performance, even I might think that that was what I'd heard as background to the visuals.

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes - or that distinctions apparent to the aficionado are less so to the great unwashed (many of whom, if the comments are to be believed, were washing themselves with their tears as they listened).

That said, if someone had played me the recorded version after I'd heard and partially forgotten the live performance, even I might think that that was what I'd heard as background to the visuals.

Me too.

[french frank]

I imagine she was invited specially as a nod to the groom, HRH Prince Henry of Wales. The alternatives suggested here are all English, including Iestyn Davies - a Yorkshireman, apparently.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yes - or that distinctions apparent to the aficionado are less so to the great unwashed (many of whom, if the comments are to be believed, were washing themselves with their tears as they listened).

That said, if someone had played me the recorded version after I'd heard and partially forgotten the live performance, even I might think that that was what I'd heard as background to the visuals.

I didn't mean to imply any contempt for anyone who was more attentive to the spectacle than to the "background" Music - what was shown was utterly delightful; it would hardly be surprising if attention would have been focussed on the "visuals".

[Nick Armstrong]

I only caught the highlights but read the transcript in The Times. I am not sure what jean means by "what a sermon" (which could go either way, a bit like "good is not the word" ) but...really, Cali, I thought it was a pile of utter bilge, a meaningless rant, a string of words. If you pick it apart, and try to follow a coherent train of thought, there isn't one. I can't imagine what people who found it uplifting were on. My reaction may be down to my Myers-Briggs personality type (INTJ - look it up ) - obviously I'm not cut out to be a Pentecostal, or whatever he is.

Blimey Richard! Have a heart!