Whilst one is grateful that the Beeb is devoting a dedicated slot to the Leeds competition, have they not missed the opportunity of that great buzz of a live final?
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i very much enjoyed last night's performance, thought he was a touch old fashioned in his sense of rhythm and altogether rather 19th century looking ...charming but a also a little absent minded perhaps?According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.
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Originally posted by ardcarp View PostWhilst one is grateful that the Beeb is devoting a dedicated slot to the Leeds competition, have they not missed the opportunity of that great buzz of a live final?My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)
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I'm catching up on this at a very leisurely pace, recording episodes from BBCHD which are going out around midnight each Sunday. One episode remains to be broadcast. I have now heard Schwizgebel, Gillham, Osokins and the guy who played Prokofiev 2 (what a mad piece!). It's all been immensely enjoyable so far, though I detected a sudden decline in sound quality (meaning balance) between episodes 3 and 4.
I do yearn for the days when the final concerts were broadcast as concerts.
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Originally posted by rauschwerk View PostI'm catching up on this at a very leisurely pace, recording episodes from BBCHD which are going out around midnight each Sunday. One episode remains to be broadcast. I have now heard Schwizgebel, Gillham, Osokins and the guy who played Prokofiev 2 (what a mad piece!). It's all been immensely enjoyable so far, though I detected a sudden decline in sound quality (meaning balance) between episodes 3 and 4.
I do yearn for the days when the final concerts were broadcast as concerts.
(A kind BBC person let me have a DVD of Sunwook Kim's winning performance of Brahms PC1 in 2006, the first half of which I'd missed - I watch/listen to that regularly as one of my favourite performances of all of that piece, terrific (inc. Hallé/Elder) )
I've been reasonably impressed by Ms Klein's introdutions too - she's the most natural and appealing of all the 'telly classical' presenters, imv.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by Caliban View PostMe too rausch. I actually watched the final episode at last in its BBC4 manifestation so - belatedly - heard the result. I had 2 favourite performances, and shall keep those in their BBCHD guise for repeated listening.
I've been reasonably impressed by Ms Klein's introdutions too - she's the most natural and appealing of all the 'telly classical' presenters, imv.
Agreed re Ms Klein. I particularly enjoyed her piece to camera talking about the Emperor where she played a few bars of the slow movement. I like those presenters who can do it as well as talk about it!
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amateur51
Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostNot sure if rausch is keeping the result as a surprise, in which case spoiler alert - and I only caught 2 episodes, Schwizgebel's (someone needs to speak severely to him about those facial expressions) and the winner's. What a performance. Dame Fanny looked delighted on camera.
Agreed re Ms Klein. I particularly enjoyed her piece to camera talking about the Emperor where she played a few bars of the slow movement. I like those presenters who can do it as well as talk about it!
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostI seem to remember that someone took Brendel aside when he was still a relatively young artist and advised much the same, advice that he tried to act on.
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amateur51
Originally posted by rauschwerk View PostI believe it was his wife, after he launched his specs over his head on to the platform! That's mentioned in one of his books, though I forget which.
He developed a tendency to turn away from the audience in extremis & I sometimes wondered what ghastly mugging was going on.
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