This an old Last Night Of The Proms with Sir Malcolm Sargeant as the conductor. Second half of the concert including Sir Malcolm Sergeants speech at the end. I hope the link works.
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This an old Last Night Of The Proms with Sir Malcolm Sargeant as the conductor. Second half of the concert including Sir Malcolm Sergeants speech at the end. I hope the link works. -
Hello, THOMO - welcomeOriginally posted by THOMO View Post
The link certainly seems to work for me (just tried the beginning to check). Historic stuff! Thank you.
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
Good to hear this. Sir Malcolm's speeches were legendary.
One thing the opening announcer got wrong was that Parry's "Jerusalem" was performed in Elgar's orchestration. It wasn't. That was introduced when Colin Davis took over.Comment
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The Last Night of the Proms 1961 was issued on an early BBC MM CD, Volume 6, Number 12.
Sir Malcolm's speech is included, as is an 'Announcement and request for quiet' between the Elgar (P&C 1) encore and the Wood Fantasia.
Constance Shacklock reigns supreme.
The CD though also credits the version of Jerusalem as Parry, orch. Elgar.Comment
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Many thanks for posting this, Sargent isn't much remembered these days but he was a musician of distinction and his partnership with the BBCSO introduced many of us to works we did not know courtesy of the Proms broadcasts, in my case via medium wave. His closing speech was a model that some of his successors could have followed to advantage.Comment
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Yes; it's a common mistake. It's definitely Parry's orchestration there too.Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostComment
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