Prom 71: The Last Night, BBC SO/BBC SC/BBC Singers, Davidsen/S. Kanneh-Mason/Alsop

**Kingfisher** · 30-08-23, 07:21

All set for an amusing evening of Woke Bingo.

Davidsen will be worth watching, I suppose.

**Barbirollians** · 09-09-23, 18:28

I cannot see what is woke about this concert . Are you complaining about the fact that the marvellous cellist is black or that he played at “ that wedding “ ? I just think it is a shame that the instrumental soloist on the Last Night plays only a short piece nowadays and not a concerto.

**duncan** · 09-09-23, 18:40

Originally posted by Kingfisher View Post

All set for an amusing evening of Woke Bingo..

Nasty piece of work.

**Barbirollians** · 09-09-23, 18:42

Indeed - that was a cracking Don Juan from Alsop and the orchestra and also a very lovely moving account of Kol Nidrei . Good to hear bothRadio 3 presenters noting the role of the BBC Singers added tonight . Frankly’ the idiots who tried to disband them should be sacked .

**Bryn** · 09-09-23, 18:58

I forgot all about LNotPs.Only just tuned into the BBC TWO version for the Walton. I guess I will have to catch the earlier stuff via the iPlayer and Sounds. Have I missed anything particularly good?

**Barbirollians** · 09-09-23, 19:00

It seems early and too hot for LNOTP.

**bluestateprommer** · 09-09-23, 19:34

Well, Marin Alsop certainly took her time in the slower passages of Don Juan. Good work from Sheku K-M with Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei. Nice of Petroc to mention biographical information about the Prommer who presented a gift to Sheku on stage. The two 'novelties' were OK, a good contrast of slow and fast, if nothing else. Not greatly enthralled by RP's new version of the Coronation Sanctus, maybe just a bit too bland and stately for my taste. JBW's 1922 gets points for being the far more energetic of the two, even if I heard the musical shade of 1980's-era John Adams more than once in JBW's work.

I wonder if Lise D. delivered her opening spoken words in the Verdi selection unamplified in the hall, as she can obviously blow the roof off the hall on her own, unamplified. Will be nice to hear confirmation from people in the RAH or anyone watching it on TV. She nailed it, to my tin ear, in all of her selections in the first half. Just grasped that the gift presenters to LD and MA seem to have the same last name as the earlier presenter (Enfield?). Overall, a very enjoyable first half.

(Can anyone trace the name of the solo male singer in the Verdi selection? Would like to give credit where credit is due.)

FWIW, one example of cross-promotion on the Continent of the LNOP:

https://www.nporadio4.nl/klassiek/zo...t-of-the-proms

PS: £85K for the Promenaders Musical Charities current total (will be interesting to learn the final total once the dust from the LNOP has settled)

**James Wonnacott** · 09-09-23, 20:09

I shall listen to it on Sounds tomorrow when I can cut out all the chatter: "coming on the platform" "going off the platform" etc

**Bert Coules** · 09-09-23, 20:12

Was I asleep, or did the BBC1 coverage manage to miss the start of the second half?

**Prommer** · 09-09-23, 20:32

Woke bingo is putting it a bit strong but I dislike the presenters on telly. Katie D the head girl and Sandi Toksvig who is a know-nothing really in this area, despite being a presenter of QI. Danni also appealing but light as air. Why?

**Prommer** · 09-09-23, 20:33

Lise is the reason to watch/listen!

**Barbirollians** · 09-09-23, 20:52

I don’t see how the presenters had anything to do with the woke bingo comment . I like the introduction of the Celtic folk songs .

**Barbirollians** · 09-09-23, 20:56

Loving all the EU flags - Lord Frost ,Farage and Boris Johnson will be foaming at the mouth.

**Bryn** · 09-09-23, 21:02

Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post

Loving all the EU flags - Lord Frost ,Farage and Boris Johnson will be foaming at the mouth.

Who's the 'kipper trombonist with the Union Jack waistcoat?

Prom 71: The Last Night, BBC SO/BBC SC/BBC Singers, Davidsen/S. Kanneh-Mason/Alsop

Prom 71: The Last Night, BBC SO/BBC SC/BBC Singers, Davidsen/S. Kanneh-Mason/Alsop

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