Originally posted by Retune
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Prom 1: The First Night, BBC SO/BBC SC/BBC Singers, S. Bevan/I. Kanneh-Mason/Chan
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"...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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Originally posted by cria View Post
Lovely evening (T20 Sussex v Middx @ Hove)
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Afraid I found the tv presentation irritating -not only the over-enthusiaistic commentary - do they not realise they don`t have to start jabbering 3 seconds aftef the end of the music - but the excessuve use of the overhead camera???? We spent what felt like ages looking at the bald head of a violinist, or the cellist. It`s a gimmick which I think is very over-used. I`d also query the new use of part of "Jupiter" from Holst The Planets as the "theme" music - it just doesn`t work. The concert itself was ok although we had the Clara Schumann piano concerto a few years ago (with Queen Victoria`s piano) and the work doesn`t really justify this exposure. The Beethoven 5 was ok but did`nt the finale go on and on and on and on and on .....! I hope never to hear the "Hallelujah Sim" monstrosit again....
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Originally posted by ARBurton View PostThe concert itself was ok although we had the Clara Schumann piano concerto a few years ago (with Queen Victoria`s piano) and the work doesn`t really justify this exposure. The Beethoven 5 was ok but did`nt the finale go on and on and on and on and on .....! I hope never to hear the "Hallelujah Sim" monstrosit again....
Have to agree on "Hallelujah Sim" - not my thing at all but I’m becoming increasingly aware that some/quite a lot of the Proms is not for me, and that’s OK too. I have the sense that this piece was tapping into computer gaming culture and was probably aimed at a much younger crowd. Fair enough!
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostI'm wondering why the BBC Sounds tracklisti includes four additional items.
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostI'm wondering why the BBC Sounds tracklisti includes four additional items.
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Another dissenter from the negative here . Much the most enjoyable first night for years . Handel that showed how well BBCSO and modern instruments can play it , well sung if rather dreary Bruckner , the Clara Schumann may be juveniles but what juvenilia and outstandingly played.
The encore was fine but it a bit stiff for me .
I enjoyed the Beethoven if the concluding part of the was a bit breathless for me I thought it was very good as a whole .
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Originally posted by Constable View PostA Klemperer man myself so the Fifth was not my kind of thing. Listened on web this morning, the way to completely skip presenter waffle which seems worse every season. I have a question, can one just turn up with eight quid for the balcony, I only visit London on cooler evenings?
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Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
I suspect the radio presentation is still done from the box to the left of the stage, with what you saw being the TV ‘mini studio’ (which has indeed migrated round the auditorium over the years)
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Originally posted by Darkbloom View Post
You have to book in advance these days, so no. You buy your promming ticket on the RAH website then get a queuing ticket at the hall if you want to make sure you get a decent spot. That goes for both arena and gallery. I prefer the old method, personally, but we're stuck with this way of doing things now.
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Originally posted by Constable View PostA Klemperer man myself so the Fifth was not my kind of thing. Listened on web this morning, the way to completely skip presenter waffle which seems worse every season. I have a question, can one just turn up with eight quid for the balcony, I only visit London on cooler evenings?
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
Well it was certainly evident in the presentation tonight . Honestly the BBC’s Glastonbury coverage is a model of sober restraint in comparison. That countdown at the beginning was ludicrous. It’s not kids tv .
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