Prom 46: Sibelius/Lara Poe/Holst, Sibelius Academy SO/RCM SO & Cham. Ch., Komsi/Oramo

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  • bluestateprommer
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    • Nov 2010
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    Prom 46: Sibelius/Lara Poe/Holst, Sibelius Academy SO/RCM SO & Cham. Ch., Komsi/Oramo

    Sunday 25 August 2024
    19:30
    Royal Albert Hall


    Sibelius: The Wood Nymph
    Lara Poe: Laulut maaseudulta (‘Songs from the Countryside’) (BBC commission: world premiere)

    Interval

    Holst: The Planets, op. 32


    Anu Komsi, soprano

    Royal College of Music Chamber Choir (Proms debut ensemble)
    Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra (Proms debut ensemble)
    Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra (Proms debut ensemble)

    Sakari Oramo, conductor


    Holst’s suite The Planets is one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite to perform the work alongside Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph and a new piece from Finnish-American composer Lara Poe.




    Live at the BBC Proms: The Royal College of Music and Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra.


    Clive Myrie hosts this much-loved journey through space with guest Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

    Starts
    25-08-24 19:30
    Ends
    25-08-24 21:30
    Location
    Royal Albert Hall
  • smittims
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    • Aug 2022
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    This is suppose to be onTV, but I fear the Planets might be messed up with 'presenter-chat' interposed, so beware. In any case, Holst made it clear that the extra-musical connotation was astrology not astronomy ; it seems one can't expect a BBC presenter to know this.

    I haven't heard of Laura Poe so I'll be listening to the first part anyway. .

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    • LMcD
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      • Sep 2017
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      #3
      Originally posted by smittims View Post
      This is suppose to be onTV, but I fear the Planets might be messed up with 'presenter-chat' interposed, so beware. In any case, Holst made it clear that the extra-musical connotation was astrology not astronomy ; it seems one can't expect a BBC presenter to know this.

      I haven't heard of Laura Poe so I'll be listening to the first part anyway. .
      Unless my memory is playing me tricks - which is quite possible - some years ago Sir Mark Elder not only introduced a televised BBC Prom performance of Elgar's 2nd but also offered a series of short commentaries between movements.

      The TV presenters on the 25th are Clive Myrie and Maggie Aderin-Pocock (she's a British space scienttst, in case you didn't know. )

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      • Darkbloom
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        • Feb 2015
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        #4
        Originally posted by LMcD View Post

        Unless my memory is playing me tricks - which is quite possible - some years ago Sir Mark Elder not only introduced a televised BBC Prom performance of Elgar's 2nd but also offered a series of short commentaries between movements.
        I've noticed that they mic up cricketers to comment on the game while it's in progress now, so at least we were spared Sir Mark giving us commentary while he was conducting: 'big moment coming up, woodwinds played a blinder there' etc.

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        • smittims
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          • Aug 2022
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          #5
          Thanks, LMcD. I recorded that Elder Elgar 2 but deleted his chat before transferring it to disc. It was in July 2015; I recall the spoken interpolations were done in the studio for the TV repeat. I don't know if he spoke to the audience in the hall. He often does.

          I admire him as a conductor but I don't care for his habit of haranguing his audience in Churchillian style. 'In this symphony (dramatic pause) ... I believe... Elgar... is saying...' and I want to call out in my best Kenneth Wiliams voice: 'Awww geddon with it!'

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          • LMcD
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            • Sep 2017
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            #6
            Latest trailer for this Prom: 'Embark on an epic voyage in Holst's celestial masterpiece'.

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            • edashtav
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              • Jul 2012
              • 3667

              #7
              Originally posted by LMcD View Post
              Latest trailer for this Prom: 'Embark on an epic voyage in Holst's celestial masterpiece'.

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              • Pulcinella
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                • Feb 2014
                • 10877

                #8
                Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                Latest trailer for this Prom: 'Embark on an epic voyage in Holst's celestial masterpiece'.
                Perhaps a little insensitive when there are currently people potentially trapped in the space station.

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                • smittims
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                  • Aug 2022
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                  #9
                  I should have said , at least Mark Elder does know something about Elgar 2. I don't suppose our two-hander on Sunday know much about Holst.We'll see.

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                  • LMcD
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                    • Sep 2017
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by smittims View Post
                    I should have said , at least Mark Elder does know something about Elgar 2. I don't suppose our two-hander on Sunday know much about Holst.We'll see.
                    Don't worry - any shortcomings in their knowledge of the subject will be made good by their enthusiasm.

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                    • smittims
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                      • Aug 2022
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                      #11
                      I think that's what I'm dreading...

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                      • LMcD
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                        • Sep 2017
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by smittims View Post
                        I think that's what I'm dreading...
                        Why not record the concert so that you can fast forward or cut out all the attendant babble?

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                        • smittims
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                          • Aug 2022
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                          #13
                          Good idea. I want to hear (and see) the Sibelius and Poe . Although I'm not anxious to hear yet another Planets, morbid curiousity will probably draw me into seeing what our illustrious pair have to say . Who knows? They may have some fascinating information about the work.

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                          • bluestateprommer
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                            • Nov 2010
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by smittims View Post
                            Good idea. I want to hear (and see) the Sibelius and Poe . Although I'm not anxious to hear yet another Planets, morbid curiousity will probably draw me into seeing what our illustrious pair have to say . Who knows? They may have some fascinating information about the work.
                            This article about Sakari Oramo talks a bit about the Lara Poe work:

                            Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo talks about the BBC Proms, Sibelius, and why we should not programme Russian music during the war in Ukraine


                            "....this will be the first time he has conducted the Finnish-American composer Lara Poe. ‘She grew up in both the US and Finland; and she studied here in London at the RCM, and also with George Benjamin – a good pedigree!’ 'Songs From the Countryside' has been composed for, and in collaboration with, Anu Komsi. ‘The words come from Lara’s grandmother and aunt, telling of their childhoods in remote Finland. Lara is interested in this kind of past and in our relationship to nature and the creatures we should be looking after.’"
                            Plus, there's also the "super-youth orchestra" element of this Prom, with young musicians from two major music schools in two different countries joining forces.

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                            • Ein Heldenleben
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                              • Apr 2014
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                              #15
                              An extraordinarily virtuosic performance from Anu Komsi in this Lara Poe piece . One of the most extraordinary vocal tour-de-forces I’ve heard in long time. The sheer range of vocal effects she commanded - almost beyond belief.
                              Now back to Earth with the Planets..

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