Prom 66: Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn/Goodyear, Chineke! Orchestra, Goodyear/Grams

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  • bluestateprommer
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    • Nov 2010
    • 3007

    Prom 66: Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn/Goodyear, Chineke! Orchestra, Goodyear/Grams

    Sunday 8 September 2024
    19:30
    Royal Albert Hall

    Tchaikovsky (arr. Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn; further arranged and adapted by Jeff Tyzik): The Nutcracker Suite (first performance of this arrangement at The Proms)
    Stewart Goodyear: Callaloo – Caribbean Suite for piano and orchestra (first performance at The Proms)
    [Encore: Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83 - III. Precipitato)

    Interval

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (‘Pathétique’), op. 74

    Stewart Goodyear, piano (Proms debut artist)
    Chineke! Orchestra
    Andrew Grams, conductor (Proms debut artist)

    Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms with Duke Ellington’s jazzed-up take on Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker, Stewart Goodyear’s celebration of Caribbean music, Callaloo, and Tchaikovsky’s heartbreaking ‘Pathétique’ Symphony.




    Starts
    08-09-24 19:30
    Ends
    08-09-24 21:45
    Location
    Royal Albert Hall
    Last edited by bluestateprommer; 08-09-24, 19:54.
  • bluestateprommer
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 3007

    #2
    Quite the close to this Prom's first half (duly archived above), with Stewart G.'s encore of Prokofiev. His de facto piano concerto is definitely feel-good fun, loads of notes that don't necessarily coalesce into memorable melodies, and considerably too long for its material. But regarded as concertante party music, it does the job. (Curiously, it put me in mind of Hyperion's "Romantic Piano Concerto" series, as sort of a 21st-century equivalent.)

    I don't recall ever hearing fully the Ellington and Strayhorn re-working of Tchaikovsky in any context, so this was a "novelty" for me. It is a momentary shock to hear waltz movements morphed into not-waltz movements, for one. All well played by Chineke! throughout (a very few fractional solo blips aside), so now on to big-time seriousness in the 2nd half.
    Last edited by bluestateprommer; 08-09-24, 19:54.

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    • gedsmk
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      • Dec 2010
      • 203

      #3
      The sound engineering on this Prom is insanely great! Stunning clarity, balance, dynamic range. Loving every second of this symphony.

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