With Sir Stephen in the hall why not a meaty Brahms’ Concerto in the first half, then we’re ready to enjoy the lighter delicacies in the second?
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On TV, a little bit of Nicky Spence is going a long, long way. And if any classical artist is over-exposed these days then it's Anna Lapwood."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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This sort of programme might have worked in the old days when audience members would wander in and out, but to sit there for an hour listening to all this stuff must get quite wearing after a while. I find that any programme that has more than four items in it ends up losing focus and the audience gets restless. It's a shame that they don't have enough faith in their audience to give them something a bit more substantial. It doesn't have to be Bruckner 8, but surely there is a happy medium to be found?Comment
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This is just dreadful. I've had enough, and will follow the BBC's suggestion from my childhood and switch off the TV and go and do something more interesting instead."I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Lady Bracknell The importance of Being EarnestComment
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They did achieve this in the Last Night programmes of the early 1990s when the first half was a full sized concert in its own right so we had Ida Haendel and Hilary Hahn in substantial concertos or Bryn Terfel and Gwyneth Jones making major vocal contributions. You could go home well satisfied without bothering with the second half.Originally posted by Darkbloom View Post"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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I’ve just looked at the schedule of what I didn’t listen to today: what an awful day’s programming. I can only imagine the hour upon hour of forced ‘amazing’ / ‘fabulous’ / ‘fantastic’ bla bla blaOriginally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
Happy I missed it!
"...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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Reckon he worked in the Waldstein , Rage Over A Lost Penny , Flight of the Bumble Bee and La Valse into that encore . Comfortably the highlight of the first half.Comment
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I wasn't giving the R3 coverage my full attention, but I'm pretty sure that it was announced with the implication that it was the whole concerto.Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
Utterly dispiriting first half in my not so humble opinion: far too many pieces with no apparent theme or reason for them to be part of the programme.
Mind you, that's R3 for you these days.
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Think this is the way it's been done before...Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View PostComment
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I was at that legendary concert. Why is it that that performance seemed shorter than this first half? *Originally posted by Prommer View Post
The BBC SO played out of their skins that night.,,
* come to think of it I suspect it was actually shorter …Comment
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