Dream Proms

[Dave2002]

Given that some around here find the offerings not to their liking, maybe we should plan out our own set of Dream Proms.

Sample

Elgar introduction and allegro
Brahms violin concerto
Glazunov symphony 4

Mutter violin
Serebrier conductor
LPO


Not sure which date for that one.

Quite a lot more to fill in, including the chamber and late night ones!

Anyone else want to have a go?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Surely "dream" Proms are just that - such as Barbirolli conducting the VPO in Elgar's 1st symphony.

[Threni]

Stravinsky: Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring
Halle/Stravinsky ;)

Can't complain though they are all in this season and the Rite is on tv too :)

[Dave2002]

Stravinsky: Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring
Halle/Stravinsky ;)

Can't complain though they are all in this season and the Rite is on tv too :)

Threni and EA

These conjure up visions of Danse Macabre and Valse Triste. I was hoping we could stick to living performers, pro tem!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Fair enough:
The Elgar Symphonies with the VPO & JEG, then.

[Threni]

Threni and EA

These conjure up visions of Danse Macabre and Valse Triste. I was hoping we could stick to living performers, pro tem!

Dudamel conducting same programme then ;)

[EdgeleyRob]

What about

Parry / symphonic variations
Ireland / piano concerto
Vaughan Williams / 5th symphony

Hamelin / Berlin Philharmonic / Rattle

[Barbirollians]

OK if we are really dreaming

Sibelius: Tapiola, Violin Concerto and Symphony No 7 - Ida Haendel/ Halle. Barbirolli

[prokkyshosty]

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5

After all the bombast, cannons, machine guns, etc. of the first half, you come back after intermission and are duly put in your place by Nielsen. You feel shame for having loved the first half so much. You seek counseling soon after the concert.

[Threni]

It's like the concert I had last year with Gergiev!

Prokofiev: Cantata
Berlioz: Requiem

[prokkyshosty]

Threni, I was living in Los Angeles last year and I ALMOST flew halfway around the world just to see that one. Dream concert, indeed!

[Dave2002]

OK - dreaming again. Brahms violin concerto, Vienna Orchestra conducted by Brahms with Joachim! Might be a big disappointment, but could be fascinating. For the 2nd half Brahms performing one or other of his two piano concerti.

A repeat concert the day later could feature the 2nd and 3rd symphonies.

[Keraulophone]

Mass in B minor - Thomanerchor & Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Joch. Seb. Bach... or would he sit at the Father Willis with his neck cricked back towards the choir as in those old prints?

[Serial_Apologist]

Debussy's "La Mer", conducted by Mahler. He did actually conduct the work while in America I understand: I'd just be fascinated to find out how he, in so many ways Debussy's "equivalent" in terms of the respective musical revolutions taking place around them both, would have approached this gorgeous score.

S-A

[makropulos]

That's intriguing, S-A. According to Knut Martner's incredibly interesting book "Mahler's Concerts" (listing every known concert Mahler ever conducted), he conducted the Prélude à l'après-midi (March 10 and 11, 1910), the Trois nocturnes (February 17 and 18, 1910), Ibéria (January 3, 6 and 8, 1911) and Rondes de Printemps (November 15 and 18, 1910) - but there are no performances of La Mer. Do you have the dates of his performances? It is delightful to speculate on what it might have been like - but I'm not sure he ever did the piece.