I see VH in his comprehensive post has reached the figure of 48/49 realProms, the number we knew in our youth.
I can't begin to comment on his favourites as I heard very few concerts in their entirety but, as I've said elsewhere, was glad to hear the complete Smetana Ma vlast performed at the concerts after all these years.
Perhaps MORE IS LESS applies to the Proms, like other things. So many of my favourites missing this year and where are the composers who measure up to [in no particular order] Bax,Bliss, Britten, Walton etc who were conducting their own premieres years ago?
I can't begin to comment on his favourites as I heard very few concerts in their entirety but, as I've said elsewhere, was glad to hear the complete Smetana Ma vlast performed at the concerts after all these years.
Perhaps MORE IS LESS applies to the Proms, like other things. So many of my favourites missing this year and where are the composers who measure up to [in no particular order] Bax,Bliss, Britten, Walton etc who were conducting their own premieres years ago?
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