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I've recorded the second half. Perhaps I'll watch it tomorrow!! -
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I'd go along with that. I suspect Belolhavek will be missed now he's not there. I've not heard Calleja before except in the Verdi Requiem last year and am very excited about his voice. He was easily the star of the show, with terrific stage presence. A great future surely awaits.Originally posted by cloughie View Post"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Did some Handel on the telly...a performance and documentary on Acis and Galatea maybe. Seemed spectacularly full of herself IIRC.Originally posted by cloughie View PostI will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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Her agent's website contains this double-edged remark (which I also saw on a billboard in town advertising her next 'show'):Originally posted by cloughie View Post
"She has been called “Opera’s coolest soprano” by the New York Times Magazine"
Doesn't tell us much - or rather, anything - about her singing.
She married well: to Christie Jnr, heir to Glyndebourne
"...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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As I had an exhausting day with dozens of cousins I haven't caught up yet- atleast I tried the first half hour which didn't get through my tinnitus. All on the hard drive, but so is most ofthe Barenboim Beethoven - still...
I may listen to the second half later but no-one seems to give it a thumbs-up here
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Beautiful voice, but I don't like his vibrato much: you could park a bike in it.Originally posted by Petrushka View PostComment
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I was bored, to be honest, by the whole thing last night, however this may be a reflection of the mood I was in with a close relative near to death in hospital - who knows.
However, great for those present I suspect but as a TV 'spectacle' it's become rather tiring and hackneyed. Calleja voice seemed effortless but I would imagine I would soon tire of it after some while as it seemed monotonous and he was no Luigi Pavarotti. Again, due to circumstances, I fell asleep during the second half.
I wish Benedetti could have found another Violin Concerto other than Bruch 1, to play.Comment
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Yes - to look no further than Bruch, the Scottish Fantasy is a much better work, and likelier last night fare.I wish Benedetti could have found another Violin Concerto other than Bruch 1, to play.Comment
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Despite a declared intention not to listen in I found myself commencing a half-hour car journey around 1930, so switched on the car radio in an emollient moment. Two minutes of Sean Rafferty gabbling about beach balls in the Arena and about Suzy Klein's party frock, and her responsive giggles and I turned it off again. What is it about the last night (I won't grace it with capitals) that generates this emetic rubbish?Comment
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Don't agree. The concerto is wonderful in the hands of great musician.Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostComment
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I too cannot agree that the The Scottish Fantasy is 'a much better work' than the (best known) violin concerto. The VC is wonderful. Whether the SF would have been better 'last night' fare, I really couldn't say. There's a lot of excellent lesser-known Bruch, e.g. the Concerto for Clarinet and Viola.Comment
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I could enumerate at least half a dozen other concertos I would have rather she had played, including Glazunov just to mention one. To me the Bruch 1, Tchaik concertos both violin and piano concerto 1 et.al are the fodder for Classic FM where these works, or movements therefrom are flogged to death.Comment
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Josef Suk's Op. 24 Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra, a highly tuneful 23 minutes, would have been a good choice, given the conductor.Comment
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