Very distracting TV coverage

[Nick Armstrong]

She certainly got more than her fair share of coverage. For those who did not see the broadcast, the leader was male and 40-something, while the lady in question was half that age and, to say the least, very photogenic. Coincidence, of course.

Some good camera-work on the pianist too.

Yes - wish we could have had it in HD (anyone know whether it was on the HD red button? see Bryn's post on the TV Proms thread - from tomorrow certainly, 'Proms on Four' is in HD on Freeview 303)

I must say I found the time when the camera was on Pappano distracting - his facial movements are a pantomime unlike any I've ever seen. It looks as if he's miming eating an enormous invisible bowl of spaghetti without using his hands...

[VodkaDilc]

Yes - wish we could have had it in HD (anyone know whether it was on the HD red button? see Bryn's post on the TV Proms thread - from tomorrow certainly, 'Proms on Four' is in HD on Freeview 303)

I must say I found the time when the camera was on Pappano distracting - his facial movements are a pantomime unlike any I've ever seen. It looks as if he's miming eating an enormous invisible bowl of spaghetti without using his hands...

I noticed that that camera was more or less fixed on him - it was certainly unmanned, lurking in the middle of the orchestra.

[pastoralguy]

... while the lady in question was half that age and, to say the least, very photogenic.

I didn't notice that at all. I was only concerned with her ability to do complex bowing patterns...

[teamsaint]

Earth hadn't been discovered when Holst wrote his masterpiece.

so Holst didn't plan it properly, then?