Prom 75 - 7.09.13: Last Night of the Proms

[Nick Armstrong]

You're lucky... don't regret it..
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[Nick Armstrong]

Am I the only one here who likes Mr Kennedy?

Possibly.

[Bert Coules]

I suppose it was a rather obvious feed line...

On more positive note, the almost complete absence this year of toy trumpets, air horns and the like is very refreshing.

[Old Grumpy]

Am I the only one here who likes Mr Kennedy?

No. He's a bl**dy good jazz violinist too!

OG

[Bert Coules]

Ooh, I got the feeling during his second number that Madam Alsop wasn't a wholehearted Kennedy fan, and I rather think she's just confirmed it. Decent speech though (apart from her plea for more "inclusiveness" or whatever term she used) especially once she stopped reading straight from her cards.

[Old Grumpy]

Ooh, I got the feeling during his second number that Madam Alsop wasn't a wholehearted Kennedy fan, and I rather think she's just confirmed it.

I got the impression she didn't know quite what to make of him. Not sure she actually disliked him.

OG

[Alison]

Pomp and Circumstance too fast for me.

[Bert Coules]

OG - Hm, could be, I suppose.

Ah well, so ends the most Wagnerian Prom season ever.

[Mary Chambers]

I got the impression she didn't know quite what to make of him. Not sure she actually disliked him.

OG

Do any of us? Know what to make of him, I mean.

[Nick Armstrong]

Do any of us? Know what to make of him, I mean.

Or, like MA, "have any adjective" for him Well-chosen phrase.

[Alison]

No criticism of Katie tonight ? She was actually far better than Sean and Suzie on the wireless.

[Tony Halstead]

Indeed no criticism of KD but a very positive endorsement of Ms Alsop who did a totally splendid job tonight!

[VodkaDilc]

No criticism of Katie tonight ? She was actually far better than Sean and Suzie on the wireless.

Is Katie the announcer I mentioned in message 63?

[VodkaDilc]

Why do people like Ms Di Donato's voice?

Oh God, and apologies to his fans, but that George Lloyd march was so dull... (or was it the performance? 'lack' and 'lustre' are two words that sprang to mind).

This concert is horrible. (And I haven't even seen "Nige" - nor will I)

I have recorded the second half. Tomorrow I will watch the best bits, excluding anything originating from outside the Albert Hall - it will probably boil down to watching the three last items. I thought the first two pieces on the programme were good (Wagner and Bernstein) - I do not count the slight piece which opened the evening's concert. (What an ordeal it must have been to have been present for all those bit and pieces.)

[VodkaDilc]

Indeed no criticism of KD but a very positive endorsement of Ms Alsop who did a totally splendid job tonight!

When I read that I instantly thought of Kirstie Allsopp, the posh lady from the Channel 4 property programmes. Now she would have made a good job of the Last Night.