Proms

[Roehre]

Excepting Shosty 4, all the stuff so far mentioned gets played over and over again...

As usual (apart from Scriabin and Schönberg op.16 and Alwyn and Berio, that is)

[Ravensbourne]

Last Night of the Proms

What about the Last Night? Any Sea Songs? Anything by Tim Rice and/or Andrew Lloyd Webber?

[Barbirollians]

What about the Last Night? Any Sea Songs? Anything by Tim Rice and/or Andrew Lloyd Webber?

Yes and any chance of a proper concerto this year rather than the short solo pop like the Lark ?

[Pabmusic]

.............when is our very own PABS on?!

... and Sunday 17 August respectively

Well, I promised I’d tell…

Ams is right. Roderick Williams sings George Butterworth's Six Songs From A Shropshire Lad, orchestrated by one Phillip Brookes, with the BBC Scottish and Andrew Manze.

‘Phillip Brookes’ is the pseudonym I’ve adopted throughout my life when I didn’t want people to recognise me as Pabmusic.

But now the secret is out.

There was initial confusion because I thought they were going to do all eleven songs (I've orchestrated the lot) - but no.

I don't know the rest of the programme, but if the BBC Scottish and Andrew Manze are also doing RVW's Pastoral (which Ams told us earlier) then that would be highly appropriate for this concert

[amateur51]

Well, I promised I’d tell…

Ams is right. Roderick Williams sings George Butterworth's Six Songs From A Shropshire Lad, orchestrated by one Phillip Brookes, with the BBC Scottish and Andrew Manze.

‘Phillip Brookes’ is the pseudonym I’ve adopted throughout my life when I didn’t want people to recognise me as Pabmusic.

But now the secret is out.

There was initial confusion because I thought they were going to do all eleven songs (I've orchestrated the lot) - but no.

I don't know the rest of the programme, but if the BBC Scottish and Andrew Manze are also doing RVW's Pastoral (which Ams told us earlier) then that would be highly appropriate for this concert

You're just too modest for your own good, Pabs - imagine me knowing someone with a piece in a Proms concert?! :PROUD:

Next year it's John McCririck & Nigel Farage (The Sultans of Sweating) on glass harmonica 'doing' Pictures At An Exhibition - get crackin' Brookesy!

[Pabmusic]

...get crackin' Brookesy!

Oh dear! That takes me back to schooldays.

Seriously though, what is the full programme for August 17th?

[mercia]

You're just too modest for your own good, Pabs - imagine me knowing someone with a piece in a Proms concert?! :PROUD:

absolutely !!

do you get a big fat cheque signed by Roger Wright for that Pabmusic ?

[Pabmusic]

absolutely !!

do you get a big fat cheque signed by Roger Wright for that Pabmusic ?

You must be joking.

The music was already published (http://www.musikmph.de/musical_score...formation.html) so it's not a commission (it's actually been performed three times complete - including twice in Vilnius - and there's not many can say that!). I'll get something from the publishers, though. Eventually.

Interestingly, the BBC has purchased a set (which of course is all 11 songs from A Shropshire Lad) so it will be in their library during the WW1 centenary. Watch this space.

[amateur51]

Oh dear! That takes me back to schooldays.

Seriously though, what is the full programme for August 17th?

The full programme is:

Stephan: Music for Orchestra (1912)

Kelly: Elegy for strings: in memoriam Rupert Brooke

Butterworth orch. P.Brookes Six songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'

interval

Vaughan Williams: Pastoral symphony (no.3)

Allan Clayton tenor
Roderick Williams baritone


BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor

[Pabmusic]

The full programme is:

Stephan: Music for Orchestra (1912)

Kelly: Elegy for strings: in memoriam Rupert Brooke

Butterworth orch. P.Brookes Six songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'

interval

Vaughan Williams: Pastoral symphony (no.3)

Allan Clayton tenor
Roderick Williams baritone


BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor

Ah...Rudi Stephan (a German) died fighting the Russians on the eastern front. Frederick Kelly (an Aussie) died at Gallipoli. GSKB (a Brit) died at Pozieres. I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect that none of their bodies were recovered. Butterworth's certainly wasn't, which is why he appears on the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval (one of 74,000). Of course, 'never recovered' often means 'couldn't be identified', which isn't really the same thing.

RVW's symphony was possibly a memory of Butterworth (he'd already dedicated the London to him, so probably wouldn't have wanted to dedicate the next symphony to him as well - according to the recent documentary, he was severely heterosexual), but they had been close friends, and RVW had let GSKB help him with composing (criticism, etc.). The only other whom he allowed to do that was Holst. And according to Ursula, he kept photos of GSKB and Holst by his bedside till he died.

Is that a male singer in the RVW?

[antongould]

The full programme is:

Stephan: Music for Orchestra (1912)

Kelly: Elegy for strings: in memoriam Rupert Brooke

Butterworth orch. P.Brookes Six songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'

interval

Vaughan Williams: Pastoral symphony (no.3)

Allan Clayton tenor
Roderick Williams baritone


BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor

Definitely one to listen to ....well done our Pabs.

Ams are you on In Tune tonight to give all the info on the season?

[Tony Halstead]

The full programme is:

Stephan: Music for Orchestra (1912)

Kelly: Elegy for strings: in memoriam Rupert Brooke

Butterworth orch. P.Brookes Six songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'

interval

Vaughan Williams: Pastoral symphony (no.3)

Allan Clayton tenor
Roderick Williams baritone


BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor

Who is the soprano soloist in the VW Pastoral Symphony, last movement?
Or maybe there is a version for tenor, heaven help us?

[Cockney Sparrow]

Allan Clayton tenor
Roderick Williams baritone

I thought these two gave wonderful performances in the Bychkov, Britten War Requiem last November -near perfect (I do hope that appears on Disc - Music Magazine cover or not...)
And DRAT! - I'm outside the country - in S America - but I might just be in time to get it on iPlayer on my return.

[Roehre]

You must be joking.

The music was already published (http://www.musikmph.de/musical_score...formation.html) so it's not a commission (it's actually been performed three times complete - including twice in Vilnius - and there's not many can say that!). I'll get something from the publishers, though. Eventually.

Interestingly, the BBC has purchased a set (which of course is all 11 songs from A Shropshire Lad) so it will be in their library during the WW1 centenary. Watch this space.

Pabmusic, Are your orchestrations "in the manner of" (like Baker's), or have you done them in an own idiom?

[Flosshilde]

Mahler symphony no.9 played by BBCSSO conducted by Donald Runnicles

Which they're doing tonight in Glasgow. Unfortunately I'm probably going to miss it - a cold which is developing into sniffles & it might also be too emotionally difficult just now.

Only 5 hours to go & ams can relinquish his role as fount of all knowledge