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  • Pulcinella
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    • Feb 2014
    • 11062

    Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
    Is the violinist playing the Sibelius a very big name ( Mutter Vengerov etc )or in the second level ( Little, Ehnes etc )
    Oh dear! I'm not very well up in violinist ranking, and would not like to disparage anyone.
    This person is not listed in the Presto Artists (Violinist) list, but has in fact recorded the work, one of very few recordings that come up when the name is entered and searched.
    So I think you would say second level.

    Have just Googled and discovered that a new role awaits this person from this September, as a Principal Guest Conductor.

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    • bluestateprommer
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 3019

      Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
      Oh dear! I'm not very well up in violinist ranking, and would not like to disparage anyone.
      This person is not listed in the Presto Artists (Violinist) list, but has in fact recorded the work, one of very few recordings that come up when the name is entered and searched. So I think you would say second level.

      Have just Googled and discovered that a new role awaits this person from this September, as a Principal Guest Conductor.
      Well, it's not difficult to surmise then that the violinist in question is Julian Rachlin, as he becomes principal guest conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia in September 2015, in parallel with Lars Vogt becoming music director.

      But there is a mildly subtle way that you can confirm the various earlier bits of harder speculation (rather than wish-lists) for this summer's Proms, as follows:

      (a) Refer to a particular past post that mentioned specific info
      (b) Put a + or - next to that number to confirm (+) or deny (-).

      Math symbols do have their use outside of math :) .

      But here is one other item to add to the mix, namely Fabio Luisi, Nikolaj Znaider, and the DR Symfoniorkestret (Danish National Symphony Orchestra) at The Proms on August 20, with Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 2 (The Four Temperaments) and the Brahms Violin Concerto. The original source that I traced was a fellow named Jens Cornelius on Twitter here, which in turn traces to this article:

      "DR SymfoniOrkestret og kommende chefdirigent Fabio Luisi skal spille til The Proms 20. august. Med sig på scenen i Royal Albert Hall har orkestret Nikolaj Znaider som solist i Brahms' Violinkoncert, og desuden er bl.a. Carl Nielsens 2. Symfoni på programmet.
      "Carl Nielsen har en stor stjerne hos det engelske publikum og BBC Proms lader naturligvis ikke Nielsen fejringen i 2015 gå stille hen”, siger orkesterchef Kim Bohr.
      Det er sjette gang, at DR SymfoniOrkestret bliver inviteret til The Proms."

      (Danish National Symphony Orchestra and future chief conductor Fabio Luisi to play for the Proms on 20 August. On stage at the Royal Albert Hall, the orchestra has Nikolaj Znaider as soloist in Brahms' Violin Concerto, and also includes Carl Nielsen's 2nd Symphony on the program.
      "Nielsen has a big presence in the British public and the BBC Proms of course does not let the Nielsen celebration in 2015 pass quietly," said orchestra director Kim Bohr.
      It is the sixth time that the Danish National Symphony Orchestra will be invited to the Proms.)

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      • Pulcinella
        Host
        • Feb 2014
        • 11062

        Originally posted by bluestateprommer View Post
        Well, it's not difficult to surmise then that the violinist in question is Julian Rachlin, as he becomes principal guest conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia in September 2015, in parallel with Lars Vogt becoming music director.

        But there is a mildly subtle way that you can confirm the various earlier bits of harder speculation (rather than wish-lists) for this summer's Proms, as follows:

        (a) Refer to a particular past post that mentioned specific info
        (b) Put a + or - next to that number to confirm (+) or deny (-).

        Math symbols do have their use outside of math :) .

        But here is one other item to add to the mix, namely Fabio Luisi, Nikolaj Znaider, and the DR Symfoniorkestret (Danish National Symphony Orchestra) at The Proms on August 20, with Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 2 (The Four Temperaments) and the Brahms Violin Concerto. The original source that I traced was a fellow named Jens Cornelius on Twitter here, which in turn traces to this article:
        + all round!

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        • Pulcinella
          Host
          • Feb 2014
          • 11062

          Following bluestateprommer's suggestion:

          24: +
          34: +
          36: -
          45: (1) +; (2)(i)a +; (2)(i)b -; (2)(ii) +; (3) + (30 July); (4) + + + ; (5) +, but not 10 September
          47: +
          50: (1) +; (2) +
          52: +
          67: +

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          • MrGongGong
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 18357

            Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
            Following bluestateprommer's suggestion:

            24: +
            34: +
            36: -
            45: (1) +; (2)(i)a +; (2)(i)b -; (2)(ii) +; (3) + (30 July); (4) + + + ; (5) +, but not 10 September
            47: +
            50: (1) +; (2) +
            52: +
            67: +
            Excellent i've always wanted to hear a live performance

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            • Pulcinella
              Host
              • Feb 2014
              • 11062

              Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
              Excellent i've always wanted to hear a live performance

              Spread over several weeks, though!

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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
                Is the violinist playing the Sibelius a very big name ( Mutter Vengerov etc )or in the second level ( Little, Ehnes etc )
                Isn't Little Ehnes one of the villages in North Norfolk that vinteuil is going to visit? I don't think he'll be very happy to discover it's "second level"!
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • Petrushka
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12308

                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  Isn't Little Ehnes one of the villages in North Norfolk that vinteuil is going to visit? I don't think he'll be very happy to discover it's "second level"!
                  And isn't Mutter Vengerov one of those characters out of a Grimm's fairy story?
                  "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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                  • EnemyoftheStoat
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 1135

                    I see Norm has come up with a Proms rumour of his own:



                    So can we, erm, look forward to lots of Belgian composers at the Proms?

                    The thread then degenerates into LNOP squabbling...

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                    • MrGongGong
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 18357

                      Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
                      And isn't Mutter Vengerov one of those characters out of a Grimm's fairy story?
                      Vengerov plays Rammstein?
                      You heard it here first kids

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