Prom 41: Sherlock Holmes – A Musical Mind (16.08.15)

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  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
    • 20577
    #1

    Prom 41: Sherlock Holmes – A Musical Mind (16.08.15)

    15:30
    Royal Albert Hall

    Mark Gatiss, Christine Rice, Jack Liebeck, Stile Antico, the BBC Concert Orchestra and Barry Wordsworth in the BBC Sherlock Prom.

    Mark Gatiss (actor)
    Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
    Jack Liebeck (violin)
    Matthew Sweet (presenter)
    Stile Antico
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

    Hans Zimmer: Discombobulate; The Mycroft Suite; Zu viele Füchse für euch Hänsel (arr. Robert Ziegler from 'Sherlock Holmes')
    Orlande de Lassus: Osculetur me Osculo; Super Flumina Babylonis (4 part)
    Patrick Gowers: Baker Street Reunion; Irene Adler (from Granada TV's 'Sherlock Holmes')
    Rossini: Una voce poco fa (The Barber of Seville)
    Tchaikovsky: Aria: Ah Tanya, Tanya (Eugene Onegin, Act 1)
    Patrick Gowers: Holmes in Europe; The Death of Sherlock Holmes (from Granada TV's 'Sherlock Holmes')
    Miklos Rozsa: Main Titles (The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes)
    Paganini: Violin Concerto No.2 - 3rd Movement 'La campanella'
    Frank Skinner: Music from 'Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terrror' Wagner: The Ride of the Vakyries
    David Arnold & Michael Price: Sherlock Suite (from BBC TV's 'Sherlock')

    The Proms salutes a crime-fighting violin virtuoso who wrote a pioneering study of Dutch sacred music, tussled with a contralto from the Warsaw Opera and used Offenbach to outwit a pair of jewel thieves. This Proms matinee celebrates music that conjures up the world of Sherlock Holmes: works by Paganini, Lassus and Wagner which Conan Doyle tells us Holmes loved, and the film and TV scores written for him - from Miklós Rózsa's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes to David Arnold and Michael Price's music from the BBC's Sherlock series starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Special guests include Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss; mezzo-soprano Christine Rice, who explores the repertoire of Holmes's nemesis, the opera singer Irene Adler; and violinist Jack Liebeck representing the super sleuth himself.
    Last edited by Eine Alpensinfonie; 09-08-15, 08:30.
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  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
    • 20577
    #2
    The penultimate "gimmick" prom of the season?

    But has the potential of being fun.

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    • french frank
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      • Feb 2007
      • 30610
      #3
      Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
      The penultimate "gimmick" prom of the season?

      But has the potential of being fun.
      It also includes some 'classical' music :-) But, as Proms publicity, it's a bit crude.
      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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      • MrGongGong
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        • Nov 2010
        • 18357
        #4
        Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
        The penultimate "gimmick" prom of the season?
        Hey man, don't diss Patrick Gowers

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        • french frank
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          • Feb 2007
          • 30610
          #5
          Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
          Hey man, don't diss Patrick Gowers
          Indeed - I'd say that this is about the nearest the RW Proms have come to the original concept of mixing the light with the not-so-light.
          It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
            Gone fishin'
            • Sep 2011
            • 30163
            #6
            The blurb that Alpie quotes is a little misleading - Holmes was never described as a "virtuoso" violinist; Watson regards him as very good, but his repertoire is described as "Songs of Mendelssohn", and (in seven-per-cent mood) strange atonal chords.

            Pity I didn't read the OP carefully enough - and glad to see Holmes' favourite composer is featured.
            Last edited by ferneyhoughgeliebte; 09-08-15, 13:30.
            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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            • french frank
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              • Feb 2007
              • 30610
              #7
              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
              Pity the concert doesn't include any works by Holmes' particular Musical expertise - Lassus.
              ???
              It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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              • vinteuil
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                • Nov 2010
                • 13030
                #8
                ... you mean you haven't read his monograph on the polyphonic motets of Lassus?

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                • french frank
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                  • Feb 2007
                  • 30610
                  #9
                  Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                  ... you mean you haven't read his monograph on the polyphonic motets of Lassus?
                  No, I meant I didn't understand the comment about it being a pity there isn't any Lassus in the concert.
                  It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                  • vinteuil
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 13030
                    #10
                    Originally posted by french frank View Post
                    No, I meant I didn't understand the comment about it being a pity there isn't any Lassus in the concert.
                    ... well, given that the one composer we know Holmes devoted a monograph to was Lassus, I'm not sure what was left to understand!

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                    • french frank
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                      • Feb 2007
                      • 30610
                      #11
                      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                      ... well, given that the one composer we know Holmes devoted a monograph to was Lassus, I'm not sure what was left to understand!
                      'Orlande de Lassus: Osculetur me Osculo; Super Flumina Babylonis (4 part) '?
                      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                      • vinteuil
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 13030
                        #12
                        ... ah, sorreeeeeeeee!

                        Hadn't seen the opening post - only ferney's comment.

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                        • french frank
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                          • Feb 2007
                          • 30610
                          #13
                          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                          ... ah, sorreeeeeeeee!

                          Hadn't seen the opening post - only ferney's comment.



                          I was beginning to think …

                          At least Benedict Cumberbatch isn't advertised as appearing, since he appears to have his own problems with his fans during Hamlet.
                          It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163
                            #14
                            Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                            ... ah, sorreeeeeeeee!
                            Hadn't seen the opening post - only ferney's comment.


                            I had seen the OP, but overlooked the work in my haste to be a clever clogs. Appropriately ammended.
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • french frank
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                              • Feb 2007
                              • 30610
                              #15
                              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post


                              I had seen the OP, but overlooked the work in my haste to be a clever clogs. Appropriately ammended.


                              Athanasius contra mundum …
                              It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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