As I have been away since 26/7 and only now have proper access to the i-player - what Proms are unmissable to catch up on and what can be given a miss in the august opinions of forumites ?
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Unmissable of the ones I've listened to(about half of them)15,18,26 (1st half) and 33,only IMOOriginally posted by Barbirollians View Post -
Off the top of, dashing out now....have heard fewer than usual so far, but my faves were - Prom 7 (Stravinsky/Poulenc), Prom 23 (Widman/Schumann/Nielsen), Prom 26 (Brahms B flat, de Leeuw). Prom 32 too for fabulous orchestral playing ... I didn't hear the Mahler but most reports were very positive.... I did enjoy the Beethoven 5th the other night (34), Oramo/BBCSO excellent in that...Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
See my reports for more detail, I should add that despite my reservations about it, anyone might enjoy the de Leeuw at least once! The Widmann sounded as gorgeous as the glass harmonica looks...Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 12-08-16, 14:59.Comment
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I've just spent a couple of weeks at the Proms and it proved excellent by and large: one cannot do the whole lot, of course, unless you are mad, but Mahler 3 under Uncle Bernie and the LSO was the highlight for me: except I was suffering from a gammie leg, and was in the second row of the arena. I love Haitink naturally, but praised God when the conductor reached the end of the first movement eventually when I could sit down: one must suffer for one's art, I suppose.
The Berlioz 'Romeo' under Jiggers was a rare treat too on the following day, made so much better by a kind steward who provided a chair for the queuing, and a special seat for the actual concert.
The prom with Collon on Sunday afternoon with the Aurora Orchestra (without reference to a score) in Rihm, Strauss and Mozart 41 was completely wrecked by that idiot Tom Service insisting on "presenting" the concert, as if we needed to be spoon-fed the music rather than let it speak for itself.
Then lots of Russian music: I always say that they programme the 'Rite of Spring' far too often, which is true, but when you get the three big Stravinsky ballets in two days played as well as that by the BBC Scottish and Youth orchestras, and the original version of the Tchaikovsky first piano concert, then I am a happy man.
Finally Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra (managing director my old music teacher years ago) in Mahler 1 and Dutilleux, it proved a jolly few days in the smoke: only a shame that Widermerpool was indisposed for the Schoenberg, but David Wilson Johnson was more than an adequate replacement (I remember his Francis of Assisi in Messiaen's bonking opera at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival).
All round, a joy to behold.Comment
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