Originally posted by jayne lee wilson
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Prom 34: 10.08.16 - Dutilleux, HK Gruber and Beethoven
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Didn't listen to the Beethoven but I did take this opportunity to learn more about Dutilleux via the discussion in the interval. I also listened to this performance of "Timbres, espace, mouvement". All good. During the Gruber piece, I started to see the three buskers as Compo, Foggy and Clegg with elements of the 'Allo 'Allo cast drifting in and out. That is not to say I didn't like it or that I have any problem. I've often wondered if there was a lost episode of "Summer Wine" based upon Batty's perspective of Compo's irrepressible mind.
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Originally posted by Lat-Literal View PostDuring the Gruber piece, I started to see the three buskers as Compo, Foggy and Clegg with elements of the 'Allo 'Allo cast drifting in and out.
Likewise, the BBC SO and Oramo did very well with the Dutilleux and LvB. It was a treat to hear the spoken audio clip of HD during the interval feature. Oramo did make a point of trying to give a totally fresh reading with the orchestra of LvB 5, from working from a totally clean, unmarked orchestral score. What struck me was that Oramo tried to avoid any self-conscious monumentality about his interpretation, with the occasional tempo fluctuation for the motto theme in the 1st movement. The lack of the scherzo repeat is quite normal these days, at least on this side of the pond, as I think also is the finale repeat.
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Originally posted by bluestateprommer View PostEven in my ignorance of the pop culture references, writing from this side of the pond, from my hearing of the HK Gruber, I did understand intuitively what you meant, in the cheeky spirit that HKG's Busking has. Definitely "audience-friendly" in harmonic style, and actually possessing that seemingly rare quality in contemporary concert hall music, humor. The humor at the very start initially hit me as maybe a bit much, with just trumpet mouthpiece, but then things settled down. HH, CB and MB all did very well with their solo parts.
Likewise, the BBC SO and Oramo did very well with the Dutilleux and LvB. It was a treat to hear the spoken audio clip of HD during the interval feature. Oramo did make a point of trying to give a totally fresh reading with the orchestra of LvB 5, from working from a totally clean, unmarked orchestral score. What struck me was that Oramo tried to avoid any self-conscious monumentality about his interpretation, with the occasional tempo fluctuation for the motto theme in the 1st movement. The lack of the scherzo repeat is quite normal these days, at least on this side of the pond, as I think also is the finale repeat.
I won't lower the tone by including clips, especially as I sense that you did some background reading. Suffice it to say that the thought was in the trumpet (North of England) and the accordion (France/Germany) and I didn't mind the piece at all.
Minds work in strange ways. Tonight's winner of "Make Me an Egghead" - a television competition to gain a permanent place on a nightly general knowledge programme - had been successful in another similar programme partially by specializing in the films of the Muppets.
She also recognised, just, that the Funeral March of a Marionette was by Gounod.
That sort of thing always makes me feel better.
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