Proms 2017

[PJPJ]

I guess they would have been played by a Rubbra band...

BTW, Katie D pronounced his name as ROO-bra - is that correct? The second person who tried to teach me to play the organ, had been a pupil of Rubbra and referred to him with the short (southern) U.

It would be good to have at least one of his major works aired at the 2017 Proms. He seems to be more neglected than ever, though he is well represented in the record catalogue.

[Pulcinella]

BTW, Katie D pronounced his name as ROO-bra - is that correct? The second person who tried to teach me to play the organ, had been a pupil of Rubbra and referred to him with the short (southern) U.

It would be good to have at least one of his major works aired at the 2017 Proms. He seems to be more neglected than ever, though he is well represented in the record catalogue.

I'm pretty sure it's Rub, as in rub-a-dub dub.

[Nick Armstrong]

Katie D pronounced his name as ROO-bra - is that correct?

It's a pretty safe bet that any 'foreign' or 'foreign-looking' name is not pronounced in accordance with KD's pretentious stabs in the dark. The other day, she frenchified 'Leon Goossens' ("Goo-song")

[Cockney Sparrow]

OTOH, I always found Sue Lawley's self regarding delivery,correctly, of such words annoyed me intensely as well. (Split second pause - "listen to me, I know how to pronounce these words....." - special tone and accent :- etc etc). Poor presenters, they can't please us all (but some for sure more comprehensively despised than others).

[PJPJ]

It's a pretty safe bet that any 'foreign' or 'foreign-looking' name is not pronounced in accordance with KD's pretentious stabs in the dark. The other day, she frenchified 'Leon Goossens' ("Goo-song")

I agree. It is sometimes breathtakingly extraordinary.

[ahinton]

I'm pretty sure it's Rub, as in rub-a-dub dub.

It is. Should the presenter's name be pronounced "Durham", "Dirham", "Dire-ham"?...

[Serial_Apologist]

BTW, Katie D pronounced his name as ROO-bra - is that correct?

And there was me thinking she was referring to something supportive...

[Pulcinella]

And there was me thinking she was referring to something supportive...

With sales in Australia jumping ahead of those elsewhere?

[teamsaint]

With sales in Australia jumping ahead of those elsewhere?

you actually aren't helping this situation, Pulcers.

Anyway, back to the Proms, perhaps Graham Fitkin, (the man with the disappearing Cello Concerto ) will get another crack at the big time.

[ahinton]

And there was me thinking she was referring to something supportive...

As in "never knowingly underwired", peut-être?...

[teamsaint]

Not quite on topic, but only one Schnittke symphony, No2, in 1990, has ever been performed at the Proms.

About time that something was done about that.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It is. Should the presenter's name be pronounced "Durham", "Dirham", "Dire-ham"?...

It should be pronounced "Martin" followed by "Handley", though there are other suitable pronunciations

[pastoralguy]

It should be pronounced "Martin" followed by "Handley", though there are other suitable pronunciations

[maestro267]

Not quite on topic, but only one Schnittke symphony, No2, in 1990, has ever been performed at the Proms.

About time that something was done about that.

Hear hear! A piece I listened to for the first time last night.

One of the most glaring and unjustified omissions, as far as British composers are concerned, is Sir Arnold Bax. For one example, his Third Symphony, performed 9 times between 1930 and 1944, including every year between '30 and '34. No performances in the 72 years since. Disgraceful.

[BBMmk2]

I think what would be great to see is conductors perform music that their forebears conducted, and have great respect for?