Hmmm. Last guaranteed entry for Season Ticket holders is now 30 minutes before the start (unless you bought your ticket online, it seems); "Queuing arrangements will differ from previous years .."; getting home after the Rach. Vespers and St John Passion is going to be tricky. I can't see myself going to many this year.
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I've just refreshed the page, and it now shows as you say.Originally posted by mrbouffant View PostI will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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Simon Rattle et al, doing Gurreleider My highlight!!Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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In regard to overall trends, the creeping comeback of the 18th Century continues; there is a decent amount of works by JS Bach and Mozart, 2 Haydn symphonies, a Boccherini Cello Concerto (the 6th perfomance of a Boccherini work in Proms history, the first since 1993). Heinrich Schütz, Palestrina and Monteverdi are there and represent earlier music.
John Adams gets some recognition. Despite the Elgar "cycle", British music is again a bit underrepresented (ok, the Planets are there too, as usual)
There are some neglected composers who get their day, however: Lalo, whose work has been performed 133 times at the Proms up to date, the last 2 times being 2002 and 1961, or Taneyev, who has one performance under his belt (1925).
Shostakovich has a good year, as well. Overall it is a very similar season to 2016.
Foreseeable highlights in my view: the Barenboim and Haitink concerts, obviously, but also Rattle/LSO Gurrelieder, the 4th chamber music event, the Lalo/Saint-Saens/Franck Proms 42 and 43, Chailly and La Scala in Prom 54, the visits of Concertgebouw, Mariinsky Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker.
Honeck has been held in high regard here, he is visiting. The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra isn't half bad either.
It isn't a perfect season, but it is a good one, in my opinion. There seem to be quite a few proms with only 2 scheduled pieces, however. Used to be that that happened only if there was a 70-80 minute Mahler or Bruckner symphony in the second half. The Barenboim concerts amount to 80 minutes of music each, Prom 17 barely manages 70 :/Comment
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Season looks alright. Liking the Russian Revolution "thread", especially Prokofiev's dramatic October Cantata. I haven't heard Berlioz' Damnation of Faust either, so that'll be good. Shame British music is so under-represented at Britain's most prominent festival, but what can you do? I do like the inclusion of Vaughan Williams' 9th Symphony though.Comment
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Largely positive thoughts coming from me. That opening weekend is a cracking start to the season and a fantastic chance to hear Barenboim in both of the Elgar symphonies and having Haitink and Barenboim on the same day is going to be a real treat. Good to have a new Birtwistle work as well.
Looking forward to Maryinski/Gergiev, RCO/Gatti, Gurrelieder/Rattle, Pittsburgh/Honeck and VPO/Harding. Not too keen on VPO/MTT though so might skip that one.
Big highlights, then, and a load of concerts I'll listen to on Radio 3 without the wish to be there.
A big thumbs up for the LPO/Jurowski programme on Sept 6, a programme of near genius and I'll be there for that one.
Let's hope that World War 3 doesn't start up in the meantime.
"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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So when I look here
I don't see most of the pieces listed here ?
"My highlights of the new works promise to be concertos from Julian Anderson (for piano, 26 July) and Brian Elias (cello, 9 August), a major song cycle from Mark-Anthony Turnage (14 August), and Gerald Barry’s celebration of early revolutionary events in Canada (21 August), along with the London premieres of Mark Simpson’s The Immortal (27 July), and a clutch of new works from Bang on Can composers Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon and David Lang in the late-night concert by the Bang on a Can Allstars (17 August).
The wealth of mainstream orchestral concerts - the foundation of the Proms’ reputation - looks to be as strong as ever.
I’ll be interested to hear premieres from a couple of composers who will be unfamiliar to most British concert goers (myself included) – the Swedish Andrea Tarrodi (30 August) and the Finn Lotta Wennäkoski, whose BBC commission Flounce will begin the Last Night."
So why is that ?
Why aren't most of the new pieces listed by composer ?
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Not too much to whinge about this year, and much to praise.
A "Prom" outside London too.
A step in the right direction, even if it is one of those gimmicky car park efforts.Comment
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Have you been to one?Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
I suspect not
so why not give it a go and speak from experience rather than prejudice ?Comment
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British Music at the Proms, 2017
Tom Coult, new work, (Prom 1)
Elgar: First Symphony (Prom 2) Second Symphony (Prom 4) Cockaigne Overture (Prom 13), Enigma Variations (Prom 32), Third Symphony (Prom 51)
Birtwistle: Deep Time (Prom 4)
Roderick Williams: La Ci Darem (PCM 1)
Handel: Water Music (Hull Prom), Israel in Egypt (Prom 23), Arias (Prom 62)
Grace Williams: Sea Sketches (Hull Prom)
Delius: Summer Night on the River (Hull Prom) On Cooking the First Hero in Spring (Prom 13)
Holst The Perfect Fool (Prom 13) The Planets (Prom 14)
Britten: Young Persons' Guide (Prom 13) Ballad of Heroes (Prom 320
Walton: Facade Suites (Prom 13), Belshazzar's Feast (Prom 30)
RVW: Symphony #9 (Prom 14)
Julian Anderson: Piano Concerto (Prom 16)
Mark Simpson: The Immortal (Prom 17)
David Sawer: The greatest Happiness Principle (Prom 20)
James MacMillan: Requiem (Prom 21)
Thomas Ades: Polaris (Prom 28)
Purcell: Jehova (Prom 32)
Brian Elias: 'cello Concerto (Prom 32)
Judith Weir: The Land of Utz (Southwark Cathedral Prom)
Turnage: Hibiki (Prom 39)
Jonathan Dove: Chorale Prelude (Prom 47)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Chorale Prelude (Prom 47)
Daniel Saleeb: Chorale Prelude, Toccata (Prom 47)
Kate Whitley: I am, I say (Car Park Prom)
George Walker: Lyric (Prom 62)
Hannah Kendal: The Spark Catchers (Prom 62)
PMD: 8 Songs for a Mad King (Wilton Music Hall Prom)
Catherine Lamb: New Work (Tate Prom)
Cassandra Miller: Guide (Tate Prom)
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Not bad for "under-representation".[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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ThanksOriginally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
The first thing I looked at was "Composers" and almost none of these were listed
Still a bit conservative and predictable though IMVComment
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Yes - the Tate Prom looks interesting:Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostThanks
The first thing I looked at was "Composers" and almost none of these were listed
Still a bit conservative and predictable though IMV
... but otherwise the most exciting new thing seems to have been written by an 82-year-old.
I think, though, that the season is a considerable improvement on the beige of last two or three years. Even some classical Indian & Pakistani Music (although not the longed-for all-nighter):
BUT - no Music from before 1600, again
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