For the first time, I have a chance to actually grab a Prom or two due to a short trip to London. Since I don't have the time to queue, I'm currently staring indecisively at the Prom Planner. The rausing circle tickets are enticingly cheap (well, relatively), but are they acceptable acoustic-wise? I know that the Hall won't dazzle me in that regard, I just don't want the orchestra to sound as if they are playing from the bottom of a pond. I have looked through some of the threads of the last years and learned that it is best to stay away from the rear, but haven't found much about the rausing circle. I'm not in love with the idea of choir seats and sitting behind brass and percussion.
Seats and Acoustics in the RAH
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Originally posted by Demetrius View PostFor the first time, I have a chance to actually grab a Prom or two due to a short trip to London. Since I don't have the time to queue, I'm currently staring indecisively at the Prom Planner. The rausing circle tickets are enticingly cheap (well, relatively), but are they acceptable acoustic-wise? I know that the Hall won't dazzle me in that regard, I just don't want the orchestra to sound as if they are playing from the bottom of a pond. I have looked through some of the threads of the last years and learned that it is best to stay away from the rear, but haven't found much about the rausing circle. I'm not in love with the idea of choir seats and sitting behind brass and percussion."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by Demetrius View PostFor the first time, I have a chance to actually grab a Prom or two due to a short trip to London. Since I don't have the time to queue, I'm currently staring indecisively at the Prom Planner. The rausing circle tickets are enticingly cheap (well, relatively), but are they acceptable acoustic-wise? I know that the Hall won't dazzle me in that regard, I just don't want the orchestra to sound as if they are playing from the bottom of a pond. I have looked through some of the threads of the last years and learned that it is best to stay away from the rear, but haven't found much about the rausing circle. I'm not in love with the idea of choir seats and sitting behind brass and percussion.
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Sorry about this, but I'm only an Arena Prommer and thus by definition a bear of little brain, but what exactly is the Rausing Circle? At a guess I would say that it's where most of the coughing comes from.
Re acoustics, it's quite noticeable that the immediacy of sound does vary quite a bit, depending how full the hall is. I must say that the best sound is heard from an Arena position slightly to the left front of where the fountain used to be, certainly not at the front rail.
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Originally posted by Ferretfancy View PostSorry about this, but I'm only an Arena Prommer and thus by definition a bear of little brain, but what exactly is the Rausing Circle?[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
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Originally posted by Ferretfancy View PostAh! So that IS where the coughing comes from!
I've managed to grab tickets for the W and T parts of the Rausing Circle for Prom 3 and 4. Not sure how the T thing came about, that's exactly where I didn't want to end up :/ Since booking the tickets almost ended in me murdering my bank teller, I'm just happy that i got anything, though.
Thanks to Petrushka and especially to bluestatepromer, hope you are right with the 6 o'clock thing (that would be "T").
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Originally posted by Ferretfancy View PostAh! So that IS where the coughing comes from!
For Demetrius, hope that 'T' proves satisfactory. At least you'll have the comfort of a seat.
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I mean, its so elitist to make an announcement or advertise in the programme, on posters in the building - suggesting it would be considerate to use a clean handkerchief to stifle the sound (perhaps it would be acceptable if it omitted "clean" - or is it elitist to suppose we all have a handkerchief, clean or not?)
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