Prom 54 to be trimmed?

[Beef Oven!]

True, I'm nun the wiser.

<<groan>>

[Old Grumpy]

My guess is that the nuns had never seen anything like them in their lives before.

Wot - zucchini?

[bluestateprommer]

The bigger question is, why don't they play the Festivals as well? If you're gonna play two of them, you might as well play the third one. As you say, the programme is short anyway, so it's not like it will run exceptionally late.

Dutoit and the RPO did the Roman Trilogy 3 years ago, so no immediate for it again. Besides, I think that playing Feste Romane (the last, and least, of the bunch) would have added overly undue strain on the orchestra. Plus, the relatively brief running time will leave room for an encore from Kavakos, should he feel inclined, or even the orchestra and Chailly, if they so feel inclined. In the case of the latter, I can imagine that they have an encore planned, maybe a Rossini or Verdi overture.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

My guess is that the nuns had never seen anything like them in their lives before.

I'm assuming you're not familiar with Suor Angelica.