Originally posted by Heldenleben
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Prom 2 - 17.07.17: Daniel Barenboim conducts Sibelius and Elgar
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We had already enjoyed an excellently entertaining and incisive matinée performance of Ink at the Almeida in Islington in the afternoon and decided on spec to steer the car through South Ken on the way back to the M4 and Wilts, despite the concert being sold out and the arena allocation likely to be all gone by the time we got there for such an attractive Prom. As it happened, no trouble getting free street parking and after a short queue we just paid our £6 and walked in at about 6.45. Glad we made the effort for a strikingly good concert. I've never been a major Elgarian but I really relished the impact of what was my first live performance of the symphony. Two encores! (Some people had already left). I had not expected ever to hear Land of of Hope and Glory live at the Proms, since I shall not ever be attending the Last Night, but the Berliners gave us a very bracing rendition.
After a swift one in the Queen's Arms where we had some pleasant chat with fellow concert-goers, we headed for the hills tired but happy and arrived home just after midnight.
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Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post[...] Glad we made the effort for a strikingly good concert. I've never been a major Elgarian but I really relished the impact of what was my first live performance of the symphony. Two encores! (Some people had already left). I had not expected ever to hear Land of of Hope and Glory live at the Proms, since I shall not ever be attending the Last Night, but the Berliners gave us a very bracing rendition.
After a swift one in the Queen's Arms where we had some pleasant chat with fellow concert-goers, we headed for the hills tired but happy and arrived home just after midnight.
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Originally posted by Stunsworth View PostJust had a serial cougher in the left channel.
I'm not qualified to comment on the performance, but the FLAC stream is outstanding.
However, a superb concert, how nice it is to see a world famous musician giving our Elgar top billing! And in such a wonderful interpretation! There was a comment at the end by the announcer that Barenboim has long known Elgar's music being married to that 'famous Elgarian' J du Pre!
I suspect a more likely advocate who influenced him would be Barbirolli. He attended the wedding of the young couple and I'm sure I've read somewhere that they went to dinner at the home of Sir John.
I'd like to hear Barenboim conduct The Music Makers.
Nimrod
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Originally posted by Zucchini View PostWhat do you mean? Gobbledegook to me. So waffly I gave up ...
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