Prom 3 - 16.07.17: Bernard Haitink conducts Mozart and Schumann

[jayne lee wilson]

A got a bit of a flea in my ear from a certain well respected board member, who gives us lots of in depth reviews, for not describing Pat Kop's outfit when I saw her play a couple of years ago.

And. just to play devil's advocate, presentation of music is part of the thing, for some folks. I mean we don't want our CDs inbrown paper sleeves or our soloists looking like punk rockers in Aston Villa shirts, do we ?

Ah yes... The Saga of the Self-Coloured Skirt and Top (on Kop)...
http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...693#post539693

Can't help over Isabelle's skirt though... its obvs - designer, hand-painted.... but I tend to bring New Scientist home from the Sainsburys run these days, rather than Elle....
Perhaps I'll age gracefully after all.

[kernelbogey]

What do you want? A concert performance or a photograph? This, and many other posts on this thread are way off the subject[...]

But folks are now commenting on the television broadcast. IMHO they are on subject.

Having watched and enjoyed most of this tv broadcast (missed most of the Mozart... and the dress ) I have been mulling starting a thread about the tv broadcasts of Proms (and perhaps others). It seems to me that there are interesting ideas and views about their function for us individually.

For now I'll restrict myself to saying that I always want to see as much of the conductor as possible: for example, Haitink's stick technique interested me. Since directors like to zero in on soloists and sections as they 'take centre stage' musically, it is inevitable that our attention is drawn to gesture, dress, face and so on.

I haven't yet checked - will do - but have we such a thread already?

[kernelbogey]

[...] I haven't yet checked - will do - but have we such a thread already?

We don't seem to so I've started one.

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?17487-What-do-you-want-from-a-televised-Prom