Prom 8 - 20.07.17: Celebrating John Williams

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  • Hornspieler
    Late Member
    • Sep 2012
    • 1847

    #31
    Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
    I didn't get past the Overture to Mr Chips .
    I didn't even get that far!

    Originally posted by Bert Coules;
    ......... I'm afraid I'd given up on the live broadcast before it reached the interval.
    A ridiculous burden to place on the shoulders of a very good and hard-working BBC staff orchestra.

    A complete waste of electricity!

    HS

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    • Bert Coules
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 763

      #32
      He's an important figure in his field and the concert could have been both fun and informative, given a different script and speaker - a sort of live Composer of the Week. But the childish presentation really dragged the whole thing down.

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      • Eine Alpensinfonie
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 20570

        #33
        Originally posted by Bert Coules
        Oh dear. She's even more embarrassing when you can see her.
        I caught up with this concert this afternoon. The presentation was indeed

        REALLY EMBARRASSING.


        Why, oh why, do the BBC still do this?

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        • Bert Coules
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 763

          #34
          Oh dear. She's even more embarrassing when you can see her.

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          • french frank
            Administrator/Moderator
            • Feb 2007
            • 30250

            #35
            Originally posted by Bert Coules View Post
            Oh dear. She's even more embarrassing when you can see her.
            Who? Jess Gillam the saxophonist? If not, initials will probably be enough
            It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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            • Bert Coules
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 763

              #36
              It's Katie "I really wanted that job on C Beebies" Derham.

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              • french frank
                Administrator/Moderator
                • Feb 2007
                • 30250

                #37
                Thank you. I had an inkling :-)
                It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                • Bax-of-Delights
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 745

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Bert Coules View Post
                  It's Katie "I really wanted that job on C Beebies" Derham.
                  And strangely absent from the BBC's now notorious 97.
                  Do you think she's paid less than £150k?
                  One would wish that were indeed the case.....
                  O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!

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                  • Nevilevelis

                    #39
                    Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                    I caught up with this concert this afternoon. The presentation was indeed

                    REALLY EMBARRASSING.


                    Why, oh why, do the BBC still do this?
                    Agreed. It made me cringe, but I can see an argument for illuminating the narratives live. A well-known actor would be a better choice.

                    I am convinced the BBC are EMBARRASSED by classical music (OK - let's not argue the toss over film scores vs concert music), and believe this will promote it. Of course, they are preaching to the converted in these parts, but I've not yet met anyone who thought this style of presentation was a good idea. Desperate!

                    NVV

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                    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                      Gone fishin'
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 30163

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View Post
                      And strangely absent from the BBC's now notorious 97.
                      Do you think she's paid less than £150k?
                      One would wish that were indeed the case.....
                      Oooh - I would wish rather that she was offered (and accepted) a much larger salary than that, B-o-D. By a rival broadcasting company, with an exclusive contract, to present television programmes on, say, synchronised swimming.
                      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                      • cloughie
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2011
                        • 22115

                        #41
                        Going back to biographical details, not only was he a writer of serious works back in the 50s he was Johnny Williams the jazz pianist appearing in the jazz clubs of New York and also on sessions for Norman Granz Verve recordings.

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                        • marvin
                          Full Member
                          • Jul 2011
                          • 173

                          #42
                          Film music I fine in context but on its own it usually just becomes a complete bore and tiresome. A concert that I will delete from my Humax's recording list.

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                          • french frank
                            Administrator/Moderator
                            • Feb 2007
                            • 30250

                            #43
                            Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View Post
                            And strangely absent from the BBC's now notorious 97.
                            Do you think she's paid less than £150k?
                            One would wish that were indeed the case.....
                            The media publicity at the time she was poached from ITN/Classic FM was that it had to be at a salary of £250,000, and considering the amount of television she does, I can't see that she earns less than £150,000. But she has other business interests: scroll down for Our Team http://peanutandcrumb.com/team/ . I don't think it's the kind of company that the BBC pays salaries into, but who knows?
                            It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                            • BBMmk2
                              Late Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 20908

                              #44
                              I thought apart from KD's presentation, was rather good. The saxophonisist and all the other solists did a fine job.

                              bbc: get rid of KD she definetely spoilt the evening
                              Don’t cry for me
                              I go where music was born

                              J S Bach 1685-1750

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                              • Stanfordian
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 9309

                                #45
                                Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                                I thought apart from KD's presentation, was rather good. The saxophonisist and all the other solists did a fine job.

                                bbc: get rid of KD she definetely spoilt the evening
                                Gushing cr*p from KD from the stage. Would be better suited to 'Play School' or 'Blue Peter' (if they are still going?).
                                Last edited by Stanfordian; 22-07-17, 17:54.

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