Prom 14 - 25.07.17: Vaughan Williams & Holst

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  • Petrushka
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    • Nov 2010
    • 12234

    #16
    Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
    I have to say that I listened to it twice and I couldn't make anything out of it.
    The RVW 9th was the first of his symphonies I heard live (Halle/Loughran in 1976) and I prepared for it by buying the LPO/Boult recording on EMI. I didn't take to it straight away but it's definitely worth persevering. Like so many pieces, once it clicks, it really clicks.
    "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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    • EdgeleyRob
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      • Nov 2010
      • 12180

      #17
      Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
      The RVW 9th was the first of his symphonies I heard live (Halle/Loughran in 1976) and I prepared for it by buying the LPO/Boult recording on EMI. I didn't take to it straight away but it's definitely worth persevering. Like so many pieces, once it clicks, it really clicks.
      Well your man Mahler said 'a Symphony should be like the world,embrace everything' Pet.
      For me this is one of the few that does just that.
      Perseverance pg !

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      • pastoralguy
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        • Nov 2010
        • 7738

        #18
        I will!

        In fact, VW is a composer whose work is quite foreign to me so I must listen more.

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        • Bryn
          Banned
          • Mar 2007
          • 24688

          #19
          Just to hammer it home, this Prom has a very early start: 6.30 pm. Don't miss the RVW 9 by tuning in/turning up for 7.30.

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          • seabright
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            • Jan 2013
            • 625

            #20
            Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
            I have to say that I listened to it twice and I couldn't make anything out of it.
            This reminds me that when 'Cala' issued the US Premiere of VW9 conducted by Stokowski, a critic on the new-defunct 'Classical Recordings Quarterly' was said to remark: "What a dreadful work that is." Still, Stokey had a first-class trio of saxophonists in his orchestra, as well as a top-notch percussion section. Have a listen for yourselves ...

            Leopold Stokowski conducted the US Premiere of Vaughan Williams's 9th Symphony in New York on 25 September 1958. The New York Times critic Harold C. Schoenbe...

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            • cloughie
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              • Dec 2011
              • 22115

              #21
              Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
              I will!

              In fact, VW is a composer whose work is quite foreign to me so I must listen more.
              What even his Pastoral?

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              • Serial_Apologist
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                • Dec 2010
                • 37598

                #22
                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                What even his Pastoral?

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                • BBMmk2
                  Late Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 20908

                  #23
                  PG, I did read this correctly!!!
                  Don’t cry for me
                  I go where music was born

                  J S Bach 1685-1750

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                  • pastoralguy
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 7738

                    #24
                    Bump...

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                    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                      Gone fishin'
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 30163

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                      Just to hammer it home, this Prom has a very early start: 6.30 pm. Don't miss the RVW 9 by tuning in/turning up for 7.30.
                      Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
                      Bump...
                      Oops. (Le Marteau sans Maitre )
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                      • pastoralguy
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 7738

                        #26
                        Very fine playing from the BBCSSO.

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                        • teamsaint
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 25195

                          #27
                          Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                          What even his Pastoral?
                          I read that as
                          " What even is his Pastoral ? "



                          I know, pay attention ........

                          Long day at work, TBF......
                          Last edited by teamsaint; 25-07-17, 19:16.
                          I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                          I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                          • edashtav
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                            • Jul 2012
                            • 3668

                            #28
                            Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
                            Very fine playing from the BBCSSO.
                            John Wilson's gloss makes every dull band shine. Is all that glitters, gold?

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                            • pastoralguy
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                              • Nov 2010
                              • 7738

                              #29
                              Originally posted by edashtav View Post
                              John Wilson's gloss makes every dull band shine. Is all that glitters, gold?
                              The BBCSSO is NOT a dull band!

                              A very fine ensemble!

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                              • edashtav
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                                • Jul 2012
                                • 3668

                                #30
                                Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
                                The BBCSSO is NOT a dull band!

                                A very fine ensemble!
                                Sorry, pg (not tipps) , I was making a general point. The Scottish band was far from dull!

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