Prom 22 - 31.07.17: Monteverdi's Vespers
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I think this is very much a one-off, special festival edition for The Proms by Raphaël Pichon and Ensemble Pygmalion, and as such, it suited the venue and the audience excellently without cheapening Monteverdi.Last edited by doversoul1; 01-08-17, 15:48.
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Originally posted by doversoul1 View PostI think this is very much a one-off, special festival edition for The Proms by Raphaël Pichon and Ensemble Pygmalion, and as such, it suited the venue and the audience excellently without cheapening Monteverdi.
Absolutely. Seemed totally in the spirit of the work and its time.
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostSo that's what is was!
I wonder if ts got a programme which will tell us.
So can't help you there, Pulcers, sorry.Last edited by teamsaint; 01-08-17, 20:53.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
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Just finished listening to the afternoon repeat, which I found highly enjoyable. Lots of little moments/ideas* that I wouldn't particularly want to hear repeatedly, but for a Live event I found a heckuvalot more to delight in than to dislike.
(* - I thought about mentioning the repeat of the opening "fanfare" chorus at the end, but it's usually at moments like this that somebody points out recent research which discovered letters from the composer and his contemporaries which show that this is precisely the sort of thing he used to do. )[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostJust finished listening to the afternoon repeat, which I found highly enjoyable[...]
This afternoon I had a much more agreeable experience. I endorse comments above about freshness, excitement etc.
I recall Donald MacLeod on COTW saying how astonished the first to hear this work would have been, and he recalled his own teenage experience of hearing it in a freezing Scottish church (Cathedral, maybe) and being bowled over by it. It is that kind of coup de theatre that I experienced this afternoon.
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I know many people here take little notice of what reviewers say but I thought this was a good point to make (not that it’s all that new or unique but worth being reminded).
It is extraordinary what power this sometimes baffling 400-year-old work has on a modern audience.
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Originally posted by doversoul1 View PostIt is extraordinary what power this sometimes baffling 400-year-old work has on a modern audience[/I].
https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...inting-soprano[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by doversoul1 View PostI know many people here take little notice of what reviewers say but I thought this was a good point to make (not that it’s all that new or unique but worth being reminded).
It is extraordinary what power this sometimes baffling 400-year-old work has on a modern audience.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...inting-soprano
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