Prom 42 - 16.08.17: Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth

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[Sir Velo]

One point: do RAH audiences applaud at every opportunity?

By the sound of it I thought the inter movement cheers in Namouna had a distinctly gallic ring to them.

[Alain Maréchal]

By the sound of it I thought the inter movement cheers in Namouna had a distinctly gallic ring to them.

Any gallic members of the audience would naturally be polite enough to follow local customs.

or perhaps the audience was divided into three parts.

[Rolmill]

I was at this concert with my teenage daughter, we both enjoyed it hugely. The orchestra (it's the first time I have seen them) give the impression of having a great time, which transmits to the audience - I loved their co-ordinated bow to the audience at the end, especially when they all then turned and bowed to us in the Choir behind them!

We were also amused to see the timpanist drop one of his sticks in the middle of the Bacchanal (he just grinned, very cool) and were fascinated to see a left-handed violin being played by the leader of the 2nds (who had to stay some distance from his desk partner to avoid unfortunate eye-poking accidents) - never seen that before.

Oh, and the music was lovely (though I thought the Franck orchestration sounded rather less colourful than the rest of the programme) - it was very refreshing to hear music I have never come across before (both the S-S overture and the Lalo ballet suites).

Performances were terrific, with marvellous sounds across the board, though I particularly liked the soft flutes and the horns. Tiberghien played beautifully, especially in the softer passages of the S-S concerto where the piano sound was ravishing (from the Choir seats some of the louder orchestral moments threatened to drown him) - I would very much like to hear him in the 2nd and 4th concertos with this orchestra.

A concert to make you smile.

[Richard Barrett]

or perhaps the audience was divided into three parts.

Brilliant.

This isn't normally my kind of music at all, but I rather enjoyed it in these performances.

[Bryn]

Was last night's encore transmitted? It was a hugely enjoyable riff on the pop song "Get Lucky"

Twice. It was repeated as a Breakfast treat.

[Constantbee]

The S-S concerto was quite outstanding . Was very taken with the slightly morose, dampened tone of the Bechstein, the performance marred only by extraneous noise from the audience. Let's hope they record it one day.

Just wondering where the piano will go next. Curious about the organisation of the restoration project.

[MickyD]

Just got round to catching up with this Prom. Wonderful indeed.

I see that Les Siècles are tackling Mahler 1 next year - on tour in France in February, and luckily for me stopping off in nearby Nîmes, which I shall certainly do my best to attend.

[Nick Armstrong]

The S-S concerto was quite outstanding . Was very taken with the slightly morose, dampened tone of the Bechstein

Indeed - and so was I: loved the sound of the piano (at least as it came across on the radio). FAR preferable to the Steinway (I assume) that was used in the 2nd concerto which I heard live earlier this week - the piano sound plus lacklustre accompaniment combined to create a very forgettable performance. (Yet to hear how it came across on the radio)

Tiberghian's Bechstein was ideal, but then I'm a Bechstein fan. (Regular readers may recall I'm lucky enough to have inherited a 1911 Bechstein grand in pretty decent original nick - I'm currently working on Saint-Saens's lovely 1921 clarinet sonata with a resident French cousin, it's absolutely perfect - and his nice Parisian Buffet-Crampon clarinet ain't bad non plus )

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Indeed - and so was I: loved the sound of the piano (at least as it came across on the radio). FAR preferable to the Steinway (I assume) that was used in the 2nd concerto which I heard live earlier this week - the piano sound plus lacklustre accompaniment combined to create a very forgettable performance. (Yet to hear how it came across on the radio)

Tiberghian's Bechstein was ideal, but then I'm a Bechstein fan. (Regular readers may recall I'm lucky enough to have inherited a 1911 Bechstein grand in pretty decent original nick - I'm currently working on Saint-Saens's lovely 1921 clarinet sonata with a resident French cousin, it's absolutely perfect - and his nice Parisian Buffet-Crampon clarinet ain't bad non plus )

I would like to have sat in on those rehearsals there Cali!