Prom 74 - 8.09.17: Vienna Philharmonic – Brahms, Mozart and Beethoven

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  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
    • 20569

    #31
    Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
    I was very surprised as to how the VPO managed the Delius so well! maybe MTT gave them some helpful advice or their sheer musicianship came through. Mind you Delius was part German?
    And we are talking about one of the finest orchestras in the solar system.

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    • BBMmk2
      Late Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 20908

      #32
      Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
      And we are talking about one of the finest orchestras in the solar system.
      Indeed we are. As someone elswe said above, very sublime Delius.
      Don’t cry for me
      I go where music was born

      J S Bach 1685-1750

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      • Maclintick
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        • Jan 2012
        • 1065

        #33
        Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
        Mind you Delius was part German?
        Born in Bradford & baptised as "Fritz Theodore Albert" -- his parents Julius & Elise were from Westphalia originally...

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        • BBMmk2
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          • Nov 2010
          • 20908

          #34
          Originally posted by Maclintick View Post
          Born in Bradford & baptised as "Fritz Theodore Albert" -- his parents Julius & Elise were from Westphalia originally...
          Many thanks!
          Don’t cry for me
          I go where music was born

          J S Bach 1685-1750

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          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
            Gone fishin'
            • Sep 2011
            • 30163

            #35
            A part of Bradford that had such a sizeable German immigrant community that it's still (occasionally) known as "Little Germany". (Textiles/fabrics, IIRC.)
            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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            • Once Was 4
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              • Jul 2011
              • 312

              #36
              Originally posted by Maclintick View Post
              Born in Bradford & baptised as "Fritz Theodore Albert" -- his parents Julius & Elise were from Westphalia originally...
              His birthplace is now a taxi office. Tells you a lot about modern Bradford.

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              • Petrushka
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                • Nov 2010
                • 12232

                #37
                Originally posted by Once Was 4 View Post
                His birthplace is now a taxi office. Tells you a lot about modern Bradford.
                The Johann Strauss Apartment in Vienna is (or was when I was last there) above a McDonalds.
                "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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                • teamsaint
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 25192

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Once Was 4 View Post
                  His birthplace is now a taxi office. Tells you a lot about modern Bradford.
                  My fathers family were from Bradford.
                  My grandfather went to a job interview in London, and wandered into a London Cafe for a sandwich.
                  On the board he saw something called " Bradford Lad", which he ordered, not actually knowing what it was.
                  It turned out to be cheese and jam, which as it happend was his favourite.
                  Anybody else heard this excellent sandwich described thus ?
                  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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                  • kernelbogey
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 5735

                    #39
                    Originally posted by Once Was 4 View Post
                    His birthplace is now a taxi office. Tells you a lot about modern Bradford.
                    I hope they are called Paradise Taxis?

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                    • Serial_Apologist
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                      • Dec 2010
                      • 37580

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Once Was 4 View Post
                      His birthplace is now a taxi office. Tells you a lot about modern Bradford.
                      I often get a lift from Delius's music...

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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        #41
                        Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
                        I hope they are called Paradise Taxis?
                        Unlike the supermarket trolleys, to be dumped of a Summer night in the river.
                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • Once Was 4
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                          • Jul 2011
                          • 312

                          #42
                          Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                          My fathers family were from Bradford.
                          My grandfather went to a job interview in London, and wandered into a London Cafe for a sandwich.
                          On the board he saw something called " Bradford Lad", which he ordered, not actually knowing what it was.
                          It turned out to be cheese and jam, which as it happend was his favourite.
                          Anybody else heard this excellent sandwich described thus ?
                          Well this is really getting off topic so apologies but, three weeks ago I was in Montana, USA, and was warned by my Canadian relatives not to try the local breakfast habit - biscuits and gravy.oh:

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                          • vinteuil
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 12778

                            #43
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                            ... we went to this Prom. Mme v claims not to have a musical bone in her body (not true); I really hoped that a live experience of the Viennese Phil wd be something magical. We had excellent stall seats (tho' the noisy presence of a pompous disgraced former tory politician nearby was not conducive to anything... )

                            Very disappointed. The Brahms bland and never took off; the Mozart all a bit fumbly and uninspired (tho' the Schubert encore was charming). I really disliked the Beethoven 7. The second and third movements were nice enuff after a rather lacklustre first; but the fourth I found really awful - it just came over as a repetitive onslaught, and the insistent aggressive blare of the trumpet crassly over-riding the rest of the orchestra was physically unpleasant. The Delius encore was nice enough, if you like Delius.

                            A great shame. Mme v kindly said that she had found the whole experience "enjoyable" - but I so wish her first experience of such great music with notionally such a great orchestra had been truly sublime. The tickets (we were guests) must have cost hundreds of pounds. The best parts of the evening were the walk across Kensington Gardens to get there, and Ax's little Schubert encore.



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                            • Stanfordian
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                              • Dec 2010
                              • 9308

                              #44
                              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                              .

                              ... we went to this Prom. Mme v claims not to have a musical bone in her body (not true); I really hoped that a live experience of the Viennese Phil wd be something magical. We had excellent stall seats (tho' the noisy presence of a pompous disgraced former tory politician nearby was not conducive to anything... )

                              Very disappointed. The Brahms bland and never took off; the Mozart all a bit fumbly and uninspired (tho' the Schubert encore was charming). I really disliked the Beethoven 7. The second and third movements were nice enuff after a rather lacklustre first; but the fourth I found really awful - it just came over as a repetitive onslaught, and the insistent aggressive blare of the trumpet crassly over-riding the rest of the orchestra was physically unpleasant. The Delius encore was nice enough, if you like Delius.

                              A great shame. Mme v kindly said that she had found the whole experience "enjoyable" - but I so wish her first experience of such great music with notionally such a great orchestra had been truly sublime. The tickets (we were guests) must have cost hundreds of pounds. The best parts of the evening were the walk across Kensington Gardens to get there, and Ax's little Schubert encore.



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                              Hiya vinteuil,

                              You say a "pompous disgraced former tory politician"; that leaves plently of options. DM I reckon!

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                              • vinteuil
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 12778

                                #45
                                Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
                                Hiya vinteuil,

                                You say a "pompous disgraced former tory politician"; that leaves plenty of options. DM I reckon!
                                ...actually JA (not to be confused with JA). Talking religious guff to a simpering acolyte : puke emoticon:

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                                Last edited by vinteuil; 09-09-17, 15:21.

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