Prom 75 - 9.09.17: Last Night of the Proms

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  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
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    Prom 75 - 9.09.17: Last Night of the Proms

    19:15 Saturday 9 September 2017 ON TV
    Royal Albert Hall

    Lotta Wennakoski: Flounce (BBC commission: world premiere)
    Kodaly:Budavari Te Deum
    Sargent:An Impression on a Windy Day
    Sibelius: Finlandia
    Wagner: Tristan and Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
    John Adams: Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance (London premiere)
    Weill: Selection of Songs
    Gershwin: Selection of Songs
    Wood: Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
    Arne arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia!
    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D ('Land of Hope and Glory')
    Parry orch. Elgar: Jerusalem
    The National Anthem (arr. Bliss)


    Nina Stemme soprano
    Lucy Crowe soprano
    Christine Rice mezzo-soprano
    Ben Johnson tenor
    John Relyea bass
    BBC Singers
    BBC Symphony Chorus
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Sakari Oramo conductor

    Nina Stemme, soprano
    Lucy Crowe, soprano
    Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano
    Ben Johnson, tenor
    John Relyea, bass
    BBC Singers
    BBC Symphony Chorus
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra weave together many of this season's musical strands into the exuberant celebration that is the Last Night of the Proms.
    They mark the 50th anniversaries of the deaths of composers Zoltán Kodály and Malcolm Sargent (better known as the longtime chief conductor of the Proms), and celebrate John Adams's 70th birthday with the London premiere of his exhilarating Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance.
    Music by Sibelius marks the 100th anniversary of Finnish Independence, and Nina Stemme, arguably the world's greatest living Wagnerian soprano, leads the end-of-season festivities.
    Last edited by Eine Alpensinfonie; 09-09-17, 06:25.
  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
    • 20569

    #2
    The Bliss arrangement of the National Anthem is new to me.

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    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
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      • Sep 2011
      • 30163

      #3
      Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
      The Bliss arrangement of the National Anthem is new to me.
      Upbeat or what - the opposite of Britten's muted version:

      Published on 21 April 2015 to mark the Queen's birthday in 1926. Sir Arthur Bliss became Master of the Queen's Music in 1953 and in that capacity wrote cerem...


      ... I know it from the CfP LP Crown Imperial, which featured Andrew Davies in (one of) his earliest recordings as a conductor:

      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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      • vinteuil
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        • Nov 2010
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        #4
        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post

        ... I know it from the CfP LP Crown Imperial, which featured Andrew Davies in (one of) his earliest recordings as a conductor:

        ... and what is your excuse / defence for having or having had such an LP?


        .

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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
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          • Sep 2011
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          #5
          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
          ... and what is your excuse / defence for having or having had such an LP?
          .
          I was thirteen and wanted a cheap recording of the Walton (the Handel was an added incentive, too).
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • vinteuil
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            • Nov 2010
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            #6
            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
            I was thirteen

            ... all is forgiven.




            [ ... but why has he still hung on to it?? ]


            .

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            • Eine Alpensinfonie
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              • Nov 2010
              • 20569

              #7
              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
              Upbeat or what - the opposite of Britten's muted version:

              Published on 21 April 2015 to mark the Queen's birthday in 1926. Sir Arthur Bliss became Master of the Queen's Music in 1953 and in that capacity wrote cerem...


              ... I know it from the CfP LP Crown Imperial, which featured Andrew Davies in (one of) his earliest recordings as a conductor:

              I bought this in my younger days, and was very jealous of this young upstart, Andrew Davis.

              (I mellowed.)

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              • Eine Alpensinfonie
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                • Nov 2010
                • 20569

                #8
                This is my favourite version:

                Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.


                or

                Prince Charles and Lady Dianna's marriage in 1981. Blessing and National Anthem.Early domestic colour recording with stereo sound from the BBC via satellite.


                or

                Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.




                It may a dull tune, but Sir David Willcocks really could make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

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                • Prommer
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                  • Dec 2010
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  Upbeat or what - the opposite of Britten's muted version:

                  Published on 21 April 2015 to mark the Queen's birthday in 1926. Sir Arthur Bliss became Master of the Queen's Music in 1953 and in that capacity wrote cerem...


                  ... I know it from the CfP LP Crown Imperial, which featured Andrew Davies in (one of) his earliest recordings as a conductor:

                  And three verses too! Including (as the second verse) the now less familiar:

                  "O Lord our God arise,
                  Scatter her enemies
                  And make them fall;
                  Confound their politics,
                  Frustrate their knavish tricks,
                  On Thee our hopes we fix,
                  God save us all!"

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                  • Serial_Apologist
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                    • Dec 2010
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Prommer View Post
                    ,
                    God save us all!
                    I'll second that!

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                    • vinteuil
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                      • Nov 2010
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post


                      ... and what has happened to the vital comma in "Rule, Britannia..." ? If it's "Rule Britannia... " - then who is it we are inviting to Rule Us???


                      .

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                      • underthecountertenor
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                        • Apr 2011
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                        ... and what has happened to the vital comma in "Rule, Britannia..." ? If it's "Rule Britannia... " - then who is it we are inviting to Rule Us???


                        .
                        We need to take back control of our comma.

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                        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
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                          • Sep 2011
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                          [ ... but why has he still hung on to it?? ]
                          "He" hasn't - it left my possession (with many of my other LPs) about thirty years ago.
                          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
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                            • Sep 2011
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                            I bought this in my younger days
                            ... ??? ... and didn't play it?

                            (Bliss conducted his own arrangement of the NA on the record - a rather gaunt AD conducts the rest.)
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • Eine Alpensinfonie
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                              • Nov 2010
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                              ... ??? ... and didn't play it?

                              Well I did, but I really bought the LP as the cheapest way to obtain Crown Imperial. I'd completely forgotten the National Anthem arrangement.

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