Prom 75 - 9.09.17: Last Night of the Proms

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  • Prommer
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 1258

    Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
    Although I have no probelm with tradition it's the same old pieces every year.
    That is a joke, no? Difficult to envisage a tradition where everything changes!

    As for baby Rattle, could she not...er.. wave a rattle? Let off a klaxon? That would be in keeping with the occasion, and handing the baton...

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    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
      Gone fishin'
      • Sep 2011
      • 30163

      Originally posted by Prommer View Post
      Mine was essentially to convey the idea that she is dull. Enforced jollity rather than genuine warmth and fun and/or authoritative comment. Superficial gush.
      Pronounced Tristan as in T&I as if his surname was Farnon.
      Silly package about the RAH with her popping in and put of doors grinning like a cheshire cat.
      Too much chattering! Arguably holding up the actual concert.
      I wouldn't disagree with any of this and share your But I don't think that this was conveyed in your #139, which seemed rather to concentrate on matters of her appearance, which are irrelevant to the poor quality of her presentation - and move the focus from the low quality of her work onto exactly the sort of trivial matters that are a target for justified complaint in her presenting "personality".
      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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      • Prommer
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 1258

        This is quite a good piece from a (non-musical) journalist who was there, actually about how good-natured she found it - and multi-national...

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        • MickyD
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 4746

          As for Rule Britannia, I prefer how dear old Dr Arne really intended it:

          Thomas Augustine Arne (March 1710, London – 5 March 1778, London) was an English composer, best known for the patriotic song Rule, Britannia!. Work: The Masq...

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          • Eine Alpensinfonie
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 20569

            Originally posted by MickyD View Post
            As for Rule Britannia, I prefer how dear old Dr Arne really intended it:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rdIJ0sEEmA
            Sargent's version was essentially the same.

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            • Barbirollians
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 11667

              I see no reason why we cannot go back to a serious first half, some singing by the soloist of their preferred repertory at the start of the second half and then the fun and games .

              The other year they spent all that money on Nigel Kennedy and all he played was the ubiquitous Lark !

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