Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms – 8.09.18

[Beef Oven!]

Don’t know about the accent, but she urges the audience to clap.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Wow, a great first half with very effective programming and an attentive audience. BBC Singers nailed the Bluebird without resorting to a solo soprano on the top line for safety(Alpie take note )

Agreed. They were great. Credit where it's due.

[bluestateprommer]

Don’t know about the accent....

Her website seems to indicate Ulverston, Cumbria, territory totally unfamiliar to me (FWIW). BTW, nice to hear that the Promenaders Musical Charities' total through tonight is £112K. Will be interesting to hear the Saint-Saëns work, something I played in the high school orchestra.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Her website seems to indicate Ulverston, Cumbria, territory totally unfamiliar to me (FWIW).

Stan Laurel's birthplace, if that helps?

BTW, nice to hear that the Promenaders Musical Charities' total through tonight is £112K.

[jayne lee wilson]

Her website seems to indicate Ulverston, Cumbria, territory totally unfamiliar to me (FWIW). BTW, nice to hear that the Promenaders Musical Charities' total through tonight is £112K. Will be interesting to hear the Saint-Saëns work, something I played in the high school orchestra.

Yes, Ulverston is in the south Lake District, and Jess Gillam's accent is... a mild North-Lancashire....

[cloughie]

well, until the interval, at any rate..........

Party pooper, ts!

[teamsaint]

Party pooper, ts!

Just in case of doubt, my judgement was on the actual interval , not on what might follow.

[Beef Oven!]

I loved that! What a beautiful sound, and great outfit!

[cloughie]

Just in case of doubt, my judgement was on the actual interval , not on what might follow.

That’s fine ts, I hoped you’d be enjoying pt2. Interesting that Gerald Finley is miked up - don’t remember previous last night soloists needing this in previous years!

[bluestateprommer]

I loved that! What a beautiful sound, and great outfit!

Obviously I can't see the proceedings on TV from this side of the pond (maybe later when someone uploads stuff from the TV cast quite illegally to YT, unless it's the Beeb themselves loading clips), but Scaramouche sounded like a lot of fun via iPlayer. The main themes worked very well on saxophone, quite more easily on the ears, in the best sense, compared to the piano original at times. JG clearly has musicianship to burn, and hopefully all the fame and PR-stuff won't go to her head. She sounded very level-headed in her intermission chat with Ian Skelly, so here's hoping.

Forgot to mention how stalwart Gerald Finley was with the Stanford in the first half (one minor deviation from the printed text that I saw, but never mind); excellent, as in pretty much everything that I've heard from him. He delivered the R&H very nicely indeed just now.

For cloughie, Sarah Connolly used a wireless microphone for her Gershwin songs at the 2009 LNOP. (Totally unmiked for 'Rule, Britannia' and her 1st half selections, of course.)

[teamsaint]

That’s fine ts, I hoped you’d be enjoying pt2. Interesting that Gerald Finley is miked up - don’t remember previous last night soloists needing this in previous years!

I'm watching part 2.

But listening to some Zelenka.

[cloughie]

I'm watching part 2.

But listening to some Zelenka.

The Proms in the Park is probably the worst thing that ever happened to LN!

[Bert Coules]

Is Mr Finley due to sing Rule, Britannia?

[Beef Oven!]

Obviously I can't see the proceedings on TV from this side of the pond (maybe later when someone uploads stuff from the TV cast quite illegally to YT, unless it's the Beeb themselves loading clips), but Scaramouche sounded like a lot of fun via iPlayer. The main themes worked very well on saxophone, quite more easily on the ears, in the best sense, compared to the piano original at times. JG clearly has musicianship to burn, and hopefully all the fame and PR-stuff won't go to her head. She sounded very level-headed in her intermission chat with Ian Skelly, so here's hoping.

Forgot to mention how stalwart Gerald Finley was with the Stanford in the first half (one minor deviation from the printed text that I saw, but never mind); excellent, as in pretty much everything that I've heard from him. He delivered the R&H very nicely indeed just now.

For cloughie, Sarah Connolly used a wireless microphone for her Gershwin songs at the 2009 LNOP. (Totally unmiked for 'Rule, Britannia' and her 1st half selections, of course.)

It never occurred to me what it might be like with just audio. I’ve always watched it on tv. It’s kind of a ritual.

[cloughie]

Thanks for miking info bsp!