Originally posted by Pulcinella
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Originally posted by Bella Kemp View Post
They won't.... ALL the experience points to the fact that people won't simply "stumble across" Mahler on the radio and fall in love with it forever... those that do are the ones who are odd.
Not that most of the gigs in post #1 are ones I would go to
I'm not sure that the ones folks complain about are there to entice an audience for the rest of the season anyway?Comment
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How true. My mind goes back to the skinny young blonde who turned up early enough for the David Bowie Prom to get into the Arena for the preceding Haitink Mahler 3. When it was explained to her that all the places at the front were already taken by people who had been queuing since early morning she looked as though she had stepped through a wormhole into another universe. I wonder what she made of the Mahler.Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostComment
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She probably now thinks Gustav knocks David into a cocked hat - well if not she should!Originally posted by PhilipT View PostComment
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Some suite, some complete?Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
I've got more than two on my shelves!Comment
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This year, I paid no attention to the Proms. I have not attended a live Prom since 2015. This year, I didn’t listen or watch, either, though - by chance - I caught a bit of the Ellington Prom.
Did I imagine it, or was the VPO advertised as performing Dvorak 9? If so, this must rank as the worst bit of programming in recent Prom history. Why bring the VPO to London to play an over-familiar piece that could be competently performed by any pick-up orchestra in any part of Britain, as it is?
Pretty outrageous and stupid, I’d say.Comment
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That was a shame, but the Haitink Bruckner 7 the previous night was something no-one hearing it any which way would ever, ever forget...Originally posted by Conchis View Post
The Korngold in the second concert was a hedonistic blast too...
(and part of an outstanding week, with the Staatskapelle, and the DKO Bremen...)
How it is with live concerts..... some you win....Comment
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My two big disappointments: Prokofiev piano concerto no. 2 with Seong-Jin Cho, BBCSO/Cristian Măcelaru, and the Rachmaninov piano concerto no. 3 with Yuja Wang, Staatskapelle Dresden/Myung-Whun Chung.My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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Easy!
The Shanghai Orchestra playing the Dvorak 'cello concerto with the wonderful Alicia Weilerstein at this year's Edinburgh Festival. I refuse to remember the name of their conductor since he was appalling. I make no bones about the fact that I'm sure I could have 'conducted' that 'performance' better than he could by simply saying 'piano' and halving the orchestra's string section! Or any metronome could have done better. I've never felt more sorry for a soloist than I did for Ms. Weilerstein that night. She did her best but we could barely hear her for the wind section that could have been heard back in Shanghai without electronic means!
And the leader's Solo at the end, one of my very favourite moments in all music, was a joke. Talk about belting it out?! I can only assume that both he and the 'CONductor' are highly regarded by the party. Here is come advice. BUY AND LISTEN TO SOME RECORDINGS BY REAL MUSICIANS!!
Sorry China, but if you want to impress us in the West you're going to have to up your game!
Avoid this crew at all costs!
(Is my disappointment coming through! I'd hate there to be any ambiguity!'Comment
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I have to say that I really enjoyed their performance and unlike some others on the forum even though I’ve heard it hundreds of times I never tire of it..Originally posted by Conchis View PostComment
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Rachmaninov piano concerto no. 3 with Yuja Wang, Staatskapelle Dresden/Myung-Whun Chung >> oh yes,
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that appalling Shanghai Orchestra. Blimey. Whoever had that idea at the BBC..........????
The Dresden band are on thir day among the best there is, but good grief - what was going on?Comment
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