Prom 75 - Last Night of the Proms 14.09.19

[Prommer]

The cellist and the oboist... where is the feeling...?

At least the flautist has a cool ‘tache...

[Prommer]

Can always rely on the brass... full complement of Union Flag bow ties. Staunch.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Agreed

I am rather surprised to see the mezzo miked up. Katie Derham as dreadful as ever with three sycophants.

Agreed on both counts.

[mrbouffant]

I'm sure Jamie Barton is an excellent opera singer, but I didn't take to her interpretation of the musical numbers.
Perhaps Kim Criswell's barnstorming performance of I've Got Rhythm, with the John Wilson Orchestra, a few years ago is still in my mind, but compared to that, the Barton performance was limp.
The arrangement was partly to blame, but I guess it is all a matter of taste!

[Petrushka]

Katie Derham as dreadful as ever with three sycophants.

Their every appearance was the time for me to sit back in my chair, close my eyes and wait for them to disappear. I can recommend this approach.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I'm sure Jamie Barton is an excellent opera singer, but I didn't take to her interpretation of the musical numbers.
Perhaps Kim Criswell's barnstorming performance of I've Got Rhythm, with the John Wilson Orchestra, a few years ago is still in my mind, but compared to that, the Barton performance was limp.
The arrangement was partly to blame, but I guess it is all a matter of taste!

She started very well in the first half, but it was downhill from there, almost yelling down the unnecessary microphone in Rule Britannia, sounding quite aggressive.

[DracoM]

Absolutely rock bottom. Turned off.
Crikey - how dare the BBC do this to us?

[Prommer]

It was... meh.

Oramo is a genial figure who puts the stick about in roughly the right places but... jeez.

It was all very churn-it-out.

[Nick Armstrong]

Can always rely on the brass... full complement of Union Flag bow ties. Staunch.

And a St George waistcoat among the trombones. I liked the chorus member’s Union Jack turban too.

Dipping into the broadcast at the moment.... As a massive Grainger fan, I thought his March song thingy should probably have remained in obscurity as I found it bombastic and charmless. The singer I thought was better (great, in fact) in Rainbow than Rhythm.

And about the presenters, the less said the better - the advantage of watching a recording is fast-forwarding to avoid the unnecessary artificial sweeteners. It does annoy me that budget is sucked up on multiple presenters (presumably they’re paid? there seemed to be a bloody box full of them this evening) and that people in a position to make decisions over arts broadcasting think it enhances the coverage...

[teamsaint]

And a St George waistcoat among the trombones. I liked the chorus member’s Union Jack turban too.

Dipping into the broadcast at the moment.... As a massive Grainger fan, I thought his March song thingy should probably have remained in obscurity as I found it bombastic and charmless. The singer I thought was better (great, in fact) in Rainbow than Rhythm.

And about the presenters, the less said the better - the advantage of watching a recording is fast-forwarding to avoid the unnecessary artificial sweeteners. It does annoy me that budget is sucked up on multiple presenters (presumably they’re paid? there seemed to be a bloody box full of them this evening) and that people in a position to make decisions over arts broadcasting think it enhances the coverage...

I have it on very good authority that an absolute fortune was spent on The Breaks Prom.

[LMcD]

It looks as though we chose wisely last night, deciding to watch instead a recording of an excellent episode of 'Inspector Morse' recorded off ITV 3.

[Barbirollians]

Doesn’t explain the microphone in Rule Britannia and the Last Night favourites seemed very routine perhaps reflecting the current state of our country.

[ucanseetheend]

current state being the morons handing out blue flags with stars, Hijacking for their political purpose. typical that BBC allowed these flags in . would have rammed a flag down the throat of whoever tried to hand it to me if I'd been there .

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The BBC doesn’t control the RAH. It organises the concerts. Not the same thing.

[cloughie]

Probably the worst second half we’ve had for many years - on the plus side from the Parks, if we must have these, the Hyde Park opera singer and the piano soloist from Belfast were a welcome change from the dumbed down stuff we usually get from this event. Just another point - I may be wrong but isn’t it usually ‘shall’ rather than ‘will’ in Rule Britannia?