Prom 60: Vienna Philharmonic and Bernard Haitink - 3.09.19

[zola]

Today's concert of the same program from Salzburg is available for viewing online if anyone wants an advance taste.

https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/bernard-haitink-conducts-bruckner/

[bluestateprommer]

I shall be present in the Hall on September 3 and I'm fully expecting it to be an emotional and moving occasion.

One idea that I meant to post, for you and any Forumites who'll be there tonight, is perhaps at the end, at the correct moment, someone can start "For he's a jolly good fellow" and get the rest of the RAH to go along. I hope that I'm not the only one in the world who has this idea, but of course I can't bring it to life. I would do it if I were going to be there, except that I can't sing :) , besides being across the ocean. I realize that you may not see this message in time to implement the suggestion ;) .

What a boxed set the Haitink complete Proms would be!

This may be a bit of a case of "be careful what you wish for", in some aspects, but there would be good aspects to such a 'boxed set' as well. As proof that BSP really needs to get a life, I've actually collated all the works from the Haitink complete Proms in an Excel file. Some high-level features of this 'virtual boxed set':

* Barely over half a Beethoven symphony cycle
* A full Beethoven piano concerto cycle (just barely; he conducted most of the Beethoven piano concertos but once)
* 3/4 of a Brahms symphony cycle
* 2/3 of a Bruckner cycle (including 6 of Bruckner 7, 4 each of Bruckner 8 and Bruckner 9)
* All but one (the obvious one) of a full Mahler symphony cycle, plus Das Lied von der Erde (includes 4 each of Mahler 2 & Mahler 3)
* A full set of the Mozart / Da Ponte operas

[LMcD]

Today's concert of the same program from Salzburg is available for viewing online if anyone wants an advance taste.

https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/be...ucts-bruckner/

Thank you - tonight's concert doesn't seem to be scheduled for BBC 4, so this will serve as a valuable reminder. For our second 'date' my future wife and I went to the RFH to see Haitink conduct Haydn's Symphony No. 102 and 'Das Lied von der Erde', followed shortly thereafter (thankfully not on the same evening) by a concert including Mahler's 9th and Nikita Magaloff playing a Beethoven concerto.

[LMcD]

Today's concert of the same program from Salzburg is available for viewing online if anyone wants an advance taste.

https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/be...ucts-bruckner/

Thank you - tonight's concert doesn't seem to be scheduled for BBC 4, so this will serve as a valuable reminder. For our second 'date' my future wife and I went to the RFH to see Haitink conduct Haydn's Symphony No. 102 and 'Das Lied von der Erde', followed shortly thereafter (thankfully not on the same evening) by a concert including Mahler's 9th and Nikita Magaloff playing a Beethoven concerto.
(No, I DON'T know how I managed to post this twice!)

[Petrushka]

The Bruckner 7 featured in Haitink's very first Prom in 1966 so it seems fitting that it should also be there in his last. There is nothing valedictory about the 7th, apart from the second movement homage to Wagner, but of all works that Haitink has performed over the years then I think it is this one that does, perhaps, mean more to him than any other.

I think it's fair to predict that the entire audience will be on their feet at the end.

[LMcD]

The Bruckner 7 featured in Haitink's very first Prom in 1966 so it seems fitting that it should also be there in his last. There is nothing valedictory about the 7th, apart from the second movement homage to Wagner, but of all works that Haitink has performed over the years then I think it is this one that does, perhaps, mean more to him than any other.

I think it's fair to predict that the entire audience will be on their feet at the end.

… and possibly quite a few folk listening at home!

[gedsmk]

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… and possibly quite a few folk listening at home!

Far fewer arena or gallery available online this time. Sold out before 9:05. This will be BIG. My opinion? Stronger in Bruckner than in Mahler, better with Concertgebouw (Debussy Nocturnes recording remains unsurpassed) than V Phil, devastating in Shostakovich.

[Bryn]

Far fewer arena or gallery available online this time. Sold out before 9:05. This will be BIG. My opinion? Stronger in Bruckner than in Mahler, better with Concertgebouw (Debussy Nocturnes recording remains unsurpassed) than V Phil, devastating in Shostakovich.

I'm number 75 in the Arena day queue. That's after joining it at 8:15 this morning. Several ahead of me had clearly slept there overnight.

[alywin]

The arena day queue was getting long already - the gallery one, not so bad.

[bluestateprommer]

Perhaps overly reminiscent of the Penguin Guides, but the terms 'warm', 'relaxed', and 'humane' came to mind with this Beethoven 4th Concerto just now, very much of the 'old school', IMHO. Emanuel Ax sounded good, if not necessarily "the best ever" (whatever that means), but you know what: good is OK :) . Nice encore from 'Manny' of Schubert just now (archived in the Forum Calendar).

[jayne lee wilson]

A Beethoven G major Concerto which moved from - elegiac reflections, through stern defiance and pacification, finally a fierce joy.....
The music so faithfully served, it seemed so apt to this remarkable occasion.

Lovely A major Schubert impromptu as encore, a favourite piece - which for me always sounds like a farewell........

[Ein Heldenleben]

Ye gods the phone rang during the coda. Really enjoying this......

[Alison]

A late back injury has cruelly stopped me attending this evening. Think I would have been a wreck in the hall; tears of joy and sadness in equal measure tonight.

[edashtav]

A Beethoven G major Concerto which moved from - elegiac reflections, through stern defiance and pacification, finally a fierce joy.....
The music so faithfully served, it seemed so apt to this remarkable occasion.

Lovely A major Schubert impromptu as encore, a favourite piece - which for me always sounds like a farewell........

I'm a fan of 'Manny'. He was more Poet than Peasant which suits Beethoven's G major concerto well. Concerto and encore were lovely.

[jonfan]

What urgent forward momentum. Haintink sees the big picture and takes you along with him all the way. Haintink, VPO, RAH, proms, Bruckner, - made for each other. A truly transcendental reading. Abbado, Haitink both bow out with Bruckner.