Prom 8: Russian Romance and Icelandic Elements (20.07.22)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

19:30 Wednesday 20 July 2022
Royal Albert Hall

Jóhann Jóhannsson: The Miners’ Hymns – They Being Dead Yet Speaketh
Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Holder Guðnadóttir: The Fact of the Matter (BBC commission: world première)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska conductor

[french frank]

No comments on this at all, before or after?

[Ein Heldenleben]

No comments on this at all, before or after?

Pretty unimpressed with the two new works . Paled into insignificance compared with the Tippett the night before - a piece that’s hardly ever performed now. The Rach 2 was ok but nothing special . Didn’t hear the Tschaikovsky - might catch up on the repeat

[Frances_iom]

No comments on this at all, before or after?

wrecked 1st part as an old war horse was bedecked with inappropriate miserable music which may well have suited a film about the death of mining in the area.
as for the fact of the measure - another heard once thankfully forgotten

[Bryn]

I had planned to listen this morning but may not bother, having read the few comments posted so far.

[french frank]

Perhaps I shouldn't have bumped it, but Not This Way is usually a helpful piece of information.

[cloughie]

I heard part of ‘The fact of the matter’ in the car but was not sufficiently impressed to listen again on Sounds! Rather dull and devoid of tunes!

[Pulcinella]

Only two stars in the Times review:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-so-stasevska-at-the-proms-2022-review-lwvmgdtff?shareToken=7120cf26249db9440f559d449d17f86c

[french frank]

Only two stars in the Times review:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b...559d449d17f86c

The pianist was Denis Kozhukhin rather than Alexander Gavrylyuk?

[Pulcinella]

The pianist was Denis Kozhukhin rather than Alexander Gavrylyuk?

Don't ask me: I wasn't there!

[french frank]

Don't ask me: I wasn't there!

I was quoting your link rather than your good self as fount of all knowledge. The excellent Andrew in his listing and BSP in his calendar agree with the reviewer: Denis Kozhukhin. Mr Gavrylyuk sadly withdrew 'due to health reasons', says the RAH.