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Indeed. I'm paying a quinquennial visit to London for 8 days during the Prom season so I awaited the appearance of the programme on the web with great interest. The aim was to book early and often (the same way that they vote in Boston and Chicago).
Alas, the days I'm scheduled to be in London have baroque concerts, UK regional orchestras that are the equal or less of anything I can hear in New Zealand, or recitalists and soloists of whom I have heard nothing playing works I have no wish to hear.
The days I'm forced to be out of London feature concerts and performers that I'd almost die to hear.
But is all lost? Part of my time away from London will be spent with exiled family near Edinburgh, at the time of the Festival. And what do I find on the Edinburgh programme on mydays there? Just about the same fare as listed above for the Proms.
Unhappy coincidence? No - this is a conspiricy. For exactly the same set of circumstances prevailed when I was last in the UK in August, in 2001. It was even worse then. The week I was in London the Concertgebouw played in Amsterdam and the VPO in Vienna. The weeks I was in Amsterdam and Vienna the respective orchestras were playing in London.
I'm not paranoid but I swear that someone has got it in for me.
Alas, the days I'm scheduled to be in London have baroque concerts, UK regional orchestras that are the equal or less of anything I can hear in New Zealand, or recitalists and soloists of whom I have heard nothing playing works I have no wish to hear.
The days I'm forced to be out of London feature concerts and performers that I'd almost die to hear.
But is all lost? Part of my time away from London will be spent with exiled family near Edinburgh, at the time of the Festival. And what do I find on the Edinburgh programme on mydays there? Just about the same fare as listed above for the Proms.
Unhappy coincidence? No - this is a conspiricy. For exactly the same set of circumstances prevailed when I was last in the UK in August, in 2001. It was even worse then. The week I was in London the Concertgebouw played in Amsterdam and the VPO in Vienna. The weeks I was in Amsterdam and Vienna the respective orchestras were playing in London.
I'm not paranoid but I swear that someone has got it in for me.
Logan wrote:
ps: MB's in Embra. You two can hold the Wam's first ever classical music bakeoff
Tuff... :lmao::lmao::lmao:
ps: MB's in Embra. You two can hold the Wam's first ever classical music bakeoff
JANDL100 wrote:
Two new hard disks and a new tuner, all set for Götterdämmerung.:dude:Yup, my digital radio and minidisc recorder are at the ready !
Saw/heard bit of opening - o.k. ...
I will check out my tapes of the time they did Stockhausen + + .
I will check out my tapes of the time they did Stockhausen + + .
Avoiding Ashton Court, I/we enjoyed 'Proms' on BBC Radio3 FM on Saturday Bastille Day afternoon - mostly Mahler.
Goes back to what I said so many times, Radio3 is one of the great cultural institutions
Love the Proms, bar the 'Last Night'. Will eventually get over for it. Someday...
Does anybody know if there are anymore organ pieces apart from?
Mon 3rd Sept Prom 67
Britten
Hymn to St Cecilia (11 mins)
Buxtehude
Praeludium in A minor, BuxWV 153; Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BuxWV 199; Puer natus in Bethlehem, BuxWV 217; Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161; Canzonetta in G major, BuxWV 171;Vater unser im Himmelreich, BuxWV 219; Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149 (25 mins)
D. Scarlatti
Stabat mater (26 mins)
John Scott organ
Daniel Hyde organ
Frances Kelly harp
David Miller theorbo
BBC Singers
David Hill conductor
Mon 3rd Sept Prom 67
Britten
Hymn to St Cecilia (11 mins)
Buxtehude
Praeludium in A minor, BuxWV 153; Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BuxWV 199; Puer natus in Bethlehem, BuxWV 217; Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161; Canzonetta in G major, BuxWV 171;Vater unser im Himmelreich, BuxWV 219; Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149 (25 mins)
D. Scarlatti
Stabat mater (26 mins)
John Scott organ
Daniel Hyde organ
Frances Kelly harp
David Miller theorbo
BBC Singers
David Hill conductor
There's plenty of good stuff
Did anyone else get lots of static (white) noise on the right channel on the first Prom on Radio 3 FM in London? The internet was fine, but I thought my FM receiver was playing up (nightmare!), but it's been fine since.
Not much organ stuff though - shame as the organ there is terrific. I've been to a few recitals, just to get my sub-30Hz fix...
Did anyone else get lots of static (white) noise on the right channel on the first Prom on Radio 3 FM in London? The internet was fine, but I thought my FM receiver was playing up (nightmare!), but it's been fine since.
Not much organ stuff though - shame as the organ there is terrific. I've been to a few recitals, just to get my sub-30Hz fix...
Did anyone watch/listen to the BBC Phil and Noseda doing Mahler's 10th last night?
Saw it on BBC4, even over freeview the sound did not get in the way of what I thought was a great performance that had me transfixed for most of the evening. Now that's what I call quite good.
Saw it on BBC4, even over freeview the sound did not get in the way of what I thought was a great performance that had me transfixed for most of the evening. Now that's what I call quite good.
