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BBC Proms 2010 Programme - up to expectations?
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Created about 1 year ago The 2010 BBC Proms programme was announced today (see the schedule at http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/ ). What do you think of it? Is there enough new music? Should there be more to appeal to younger listeners? Too much opera? Or have they got it about right? Tell us your thoughts. |
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Created about 1 year ago I haven't had a chance to look at all the programmes yet, but the opening weekend is extraordinary - Mahler/Meistersinger/ Domingo! Wow! And later all the Beethoven piano concerti - and on television too..... there are a few posts online now about the 2010 content from the Gramophone, the Guardian, Slipped Disc, etc
Gavin - you ask about music which appeals to younger listeners - younger than... ? what age group?
Re children, the Proms are usually very child-friendly; at one Blue Peter Prom, the BBC Phil played Ravel's Bolero, starting with just snare drum, flute, one cellist and the conductor on stage. The other orchestral members then gradually appeared, accessing the stage via the arena, the stalls, from backstage - wherever - wandering in with shopping bags, or in conversation, or on their mobiles, or unpacking their instruments - in time to join in at their instruments' entries. Just in the nick of time for the 4-bar bass drum, tam-tam and cymbal crashes before the end, the extra percussionists sprinted through the stalls and up to the back of the orchestra, still wearing their coats. Rather like Haydn's Farewell Symphony, but in reverse. :)
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Created about 1 year ago Just trying to be provocative Louise, with limited success looking at how slow this thread is to pick up. I've never been to a Children's Prom, but they sound like a lot of fun. Actually I wish I'd gotten to the Proms more when I was younger, and when my legs and back could still cope with all that standing. Speaking of Haydn's Farewell Symphony in reverse, do you know Schnittke's 1st Symphony? He does it in every direction you can think of. |
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Created about 1 year ago No, I don't know that symphony - but it sounds like another example of the modern symphony behaving badly - ie not sticking to it's title-genre, but incorporating music theatre as well. I assume that the choreography of movement is in the score - and that attending a live performance is the only way really to appreciate it? Intriguing! ______________________ Louise |
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Created about 1 year ago, Modified about 1 year ago Right, getting back to the topic - this concert will be fabulous - and the pre-concert talk! http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/3107.shtml - Sondheim at 80. Did anyone else see Sondheim and Melvyn Bragg on 'The South Bank Show - Revisited' recently?! Magic. Here's Sondheim giving a masterclass on 'Send in the Clowns'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-VXXZLh2a0 ______________________ Louise |
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Created about 1 year ago Well, they've started! http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio3/ Yesterday I heard a bit of Die Meistersinger on R3 - terrific - including the interval talk; well worth a listen for the discussion featuring Anthony Negus and Patrick Carnegy. Infectious enthusiasm and fascinating content.
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Created about 1 year ago I wish I'd been in the RAH for that opera... ______________________ Louise |
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Created about 1 year ago I wish I'd stayed at home and listened to it on the radio. I've managed to catch up since though. From now on, I'm not going to bother with the cheap seats at the Albert Hall. When I go to the Proms I'm going to stand, and make sure I'm standing at the front. |
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Created about 1 year ago Gav - I wish I had all day to stand in a queue. Enjoy.. |
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Created about 1 year ago, Modified about 1 year ago Actually, watching Die Meistersinger on iPlayer is fabulous. Maybe that's the best of all possible worlds. It's all stunning. Beckmesser is wonderful - at 2:32.00 and following... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t4fd6/BBC_Proms_2010_Bryn_Terfel_Sings_Wagners_Meistersinger/ |
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