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Jul 20, 2017 9:23:32 GMT -5
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Jul 21, 2017 6:49:25 GMT -5
Post by Uncle Henry on Jul 21, 2017 6:49:25 GMT -5
Thank you for the reminder. Both Elgar's Second and the Songs of Gurre appeal. As usual the corporation leads with a confusion: "BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues." How come then that being in Van Diemen's Land I am able freely to pick up these things perfectly well?
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Jul 29, 2017 10:56:37 GMT -5
Post by Uncle Henry on Jul 29, 2017 10:56:37 GMT -5
Well we have now downloaded the BBC's Elgar's Second conducted by an Argentinian of all things! We don't think Sir Edward would have thought much of that wheeze. It was too fast, and it was obvious - even from the many Latin frowns - that not enough rehearsing had been done. The players were hardly ever together. And all those Latin-American touches and twists of the tango were simply too much. We have already here heard the same Argentinian fellow performing a Liszt piano-forte concerto very similarly. Dear oh dear!
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Jul 30, 2017 2:09:22 GMT -5
Post by ahinton on Jul 30, 2017 2:09:22 GMT -5
Well we have now downloaded the BBC's Elgar's Second conducted by an Argentinian of all things! We don't think Sir Edward would have thought much of that wheeze. It was too fast, and it was obvious - even from the many Latin frowns - that not enough rehearsing had been done. The players were hardly ever together. And all those Latin-American touches and twists of the tango were simply too much. We have already here heard the same Argentinian fellow performing a Liszt piano-forte concerto very similarly. Dear oh dear! Nothing like as fast as Elgar's own recording in which he gets through the entire symphony in under 48 minutes! And what exactly's wrong with this great work being conducted by an Argentinian (who clearly believes in it as he does the splendid first Elgar symphony in which he conducted the same orchestra the previous evening)? To what particular "Latin-American touches and twists of the tango" do you refer? What "wheeze" and why might you suppose that Elgar would not have thought much of it?
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Aug 2, 2017 9:35:31 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 9:35:31 GMT -5
I suspect that Elgar would have been delighted.
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Aug 2, 2017 11:37:35 GMT -5
Post by ahinton on Aug 2, 2017 11:37:35 GMT -5
I suspect that Elgar would have been delighted. ...and with good reason!
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Aug 11, 2017 10:00:18 GMT -5
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Aug 11, 2017 10:38:33 GMT -5
Post by ahinton on Aug 11, 2017 10:38:33 GMT -5
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Aug 12, 2017 1:52:36 GMT -5
Post by Uncle Henry on Aug 12, 2017 1:52:36 GMT -5
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Aug 12, 2017 3:24:53 GMT -5
Post by ahinton on Aug 12, 2017 3:24:53 GMT -5
And the intended purpose of your post is...?...
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Aug 16, 2017 6:31:26 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 6:31:26 GMT -5
... That Oklahoma! did not go down well, even with the sound world created by Uncle Henry. It was a quintessential American musical at the Proms, after all! Good afternoon to you all once again! I trust that all is well with all of you today. Due to unprecedented demand from around the world, everyone reading ' The Third' is cordially invited to the Royal Albert Hall promptly at 19:30 (BST) tonight for some French music from Les Siècles and conductor François-Xavier Roth. The hugely acclaimed period instruments of Les Siècles return to the Proms this year with Cédric Tiberghien as the soloist in Saint-Saëns's Egyptian Concerto as part of a programme of Romantic French music inspired by the East. Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune - overture Delibes: Lakmé - ballet music Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, 'Egyptian' approx 8.15pm Interval: PROMS EXTRA Turkish novelist Elif Shafak talks about the figure of the djinni in Arabic mythology, who along with humans and angels, make up the three sapient creations of God, according to Islamic tradition. New Generation Thinker Dr Shahida Bari joins the discussion hosted by Ian McMillan. Recorded earlier this evening as a Proms Extra with an audience at Imperial College. Franck: Les Djinns Lalo: Namouna - Suites Nos. 1 and 2 (excerpts) Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah - Bacchanal Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Les Siècles François-Xavier Roth conductor An all-French programme inspired by the East, from the fragrant Indian gardens of Delibes's Lakmé and the eroticism of Samson and Delilah, to Corfu with the adventures of Lalo's Namouna. Oriental demons surface in Les Djinns, complementing the vibrantly coloured music of Java and the Middle East that suffuses Saint-Saëns's 'Egyptian' Piano Concerto. BBC - Proms - Prom 42: Les Siècles and François-Xavier RothIf you cannot make it in person, how about Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar? BBC - Proms - Prom 41: Philip Glass and Ravi ShankarTwo goliaths of 20th-century music, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, recorded the studio album Passages together in 1989. The result was a unique fusion of Hindustani sitar music with American minimalism. Tonight the album is performed live and in full for the first time, with Shankar's daughter Anoushka playing the sitar alongside a dazzling array of Indian soloists and the Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Karen Kamensek. BBC Four (television) - 21:00 (BST) on Friday 18 August
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Aug 16, 2017 11:59:58 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 11:59:58 GMT -5
We have arrived at the Imperial College Union, where novelist Elif Safak and New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari introduce the figure of the djinni (genie) in Arabic mythology, ahead of tonight's performance of Franck's Les Djinns. BBC - Proms Extra: Talk (17:45)An edited version of the discussion will be broadcast around 20:15 (BST) tonight, during the interval. We shall be sharing smoked and cured fish H. Foreman London cured smoked salmon, house cured beetroot gravlax, potted shrimps, mackerel pate, caper berries, horseradish cream and rye bread, with a bottle of Dom Pérignon 2006, given the choice of French music in the programme. Join us!
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Aug 17, 2017 9:22:24 GMT -5
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Aug 19, 2017 7:29:12 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2017 7:29:12 GMT -5
Good afternoon to you all once again! I trust that all is well with all of you today. Due to unprecedented demand from around the world, everyone reading ' The Third' is cordially invited to the Royal Albert Hall promptly at 19:30 (BST) this evening, Saturday 19 August 2017, for Gurrelieder, a tale of a love that even death cannot vanquish, of rage against the heavens, and ultimately of consolation in a closing musical sunrise of unparalleled beauty. What started out as a modest song-cycle grew into one of the most opulent musical giants of the 20th century – a cantata of Wagnerian ambition and proportions. The LSO and its Music Director Designate Sir Simon Rattle are joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists. BBC - Proms - Prom 46: Schoenberg – GurreliederTomorrow evening (19:45 BST), we are heading for the climax of the Proms Reformation Day: a complete performance of Bach’s St John Passion. ‘More daring, forceful and poetic’ than the St Matthew Passion, according to Schumann, this is a work of almost operatic vividness that brings both a humanity and a painful immediacy to the Passion narrative. Bach specialist John Butt and his Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut in a performance that offers the audience the chance to join in the chorale-singing, reflecting how the work might originally have been heard in a church setting. Join us! BBC - Proms - Prom 49: Bach’s St John Passion
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Aug 19, 2017 8:41:58 GMT -5
Post by Uncle Henry on Aug 19, 2017 8:41:58 GMT -5
Thank you, that's a surprise! I, having looked up the tele-vision schedule, assumed that it would be performed on the third of September, but that must be going to be a recording. Is the Corporation staff any longer capable of doing live tele-vision broadcasts, even, we wonder?
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