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| Arundodonuts |
 Apr 19 2012, 05:30 PM
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Has anyone trawled through the list yet?
Er.. BBC. Doh!! |
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| katica |
Apr 19 2012, 08:13 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2400 Joined: 18-January 10 From: Central America Member No.: 87755 |
QUOTE(Arundodonuts @ Apr 19 2012, 11:30 AM)  Has anyone trawled through the list yet? Er.. BBC. Doh!! Nice one! I wonder whether it would be better as the British Broadcasting Service? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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| barry-clari |
Apr 19 2012, 08:20 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 40577 Joined: 10-January 06 From: South East London Member No.: 5804 |
QUOTE(Arundodonuts @ Apr 19 2012, 06:30 PM) Has anyone trawled through the list yet? Er.. BBC. Doh!! PM a moderator : they'll change it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Back on topic - interesting Proms to my mind... 19 (Sat 28 July) - Shostakovich Cello no.1, Tchaik symphony no.6 28 (Sat 4 Aug) - Mozart Flute Concerto with James Galway, Stravinsky Firebird, Chabrier Espana 32 (Mon 6 Aug) - Bernstein Mass 40 (Sun 12 Aug) - National Youth Wind Orchestra/National Youth Brass Band of GB, with various wind band works by Martin Ellerby, Derek Bourgeois and Gustav Holst, amongst others 50 (Mon 20 Aug) - Mozart Clarinet Concerto (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) with Michael Collins, plus Beethoven's Egmont, Nielsen and Delius 59 (Mon 27 Aug) - the sublime John Wilson orchestra with 'The Broadway Sound' (one assumes this is the New York version, not the Ealing or Bexleyheath version (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ) ...and once again I'm hoping to be at the London Proms in the Park on Saturday 8th September. Email or PM me if interested in sharing the picnic that I shall spend many b-c pounds on (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| katica |
Apr 19 2012, 08:50 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2400 Joined: 18-January 10 From: Central America Member No.: 87755 |
Quite a few proms I fancy but they're either before or after I'm in the UK. Or when I'm planning to be at Dartington (eg Britten / Peter Grimes, Mozart Clari concerto...). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
High on my list would be the Late Night Prom No.44 on 14 Aug (Ligeti, Xenakis, Cage, Berio and more) but would mean bunking in the metropolis... I also quite fancy a sing-along eg Berlioz Requiem on 11 Aug. The Ivor Novello night (No. 36 on 9 Aug) would be something fun and different (at least for me)... I might be up for No.40 with you, b-c. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Too bad Proms in the Park is only 8 September. |
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| Deborah |
Apr 19 2012, 08:58 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 5624 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Monsalvat, Valhalla Member No.: 2747 |
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Apr 19 2012, 08:20 PM) 50 (Mon 20 Aug) - Mozart Clarinet Concerto (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) with Michael Collins I can't go to that one (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) because I shall be in Bayreuth (IMG:style_emoticons/default/woot.gif) Usual mix of good, bad and indifferent, but enough to tempt me up to London for a Prom or two. Or three... |
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| Neumer |
Apr 19 2012, 10:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 13-October 09 From: Nottinghamshire Member No.: 77838 |
Ooo, lots to choose from this year, I even considered a season ticket for a second (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
Queued up quite a few on the proms planner before checking the televised list which has quite a few good ones on full coverage this year: 1, 5, 7, the whole Beethoven symphony cycle, 23-Ireland & RVW, 26, 27, 29-NYO, 32-Bernstein Mass, 33, 36, 38-NYJO, 45-Dvorak/Copland/Ginastera, 46-RVW, 49, 57, 59-Broadway Sound, 61-Howells/Elgar, 75 & 76. Why leave home? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) Taking some those out the equation means I'll probably go for at least Prom 2: Lerner & Loewe (totally self-indulgent but John Wilson and Previn's orchestration of My Fair Lady is too good to miss), Prom 40: NYWO/NYBB, Prom 61 & 62: Eric Whitacre. Seriously considering 35, 37, 51/52, 60 and Proms in the Park. Could be an expensive year. I'm certainly liking the 2012 programming! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) N |
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| KixMusic |
Apr 19 2012, 11:57 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 648 Joined: 3-January 06 Member No.: 5709 |
Will be at Prom 40. Chance to watch daughter at the BBC Proms is definitely too good to miss even though I could live without hearing two brass band test pieces in the second half - Not a fan of Blitz even though I generally like Bourgeois writing but Gavin Higgins's work is great so looking forward to that and the Martin Ellerby
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| JamesK |
Apr 20 2012, 12:44 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 424 Joined: 16-September 10 From: South East London; Durham Member No.: 130526 |
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Apr 19 2012, 09:20 PM) 59 (Mon 27 Aug) - the sublime John Wilson orchestra with 'The Broadway Sound' (one assumes this is the New York version, not the Ealing or Bexleyheath version (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ) Please tell me about this bexleyheath version! |
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| Roseau |
Apr 20 2012, 10:04 AM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 5792 Joined: 29-January 06 Member No.: 6007 |
Is it only me or have other people found that the links are broken when you try to find out more details about any particular concert?
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| Arundodonuts |
Apr 20 2012, 05:04 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4931 Joined: 14-May 08 From: Stockport Member No.: 30881 |
Well here are the ones I like the look of. Lots of iPlayer I reckon.
Prom 3: Debussy ? Pell?as et M?lisande. Not heard it before. Prom 4: Respighi, Ravel and Adams. One of the few piano concertos I really love and an Adams piece I don't know. Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius. Strauss and Sibelius. Nuff said. Prom 7: Handel ? Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Le Concert Spirituel. Should be a treat. Prom 15: Smetana, Prokofiev & Dvoř?k. An orchestrated version of Smetana's String Quartet No 1. Should be interesting. Prom 21: Aldeburgh World Orchestra. Britten Sinfonia da Requiem (not often enough performed), Stravinsky The Rite of Spring. Prom 25: Ives, Barber, Zimmermann & Tippett. I haven't listened to A Child of Our Time in its entirety, so I should. Plus Ives Unaswered Question. Prom 29: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. I understand Nico Muhly is worth a listen and I love Varese. Turangalila I can leave. Proms Saturday Matinee 3: Britten Sinfonia. Nick Daniel on Cor Anglais. Prom 40: National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain & National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. Go on. It's got to be worth it for the Holst and Walton plus I'm interested to hear the Bourgeois. Prom 41: Schoenberg ? Gurrelieder. If you haven't heard it, have a listen. Prom 44: London Sinfonietta. Time to make up your mind about 4' 33". This one really should be televised for the Berio Sequenza. But it won't be so here's a link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqlUhN7TbAk...be_gdata_player Prom 47: Cage Centenary Celebration. Well you have to give it a go. Some of it will be fun. Proms Saturday Matinee 4: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Knussen, Goehr and Bainbridge. Proms Chamber Music 6: Escher Quartet. Debussy's wonderful String Quartet. Prom 51: Glinka, Howard & Shostakovich. The Leningrad! Prom 54: Davies, Delius & Shostakovich. Delicious Delius played by Tasmin Little and the RLPO playing Shos 10. Should be a treat. Prom 55: Britten ? Peter Grimes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) Prom 57: Wagner, Berg, R. Strauss & Ravel. Berg's gorgeous violin concerto, La Valse and Rosenkavalier. Pass the Sachertorte. Proms Chamber Music 7: Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp. Schoenberg Pierrot lunaire. Prom 60: Mozart ? The Marriage of Figaro. Glyndebourne and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. That'll be proper Mozart then. Prom 63: Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle. If only for Ligeti and Sibelius. Prom 64: Berliner Philharmoniker ? Brahms & Lutosławski. Lutoslawski Symphony No. 3. Prom 69: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ? Messiaen & Mahler. Et Exspecto..... Prom 71: St Louis Symphony. Beethoven violin concerto and Schoenberg Five Orchestral Pieces in this one. Prom 72: John Adams ? Nixon in China. Conducted by Adams. Prom 75: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ? Haydn & R. Strauss. Bernard Haitink. An Alpine Symphony. |
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| barry-clari |
Apr 21 2012, 11:30 AM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 40577 Joined: 10-January 06 From: South East London Member No.: 5804 |
QUOTE(JamesK @ Apr 20 2012, 01:44 AM) QUOTE(barry-clari @ Apr 19 2012, 09:20 PM) 59 (Mon 27 Aug) - the sublime John Wilson orchestra with 'The Broadway Sound' (one assumes this is the New York version, not the Ealing or Bexleyheath version (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ) Please tell me about this bexleyheath version! It has shops, a very good Chinese restaurant with karaoke available, and as far as I know, no songs ever written about it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| Maizie |
Apr 21 2012, 12:29 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4862 Joined: 5-February 07 From: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire Member No.: 9360 |
Prom 7 - Handel. I'm on holiday though so can't go. Which is probably just as well, as with a finish of 11.30pm and a last train of 11.45pm (from Liverpool Street), it means I don't even have to think about the logistics of it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Bach - The Art of Fugue. This is the afternoon of the day I come back from holiday, so also not an option to attend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Proms Chamber Music 3: La Tarantella. This is on a Monday lunchtime. Which sounds like it might be a great excuse to have a day off work and potter around The Big Smoke for a bit, with some music in the middle (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| louise1712 |
Apr 24 2012, 06:25 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 7168 Joined: 19-June 09 From: North Yorkshire Member No.: 68484 |
Really enjoyed my first visit last year, would like to go again this time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| Czerny |
Apr 24 2012, 06:33 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4089 Joined: 7-December 07 Member No.: 21097 |
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Apr 19 2012, 09:20 PM) 59 (Mon 27 Aug) - the sublime John Wilson orchestra with 'The Broadway Sound' (one assumes this is the New York version, not the Ealing or Bexleyheath version (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ) You forgot Tooting. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) |
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| Deborah |
May 13 2012, 10:30 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 5624 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Monsalvat, Valhalla Member No.: 2747 |
Booking opened yesterday. How did people fare?
I have my season ticket (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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