Anyone see that superb programme on BBC 1 this evening
about Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic on tour in China... ?

What did you think?

I wanted an early night last night (Well Mrs. did!) but I DVD'd it to watch tonight.

thanks

I have watched it again this morning.
in my view, it has lots to say about the philosophy of playing, being professional etc

An unbelievably affecting, brilliant programme.

I agree... it almost seemed as if it was going to be a bit of a 'fly-on-the-wall' trip to the Far East, but I felt it said so much more.

It was very, very good. If it gets repeated, do watch it if you missed yesterday's showing.

Or there's the BBC's iPlayer service...

Darn! Don't seem to be able to view this in Germany

I watched it last night and found it interesting in a limited way. I would have liked to have seen the internal politics of the orchestra demonstrated in some way, rather than lots of the 'oh music is my saviour because I couldn't relate to anyone when I was a child' type of interviews which seemed to pepper the whole... Rattle was funny though - interesting to see how most of his 'humour' fell flat amongst the rank-and-file...

Watched it on my DVD after recording it.
Not at all what I expected, but very enjoyable all the same. I always find Simon amusing.

a little bit off topic but i'm going to berlin in a couple of weeks so i thought i'd see what music is on..
Berlin Phil website.... They're only doing Parsifal!!!!!!

but then i realised they were on tour in Provence.

I thought it was wonderful and enjoyed it enormously...I sky+ it and have watched it several times...already...what an inspirational story and what a sound they make...sent me quite gooey..

Andrew

What's it called? it doesn't seem to be on iPlayer.

Oh not again!!!!

Why do I always find out about the good programmes after they've been on (and I've missed them )

...have recorded it onto the hard drive of the recorder. Am able to burn it to DVD. PM me if that's of interest to you...

Imagine is such an interesting programme...just a shame that it's on at a ridiculously late time! Did anyone else do the "amusica" test on the BBC website after last weeks episode? I ony got 27/30 and 29/30 because I answered it with my grade 8 aural head on and kept imagining microscopic differences eg. hmm, well the second time that third quaver was slightly more staccato than the first time...