...anyone want to come to a Prom or two or three or four or five?

Post here or message me in some way if you do : I'll pick a selection of Proms when the listings come out next Thursday, and will go from there

Might be possible this year

Cool

I'm at home a lot more this year than last (only a few days in late July, Aug 6 and Aug 19-23 are definite no-nos, so there should be lots of choice )

I'm in!
(If I manage to get a summer job in the general vicinity of London.)

Cool!

Subject to the whims of the Royal Albert Hall booking system I shall in all likelihood have a season ticket again this summer. All Forummers are cordially invited to track me down after the concert and place money in the yellow bucket I shall no doubt be shaking most evenings.

They're not using that useless system they used last year, are they?

The thing that I disliked most last year was that there was no where to say "Keyboard side please" for concerts where I wanted to watch the pianist's hands.


Hey Onion! Long time no see, how are you?

Didn't like the system full stop...

Yes please Barry, I would be interested

*sneaks in* *sneaks out*

Oooh are they coming out already? - I'll have to keep an eye out at work for the guides then.

Defiantly interested in going to some.

Formal announcement is tomorrow at 12:00 noon

(though if you trawl the interwebby, you'll probably find some info has already leaked out )

I would love to come to the Proms - don't live in London though and not sure I want to pay congestion charges / massive parking fees. Do not know the place at all!!

In which case, go against all your instincts, and get a train into London! If you book in advance, it's very cheap!

Proms listings now out

Still reading through, but this looks a pretty good season (even if there are no Sea Songs in the Last Night programme! )

Anyway...

My initial thoughts as to Proms I'd like to see are :

Prom 18 (Thu 28 July, 7pm) : Pahud plays a lot of flutey things (by Elliot Carter and Dalbavie), plus Beethoven Symphonies nos. 1 and 7.

Prom 40 (Sat 13 Aug, 7pm) : Tim Minchin does funny things.

Prom 61 (Wed 31 Aug, 7pm) : Yo Yo Ma plays the new Cello Concerto by Graham Fitkin, plus Beethoven Symphony no. 9

Prom 65 (Sat 3 Sept, 7pm) : Elgar Cockaigne, Berkeley Organ Concerto, Rachmaninov's Paganini thing and Kodaly's Hary Janos suite.

...and I'd like to go to Proms in the Park, but don't want to go alone (all together now, aaaaaaah )

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

They all sound good, would like to see one but would have to be an afternoon one so I can get the train back home in decent time.

.... but that's the best bit.....

I haven't yet checked the daytime stuff, but I'll have a good look for one for you, Louise.



I know. And the clarinet cadenza hasn't been part of it for ages anyway. I tell you, the BBC are anti-clarinet. ANTI-CLARINET! It's a scandal. Give me the Director-General's phone number.

Im going to see him on Monday You should totally go see him!

Have always wanted to He was straight onto the shortlist!

Louise : not much in the way of daytime Proms, sadly : but we will have to see about getting you down for one of the evening Proms.

This will be the second time i've seen him, you will love it!! He is fab live!

Have seen many recordings : and have been very impressed! Solari's always singing his praises too

Thanks for looking Barry, an evening one will be great if it's feasible

We shall feasibleise it

Alternatively, there is free parking across the road in Hyde Park, and the congestion zone ends about an hour before most evening proms.

*cough* Pahud *cough*

You doing that one, then?

Yes, definitely. I'll probably do his evening one as well. Otherwise it will be Ravel, Ravel and possibly Victoria.

Shall I book us together then?

For which one?

Pahud at 7pm

Yes, please.

Will be done I'll start a list for the Proms I've stated

Prom 18 (Thu 28 July, 7pm) : Pahud plays a lot of flutey things (by Elliot Carter and Dalbavie), plus Beethoven Symphonies nos. 1 and 7. barry-clari, andante_in_c

Prom 40 (Sat 13 Aug, 7pm) : Tim Minchin does funny things. barry-clari, pianocelloflute

Prom 61 (Wed 31 Aug, 7pm) : Yo Yo Ma plays the new Cello Concerto by Graham Fitkin, plus Beethoven Symphony no. 9 barry-clari, pianocelloflute

Prom 65 (Sat 3 Sept, 7pm) : Elgar Cockaigne, Berkeley Organ Concerto, Rachmaninov's Paganini thing and Kodaly's Hary Janos suite. barry-clari, louise1712

...and I'd like to go to Proms in the Park, but don't want to go alone (all together now, aaaaaaah ) but barry-clari will be eating sandwiches on his own as it stands!

Let me know if you want to be added to the above lists, and I'll update

Wish I could make it down with David to join you for this one, but sadly not going to be a possibility

Pity

You'll have to both come down to London sometime. I recommend Solari's events as a good base to work from

Yeah, hopefully maybe at the end of the year, or beginning of next we can come down for a long weekend and you can show us the sights from a londoners point of view!! Would love to meet Solari in person - you sound like a right laugh Sol!!! So one of these days

Excellent : let me know as and when!

And yes, you must meet Sol, he's a top bloke

I will
And yes Sol definitely does sound like a top bloke!!!

I'll make sure I've got nothing booked and have a look at dates.

I don't really like big cities and don't want to get lost. I agree train would be the best option ... I've been on more steam trains in my life than "normal" ones! And been on the London underground once which was rather scary, lol! SO, if someone will tell me:
a. which train station to arrive in and
b. meet me there

Don't think week days are a good idea for me but I may beable to make one or both of the Saturday concerts

At the risk of embarrassing Sol, I second that comment.

I third it...!

a) Assuming Midland Mainline, it's St. Pancras you'll arrive at.
b) Yes, I'll meet you there

Just on my own for Proms in the Park now

Aw you know I'd come to all of them if I could

Will book the Park after all the others, to give as many people the chance to come for a forum picnic as possible

I finally got round to browsing the proms listings.
Two I fancy the sounds of are late evening ones - finishing at 11.15pm-ish. With my last train home at 23.58. So not worth the state I'd be in worrying about getting the train home! Besides, they are on weeknights so I'd either have to book the next day off work, or go in zombiefied

I shall probably make a note in my diary to "listen again" to them at a civilised hour

There's a weekday lunchtime one as well; on a Monday. I'll think about that, might be nice to have a Monday off work to go and listen to some French Baroque

A reminder - anyone else want to come?

The 'indoor' Proms will be booked on 7th May, I won't book the Prom in the Park until considerably later.