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« Reply #120 on: 22:47:09, 02-08-2007 » |
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For me, I'd choose the 2007 concert, but then, I'm going to the RAH tomorrow anyway. I'm particularly looking forward to the Lindberg. There have been a number of clarinet concertos from Scandinavia lately; I very much enjoyed Kalevi Aho's which was recorded by Martin Fröst and I keep meaning to look out Anders Hillborg's.
I see Duke Bluebeard's Castle is also coming later on this season too with Charlotte Hellekant and Falk Struckmann. I wonder which cast people would prefer?
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« Reply #121 on: 22:36:26, 03-08-2007 » |
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Saturday 11 August 1984
Handel
Ode for St Cecilia's Day (50 mins)
Interval
Handel
The King Shall Rejoice (12 mins)
Muisc for the Royal Fireworks (20 mins)
Felicity Lott soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson tenor
BBC Singers
English Concert
Director Trevor Pinnock
Saturday 4 August 2007
Cadogan Hall: 3.00pm
A selection of string classics, including Elgar's Serenade, whose broad, melodic second movement is every bit as affecting as the composer's Cello Concerto or Enigma Variations. There are more composer anniversary celebrations, with Grieg represented by his lyrical Holberg Suite, while the Music for Strings by Elizabeth Maconchy (a pupil of Vaughan Williams, born 100 years ago) returns to the Proms for the first time since its world premiere in 1983. Finzi's delightful Clarinet Concerto is performed by one of Britain's leading exponents.
Elgar
Serenade for Strings (12 mins)
Finzi
Clarinet Concerto (27 mins)
Maconchy
Music for Strings (18 mins)
Grieg
Holberg Suite (20 mins)
There will be no interval
Michael Collins clarinet
Scottish Ensemble
Jonathan Morton director
Royal Albert Hall: 6.30pm
(Deferred relay on BBC2 at 6.45pm)
American composer Aaron Jay Kernis's wild showpiece, New Era Dance – commissioned for the 150th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic in 1992 – opens the annual Prom given by the precociously talented National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Prokofiev's ebullient First Piano Concerto which he completed and performed at the age of 21 is a far cry from Shostakovich's epic 'Leningrad' Symphony – taken as a beacon of protest against the Nazi invasion of Russia – which received its Western premiere during the 1942 Proms season.
Aaron Jay Kernis
New Era Dance (London premiere) (6 mins)
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major (15 mins)
Interval
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad' (75 mins)
Alexander Kobrin piano
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Mark Elder conductor
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« Reply #122 on: 12:43:31, 04-08-2007 » |
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(Again there was no Sunday Prom on August 12th 1984.)
Monday 13 August 1984
Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel (15 mins)
Robert Saxton
Concerto for Orchestra (BBC commission:first performance) (C.17 mins)
Interval
Strauss
Four Last Songs (21 mins)
Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances (35 mins)
Felicity Lott soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Sir John Pritchard
Monday 6 August 2007
Cadogan Hall: 1.00pm
Mendelssohn
Capriccio, Op. 81 No. 3 (6 mins)
Sibelius
String Quartet Op. 56, 'Voces Intimae' (29 mins)
Janá?ek
String Quartet No. 1, 'The Kreutzer Sonata' (18 mins)
There will be no interval
Henschel Quartet
Royal Albert Hall: 7.30 pm
(Also televised on BBC4)
Renée Fleming sings Berg's luminous Seven Early Songs – tonight expanded with a new orchestration of an additional early song. Fleming also shows a more seductive side in two gorgeously upholstered arias by anniversary-composer Korngold. Schumann's Beethovenian Second Symphony and Beethoven's Eighth complete a varied Austro-German programme.
Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F Major (28 mins)
Berg
Seven Early Songs (18 mins)
An Leukon (arr. C. Gordon; UK premiere) (2 mins)
Interval
Korngold
Die Kathrin – 'Ich soll ihn niemals, niemals mehr sehn' (5 mins)
Korngold
Das Wunder der Heliane – 'Ich ging zu ihm' (7 mins)
Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C Major (38 mins)
Renée Fleming
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
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« Reply #123 on: 13:53:17, 04-08-2007 » |
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Friday 10 August 1984
I would probably have to go for 1984 there... no great fan of Lindberg I'm afraid; on the other hand I'm a huge fan of Ibéria and although I do rather enjoy the Rachmaninov 2nd symphony Bluebeard's Castle is in a rather different league. (And as far as casting goes, once you've heard Hungarians sing it it's hard to go back.) There have certainly been a bucketload of Nordic clarinet concertos in recent years. (I don't know who exactly might get offended if I were to call Finland part of Scandinavia so until someone tells me I shouldn't worry about it I'll play it safe.) Kimmo Hakola as well. I wish I liked the concertos as much as I like Frost and Kriikku. My loss.  |
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« Reply #124 on: 14:00:44, 04-08-2007 » |
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So we can rule you out of the live caustic comments suspects list too (though only due to your location....)  |
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« Reply #125 on: 14:01:04, 04-08-2007 » |
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Ollie, have you heard the Rautavaara concerto? Written for Richard Stoltzman. I'd love to see a performance at some point. I don't know Kimmo Hakola's work at all...one to investigate.
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« Reply #126 on: 14:50:15, 04-08-2007 » |
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So we can rule you out of the live caustic comments suspects list too (though only due to your location....) ONLY?!  IGI, would you like a CD of the Hakola clarinet concerto? (As well as Diamond Street for clarinet solo and Verdoyances crépuscules for orchestra, Kriikku, Finnish RSO, Oramo?) I have one I can't see myself needing. If so maybe PM me to remind me of your address. |
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« Reply #127 on: 15:36:14, 05-08-2007 » |
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Tuesday 14 August 1984
Varèse
Ecuatorial (12 mins)
Harrison Birtwhisle
Meridian* (24 mins)
Interval
Pierre Boulez
Rituel: in memoriam Bruno Maderna (27 mins)
Interval
Stravinsky
Les Noces (1917) (24 mins)
Sarah Walker mezzo-soprano*
Alison Hargan soprano
Fiona Kimm mezzo-soprano
Graham Clark tenor
Malcolm King bass
BBC Singers
London Sinfonietta
Conducted by Peter Eötvös
Tuesday 7 August 2007
(Also televised on BBC4)
Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem (20 mins)
Interval
Mahler, completed D. Cooke
Symphony No. 10 (75 mins)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
The 1984 Prom was one that I'd dearly love to have seen, most especially for the very rare orchestral first thoughts on Les Noces/Svadebka, though it's a rather more adventurous bit of programming all round, and it's not even a Boulez Prom (that was to come later in the season)
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« Reply #128 on: 16:02:27, 05-08-2007 » |
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The 1984 one is very much my idea of a concert. Hey, the 2007 one is pretty special too, but really, for that little bit extra... |
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« Reply #129 on: 16:10:40, 05-08-2007 » |
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84 looks peachy IMO...
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« Reply #130 on: 21:57:05, 07-08-2007 » |
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Wednesday 15 August 1984
Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements (22 mins)
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488 (25 mins)
Interval
Dvo?ák
Symphony No. 7 in D minor (39 mins)
Alicia de Larrocha piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Yuri Temirkanov
Wenesday 8 August
From Bards to Blues
John Dankworth
Shakespeare and All That Jazz – excerpts
Ellington
Such Sweet Thunder
Interval
John Dankworth
The Million Dollar Collection
The Blues Ain't (lyrics by Duncan Lamont; world premiere)
Strayhorn
Take the A Train (new arrangement by John Dankworth)
Cleo Laine singer
Soweto Kinch saxophone
Tommy Smith saxophone
Guy Barker trumpet
John Dankworth Quintet
BBC Big Band
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Dankworth musical director
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« Reply #131 on: 22:23:06, 07-08-2007 » |
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Classy 2007 performers I guess, Ron, but... NO CONTEST! My co-ordinates duly set for the year of 24-year-old martledom.
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« Reply #132 on: 16:38:08, 09-08-2007 » |
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Thursday 17 August 1984
Sibelius
Pohjola's Daughter (13 mins)
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (34 mins)
Interval
Sibelius
Luonottar (9 mins)
Shostakovich
Symphony No.1 in F minor (34 mins)
Linda Esther Gray soprano
Christian Blackshaw piano
Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Järvi
Thursday 9 August 2007
Royal Albert Hall: 7.00pm
Guto Puw
... onyt agoraf y drws ... (... unless I open the door ...)
(BBC commission: world premiere) (15 mins)
Walton
Viola Concerto (26 mins)
Interval
Rakhmaninov
Symphonic Dances (36 mins)
Lawrence Power viola
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
David Atherton conductor
The notes in the 1984 prospectus felt it necessary to give information about Järvi's background, since he was still then all but unkown in the UK apart from a couple of discs for Bis, which was then a very small label, though their decision to jump on the CD bandwagon very early was to change that soon: other independents who made the same decision included Nimbus and Chandos, for whom Järvi would also record a considerable amount. He had just become the SNO's new principal conductor, and the orchestra was a major player in the Chandos roster at the dawn of the CD era. The soprano soloist was to disappear from the scene soon afterwards: a wonderful talent beset with vocal problems.
Tonight's conductor has always seemed to me to be a hidden treasure: from the early days of the London Sinfonietta, he's been something of a specialist: a brilliant Tippett conductor and responsible for some very fine Britten performances, his major repertoire has always been C20th European.
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« Reply #133 on: 17:48:44, 09-08-2007 » |
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Atherton also did some wonderful Schoenberg with the Sinfonietta and conducted the recording of Birtwistle's Punch and Judy which somehow refuses to disappear entirely from circulation despite the best efforts of various labels...  The SNO were amazing then: some of the Prokofiev they recorded with Järvi (especially the third and sixth symphonies) was quite stunning. |
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« Reply #134 on: 10:12:52, 10-08-2007 » |
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Friday 17 August 1984
Debussy
Jeux (18 mins)
Interval
Mahler
Symphony No.6 in A minor (75 mins)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Conducted by Simon Rattle
Friday 10 August 2007
Royal Albert Hall: 9.00pm
Multi award-winning composer, producer, DJ, songwriter and recording artist Nitin Sawhney presents an epic orchestral performance for this year’s Proms. The concert will feature the London Under Sound Symphony Orchestra, a specially created collective of both Eastern and Western classical musicians brought together by Sawhney for this event. Including orchestral and band renditions of Sawhney’s album and collaborative works, the show will also feature choreographed moments from movement specialists Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, as well as appearances by other very special guests.
An evening with Nitin Sawhney and Friends
SET LIST
Set 1
Sunset
Nitins Introduces show
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Sidi & Akram - Zero Degrees
Bring it Home
Letting Go
Hope
Immigrant
Noches En Vela Pt 1
Sandesa
Journey
Breathing Light
Scene 8 A Throw of Dice
Scene 42 A Throw of Dice
Koyal
Sidi & Akram - Zero Degrees
Dead Man
Set 2
The Namesake
The Boatman
Sidi & Akram - Zero Degrees
Herecica Latina
Moonrise
Homelands
Noches en Vela Pt II
Nadia
Charukeshi Rain
The Conference
Chap 1 Combat 3 Heavenly Sword
Chap 6 Combat 2 Heavenly Sword
(nitin leaves the stage)
Sidi & Akram - Zero Degrees
Prophesy - Akram dancing a Kathak piece
There will be one interval
Nitin Sawhney piano/guitar
Anoushka Shankar sitar
Ian Burdge cello
Karlos Edwards drums
Ashwin Srinivasan flute
Aref Durvesh tabla
Fink vocals
Natacha Atlas vocals
Reena Bhardwaj vocals
Tina Grace vocals
Jason Singh beatboxer
Lucita Jules vocals
Imogen Heap vocals
Hazel Fernandez Backing Vocals
Steve Shehan percussion
Akram Khan dancer/choreographer
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui dancer/choreographer
London Undersound Orchestra
Stephen Hussey conductor
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