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tonybob
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« on: 17:50:15, 22-07-2007 »
opilec's prom of the season...?
maybe not.
does anyone remember that fantastic disc they did with auger and hogwood of haydn arias?
can you still get it?

edit: yes!
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« Reply #1 on: 20:33:11, 23-07-2007 »
An American orchestra and chorus, two British soloists and one from New Zealand, a British conductor, performing in London, on British radio and television... why not sing the damn thing in English?
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« Reply #2 on: 20:43:57, 23-07-2007 »
Because Van Swieten's libretto was in German? It may have been based on Thompson's poem, but is not the complete poem, and neither did Haydn set the English text.
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Tony Watson
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« Reply #3 on: 21:13:28, 23-07-2007 »
Beecham and Colin Davis both recorded The Seasons in English. Given all these factors, I think it would have been quite acceptable on this occasion.
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« Reply #4 on: 21:19:22, 23-07-2007 »
Hardly as HIPP as this performance though. Wink

I think this is going to be hard to beat as my "Prom of the week".

Good 'authentic' applause there, too.
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« Reply #5 on: 21:22:06, 23-07-2007 »
A video of a performance in the original tongue would be far easier to sell to TV stations abroad....
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« Reply #6 on: 21:27:21, 23-07-2007 »
Ah, but which "original tongue", Ron, the original original poem or the original libretto, and which TV stations abroad? The U.S. ones might just prefer it sung in American 'English'.
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« Reply #7 on: 21:45:50, 23-07-2007 »
Since it's an American Society, Bryn, that should take care of American Sales. Wink The original libretto should be fine for European territories...
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« Reply #8 on: 08:33:20, 24-07-2007 »
are you two on a percentage?
i love norringtons work, but how irritating is he to watch??
most of all, that awful turn toward the audience as each part finished. grrrr...
also some fairly ropey choral singing every now and then.
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« Reply #9 on: 08:36:07, 24-07-2007 »
Quote from: tonybob on 08:33:20, 24-07-2007
are you two on a percentage?
i love norringtons work, but how irritating is he to watch??

I know - that awful supercilious smirk he insists on giving.  Roll Eyes  I just try and ignore it.
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« Reply #10 on: 08:36:58, 24-07-2007 »
i wanted to just listen to it, but there was a big (15 min?) gap between tv and radio.
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« Reply #11 on: 09:14:43, 24-07-2007 »
Approx 30 mins, tb. The BBC4 Proms start at 7.30, so they're only 'live' if the concert starts at that time too. Last night's was a 7.00 pm prom, hence the lag.
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« Reply #13 on: 17:58:54, 24-07-2007 »
Quote from: Bryn on 21:27:21, 23-07-2007
Ah, but which "original tongue", Ron, the original original poem or the original libretto, and which TV stations abroad? The U.S. ones might just prefer it sung in American 'English'.

Sorry to say, but the likelihood of getting a Proms performance on TV in the USA, even years after the fact, is absolutely nil, even if it were somehow translated into American.

With the exception of 2-3 Live from Lincoln Center broadcasts (generally a NY Phil or Mostly Mozart concert and a Met opera or two), plus the annual Vienna Phil New Years concert, we really don't get any classical music on TV here anymore, unless Andre Rieu counts.

(He doesn't.)
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