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tonybob
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« on: 15:39:52, 03-08-2007 »

hey, semyon. don't play the rachmaniov too loudly, or you'll wake him.
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« Reply #1 on: 00:41:46, 04-08-2007 »
Someone must have some views on this concert! The clarinet concerto (which I hadn't heard before) was excellent in many respects (superb high notes - great technique) but I didn't like the distortions (any beginner can make those). I cannot share the passion for Rakhmaninov (that's the BBC spelling, pace Sydney Grew) that some people have, though.
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« Reply #2 on: 00:56:19, 04-08-2007 »
I enjoyed the concert, Tony!! I went to the pre-performance talk to hear Magnus Lindberg and Christopher Cook which was interesting, especially hearing how he composed it, for the most part on an island in Finland and he took sections of manuscript with him by boat to deliver to Kari Kriikku to try out. The performance was stunning in that it seems to require an awesome technique and he managed to project even the tiniest of sounds as well as to ride over the entire orchestra playing fortissimo at the end. One of the audience asked Lindberg whether he anticipated anyone else being able to play the piece and he replied that Michael Collins, who appears at tomorrow's afternoon prom, has performed it in a rendition which greatly pleased the composer. I wasn't sure that Krikku's improvised bit of the cadenza really came off. Were they technical difficulties or was it for effect? Not sure.

The Rach 2 took a time to get going, I thought. The first movement seemed a bit patchy, but then I tend to find it a bit episodic anyway. The scherzo was very good, picking up the pace nicely, and the third, starting with Richard Hosford's clarinet solo was also very fine. Bychkov seemed to inspire the BBCSO this evening in a way I've not always appreciated; some fine playing.
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« Reply #3 on: 10:30:45, 04-08-2007 »
Good concert.  The Stravinsky was pleasantly french if slightly long, the Lindberg was enjoyable to listen to as well as ridiculously virtuosic (at one point it sounded like Kriikku was playing two clarinets at once, and none of my clarinetist friends could work out how) and the Rachmaninov did what it said on the tin.

Agreed that the BBSO was playing well, although there was still something not quite right for me in the brass - when the heavy brass were tutti, I felt there was generally too much first trombone (impressive though Helen Vollam is) and not enough trumpet.

The start of the concerto reminded me of the Eb/Bass clarinet folk tune in the Rite over the flute trills.  Probably just coincidence - after all, the solo in the Rachmaninov starts on the same two notes as the Mozart concerto and by extension the same interval as the Lindberg concerto...

And what was with the idiot who in the silence after the (quiet) end of the concerto shouted "What a load of tosh"?  Embarrassing.

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« Reply #4 on: 10:43:48, 04-08-2007 »
Quote from: Notoriously Bombastic on 10:30:45, 04-08-2007
And what was with the idiot who in the silence after the (quiet) end of the concerto shouted "What a load of tosh"?  Embarrassing.
Probably someone who posts at TOP!   Roll Eyes
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« Reply #5 on: 10:51:03, 04-08-2007 »
I see that Rob G has already found it necessary to furnish an alibi....
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« Reply #6 on: 14:04:00, 04-08-2007 »
Quote from: richard barrett on 10:43:48, 04-08-2007
Quote from: Notoriously Bombastic on 10:30:45, 04-08-2007
And what was with the idiot who in the silence after the (quiet) end of the concerto shouted "What a load of tosh"?  Embarrassing.
Probably someone who posts at TOP!   Roll Eyes

Pace the other thread here, perhaps it is time to prevent "Last Night" ticket-holders attending the other concerts?  I'd wager the Music Police would find assorted hooters and flags at the offender's home if searched Sad
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« Reply #7 on: 14:08:20, 04-08-2007 »
I sat next to a couple last night who turned up shortly before 7:30. I hate to stereotype but he seemed a bit of a 'hooray Henry' and it was obvious that he and his partner had no idea what was on the programme. After the Stravinsky, he borrowed a programme to have a look at what was playing and I gave a little chuckle to myself anticipating his reaction to the Lindberg. I don't think they were impressed as they didn't return after the interval!  Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: 14:16:45, 04-08-2007 »
Quote from: Il Grande Inquisitor on 14:08:20, 04-08-2007
I sat next to a couple last night who turned up shortly before 7:30. I hate to stereotype but he seemed a bit of a 'hooray Henry' and it was obvious that he and his partner had no idea what was on the programme. After the Stravinsky, he borrowed a programme to have a look at what was playing and I gave a little chuckle to myself anticipating his reaction to the Lindberg. I don't think they were impressed as they didn't return after the interval!  Cheesy

However, to be fair, it's not just the 'Ooray 'Enries who are less than impressed with the Lindberg: our own 'Onourable Ozzie (who might be counted as something of a specialist experienced in such matters) is no great fan either...
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« Reply #9 on: 16:01:29, 04-08-2007 »
Quote from: Tony Watson on 00:41:46, 04-08-2007
but I didn't like the distortions (any beginner can make those).

Unlikely defender of Lindberg's recentish work though I may be, I must pipe up here and point out that, while a beginner is likely to make unaccustomed noises when trying to blow through a clarinet, being able to produce some of those sounds to specification, turning on a dime, and with consistency is no simple matter at all.

I've never actually heard the piece in question so there isn't much more I can say about it...
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« Reply #10 on: 11:37:45, 06-08-2007 »
Quote from: Reiner Torheit on 14:04:00, 04-08-2007
Quote from: richard barrett on 10:43:48, 04-08-2007
Quote from: Notoriously Bombastic on 10:30:45, 04-08-2007
And what was with the idiot who in the silence after the (quiet) end of the concerto shouted "What a load of tosh"?  Embarrassing.
Probably someone who posts at TOP!   Roll Eyes

Pace the other thread here, perhaps it is time to prevent "Last Night" ticket-holders attending the other concerts?  I'd wager the Music Police would find assorted hooters and flags at the offender's home if searched Sad

Assuming the reports I've heard are correct (I wasn't there myself) I'd actually think that most unlikely.
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