Hoping to be there 4:30ish.  Will try to take myself over to the day queue and see who's who.

Damn it! I forgot about the early start time. Only tuned in at 19:27. I do hope someone kind is recording it and can help me out. I knew I should have left the scheduler set for 18:58 for all the Proms, and simply edit out the first half hour when not required. Damn! Damn! Damn!

Failing the which, Bryn, the Dough Archive would appear to have managed for you...

Please do record tomorrows Prom, Bryn.

Just in case my equipment and timer malfunction in my Bank Holiday absence.

You have kindly offered insurance cover in the past .....

Thankyou, Bryn. Great to meet you at last. Hope the Stravinsky's to your liking....

Evening all!

Just got back home from tonight's prom, my last of the season. There are a few carping noises at the other place, but I was very impressed. This wasn't the boring, bland Bruckner a few had predicted - Haitink kept it flowing and, like Abbado the other night, balanced his forces superbly. The brass never swamped the orchestra, but produced a glorious sound nonetheless. Lovely warm string sound too, but I was particularly taken with the woodwind playing, especially the first flute and oboe. I don't think I've ever noticed the woodwind writing so much in a Bruckner symphony, the glory usually going to the brass. The Adagio was just sublime, thoroughly enjoyed here, despite the best efforts of the woman behind me to unwrap a sweet as painfully slowly as possible... I resorted to the Paddington stare, I'm afraid. Was the sound of an alarm of some sorts heard in this movement on the radio? There appeared to be something going off outside the hall and I could see a few puzzled faces amongst the audience. I thought the finale well paced, with an exciting coda. Quite a week, really!  

IGI,

Where were you?  From row three of the arena, the alarm (which was only audible when the band were dead quiet) sounded like air conditioning gone wrong.  But I do agree - if you listened carefully enough,you could hear it was one of those modern alarms, presumably some place outside the hall.

I agree with everything you said.  A fabbo concert.  The only bit I could possibly be picky about was that the first half of the first movement seemed a little too disjointed.  But I was just blown away by how visceral and committed the playing was, particularly from the inner strings.  It was just such a physical performance.

Tinners bumped into me and eru afterwards, and he mentioned that he wasn't convinced by the last movement (as a work, not as that performance).  Could you elucidate, time?

I grew up on the other edition (Haas?), so hearing this nowak one was new for me, and I liked it a lot!

Tommo