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richard barrett
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PRESS RELEASE
Today Roger Wright, newly-appointed director of the Proms, has outlined his vision for the future of this world-famous institution in line with recent changes at Radio 3. From next year onwards the Proms Experience will run continuously for five days, during which a live audience will sit in the Royal Albert Hall listening to recordings of classic Proms performances from the long history of this legendary festival, mixed with request discs spun by DJs Service and Cowan, accompanied by a spectacular laser and video show, and featuring a breakdancing display by Ivan Hewett.
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John W
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« Reply #1 on: 13:34:45, 21-04-2007 » |
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Roger might visit this forum for ideas, I hope he doesn't pick up this one  You forgot to mention the texting and Ringtone compos! |
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Milly Jones
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« Reply #2 on: 13:36:19, 21-04-2007 » |
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PRESS RELEASE
Today Roger Wright, newly-appointed director of the Proms, has outlined his vision for the future of this world-famous institution in line with recent changes at Radio 3. From next year onwards the Proms Experience will run continuously for five days, during which a live audience will sit in the Royal Albert Hall listening to recordings of classic Proms performances from the long history of this legendary festival, mixed with request discs spun by DJs Service and Cowan, accompanied by a spectacular laser and video show, and featuring a breakdancing display by Ivan Hewett.
Will Mr. Roger "Snake-hips" Wright be doing a display as well? He could rap the rest of his plans for the future. Innit. |
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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« Reply #3 on: 13:55:34, 21-04-2007 » |
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Part of the Proms Experience is of course the popular quiz Say It Again, Sara.
(Especially the names of French and German composers can make this quiz quite challenging)
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #4 on: 11:31:28, 25-04-2007 » |
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Dumbing Down - Literally
There's a rumour that Spem in Alium will be performed in silence by 40 specially selected signers.
And another that there may be a performance by the Tourette's Syndrome Male Voice Choir, just possibly their highly unorthodox vocal rendering of Haydn's Surprise Symphony.
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EddieElgar
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« Reply #5 on: 15:28:48, 25-04-2007 » |
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Listening to Radio 3 in the afternoons this week, it's interesting to hear Humphrey Searle's complete symphonies (though I can't say I like them that much). I wonder if Mr Wright will put any of them on at the Proms? We've also had complete symphonies by people like Rubbra, Simpson and Bax in the afternoons over the past few months, so maybe we English music fans have something to look forward to at the Proms at last?
We also had some Lindberg, Webern and Berg this afternoon. Not much dumbing down in that selection.........
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« Reply #6 on: 20:00:56, 25-04-2007 » |
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Good evening Ron, Dumbing Down - Literally
there may be a performance by the Tourette's Syndrome Male Voice Choir, just possibly their highly unorthodox vocal rendering of Haydn's Surprise Symphony.
Have they ever recovered from their appearance on 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' where their performance of 'A, you're adorable' was curtailed before they could complete 'c'? I've just been scanning the listings. The Götterdämmerung looks even more unmissable than the rest of the Proms 'Ring'. I don't like the Michael Ball initiative. I don't know why I approve of Cleo Laine at the Proms but not Michael Ball. Must be an element of snobbery there that needs rooting out of my character. Do my eyes deceive or are there really two Beethoven 9s? |
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Bryn
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« Reply #7 on: 20:11:16, 25-04-2007 » |
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Listening to Radio 3 in the afternoons this week, it's interesting to hear Humphrey Searle's complete symphonies ... This week there is a considerable number of commercial CDs included in Afternoon on 3. Not only the Searle symphonies, but Bowen's violin concerto, and possibly others. So much for Wright's dedication to live music, or even 'live' recordings, of the in house orchestras. Sure these are "specially recorded", (that other buzz phrase) but for commercial release. |
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Reiner Torheit
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« Reply #8 on: 21:22:36, 25-04-2007 » |
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"specially recorded" I wonder how that differs from merely "recorded"? A special Good Morning to all our special listeners from the Special Radio 3. I am the special Sarah Mohr-Pietsch, specially presenting this evening's special Prom from a special sound-studio specially installed at the special Royal Albert Hall. In this evening's special concert, the BBC Special Symphony Orchestra will be specially playing a special program of special music by Britain's special composer Elgar, which he specially composed for a special orchestra. Our special soloist in this special concert will be... |
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"I was, for several months, mutely in love with a coloratura soprano, who seemed to me to have wafted straight from Paradise to the stage of the Odessa Opera-House"
- Leon Trotsky, "My Life"
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« Reply #9 on: 22:02:11, 25-04-2007 » |
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Oh dear, Reiner, you shouldn't have done that. I suppose you weren't to know that, well, you know how it is, words for certain touchy subjects change over the years, at one stage there was handicapped, then there was disabled, then there were all sorts of words I couldn't really keep track of but for quite a while a word in common use in concerned circles in Australia was indeed Special. And I see on googling Special Olympics that it still has some currency. BBC Special Symphony Orchestra Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. The images are not pleasant. Not at all. Certainly not in any way amusing. |
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Martin
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« Reply #10 on: 22:14:46, 25-04-2007 » |
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The term 'Gala' is frequently applied to concerts, especially as in Opera Gala Night or Tchaikovsky Gala, but I've never really understood what significance this appellation has.
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Reiner Torheit
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« Reply #12 on: 23:01:01, 25-04-2007 » |
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I think Gala is Italian for "50% increase in ticket prices for unspecified reasons", isn't it? Nevertheless it is marvellously effective in bringing the public in, second only to "production unsuitable for children" in its usefulness.
Gala Pie is a normal pork pie with a hard-boiled egg in the middle - I wonder if that is somehow related?
School Swimming Galas are events in which all are forced to participate to make-up the numbers needed, and the untrained and unsuitable are paraded in the more freakish events like the Butterfly, or the High Dive. In this respect Swimming Galas strongly resemble their operatic counterparts.
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"I was, for several months, mutely in love with a coloratura soprano, who seemed to me to have wafted straight from Paradise to the stage of the Odessa Opera-House"
- Leon Trotsky, "My Life"
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Bryn
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« Reply #14 on: 23:23:21, 25-04-2007 » |
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The line Another famous user of the slang galah is Alf Stewart from Home and Away who is often heard saying "Flaming galah!" when he is surprised or shocked.worries me greatly - I think this is the first time I've ever seen it written down... it has always sounded blasphemous to me... |
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