alywin
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« on: 13:15:56, 08-09-2008 » |
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Just in case anyone hasn't registered it yet, and in keeping with the other weird starting times we've had this season, the Last Night starts at 8 pm rather than 7.30 ...
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BobbyZ
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« Reply #1 on: 22:07:41, 08-09-2008 » |
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There must be a clash with sport on BBC2.
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Dreams, schemes and themes
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Reiner Torheit
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« Reply #2 on: 12:12:37, 09-09-2008 » |
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All those foghorns, whoopee-whistles, etc will take extra time to pass through the Security control. And the face-painters will need a bit more time.
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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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richard barrett
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« Reply #3 on: 12:21:10, 09-09-2008 » |
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All those foghorns, whoopee-whistles, etc will take extra time to pass through the Security control. And the face-painters will need a bit more time.
Security control? You mean it isn't going to be possible to take in smoke bombs and tear gas canisters? I'm not going then. |
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perfect wagnerite
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« Reply #4 on: 12:29:41, 09-09-2008 » |
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All those foghorns, whoopee-whistles, etc will take extra time to pass through the Security control. And the face-painters will need a bit more time.
Security control? You mean it isn't going to be possible to take in smoke bombs and tear gas canisters? I'm not going then. Actually, the real reason for the security is that they've got to smuggle Sir Rog in past the notorious Tweed Gang from TOP http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbradio3/F7497567?thread=5689003&skip=320&show=20#p66983507 |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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Ravensbourne
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« Reply #5 on: 15:37:15, 09-09-2008 » |
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Or maybe it's simply to allow the last episode of Maestro to go out live.
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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #6 on: 21:13:49, 13-09-2008 » |
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I see Ruth has just been interviewed on BBC1!!
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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brassbandmaestro
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« Reply #7 on: 21:35:06, 13-09-2008 » |
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Yes IGI, I saw thta to! I like the Terfel, Grimaud duo
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stuart macrae
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« Reply #8 on: 21:39:53, 13-09-2008 » |
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Blimey, why doesn't Bryn just pick one tempo and stick with it? He must be a nightmare to accompany!
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perfect wagnerite
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« Reply #9 on: 22:25:35, 13-09-2008 » |
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What has happened to Bryn Terfel? I've just happened on his Rule Britannia (the Last Night really isn't my thing) and it was dreadful. He was barking the music, not singing it; there was no resonance, no warmth and the sound seemed totally dried out and all produced in the throat. Is he out of sorts, or is this a voice in real decline?
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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ernani
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« Reply #10 on: 22:30:26, 13-09-2008 » |
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I agree PW. His top notes in the Puccini and Verdi sounded parched and shouty. He definitely sounded out of sorts. I hope it was just a bad night. Otherwise, he might be wise to call it a day as he's frequently hinted.
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Martin
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« Reply #11 on: 22:38:06, 13-09-2008 » |
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What has happened to Bryn Terfel?
I confess that I haven't heard him for ages, but I thought the Falstaff extract was full of character. The other contributions were indeed quite ropey in places, weren't they? |
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Mary Chambers
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« Reply #12 on: 22:45:21, 13-09-2008 » |
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I think it's strange that he once won the Lieder prize in Cardiff, because it seems to me that he is really bad with small, intimate songs. Voice too heavy, phrasing too clumsy, diction not good. Cockles and Mussels in a strong Welsh accent is absurd.
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Descombes
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« Reply #13 on: 06:59:34, 14-09-2008 » |
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I certainly agree that there was far too much Bryn Terfel and that much of his singing was unimpressive. My Proms Prospectus led me to expect Britten's Foggy, Foggy Dew, but it was replaced by more VW. Does anyone know the reason? Too smutty for a family audience? Actually I expect Bryn would have gone over-the-top with the suggestiveness; we would have had silly faces to help us catch on to the story. Come back, Pears!
Did the mainstream audience realise there was going to be no Wood Sea Songs? (Apart from interminable brass fanfares)? Was there an outcry? Can we expect them to be dropped permanently?
One technical question. I cannot take BBC television presentation (Is anything worse than Hazelwood? Yes, Anderson!), so I listened to R3 and occasionally looked at the TV without sound. I knew there would be a delay on Sky, so watched on analogue. Years ago there were simultaneous broadcasts where R3 stereo sound and BBC2 pictures were synchronised. Why was that not possible last night? There was a slight delay on television; not enough to distract in the orchestral stuff, but enough to make Bryn T's singing look even more silly. Do radio signals travel more quickly than television ones? (I was listening on FM, of course.)
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Mary Chambers
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« Reply #14 on: 07:35:25, 14-09-2008 » |
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I certainly agree that there was far too much Bryn Terfel and that much of his singing was unimpressive. My Proms Prospectus led me to expect Britten's Foggy, Foggy Dew, but it was replaced by more VW. Does anyone know the reason? Too smutty for a family audience? Actually I expect Bryn would have gone over-the-top with the suggestiveness; we would have had silly faces to help us catch on to the story.
Thank goodness he didn't sing The Foggy Foggy Dew. It would have been just as you describe. Come back, Pears!
Hear, hear! |
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