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alywin seems to be knocking at the door: showing as a new member, although there's still some work to be done before membership is granted.
Hope you make it. Looking forward to your first post.
Ron
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« Reply #1 on: 19:00:53, 27-08-2008 » |
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Ah: the alywin has landed.
Welcome!
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« Reply #2 on: 19:03:48, 27-08-2008 » |
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A warm welcome, Alywin. I hope you'll find much to inform and entertain you here!
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« Reply #3 on: 19:13:01, 27-08-2008 » |
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Indeed, alywin.There's a many and varied selection here. Hope you find your niche.
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Stanley Stewart
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« Reply #4 on: 19:13:50, 27-08-2008 » |
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Warmest greetings, alywin! For a few hours, I thought you may be the "Odd Man Out" and emerge as Alwyn.  |
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« Reply #5 on: 13:17:09, 28-08-2008 » |
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Well, 5 welcome messages before I'd even got around to logging in - how could I possibly not respond? Thank you all. Anyway, since it seems I'm supposed to introduce myself, here's what's relevant in a Radio 3 context, I suppose: London-based, relatively keen concertgoer, regular (gallery) Prommer, regularly tearing my hair out at the mess the BBC messageboards are in, so I was delighted when someone posted the link to this board there a few days ago Used to play piano, and started learning clarinet a few years ago, but not playing either at the moment due to lack of opportunity. Musical tastes quite broad, but in terms of classical most of the stuff I like seems to date from the mid-19th to mid-20th century. I don't suppose I shall actually post that much here, because I don't have much time online, but who knows? |
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« Reply #6 on: 13:20:09, 28-08-2008 » |
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What's the advantage of the gallery at the Proms, as a matter of interest?
O and welcome. Nice to meet you.
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« Reply #7 on: 13:23:37, 28-08-2008 » |
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Welcome, alywin! Glad you got your account sorted. |
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« Reply #8 on: 13:40:17, 28-08-2008 » |
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London-based, relatively keen concertgoer, regular (gallery) Prommer, regularly tearing my hair out at the mess the BBC messageboards are in, so I was delighted when someone posted the link to this board there a few days ago Gosh, Morticia was right - I should be on commission... Welcome, alywin. It will be great to have some views on Proms from a regular Gallery-dweller. There are at least five regular Arena-dwellers on this forum (myself included) and lots of more occasional ones, so I'll look forward to hearing how things are from up top |
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« Reply #9 on: 21:48:04, 28-08-2008 » |
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Welcome, alywin, from a long-retired gallery promenader - we're a select and special breed up there, you know ....
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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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« Reply #10 on: 13:33:06, 29-08-2008 » |
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What's the advantage of the gallery at the Proms, as a matter of interest? Well, for a start, the ability to sit down, not having your view blocked by rows and rows of heads in front of you, and generally SPACE! (Plus the exercise of climbing up all those flights of stairs is very good for you  ) |
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« Reply #11 on: 13:39:27, 29-08-2008 » |
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Ta alwin. I must try it some day. Do you have to ask for a different sort of ticket, or will a prom ticket get you into the Arena or the Gallery?
Do they send the crowds up to the Gallery if the Arena reaches capacity? (I would like to know as I hope to get to the Turangalila with Rattle next week, and I imagine he will be a bit of a draw.)
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« Reply #12 on: 13:46:03, 29-08-2008 » |
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Ta alwin. I must try it some day. Do you have to ask for a different sort of ticket, or will a prom ticket get you into the Arena or the Gallery?
Do they send the crowds up to the Gallery if the Arena reaches capacity? (I would like to know as I hope to get to the Turangalila with Rattle next week, and I imagine he will be a bit of a draw.)
They are two separate queues, Don B. Go up the steps to the front of the Arena day queue and keep going round to the next junction, and you'll find the Gallery queue. Tickets are still £5, and yes, they do tell surplus Arena-hopefuls to go to the Gallery instead. I'll be queueing early (on the Arena season ticket side, obviously) for Turangalila |
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« Reply #13 on: 14:25:37, 29-08-2008 » |
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What's the advantage of the gallery at the Proms, as a matter of interest? Well, for a start, the ability to sit down, not having your view blocked by rows and rows of heads in front of you, and generally SPACE! (Plus the exercise of climbing up all those flights of stairs is very good for you ) And if you're standing, you can get a comfy bit of rail to lean on. And the sound is better - generally fuller and better integrated, or so it always seemed to me. |
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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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« Reply #14 on: 15:02:59, 29-08-2008 » |
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Alywin, I'm not sure which Proms you have attended this season, but I would be curious to hear your assessment of sound balance/vocal projection of certain concerts this season as heard from the Gallery. For example, could you hear Katharine Fuge, the soprano soloist in the St John Passion? I was just off-centre in the second row of the Arena, and her voice sounded really, really small. Did it carry? Mark Padmore, in the same concert, didn't sound quite so underpowered, but I have in the past had trouble hearing him from a not very great distance (from halfway back in the Stalls at the Coliseum in Jephtha). And what about something like the Bach Cello Suites, or the King's Singers?
I would imagine that for something big like Turangalila, the gallery is an ideal place to be.
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