Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

On Sep 12, 12:42*pm, Alan wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:26:19 +0200, Martin wrote:
They still are
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/archive/search/faqs.shtml

"Q: What is the Proms Archive?

A: The Proms Archive is a complete list of all Henry Wood Promenade
Concerts from 1895 to the present. The database contains composers,
repertoire, artists, venues, dates and times."

Thanks, Martin, for that. A quick search on Adrian Boult brought back
some happy memories.

--
Alan White
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By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:-http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

Were they allowed to play Elgar this time, or did the Septics make
them play Barber's Adagio for Strings instead, like they did ten years
ago? I stopped watching the Proms after that, there's no place in a
democracy for politicians to dictate concert programmes, that's what
happened in the USSR and Nazi Germany.

Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

In message , Paul D Smith
writes
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Are you supposed to hear the conductor?

I immediately thought of Wimbledon, where you hear the loud grunts of
the tennis players. You might get the same from the conductor during the
more animated musical passages.
--
Ian

Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:29:30 +0100, "Paul D Smith"
wrote:

"Rick" wrote in message
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"Davey" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:41:46 +0100
Bill Wright wrote:

Oh dear what a cock-up!

Bill

Why, what happened?


Conductors radio mic was intermittent, then sound engineer handed him one
that didn't appear to work at all.

Are you supposed to hear the conductor?

Not normally, but during the LNoTP the conductor talks to the audience.

I know there was that Radio 1 quiz
contestant who answered that the orchestra lead played the baton, but really
;-).

Paul DS.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

alexander.keys1 wrote:

Were they allowed to play Elgar this time, or did the Septics make
them play Barber's Adagio for Strings instead, like they did ten years
ago?

Did that actually happen?

Bill

Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

Bill Wright wrote:
alexander.keys1 wrote:

Were they allowed to play Elgar this time, or did the Septics make
them play Barber's Adagio for Strings instead, like they did ten years
ago?

Did that actually happen?

Bill
Ohh, I remember now! I remember it well. It was because of 9/11.

Bill

Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

I have to say I found the Britten arrangement of the National
Anthem quite moving, but what the heck was Susan Bullock doing
with Rule Britannia apart from murder it?

For that matter what happened to the rest of the Sea Songs -
although I must admit I did enjoy the YPGTTO with the script.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

"Woody" wrote in message
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I have to say I found the Britten arrangement of the National Anthem quite
moving, but what the heck was Susan Bullock doing with Rule Britannia apart
from murder it?

Absolutely. She's very much a Wagnerian and I enjoyed that in the earlier
part on BBC2, but much of what she sang later had my teeth on edge.

Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

In article ,
Woody writes:
I have to say I found the Britten arrangement of the National
Anthem quite moving, but what the heck was Susan Bullock doing
with Rule Britannia apart from murder it?

For that matter what happened to the rest of the Sea Songs -
although I must admit I did enjoy the YPGTTO with the script.



They don't include the "Fantasia on British Sea Songs" every year,
more's the pity.
--
John Hall
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
Winston S Churchill (1874-1965)

Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

In article ,
Alan White writes:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:26:19 +0200, Martin wrote:

They still are
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/archive/search/faqs.shtml

"Q: What is the Proms Archive?

A: The Proms Archive is a complete list of all Henry Wood Promenade
Concerts from 1895 to the present. The database contains composers,
repertoire, artists, venues, dates and times."

Thanks, Martin, for that. A quick search on Adrian Boult brought back
some happy memories.


I'm old enough to remember when the conductor for the Last Night was
always Sir Malcolm Sargent. This year's Last Night broadcast included a
fascinating brief bit of archive film from 1946 showing Sargent
conducting "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". He didn't look any
younger then than I remember him looking some twenty years later.
--
John Hall
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
Winston S Churchill (1874-1965)

Last Night of the Proms: 10.36 to 10.41pm
 

"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
Alan White writes:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:26:19 +0200, Martin
wrote:

They still are
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/archive/search/faqs.shtml

"Q: What is the Proms Archive?

A: The Proms Archive is a complete list of all Henry Wood
Promenade
Concerts from 1895 to the present. The database contains
composers,
repertoire, artists, venues, dates and times."

Thanks, Martin, for that. A quick search on Adrian Boult
brought back
some happy memories.


I'm old enough to remember when the conductor for the Last
Night was
always Sir Malcolm Sargent. This year's Last Night broadcast
included a
fascinating brief bit of archive film from 1946 showing Sargent
conducting "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". He didn't
look any
younger then than I remember him looking some twenty years
later.
--


Flash Harry was undoubtedly the greatest - none of this shoving
Rule Britannia up a tone or three so that people could sing it
more easily!

But for my money the two best that I remember were James Loughran
(who ISTR introduced Auld Lang Syne) and Andrew Davis with his
impish sense of humour. If Edward Gardner gets a bit more
personal confidence (his body language of folded arms showed
serious nervousness) and some good humorous scriptwriters I
suspect he will develop into one of the best as well.

I have to say however if you wanted to see someone really having
a good time it had to be Lang Lang. What a performer!!


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com