Omen II 1,235 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 The 2014 season of the BBC Proms was announced today. Details of the concerts are here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/promsThere is arguably less for film music fans to get excited about than in some previous years, although John Williams's Summon the Heroes will be played in one of the early concerts devoted to sport. The excellent John Wilson Orchestra also returns with a concert performance of Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate.I wish the organisers would be a little more adventurous when considering film music selections. Yet again William Walton's Henry V will be played (by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, no less) and damn fine score though it is, it seems compulsory for either that or the main title from Star Wars to be included as a concession to film music fans.Film music aside, there are plenty of other great concerts to look forward to, so browse away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 One of these years I will be planning a trip to England/Ireland, based around Proms time, so I can catch some of these concerts. That's probably a couple of years away, though. I have some other travel plans in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 The renowned Metropole Orkest, famous for its brass will be the first non English orchestra to perform an evening concert at the proms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Last year we got a fairly similar selection though the Independence Day end titles and the "Harrison Suite" from Into Darkness was surprisingly good. Found the rendition of the Battle of Britain March by Walton quite stirring, but then that's its point I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 England expects, Strangways....England expects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 England expects, Strangways....England expects.Abso-lutely.Last Night of the Proms is the best for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Had an absolute blast at the 2012 Proms. I was there for the last week or so and essentially did nothing else but commute to and from the RAH. The rest of London could wait.It really is one of the most stirring experiences out there, whether or not you're a Brit. There's an incredible feeling of community and energy at every single concert. Sir Hilary Bray and Omen II 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Might go this year, which would be the first time in 4 years. Will avoid the Last Night as always, which is just tame patriotic bollox.#Farewell to this land's cheerless marchesHemmed in like a boar between arches # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Rejoice Sharks, it's about the one time we do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Watching the latest Bond is my equivalent for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Well, close enough I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 A reminder that tickets for the 2014 Proms season went on sale this morning at 9 a.m. Three of the concerts have already sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Meh. There's stuff going on every day. What do the Proms add to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 Meh. There's stuff going on every day. What do the Proms add to that?Er......more stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 What do the Proms add to that?It costs just a fiver to stand in the arena-- cheaper than your average pack of fags. Incredible value for money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Meh. There's stuff going on every day. What do the Proms add to that?-_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 What do the Proms add to that?It costs just a fiver to stand in the arena-- cheaper than your average pack of fags. Incredible value for money.I like the utter Englishness of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 As do I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 Here is an audio clip (and I am not sure if you can hear it where dragons be) of John Williams's Summon the Heroes from the BBC Sport Prom. The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by Rebecca Miller.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p023g355 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Really boring selection this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 A movie proms should be compulsory by now. Ah well, looks like I'll just be watching the Last Night this year then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I feel a bit let down with the lack of representation of this year's Proms on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 I feel a bit let down with the lack of representation of this year's Proms on YouTube. Only two of the concerts have been broadcast on TV in the UK so far, although many more are planned. Someone usually uploads the more popular concerts to YouTube after a while, but I think the BBC is quite strict about having them removed. On the one hand it's a shame that more people overseas cannot experience great music making, but on the other hand I am conscious that we have to pay a TV licence fee in the UK to watch BBC programmes and having them on YouTube might be construed by some as being unfair.I went to Prom 5 last Monday, the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra conducted by David Zinman, and the whole concert was on TV on Friday. One of the highlights was Julia Fischer playing Dvorak's violin concerto; I am not sure if you are able to see this clip, Nightscape, but if not I hope others in the UK may enjoy the performance:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p022v655/bbc-proms-proms-extra-dvorak-concerto-for-violin-in-a-minorIf this ends up on YouTube I for one will not be complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I watched the excellent Chinese Phil perform Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet earlier. It was a stunning performance and sounded amazing on my system. Still one of my most favourite of finales. The harp, the strings and that baseline on the cellos - it reminds me of Horner, but then the trumpets blasts right at the end are unmistakable and quintessential Tchaikovsky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I am not sure if you are able to see this clip, Nightscape, but if not I hope others in the UK may enjoy the performance:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p022v655/bbc-proms-proms-extra-dvorak-concerto-for-violin-in-a-minorUK only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 I am not sure if you are able to see this clip, Nightscape, but if not I hope others in the UK may enjoy the performance:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p022v655/bbc-proms-proms-extra-dvorak-concerto-for-violin-in-a-minorUK only What is this, the Dark Ages?! Fear not, however, for it seems as though the BBC Radio 3 YouTube channel has taken pity on those in the colonies:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0nrPvbIVUc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Did anyone hear "The Man From The Future" on Radio 3, last Thursday? Classic PSB. Darling, they were wonderful, they really were quite good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 What is this, the Dark Ages?! Fear not, however, for it seems as though the BBC Radio 3 YouTube channel has taken pity on those in the colonies:Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 A couple of videos of the China Philharmonic Orchestra's recent concert have been uploaded to YouTube on the BBC Radio 3 channel. Here the orchestra plays Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (the Ravel orchestrated version):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZe1j1ybGEg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 I recommend to anyone in the UK the TV broadcast of Prom 19, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, to be shown this evening at 19.00. It opens with Richard Strauss's rarely heard Festival Prelude, which reminds me in parts of Franz Waxman's music to Prince Valiant. There is also Strauss's beautiful Four Last Songs and Deutsche Motette.The second half is Elgar's second symphony, the second movement of which is guaranteed to cause the stiff upper lip of any Englishman to start trembling. I was not too familiar with it, to my shame, but I have not been able to get that second movement out of my head since hearing it on Thursday.EDIT: Now up on YouTube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGwsY0FlR2c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xuBLAjqLY0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 If you watch only two videos this weekend, make sure they are Mutant Giant Spider Dog and this. Barenboim is so gangsta in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Bloody thing caused me to have to stay up late to watch Match of the Day Only joking, the bits I saw were great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Always enjoy Last Night though seems some in the crowd were a bit OTT in their noise-making. Still, I guess being last night it shouldn't matter. Love the rendition of the National Anthem, the start when I first heard that version in 2012 was spinetingling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I got home late from work, on Saturday, so I listened to EW+F in Hyde park, and then switched to R3 for the "Mary Poppins" singalong. Several doses of insulin later, I caught all the "And Did Those Feet" stuff. Stirring!Bloody thing caused me to have to stay up late to watch Match of the Day Only joking, the bits I saw were great Watch "MOTD" at 7:30 on Sunday Morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I got home late from work, on Saturday, so I listened to EW+F in Hyde park, and then switched to R3 for the "Mary Poppins" singalong. Several doses of insulin later, I caught all the "And Did Those Feet" stuff. Stirring!Bloody thing caused me to have to stay up late to watch Match of the Day Only joking, the bits I saw were great Watch "MOTD" at 7:30 on Sunday Morning.There's a 7:30 in the morning on a Sunday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 there used to be a 5.30 in the morning on a Sunday, back in 2011 anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yeeeesh. Well I certainly don't plan on finding out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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