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Last Night of the Proms on now -

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choosyfloosy · 12/09/2009 19:51

  • just thought I'd post this as I usually forget to watch! Dido and Aeneas in a few minutes when these bozos stop chatting.
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ClaireDeLoon · 12/09/2009 22:02

I only know because I happened to be asked to audit his back catalogue shortly after, had never really heard of his work before that - shame he never got great fame, his partner I think was hoping that interest would be heightened by the proms coverage.

SuperBunny · 12/09/2009 22:04

I have been commenting on the frocks

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choosyfloosy · 12/09/2009 22:05

seem to have lost a post

The 2001 proms - just shows - all i remember is the Barber Adagio, it was so utterly amazing that the rest was blasted out of my head!

Didn't like the Gershwin one bit - too much technique, not much warmth.

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frakkinpannikin · 12/09/2009 22:06

Tippett's music is beautifully intricate, which makes it very interesting to analyse. Such a shame he's not better known but I think he made it onto the A-level syllabus though.

gruber · 12/09/2009 22:09

Some of the orchestra are (whisper it!) not wearing frocks at all... but naff black trousers and tops. What's their logic??

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choosyfloosy · 12/09/2009 22:09

OH HANDEL

20 mins georg friedrich a day keeps the doctor away

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choosyfloosy · 12/09/2009 22:12

Tippett's Spirituals are part of the fabric now though

would love Steal Away at my funeral

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Radio3 · 12/09/2009 22:13

Ahem...

frakkinpannikin · 12/09/2009 22:17

I was just looking at theat Radio3!

I can't choose a single piece that sends shivers down my spine! I can think of several but it's all for different reasons.

The one that would totally get me but isn't at all 'classical' is the theme tune from The Piano.

Back to the Proms...have to say I'm not a Handel fan. I think Fireworks is overdone

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choosyfloosy · 12/09/2009 22:17

yes i've already emailed you [grade 2 viola emoticon]

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PigeonPie · 12/09/2009 22:18

frakkinpannikin I did Tippett's Child of Our Time for A Level, but that was 20 years ago now and they've probably changed the syllabus significantly since then.

It's been a good variety this evening. Loved the Haydn - I've had the CD on my wish list since it came out last year and still no one's bought it for me [sob]

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choosyfloosy · 12/09/2009 22:19

interesting frakkinpannikin, i sent R3 a question about film soundtracks too. I hate all the ones they play on Classic FM but nonetheless i wonder where they fit in music as a whole.

and i sent a long list of spine shiverers, why not!

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frakkinpannikin · 12/09/2009 22:22

Oh golly I've just spotted someone I was at university with singing!

I'm sure I did Concerto for double strings for my A-level. But that may have been first year uni. [memory failing emoticon]

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choosyfloosy · 12/09/2009 22:26

Wow, SC must be great at the opera house - every word as clear as a bell.

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PigeonPie · 12/09/2009 22:28

Doesn't she have the most fantastic voice and yes, isn't she clear - just brilliant.

UmBongo · 12/09/2009 22:35

Just had a luvverly loud singalong to Rule Britannia and Jerusalem! (Good job dh is out and ds is fast asleep!) Good fun.

BettySuarez · 12/09/2009 22:37

me too UmBongo, wonder if they will repeat so that we can do the knee bending?

BettySuarez · 12/09/2009 22:37

here we go!

PigeonPie · 12/09/2009 22:42

Wot no Sea Shanties?

frakkinpannikin · 12/09/2009 22:43

Nope, no sea shanties. I'm also v. disappointed by that!

PigeonPie · 12/09/2009 22:44

boooooo

PigeonPie · 12/09/2009 22:45

Do like David Robertson though

TigersChick · 12/09/2009 22:45

ARRGHHH!!!! Completely forgot about this until about 10 mins ago!!!

Got the rousing finale at least

PigeonPie · 12/09/2009 22:45

'This is a Nation built on tea' was just brilliant

TigersChick · 12/09/2009 22:46

No sea shanties?
I thought that was compulsory!