[Glice]

Those of you with ears (and I know most of you have ears) have probably already heard that they've announced the 2009 proms season again. ASTONISHINGLY there's been no thread to celebrate this fact.

Here'sthe line-up. It seems to be getting increasingly conservative year-on-year, which isn't too impressive. But then again, they do have to get their money back somewhere along the lines. So, uh... yeah.

The things that interest me:

Mahler 9 (can't go wrong with late Mahler)
Saint-Saen's 3rd
Prom 10 (that's a brilliantly put together programme)
Prom 31- Don't know Resphigi, but I like the Tchiakovsky/ Lutoslawski bit.
Philip Glass played by Kremer (I'm not Glass' biggest fan, but Kremer is amazing).
There's an Indian prom on 16/8 which might be interesting.
Barenboim doing Berlioz/ Wagner
The one I'll most likely make it to - Gergiev doing Schnittke's Nagasaki and Shoster's 8 (yes!). You really can't trust anyone but the Russians to do wrist-slittingly bleak pieces, you really can't.
Prom 63 Xenakis! Rachmaninov. Shosters 9!
Prom 65 Oh, this is the shitting concert. Also sprach Zarathustra, Atmospheres, songs for dead children... can't be beat.

Actually, that doesn't look too bad to me. There's always something to listen to, innit?

[floatingslowly]

although I recognize individual words, I have no idea what the hell yr going on about; then again, I chose not to go to my senior prom. did I do it wrong?


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after giving it a third read, I'm not so sure that I would be interested in a concert involving shitting. will there be germans then?

[Glice]

Prom is short for promenade. As in walking. You walk to watch a concert. You sit, you go "fucking hell. This is better than all that rot that's cacking up my ears/ ability to speak properly". You leave the concert, back to your horrible world of music that's cacking up your ears/ ability to speak properly, and feel a little bit sad about it all.

[Glice]

Or to reply to your other point: yes, I've constructed better posts, but I quite like its dribbling nonsensicality.

[floatingslowly]

it's not you; it's me.

and thanks for clearing that up. I don't believe that we have anything like that here, and if we do, it's most likely not worth walking to. and by we, I mean, oklahoma.

[Glice]

It's fine. No-one's judging you.

[floatingslowly]

or so you say...

ok. despite my grand-intentions for this sub-forum, I don't plan to ruin this thread any more than I've done already.

carry on.

[Lurker]

It's called the proms because there are people standing.

I'm excited about it too. Sadly I have no tv but the radio will do fine. And I know what you mean about hearing P R O P E R music and thinking that I'll never listen to all this shit I used to listen to again. I still keep going back to the old shit though, but for a shorter period each time.

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[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by Lurker

It's called the proms because there are people standing.

Originally Posted by Glice

Prom is short for promenade. As in walking.

gentlemen, I do believe that this warrants a duel (to first blood).

shall it be fisticuffs, or may we bend that bit about matched weapons and let you use yr mind instead?

[blunderbuss]

I always want to go to the Proms, but my lack of knowledge of classical music means that I never do.

Bang on a Can did one a few years ago, and I had a ticket to go to that but it started quite late and I fell asleep at home.

So, an open request to Fugazifan (who seems to know his arias from his elbow): What prom should I attend?

[Lurker]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

gentlemen, I do believe that this warrants a duel (to first blood).

shall it be fisticuffs, or may we bend that bit about matched weapons and let you use yr mind instead?

He's right about prom meaning walking about but it's not because they walk there. Then again maybe some go all out and walk there.

[Tokolosh]

Gergiev is the man. I've been to quite a few Russian pieces he's conducted when he was still with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

Shostakovich's 9th isn't one of my favs, but always worthwhile. Really enjoy listening to his string Quartets too.

Some of those proms are definitely worth it.

[Florya]

Originally Posted by Lurker

He's right about prom meaning walking about but it's not because they walk there. Then again maybe some go all out and walk there.

You probably have to walk at least some of the way. Like from the cab to the entrance or summink.
Unless of course you have a sedan chair that could be carried the whole way into the auditiorium.

As for the Proms being PROPER music? Hmm - not so sure.

[Glice]

Originally Posted by blunderbuss

So, an open request to Fugazifan (who seems to know his arias from his elbow): What prom should I attend?

I bloody well go to the effort of picking out the best proms to attend and you ask someone else to tell you which ones to go to? What a bender. GO TO SCHNITTKE/ SHOSTERS. Do it now (in a few months, when it's on).

[Glice]

So I was surprised to find myself enjoying the Finzi the other day, and the Takemitsu etc was pretty good last night. There's an organ recital on in a bit, but I shan't be staying in for Elgar, no sir.

[Glice]

I was cooking during the Hosakawa last night, so I re-listened today. Possibly the best thing I've heard on the radio this year. It is here. I know none of you care, but you should, because it's very special indeed (ignore the guff at the start).

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

it's not you; it's me.

and thanks for clearing that up. I don't believe that we have anything like that here, and if we do, it's most likely not worth walking to. and by we, I mean, oklahoma.

Originally Posted by Glice

It's fine. No-one's judging you.

no-one except Bernard Haitink

 

Inger Dam-Jensen

 

and of course

 

j/k

[fugazifan]

i might be going to the one where they play stravinsky and beethovens 9th.
it depends thoguh cause its the last night that ill be in london, and i might prefer a daytrip to bath or cambridge

[Glice]

Bath is full of wankers; Cambridge is full of twats; London is plagued by cunts. You decide.

But more seriously, Bath is shit. I would recommend the Ashmolean in Oxford over the Roman Baths (except it's closed at the moment). However, if you are coming to Bath, let me know and I'll nip over for a pint.