Last Night of the Proms
Posted by: Mike-B on 13 September 2009
I guess many of you listened & saw the Last Night.
The TV sound was (again) below par. Last Night to me is always a must watch TV spectacular more than a listen. But it's very annoying (impossible) to listen with hopefully better sound from Radio and watch TV when the sound & vision are out of sync because of digital TV delay. So Naim powered TV was the only way.
SHAME on whoever was responsible for leaving out the Henry Wood "Sea Songs". Yes the fireworks theme was very good, but why should that have to be added at the expense many peoples favorite traditional Last Night item. It seems the rigidity of the time table is more important than music to the BBC
Sarah Connolly was both good and bad; very moving rendition of Mahler, but not sure about the Gershwin stuff (who knows an opera singer who can move with natural comfort to big band & jazz)
Not at all sure about the naval costume for "Rule, Britannia", hint of fem cross dressing drag ??? hmm.
Definitely not sure about her OTT vocals, yes agreed this piece can take embellishments, especially on the last Night, but it was OTT (IMO) and she missed a few notes and phasing in the process.
But unforgivable and a hanging offence; when she drew her sword to wave the Union Flag, it was UPSIDE DOWN.
Are the Beeb trying to get too clever with linking in all the parks stuff, would it not be better to spend on quality rather than spectacle?
The TV sound was (again) below par. Last Night to me is always a must watch TV spectacular more than a listen. But it's very annoying (impossible) to listen with hopefully better sound from Radio and watch TV when the sound & vision are out of sync because of digital TV delay. So Naim powered TV was the only way.
SHAME on whoever was responsible for leaving out the Henry Wood "Sea Songs". Yes the fireworks theme was very good, but why should that have to be added at the expense many peoples favorite traditional Last Night item. It seems the rigidity of the time table is more important than music to the BBC
Sarah Connolly was both good and bad; very moving rendition of Mahler, but not sure about the Gershwin stuff (who knows an opera singer who can move with natural comfort to big band & jazz)
Not at all sure about the naval costume for "Rule, Britannia", hint of fem cross dressing drag ??? hmm.
Definitely not sure about her OTT vocals, yes agreed this piece can take embellishments, especially on the last Night, but it was OTT (IMO) and she missed a few notes and phasing in the process.
But unforgivable and a hanging offence; when she drew her sword to wave the Union Flag, it was UPSIDE DOWN.
Are the Beeb trying to get too clever with linking in all the parks stuff, would it not be better to spend on quality rather than spectacle?