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Post by julesd68 on May 6, 2020 13:21:06 GMT
Can you believe that having the Proms 2020 televised at an empty Royal Albert Hall is being considered? The whole Proms vibe is all about atmosphere and there will be none. Anyone think it can work?  |
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Post by Slinger on May 6, 2020 13:43:47 GMT
If they maintain social distancing the orchestra will need the seating area as well as the stage, Jules. First fiddle in the royal box, do you think? The percussionist(s) will probably need binoculars (or perhaps opera glasses would be more apt) to see the conductor, and Mahler's 8 th is definitely out of the question, you'd never get the second choir in.  |
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Post by MartinT on May 6, 2020 14:03:58 GMT
It will lose a lot of its appeal but I applaud the attempt at continuity.
Can they make enough money to pay for the orchestras?
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Post by julesd68 on May 6, 2020 14:05:31 GMT
It really doesn't stand a chance. They could do chamber music with four people at opposite corners of the stage or perhaps create a 'Virtual' orchestra ...
Or maybe just knock it on the head for this year and admit defeat.
More seriously though I wonder what the future of concert going will be once the virus has run its course?
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Post by julesd68 on May 6, 2020 14:30:58 GMT
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Post by MartinT on May 6, 2020 17:50:03 GMT
That was really interesting, I managed to listen to half of it.
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Post by julesd68 on May 6, 2020 19:57:22 GMT
It was that interesting? |
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Post by MartinT on May 7, 2020 6:28:33 GMT
...in between video calls!
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 3, 2020 8:20:36 GMT
Here’s the latest update on Proms 2020. < The season comprises six weeks of concerts from previous seasons of the BBC Proms with a final two weeks of live performances from London’s Royal Albert Hall. Details of some performances being streamed exclusively on iPlayer will be announced soon. >www.bbc.co.uk/promsThe live performances certainly look promising.  Each of the BBC Orchestras will perform live at the festival, and in long-standing Proms tradition, the BBC Symphony Orchestra will open and close the series culminating in a Last Night of the Proms. Led by the BBC SO’s Principal Guest Conductor, Dalia Stasevska the 2020 Last Night of the Proms features violinist Lisa Batiashvilli and soprano Golda Schultz.
The rest of the line-up includes
Mitsuko Uchida with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle
Nicola Benedetti and Alina Ibragimova with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
The Aurora Orchestra led by Nicholas Collon
Anoushkar Shankar with electronic artist Gold Panda |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 3, 2020 8:59:36 GMT
The Last Night is going to be a tad quiet!
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 3, 2020 10:35:02 GMT
Indeed!
I hope they make a bit of an effort with the presentation and visuals, to at least give it some sense of occasion.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 4, 2020 7:13:32 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jul 4, 2020 9:06:11 GMT
The government have had little concern for the arts over the decades. It all boils down to whether one of them appreciates the arts or not. I wouldn't look to them to rescue the arts or any other culture as their policy has been non-joined-up for as long as I can remember.
Quite why opera should get such a large cut of lottery funds is beyond me?
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 4, 2020 9:25:38 GMT
By the time the Proms is well under way this year we'll likely be heading deeper into a Coronavirus 2nd wave with widespread "local" lockdowns. The BBC will do well to be able to stick to the current restricted programme of events.
Good luck to them, and I nonetheless fully expect them to achieve a very good outcome. I think it could turn into a major "national event" well beyond the Proms usual audience.
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 6, 2020 15:19:01 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Aug 6, 2020 15:40:59 GMT
The Symphonic Organ appeals and I wonder what Laura Marling will be doing?
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 30, 2020 22:08:15 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 31, 2020 4:41:03 GMT
No, I didn't watch it.
Such a downbeat, laid back first half seems like a totally uninspired and inappropriate choice of programming for any 1st night, let alone one that should surely have been especially seeking fun and excitement.
And the Eroica 2nd half with its admittedly wonderful funeral march?
What were they thinking?
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Post by MartinT on Aug 31, 2020 7:50:41 GMT
Very poor programming.
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 31, 2020 8:23:21 GMT
I guess they were trying to emulate and reflect the lockdown (Quiet City and other less than effusive pieces) and mortality (funeral march) - misguided in my view.
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