tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post114625874086605890..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Vaughan Williams, chauvinism & John AdamsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146725317237533252006-05-04T07:48:00.000+01:002006-05-04T07:48:00.000+01:00Strikes me that no one should give Lebrecht the ox...Strikes me that no one should give Lebrecht the oxygen of attention. If everybody ignored him he might shut up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146562160799499722006-05-02T10:29:00.000+01:002006-05-02T10:29:00.000+01:00I'm glad to see that (in prom 13) Bliss' Colour Sy...I'm glad to see that (in prom 13) Bliss' <I>Colour Symphony</I> is being played - firstly, because I love it and think it deserves a wider audience, and secondly, a snippet of it is used (and has been used for a while) in Proms adverts and on the opening titles of concerts broadcast on BBC TV. <BR/><BR/>Ditto all the other worthy British composers - I'd have loved to hear some Foulds from the CBSO at the proms.<BR/><BR/>I totally agree that Arnold should be included somewhere. I can only assume that conductors who want to play his music are dissuaded from doing so by external influences, or don't get invited to the Proms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146521945414465082006-05-01T23:19:00.000+01:002006-05-01T23:19:00.000+01:00oops I overlooked prom 13..sorry.oops I overlooked prom 13..sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146521783751349302006-05-01T23:16:00.000+01:002006-05-01T23:16:00.000+01:00A model example, in my view, of good proms program...A model example, in my view, of good proms programming is prom 34 that beautifully balances the Modern with the classics of French Music with excellent conductor,orchestra and soloist.<BR/>Why isn't there a similar prom of all English Music?<BR/>Also I love VW's 9th symphony..ok it isn't the 5th, but its pretty bloody good!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146512214905208032006-05-01T20:36:00.000+01:002006-05-01T20:36:00.000+01:00Thanks Simon, and your comment brings back another...Thanks Simon, and your comment brings back another memory.<BR/><BR/>A stunning VW 5, appropriately at the Proms in 1972, with Previn conducting the LSO in their honeymoon period. It was a hot, humid night, and thunder rolled around outside, and electricity rolled around inside the poorly ventilated Albert Hall - unforgettable! <BR/><BR/>And I totally agree about the lack of Arnold, and other important English composers, in the 2006 Proms.<BR/><BR/>It's a subject I cannot let pass, and I'll be returning to it on Wednesday.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146505778597207282006-05-01T18:49:00.000+01:002006-05-01T18:49:00.000+01:00The comment above is a gem.Definitely counts as a ...The comment above is a gem.<BR/><BR/>Definitely counts as a cycle, I've forwarded it to Norman Lebrecht.<BR/><BR/>And it brings back some memories. I actually heard the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México playing in Mexico City back in the mid 1970's when I was working there for EMI.<BR/><BR/>The orchestra was fine, but the weekends spent in the exquisite baroque town of Taxco were even finer. <BR/><BR/>Now - any more VW cycles from unlikely venues?Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146493210167671482006-05-01T15:20:00.000+01:002006-05-01T15:20:00.000+01:00Depending on your definition of "cycle," you may u...Depending on your definition of "cycle," you may understandably be overlooking one from an unlikely source. Conductor Enrique Arturo Diemecke told me a few years ago that he had conducted his Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México in all the Vaughan Williams symphonies over the course of a single season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com