tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post4303479215575351709..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Having a ball at the 2007 BBC PromsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-46450401348579860972007-04-26T10:32:00.000+01:002007-04-26T10:32:00.000+01:00I've nothing against either of these concerts, eve...I've nothing against either of these concerts, even though they're not my thing. It's certainly not unprecedented to have concerts of film music or show tunes at the Proms. I'm more surprised that people don't seem to have picked up on the fact that they've programmed Beethoven 9 twice, which really does seem to be a colossal waste of time and a failure of imagination.petemaskreplicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036868898583976333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-7466356815977986462007-04-25T21:03:00.000+01:002007-04-25T21:03:00.000+01:00I don't see much wrong with those two concerts. I ...I don't see much wrong with those two concerts. I take it that you are concerned that the administrators are dumbing down the festival. <BR/><BR/>I'll confess that if I was in London this summer, I wouldn't even consider going to those concerts--being lured by more enticing programs. <BR/>I'll be stuck in a cultural backwater of Florida though ;-)Kyle Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650247755477900021noreply@blogger.com