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    Highlights so far

    Has anyone got any thoughts on highlights of the Proms so far.Obviously this will more than likely change as the season progresses.

    Maybe limiting it to a top 3 mine would be -

    Brian / Gothic Symphony
    Janacek / Glagolitic Mass
    Elgar / Violin Concerto

    #2
    The Rite of Spring and the Elgar Violin concerto

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      #3
      Well, I find it impossible to listen to every Prom, but so far

      Prom 6: Brahms and Stravinsky: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung. The Capuchon Bros in the Brahms Double Conc were (to me) amazing and the Rite was one of the best I've heard.

      Friday's televised Mahler 2 obviously - followed by Nigel Kennedy!

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        #4
        Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
        Has anyone got any thoughts on highlights of the Proms so far.Obviously this will more than likely change as the season progresses.

        Maybe limiting it to a top 3 mine would be -

        Brian / Gothic Symphony
        Janacek / Glagolitic Mass
        Elgar / Violin Concerto
        Glagolitic Mass - yes, above all because it gave us a chance to hear a new version of Janacek's original thoughts - so that was fascinating.
        Romeo & Juliet as played by the NYO last night - I found it extraordinarily moving (and the Britten was wonderful too).
        Mahler 2 - reservations aside, it was extraordinary.
        Verdi Requiem conducted by Bychkov.

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          #5
          Orchestral top 3 and no particular order

          LSO - Gergiev (Prokofiev & Dutilleux)
          Royal Stockholm (Sibelius Grieg & Nielsen)
          Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester


          Choral
          William Tell - Pappano & St Cecilia Rome
          BBCP Noseda Rachmaninov (The bells etc)
          BBCSO Britten concert


          most disappointing concerts
          Mahler 2 Simon Bolivar ( over hyped rubbish)
          Verdi Requiem ( look good on paper - sadly wasn't performed on paper)

          noble failure
          Gothic No1 (well i have seen it - at that is something to tell the grandchildren)

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            #6
            My own highlights so far (I'm close to a week behind on iPlayer by now) include:

            -Sally Beamish's / "Reed Stanzas" (PCM 2)
            -Alexander Nevsky (Prom 21)
            -The late night Steve Reich prom (Prom 36)
            -The Shostakovich Violin Concerto (Prom 44)
            -The Brahms Proms with Haitink.
            Last edited by Guest; 27-08-11, 08:33. Reason: spellink

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              #7
              Top orchestral

              LSO - Gergiev (Prokofiev & Dutilleux)

              Top choral

              Elijah


              most disappointing concerts
              Mahler 2 Simon Bolivar ( over hyped rubbish)
              Verdi Requiem ( look good on paper - sadly wasn't performed on paper)

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                #8
                Best concert: Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester, especially the Tchaik 4
                Proxime accessit: Elijah

                Worst disappointment: Gothic Symphony, which was great for the first 15 minutes and then got unbearably tedious (not the fault of the performers, I hasten to add)

                Most sorry I missed it: Steve Reich

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                  #9
                  IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
                  Orchestral:
                  PROM 8 Dvorak/Smetana BBCSO/Belohlavek
                  PROM 44 Shostakovich/Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen
                  PROM 49 Brahms Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Ax/Haitink
                  PROM 54 Stravinsky/Ravel/Tchaikovsky Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester/Sir Colin Davis
                  PROM 56 Strauss/ Mahler BBCSO/Bychkov
                  PROM 60 Mozart/Bruckner Nederlands Radio Philharmonic/Jaap van Zweden

                  Choral
                  PROM 1 JanaceK Glagolitic, BBCSO/Belohlavek
                  PROM 13 Verdi Requiem BBCSO Bychkov
                  PROM 22 Rachmaninov Mariinsky Chorus, BBCPO/ Noseda
                  PROM 50 Britten/Matthews/MOZART Polyphony, CoLS/Layton

                  Opera
                  PROM 2 Rossini/William Tell/O & C Academia Santa Cecilia, Rome/Pappano

                  Biggest disappointment
                  PROM 32 Tchaikovsky/Swan Lake O Mariinsky Theatre/Gergiev

                  Overall, I think it has been a splendid Proms Season with very high standards set. At risk of confounding my assertion that these concerts are in no particular order of merit I have to say that PROM 44 with the Philharmonia must be the finest orchestral playing I have ever heard since I began listening in 1961. That includes the big name American and European orchestras. The Philharmonia did Britain proud.

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