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Last night of the proms
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 13 Sep 2015 11:00 |
The last verse of the National Anthem is best omitted I think :-0 |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 13 Sep 2015 10:53 |
Rollo..couldn't resist replying to your comment about classical to swing. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 13 Sep 2015 10:35 |
To AnninGlos |
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AnninGlos | Report | 13 Sep 2015 09:56 |
This is what I found from Historic UK site |
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AnninGlos | Report | 13 Sep 2015 09:52 |
I'll do that DC I didn't know that. Have to say though, he had a good voice. |
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DazedConfused | Report | 13 Sep 2015 09:27 |
Oh dear |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 13 Sep 2015 03:02 |
I always enjoy the last night of the Proms because it is fun but I have seen better ones. I thought it was a very bitty programme; too many short pieces. I like to have one or two longer works in the first half and then the traditional fun second half. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 12 Sep 2015 23:20 |
I enjoyed it and had a little weep when You are my hearts delight was sung as it was my mother's favourite ...and I actually saw Richard Tauber in Land of Smiles when I was little.Mum used to take me to a lot of musicals. |
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Wend | Report | 12 Sep 2015 23:08 |
9/10 for me - I had to switch off that modern composer stuff (sorry, can't be more specific, too tired) in the first half. The conductor was fantastic - I listened to her being interviewed on the radio this morning (or was it yesterday, lol) and she started learning to play the piano at age 2, then went on to the violin at age 6. When she went to a concert with her father when she was 9, as she watched the conductor, she turned to her father and told him that is what she would like to do. |
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KathleenBell | Report | 12 Sep 2015 22:59 |
I really enjoyed the night. I, too, only ever watch the last night. The only thing that puzzled me tonight ....and I might be wrong in this....but I'm sure it isn't the 50th anniversary of the Sound of Music film. I know I saw it on holiday with a school friend and her family in Woolacombe in Devon when I was either 14 or 15 (definitely before I left school) and I'm over 65. ??? |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Sep 2015 22:45 |
I suppose they can't please us all, I enjoyed it, I like some classical but not all and only ever watch the last night for that reason. Love to see all the people joining in the singing as well. I do like that conductor too, She is very down to earth. |
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Guinevere | Report | 12 Sep 2015 22:42 |
He was but I don't think the orchestra really could "swing". Not their style in that part. |
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Wend | Report | 12 Sep 2015 22:41 |
I loved it and particularly the 23 yr. old pianist, Benjamin Grosvenor. What a talented young man he is. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Sep 2015 22:37 |
Yes it was unusual but the last night diesn't always stick to classics. Thought that pianist.... benjamin Grosvenor, was very good. |
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Guinevere | Report | 12 Sep 2015 22:34 |
Yes. I'm a bit of a traditionalist. I like The Proms to be classical. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Sep 2015 22:31 |
In what Gwynne? The sound of music? |
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Guinevere | Report | 12 Sep 2015 22:14 |
Bit disappointed, Ann. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Sep 2015 22:12 |
Anyone watching. We have a German singer singing rule Britannia which we found a bit strange.'Britain rules the waves!' Really? Maybe once, not any more! Good sing along though, loved the Sound of Music part. |
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