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Three Proms

Posted on September 10, 2015 by vhk10

Between us we went to three Promenade concerts. Firstly Prom 9 – the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Leif Ove Andsnes conducting and playing Beethoven’s 1st and 4th piano conceros and Stravinsky’s Apollon Musagète, which went down well with those in … Continue reading →

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LPs: batch 17 – carols and folk poetry

Posted on May 21, 2010 by vhk10

Half of this batch was the rest of the 9-CD Arrau/Chopin box. After the great wodge of Chopin I moved on to Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (as he then was) playing Beethoven’s third piano concerto with Colin Davis and the BBC … Continue reading →

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Prom 45

Posted on August 22, 2007 by vhk10

I went with my daughter to this Prom (BBCSO conducted by Knussen) and I think we chose well. We enjoyed Schoenberg’s Five Orchestral Pieces the most. I don’t know these as well as I should; they’re a bit less in-your-face … Continue reading →

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Proms 30 and 33

Posted on August 6, 2005 by vhk10

On Thursday my husband and daughter went to Prom 30 (Gothenburg SO, Dudamel, Von Otter). This was my daughter’s first so she probably now thinks that they all begin with an hour of sorting out feedback noise. It was worth … Continue reading →

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