The Proms

[GreekTiger18]

Hail! Hail!

[First on the way!]

Julian Ovenden isn't from the opera world. He is an actor and singer. He was the best thing in Marguerite apparently. Didn't see it myself. I thought he was great, especially singing the Soliloquy from Carousel.

[Cheshire Kitteh]

I must say, I have found classical music the least welcoming and accessible of all new genres that I have tried to join. Why can't people say 'well, X isn't my taste, but how wonderful that so many people have enoyed a concert - perhaps some of you will also move on to enoy more music. If you liked X, perhaps you should try Y?' rather than 'oh, how sad that you liked X, I can't stand that rubbish'. Sorry, but we aren't all educated in classical music, we don't all know what's 'good' and what's 'dross' - but how do we learn other than listening to a varied range and seeing what we like and what we don't?

[LondonFalls]

Gosh it's all one big anti-Islamic rally - fancy singing a song about Jerusalem on the anniversary of 9/11.

Disgusting - I'm gonna go behead someone

[David (UK)]

So are you singing?!

[dmd630]

I have just watched Friday nights First Night of The Proms.

Mahler 8th was played wonderfully well, beautifully performed and sung.

Glad I watched it cos its one of my fav Mahler Symphonies.

[K.I.N.Gâ„¢]

My God, these arrangements are just so lush and each and every player perfect. How lovely...

[delaneyy !_!]

Went to the late night Jamie Cullum / Heritage Orchestra prom tonight ... it's on BBC4 on Friday evening. Quite an unusual one ... there's been a "jazz night" in the series quite a few years recently but this was more like a Jamie Cullum concert than a prom, moving/flashing lights and all sorts. He was good though, as was his band and the Heritage Orchestra. I enjoyed it, as did everyone else there it seemed. Way more TV cameras scattered about the place than there usually are for the televised ones, including two guys with wireless cameras roaming about inside the orchestra all the time, so should look good on the box. No doubt some hardcore classical promenaders will be outraged by the fun.

[Love xX]

Oh - well I know nothing, so I'm probably wrong. I just really enjoyed it.