It seems a bit quiet round here... I wonder if anyone has been listening  
to the Halle/BBC Phil Shostakovich cycle, either live or on the radio? Any  
opinions?

I went to see the BBC Philharmonic last night under Vassily Sinaisky and  
they did a wonderful job of the Shostakovich 8th symphony - very much  
worth listening to when it's broadcast. It was one of those occasions  
where all you can say is - it felt like I was hearing the work for the  
first time. It was very stark and bold and helped by some magificent  
playing, especially from the brass section.

Euan

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In news:op.s32762ab4mbquy@eubie.vispa.com,
Euan Bayliss  typed:
> It seems a bit quiet round here... I wonder if anyone has been
> listening to the Halle/BBC Phil Shostakovich cycle, either live or on
> the radio? Any opinions?
>
> I went to see the BBC Philharmonic last night under Vassily Sinaisky
> and they did a wonderful job of the Shostakovich 8th symphony - very
> much worth listening to when it's broadcast. It was one of those
> occasions where all you can say is - it felt like I was hearing the
> work for the first time. It was very stark and bold and helped by
> some magificent playing, especially from the brass section.
>
> Euan

Similarly the Shostakovich 5th last Saturday in Leeds Town Hall was 
absolutely brilliant - electric even - with Gianandrea Noseda conducting the 
BBC Phil.  However, I'm afraid that concert may never see the light of day 
on Radio 3 - the Barber violin concerto had police siren accompaniment at 
one point, and the microphones could hardly fail to pick up Noseda's vocal 
contribution to the Shostakovich, let alone the podium resounding to his 
jumping and stamping!
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Don

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:44:34 -0000, DGB <me@ntlworld.invalid> wrote:

> In news:op.s32762ab4mbquy@eubie.vispa.com,
> Euan Bayliss  typed:
>> It seems a bit quiet round here... I wonder if anyone has been
>> listening to the Halle/BBC Phil Shostakovich cycle, either live or on
>> the radio? Any opinions?
>>
>> I went to see the BBC Philharmonic last night under Vassily Sinaisky
>> and they did a wonderful job of the Shostakovich 8th symphony - very
>> much worth listening to when it's broadcast. It was one of those
>> occasions where all you can say is - it felt like I was hearing the
>> work for the first time. It was very stark and bold and helped by
>> some magificent playing, especially from the brass section.
>>
>> Euan
>
> Similarly the Shostakovich 5th last Saturday in Leeds Town Hall was
> absolutely brilliant - electric even - with Gianandrea Noseda conducting  
> the
> BBC Phil.  However, I'm afraid that concert may never see the light of  
> day
> on Radio 3 - the Barber violin concerto had police siren accompaniment at
> one point, and the microphones could hardly fail to pick up Noseda's  
> vocal
> contribution to the Shostakovich, let alone the podium resounding to his
> jumping and stamping!

There was a bit of jumping around from Vassily Sinaisky too, listen out  
for that tomorrow evening! But it was great to watch him, so I'll forgive  
a bit of stomping.

Euan

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