A Grand, Grand Overture - Last Night of the Proms 09
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Uploaded by RupertJones on Sep 13, 2009
A Grand, Grand Overture, composed by Malcolm Arnold, commissioned for Gerard Hoffnung has its premiere performance at the Last Night of the Proms
Jiří Bělohlávek, Goldie, Jennifer Pike - vacuum cleaners
Sir David Attenborough - floor polisher
Rory Bremner, Stephen Hough, Martha Kearney,
Chi-chi Nwanoku - rifles
Each of tonights soloists has been associated with this years BBC Proms, either as a performer or broadcaster. BBC SO's David Robertson conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus during Last Night of the Proms '09, inside the Royal Albert Hall.
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Malcolm Arnold is one of the great musical geniuses of 20th music, no matter what the classical music snobs may say.
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Three vacuum cleaners, four rifles, and a floor polisher.
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If Beethoven saw this and the vacuum cleaners he'd probably throw them out the window cos he was quite violent wasn't he even for a few flat notes.
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@ant501UK OOPS! Sorry I got that wrong, the soloist and conductor I just named did "The Piano Concerto to end all Piano Concertos", another piece in the concert that night in 1956. The Grand Grand Overture was conducted by the composer, Malcolm Arnold.
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@physphilmusic Correct! Contrary to the headline above, this piece was premiered on 13 November 1956 as part of the "Hoffnung Music Festival Concert" at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The piano soloist was Yvonne Arnaud and Norman del Mar conducted the Morley College Symphony Orchestra. I still have the boxed set of vinyl LPs (EMI SLS 870) containing this and two later concerts in the same vein.
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@pinkvespa95 YES :)))
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The description isn't accurate - Stephen hough was on vacuum cleaner and Goldie was on rifle
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Was this at the Royal Alber Hall?
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Beat that, John Cage! ;)
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@pljms Well said !!!
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Wish I knew how to play the vacuum cleaner
Robotman42 2 years ago 51
Of course, behind all the high-jinx and musical jokes it's easy to overlook the fact that this a marvellous work wonderfully orchestrated.
pljms 2 years ago 36