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Post by patricklondon on Nov 3, 2011 8:13:07 GMT
To mark the start of a new series of programmes about the symphony, the BBC arranged for a pop-up performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony at St Pancras station yesterday. Wish I'd been there - it must have been some welcome for the people arriving on Eurostar (perhaps not so much if you were trying to get through concourse in a hurry!). By the way, I believe the radio broadcasts of the series on the internet will be available to people outside the UK, even if the TV programmes aren't. www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio3/2011/11/a-pop-up-symphony--beethoven-at-st-pancras.shtml |
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Post by lola on Nov 3, 2011 18:06:18 GMT
I wish they'd been there the time we missed the train for Chesterfield and had to wait around for the next one. I'll bet the acoustics are interesting. Fun, Patrick. Thanks.
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Post by lola on Nov 3, 2011 18:09:58 GMT
Wait. That has to be St. Louis MO USA's own darling conductor David Robertson. I'm hoping to see him in a couple of weeks.
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Post by lola on Nov 4, 2011 15:35:16 GMT
So I've watched that about 7 times now, and boy does it make me want to visit London.
Robertson tends to conduct either the new cerebral highbrow stuff or the All-John-Williams kind here in St. Louis. We'll be hearing him conduct an all Spanish music program later this month, more up our middlebrow alley.
Yes, thank you, Patrick. I can listen to BBC radio via that link.
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Post by patricklondon on Nov 4, 2011 16:21:09 GMT
David Robertson has conducted for the BBC Symphony on a number of occasions that I'm aware of. He did the Last Night of the Proms a couple of years ago, which is quite something - there are some clips on Youtube.
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