NormanH Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I enjoyed this:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b086kfbb/west-side-stories-the-making-of-a-classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 I caught about the last 5 seconds of that programme and can't get iplayer.But I do like Bernstein's music in this film and, years ago, I saw something about this musical with Bernstein himself and with te Kanawa and José Carreras singing like angels.On the whole, all of the Christmas period has yielded an appalling scarcity of music programmes and I seem to remember decades of concerts, operas and ballets in the past or is my memory playing tricks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 This useful post recently happened."Minty.Check your PMs!!Big Smile [:D]"Is this thread past its sell by date. Like the other thread one can't use it as a reference as it is so disjointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 This useful post recently happened."Minty.Check your PMs!!Big Smile [:D]"Is this thread past its sell by date. Like the other thread one can't use it as a reference as it is so disjointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 richard, over 134 thousand viewings and still counting.............so we are all wrong then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 [quote user="mint"]Sorry, Gluey, OK, all read! I know about that link you provided; have a very wealthy American friend who has put in megabucks.[/quote]So what's the answer?? [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 From the perspective of someone wishing to get information from this site it is a nightmare when new topics ( programmes/concerts whatever) are introduced in the same thread. If you wish to have conversations with certain individuals then exchange emails. It is most frustrating when one sees a message saying that I have said something to you ( but I don't want everybody else to know!) or is addressed to only one person as if nobody else is concerned.I would suggest that people start a new thread with an appropriate title whenever a new topic arises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Didn't think the point would have been made so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 No need to appoint yourself as the forum police, Richard.We have perfectly good moderators who do all that kind of thing.I started this thread for Norman when he was recovering in a nursing home and I hoped it would cheer him up but, of course, that first post is hundreds of posts ago but I do remember saying that it wasn't meant just for Norman and that anybody could join in[:D]And, yes, conversations in real life do carry on just like that! Have you never eaten with a group of people at a table and there's nearly always more than one topic of conversation going on?Can't imagine starting a new thread for each piece of music that we have touched upon here. So, why don't YOU start one? Except, if it's about George Michael, I shan't be joining in, as I don't know anything about him or his "music"![:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 You are my heart's delight, amongst others, by one of my favourite tenors:[url]http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/051610-000-A/jonas-kaufmann-chante-le-berlin-de-1930[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 My father used to sing that in the pub as well as 'Rose Marie I love you' :)I have to say that he needs a barber both the shave him and to quaff him, and a dresser to tell him NOT to wear a cravate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Here you are then, have a bit of Harold in Italy:[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JygNitEIizM[/url] I am re-reading Ruffin's Immortelle Randonée which then puts me in mind of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 He certainly makes the most of a snippet of tune:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 BBC tv 4 this evening, a programme about te Kanawa, with bits of appearances she has made on the BBC. Made me feel very old as I remember some of those performances the first time round!Other thing is, I don't think she should sing Handel........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 By contrast these two are quite at home in Mozart. [:D]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2io3yhHHmM&html5=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Yes, delightful.............AND, I have replied to your last PM[:)]PS forgot to tell you that it's one of my favourite operas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 You might like Revolution and Romance BBC TV4 this evening 19.00 GMT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 And here is the FT's review of the programme immediately following the previous one. The FT often provides very good arts pages.[url]https://www.ft.com/content/5a411dba-0521-11e7-aa5b-6bb07f5c8e12[/url] Edit: Mince! no ruddy good.............can't be read unless you subscribe but the programme is called Dazzling Duets; a mixed bag but enjoyable pick and mix selection all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Last night's Suzy Klein's programme of music and revolution was more enjoyable than last week's: BBC TV 4.Both French revolutions touched on. Besides the music, including some satirical French songs about Napoleon, the programme was also a venture into the history of European revolutions and also part sumptuous travelogue.Oh, to get the chance to visit the galeria in Milan again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Last time I was there was in 2003... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Did you go to La Scala? Asked in a tone dripping with envy and suspicion...........I went there but there was NOTHING on at the time[:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I went to the square in front and looked at the famous statue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 OK, I forgive you[:D]I had a coffee and I saw Perlman at a table tout près[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08jq8ll/classic-quartets-at-the-bbc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hélas, can't access that but just tell me which piece and I'll bet I've got it somewhere[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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