Gigs, gigs, gigs: Proms 2016

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Chris L

Personally, I wouldn’t be too hasty in writing off Payne – his last Proms piece (Time’s Arrow, way back in 1990) was mighty impressive.

Chris L

My comment wasn’t meant to be accusatory; it was more my roundabout way of saying “please keep up the good work with your Proms reviews!” – I’m sure far more people rely on them than ever make themselves known to you.

Leo

As far as I can see, the longest piece is Reinbert de Leeuw’s. Do you know anything about it? I’m intrigued, especially given Knussen is conducting it and therefore I assume chose it.

jack

from a a longtime reader of your blog::
this blog is a valuable resource to introduce contemporary music;looking fwd to your bbc prom reviews;

Daniel Childers

Lera Auerbach is unknown to you? That’s… surprising. Different strokes for different folks I guess, but as an admitted semi-worshiper of Schnittke, I find her cello and violin preludes unbelievably fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54hkRNJN5yg , They’re so delightfully witty, so breathtakingly insane. “The Infant Minstrel and His Peculiar Menagerie”… July 31 can’t come soon enough!

Matthew Whittall

I had the good fortune to hear de Leeuw’s “Der Nachtliche Wanderer” at the Helsinki Musica nova festival last year. Along with Abrahamsen’s “let me tell you”, it was a highlight of the week. It’s epic and intimate simultaneously, and deeply moving. I couldn’t describe it stylistically if I tried, except to say that it’s hard to pin down, very pluralist, yet completely coherent. Hear it live if you can. The percussion effects are very subtle and quiet, and way he moves sound through the orchestral space really has to be experienced in situ.

[…] so that it sounds and looks bigger than it is. And this summer’s Proms have been widely derided for being one of the worst for new music in years. (And if the last two or three years are any […]

Leo

Found a live recording of the De Leeuw piece on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxjecPnc3T8

Simon Hall

Much as I like his music, you can’t really count Dutilleux as a contemporary composer – he’s been dead for three years. And I don’t see a particular problem with the Peckham car park gig, or the popular programmes.

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