MGM at the Proms

[sinistral]

Hope this hasn't been raised before,but......

I've just caught up with last Saturday's Prom concert.Two wonderful hours of music from Singin' in the Rain,High Society,Meet Me in St Louis and many others.

Sheer bliss.

Anyone else see it?

[mathoslerhymer]

No telly, I'll see if any has turned up on Uchoob?

[mathoslerhymer]

My Fav SITR number, Kelly gave Debbie R. hell to perfect this, she only really sang on one small bit in whole film, (love duet with Kelly Lucky Star in theatre at end)(some say she sang on Would You too) all rest dubbed, made more weird, as her 'character' 'dubbed' the movie starlet...while we're on dubbing, the Fabluous Rita Hayworth NEVER sang in any of her films, all dubbed by about 5 singers during her career in the movies.

[sinistral]

Hi Mathos

The Prom is on BBC iplayer here.......

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00m10hz/BBC_Proms_2009_Prom_22_A_Celebration_of_Classic_MGM_Film_Musicals/

[mathoslerhymer]

Thanks for link, I only had to go and watch it! and I was trying to get an early night!, twas so good I could'nt flick through the not so good bits, as there were not many, I liked the Large Lady's singing and the young chap's, the other woman and two men, did'nt do much for me, the Orchestra and Maida Vale singers were Superb !!
one cameraman was obsessed with that female french horn player and it got contagious.

[Flatypus]

I suppose the Proms have to be popular but if they drop 'challenging' pieces for boring old-fashioned 'popular' music, why shouldn't they do Rap?I think the years have shown that some Lennon-Macartney compositions deserve orchestration. So is true of a lot of film score,. starting with Lieutenant Ki-je. That does not really put busker material like Cole Porter in the same league. The Proms are supposed to educate, not to pander to memories of the Light Programme's Family Favourites. When Yehudi Menuhin played jazz fiddle with Stephan Grapelli, and again against Ravi Shankar's classical Sitar, we can assume that he respected them. If he could, let's have less of this grovelling over the Proms as Top Ten 1934.

[sinistral]

Aug 8, 2009 2:53:09 GMT Flatypus said:

I suppose the Proms have to be popular but if they drop 'challenging' pieces for boring old-fashioned 'popular' music, why shouldn't they do Rap?I think the years have shown that some Lennon-Macartney compositions deserve orchestration. So is true of a lot of film score,. starting with Lieutenant Ki-je. That does not really put busker material like Cole Porter in the same league. The Proms are supposed to educate, not to pander to memories of the Light Programme's Family Favourites. When Yehudi Menuhin played jazz fiddle with Stephan Grapelli, and again against Ravi Shankar's classical Sitar, we can assume that he respected them. If he could, let's have less of this grovelling over the Proms as Top Ten 1934.

Hmmm........

I was going to reply to the content of this post.....but hey!......why bother?

I'm pretty sure that none of us will be losing any sleep over this particular person rubbishing our taste in music.

If he wants an argument about it,let him go elsewhere.

Meanwhile.......

Some of us might enjoy some "busking" music.....

[Patrick]

Aug 8, 2009 8:20:52 GMT sinistral said:

Aug 8, 2009 2:53:09 GMT Flatypus said:

I suppose the Proms have to be popular but if they drop 'challenging' pieces for boring old-fashioned 'popular' music, why shouldn't they do Rap?I think the years have shown that some Lennon-Macartney compositions deserve orchestration. So is true of a lot of film score,. starting with Lieutenant Ki-je. That does not really put busker material like Cole Porter in the same league. The Proms are supposed to educate, not to pander to memories of the Light Programme's Family Favourites. When Yehudi Menuhin played jazz fiddle with Stephan Grapelli, and again against Ravi Shankar's classical Sitar, we can assume that he respected them. If he could, let's have less of this grovelling over the Proms as Top Ten 1934.

Hmmm........

I was going to reply to the content of this post.....but hey!......why bother?

I'm pretty sure that none of us will be losing any sleep over this particular person rubbishing our taste in music.

If he wants an argument about it,let him go elsewhere.

Meanwhile.......

Some of us might enjoy some "busking" music.....

Indeed! Yehudi Menuhin? Stephan Grapelli? String Gods by all accounts.

[jean]

Aug 8, 2009 2:53:09 GMT Flatypus said:

That does not really put busker material like Cole Porter in the same league. The Proms are supposed to educate, not to pander to memories of the Light Programme's Family Favourites. When Yehudi Menuhin played jazz fiddle with Stephan Grapelli, and again against Ravi Shankar's classical Sitar, we can assume that he respected them...

Don't you think Menuhin respected Cole Porter when he played his music?

www.rhapsody.com/album/yehudi-menuhin?artistId=art.62103

13. Night and Day (1988 Digital Remaster)

Composer: Cole Porter
Producer: Ronald Kinloch Anderson
Artist: Yehudi Menuhin

But never mind all that.

Watch this one, this evening:

www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2009/whatson/0808.shtml#prom31

It'll be almost as good with the sound turned off.

[sinistral]

Aug 7, 2009 21:59:44 GMT mathoslerhymer said:

Thanks for link, I only had to go and watch it! and I was trying to get an early night!, twas so good I could'nt flick through the not so good bits, as there were not many, I liked the Large Lady's singing and the young chap's, the other woman and two men, did'nt do much for me, the Orchestra and Maida Vale singers were Superb !!
one cameraman was obsessed with that female french horn player and it got contagious.

Hi Mathos,glad you enjoyed it.

I thought it was good that two of the singers were from "straight" opera background as I like the blurring of edges between different disciplines.
It also reminded me that I haven't seen High Society in ages!