Beethoven's 9Th

[haras2]

Anyone else enjoying the massacre of the above on the box tonight ......

I'm so disappointed....

[Buenchico]

I'm not watching it but apparently it's 'unwrapped' (whatever that means!):
"In a Prom like no other, the orchestra dissects and analyses the work, revealing its secrets and demystifying its majesty, before performing it entirely from memory."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0022g49/bbc-proms-2024-beethovens-ninth-unwrapped

[10ClarionSt]

I think this is one for the self-indulgent - all round!

[Maydup]

It's typical BBC. Grrrr

[brainiac]

How exactly was it 'massacred' ?  Did you watch the whole performance, or was it just the first part you didn't approve of?

[david small]

Wow Beethoven has been woken. Not in this house he hasn't l

[haras2]

The finale of the programme was perfection itself.

Yes, it was the first part that dismayed me -  I'd poured a glass of very expensive Bristol Cream to accompany the music and then realised I would have to have a second.....

[haras2]

22.50 talking to Braniac.

[Buenchico]

. . . and then realised I would have to have a second

Excuses, excuses . . . 😊

[haras2]

No excuses Buen:

Beetoven is Beetoven  !!!

[roopower]

I enjoyed the whole programme. It was interesting to get a peek at how Beethoven worked and lived. The performance of the symphony that followed was wonderful.