Last Night of the Proms

Seasoft · 09-09-2011 10:39pm #1

Yes, it's an unashamed display of British national pride, though the music is great... Pity we don't have a similar event.
This year's broadcast is on tomorrow:

Now, look at this picture:
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Music/Pix/pictures/2008/05/22/proms460.jpg

... a prominent Irish tricolour. Would we be as tolerant if someone waved a Union Jack at an Irish concert?

Agent Smith · 09-09-2011 10:41pm

happenes every year, Irish guy with the tri-color

General General · 09-09-2011 10:43pm

Seasoft wrote: »

Yes, it's an unashamed display of British national pride, though the music is great... Pity we don't have a similar event.
This year's broadcast is on tomorrow:

Now, look at this picture:
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Music/Pix/pictures/2008/05/22/proms460.jpg

... a prominent Irish tricolour. Would we be as tolerant if someone waved a Union Jack at an Irish concert?

Well, they're waving one over 6 of our counties, day in, day out.

Agent Smith · 09-09-2011 10:50pm

General General wrote: »

Well, they're waving one over 6 of our counties, day in, day out.

they can keep them in fairness...

mike65 · 09-09-2011 10:52pm

Enjoy :pac:

Mike 1972 · 09-09-2011 10:53pm

General General wrote: »

Well, they're waving one over 6 of our counties, day in, day out.

What about the other twenty ?

LondonIrish90 · 09-09-2011 11:13pm

Lots of Irish people in Britain and lots more of Irish descent, why is it a surprise to see the tricolour? Being British doesn't mean being anti-Irish despite what the more dramatic boardsies may think.

Its a great event for anyone who loves Orchestral music (which is me) and the one night of the year that "middle class" Brits can celebrate identity and culture. I've been to the proms in Hyde Park in the past and there is a great welcoming, celebratory atmosphere to the whole event. My Irish parents were not hounded of the park either, which I suppose was a bonus.

OPENROAD · 09-09-2011 11:15pm

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

Lots of Irish people in Britain and lots more of Irish descent, why is it a surprise to see the tricolour? Being British doesn't mean being anti-Irish despite what the more dramatic boardsies may think.

Its a great event for anyone who loves Orchestral music (which is me) and the one night of the year that "middle class" Brits can celebrate identity and culture. I've been to the proms in Hyde Park in the past and there is a great welcoming, celebratory atmosphere to the whole event. My Irish parents were not hounded of the park either, which I suppose was a bonus.

Plus plenty of Irish acts over the years in Hyde Park ... oh no way they would be hounded out.

Frank Black · 09-09-2011 11:17pm

I thought there was a rule that if 6 or more Irish people are gathered together at a foreign event - at least one person shall wave a tricoulour?

El Weirdo · 09-09-2011 11:28pm

black francis wrote: »

I thought there was a rule that if 6 or more Irish people are gathered together at a foreign event - at least one person shall wave a tricoulour?

I think you're thinking of the rule that says one person must wear a GAA jersey.

oppenheimer1 · 09-09-2011 11:31pm

Seasoft wrote: »

Yes, it's an unashamed display of British national pride, though the music is great... Pity we don't have a similar event.
This year's broadcast is on tomorrow:

Now, look at this picture:
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Music/Pix/pictures/2008/05/22/proms460.jpg

... a prominent Irish tricolour. Would we be as tolerant if someone waved a Union Jack at an Irish concert?

RTE do run, or at leas did run a similar event, Proms from Farmleigh

fonecrusher1 · 09-09-2011 11:31pm

Dublin forum thataway

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BOHtox · 10-09-2011 1:02am

mike65 wrote: »

Enjoy :pac:

sends shivers down my spine. I wish Ireland had a similar song.

KeithAFC · 10-09-2011 1:10am

Great event. Rule Britannia!

later12 · 10-09-2011 1:23am

Flag waving?
Nationalist jingles?
Rule Britannia?

Someday a more advanced civilisation will look back in amusement at ours.

Yes Keith. You are a Unionist. Well done.

Chuck Stone · 10-09-2011 1:35am

meh

Pompey Magnus · 10-09-2011 2:25am

Ah I can't begrudge them the occasion to remember the days when they were a relevant world power, there's no harm in a bit of nostalgia.

Killer Pigeon · 10-09-2011 3:06am

mike65 wrote: »

Enjoy :pac:

Rule Hibernia! Hibernia rules its Isle,
Hibernians shall never never never be Britannia's slaves!

strobe · 10-09-2011 3:11am

Boom shakala, sh1thead. He's everyone's Daddy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_-1OOeVem0

Kirby · 10-09-2011 4:16am

strobe wrote: »

Boom shakala, sh1thead. He's everyone's Daddy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_-1OOeVem0

If i could thank you twice, I would.

It's been a while since I'd listened to that.

Wertz · 10-09-2011 7:30pm

Wagner opera ftw.
F*cking epic.

bnt · 10-09-2011 7:34pm

I'm watching this now: Susan Bullock singing Wagner's Götterdämmerung. (Twilght of the Gods). Subtle, it ain't. She's not dressed for the part, though - no spiky girdle or horned helmet.

But they're saying she'll be back later, in a dress that had to be "run past Health & Safety". Holy cow ...

bnt · 10-09-2011 8:23pm

Heads up: we're about to see Lang Lang play Chopin's Grand Polonaise Brillante. I think this is what's called "stunt piano". :cool:

OPENROAD · 10-09-2011 8:30pm

FFS Westlife just after coming on now :mad::mad::mad:

evolving_doors · 10-09-2011 8:40pm

bnt wrote: »

Heads up: we're about to see Lang Lang play Chopin's Grand Polonaise Brillante. I think this is what's called "stunt piano". :cool:

My god that guy has some control over the piano,, that liszt was sublime,,, did you hear that silence when he finished..

OPENROAD · 10-09-2011 8:48pm

Well Westlife appear to be wooing the Hyde Park crowd

bnt · 10-09-2011 8:55pm

That lady on the Bassoon is giving me quite the Oboe ...

PS: Lang Lang is in Dublin next Thursday (15/9) at the NCH performing Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto (No. 5). There are a few seats left, but they are not cheap ...

goose2005 · 10-09-2011 9:10pm

Meanwhile RTE gives us Winning Streak and tubridy. Why do they run 2 orchestras but never put them on telly?

emo72 · 10-09-2011 9:31pm

goose2005 wrote: »

Meanwhile RTE gives us Winning Streak and tubridy. Why do they run 2 orchestras but never put them on telly?

can i just say thats a great question:D a couple of the beethoven symphonies and broadcast them on rte2 hd. with surround sound, jaysus thats a great idea.

we pay the feckers enough money

KeithAFC · 10-09-2011 9:31pm

This is a great song.

bnt · 10-09-2011 9:37pm

KeithAFC wrote: »

This is a great song.

What, Rule Britannia? Are we watching the same channel?

I think the costume worn by soprano Susan Bullock, while singing that, might have sparked off a diplomatic row with Ireland.

LondonIrish90 · 10-09-2011 9:40pm

Three cheers for a bronze bust. How middle class is that?

mossyc123 · 10-09-2011 9:41pm

bnt wrote: »

What, Rule Britannia? Are we watching the same channel? I think the costume worn by soprano Susan Bullock, while singing that, might have sparked off a diplomatic row with Ireland.

The Shamrock is the symbol for Irish part of the Union, i.e the Northern Unionists is it not?

Good quality watching, rousing stuff!

Capt'n Midnight · 10-09-2011 9:45pm

Last night of the poms

Bonus joke from Oz
How can you tell when a planeload of Poms has just arrived ?
You can still hear the whining even after the engines have stopped.

mossyc123 · 10-09-2011 9:53pm

They should pick Land of Hope & Glory for the English Rugby/Soccer anthems... far better rouser then the dirge that is God Save

krudler · 10-09-2011 9:56pm

I can never hear Pomp And Circumstance without expecting to see Macho Man Randy Savage give a flying elbow off the top rope.

Killer Pigeon · 10-09-2011 10:52pm

I was suprised that they performed Wagner, given that's it's all a bit too Germanic for the occasion.

LondonIrish90 · 10-09-2011 10:55pm

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

I was suprised that they performed Wagner, given that's it's all a bit too Germanic for the occasion.

In what sense too Germanic?

Killer Pigeon · 10-09-2011 11:00pm

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

In what sense too Germanic?

Well you know the way Hitler would go gay for Wagner and all that...

mossyc123 · 10-09-2011 11:06pm

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

I was suprised that they performed Wagner, given that's it's all a bit too Germanic for the occasion.

There is mutual respect and appreciation between Germany and the UK despite what the tabloids (in both countries) would have you believe, deep down, it's not real hatred and it never really was.... they have more in common then most.

As for the French...:)

LordSutch · 12-09-2011 10:51pm

I have watched the Last Night since I was a child, and hopefully one day I will actually get to Hyde Park or even Bangor in County Down to enjoy the pomp & circumstance of the occassion, one of those things to do before I die (as they say)

)

Obviously I would love to be at the Albert Hall, but I guess there is a massive waiting list for tickets?

mike65 · 12-09-2011 10:56pm

Who doesn't like Wagner for some sublime moments but some terrible half hours

Pompey Magnus · 13-09-2011 2:23am

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

I was suprised that they performed Wagner, given that's it's all a bit too Germanic for the occasion.

If they don't mind being ruled by the Saxe-Coburg und Gotha family then I don't see why a bit of Wagner should offend them either.

Last Night of the Proms

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