{"id":801,"date":"2013-01-02T11:51:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T11:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=801"},"modified":"2013-01-02T11:51:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T11:51:39","slug":"new-year-at-the-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=801","title":{"rendered":"New Year at The Dome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dome, 31 December 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

A change to bring in the New Year at the Dome. \u00a0For some years we have been delighted by John Bradbury who led these new-year celebrations as both soloist and conductor, with an emphasis on the gypsy music that was so important to Austro-Hungarian cultural life. This year, in a rather different vein, Stephen Bell conducted and we had arias from Pamela Hay, familiar to many from Friday Night is Music Night. <\/em><\/p>\n

The programme was introduced from the podium by the conductor, who was able to smooth the links between items with a number of apt anecdotes and jokes.<\/p>\n

The matinee got off to a cheeky start with the Fatherland March<\/em>, confusing most of us, as we thought this was the Radetsky March<\/em> \u2013 which of course is always the last item for any new-year programme!<\/p>\n

There were, as expected, a number of familiar works, and if Roses from the South<\/em> proved rather unsubtle in the first half, there was far more sensitive playing for the Tritsch-Tratsch Polka<\/em> and the Emperor Waltz<\/em> with its slightly melancholic close. The Overture to Die Fledermaus<\/em> got the second half off to a fine start, followed by Vienna Bon-bons<\/em>, the Hunting Polka<\/em> and \u2013 inevitably \u2013 The Blue Danube. <\/em><\/p>\n

Less familiar, but always welcome, was Lanner\u2019s New Year Gallop <\/em>and operetta arias which have slipped below the radar of most concert-goers.<\/p>\n

Pamela Hay had opened her items with Schenkt man sich Rosen im Tirol<\/em> from Zeller\u2019s unfairly neglected Der Vogelhandler<\/em>, the only item sung in German. The Vilja lied<\/em> from The Merry Widow seemed to stretch her somewhat though she was more comfortable in the second half with Adele\u2019s Laughing Song<\/em> from Die Fledermaus, I give my heart <\/em>\u00a0from The Dubarry <\/em>\u00a0and one of Lehar\u2019s Gypsy songs. Her diction is excellent and the audience enjoyed her characterisations.<\/p>\n

Pamela Hay returned to the stage to lead the essential audience participation for the Radetsky March<\/em> which brought the afternoon to a close –\u00a0 not that we would not have happily sat through more had it been on offer.<\/p>\n

The next concert is on Sunday 13 January with Saint-Saens\u2019 Organ Symphony. <\/em>BH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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