Comedian, musician and conductor Rainer Hersch's informal and irreverent take on the Proms season, with guests from the world of classical music lifting the piano lid on what really happens in the Albert Hall between July and September each year. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/rainer-herschs-proms-in-the-pub. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 hours 55 minutes
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episode 1: Tasmin Little
Violinist Tasmin Little OBE has played 21 times at the Proms. Hear her great stories about walking up the gangplank to the stage at the Albert Hall, dealing with orchestra members who hover round her changing room practising the very concerto she is about to play, and much more besides.
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episode 2: First Night & Ivan Hewett
In which Rainer - that's me - reviews the First night of the Proms and chats to Ivan Hewett who is chief music critic of the Daily Telegraph. We chatted around the history of the Proms, his top tips for this year's programme, his thoughts on the Last Night, and the Prommer who wanted her ashes spread at the Royal Albert Hall. And there's a Bob Marley inspired Tchaikovsky Fantasia played by our Proms in the Pub pianist, Harry The Piano.
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episode 3: Norma Fisher
The Proms was different back then. Norma Fisher had a sparkling solo career in the 60s and 70s including a number of Proms appearances, and is now one of Britain’s most respected piano teachers . Hear about her BBC audition to an, apparently, completely empty Albert Hall; not making eye contact with Sir Malcolm Sargent, and overcoming the horrors of a memory lapse whilst playing Rachmaninov live at the Proms...
episode 4: Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan has been a BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM radio presenter over many years, so who better to talk to about the behind the scenes shenanigans of broadcasting the Proms than he? Amongst other things we chatted about his first experience of the Proms, argue over the merits of Mahler 7 and the most memorable Prom ever!. And Harry the piano gives us his cut-down version of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
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episode 5: Piers Lane
I pop down South London to meet up with and eat cake with pianist Piers Lane A.O. What does A.O mean? Pleased you asked, as it was a question I put to Piers as well as talking to him about his five solo performances at the Proms, as well as the joys of a digital page turner.
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episode 6: Roxanna Panufnik
What's it like to be asked to compose a new piece for the Proms? I don't know, but Roxanna Panufnik absolutely does, having had her commission 'Songs of Darkness, Dreams of Light ' played at the Last Night in 2018. We chatted about her Polish heritage, how her work draws on complementary religious traditions and I tested out on her my exciting new concept for a game show 'I Wrote It'. And Harry the Piano rounds things off with his jazzy take on Handel...
episode 7: Simon Townley
Pianist and broadcaster Simon knows a thing or two about music - like what Wagner nicked from Rogers and Hammerstein for example. Then there's what Mary Poppins has to do with La Traviata, plus he can explain the secret tricks composers use to make your heart melt. Special guest Harry the Piano works his magic on Mozart and Debussy.
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episode 8: Norman Lebrecht
Norman Lebrecht is one of the most celebrated writers on Classical Music. He is unashamedly pugnacious in his opinions about the industry, predicting recently that the 2022 Proms would be the last as we know them. So what comes next? Could the the BBC and Proms ever part company? Find out in this fascinating interview. Plus Rainer on buying tickets at the Albert Hall and Beethoven 5 by Harry the Piano.
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episode 9: Nicholas Daniel
I pop backstage to chat with British oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel, a former winner, several moons and many suns ago, of the BBC Young Musician of the Year. We talked about him playing at the Proms, Vaughan Williams's messy manuscripts and how he was pulled over by police whilst listening to music. And once again Harry the Piano wraps things off, this time with his JS Bach take on Molly Malone. Enjoy!
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episode 10: Oliver (the ticket tout)
Oliver has been selling tickets, cheap, outside the Albert Hall for over 40 years. Now he is 79 and the business is not what it used to be: the audience books online and nobody has cash anymore. Listen to the poignant story of one of the Proms' quiet background characters as he draws towards the end of an era. The episode ends with Harry the Piano playing his own special concert paraphrase on 'La donna è mobile' - and that's the kind 'mobile' that comes with a ringtone...
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