One of the great mysteries of my diaries and logs. Normally I would leave a clue as to who accompanied me. This time, there are no clues. Did I book this one as a single ticket – so keen to see Simon Rattle and the CBSO I decided to go it alone? My electronic financial records don’t go back far enough for me to be able to tell.
OK, let’s round up the usual suspects. Jilly. Annalisa. Bobbie. (Were it anyone other than one of those three, I’m sure there would be clues in my diary/logs).
I had written the following NewsRevue piece, destined to be a hit, the day before this concert and would have been full of it that evening, if accompanied:
But I digress.
Here is a link to the BBC stub for the Prom concert.
I/we heard:
- Roberto Gerhard – Don Quixote (complete ballet: 2nd version)
- Leos Janáček – Glagolitic Mass
Here is a more recent Simon Rattle with the Berlin (rather than Birmingham) lot, doing a short extract from the Gerhard…
…and a short extract from the Glagolithic Mass:
If you want to see what Simon Rattle looked like in Birmingham in the 1990s, the following is his farewell gig there from 1998, with the CBSO & CBSO Chorus:
Edward Greenfield in the Guardian loved this concert:
Rattle Prom Greenfield Guardian 22 Jul 1992, Wed The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
OK Jilly/Annalisa/Bobbie. A confession would be much appreciated if one of you remembers being there.
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