Nottingham’s Concert Hall and Albert Hall both hosted BBC Proms over the weekend, with a programme entitled ‘Music of Sherwood Forest’ at the Concert Hall and a showcase by recent winners of the BBC Young Composer competition at the Albert Hall. In the build up to the event, Alex was invited to talk about what this means for Nottingham on BBC Radio Nottingham last week. Listen to his interview on YouTube here: Alex on BBC Radio Nottingham – 05/09/2024 (youtube.com)
As we begin the Autumn term, we are looking forward to the first youth event in November! BANDWISE and STRINGWISE workshop days will take place at South Nottinghamshire Academy in Radcliffe on Trent on 9th & 10th November respectively, followed by a joint concert at Nottingham’s Albert Hall on Sunday 17th November.
Booking is open to all young instrumentalists now:
Bandwise: https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/byme-bandwise-nov24/
Stringwise: https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/byme-stringwise-nov24/
With the proms in full swing across Nottingham this weekend, here are a few of the more ‘unusual’ moments throughout the proms history:
- In 1912, Arnold Schoenberg premiered a new composition called Five Orchestral Pieces at a Prom at the Queen’s Hall. Unfortunately, even with a forewarning that this would be ‘difficult listening’, it was not to everyone’s taste and was met largely with laughter and hissing!
- At the Last Night of the Proms in 1995, ‘Panic’ ensued with a bizarre piece of music that included a rogue saxophonist wandering around the hall ‘bellowing like a bull’. This was all intentional, although not appreciated by the audience, in a Proms commission by Sir Harrison Birtwistle. He “thought it was fun”, but the audience were expecting the traditional crowd-pleasers to round off the Proms series and it ultimately led to a flood of complaints.
- In a move from the norm, an orchestra in 2015 played an entire symphony from memory while standing up! There were no music stands, no sheet music and no seats.
- Many of you might know that our chamber choir, the Nottingham Chamber Singers are celebrating their 40th Anniversary this coming season. To say ‘thank you’ to everyone who has supported them over many years they are running a special Loyalty Discount Ticket scheme. To find out more please click here: https://nottinghamchambersingers.org/contact/
Ilkeston Brass are currently looking for a new MD and advertising positions for new cornet players to join. See the attached sheet for more details
Have a great week!
Your friends at MfE
09/09/2024
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Phil Houghton, who will be leading MfE’s two Daytime Orchestras in Loughborough and Nottingham from November.
