"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:15:07 GMT, "Dave xxxx"
wrote:

Keith G wrote:
Well, summer's officially here at last (ignore the weather, it's just
a glitch) - tonite is the First Night Of The Proms! So all of you who
like pop music and have systems good enough can tune in and enjoy the
experience of a 'real live event' without the hassle and expense of
actually attending it!! ;-)

(Although I have to say it, if my kit sounded as bad as the PA'd
'live' event that I experienced at the RAH a few weeks back it would
be out on the back lawn in a heap, by now......)



Will be giving my new tuner a good testing tonight :-)

At seven thirty tonight the proms start, on radio 3, to kick it off is



Bach/Henry Wood: Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Elgar: The Music Makers

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
Martin Neary (organ)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

Have you heard the Albert Hall organ since they rebuilt it?
Incredible!



I think so - too dim-witted to be paying attention the other day!

I think it was on the radio (in the background, not listening too closely -
organ music is commonplace in this household as I can't get enough of it)
and then I heard an announcement mentioning something about the restoration
being finished!

If the Prom is opening with Bach's Toc & Fug on it we all need to be in our
seats a bit sharpish! (And me getting truly ****e FM reception today!!!)