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Thread #134203   Message #3050996
Posted By: VirginiaTam
11-Dec-10 - 11:38 AM
Thread Name: BBC4 Christmas Session
Subject: RE: BBC4 Christmas Session
Richard - It was Sam Lee and he was shining in that performance. Wish there had been more of him.

I did watch this again last night. First time was the live performance last year, when I was distracted by snow storm and my daughter's flight from US to UK. My comments last year were a bit coloured by other worries and the general feeling on the other thread, many were posting negatively as they watched it.

I found I enjoyed it much more this time around. I had the luxury to notice more nuances, especially in the Unthank's harmonies. And I looked and listened with a different eye and ear. I think the Victorian costumes were fun. I loved Belshazzar's Feast the best. I do wish Jim Moray had done a different treatment of Oh Come Emanuel. Given what I have heard of his other stuff, I think he could do something quite extraordinary with that song.

Hope they do another and that they mix in some of the old guard with the bright young ones.