Just seen him on bbc4 doing a Vivaldi four seasons/ jazz/arabic stylee jaw dropping mash up which was a lot better than I'm making it sound! I've a soft spot for Nigel's playing, a total romantic....
Anyway, should be on iplayer.
World music program on now very good too....
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Flippin' Brill! Watching it on iPlaya now.
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Yeh, very good - just watched/captured that one. Nice to see John Peel again, what a hero .thomas wrote:World music program on now very good too....
No sign of Shalawambe though .
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I like Nigel Kennedy.
Whenever I hear him talking on the radio he inspires me, enthuses me and stuff. SWMBO has played with him in the orkestrasituation and is less impressed, not of his skill and virtuosity indeed, but more of his manner.
His first recording of Four Seasons is brilliant fullstop. His 2000 or so version I think over the top - has he done another?!
His excursions into other types of music be it Jimi Hendrix or Klezmer always gets the heart beating a little faster; the juices, so to speak flowing.
I don't like all that he does but he gets my vote all the time (so far!
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Whenever I hear him talking on the radio he inspires me, enthuses me and stuff. SWMBO has played with him in the orkestrasituation and is less impressed, not of his skill and virtuosity indeed, but more of his manner.
His first recording of Four Seasons is brilliant fullstop. His 2000 or so version I think over the top - has he done another?!
His excursions into other types of music be it Jimi Hendrix or Klezmer always gets the heart beating a little faster; the juices, so to speak flowing.
I don't like all that he does but he gets my vote all the time (so far!
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Just caught up with The Four Seasons on Youtube (it's gone from iPlayer). Absolutely brilliant!
The world looks so different after learning science. For example, trees are made of air, primarily. When they are burned, they go back to air, and in their flaming heat is released the flaming heat of the Sun which was bound in to convert air into tree.
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Just caught up with The Four Seasons on Youtube (it's gone from iPlayer). Absolutely brilliant!
The world looks so different after learning science. For example, trees are made of air, primarily. When they are burned, they go back to air, and in their flaming heat is released the flaming heat of the Sun which was bound in to convert air into tree.
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Completely agree. He has developed it further for this years Proms. I listened and hated it.I almost lost my comprehension of the original Vivaldi creation. As you say, his original recording is, also in my view, his best. Everything since is over worked and spoils what he cleverly originally did.andrew Ivimey wrote:His first recording of Four Seasons is brilliant fullstop. His 2000 or so version I think over the top - has he done another?!
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I agree. I think that Nigel's first recording (relatively unadulterated) was his best. His later recordings threw too much embellishment to his virtuoso style which ruined the performances for me. It's a shame as he's one of the country's most talented violinists imho. His inter-weaving of themes at the last night of the proms however was both hugely enjoyable and impressive!