Havergal Brian.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Brianites the lunatic fringe?! The generous fringe!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Here is a link to this morning's BBC 3 airing of the final minutes of The Gothic. Goosebump material.


http://www.mediafire.com/?oovk3qy0y1amp81

[John Whitmore]

Here is a link to this morning's BBC 3 airing of the final minutes of The Gothic. Goosebump material.


http://www.mediafire.com/?oovk3qy0y1amp81

Sounds very good. Interesting to hear that it's in the specialist music category. What's that all about?

[Hattoff]

Sounds very good. Interesting to hear that it's in the specialist music category. What's that all about?

Not as interesting as it might be.

For all you pop pickers out there:    http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/r3chart

[hbswebmaster]

John,

I think that the 'specialist' category was created to separate out the kind of recordings that you see there, and that they don't get mixed up with all the crossover and compilation stuff that clogs up a more general chart, like it did when the whole concept was introduced a few years ago. Bit of a fudge, really.

[hbswebmaster]

Update on the large orange construction on stage in the Gothic: it was a special 'rock-filled tombola' that was built to be part of the thunder machine; the other components were a thunder sheet and a big drum that were added for maximum effect. The birdscares were indeed the football rattles, of which there were three.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Aaaah!... 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I just compared the two bass solos - the one from the BBC stream and the one on the Hyperion CD. When you listen to the first phrase he sings (Fiat misericordia et cetera), does anyone else think it's different from what was sung on the night? I guess it must have been taken from the dress rehearsal...

[John Whitmore]

I just compared the two bass solos - the one from the BBC stream and the one on the Hyperion CD. When you listen to the first phrase he sings (Fiat misericordia et cetera), does anyone else think it's different from what was sung on the night? I guess it must have been taken from the dress rehearsal...

I didn't even know that good old Havergal owned a Fiat.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I didn't even know that good old Havergal owned a Fiat.

And neither did he.

[cilgwyn]

I remember my father 'singing' Humber Sceptre Misericordia' when he had to top the b**** thing up every few yards with a can of water.It took about an hour to drive two miles. The Renault 4 was even worse;you could literally see the road though the floor. Three more holes & we could have put our feet through & legged it along  like Fred Flinstone!
On the plus side,we probably would have got home faster and fitter!
His cars are allot better nowadays,thankfully!

[cilgwyn]

We envied the pedestrians!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

 

[hbswebmaster]

It was a Fiat worse than death...

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

* groan * 

[Dundonnell]

The way in which this thread can find the most obscure and unlikely byways in which to get completely separated from poor old HB never fail to flabber my gast, as good old Kenneth Williams used to say in 'Round the Horne'(or it might have been Kenneth Horne himself, of course).

.....see...there I go

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I think this thread is very much in Brian's spirit. His music can veer off in surprising directions, too... !

[John Whitmore]

The way in which this thread can find the most obscure and unlikely byways in which to get completely separated from poor old HB never fail to flabber my gast, as good old Kenneth Williams used to say in 'Round the Horne'(or it might have been Kenneth Horne himself, of course).

.....see...there I go

Can I make an appeal to all members. For some reason Havergal Brian keeps cropping up on here. It's getting tedious. In the future, can we all please concentrate our efforts on Obscure and Unlikely byways. I thank you.

[cilgwyn]

The way in which this thread can find the most obscure and unlikely byways in which to get completely separated from poor old HB never fail to flabber my gast, as good old Kenneth Williams used to say in 'Round the Horne'(or it might have been Kenneth Horne himself, of course).

.....see...there I go

My apologies,I mistook this for the Humber sceptre thead!

[cilgwyn]

Okay,back to Brian,as they say...................hopefully!