Gripe gripe gripe

[rhu]

Does anyone play the complete 1812 Overture any more? It's bad enough that we celebrate our independence from Great Britian by performing a work written to celebrate the Russians' victory over France, but at least play the whole dang thing! (We just watched the concert from Washington D.C. and they abridged it; Boston's been abridging it since CBS took over and ruined everything.)

Update. I just switched over to channel 4, and it appears that this year Boston is playing the whole thing before the switch to national coverage. Good for them.

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[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

One year long ago we were on the Esplanade and had brought a radio to listen to 'CRB play RFM during the fireworks. (This is before they started having an "official" soundtrack to the fireworks.) Someone nearby asked us to turn it off since "that isn't fireworks music."

I think RFM is a perfectly wonderful choice --- rubbing salt in their wounds. :-)