American Reacts to the History of the Royal Albert Hall
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Ever since I learned about the Last Night of the Proms, I've been interested in learning more about the Royal Albert Hall, as it's such a famous venue worldwide. In this video I learn about its rich history in music. If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe!
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02:47 - Exploring the History
09:11 - Reaction
19:04 - Outro
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Lovely to see you back & good to see music Sunday's making a return (it always seemed like an important part to the early days of your channel) ... the new effects will take your videos to another level, they look great ... love the Scarlett spy cam 🐶 📷 ☺
These links might be of interest as well :
This is from a woman Astrophysicist that analyses the problems with the Enterprise Transporter (I commented on that one) :
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And this is from an American woman living in the UK :
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Welcome back and keep up the good work
As far as I know Elvis Presley never performed in the UK, and the only time he spent in the UK was when switching flights during his time in the Army. So not sure where, if it is him in the picture at around 11 minutes into your video, when he could have performed at the Royal Albert Hall. It could be Engelbert Humperdinck who did dress a bit like Elvis during the 70's and 80's.
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@@paulmaxey6377 Elvis didn't peform in the UK. He landed at Prestwick Airport, near Glasgow in Scotland, while changing flights en route from Germany to the US. He was never in London.
You should check out the Royal British Legion’s festival of remembrance that is held at the Royal Albert Hall. It’s part of the Remembrance Day service paying respect to those who have served
Andrew 100% an iconic setting each year to remember the fallen.
I watch every year , very moving .
as a member of the Royal British Legion I was lucky enough to attend the festival in 2011(when the The Military Wives Choir performed) as a 60year old former soldier i am not ashamed to say i cried
@@grahamh6918 I don’t think there was a dry eye anywhere. I know I shed tears every year watching it thankful to all those who serve and have served.
@@andrewslatford3223 absolutely I second that .
I've played at the proms season many times, and it is a wonderful building. Playing there was one of the highlights of my teenage years, where I was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Great memories 🎻🎻🎻🎻❤❤
that sounds like a special memory, man. Hold onto that 😊
@@michael_177 ohhh it was. I played there once a year during the proms from when I was 14-18 years old and they were very special times indeed
I went to a live performance of the opera 'Madama Butterfly' at this wonderful Hall. It was mesmerising! You can find snippets of the 2015 'Butterfly' on YT (not the performance I saw) but it will give you more of an idea of how they use the 'apron' shaped space in front of the stage.
You probably know that Queen Victoria had this hall (and the monument opposite) built in memory of her beloved Albert. The prince did a lot for the people of Great Britain. One of his achievements was the Great Exhibition, in 1850, if my memory serves me right. A truly enormous glass structure was built in Hyde Park, London, a technical wonder in itself. Countries all around the world were invited to showcase the best of their nation. Some brought new inventions, or manufactured goods, or new foods, some brought .... elephants apparently. People travelled from every 'corner' of the Globe to see what the new modern World had to offer. The crowds of that Victorian age were dazzled and amazed at what they saw! It was remarkable! It did a lot to stimulate world trade!
I've been both an audience member and a violinist here. The sound inside is very special.
When I graduated from University College London in 1974, the degree ceremony was at the Royal Albert Hall, with the Queen Mother who was Chancellor of the University of London.
The Royal Albert Hall was built from the unusual red bricks made in my home town of Fareham on the south coast of England. The brickworks no longer exists, but we do have a brickwork museum that gives one a taste of the glory days of the local brick making industry.
There is no venue in the world quite like the Royal Albert Hall.
I went to a school that was founded, along with six others, by King Henry VIII in 1541, and I was at the school in 1991 when it celebrated its 450th anniversary. To mark that occasion, the choirs and orchestras of all seven school combined for a special concert in the RAH, attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. I wasn't old enough to participate but I did manage to get a ticket, and I'll never forget the experience of sitting in such a massive venue which was nearly full to capacity, with a view of the royal box below me.
12 years later I was back and taking part with a choir as part of the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, during which I not only got to be on stage in the central space but also had the opportunity to visit the high circle and dressing rooms. Normally, when you revisit a place years after visiting in childhood, you expect it to feel smaller - but on that second visit I realised that the Hall is actually even bigger than I'd remembered!
If you ever visit us in the UK, Sarah, you absolutely must see if you can go to an event in the RAH. It's well worth whatever ticket price you might pay.
My friend Jerry Willcock played there in the early '60s with a well known group of the day , "Shane Fenton and the Fentones "🇬🇧
Who later turned up as the fantastic late great Alvin Stardust
The 10th Anniversary Concert of Les Miserables was at The Royal Albert Hall in 1995. The Festival of Remembrance (to remember the fallen of all wars from The First World War, HM The Queen and The Royal Family are present) takes place on the Saturday evening before Remembrance Day the closet Sunday to the 11th November.
Elvis never visited Britain to perform. He "briefly" touched down at Prestwick Airport Scotland (re-fuelling?) en route back home to the USA from Germany during his Army days.
The large figure in the top centre of the mural is Konishiki aka Dumptruck who appeared there in the first Sumo tournament held outside Japan.
Sit in the seats directly in front of the organ and then listen to Saint Saens organ symphony, it really is rather good, in fact a totally physical and emotional experience.
For the proms (when COVID ain't around) the area between the stage and the seats is filled with prom goers all standing. For a few quid (about £6 I think) one can have an evenings entertainment. From some of the performers like the conductor Marin Alsop have spoken about the uniqueness of the proms with the standing audience able to exchange words with some of the orchestra before the performance begins. Not forgetting traditions of the prommers like shouting 'heave' and then 'ho' as the grand piano lid is raised in preparation for the performance. It is the best of Brits taking the rise out of themselves and serious music.
Glad to see you back. I'd suggest also looking into the Great Exhibition which Prince Albert was responsible for leading/organising (which you started to read about in the Wiki article) as it was basically what started the World's Fairs and had a big cultural impact on both the UK and the world.
Chaplin was from Walworth near Kennington, not Kensington. Kennington is South of the River Thames.
I used to live just off East Street, Walworth which is thought to be an inspiration for his film Easy Street.
My nan lıved ın Penton Place on the other sıde of Walworth Rd and would take me shoppıng down East St market. She even bought me a football once!
@@Georgestella100 Small world. Did you get a drink from the sarsparilla stand while you were there?
@@Macilmoyle No idea! lol My nan died when I was aged eleven in 1966 so it would have probably been Mickey Chocolate Milk
Sang there once myself, by the way. Gala concert of Cornish male voice choirs. Fantastic experience!
I didn't know really anything about the Royal Albert Hall bar being built in the 1800's and named after Prince Albert. The sheer size of the place was pretty crazy, the seated areas on the opposite side looked really far away. It does look a little like the colliseum to me too.
Lol scarlett was OUT! Although, according to doggy psychology, her sleeping in such a way with her tummy upwards and limbs out, would suggest that she is extremely comfortable and feels very safe around you and the home 🐕🦺 ♥
I have been once to a concert (I can't remember what), but you honestly never get bad seat even if you are up at the top because the sound is amazing. The sound is the reason why there are weird shapes on the ceiling - so you can hear the music better.
The acoustics are actually terrible
Wonderful to see you back, and the return of music Sundays which were one of the first things I saw from you and your channel so this is a little nostalgic ahha, I remember watching Royal Night At Proms when I was young following each night seeing who's gonna be playing and what too
Nowadays they simulcast the 'Last Night' to Hyde park and also outdoor venues throughout the UK ....... when they show the crowds outside the Hall they usually say where it is in the corner of the screen
The flat area in front of the stage is the arena, seats are put in there as needed, e.g. for a classical concert. You also need to look for a video of Jerusalem, that's often described as the unofficial national anthem.
I've been to many shows at the Albert Hall over the last 25 years, with my first being in 1996. Over the course of those years I've sat in every possible different seating area, except for the bit behind the stage (where the choir sits during the Proms). This includes standing in the arena, and standing at the very top, in the gallery.
My wife and I were lucky enough to get tickets to go to the Last Night of the Proms in 2011, and we were sat right in the very top row of the highest seating, more or less dead in line with the stage. It was quite an atmosphere.
The last show I went to there was to see Camel in September 2018. I sat in one of the second-tier private boxes (I think) to the left of the stage as you look at it. I was pleased to see that due to it being the last show of their UK tour, there were cameras there, recording it. I bought the DVD when it came out, so I get to see close-up what I could only see from some distance on the night. :-)
A few notes - It was the profits from The Great Exhibition which paid for the Albert Hall.
It is on "Exhibition Road" - which is where almost all the great London Museum (Science, Natural history, V+A) are, along with Imperial College. (The British Museum is the other side of London).
The organ is the second largest in the UK, and has been restored a couple of times, most recently in 2004.
my late wife and her first husband attended the festival of remembrance there and would describe it to me. sitting near the Queen
Yes that's the park. It's called Hyde Park. It's a big park and when it's last night of proms there's a big screen outside and speakers.
Hi, good to have you back on You Tube. You are quite right the park opposite is Hyde Park, where the concert in the park takes place. The large lake is the Serpentine and opposite the Albert Hall is the Albert Memorial which is quite impressive . The Albert Hall is 150 this year.
Queen Victoria mourned Albert for the rest of her life. After he died she was only ever seen wearing black.
That can't be Elvis on the mural he never performed anywhere here.
The Hall is used for things other than music, tennis has been played there. I would recommend the Royal British Legion Feetival of Remembrance which always takes place on the evening before Remembrance Sunday. It is very moving and worth a look.
In fact, the park immediately adjacent to the Royal Albert Hall is Kensington Gardens, with Hyde Park immediately to the east., across the road that divides them Traditionally, the former is a more enclosed formal area with many trees, while the latter has more open grassland which makes it more suitable for open-air concerts.
@@djtwo2 you are quite right, they are divided by the road that runs through. That's a good point. The Albert Memorial and the Peter Pan statue are in Kensington Gardens, although with them being connected I wonder how many people think its all Hyde Park.
At the proms that lowered part is standing only - I don't think I've ever seen them put in seats. I have seen them convert it into an Olympic size tennis court though every Christmas!
It's really the other way round. It is only for the Proms, as distinct from other classical concerts, that the seats are removed.
I have sung in the RAH many times with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir.
Across the road from the Hall in Hyde Park is the Albert Memorial - very Victorian, very beautiful. Look it up!
Hi Matey. Just quickly. hyde park is big. I was lucky enough to get tickets to "Live 8" that used part of the park with 205,000 people. One fact that was not mentioned about the hall is that you can lift the floor, Flood it and freeze it for Ice Skating. Greets from Yorkshire. Take care.John.x
Chaplin was from Kennington London South of the Thames.You have Hyde Park and Kensington gardens . Albert hall is on the boundary of the two. The Geographical society is nearby as are a few museums. Went to the Albert once to see Simon and Garfunkal
Hi SoGal, I have been twice. Once to a frank Zappa tribute that my Hippy flat mate dragged me along to, it was great I am so glad she did. Edit we were down on the unseated floor for that one.The other was for Orff's Carmina biryani :) hosted by Prince Charles. The concert was great but I was at the back and all I could hear was them set up the cafeteria tables. Still great though, then my car exhaust blew so I sounded like a boy racer all the way back from the Albert hall to Tunbridge Wells.
It's not the best acoustically.
A very good performance at the Albert Hall is from the band "Public Service Broadcasting" who performed their album "The Race For Space" all about the Space Race, which is something you are interested in and worth watching for a Music Sunday. Link ruclips.net/video/s90Fa2kzEk0/видео.html
Love PSB.
That's Hyde Park yes, the other big parks are Regent's Park - which had a zoo.....and Richmond & Syon Park on the West side of London known as former royal hunting grounds full of deer and squirrels - yes Scarlet - squirrels!!
The RAH is a lovely building - you just step in and feel the history on your shoulders. It has a kind of shabby chic feel about it, like some grand old lady who has seen better days but soldiers on regardless. I've sat on a balcony and looked down at the top of the box below, and the carpeting is faded, the wallpaper peeling up and the dust is centuries thick, but it doesn't detract from the elegance of the place.
Inside it's really unique (in my experience). On each level, there's a circular walkway that means you can walk round virtually the entire circumference of the building. If you're in one section, you can walk round to the other side, peep through the door and look across at where you're sitting. The walkways are crammed with people queueing for the bar or the toilets, or looking at the photographs of past performers on the walls. And occasionally you see one of the performers coming from a green room to an entrance. I was there for the Champions Tennis in November 2018, and I was wandering round the walkway when out of a side door came Tim Henman and Greg Rudeski, and I walked behind them all the way until they were announced onto court.
The main problem is that for concerts they have a stage at one end, when it seems to me that the arena is designed for things to be seen in the middle. As I'm not made of money, most of the concerts I've seen (Mark Knopfler, Joe Bonamassa, Mike + The Mechanics) have been in the cheap seats of the Rausing Circle. Unless you're right at the front of the circle, you have the stage view chopped off by entrances and handrails. I did find one set of seats that are virtually on top of the stage, sold as restricted view but in fact you're looking directly down on the stage. It would be nice if they did more concerts 'in the round' but I guess they lose seats that way.
Anyway, it's a great place to go. I'm next there for Jools Holland in November, followed by the Champions Tennis (with, hopefully, Emma Radacanu). OMD, Joe Bonamassa and Yes all scheduled for next year!
Note (after seeing the whole thing): I saw Roger Hodgson from Supertramp at the RAH, and at one point he climbed up and played a couple of songs on that organ. A great moment.
As someone has already said you need to watch the festival of remembrance to see all the clever ways the hall can be used. It's a tribute to all servicemen and women and the end involving poppies is always very moving. Watch that part if you can. The floor is an oval and seats are sometimes used. There is also standing room up in the 'gods'. Theres a statue called 'the Albert memorial ' in the park directly opposite the hall. The Victoria memorial is opposite Buckingham palace as you saw in the video of the opening of parliament.
It did not mention the terrible acoustic's it used to have, performances had an audible echo, until the upside down 'mushrooms' were installed hanging from the dome in the late 60's. The joke was two performances for the price of one but at the same time.
I saw Deep Purple and CCRevival there in 2 successive weeks "Up In The Gods" for 25 pence there Tony as they sold out both gigs and let us up there for the night.
The roof of the RAH is not actually attached to the building and is purely floating there, hence the old saying "Let's see if we can raise the roof" when performing something really loud.
I've been many times, watching classical, opera, pop and cirque du soleil. Usually, there are seats on the floor in front of the stage for pop, classical and operà, apart from one production of Madame Butterfly where they flooded it to resemble a formal Japanese lily pond! For the cirque du soleil, they built a round stage in the middle, surrounded by seats. For opera, the orçhestra is usually under the stage I believe.
We have a night at the Royal Albert Hall where we remember our fallen soldiers. It is an annual event and many countries get represented too. Worth a watch
Looking at that mural, the figure on the balcony looks like a Japanese Sumo wrestler. The group below him is actually The Rolling Stones, and the guy you thought was Elvis, looks to me to be another US singer called Roy Orbison.
I have to say, when you walk into the RAH, it's quite breathtaking.
It has also been used to hold the occasional Film Premier due to the capacity. Larger than the largest London West End cinema.
Prince Albert, of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, husband to Queen Victoria, was a great entrepreneur, and he organised the great exhibition of 1851. It was held in Hyde Park, in the Crystal Palace, and showcased all the latest in design and technology of the era. It was so successful they made a packet of money, this was used to buy land in South Kensington to build a suite of museums, and the Albert Hall for entertainment. It's benefitted the nation hugely ever since.
Couldn't see the stars in the panorama very clearly, but the group looked like the Stones to me, and it wouldn't be Elvis as he never played UK. Think it might be Roy Orbison.
I know that Keith Emerson of ELP fame, got banned from the RAH, because when he'd been a member of the Nice, playing their version of America, he'd set fire to a US flag on stage. Compared to the rock scene in the 60s, the Hall could be a bit stuffy.
It was about 1970 that they decided the acoustics of the hall were not very good, and they fitted the ceiling with a forest of upside down mushrooms to reduce echo and reverberation. Don't know why it took them a century to figure that out.
Most of the Proms is broadcast in BBC Radio 3 which you can listen to anywhere in the world on the BBC website or the BBC sound app. There are probably on demand performance also on the website and app
Charlie Chaplain was from Kennington across the river in Borough of Lambeth 👍🇬🇧
It was great to see you back with Music Sunday. Sadly` what you just watched was a very poorly made sales pitch for their book .... if you check out the BBC Achives .. you will find more history and some performances too telling you plenty about who is doing what .. and why.
It's a great venue for gigs - spacious yet still intimate. I saw Elvis Costello there in the mid-90s and I was right at the front. Costello's long-time keyboard player, Steve Nieve, played the organ that is above/behind the other performers - sorta inside/half-way up the back 'wall'.
The date for 2022 is the Sept. 10th. This event is covered by 4 other outside locations Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh ang Green Park, London
As far as British buildings go the R A H is a mere teenager as some of our buildings date back over a thousand years, for example, Windsor Castle has bits that are over a thousand years old.
Give yourself a 3.30 treat and enjoy this little ditty about the Albert Hall. There are some nice interior shots towards the end too!
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Yay! to return of Music Sunday!
Three of the best concerts I've been to in my life are:
2006 David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) at the Royal Albert Hall
2015 David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) at the Royal Albert Hall
2016 David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) at the Royal Albert Hall
Don't know if you are a fan of Doctor Who, but the prom is excellent, well worth the watch. The full prom is available on YT
The Albert Hall has even hosted Tennis events and still does every year, a very versatile venue with seats etc. I've seen Mark Knopfler and David Gilmour play there over the years
I saw Gilmour there in 2006. Rick Wright was still alive then, so they played Echoes :-)
I went to see Eric Clapton play the Albert Hall on my Birthday in February 1991, we were right up in the gods where it was standing only, the elevator wasn't working, I felt like I needed oxygen, the size is quite deceptive. The Concert was great and to add to the Adventure we had a five hour-ish drive home in a snowstorm when we got home to Lancashire most of the streets were blocked off because they had found an IRA terrorist cell. Lots of memories from just one visit.
"I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in blackburn, lancashire
And though the holes were rather small, they had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the albert hall"
Those mushroom looking things hanging from the ceiling are there for the acoustics of the hall and to stop echoing… should anyone be wondering!
Look up Royal Albert Hall seating plan. That will give you the layout and a sense scale.
It takes 15 minutes to walk from Mary Poppins house in Kensington Square to the Albert Hall
Charlie Chaplin was born in Kennington south of the Thames not Kensington, "Joolz Guides" does an excellent and entertaining utube walk around the area where Chaplin was raised with a couple Charlie Chaplin's grandchildren perhaps you should review it.
two parks opposite the Royal Albert Hall are Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. in which Kensington Palace
I think the character you thought could be Elvis is actually Neil Diamond.
I've been to the RAH a number of times and they've always had seats in front of the stage when I've been there.
Or maybe Roy Orbison? He played there in 1985.
I think it's the rolling stones next to him not the beatles
@@cooldude4643 If we're talking about the guys in black and white just below and to the left of the acrobat, then yes, that's the Stones.
@@Macilmoyle Neil Diamond & the Stones. Sogal should have gone to Specsavers! 😉😁
You are correct in that Elvis Presley never played anywhere outside of the USA, because I have heard allegedly that Colonel Tom Parker, his manager, was an illegal immigrant in the US and therefore could not leave, so Elvis only went as far as Hawaii, off the mainland but still America.
The only time Elvis walked on UK soil, was when he was leaving Europe after doing his military service and he had to change aeroplanes at Prestwick Airport, Glasgow in Scotland.
You may be confusing him with a British performer called Elvis Costello
That is Hyde Park, although the western side is Kensington Gardens
The guy in the sunglasses may be Roy Orbison and not Elvis.
Edit: A quick Google indicates he played there on 31st May, 1985 as part of the 25th Anniversary UK Tour.
Hyde Park is almost directly across the road.
Eric Clapton has played there 200 times!The best value of my Concert going years was 2 successive weeks in 1973 when I saw Creedence Clearwater Revival and then Deep Purple at The Royal Albert Hall and the ticket price for both Concerts? 25 PENCE or 34 CENTS as they let us in, on the night though the 5,000 venue was sold out,
N.B. Watching Led Zeppelin at their peak at Wembley, London for 75 Pence or seeing Pink Floyd at Earls Court, West London debut Dark Side Of THe Moon for £1 wasn'y too bad either :)
It's great to see Music Sunday making a comeback. I always enjoy them.
If you want more of an in-depth look at the Royal Albert Hall, check out the video below from the channel Objectivity. Brady goes into the archives and discusses a lot more of the history and construction of the building with the archivist.
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have a look at the festival of remembrance for the Royal British legion in november
I think 'Elvis' is actually Roy Orbison :-)
They do have boxing at the Royal Albert Hall.
[Maybe RUclips doesn't like Wikipedia links? My comment was instantly deleted twice.]
The story of the recording of _Au clair de la lune_ he mentions is really interesting. In the 1850s, a Frenchman named Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville invented a device he called a phonautograph, which could visualise sound. A membrane actuated a set of levers to which was attached a stylus, which rested against some lampblack coated paper wrapped around a cylinder. When something made sound and the cylinder was cranked, the stylus would trace out a waveform on the paper.
Of course, there was no way to play it since the line was so fragile, and it wasn't obvious to anyone at the time that the process could be reversed to reproduce the original sound. In 2008, a collection of phonautograms was discovered including the one with the song on it, recorded in 1860. The same year, the recordings were scanned at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and digitally reproduced. You can listen to them on de Martinville's Wikipedia page.
Despite all its musical history there has always been one fundamental problem with the Royal Albert Hall. The problem is that the acoustics have always been very poor which is why if you look at the ceiling you will see what look like small dome shape things hanging from the roof which is to help improve the acoustics in the building.
WHOAAAA EASY TIGRESS :)This could be the end of a Beautiful friendship if I EVER hear you say "Chaplin was from Kensington or The West".
CHARLIE CHAPLIN was born in the SAME STREET as me , which is NOT West or even South West but SOUTH EAST LONDON in EAST STREET, WALWORTH, LONDON, S E 17. Sor Michael Caine was born 1/2 mile away. David Bowie was also born nearby. Known as THE LANE it was a market 6 days a week and by 2 very busy main roads. Of you put "East Street 1971" in RUclips search then you will see the video. My old flat is right at the end of the video until I moved 12 miles away in 1983.
Your right, Elvis did not play in the UK. The figure you see near the Beatles (my grandad met them), may be Roy Orbison who did, I believe, play the Albert Hall.
prince Albert the prince consort was a big encourager of industrialisation a great supporter of trainsand other modern things for the 1850s
I have been to several Prom concerts, but not the Last Night! We usually sit in the top rank of seating, above the three banks of boxes, so the view down over the orchestra is definitely "bird's eye"! There is another standing area above and behind the top seating area. One thing to note is the "saucers" that are suspended underneath the dome. It had long been the case that the shape of the Hall produced an unfortunate echo effect that ruined the acoustics, but the saucers have corrected this.
Not enough. acoustics are still awful
I think you'll find that it's Roy Orbison next to the Beatles, not Elvis. You are right Elvis never came to the UK.
They were sitting at the front of the stage as it does go back a bit, it's in an oval shape. Here is a video taken by someone so you can get an idea of what it's like inside. ruclips.net/video/RiFtL8_vPsc/видео.html By the way the domes on the roof are a new addition, they are there to help with the sound in the hall.
For more on the history try The Royal Albert Hall - 150th Anniversary by Dance Europe.
Hey gal just a short note Chaplin's house was in kennington not Kensington the two are very different Kensington is posh kennington which is in Lambeth which is South of the river (were I was born) is not so much love the show keep learning!
London's Village Hall in Albertopolis
Of the two suggestions made in the comments, and the hair, I think it's Neil Diamond. Strange the man with the Irish name is not the one speaking with an Irish accent.
The Royal Albert Hall is very equivalent to everyone elses opera houses, i.e the Opera House of Hamburg, Sydney, Copenhagen, Zürich etc.
Just FYI, Charlie Chaplin grew up in Kennington, not Kensington. They sound similar, but in Chaplin’s day they could not have been more different. Kensington is very smart and up market, with a Royal Palace. Kennington is, or was when Charlie was born there, most assuredly not.
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert hall...
Do something about the "Grand ole opry" unless you already have...would be intresting.
Hello SoGal and Roger. Nice to see you and music night back. It was 1984 last time I was in the Royal Albert Hall, it is the other end of England to me.
Did you know Ravi Shankar is the father of Norah Jones?
After Prince Albert died UK was like a country with a head of state away mourning for years and I heard this was part of trying to get Victoria to come back into public.
I have asked before, but have you seen the film Brassed Off? One for Patreon?
P.S. Two of the handful of channels I subscribe to recently stopped doing videos, so I feared the worst with no videos recently. Drunk Texan does still put notes out to say what he is up to.
The open area is where the Prommers stand during Prom concerts - this is a cheap way of hearing concerts, if you're not fussy about having a seat!
I can see that you're quite a big fan of theatrical stuff and the Royal Albert Hall - an unusual combination, but my guess is you're probably quite into the production side of things. Therefore, I think you could make quite a good series of videos based on the various productions that have been hosted at the Royal Albert hall (maybe a theme for your music Sundays). One that you could kick-off with is the 25th anniversary performance of Phantom of the Opera, in which the Royal Albert Hall was transformed into a 1905 Parisian opera house. The scenery for the production was made almost entirely of LED screens and the orchestra formed part of the set, A good clip that shows the versatility of the venue is this one : ruclips.net/video/kZpvaRWak64/видео.html In fact, it's one of a number of great clips in the playlist, "the show must go on" but I chose this one because it shows some wider perspectives of the set that was constructed for the production, and the way the LED screens were used to not only provide scenic backdrops, but was also used to reverse the audience as well as provide those traditional red curtains associated with early opera houses. I hope you take a look and enjoy.
Elvis only went to UK once, when he flew via Prestwick airport in Scotland on his way to (or from) military service in Germany: so I don’t think hr played in the Royal Albert Hall.
Outside of the U.S, Elvis only ever performed in 3 places in Canada. The rest of the world never had the pleasure.
More a book promo than a history. Never mind. Love your reactions though.
That’s Hyde Park to the north, SoGal.
If you like Adele you can find her on RUclips in the Royal Albert Hall
that flag is called the union jack
Deep Purple & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed here in September 1969. Its available on RUclips. Not Elvis in the picture, Neil Diamond next to Rolling Stones. Sadly, Elvis never performed outside of U.S.A , due to his Abomination of a manager.
Only been once as a kid and that was to see a tennis match. Don’t remember much about it as it was terribly dull and slept through most of it. 😴😴
1871 is not old for a building in england old is something from 1500
I haven't been there for a couple of decades so I can't comment on the acoustics now but until the "mushrooms" (acoustic panels) were put up they were awful.
I saw Frank Zappa there in 1967 and in 1968 at the Royal Festival Hall. The difference was startling. The RFH was built (1951) with acoustics in mind so every nuance of The Mothers Of Invention could be heard. The RAH concert had to ignore quality and go for straight forward rock.
The acoustic mushrooms were installed in 1969. I have been to concerts since that date and sound is so much better. But still not RFH standards.