Gerard Hoffnung - A Grand, Grand Overture - Last Night of the Proms 2009 Royal Festival Hall

[@davidschecter5247]

Malcolm Arnold! Malcolm Arnold! Malcolm Arnold! One of the all-time brilliant British composers! Symphonies, film scores, overtures, chamber music, concertos, everything!

[@josjanssen6733]

I love the tuning by Belohlavek 🤣🤣🤣 Rest in peace maestro. We will never forget you.

[@Zzyzzyzzs]

Thank you so much for putting this version back online; it had disappeared from KZbin for a few years. Only ones available were mostly small or high school orchestras, which were great, but lacked the _grand_ grand quality of a nice big symphony.

[@pause10two4]

Yes, “A Grand, Grand Orchestra” was written by Sir Malcolm Arnold for a Hoffnung Festival as a parody of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”, and the various vacuum cleaners in the piece were a nod to President Hoover.

[@fredmckinney8933]

Yeah, I eventually noticed the vacuums there. Were those put there to say that this piece sucks? Now I am just kidding, of course. Hoffnung was a genius to come up with this. It's a shame he only lived to be 34.

[@georgewerther]

I love Stephen Hough. I didn't know he's a vacuumist too, wow, such talent!

[@DIDIERFARNIR]

G E N I A L !! Et que celà fait du bien..

[@mellimoon77]

The music is by Malcolm Arnold and this particular performance of the BBCSO and guests was in the Royal Albert Hall, as opposed to the RFH. If you correct/add those details your video can be found more easily.

[@Horichdaslicht1858]

Your headline leads those who know no better that Hoffnung was the composer and makes no mention of Malcolm Arnold.

[@pljms]

Sadly it was the story of Malcolm Arnold's career to be overlooked, a situation that still exists today with even his centenary two years ago proving to be a damp squib.

[@peteraffm]

Nobody should ever say that composers and musicians are not fun! - Gerard Hoffnung . Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Buena nox, bist a rechter ox. Buena notte, liebe lotte. buen nui. pfui pfui pfui")

[@evelyngeier7326]

Venue looks more like the Royal Albert Hall to me but eh, I'm not british enough to care :p

[@thomasschlifke4628]

Bum!👏