Roderick Elms and Alistair Young (piano duet) with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Rumon Gamba. Introduced live for BBC2 by Timothy West. 16th August 2003
"Maidens of St Trinians Gird your armour on! Grab the nearest weapon Never mind which one! The battle's to the strongest Might is always right Trample on the weakest Glory in their flight! St Trinians! St Trinians! Our battle cry! St Trinians! St Trinians! Will never die! Strive towards your fortune Boldly on your way! Never once forgetting There's one born every day! Let our motto be broadcast "Get your blow in first!" She who draws her sword last Will always come off worse!"
Piano is a difficult instrument to record well for any sound engineer. Making a Concert Steinway sound like the mediocre Challen we had at school must have been a challenge. Lovely stuff!
The main theme (heard at 2:13) sounds a bit like "The Liberty Bell March" - which, some years later, also became a classic musical accompaniment to classic British comedy. And I wonder whether John Cleese, Graham Chapman & Co. picked that march because of its similarity to this, and thus comic resonance.
Could not the account of the film have been accurate. Alistair Sim was the leading star and the racehorse an unknown hence the racing odds. Timothy West this is below standard.
"Maidens of St Trinians
Gird your armour on!
Grab the nearest weapon
Never mind which one!
The battle's to the strongest
Might is always right
Trample on the weakest
Glory in their flight!
St Trinians! St Trinians!
Our battle cry!
St Trinians! St Trinians!
Will never die!
Strive towards your fortune
Boldly on your way!
Never once forgetting
There's one born every day!
Let our motto be broadcast
"Get your blow in first!"
She who draws her sword last
Will always come off worse!"
Wonderful. I can't think of another composer with the range of Malcolm Arnold.
Perfect film, perfect music .
What fun! Wonderful. And so quintessentially English.
Wow that was such fun for everyone - conductor, orchestra, pianists, audience - and us. Magnificent !
RIP Christopher Palmer. He had done all the arrangements and orchestrations.
Indeed he did - great chap. We worked together on a number of recording projects, mostly with the LSO.
Takes me back. A more innocent era...……..and yet, possibly not.
Piano is a difficult instrument to record well for any sound engineer.
Making a Concert Steinway sound like the mediocre Challen we had at school must have been a challenge. Lovely stuff!
W O N D E R ful. Thank You.
Delightful!
What fun!!
The main theme (heard at 2:13) sounds a bit like "The Liberty Bell March" - which, some years later, also became a classic musical accompaniment to classic British comedy. And I wonder whether John Cleese, Graham Chapman & Co. picked that march because of its similarity to this, and thus comic resonance.
Sousa might be mildly amused. Malcolm Arnold would surely turn in his grave!
Come on be honest who didn’t pull up their collar up and do the flash Harry walk in his theme came in
Great
Flash Harry at 6:24
"That yer mum? Yeah, corse it is. No mistaking that. Woarr, whaata couple dames eh" *tips hat*
Some of the thumb twiddling and bored postures of the non-playing members of the orchestra is wonderful to behold. Quite unprofessional of course
See ya Flash!
Could not the account of the film have been accurate. Alistair Sim was the leading star and the racehorse an unknown hence the racing odds. Timothy West this is below standard.
Simply wonderful! Many thanks for uploading this!
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