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Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
I had some time to listen to this, but switched off after a while. I fear it may end up being not just an embarrassment but also big disappointment to R2 followers? My memories are of pleasant music well played, not what was presented last night, although as you say the theme didn't help - a 30 minute outing might have succeeded? The vocal input has been a weak point as far as I'm concerned in the bits I've heard in previous episodes, even allowing for it being a different repertoire and performance style to what I am familiar with.
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostThe vocal input has been a weak point as far as I'm concerned
Anyway, major turn-off for me…"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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The Beeb can’t quite nail FNIMN at the moment . Tonight’s Broadway line up has just about the best Great White Way tunes ever written plus some excellent BBC Concert Orchestra playing , one absolutely lovely singer, one who is bending the tunes a bit , a variable music balance and , for some reason no live announcer …
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Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
[COLOR=#3300ff]It appears to be obligatory to have a pair of crooners each time - is this written in stone in the format?
/COLOR]It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View PostThe Beeb can’t quite nail FNIMN at the moment . Tonight’s Broadway line up has just about the best Great White Way tunes ever written plus some excellent BBC Concert Orchestra playing , one absolutely lovely singer, one who is bending the tunes a bit , a variable music balance and , for some reason no live announcer …
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
Yes I enjoyed the Spanish concert but last nights was just not up to the Musical standard one would expect for a Radio 3 live concert - the orchestra * sounded bored with it all ( and who can blame them given how thin some of the Bond music is ) and the soloists were all over the place intonation wise .It wasn’t a terrific sound balance either. If they are not careful FNIMN is going to become an embarrassment.
* good drumming though and very forward in the balance.
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Originally posted by LMcD View Post
I think tonight's concert on BBC4 might be the one at Alexandra Palace that marked the relaunch of FNiMN in its new home.
Katie Derham and the orchestra are joined by tenor and MasterChef winner Wynne Evans and violinist Aleksey Semenenko to celebrate more than 70 years of BBC Radio's legendary concert series Friday Night Is Music Night.
Conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing, this special concert from London’s famous Alexandra Palace also features favourites by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius.
For the past seven decades, Friday Night Is Music Night has been a staple of BBC radio, and this concert marks an exciting new chapter in its history. Millions of listeners have enjoyed it on BBC Radio 2, and now in its new home on Radio 3, it continues to showcase the mix of music that listeners have always enjoyed."
[2 Samuel 1:27]
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostWe shall see;it's not doing it for me so far.
"The weapons of war have perished!" Would that were so...
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Originally posted by LMcD View Post
Proof, were it needed, that radio has the best pictures. After about 10 minutes I decided I would derive more satisfaction from watching my recording of last night's episode of 'Budgie', a welcome repeat from the early 1970s that never fails to entertain. .
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Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
My comment was referring to the FNIMN episodes on R3 so far, rather than the TV broadcast. I had the latter on but for listening not watching - and I'm glad you mentioned it as I would have missed it otherwise, being somewhat distracted by a family visit. The mix of music was very much what I would expect from the "real" FNIMN and with one exception the performance/performers were very much up to standard. Katie D was annoying as presenter/MC but that I expected, but the real low point was Wynne Evans - mute switch employed each time for his appearances.
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