Where's Ben ?

[zola]

According to the October issue of BBC Music, the evening concert next Tuesday would be a live broadcast from St John's Smith Square of a recital by Benjamin Grosvenor. But Radio Times lists a recital on organ from 2001 by Gillian Weir.

Similarly, BBC Music for Monday next promises a live organ recital from the RFH by Jane Parker-Smith but Radio Times gives a recorded concert by the Aurora Orchestra from King's Place a few weeks back.

Is it the BBC fear of live broadcasting over running or has the cost of the pop up studio prohibited further outside broadcasts ? Or will the promised "live" broadcasts turn up later "as live" ?

Oh well, I'm going to the Grosvenor recital anyway and it is almost sold out.

[french frank]

According to the October issue of BBC Music, the evening concert next Tuesday would be a live broadcast from St John's Smith Square of a recital by Benjamin Grosvenor. But Radio Times lists a recital on organ from 2001 by Gillian Weir.

Strange - the R3 website is listing the Gillian Weir archive performance (from 2001). The only obvious connection with Sound Frontiers is that it was recorded at the RFH.

Similarly, BBC Music for Monday next promises a live organ recital from the RFH by Jane Parker-Smith but Radio Times gives a recorded concert by the Aurora Orchestra from King's Place a few weeks back.

But this one - which would have been from the RFH - was recorded at KP a fortnight ago …

Is it the BBC fear of live broadcasting over running or has the cost of the pop up studio prohibited further outside broadcasts ? Or will the promised "live" broadcasts turn up later "as live" ?

Pass

[zola]

No sign of any recording equipment at St John's Smith Square last night which is a pity since it was a very worthwhile recital and a good programme from Benjamin Grosvenor before a full house. Still a strange one, since the concert was even highlighted in the listings with a photo of Grosvenor in BBC Music.

En route from Waterloo to Westminster, I popped in to the pop up studio foyer to sample a bit of In Tune. To be fair, it does make the profile of radio 3 very visible there and seems to spark interest.

[pastoralguy]

Glad you enjoyed it, Zola. I wonder if there had been an objection from the artist's record company. It's possible he was about to record the repertoire and the suits didn't want competition from a radio broadcast. Odd that it was advertised in a Radio Times.

[french frank]

En route from Waterloo to Westminster, I popped in to the pop up studio foyer to sample a bit of In Tune. To be fair, it does make the profile of radio 3 very visible there and seems to spark interest.

(And to follow you off-topic. That's what it's for and no complaint from me for that. Though probably not ideal as part of the R3 programming).

Back on topic, I heard BG a few years ago when he performed at St George's, Bristol. He played the Liszt piano sonata beautifully - a wonderful talent - and spoke very modestly but engagingly before the recital, with no hint of … flamboyance.

[zola]

I should say what the programme was I guess, since it seems it will not now be broadcast. Mozart sonata K333, Chopin sonata no 2, Scriabin sonata no 2, Granados's Goyescas 1 and 3 and Liszt Rhapsodie Espagnole.

[Dave2002]

(And to follow you off-topic. That's what it's for and no complaint from me for that. Though probably not ideal as part of the R3 programming).

Back on topic, I heard BG a few years ago when he performed at St George's, Bristol. He played the Liszt piano sonata beautifully - a wonderful talent - and spoke very modestly but engagingly before the recital, with no hint of … flamboyance.

I also popped in to the RFH last Friday, and was amused to see a very live Oliver Knussen sitting during COTW, and somewhile later Donald Macleod emerged rushing off somewhere else, no doubt. I think Andrew and Ms Derham were also in the box.

A little while later there was a short concert upstairs on Level 5, but I didn't stay long. Not broadcast. The Aurora Trio played various works, but I only heard a bit of the work by Sally Beamish - http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/wha...?dt=2016-09-30

One other event seemed intriguing - the Virtual Orchestra, but I think that was for school kids - not really sure. http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/wha...tual-orchestra Maybe it was a "virtual" experience in which the viewer would be inside an orchestra while performing?

As you say, the pop up box probably didn't do R3 any harm, and may have helped to promote awareness.