R3 in Concert one-stop shop

[Maclintick]

I used to review or at least comment upon Evening Concerts regularly (you and I shared many good exchanges) but although I still listen to some of them, I stopped commenting due to.... lack of others' interest here.
They were always my main focus on Radio 3. It would be nice to return to such sharing, but....

I stopped commenting here when it became blindingly obvious that soi-disant "Friends of Radio 3" weren't particularly interested in any of the excellent live concerts which appear on the channel. For instance, I attended the BBC Symphony's Frank Zappa Barbican Total Immersion day last spring, which included a film and 3 concerts which were revelatory, and an all-Sibelius fest of rarities last autumn. No comment here...

[jayne lee wilson]

Wish I could help but I lack the knowledge to comment properly and also, increasingly, I haven't found what's on offer to my taste which, when it comes to symphonies in particular, has become less "inclusive" in recent years I fear. I never was overly keen on the"big stuff" (Rach, Sibelius, Nielsen and such like) in the first place but would listen more often than not, but now not even that. Tonight's Elgar would have been a listen not so long ago but now I just don't feel inclined to do so.
Do you think part of the decrease in commenting might be due to the increase of listening at different times? A flurry of reaction all at the same time as the concert finishes isn't quite the same as coming in over a period of time as and when folks catch up. Or have we lost the people who are willing and able to comment?

The range of music choices doesn't help any Radio station of course. I listen to Qobuz more than Radio 3 now, choosing my rep, exploring new or unfamiliar music and recordings, using it as a pleasing ambience..... a little like a radio channel but with greater listener control. And I still make sure there's a CD in each player - more choice again before the Cat settles on the Lap....

Many here make the effort for The Proms; this could still happen with the Evening Concerts too. But once the live relay is over, the stream off of Sounds does become just another choice among many...still very attractive but only if you enjoy that sharing of the same event....and can rely on other listeners being there to respond.
It would help of course if the Radio 3 Concerts were in CD-quality lossless (the short-lived "Concert Sound" still poignantly recalled), rather than restricted to the 320 kbps AAC stream, good though it is....

[BBMmk2]

I stopped commenting here when it became blindingly obvious that soi-disant "Friends of Radio 3" weren't particularly interested in any of the excellent live concerts which appear on the channel. For instance, I attended the BBC Symphony's Frank Zappa Barbican Total Immersion day last spring, which included a film and 3 concerts which were revelatory, and an all-Sibelius fest of rarities last autumn. No comment here...

I see that last night’s concert by the LPO/Gardner with Steven Osborne (piano), was rather good I hear and I’ll be catching up this morning.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I see that last night’s concert by the LPO/Gardner with Steven Osborne (piano), was rather good I hear and I’ll be catching up this morning.

It was good with a particularly fine Tippett concerto from Steven Osborne. I see from a blog that, somewhat worryingly , the balcony was empty for the performance. That’s a lot of seats.

[oddoneout]

In the course of checking this evening's concert I looked up the venue https://archjourney.org/projects/herz-jesu-kirche/
It will be interesting to hear what the acoustic is like, but I must confess my first thought was " you wouldn't want those doors open when it's windy"

[JasonPalmer]

Missed out on the start of this evenings concert due to childcare duties but now listening to some lovely singing which the tv says is anton bruckner mass in e minor (Sanctus) and seems I have bruckners 4th symphony to look forward to.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hg7m

Domingo Hindoyan conducts Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 4 - the only symphony he gave a title to, 'Romantic' - in a concert given last month. But this is no programmatic pastiche of love and longing. Instead Bruckner evokes images and moods from his beloved Austria's medieval countryside, replete with knights, nature, hunting and magic. In the first half, the Canadian/American violinist Timothy Chooi conjures up an intensely romantic nostalgia for the Caledonian Highlands by way of Max Bruch's equally Romantic Scottish Fantasy. Miriam Skinner presents.

[JasonPalmer]

For some reason this thread not appearing in new posts, how odd, did anyone else listen to the evening concert yesterday ?

[Ein Heldenleben]

For some reason this thread not appearing in new posts, how odd, did anyone else listen to the evening concert yesterday ?

Would have done but actually at some live music for once . The BSO doing Elgar2 with Karabits. And an epic Bartok 2 form Sunwook Kim - at the end of which I thought his hands might drop off. Truly astonishing playing.

[JasonPalmer]

Mozart and Beethoven this evening, good stuff.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hg8g

Live from the Victoria Hall in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Presented by Tom McKinney

Conductor Leslie Suganandarajah returns to the BBC Philharmonic for a visit to one of the orchestra's favourite audiences and venues, the Victoria Hall in Hanley.

This engaging and tuneful programme ends with the warming melody of Saint-Säens's Symphony No.3, his “Organ Symphony”. Organist Jonathan Scott joins the orchestra for this luscious music, which is almost exactly contemporary with the organ and the hall; all three completed within two years in the 1880s.

Three knocks at the door open our concert as we launch into Mozart's overture to The Magic Flute and a lone timpanist paves the way for the lyricism and dance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto; Tobias Feldmann makes a welcome return to the orchestra as soloist.

[JasonPalmer]

Ooo clapping between movements, but...well deserved really. This is the life, radio 3 live, good headphones, snuggled under my heated throw.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Missed out on the start of this evenings concert due to childcare duties but now listening to some lovely singing which the tv says is anton bruckner mass in e minor (Sanctus) and seems I have bruckners 4th symphony to look forward to.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hg7m

Domingo Hindoyan conducts Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 4 - the only symphony he gave a title to, 'Romantic' - in a concert given last month. But this is no programmatic pastiche of love and longing. Instead Bruckner evokes images and moods from his beloved Austria's medieval countryside, replete with knights, nature, hunting and magic. In the first half, the Canadian/American violinist Timothy Chooi conjures up an intensely romantic nostalgia for the Caledonian Highlands by way of Max Bruch's equally Romantic Scottish Fantasy. Miriam Skinner presents.

Finally caught up with this today . Tremendous performance. Domingo Hindoyan Has really got the Bruckner touch and the RLPO played out of their skins esp a wonderful horn section . Highly recommended. I see they also did Bruckner 8 recently to glowing reviews . Liverpool’s fast becoming a bit of a Bruckner stronghold.

[JasonPalmer]

Glad you enjoyed it, I thought it was particularly good but didn't want to mention it as still a relative novice in comparing performances. #easilypleased

[Ein Heldenleben]

Glad you enjoyed it, I thought it was particularly good but didn't want to mention it as still a relative novice in comparing performances. #easilypleased

Thank you for drawing my attention to it. It’s a shame that there are so few comments about the Evening concert . There’s usually one outstanding one a week. With minimal chat . This one was introduced by a presenter new to me - Miriam Skinner. If googling is correct she appears to have a main job as a cellist with the BBC Phil. She struck me as a refreshing change - a very laid back under emphatic presenting style which I rather liked.

[jayne lee wilson]

Finally caught up with this today . Tremendous performance. Domingo Hindoyan Has really got the Bruckner touch and the RLPO played out of their skins esp a wonderful horn section . Highly recommended. I see they also did Bruckner 8 recently to glowing reviews . Liverpool’s fast becoming a bit of a Bruckner stronghold.

I saw a terrific 4th with V-Petrenko up there a few years back, physically stunning, really tore into the piece. A great 6th too. They've always done Bruckner well on the rare occasions conductors programmed it. No more live attendance possible for me, but the Rozhdestvensky and Poschner CD Cycles are more than compensatory.....

*****
Excellent prospects for the 1930 hrs relay tonight, Danish NSO/Blomstedt, with Schubert 6 and Berwald 2. I love the Berwald Symphonies and live performance is rare; the unusual backstory to the incurably catchy 2nd is fascinating - lost for 60 years (full score never found), reconstructed from 4-stave sketches by 1914, revised again in 1968 by another editor....
Wonderful piece we are so lucky to have!
So gather round the Radio, everyone....

[oddoneout]

I saw a terrific 4th with V-Petrenko up there a few years back, physically stunning, really tore into the piece. A great 6th too. They've always done Bruckner well on the rare occasions conductors programmed it. No more live attendance possible for me, but the Rozhdestvensky and Poschner CD Cycles are more than compensatory.....

*****
Excellent prospects for the 1930 hrs relay tonight, Danish NSO/Blomstedt, with Schubert 6 and Berwald 2. I love the Berwald Symphonies and live performance is rare; the unusual backstory to the incurably catchy 2nd is fascinating - lost for 60 years (full score never found), reconstructed from 4-stave sketches by 1914, revised again in 1968 by another editor....
Wonderful piece we are so lucky to have!
So gather round the Radio, everyone....

Thanks in part to your mention I stayed listening after the Schubert. The interval Berwald music didn't do much for me, although the brief biography was interesting - a man of parts - but I did enjoy the 2nd symphony. All those scampering strings, you can't help smiling.