Friday Night is Music Night

[Anastasius]

Ah, just tuned in to Afternoon on 2.

My favourite programme..

Friday Night is Music Night.

[ardcarp]

Something about minimalism on BBC4.

[Alison]

I see Robin Boyle died as long ago as 2003.

[Petrushka]

I see Robin Boyle died as long ago as 2003.

Jimmy Kingsbury used to present FNIMN in my day but can't find much information about him on the web. FNIMN was an ideal introduction to lots of light classical music in those days and I remember the show with much affection.

On the other hand, having an enforced day off work due to no trains a glance at the R3 schedule made me turn elsewhere for my music today.

[french frank]

FNIMN was an ideal introduction to lots of light classical music in those days and I remember the show with much affection.

I don't think there's much classical music any more. Just as Radio 2 dropped Your Hundred Best Tunes and Melodies for You (and The Organist Entertains goes in May), so FNIMN became predominantly musicals, jazz and pop. But the next move will surely be for FNIMN to move to Radio 3?

[Anastasius]

I don't think there's much classical music any more. Just as Radio 2 dropped Your Hundred Best Tunes and Melodies for You (and The Organist Entertains goes in May), so FNIMN became predominantly musicals, jazz and pop. But the next move will surely be for FNIMN to move to Radio 3?

Judging by yesterday afternoon's programme I thought that it had.

[french frank]

Judging by yesterday afternoon's programme I thought that it had.

No doubt because the BBC Concert Orchestra was having its turn, and that is its bread and butter. Not sure that Radio 2 would have given them time for Arnold, Elgar and Lambert. The first hour might have been a 'concert' but thereafter it was odd pieces.

[PJPJ]

No doubt because the BBC Concert Orchestra was having its turn, and that is its bread and butter. Not sure that Radio 2 would have given them time for Arnold, Elgar and Lambert. The first hour might have been a 'concert' but thereafter it was odd pieces.

Indeed - and I enjoyed the Coates, Hope, Patterson and Farnon, too. I wish I'd been there.......

Other BBC Concert Orchestra contributions included works by Percy Sherwood and Frederic Cowen, due for release on EM soon.

Further information here:

http://www.sherwood-cowen.com/index.html

Also played was an excerpt from this fine disc:

https://www.mdt.co.uk/morrison-james-great-american-songbook-the.html

Perhaps I ought to practise my snootiness about this fare. I am rather pleased to hear these via R3 - R2's sound quality isn't a patch on R3's.

[french frank]

Perhaps I ought to practise my snootiness about this fare. I am rather pleased to hear these via R3 - R2's sound quality isn't a patch on R3's.

I think it's a leetle unfair to dismiss it as 'snootiness' . There is an awful lot of music on R1, R2, 6Music, CFM &c which would sound better in Radio 3's sound quality.

[PJPJ]

I think it's a leetle unfair to dismiss it as 'snootiness' . There is an awful lot of music on R1, R2, 6Music, CFM &c which would sound better in Radio 3's sound quality.

Quite so, especially CFM. As to the other matter, I'm not sure R2 would give house room to Eric Coates and Bob Farnon these days, never mind Lambert and co.... Bring back Brian Kay and his few minutes a week of Light Music on R3.

Cue Bateman cartoon.......

[french frank]

Cue Bateman cartoon.......

The man who lit his cigar before the Loyal Toast - the cad!

[PJPJ]

The man who lit his cigar before the Loyal Toast - the cad!

I love them!

[cloughie]

I think it's a leetle unfair to dismiss it as 'snootiness' . There is an awful lot of music on R1, R2, 6Music, CFM &c which would sound better in Radio 3's sound quality.

There is also a lot of quality music which would sound good on R1, R2 6Music, CFM ....

[cloughie]

Quite so, especially CFM. As to the other matter, I'm not sure R2 would give house room to Eric Coates and Bob Farnon these days, never mind Lambert and co....

Doesn't have much time for proper songs these days either! Wall to wall pop songs of ever decreasing quality as it aims at an ever younger audience to accommodate superannuated R1 DJs!

[french frank]

Doesn't have much time for proper songs these days either! Wall to wall pop songs of ever decreasing quality as it aims at an ever younger audience to accommodate superannuated R1 DJs!

Yes, and my point was that just because other stations are allowed to go their own way shouldn't mean that airtime for what they've decided to drop from their remit should be allocated on Radio 3. And if Radio 2 is encouraged to redouble its efforts to attract the biggest 'biggest audience' anywhere in the UK, why is it not allowed for Radio 3 to attract the smallest?