Mozart Fest

[Stillhomewardbound]

Tonight on 'Play Mozart 4 Me' ...

If you have a very poorly realitive or friend in hopsital let us know which favourite Mozart track we can play them ...

Is there a particular Mozart piece that your dog likes to whine to, tell us and we can play it for you and your best friend ...

When you're shopping in the supermarket or in a hotel lift what are your favourite muzak renditions of Mozart. Tell us also your favourite Richard Clayderman, James Last and/or Gary Lovini performances ...

What would be the best piece of Mozart you'd like to hear performed at your funeral ...

Or, if you just want to make new friends on the radio you can call Radio 3 chatback. Yes, call Chatback and talk to other Mozart lovers ... speak to them for hours and exchange your memories of Wolfie and tell them about your latest bunion operation. Call now - Radio 3 CHatback - Make new friends on the Radio!!

[maestro267]

I've avoided it and shall continue to avoid R3 for the entire duration of this Mozart event. Mozart (and the Classical period in general) is too reserved for my liking. I rarely listen to any music before Beethoven. But that's just me. Thankfully I've got plenty of CDs to keep me occupied until the 13th.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Brilliant!

[Simon]

You can mock, you know - and SHB's jest above is little short of brilliant! - and I tend to agree with some of the negative comments - but although I've not had it on much, I must say that when I have listened I've enjoyed almost all I've heard. The piano concerti have been very excellent - Levin's programme last night was superb - and of course the good Donald's reviews have been first-class as ever.

It's the presentation, as so many of you say, rather than the music choices...

[Simon]

But I've just heard that trail for SMP's "play Mozart for me" . Creepy or what? {{{shiver}}}

[Frances_iom]

But I've just heard that trail for SMP's "play Mozart for me" . Creepy or what?

the whole of the trails have been totally off putting, has someone given RW a new jingle machine as it seems to be used in much the same way that a 3 year old uses a toy trumpet - noise at the most inappropriate places - however as you say the presentation for some sections have for me wrecked any enjoyment of the content - after 3 days I already feel sated and now tend to switch off and return to cds

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Listening to Tuesday's "In Tune" has been a complete turn-off. Good piano playing in the bleeding chunks of Mozart piano concertos, ruined by self-conscious politically correct string playing, rather like a drawn-out accupuncture session - made much worse by yet more requests to text into the programme. I'm beginning they're feeling insecure and need constance reassurance.

[kernelbogey]

But congratulations, EA, on yr 1002nd post!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

But congratulations, EA, on yr 1002nd post!

Yup. Thanks! Still not a "hero member" though. :)

[PatrickOD]

Divertimento in D K136 now playing. Is it not a gem?

Another to watch out for: Donald Macleod tomorrow finishes withAdagio in B minor K540,Alfred Brendel.

[StephenO]

But I've just heard that trail for SMP's "play Mozart for me" . Creepy or what? {{{shiver}}}

The former definitely! Horribly reminiscent of hospital radio. There have been a number of real gems so far, though - a hugely enjoyable Private Passions, Welser-Most's Don Giovanni and Donald Macleod at his inimitable best being amongst the highlights for me.

[Peter Hayes]

I am loving the Mozart fest. And what I particularly like is that they have not justified it with references to birthdays or anything. They have just done it anyway. I am also excited that the general tone of Radio 3 sounds increasingly like Classic FM, which I hope means that they will be playing less modern classical music.

PS thanks for setting this forum up, I was most disappointed to go to the official messageboard and find that it had vanished.

[mikerotheatrenestr0y]

Leon Macawley this morning was beautiful, especially in K.331. It was as though he was actually listening and responding as he played, phrasing each repeated figure slightly differently, without ever exaggerating.

[3rd Viennese School]

Wouldn't you just DIE without Mozart!!??

Well, no.

3VS

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

We are told that in the 12 days of wall-to-wall Mozart, we shall hear every work. Looking at Radio Times, I can see a number of omissions. Unless, for some reason, the unnumbered symphonies and those numbered out of sequence (42 - 52) are all being played in request programmes. Also, there should be the recitative Mozart wrote for his version of Handel's Messiah - definitely pure Mozart and rather beautiful.