Mozart Fest

[Suffolkcoastal]

he'll be competing with Wagner, Verdi, Britten and Lutislawski - so good luck with that

http://www.classical-composers.org/search/year3

As well as Hindemith (50th death annivesary) & Corelli. With Wagner, Verdi & Britten it seems 2013 will be opera lovers heaven!

[Roehre]

And what about Hartmann and Poulenc???

[doversoul1]

As well as Hindemith (50th death annivesary) & Corelli. With Wagner, Verdi & Britten it seems 2013 will be opera lovers heaven!

Oh no! I survived that opera hype back in spring, just about. But Corelli, ah…


That besides, is this Mozart fest, with the ceaseless invitation to voting for the favourite, telling us something about where R3 is going to go in the coming year? Oh dear…

[pilamenon]

One might have hoped that the New Year would bring some interesting and original proposals to the now rather tired-looking schedule. Instead, one of the laziest possible marketing ideas, 12 whole days of the same composer??? Thank goodness there are so many other relatively non-expensive ways to hear plenty of classical music these days. And I enjoy Mozart from time to time.

[Eudaimonia]

Well, perhaps the point is "R3 can do something commercial stations can't".
And then, there's always this survey HMV did in 2008:

"A new survey confirms that Mozart is the nation’s most popular composer"

http://tinyurl.com/23czbqb

And what about Hartmann

Which one--Thomas de or Karl Amadeus? The former was born in 1885, the latter 1905. Better hurry!

Thomas de Hartmann

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKknzxK4AdI

Karl Amadeus Hartmann

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsd2ClZAcMI

[doversoul1]

Well, perhaps the point is "R3 can do something commercial stations can't".

More like no commercial station would do anything so…mis-focused.

This is beginning to look like yet another Radio3 bashing thread but if anyone from Radio3 is reading this, please don’t think we are accusing you. We are saying all this because we desperately want to see Radio3 being allowed to do what it really can.

[Norfolk Born]

Many, and often deserved, have been the critical comments directed towards Classic FM's 'Hall of Fame' and Tuesday's Specialist Classical Chart on Radio 3. But neither has yet managed to come up with a 'Top Ten' comprised entirely of works by the same composer. Welcome to the BNC (that's the British Narrowcasting Company).

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

That besides, is this Mozart fest, with the ceaseless invitation to voting for the favourite, ...

I remember Classic FM doing this in 2006. But they gave a shortlist of their own to choose from, giving you the option (in small print) to choose something else by Mozart. So I chose Symphony no. 9 in C - slow movement.

[James Wonnacott]

I like Mozart and have many of his works in my CD collection.

If I wanted to hear Mozart from dawn to dusk I wouldn't need the radio and I certainly wouldn't have to listen to the infantile rubbish sent in from "listeners" as to why a piece is their favourite.

[Lion-of-Vienna]

Shame no one ever did a Lofthouse like tackle on Roger Wright!

[Suffolkcoastal]

I think this Mozartfest announcement is the reason the R3 messageboards were closed at so short a notice. So that no one logging into the R3 website and glancing at the MBs could see the criticism from regular R3 listeners. RW doesn't like anything negative as he is never ever wrong.

In relation to 2013, K A Hartmann is another of those totally neglected composers on R3, I'll check when I get home on my spreadsheet but I don't he's had more than 2 or 3 works broadcast by R3 in the last couple of years, I expect RW will make sure he gets the 'Holmboe Treatment' i.e. snubbed. As for Poulenc, he's a R3 favourite so will probably have plenty of exposure.

[Daring Tripod]

I feel that these deep immersions in composers such as Tchaikovski, Bach and the like have done nothing to increase my enthusiasm for them. In fact, quite the opposite. Certainly, with Tchaikovsky after that 'stint' I could not hear another note of his music for some time afterwards!

As for Mozart, as he wrote 12 days worth of music there must be lots of "gebrauchsmusik" he wrote, i.e written for occasions and not particularly inspired. Is it is really worth broadcasting everything? What is the philosophy behind these occasions to immerse us in one composer? Have listening figures proved that these are succesful ventures?

[Eudaimonia]

What is the philosophy behind these occasions to immerse us in one composer?

I've been pondering that myself: the best I could come up with is "Look at what cool, innovative, educational, daring programming we can do as a public broadcaster-- you'll never see THIS on ClassicFM!" Maybe it serves to set them "apart and above" and make a statement reminding everyone how awesome and unique R3 is. Bleeped if I know...just a thought. heh.

Have listening figures proved that these are successful ventures?

If the whole point is to make a statement, it hardly matters, does it? What percentage of the R3 audience leaves the radio on 24/7? How representative do you think we are of the R3 audience at large, anyway? If you want to be polite about it, you might say that here on the message boards, our sample is skewed. If you don't? Well, let's not.

Say what you will, Mozartapalooza certainly will be educational!

[mozart79]

as a mozart fan i can't wait for this i realy can't

[Andrew Slater]

I think there's one chink of hope: TTN might not follow, as it's also broadcast by several other organisations. I can't imagine that they would be too happy with 12 nights of solid Mozart (or would they?)