St Matthew Passion: Sunday 11.00am

[french frank]

The problem has been shown as being investigated for well over 24 hours. I wonder how long it would actually take a competent technician to sort it? "A Month of Sundays", perhaps.

http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.u..._latest_issues

Has anyone checked it lately?

If it's still not working, I suggest going to Bryn's link (as above) and under Did this answer your question? click on 'No, and I want to comment on how you can improve it'. Comment: It's still not working. You can improve it by fixing it quickly (or words similar).

Oops!: But you need to specify the programme, of course

[BBMmk2]

You can go onto Facebook and do to the RCO Fb page?

[Bryn]

You can go onto Facebook and do to the RCO Fb page?

I don't do, and don't intend to do Facebook (or Twitter, come to that). Damn it, I don't even text.

[Bryn]

I am delighted to report that the programme is now available:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01f5hd4/EBU_Day_Music_for_Holy_Week_2012/

Hmm, or rather, the first 3.30 minutes are, via that URL. However, all 9.30 minutes, plus a bit extra, can be found here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01f5hd4

Ahem! They must be working late. Now both URLs give the full programme.

[Quite a hefty file it is too. 1.34GB!]

[Pegleg]

Well, wonders never cease, they actually fixed it. Brilliant!

[BBMmk2]

I might havetime tomorrow to get a listen! Lookimng forward to this!

[Simon]

I don't do, and don't intend to do Facebook (or Twitter, come to that). Damn it, I don't even text.

You even used to struggle with a keybroad...

[Pegleg]

Having moaned about the iplayer cock-up earlier in the week, I finally listened to this last night. You can only marvel at the musical genius of Bach in this large scale work. I made some overly cynical comments about R3's music for Easter elsewhere, but I was grateful for the opportunity of hearing this performance.

To my untrained ears, if there was any weakness it was in the soprano arias of part two. But it's got to be a daunting task to sing "Erbarme dich" thinking your efforts are going to compared to what listener's regard as "the best". If I had to name a highlight it would be the part 1 duet and chorus aria "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen."

I wonder what version of the St.Matthew passion will get picked on today's "Building a Library".

[Dave2002]

I don't do, and don't intend to do Facebook (or Twitter, come to that). Damn it, I don't even text.

I'm with you there, apart from odd lapses of texting in extremis!

Actually I do have Twitter accounts, but never use them. As for Facebook, I think it's evil and haven't gone there.

[DracoM]

Off-topic, but there are insensitive trails and there are insensitive trails, but that one for The Essay after BAL with THAT soundtrack behind it has to come pretty high. Good Grief!


And I loved JS's choice for the St Matthew Passion. Clarity, all the lines clear, no top line vibrato speak of, excellent altos and tenors, and strong gravelly bass, small band and good tempi. Yes, liked that.

[kernelbogey]

Off-topic, but there are insensitive trails and there are insensitive trails, but that one for The Essay after BAL with THAT soundtrack behind it has to come pretty high. Good Grief! [....]

Yes, I had the same reaction and posted on a Schubert thread about it. I've also written to the progamme.

Slightly off-topic - but we just had an abrupt transition, during CDR, from the final chorus of the St Matthew Passion to an advert for a programme on Doubt. I'm moderately interested in listening to that and glad to know of it, but following transcendental music with a trailer including the voice of, I think, Van Morrison, was just crass.

[french frank]

I wonder what version of the St.Matthew passion will get picked on today's "Building a Library".

The responses originally posted here have been moved to the BaL thread, as requested...