Music other than Mozart's in 12 Days

[BBMmk2]

Serial_Apologist, in another thread was saying that if you had 12 days to live what other music you would request Radio 3 to play.I thought this might be a good idea for another thread. So mione would be:

Shostakovich symphnies, concerti andchamber music; Tchaikovsky Symphonies, concerti and operas; Mussorgsky, orhcestral music, Prokoviev's symphonies and concerti; Bax's music, Irland's, Walton, Bliss, John Adams, Vaughan Williams. Here's a few to start with!! Any particular composiotioons are welcome to add by these great men.

[Norfolk Born]

Expanding on one aspect of Message#1: how about a festival of pieces by those many, supposedly unfashionable, British composers the BBC are so good at ignoring? For starters, in addition to those already mentioned: Alan Rawsthorne, William Alwyn, Alun Hoddinott, Thea Musgrave, William Mathias, all of whom wrote in many forms - chamber works, songs, operas, symphonies, concerti. And, although I'm not personally an admirer, it would surely do no harm to hear some Malcolm Arnold other than the dances and the Padstow Lifeboat.

[Daring Tripod]

Why 12 days? It’s too long for one subject. I’d never, never have one composer. Previous stints of one composer programmes have just driven me away from them to ‘detoxify’.

One week for a wider range would be great. This could expand some of the ‘Composer of the week’ wider subjects ideas such as ‘British composers of the last 50 years’ where the little known composers which have recently been mentioned could feature. Ideas abound.

[EdgeleyRob]

What about 12 days of nothing but British music ?.That would be a joy to behold!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I have tried to start a more general discussion about how we might like the Radio 3 Schedule to pan out in future, but no-one seems interested. :(:(:(:(

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?816-Organising-the-Radio-3-Schedule

[Daring Tripod]

Afterthought: Another idea would be "Scandinavian and Baltic States Composers" with one day devoted to one country. Plenty of opportunity for ideas there!

[Petrushka]

I have tried to start a more general discussion about how we might like the Radio 3 Schedule to pan out in future, but no-one seems interested. :(:(:(:(
http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...dio-3-Schedule

Although this forum is dedicated to R3 I do wonder how many of us actually listen to it? In my case, I'll own up and say 'not all that much'.

[Vile Consort]

What about 12 days of nothing but British music ?.That would be a joy to behold!

A week of Britten to coincide with his centenary in 2013 perhaps?

[BBMmk2]

Ah, EdgelyRob, what an excellant idea!! 12 days 24/7 of British music!! Wonderful!!

[salymap]

I've only just found this thread. As someone who worked in various jobs in publishing and promotion it saddens me that the [mainly] British composers of the 40s to the 60s or 70s have all but disappeared, apart from the obvious 'greats'. Too many to list at this hour but something should be done.

[ahinton]

Expanding on one aspect of Message#1: how about a festival of pieces by those many, supposedly unfashionable, British composers the BBC are so good at ignoring? For starters, in addition to those already mentioned: Alan Rawsthorne, William Alwyn, Alun Hoddinott, Thea Musgrave, William Mathias, all of whom wrote in many forms - chamber works, songs, operas, symphonies, concerti. And, although I'm not personally an admirer, it would surely do no harm to hear some Malcolm Arnold other than the dances and the Padstow Lifeboat.

"Wrote"? One of the composers you whom mention is still alive and writing!

[Norfolk Born]

My apologies to the lady concerned!

[doversoul1]

Slightly going off the thread topic but Petroc Trelawny said that in Vienne, they played Blue Danube with the New Year’s Eve fireworks. Do we have nothing better to represent London than some pop songs? With all those British composers… Well, all right. Nothing wrong with pop songs and everybody knows them but all the same, it’s … a bit sad.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Do we have nothing better to represent London than some pop songs? With all those British composers… Well, all right. Nothing wrong with pop songs and everybody knows them but all the same, it’s … a bit sad.

It is very sad and there is a great deal wrong with many pop songs.

[Ferretfancy]

Hand on heart, how many of us sit down and say to ourselves - " I think I'll have a nice bit of Rawsthorne today" or Hoddinott, or Musgrave. It isn't that they are not very worthy composers, but do they really stay in the mind? I've not neglected any of these artists, but I can't honestly rank them with Vaughan Williams, Holst, Walton or Britten.
I'd be glad to be challenged on that if some examples could be quoted -Rawsthorne's two Violin Concertos maybe?