Lunchtime Concerts one stop shop

[Ein Heldenleben]

Having listened to the repeat today, I thought the Schumann and Handel excellent and the Balakirev so hell-for-leather that regardless of accuracy it carried me along, just as some Horowitz live recordings do.

A fair summary. If you are going to play Islamey go for it . Like Richter’s incredible live Mephistio Waltz - to hell with the tyranny of the right notes.

[oddoneout]

So, under this new regime we are allowed a single lunchtime concert a week - the Wigmore Hall recital. It's no good, as far as I'm concerned, trumpeting all the "specially recorded" music that's being broadcast if it only appears as layers in the unpalatable millefeuille that is Classical Live. Are Louis Lortie afficionados(looking at this week's offerings) going to want to listen through 2 or 3 hours of output in order to catch his spots? No, they'll at best edit the output on catch up.If the Beeb is going to the trouble of recording in the first place, why are they not putting it out as a recital, or two?
So now the afternoon offering is finally written off, I have largely lost patience with/tolerance of EC, only one lunchtime concert pw, most evening concerts now of little or no interest, I have become a household of little or no music, unless or until I can buy and set-up the necessary kit for accessing alternative offerings and catch up, but even then I don't want to spend my time picking through hours of BBC output to find the bits I want to hear. My small CD collection won't fill the gap - unless I go for the CFM endless repeat approach!
Thanks for 6 decades gone BBC, no thanks for what seems a sparse future.

[Pulcinella]

I wonder if the word stop is now in the wrong place in this thread title: it seems that they've effectively put a stop to the Lunchtime recital.
I wonder if we'll get any from the Proms and the Edinburgh festival?

[oddoneout]

I wonder if the word stop is now in the wrong place in this thread title: it seems that they've effectively put a stop to the Lunchtime recital.
I wonder if we'll get any from the Proms and the Edinburgh festival?

Yes, it would be more accurate to call it The Weekly Lunchtime Concert! How long will the tie-up with Wigmore Hall last I wonder, and what happens if it ends?

[oddoneout]

Well they've now managed to put up something for Monday 22nd April for Wigmore Hall. It's a recital by Alexandre Tharaud and includes this, apparently: Avant dreneieres pensees by Satie
There's no listing of any CLive content for Monday 29th but the Wigmore Hall calendar shows I Fagiolini performing Monteverdi, so I hope that's what we get.

(The rest of the CLive listing for 22nd can't decide between Edinburgh Newtown Concert Series, or New Edinburgh Chamber Series as the origin of one of the recordings later in the programme...)

[LMcD]

Today's Lunchtime Concert sounds intriguing, with songs by, among others, Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn, Claude Debussy, John Dowland and John Denver. Presenter is Martin Handley.

[AuntDaisy]

Today's Lunchtime Concert sounds intriguing, with songs by, among others, Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn, Claude Debussy, John Dowland and John Denver. Presenter is Martin Handley.

Thanks LMcD.

The Wigmore Hall webpage has the Programme & Song Text (or most of them)...
I love the "Please do not turn the page until the song and its accompaniment have ended." - much rustling in the audience.

[LMcD]

Thanks LMcD.

The Wigmore Hall webpage has the Programme & Song Text (or most of them)...
I love the "Please do not turn the page until the song and its accompaniment have ended." - much rustling in the audience.

Thank you for the link to the texts. This concert was an absolute joy from start to finish.

[oddoneout]

Today's Lunchtime Concert sounds intriguing, with songs by, among others, Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn, Claude Debussy, John Dowland and John Denver. Presenter is Martin Handley.

Interested to see this on the WH website

Addition of Artists
We are pleased to announce that Daniel Murphy (guitar, lute) and Leo Appel (viola) will now be joining for the above concert. The programme remains the same.

[oddoneout]

Thank you for the link to the texts. This concert was an absolute joy from start to finish.

Frustratingly I had to be in and out while this was on, but greatly enjoyed what I heard. Pity we no longer get the weekend repeat under this new, refreshed, regime.
The over-run rather highlighted for me the dearth of "genuine live"(as opposed to the various spurious R3 versions) music that is broadcast now - it seemed strange to still have the performer on past the time when the next chunk of ads'n'chat would usually be kicking in. There is always in theory the possibility on the WH slots but in practice it doesn't seem to happen that often?

[oddoneout]

With the Proms out of the way there was a Wigmore Hall offering today. I didn't realise that it wasn't the original concert planned, and that Iestyn Davies was a replacement for Alice Coote. I thought he sounded a bit rough in the opening Purcell, but that settled.
Having looked at the Wigmore website it would seem that the lutenist is doing something of a marathon, with the lunchtime concert and then an evening one.

[Pianorak]

23/09/2024 - 1 pm - Live from Wigmore Hall presented by Hannah French:

JS Bach
Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971

Claude Debussy
Images, Series 1

Fryderyk Chopin
Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60

Igor Stravinsky
3 movements from The Firebird Suite (arranged by Guido Agosti)

Alim Beisembayev (piano)

[oddoneout]

23/09/2024 - 1 pm - Live from Wigmore Hall presented by Hannah French:

JS Bach
Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971

Claude Debussy
Images, Series 1

Fryderyk Chopin
Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60

Igor Stravinsky
3 movements from The Firebird Suite (arranged by Guido Agosti)

Alim Beisembayev (piano)

Well worth a listen IMHO. I'm not a fan of solo piano but I thoroughly enjoyed this, particularly the way the sound of the piano changed to suit the music being played.

[LMcD]

Well worth a listen IMHO. I'm not a fan of solo piano but I thoroughly enjoyed this, particularly the way the sound of the piano changed to suit the music being played.

I had an unexpectedly hectic day and forgot all about this - to which I shall now listen!