BBC Music Day

[subcontrabass]

I was at a wind turbine in Norfolk, I put an ultrasonic sensor on the top which triggered a series of samples everytime the blades of the turbine broke the invisible beam and relayed this to a large group on the ground.... but (in true BBC style ) the Satellite truck linking us all together (I remember having a click track being sent from London in my ear) lost synchronisation so that most of the broadcast consisted of the effervescent Kevin Hathaway in Leicester with the Philharmonia and a large group of RCM students.....

And all I got to do was the interval talk during one of the Radio 3 concerts.

[MrGongGong]

And all I got to do was the interval talk during one of the Radio 3 concerts.

I bet you were on for more than the 20 seconds that we were before the signal failed

[burning dog]

Puzzled by some of these comments. There is nothing in the known universe with less street cred than X Factor.

[MrGongGong]

Puzzled by some of these comments. There is nothing in the known universe with less street cred than X Factor.

Choral Evensong?

[french frank]

Puzzled by some of these comments. There is nothing in the known universe with less street cred than X Factor.

Tell Zucchini that!

"Most rock is now best termed trad. I like a bit of product design, even the odd slab of trad, and have not turned my back completely on entertainment goods, but when it comes to music and working out what music is for, when it comes to thinking about music as a metaphor for life itself, what tends to be described as classical music seems more relevant to the future."

[VodkaDilc]

I've managed to avoid this Music Day, but I think that is what two female presenters were speaking about at around 4pm today. I have rarely heard such drivel. Each is presenting a programme from a different location on that day and this led to a nauseating exchange about school trips and packed lunches. It was a perfect description of why so many of us no longer listen regularly to Radio 3.

[MrGongGong]

I posted a spoof from the "Pretentious Classical Music Elitists" Facebook group (come on FF i've invited you to join us ) but it seemed to have vanished
IT WAS A SPOOF

Which, in spite of its name, is often interesting and worth reading

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2232851732/

[doversoul1]

I've managed to avoid this Music Day,

No, you haven’t. It’s next Friday 5th unless I am a week behind, which is quite possible

If it is a ‘nationwide celebration of music’, why not ‘celebrate’ on Radio2 which has much larger audience? Radio3 does not need a day to celebrate music. It broadcasts music everyday.

[VodkaDilc]

No, you haven’t. It’s next Friday 5th unless I am a week behind, which is quite possible

If it is a ‘nationwide celebration of music’, why not ‘celebrate’ on Radio2 which has much larger audience? Radio3 does not need a day to celebrate music. It broadcasts music everyday.

From what I can remember of the awful exchange between the two presenters at 4pm, one of them is looking forward to hosting Friday Night is Music Night. Isn't that a Radio 2 programme? (I think she said 'really excited', rather than 'looking forward to'.)

[doversoul1]

From what I can remember of the awful exchange between the two presenters at 4pm, one of them is looking forward to hosting Friday Night is Music Night. Isn't that a Radio 2 programme? (I think she said 'really excited', rather than 'looking forward to'.)

I gather Friday Night is Music Night is on Radio2 but this is on Radio3 this coming Friday (5th). More information:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/pro.../bbc-music-day

BBC Music Night
20:00-22:00 BBC Radio 3
BBC Music Day culminates in a live gala concert from City Halls in Glasgow presented by Katie Derham and Ken Bruce, which is simulcast on Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio Scotland and the Asian Network. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is joined by an exciting cross-genre line-up of artists including tenor Noah Stewart, the violinist Jack Liebeck, pop legends Lulu and Deacon Blue, Bhangra artist Jaz Dhami, Scots folk star Claire Hastings, harpist Catrin Finch and jazz pianist Jamie Cullum. They perform music with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Richard Balcombe, from classical repertoire to film music, jazz to rock and folk music to Jaz Dhami.

[antongould]

All going terribly well IMVVHO we have just had the Morpeth Rant and I never knew Sir Mark Elder was born in Hexham!

[Nick Armstrong]

Yes.... just had to switch off my least favourite singing group doing 'The Keel Row'. It's this Music Day thing isn't it... I'd been keeping it at bay. Anton, are you turning out for the scratch performance of the world première of Gareth Malone's Humorous Choral Variations on 'When the Boat Comes In' which is doubtless due to feature on In Tune with Suzy O'Fafferty?

Actually please don't give them ideas.

Why a music day anyway? The Bbc has several dedicated music stations on Multiple platforms, all free to air.

What on earth is the point? To help the demographic that hasn t yet discovered that there is music on the BBC?

They somehow seem to get even dafter in the summer....

Is it just me or is this:



not just as random and bizarre as the parodies of "W1A"....? Like Britain's Tastiest Village etc etc...

You can just imagine it being devised....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

- or is it ?

I'm never quite certain if the Beeb thinks that W1A is a comedy or a documentary

[Honoured Guest]

I'm never quite certain if the Beeb thinks that W1A is a comedy or a documentary

I'm not being funny but ... much good comedy is rooted in truth.

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm never quite certain if the Beeb thinks that W1A is a comedy or a documentary

A friend who recently left that particular place of work said it was remarkably like both, simultaneously.