Radio 3 Unwind starts on the 4th of November

[Andrew Slater]

Andrew's extensive database might be able to help. (But I'm not sure how to specifically find Barbirolli).

I don't really listen to Breakfast or EC, but I couldn't find many recent ones, although a decade ago they may have appeared more often...

A quick search found this partial list:
Breakfast 8/5/2023 26/1/2022 18/9/2022 14/11/2016 1/9/2015 18/5/2013 24/9/2011
Essential Classics 1/5/2023 6/9/2021 29/7/2020 6/1/2016 24/11/2015 11/11/2014 17/6/2014 19/5/2014 10/2/2012 24/10/2011 15/9/2011

BTW these were the Google searches: search1 search2

site:bbc.co.uk/programmes Barbirolli "Sinfonia Of London" "Breakfast"
site:bbc.co.uk/programmes Barbirolli "Sinfonia Of London" "Essential Classics"

There is a version of my database 'front end' which includes artists, but I haven't 'formally' announced it yet. At the moment it's only possible to search on a single artist, but searching back to about 2013 on Barbirolli then filtering for 'sinfonia of london' within the browser gives 5 results for Breakfast (not all of which match your Google search results) and 18 for Essential Classics.

[AuntDaisy]

There is a version of my database 'front end' which includes artists, but I haven't 'formally' announced it yet. At the moment it's only possible to search on a single artist, but searching back to about 2013 on Barbirolli then filtering for 'sinfonia of london' within the browser gives 5 results for Breakfast (not all of which match your Google search results) and 18 for Essential Classics.

Many thanks Andrew - that new artist search is very useful.

[Ein Heldenleben]

There is a version of my database 'front end' which includes artists, but I haven't 'formally' announced it yet. At the moment it's only possible to search on a single artist, but searching back to about 2013 on Barbirolli then filtering for 'sinfonia of london' within the browser gives 5 results for Breakfast (not all of which match your Google search results) and 18 for Essential Classics.

Thanks v much. Looks like 2015 - 19 Barbirolli featured a lot but apart from the Cello concerto he doesn’t get played much now on these two programmes. My theory is that producers tend to cluster round certain recordings rather than risk either delving back or trying something new unless that new recording has become flavour of the month. The Wilson / Sinfonia is in vogue definitely.

[Barbirollians]

I asked Alexa to play it this lunchtime . In Piano Focus a piece of such extraordinary Einaudi like vacuity was playing - that it was like a drill of minimalist repetitive blandness and I had to turn it off and Alexa kindly then played Beethoven Piano Concerto no 5 for me - Ashkenazy/Solti - and I was able to unwind.