Radio 3 Unwind starts on the 4th of November

[AuntDaisy]

Neil Fisher has an article in today's Times.....
But sadly the link doesn't work. I'll see if they've fixed it later.
Here's a cut and pasted taster:

Jackson says Unwind and its carefully curated playlists don't compare to the DIY playlists proliferating online. “Those playlists contain the most popular, familiar repertoire. What Sian is doing in the morning, talking about mental wellbeing, you don't get that from Spotify or an algorithm.” He also argues that Unwind allows Radio 3 to spotlight British composers who won't be heard on “main” Radio 3, naming as an example the Scottish folk-inspired artist Erland Cooper.

Thanks Pulcinella.

So, is Dr. Sam J now handing out medical advice?

I wonder what his nibs means by "main" Radio 3? Would that be the Erland Cooper who's been on In Tune, Unclassified, Night Tracks...

[oddoneout]

Thanks Pulcinella.

So, is Dr. Sam J now handing out medical advice?

I wonder what his nibs means by "main" Radio 3? Would that be the Erland Cooper who's been on In Tune, Unclassified, Night Tracks...

In any case that statement* lays itself open to "why not" - why can't British composers have a spotlight on the "main" R3? Why shunt them into a softplay back room to be aural wallpaper?

* Sorry, didn't realise that what I was referring to wouldn't appear!

He also argues that Unwind allows Radio 3 to spotlight British composers who won't be heard on “main” Radio 3,

[smittims]

'Main' Radio 3 presumably means the original R3, 91 -95 Fm and on Digital . And of course there's a huge list* of British composers who are virtually banned from that network for no good reason. Nor does Sam offer any explanation. Thank goodness for CDs, YouTube and Spotify. But I'm getting poor value for my licence. Why can't he play just some of them occasionally? The only answer I can think of is that he doesn't like them. I think a Controler R3 should be more impartial than that.
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* Havergal Brian, Arnold Cooke, Priaulx Rainier, Alan Rawsthorne, Malcolm Singer, Elisabeth Lutyens, for starters.

[gurnemanz]

On R4's Start the Week this morning, Tom Sutcliffe and his guests discussed the topic: 'Music and movement; mind and body'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00274s2. Tom made passing reference to the BBC's new unwinding initiative in terms that his employers might not have greatly appreciated, saying that it "drives me mad and is not the music I want to listen to".

[LMcD]

'Main' Radio 3 presumably means the original R3, 91 -95 Fm and on Digital . And of course there's a huge list* of British composers who are virtually banned from that network for no good reason. Nor does Sam offer any explanation. Thank goodness for CDs, YouTube and Spotify. But I'm getting poor value for my licence. Why can't he play just some of them occasionally? The only answer I can think of is that he doesn't like them. I think a Controler R3 should be more impartial than that.
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* Havergal Brian, Arnold Cooke, Priaulx Rainier, Alan Rawsthorne, Malcolm Singer, Elisabeth Lutyens, for starters.

Lloyd, Hoddinott, Alwyn, Rubbra, Simpson ......

[Pulcinella]

The link now seems to have been fixed.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/5a495c34-3ae8-4bb1-a3b7-f1aba58d94be?shareToken=2900cf90038c9804b0b71c5aa102771d