Late-evening pleasures on Radio 3

[AuntDaisy]

I look at that page and could weep...!

I agree.

Another sad thing is that of that whole R3 listing, only "Teaching Young Readers: 5.Writing" was presereved, AFAIK, in the BBC Archives.
Yes, I know that the BBC broadcasted enormous amounts of "stuff", and it was impractical to save it all (and quite a lot of it might not have been worth saving) - but still...

[smittims]

Thanks, auntDaisy. The most striking thing for me is that all the music broadcast seems to have been of colmplete works all day long , no snippets.

[french frank]

Thanks, auntDaisy. The most striking thing for me is that all the music broadcast seems to have been of colmplete works all day long , no snippets.

Ah, yes, but in those days it was on gramophone records. Now it's ...

[AuntDaisy]

Ah, yes, but in those days it was on gramophone records. Now it's ...

Gramophone records

TS (Transport Stream)?? WAV files??

[hmvman]

Yes, I suppose it was a lot harder to pick out one track from an LP record, although they would've had cueing devices and quick-start turntables.

[oddoneout]

Yes, I suppose it was a lot harder to pick out one track from an LP record, although they would've had cueing devices and quick-start turntables.

And weren't afraid of silences between items.

[hmvman]

And weren't afraid of silences between items.

In those days I think they positively relished them.

[oddoneout]

In those days I think they positively relished them.

It was how you knew you'd tuned into R3 - if there was silence when you turned the radio on.

[hmvman]

It was how you knew you'd tuned into R3 - if there was silence when you turned the radio on.

Ha, ha! So true.

[Serial_Apologist]

It was how you knew you'd tuned into R3 - if there was silence when you turned the radio on.

Today one would say, "It must be that John Cage piece".

[cloughie]

Yes, I suppose it was a lot harder to pick out one track from an LP record, although they would've had cueing devices and quick-start turntables.

They managed on Record Review, Talking about Music and shorter ‘full works’.