Is Monday night now R2 night?

[Frances_iom]

I've noticed that Monday evening is the dumping ground for many previously non-R3-material 'shows' but surely this weeks Olivier Awards truly belonged on R2?

[DracoM]

Well, last night was simply UNlistenable to. What on EARTH are the R3 planners doing?

[teamsaint]

Well, last night was simply UNlistenable to. What on EARTH are the R3 planners doing?

They have planners?

[Flosshilde]

I should think that even if you were a fan of musicals the programme was unlistenable, being a complete hodge-podge of unrelated songs from such a wide range of types, with pretty awful introductions by the presenters.

[french frank]

"This incredible one-off event took place on 25 January 2016 at the Royal Festival Hall to celebrate the 40th year of the prestigious annual Olivier Awards with MasterCard.
The stunning evening of stellar entertainment featured illustrious line-up of theatre stars who performed songs from Olivier-winning musicals accompanied by the renowned BBC Concert Orchestra.
If you missed the concert, you can listen back on BBC iPlayer"

Went on for two and a half hours while Radio 2 had:

7pm Burns Night from Celtic Connections
8pm Jo Whiley hosting a mix of new music and classic album tracks

My own suspicion (I am suspicious by nature) is that this is all down to the Director of Music (formerly Head of Popular Music), busy coordinating 'music' across radio and television. Where can we place this LIVE CONCERT? Why, Radio 3, of course.

I pride myself on a total lack of prejudice but one look at that play list

[french frank]

]I pride myself on a total lack of prejudice but one look at that play list

On the subject of which

[Flay]

Next Monday night is an improvement

Takacs Quartet:
Haydn: String Quartet in C major Op. 74 No. 1
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major Op. 73
Haydn: String Quartet in G minor Op. 74 No. 3 'Rider'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zqlbs

[french frank]

On the subject of which

Oh, no! Not only do they have Roy Rogers as composer of Oklahoma, they have Arnold Schoenberg as composer of Les Misérables …………

[Serial_Apologist]

Looks like they've been using up the last of the Christmas party.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Oh, no! Not only do they have Roy Rogers as composer of Oklahoma, they have Arnold Schoenberg as composer of Les Misérables …………

(AND they've misspelt "Sweeney"!)

[Bax-of-Delights]

"This incredible one-off event took place on 25 January 2016 at the Royal Festival Hall to celebrate the 40th year of the prestigious annual Olivier Awards with MasterCard.
The stunning evening of stellar entertainment featured illustrious line-up of theatre stars who performed songs from Olivier-winning musicals accompanied by the renowned BBC Concert Orchestra.

I can't be the only one that has noticed the hyperbolic puffing of concerts in the trailers. Quite by chance as I type this I hear Petroc Trelawney giving his all to this Friday's Live in Concert with the "dazzling Ravel Piano Concerto" and the "exquisite" Mahler 4th Symphony.

Over egging the pudding has never been a good idea - and the R3 contingent are lobbing in the free-range like there's no tomorrow,

[Frances_iom]

... and the R3 contingent are lobbing in the free-range like there's no tomorrow,

I suspect they are correct - R3 is well into a terminal decline

[Alison]

I thought Rob Cowan said things were getting better on Radio 3.

[mercia]

I thought "New Year, New Music" was the dawning of a New Era. Or so I was told at the time.

[Roslynmuse]

I thought "New Year, New Music" was the dawning of a New Era. Or so I was told at the time.

It was a New Era that lasted one week...