'Slow Radio' and other changes afoot at R3

[underthecountertenor]

The continuity announcer indicated JS would be back at 9.00 next Sunday. Of James , ominously , no mention. I haven't been following the Radio Three changes - other forumites may have more information.

R3 press release says clearly that Walker will be the sole presenter of Sunday morning, so I suspect that next week will be Swain's last. Very sad for both JJ and JS.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Thanks for the clarification - sad indeed . Incidentally I don't know whether you were at (or in ) the Zauberflote General yesterday - it was exceptional I thought .

[underthecountertenor]

Thanks for the clarification - sad indeed . Incidentally I don't know whether you were at (or in ) the Zauberflote General yesterday - it was exceptional I thought .

I should be so lucky! I've heard very good things though, now confirmed by you. I didn't book as I was thinking I'd had my fill of that production. Beginning to think that I should go. Thanks!

[Lancashire Lass]

I will be bailing out of Essential Classics the weeks that Suzy Klein is on, I've had enough of her already. I know she knows her stuff, but the whole yummy mummy style turns my stomach. And what is the point of a wonderful "slow moment" playing perfectly pristine Beethoven when you then ruin it by adding some cheesy remark about "Pride and Prejudice"?

It's back to the Gregorian chants on Youtube for me. Even John Suchet would be an improvement!

[Paulie55]

Re. Suzy Klein

I will be bailing out of Essential Classics the weeks that Suzy Klein is on, I've had enough of her already. I know she knows her stuff, but the whole yummy mummy style turns my stomach. And what is the point of a wonderful "slow moment" playing perfectly pristine Beethoven when you then ruin it by adding some cheesy remark about "Pride and Prejudice"?

It's back to the Gregorian chants on Youtube for me. Even John Suchet would be an improvement!

It's not just the "yummy mummy" thing, rather "plummy mummy" and boy, does she talk non-stop!
Mind you, so does Tom Service and far, far too quickly!!

[Nick Armstrong]

I will be bailing out of Essential Classics the weeks that Suzy Klein is on, I've had enough of her already. I know she knows her stuff, but the whole yummy mummy style turns my stomach. And what is the point of a wonderful "slow moment" playing perfectly pristine Beethoven when you then ruin it by adding some cheesy remark about "Pride and Prejudice"?

I feel exactly the same about SK - although for me, interaction with the programme was limited to listening after the event to the Sarah Walker 'interview' podcasts. Live, the gimmick-ridden programme (especially when presented by the horribly-miscast Rob Cowan) has long-since ceased to be part of the routine. But Sarah Walker had developed into a very adept interviewer, and I shall miss catching up with her podcasts.

[roger roger]

Suzy Klein

Lancashire Lass has it bang-on. I too am tuning out of SK's Essential Classics slots.

The witless gushing/simpering is like the sun going in, a total eclipse without the splendour. There's surely a home for SK on Through the Night.

Sarah Walker was great on EC, and it's barking to mess with a winning Sunday morning formula.

Does anyone know the back-story to all this madness?

[doversoul1]

The witless gushing/simpering is like the sun going in, a total eclipse without the splendour. There's surely a home for SK on Through the Night.

What on earth do you mean by this? Are you saying that Through the Night only deserves witless gushing? Have you ever listen to the programme? Through the Night is one of the very best programmes on the station and one of a few programmes that can still show the world the excellence of Radio 3’s broadcasters. Unless I’ve misread/misunderstood the post, which I often do.

Oh, welcome to the Forum by the way.

[french frank]

What on earth do you mean by this? Are you saying that Through the Night only deserves witless gushing?

It could mean that roger roger never listens to the programme and therefore would banish anyone he didn't like to the night watch.

[roger roger]

Thank you for the welcome, doversoul1.

That was thoughtless of me - my clumsy point was that (known only to me) as I never listen to TTN, this seemed a good place for permanent exile.

So - Match of the Day instead? Now I have offended five million more ... no, enough! Just GET HER OFF!

You may have done me a service, though. I will now get TTN on iPlayer between 9-12 when I won't be listening to Essential Classics.

[Nick Armstrong]

There's surely a home for SK on Through the Night.

Noooooooo!

no, enough! Just GET HER OFF!

Yeeeees!!

I will now get TTN on iPlayer between 9-12 when I won't be listening to Essential Classics.

That's what I do. I've been finding the ability to download programmes for 30 days (on the iPad/iPhone https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bbc-...560458506?mt=8) is a very useful facility - a couple of times a month, where a TTN episode has a series of appealing performances, I'll download it, and then the 12 hours of music thereby obtained enables radio listening with or without internet (e.g. when on the move). There's a very good 'fast forward' interface, a circular icon enabling very precise and rapid selection of where to start listening



An additional bonus when at home, is that it plays via my little Airport Express on the big hifi. It's still amazing to me that with a couple of clicks, I can play radio out of the big speakers from my little phone, in extremely good sound.

And welcome to the Forum, by the way

[doversoul1]

You may have done me a service, though. I will now get TTN on iPlayer between 9-12 when I won't be listening to Essential Classics.

A kick start if ever there was one. I hope you will enjoy the programme and join:

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?3023-Through-the-Night-A-few-thoughts

and

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?4476-Early-music-on-TTN

[roger roger]

with a couple of clicks, I can play radio out of the big speakers from my little phone, in extremely good sound.

... I was born 30 years too soon, in to taping stuff from the wireless.

Thanks for the tips and the welcome.

and the TTN links.

[Cockney Sparrow]

I presume Classic FM doesn't pay well enough / is stocked up with "personality" presenters so wouldn't be able to entice her away? Also as she is prevalent on the BBC I presume she has better prospects as the chatty interface for "BBC Music". I wonder what links "Private Eye" might report about some of these R3 presenters - you know, those presenters without much authoritative knowledge of music but supposedly having (cf above) "personality".

I presume some of these decisions aren't the sole preserve of the Controller, R3 as he has the cross corporation "BBC Music" to report to, and sit around the table with at meetings?

[roger roger]

It feels like those deciding schedules etc. don't actually listen to the cringeworthy, toe-curling interviews and other vacuous gibbering that we endure.

In a big old world we must be able to do better than this. A scheme like New Generation Artists - but for presenters - would surely unearth some hidden talent.