Ian Skelly says............

[french frank]

Sorry to buck the trend but I like IS's way with the programme, he strikes me as companionable and humorous and well-suited to the format, although a full-length work every day would be welcome.

I don't think you're bucking the trend in approving of IS - this forum was the cradle of the original IS Appreciation Society, after all. You may be bucking the trend if you now find the programme perfectly listenable.

[LMcD]

Over recent months, maybe even years, R4 has tended to dominate in the morning chez nous. This morning I turned to R3. Truly dreadful. I hadn't realised EC had gotten this bad, though I quite liked the bird sequence which somebody might have thought was very clever. They could have thrown in a bit of Carmina Burana for good measure!

Chez nous aussi!

[Dave2002]

For Slllloooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww - last act of Satyagraha. 50+ minutes of it.

[gradus]

I don't think you're bucking the trend in approving of IS - this forum was the cradle of the original IS Appreciation Society, after all. You may be bucking the trend if you now find the programme perfectly listenable.

Perfectly listenable, that's it.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I don't think you're bucking the trend in approving of IS - this forum was the cradle of the original IS Appreciation Society, after all.

Rob Cowan too. That's before he took on Essential Classics.

[french frank]

Perfectly listenable, that's it.

In that case, there is really no reason to apologise. Clearly, very many people listen to it. It may become clearer whether today's very poor RAJAR figures reflect the negative responses to the most recent changes ("worse than ever").

[DracoM]

Do you have the most recent RAJAR figures?

[LMcD]

https:/media.info>Radio>Stations>BBC Radio 3

[gradus]

In that case, there is really no reason to apologise. Clearly, very many people listen to it. It may become clearer whether today's very poor RAJAR figures reflect the negative responses to the most recent changes ("worse than ever").

Ah, force of habit when disagreeing with another even if there is no reason for it. Still a common behavioural tic in the UK?

[french frank]

Ah, force of habit when disagreeing with another even if there is no reason for it. Still a common behavioural tic in the UK?

Of course, I apologise when someone steps on my foot or hits me with their shopping bag (accidentally, I mean).

[antongould]

Thought I'd catch up, on catch up, with the ghost of Essential Classics past, Mr. Cowan, and listened to his new CFM show on Saturday night.
15 pieces no complete works
2 trailers
3 breaks for adverts comprising in total 19 individual gems
Annoyingly, to me at least, Rob announced and "described" a piece and then we went into the break and the music started without further announcement after the last advert .....
I doubt if I will return ......

[Dave2002]

https:/media.info>Radio>Stations>BBC Radio 3

Shouldn't there be a link here? I tried but couldn't find the section mentioned.
The url should be https://media.info BTW but where then?

[Andrew353w]

I'm a big fan of the Radio 4 comedy series "Ed Reardon's Week" wherein Radio 3 is often parodied, complete with a cameo appearance by Petroc Trelawny! However, I've recently come to realise these clips really DO reflect what Radio 3 has in some respects become; asinine voice-overs and inane phone-ins & quizzes! Maybe it's because I've now partially retired and have the opportunity to listen more, but I find my "annoyance" measure is becoming higher the more I hear; perhaps I need to "chill out" a little more!

That said, the evening concerts are great, although I generally listen on the i-player, at a different time!

[antongould]

Shouldn't there be a link here? I tried but couldn't find the section mentioned.
The url should be https://media.info BTW but where then?

https://media.info/radio/stations/bbc-radio-3/listening-figures

[DracoM]

What truly depresses me about daytime R3 is that I am rarely surprised by what I hear of the music.
I listen a lot to an online Finnish classical music radio station much of the time, and I rarely tune in and find I know the music - i.e. many wonderful surprises / discoveries that I have followed up.

R3 has become a kind of R2 'These You Have Loved' presented by or care-home overseers eg IS.

I loved the challenge upthread "why not listen to CFM - the real thing - rather than R3 - its imitation."

And, yes, evening concerts / CE / Jazz / World Music rarely disappoint. But Ess Class............crikey.