Tearjerker, Downtown Symphony, Piano Flow, Happy Harmonies and other Saturday padding

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  • AuntDaisy
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    • Jun 2018
    • 1616

    Thanks - I'd missed that

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    • Eine Alpensinfonie
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 20570

      Originally posted by AuntDaisy View Post
      Could there be light at the end of the tunnel? Is Saturday's 2 hours of drivel no more???

      Sadly, not even today.
      The Alkerythm is still with us from 7 until 9.

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      • Bax-of-Delights
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        • Nov 2010
        • 745

        Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
        Sadly, not even today.
        The Alkerythm is still with us from 7 until 9.
        And the words of the day to be repeated as frequently as possible are “amazing” “magical” and “gorgeous”.
        O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!

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        • AuntDaisy
          Host
          • Jun 2018
          • 1616

          Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View Post
          And the words of the day to be repeated as frequently as possible are “amazing” “magical” and “gorgeous”.
          I switched off before counting! Royal coverage drove me from R4, then "breakfast croissant" French singing from R3.

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          • antongould
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8778

            Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
            Sadly, not even today.
            The Alkerythm is still with us from 7 until 9.
            Oh excellent she was sorely missed ........

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            • antongould
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              • Nov 2010
              • 8778

              Originally posted by antongould View Post
              Oh excellent she was sorely missed ........
              ..... and she played Paul Simon I see - OMG as they say .......

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              • LMcD
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                • Sep 2017
                • 8402

                Originally posted by antongould View Post
                ..... and she played Paul Simon I see - OMG as they say .......
                Who won?

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                • antongould
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8778

                  Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                  Who won?
                  Haven’t listened yet ......

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                  • hmvman
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                    • Mar 2007
                    • 1097

                    I'm so glad I'm not up early enough on Saturdays....

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                    • cloughie
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                      • Dec 2011
                      • 22114

                      Originally posted by antongould View Post
                      Haven’t listened yet ......
                      Was Garfunkel involved?

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                      • antongould
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8778

                        Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                        Was Garfunkel involved?
                        I would presume so .......

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                        • oddoneout
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                          • Nov 2015
                          • 9141

                          Oh dear. Woken too early, in discomfort, and in need of distraction I turned the radio on, forgetting today was Saturday... The latest iteration of Dumbtime was the last thing I needed and did not improve a difficult start to the day.
                          How long is this pointless (worse, counterproductive) experiment going to last, does anyone know?

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                          • AuntDaisy
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                            • Jun 2018
                            • 1616

                            Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
                            Oh dear. Woken too early, in discomfort, and in need of distraction I turned the radio on, forgetting today was Saturday... The latest iteration of Dumbtime was the last thing I needed and did not improve a difficult start to the day.
                            How long is this pointless (worse, counterproductive) experiment going to last, does anyone know?
                            Yes, I woke up just after 5 this morning and gave in - sadly, I can see this utter drivel going on indefinitely.

                            Here's what we missed this morning.
                            Available to listen to via more enlightened European broadcasters, e.g. Swedish radio
                            https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1693173 (press the big Play button and brush up your Swedish)

                            05:01 Fredrik Pacius; Overture from the Hunt of King Charles (1852); Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
                            05:08 Joseph Haydn; Sonata in G minor H.16.44 for piano; Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
                            05:19 Johann Caspar Kerll; Exsulta satis - Offertorium for countertenor, tenor, two violins, viola and bc; Hassler Consort
                            05:29 Franz Xaver Sterkel; Duet No 3 for 2 violas; Milan Telecky (viola), Zuzana Jarabakova (viola)
                            05:37 Christoph Graupner; Flute Concerto in F, GWV 323; Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori
                            05:47 Hugo Wolf; Italian Serenade; Ljubljanski Godalni Quartet
                            05:55 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari; Suite Concertino in F major for bassoon...(Op.16) (1933); Christopher Millard (bassoon), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
                            06:16 Erik Gustaf Geijer; Sonata for Piano (four hands) in F minor; Stefan Bojsten (piano duo), Anders Kilstrom (piano duo)
                            06:37 Felix Mendelssohn; Sextet for piano and strings in D major, Op 110; Wu Han (piano), Philip Setzer (violin), Nokuthula Ngwenyama (viola), Cynthia Phelps (viola), Carter Brey (cello), Michael Wais (bass)

                            Around ~45:56 in, it sounds as if a music stand falls over during the Graupner. I almost feel I'm there...
                            Last edited by AuntDaisy; 24-04-21, 07:25.

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                            • vinteuil
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 12782

                              Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
                              How long is this pointless (worse, counterproductive) experiment going to last, does anyone know?
                              ... Laufey Jonsdottir who does the 6-7 'Happy Harmonies' slot said that this was the first of twelve...

                              Bring on 17 July, I say! - but wait... who knows? What comes after the twelve weeks...





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                              • Frances_iom
                                Full Member
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 2411

                                It will certainly continue - I can only assume that the BBC is exploiting some legal loophole that avoids paying streaming fees if the music had been broadcast otherwise I can't see other than possibly a small saving by not broadcasting Through the Night - they seem to have found a slot that only offends insomniac classical music listeners who I suspect are just a small very unimportant band of listeners wheras the intended 'yoof' market is flavour of the moment - after all think where the director came from - selling junk drink to the young via intensive advertising

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