Originally posted by jayne lee wilson
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Tearjerker, Downtown Symphony, Piano Flow, Happy Harmonies and other Saturday padding
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Just looking at the last line of Alan Davey's reply to AuntDaisy: "Classical music remains at the heart of BBC Radio 3’s schedule and accounts for the vast majority of our programming. This will always be the case. And Through the Night will be at the heart of that offer."
But we know from suffolkcoastal's annual survey that that 'offer' is reducing year on year...
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Originally posted by hmvman View PostJust looking at the last line of Alan Davey's reply to AuntDaisy: "Classical music remains at the heart of BBC Radio 3’s schedule and accounts for the vast majority of our programming.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Here's what we poor Brits missed from this morning's Through the Night...
Available to listen to on Euroclassic Notturno, e.g. on Swedish radio https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1647848
5:01 Kurt Weill / Hanns Eisler; Seeräuber Jenny & Wiegenlieder für Arbeitermütter; Helene Gjerris (mezzo soprano), Frode Andersen (accordion)
5:12 Gedimas Gelgotas; Never Ignore the Cosmic Ocean; Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor)
5:18 Giuseppe Verdi; Overture - Nabucco; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)
5:27 Sergey Rachmaninov; Bogoroditse Devo; Polyphonia, Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)
5:30 George Frideric Handel; Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' : aria from "The Messiah"; Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)
5:35 Bela Bartok; 7 pieces from Mikrokosmos arr. Bartok for 2 pianos; Claire Ouellet (piano), Sandra Murray (piano)
5:45 Joseph Kuffner; Clarinet Quintet (Introduction, theme and variations) in B flat Op.32; Joze Kotar (clarinet), Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet
5:55 Traditional, Narciso Yepes; Romanza for guitar; Stepan Rak (guitar)
6:02 Antonio Vivaldi; Magnificat RV 610/RV 611; Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Maria Espada (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo soprano), Florian Boesch (baritone), Bavarian Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra (director), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
6:22 John Foulds; Keltic Suite, Op 29; Katharine Wood (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
6:37 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Serenade in C minor for Wind Octet (K.388); Wind Ensemble of Hungarian State Opera
The BBC webpage has the unbelievable "Organtastic!" as the title.
Originally posted by french frank View PostMaybe - but if Breakfast, Essential Classics, Tearjerker, Night Tracks, Downtime Symphony, Classical Fix and This Classical Life (to name but seven) are Radio 3's 'classical music' ? What about the classical music lovers who find this all too bland (and uninformative) because they aren't the target audience. Classic FM has a better claim to put 'classical music at the heart' of their output.
Could we suggest a change in R3's branding to "Radio 3 - not as Classical as Classical FM"? I'd love to hear that every time the abysmal SOUNDS app starts.Last edited by AuntDaisy; 06-02-21, 08:21.
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Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostHere's what we poor Brits missed from this morning's Through the Night...
Available to listen to on Euroclassic Notturno, e.g. on Swedish radio https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1647848
5:01 Kurt Weill / Hanns Eisler; Seeräuber Jenny & Wiegenlieder für Arbeitermütter; Helene Gjerris (mezzo soprano), Frode Andersen (accordion)
5:12 Gedimas Gelgotas; Never Ignore the Cosmic Ocean; Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor)
5:18 Giuseppe Verdi; Overture - Nabucco; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)
5:27 Sergey Rachmaninov; Bogoroditse Devo; Polyphonia, Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)
5:30 George Frideric Handel; Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' : aria from "The Messiah"; Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)
5:35 Bela Bartok; 7 pieces from Mikrokosmos arr. Bartok for 2 pianos; Claire Ouellet (piano), Sandra Murray (piano)
5:45 Joseph Kuffner; Clarinet Quintet (Introduction, theme and variations) in B flat Op.32; Joze Kotar (clarinet), Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet
5:55 Traditional, Narciso Yepes; Romanza for guitar; Stepan Rak (guitar)
6:02 Antonio Vivaldi; Magnificat RV 610/RV 611; Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Maria Espada (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo soprano), Florian Boesch (baritone), Bavarian Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra (director), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
6:22 John Foulds; Keltic Suite, Op 29; Katharine Wood (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
6:37 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Serenade in C minor for Wind Octet (K.388); Wind Ensemble of Hungarian State Opera
The BBC webpage has the unbelievable "Organtastic!" as the title.
Spot on French Frank.
Could we suggest a change in R3's branding to "Radio 3 - not as Classical as Classical FM"? I'd love to hear that every time the abysmal SOUNDS app starts.
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostRap on 3!
But to return to 'tearjerker' (appropriate I guess as one considers what R3 has been forced to descend to) - sounds as tho cheaper than buying into through the night - but then I find R3 only listenable to between 12noon + 10pm
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Managed to miss this again as insomnia was in the early hours and I slept later at the other end of the night. Taking the schedules at face value (ie assuming listening as broadcast) I do wonder about the vision of Saturdays that conjures up; an hour of Tearjerker messing with your emotions followed by Downtime Symphony "wind down music". So, depressed and lethargic, just what's needed for facing the challenges of another lockdown day.
On the plus side the lack of anything much(possibly Inside Music ) I want to listen to most Saturdays means I am getting to listen to my CDs. I only have a small selection, but they don't get out much in 'normal' times as I do other things on a Saturday so don't need to fill the music void. There is a stack that I acquired as part of charity raids pre-autumn lockdown when 2 shops were having a "10 for £1" clearance, which I'm working through.
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Originally posted by Frances_iom View Postpossibly though some years ago I heard some in my local second hand cd shop - the 'lyrics' were totally obscene - highly aggressive in a really nasty way towards women + gays - I tackled the shop owner once I'd got him to turn it off - 'Oh its just typical inner city [assumed London as wasn't an American voice] music for the black community' - it it were, and someone had thought it profitable to place on CD then something was violently wrong with that community.
But to return to 'tearjerker' (appropriate I guess as one considers what R3 has been forced to descend to) - sounds as tho cheaper than buying into through the night - but then I find R3 only listenable to between 12noon + 10pm
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Thanks cloughie. For a moment, I though "To give praise" was in support of Downtime Symphony, i.e. just missing ".. where it's due."
My mistake - it's the title!
From your YouTube link, I cannot believe that these lyrics have been broadcast on Radio 3. I have no idea what they mean.
Yeah, yeah
I often wonder why my brain is cloudy, thunder
I'm not Russell nor KD, OKC
My mother told me speak my peace but she ain't say bleed
Same me, out save me, sagy
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The John Foulds was new to me, but you can hear it ~1:22:18 (~82mins) in on https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1647848
(Click on the black up arrow at the bottom right to expand the player and move the slider along.)
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostMy reference was to a rap track played on this morning’s Downtime Symphony - Navy Blue: To give praise aired arond 6.30am - was this a good trade for John Foulds: Keltic Suite which we would have had on ‘Through the Night’. NO!
https://youtu.be/dMAgMSu_kaM
Incidentally Rap (as part of urban / hip-hop) is currently a module in the Oxford University music B.A. course. It’s a popular option I’m told. I think I read somewhere that this genre is the most commercially successful in the entire history of music . As to its musical merits I’m more of a Wynton Marsalis fan....
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Originally posted by Heldenleben View Post.......
Incidentally Rap (as part of urban / hip-hop) is currently a module in the Oxford University music B.A. course. It’s a popular option I’m told. I think I read somewhere that this genre is the most commercially successful in the entire history of music . As to its musical merits I’m more of a Wynton Marsalis fan....Fewer Smart things. More smart people.
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Originally posted by Frances_iom View Postpossibly though some years ago I heard some in my local second hand cd shop - the 'lyrics' were totally obscene - highly aggressive in a really nasty way towards women + gays - I tackled the shop owner once I'd got him to turn it off - 'Oh its just typical inner city [assumed London as wasn't an American voice] music for the black community' - it it were, and someone had thought it profitable to place on CD then something was violently wrong with that community.
But to return to 'tearjerker' (appropriate I guess as one considers what R3 has been forced to descend to) - sounds as tho cheaper than buying into through the night - but then I find R3 only listenable to between 12noon + 10pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rpms...
Here's an especially dark, subtle, catchy example -
Directed by Michel GondryWould this make your Top 20 Massive Attack songs? Find out here: http://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/massive-attack-in-20-songsLis...
....weird and surreal vid is based on the Kubrick classic The Shining...Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 06-02-21, 14:26.
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Originally posted by Anastasius View PostI can think of nothing worse than being forced to listen to rap (incidentally, the 'C' is silent) as part of a Uni course.
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Originally posted by Roslynmuse View PostAs it's a module, I imagine that it is being taken only be students who are interested in it (or more interested in rap than, say, fugue). Investigating it from a socio-political viewpoint is probably the main thrust of the course. Musicology is a broad church!
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Originally posted by Heldenleben View PostIt’s a funny old world though isn’t it? One of the benefits of the eclecticism of Radio 3 is that John Foulds now appears to be the subject of a documentary on the channel. It wouldn’t be surprised if in the sixties / seventies he was barely played at all.
Incidentally Rap (as part of urban / hip-hop) is currently a module in the Oxford University music B.A. course. It’s a popular option I’m told. I think I read somewhere that this genre is the most commercially successful in the entire history of music . As to its musical merits I’m more of a Wynton Marsalis fan....Last edited by underthecountertenor; 06-02-21, 15:29.
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