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

[LMcD]

Thankfully no Happy Harmonies or whatever tomorrow morning, as Penny Gore is presenting a sequence that runs from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m.

[oddoneout]

Thankfully no Happy Harmonies or whatever tomorrow morning, as Penny Gore is presenting a sequence that runs from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m.

It's a sad state of affairs when we can't be certain 'they' wouldn't be so crass as to think that Tearjerker and Downtime would be appropriate.

[cloughie]

It's a sad state of affairs when we can't be certain 'they' wouldn't be so crass as to think that Tearjerker and Downtime would be appropriate.

Royal Tearjerkers anyone?

[AuntDaisy]

The full Through the Night was/is available to our European neighbours...
"Notturno" is available to hear on Swedish radio for over a week:

https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1685532

Here's what was broadcast 10/4/2021. As is usual with Notturno, they're out of sequence with our UK broadcasts (or ours are with theirs) - the longer pieces don't start until the second 2 hour segment (which is where the as advertised R3 TTN would have started, "Trio Nova plays music by Brahms, Fauré and Ullén").

12:01 Henricus Albicastro; Concerto a 4, Op 7 no 2; Chiara Banchini (violin), Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (director)
12:09 Francesco Cavalli; Lauda Jerusalem (psalm 147, 'How good it is to sing praises to our God'); Concerto Palatino
12:19 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' in C major, K.265; Young-Lan Han (piano)
12:30 Ralph Vaughan Williams; The Wasps Overture (form Aristophanic suite); BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
12:40 Carl Ludwig Lithander; Divertimento No.1 for flute and fortepiano; Mikael Helasvuo (flute), Tuija Hakkila (pianoforte)
12:48 Ivan Spassov; Solveig's Songs; Sofia Chamber Choir, Vassil Arnaudov (conductor)
12:58 Carl Maria von Weber; Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 34; Joze Kotar (clarinet), Slovenian Philharmonic String Quartet
01:22 Ignaz Moscheles; Sonate melancolique for piano in F sharp minor (Op.49); Tom Beghin (fortepiano)
01:34 Joseph Haydn; Cello Concerto in D major, Hob. 7b:2; Heinrich Schiff (cello), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heinrich Schiff (conductor)
02:01 Johannes Brahms; Piano Trio No.1 in B major, Op.8; Trio Nova
02:36 Gabriel Faure; Piano Trio in D minor, op. 120; Trio Nova
02:56 Johan Ullen; Dödssynderna, Seven Tangos for Piano Trio - The Deadly Sins; Trio Nova
03:33 Ernst Mielck; Concert piece for piano and orchestra (Op.9); Liisa Pohjola (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor)
04:01 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach; Pygmalion, cantata for bass and orchestra W 18/5, B 50; Harry van der Kamp (bass), Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)
04:34 Johan Svendsen; Octet for strings in A major, Op 3; Atle Sponberg (violin), Joakim Svenheden (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Aida-Carmen Soanea (viola), Vertavo String Quartet
05:11 Francesco Corbetta; Folias; Simone Vallerotonda (guitar)
05:17 Jean Sibelius; Serenade No 1 in D major, Op 69a; Judy Kang (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Jean-François Rivest (conductor)
05:26 Fryderyk Chopin; Preludes (Op.28 Nos. 1-5); Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)
05:33 Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev; Overture on Russian themes; Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
05:42 Jacques Casterede; Fantasie Concertante for euphonium and piano; David Thornton (euphonium), Joanne Seeley (piano)
05:50 Richard Addinsell; Warsaw concerto for piano and orchestra; Patrik Jablonski (piano), Polish Radio Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

Info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...ril%202021.pdf

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

This morning, with all the usual crassness eliminated, we have Radio 3 more or less as it should be. No yucky programmes from 5 until 7. No Saturday Breakfast with the other EA. Just fine music with appropriate announcements.
It’s a pity it also involved the removal of Record Review, but this will be mended on a later Saturday.

The BBC can do things properly if they want to.

[kernelbogey]

The BBC can do things properly if they want to.

It's as though this continuous solemnity is being provided as though the normal schedule is somehow frivolous!

So why not serious classical music broadcasting all the time?

[kernelbogey]

And I'm enjoying Andrew doing coninuity in his normal style - not the rather formal tone adopted yesterday by others.

[Frances_iom]

...So why not serious classical music broadcasting all the time?

Marketing must be tearing their hair out - no adverts and think of the Yoof market we have now lost!

Why however are we deprived of the more educational programs - the missing COTW could easily have been slotted in for exaple

[kernelbogey]

It seems the BBC has decided on a policy of not allowing listeners and viewers to think of these days as normal times. Arguably a slightly Victorian view of 'mourning', though (as I've posted elsewhere) I think it's a politically-motivated and defensve choice, given the hostility quietly brewing on the Tory benches.

[LMcD]

It seems the BBC has decided on a policy of not allowing listeners and viewers to think of these days as normal times. Arguably a slightly Victorian view of 'mourning', though (as I've posted elsewhere) I think it's a politically-motivated and defensve choice, given the hostility quietly brewing on the Tory benches.

The BBC doesn't seem to realize - or won't accept - that it's no longer the supreme arbiter of public taste that it once was or thought it was. It obviously didn't hear, or chose to ignore, the estimable Mr. Hislop's pronouncement of the death of deference, which he maintained was one of the great achievements of the 1960s.

[cloughie]

And I'm enjoying Andrew doing coninuity in his normal style - not the rather formal tone adopted yesterday by others.

Yes he was even talking about the weather. Mind you he was probably peeved that his twofer had been postponed.

[Ein Heldenleben]

The BBC doesn't seem to realize - or won't accept - that it's no longer the supreme arbiter of public taste that it once was or thought it was. It obviously didn't hear, or chose to ignore, the estimable Mr. Hislop's pronouncement of the death of deference, which he maintained was one of the great achievements of the 1960s.

As I said in the other thread I think the reason this coverage is a good deal more sombre and prolonged than after the Queen Mother’s death Is that there was quite a lot of criticism of that - in particular I remember the excellent Peter Sissons was taken to task for not wearing a black tie. After that, according to newspaper coverage I’ve read , the decision was taken to remove certain figures from what is known as category one but that those in that category would have more substantial and sombre coverage.

I’ve found this account written by Sissons himself of those events. He was a hugely respected journalist and I don’t doubt the accuracy of his recall of events.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349871/Peter-Sissons-BBC-bosses-ordered-downplay-Queen-Mothers-death.html

Interestingly his final paragraph backs up your point LMcD !

[AuntDaisy]

Bit of a b#gger's muddle today on Through the Night! Could there be light at the end of the tunnel? Is Saturday's 2 hours of drivel no more???

The R3 listings page claims TTN was only 4 hours long, but it definitely has listings for the full 6 hours that were broadcast - and, more importantly, they were!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v3ph

If you fancy brushing up on your Swedish, you can hear the whole of TTN (with our final segment first)...

https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1689144

Here's what was unexpectedly broadcast on Radio 3:
05:01 Charles Gounod; Overture to Mireille; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)
05:08 George Enescu; Konzertstuck in F for viola and piano (1906); Gyozo Mate (viola), Balazs Szokolay (piano)
05:18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Partita in B flat (K.Anh.C 17`2); Festival Winds
05:32 Fanny Mendelssohn; Allegro moderato (Song without words), Op 8 No 1 (1840); Sylviane Deferne (piano)
05:38 Antonio Vivaldi; Concerto for lute, 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV.93; Nigel North (lute), London Baroque, John Toll (organ)
05:49 Maurice Ravel; Introduction and allegro; Tinka Muradori (flute), Josip Nochta (clarinet), Paula Ursic (harp), Zagreb String Quartet
06:00 Niccolo Jommelli; Miserere in D minor; Sandrine Piau (soprano), Carlo Vistoli (counter tenor), Raffaele Giordani (tenor), Salvo Vitale (bass), Coro e Schola gregoriana Ghislieri, Ghislieri Orchestra, Giulio Prandi (conductor)
06:21 Johann Sebastian Bach; Concerto in the Italian style for keyboard in F major BWV 971; Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
06:34 Joseph Haydn; String Quartet in G major Op 77 No 1; Australian String Quartet, William Hennessy (violin), Douglas Weiland (violin), Keith Crellin (viola), Janis Laurs (cello)

Info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...ril%202021.pdf

[vinteuil]

Bit of a b#gger's muddle today on Through the Night! Could there be light at the end of the tunnel? Is Saturday's 2 hours of drivel no more???

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... it's back!

Turning on at 5:20 this morning anticipating the awfulness of Tearjerker, Piano Flow, or Happy Harmonies and ready to switch to the World Service - Mozart (attrib) wind music, and then Catriona Young introducing Vivaldi. And the website informing me that I was listening to Through the Night ..

Is this a result of the demise of the Dook? Or a silent admission of a misjudgment by R3 management?

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BBC Radio 3 schedule for next Saturday shows 'Piano Flow' at 0500 and 'Happy Harmonies' at 0600 - sorry! Volume 3 of 'HH' will feature gentle jazz.

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[LMcD]

Bit of a b#gger's muddle today on Through the Night! Could there be light at the end of the tunnel? Is Saturday's 2 hours of drivel no more???

The R3 listings page claims TTN was only 4 hours long, but it definitely has listings for the full 6 hours that were broadcast - and more importantly, they were!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v3ph

If you fancy brushing up on your Swedish, you can hear the whole of TTN (with our final segment first)...

https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1689144

Here's what was unexpectedly broadcast on Radio 3:
05:01 Charles Gounod; Overture to Mireille; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)
05:08 George Enescu; Konzertstuck in F for viola and piano (1906); Gyozo Mate (viola), Balazs Szokolay (piano)
05:18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Partita in B flat (K.Anh.C 17`2); Festival Winds
05:32 Fanny Mendelssohn; Allegro moderato (Song without words), Op 8 No 1 (1840); Sylviane Deferne (piano)
05:38 Antonio Vivaldi; Concerto for lute, 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV.93; Nigel North (lute), London Baroque, John Toll (organ)
05:49 Maurice Ravel; Introduction and allegro; Tinka Muradori (flute), Josip Nochta (clarinet), Paula Ursic (harp), Zagreb String Quartet
06:00 Niccolo Jommelli; Miserere in D minor; Sandrine Piau (soprano), Carlo Vistoli (counter tenor), Raffaele Giordani (tenor), Salvo Vitale (bass), Coro e Schola gregoriana Ghislieri, Ghislieri Orchestra, Giulio Prandi (conductor)
06:21 Johann Sebastian Bach; Concerto in the Italian style for keyboard in F major BWV 971; Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
06:34 Joseph Haydn; String Quartet in G major Op 77 No 1; Australian String Quartet, William Hennessy (violin), Douglas Weiland (violin), Keith Crellin (viola), Janis Laurs (cello)

Info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...ril%202021.pdf

Drivel returns next week, I'm afraid - see 'Through The Night' thread.
'BBC Radio 3 Schedules' got it right as far as today's concerned, showing TTN ending at 0700.