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  • Pulcinella
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    • Feb 2014
    • 10884

    Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
    What is this fluviatile obsession these days? - there’s something called “River of Music” sometime today too.

    Bloody silly.

    R3 is a no-go area before 9 and after 11.45 on Saturdays anyway, so I shan’t be getting wet.
    Not even to get immersed in Stravinsky?
    Is that where the river concept stems from, I wonder.

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    • LMcD
      Full Member
      • Sep 2017
      • 8402

      Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
      What is this fluviatile obsession these days? - there’s something called “River of Music” sometime today too.

      Bloody silly.

      R3 is a no-go area before 9 and after 11.45 on Saturdays anyway, so I shan’t be getting wet.
      It's so we can all go with the flow as we stream, man ...

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      • vinteuil
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 12782

        Originally posted by LMcD View Post
        It's so we can all go with the flow as we stream, man ...
        ... if the Brook were in German




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        • Frances_iom
          Full Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 2411

          Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
          What is this fluviatile obsession these days? -..
          it's just a fancy name for Muzak - just let it flow past you - no conscious thought required on anyone's part both source & sink

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26523

            Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
            ... if the Brook were in German

            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • french frank
              Administrator/Moderator
              • Feb 2007
              • 30235

              Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
              there’s something called “River of Music” sometime today too.
              One of the first gimmicks of the present regime was a "River of Music". You don't like the presenters? So we'll omit all presentation and just play a sequence of music. Am I right that this river is 50 pieces in 5hrs 30 mins? The usual average of just over 6 mins per piece? No need to announce the name of the composer each time either as it's all by Stravinsky …
              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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              • AuntDaisy
                Host
                • Jun 2018
                • 1616

                Originally posted by french frank View Post
                One of the first gimmicks of the present regime was a "River of Music". You don't like the presenters? So we'll omit all presentation and just play a sequence of music. Am I right that this river is 50 pieces in 5hrs 30 mins? The usual average of just over 6 mins per piece? No need to announce the name of the composer each time either as it's all by Stravinsky …
                There are certain announcers I'd happily not have announcing :-)

                In comparison, over on BR Klassik this evening is "Die Radio-Nacht der Alten Musik" 5 hours of Early Music including "Jordi Savall, Andreas Scholl, Simone Kermes, Vincent Dumestre, Capriccio Stravagante, Anima Eterna & Il Giardino Armonico". Repeats due to Covid, hopefully next year...


                Die Radio-Nacht der Alten Musik

                Höhepunkte aus den vergangenen "Langen Nächten" im Germanischen Nationalmuseum in Nürnberg

                19.05 Musica Nova
                Anonymus/Du Manoir: "Musiques pour le Roy Louis XIII"; Tobias Hume: "Musicall Humors"; Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen", Suite (Hespèrion XXI: Jordi Savall)

                19.30 I saw my Lady weep
                Anonymus: "I am a poor wayfaring stranger"; "Pretty Saro"; "Black is the colour"; "I loved a lass"; "Henry Martin" (Andreas Scholl, Countertenor; Crawford Young, Gitarre); Andreas Scholl: "All beauty must die" (Andreas Scholl, Countertenor; Orlando und die Unerlösten)

                20:00 Karneval der Tiere
                Camille Saint-Saëns: "Karneval der Tiere" (Pius Maria Cüppers, Sprechstimme; Claire Chevallier, Hammerklavier; Anima Eterna, Hammerklavier und Leitung: Jos van Immerseel)

                20.30 Henry's Music
                Philippe Verdelot: "Ave gratia plena"; Jean Lhéritier: "O clemens, O pia virgo"; Thomas Tallis: "Dum transissent sabbatum"; William Byrd: "Emendemus in melius" (Alamire Vokalensemble: David Skinner)

                21.00 Der harmonische Garten
                Baldassare Galuppi: Konzert G-Dur; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata, G-Dur, op. 1, Nr. 9; Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata d-Moll, op. 1, Nr. 12 - "La Follia"; Konzert g-Moll, Allegro, R 157 (Il Giardino Armonico)

                21.30 Remember me
                Johann Adolf Hasse: "Viriate", Arie des Siface aus dem 2. Akt; Georg Friedrich Händel: "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", Arie der Cleopatra aus dem 2. Akt; Riccardo Broschi: "La Merope", Sinfonia; Henry Purcell: "Dido and Aeneas", Rezitativ und Arie Didos aus dem 3. Akt (Simone Kermes, Sopran; Le Musiche Nove: Claudio Osele)

                22.00 Paradizo
                Werke von Antony Holborne, John Dowland, Samuel Scheidt, Alfonso Ferrabosco der Jüngere, William Barde, Jacob van Eyck, John Dowland, Thomas Morley (Julien Martin, Blockflöte; Capriccio Stravagante: Skip Sempé)

                22.30 Chill-out in der Kartäuserkirche
                Mittelalterliche Musik
                Anonymus: "Mon ami ne plourez plus"; "Amours, escoute"; "Jeux a vendre"; "Cuncti potens"; "O Maria, stella maris" (VocaMe)

                23.00 Airs de cour
                Fabrice Marin Caietain: "Allons vieille imperfaite"; Adrien Leroy: "O combien est heureuse"; Pierre Guédron: "A Paris sur petit pont - Qu'on ne me parle plus d'amour"; Jacques Dutronc: "L'Arsène" (Le Poème Harmonique: Vincent Dumestre)

                23.30 Zeitloser Flamenco
                Anonymus: Improvisación sobre "La Spagna" - "Toná" - "Romance del Rey Moro" - "Las morillas de Jaén & Jaleos"; "Guarcha & Guajira" (Arcángel, Gesang; Accademia del Piacere: Fahmi Alqhai)
                Aufnahmen von 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 und 2018

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                • french frank
                  Administrator/Moderator
                  • Feb 2007
                  • 30235

                  Originally posted by AuntDaisy View Post
                  There are certain announcers I'd happily not have announcing :-)
                  Yes, I think R3 were annoyed at having certain presenters criticised so they removed all of them, even the ones who are good!

                  Originally posted by AuntDaisy View Post

                  In comparison, over on BR Klassik this evening is "Die Radio-Nacht der Alten Musik" 5 hours of Early Music including "Jordi Savall, Andreas Scholl, Simone Kermes, Vincent Dumestre, Capriccio Stravagante, Anima Eterna & Il Giardino Armonico". Repeats due to Covid, hopefully next year...


                  22.30 Chill-out in der Kartäuserkirche
                  Mittelalterliche Musik
                  Anonymus: "Mon ami ne plourez plus"; "Amours, escoute"; "Jeux a vendre"; "Cuncti potens"; "O Maria, stella maris" (VocaMe)
                  I like their idea of "chill-out" - wish R3 had the same interpretation!
                  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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                  • AuntDaisy
                    Host
                    • Jun 2018
                    • 1616

                    Originally posted by french frank View Post
                    Yes, I think R3 were annoyed at having certain presenters criticised so they removed all of them, even the ones who are good!

                    I like their idea of "chill-out" - wish R3 had the same interpretation!
                    Given modern technology, could we resurrect deceased announcers to replace the unwanted? I might try "Happy Harmonies" with Patricia Hughes - her choices (and diction) would be impeccable. ("Ghosts of the Future! Shades of Time to come!")

                    I don't believe that BR Klassik have any sulky teenagers as presenters - perhaps R3's streaming drivel success will inspire them?

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26523

                      Originally posted by french frank View Post
                      Am I right that this river is 50 pieces in 5hrs 30 mins? The usual average of just over 6 mins per piece? …
                      Hang on, I’ll just get me kayak
                      "...the isle is full of noises,
                      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                      • LMcD
                        Full Member
                        • Sep 2017
                        • 8402

                        Originally posted by french frank View Post
                        One of the first gimmicks of the present regime was a "River of Music". You don't like the presenters? So we'll omit all presentation and just play a sequence of music. Am I right that this river is 50 pieces in 5hrs 30 mins? The usual average of just over 6 mins per piece? No need to announce the name of the composer each time either as it's all by Stravinsky …
                        There were indeed 50 pieces, with periodic introductions from Sarah Walker. One item I happened to spot as I 'dipped in and out' was 'Lyke Wake Dirge (Cantata'), which was nowhere near as scary as Britten's setting (especially as in Robert Tear's 'British' recording).

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                        • cloughie
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2011
                          • 22114

                          Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                          There were indeed 50 pieces, with periodic introductions from Sarah Walker. One item I happened to spot as I 'dipped in and out' was 'Lyke Wake Dirge (Cantata'), which was nowhere near as scary as Britten's setting (especially as in Robert Tear's 'British' recording).
                          Memories of Pentangle’s great version!

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                          • cloughie
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2011
                            • 22114

                            Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
                            Hang on, I’ll just get me kayak
                            I’ll take a punt on that!

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                            • LMcD
                              Full Member
                              • Sep 2017
                              • 8402

                              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                              I’ll take a punt on that!
                              Thanks for reminding me of headlines such as 'the punt is sinking' which appeared when the ROI's economy was struggling in its pre-euro days.

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                              • kernelbogey
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 5735

                                Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
                                What is this fluviatile obsession these days? - there’s something called “River of Music” sometime today too.
                                ...send not to know
                                For whom the river flows -
                                It flows for thee.

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