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

[oddoneout]

Do keep up. It’s already gone way beyond that. Look at the Radio 3 webpage.
For example - an opera by Wagner is being broadcast. Do we get a picture of the composer, or one of the characters? Or the conductor or soloists? Of course not. We get a picture of Georgia Mann, or whichever presenter has been chosen.

Who may or may not be the presenter on the day, as the concept of using the online facilities to advise the listeners of changes (let alone accurate details of things which haven't changed...) seems to have been largely ditched now.

[french frank]

If was only a matter of time before "programmers", having already promoted themselves to "curators", would eventually have the hubris to place themselves on the same level as those who actually produce the music. If that's really what they want they ought to have to endure the financial insecurity that goes with it.

Quite egalitarian, if you think about it. Vacancy for composer. No previous experience necessary.

[Joseph K]

Quite egalitarian, if you think about it. Vacancy for composer. No previous experience necessary.

Not really...

[french frank]

Not really...

No, it isn't really, is it. In fact it's as nonsensical as quite a few things on Radio 3 nowadays.

[AuntDaisy]

Here's what we missed today - available to our European friends via EBU Notturno, e.g. Swedish radio

https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1895238

01:01 Johannes Brahms; Sextet no. 1 in B flat major Op.18 for strings; Marianne Thorsen (violin), Viktor Stenhjem (violin), Rachel Roberts (viola), Radim Sedmidubsky (viola), Alasdair Strange (cello), Henrik Brendstrup (cello)
01:41 Robert Schumann; Kreisleriana (Op.16); Vesselin Stanev (piano)
02:10 Ruth Watson Henderson; Two Love Songs; Elmer Iseler Singers, Claire Preston (piano), Lydia Adams (director)
02:15 Domenico Scarlatti, Avi Avital (arranger); Sonata in G Kk 91; Avi Avital (mandolin), Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord)
02:22 Jean Sibelius; Finlandia, Op 26; BBC Philharmonic, John Storgards (conductor)
02:31 Paul Juon; Fairy Tale for cello and piano in A minor, Op 8; Esther Nyffenegger (cello), Desmond Wright (piano)
02:37 Johann Strauss II; Egyptischer March Op 335; Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)
02:42 Fryderyk Chopin; Scherzo no.1 in B minor (Op.20); Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
02:51 Frantisek Jiranek; Sinfonia in F major; Collegium Marianum
Info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...rch%202022.pdf

Debussy's La Mer, conducted by Valery Gergiev ('96 Proms?), was originally scheduled for the 04:31 TTN / 03:31 Notturno slot, but was replaced with Mozart's Concerto for Harp, Flute and Orchestra. The EBU Notturno listings for March 19 originally went up in February but were updated in early March.
Penderecki's Credo has also been replaced with Strauss' Ein Heldenleben on 21/3/2022 Notturno listings. (Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps is still scheduled for 16/4/2022)
TTN quietly doing its bit for Ukraine.

[oddoneout]

Penderecki's Credo has also been replaced with Strauss' Ein Heldenleben on 21/3/2022 Notturno listings. (Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps is still scheduled for 16/4/2022)
TTN quietly doing its bit for Ukraine.

There's evidently something here I don't know - how is leaving out Penderecki positive for Ukraine?
I understand the Gergiev removal but pity it couldn't have been replaced by a recording from another conductor.

[AuntDaisy]

There's evidently something here I don't know - how is leaving out Penderecki positive for Ukraine?
I understand the Gergiev removal but pity it couldn't have been replaced by a recording from another conductor.

Sorry, I should have been clearer - they're all replacements of VG. You're right, replacing with the same piece would be better.

Here are Notturno listings snippets for 21/3/2022 - the original one is a the top.

[AuntDaisy]

... and the 19/3/2022 for completeness

[oddoneout]

Thanks for the clarification Aunt D. I was worried that there was something "everyone" knows which I didn't! But I still think it's pity a different conductor couldn't have been chosen, particularly for the Credo, since Poland deserves support for its role in taking in refugees.

[AuntDaisy]

Thanks for the clarification Aunt D. I was worried that there was something "everyone" knows which I didn't! But I still think it's pity a different conductor couldn't have been chosen, particularly for the Credo, since Poland deserves support for its role in taking in refugees.

I'm still amazed at the Polish, Czech, and Slovenian prime ministers travelling to Kyiv by train. Although talking to a Czech colleague yesterday, the 1968 invasion still echoes.

[AuntDaisy]

Here's what we missed this morning and, also, what we will miss tomorrow when TTN is replaced by Deep Night Tracks.
Available to our European friends via EBU Notturno, e.g. Swedish radio https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1901132 & https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1899281

Saturday 26 March 2022
01:01 Cesar Franck; Symphony (M.48) in D minor; BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
01:40 Anonymous; Kyrie 'Cunctipotens genitor Deus' and Gloria; Agnus Dei; Benedicamus Domino; Mala Punica
01:58 Carl Friedrich Abel; Sonata in G major for transverse flute and harpsichord, Op 6 no 6; Karl Kaiser (transverse flute), Susanne Kaiser (harpsichord)
02:08 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Le Nozze di Figaro, Act 4: Susanna's aria 'Deh vieni, non tardar'; Irma Urrila (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor)
02:13 Jacques Casterede; Fantasie Concertante for euphonium and piano; David Thornton (euphonium), Joanne Seeley (piano)
02:21 Joseph Bonnet; Variations de Concert for organ; Michael Dudman (organ)
02:31 Richard Wagner; Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg; Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Arvid Engegard (conductor)
02:42 Edvard Grieg; 3 Lyric Pieces (Op 43/5, Op 54/3, Op 54/4); Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)
02:52 Andrea Falconieri, Tarquinio Merula; Battalia de Barabaso yerno de Satanas; Sentirete una canzonetta; Jan Van Elsacker (tenor), United Continuo Ensemble
Info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...rch%202022.pdf

Sunday 27 March 2022
02:01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Requiem in D minor, K 626, completed Franz Beyer; Pretty Yende (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)
02:50 Alessandro Scarlatti; Sonata no 3 in C minor for flute, 2 violins, cello and continuo; Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (flute), Giovanni Antonini (director)
03:01 Sergey Prokofiev; Symphony No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 131; Orchestre Metropolitain, Agnes Grossmann (conductor)
03:32 Gabriel Faure, Paul Verlaine (author); La Bonne Chanson (Op.61) arr. for voice, piano & string quartet; Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Staffan Scheja (piano), Vertavo String Quartet
03:56 George Gershwin, Percy Grainger (transcriber); The Man I Love (transcribed for piano by Percy Grainger); Dennis Hennig (piano)
03:59 Richard Strauss; Love Scene - from the opera 'Feuersnot', Op 50; Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
04:08 George Frideric Handel; Sonata in C minor for recorder, violin and continuo, HWV 386a; Musica Alta Ripa
04:19 Gustav Mahler; Piano Quartet in A minor; Marianna Shirinyan (piano), Nevena Tochev (violin), Alessandro D'Amico (viola), Rafael Rosenfeld (cello)
04:32 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Aria: "Non piu andrai" from 'Le Nozze di Figaro'; Russell Braun (baritone), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
04:36 Fryderyk Chopin; Nocturne in D flat, Op 27 no 2; Theodor Leschetizky (piano)
04:43 Ciprian Porumbescu; Ballade; Razvan Stoica (violin), Andrea Stoica (piano)
04:48 Alice Mary Smith; The Masque of Pandora (Overture); BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
05:01 Oskar Merikanto; Merella; Arto Satukangas (piano)
05:05 Frederick Delius; To be sung of a summer night on the water for chorus (RT.4.5); Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier (conductor)
05:11 Peter Zagar; Blumenthal Dance no 2 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1999); Opera Aperta Ensemble
05:19 Erik Gustaf Geijer; Violin Sonatina in A flat major; Klara Hellgren (violin), Anders Kilstrom (piano)
05:33 Ludwig van Beethoven; Grosse Fuge, Op 133 (version for orchestra, orig. for string quartet Op 130); RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)
05:52 Jan de Castro; Je suis tellement langoureus; Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (director)
05:58 Isaac Albeniz; Suite espanola , Op 47; Ilze Graubina (piano)
06:21 Johann Sebastian Bach; Suite for solo Cello No.3 in C major (BWV.1009); Guy Fouquet (cello)
06:46 Antonio Vivaldi; Concerto in F (RV.568) for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon & cello; Zefira Valova (violin), Anna Starr (oboe), Markus Muller (oboe), Anneke Scott (horn), Joseph Walters (horn), moni Fischaleck (bassoon), Les Ambassadeurs
Info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...rch%202022.pdf

The "After Dark Festival: Deep Night Tracks" is not my cup of tea and I'll be tuning in to Swedish radio, yet again.

[kernelbogey]

I blundered into Gameplay: 'Atmospheric and epic soundscapes taking you to the world of gaming' for ten minutes before three this morning. Horribly simplistic sounds that do not bear proper listening.

[Bryn]

Though the 'CD sampler' ethos of Piano Flow and Gameplay is not my bag, Deep Night Traks looks like something quite different in character. I will be listening with interest.

[french frank]

Though the 'CD sampler' ethos of Piano Flow and Gameplay is not my bag, Deep Night Traks looks like something quite different in character. I will be listening with interest.

On Sounds, I assume? As I say, applaud, appreciate, enjoy one bit of erosion and you give the green light for more of the same.

[AuntDaisy]

Though the 'CD sampler' ethos of Piano Flow and Gameplay is not my bag, Deep Night Traks looks like something quite different in character. I will be listening with interest.

Chacun à son goût.
It sounds as if Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Hannah Peel will be up until dawn - will you brave the wee small hours?

The "nature writer Chris Yates, who take us on a night walk through moonlit forests and nocturnal landscapes" sounded interesting, but I'm not keen on the extras.
The Bach Goldberg radical reinterpretation has already come up in this thread.

On Sounds, I assume? As I say, applaud, appreciate, enjoy one bit of erosion and you give the green light for more of the same.

Given the number of trailers for the "After Dark Festival", I'll be amazed if it doesn't.
Why can't Sunday's missing TTN & the Saturday 2 hours be made available on Sounds? EBU Notturno is still going out & I bet the announcers have done their announcy bits. Answers, on postcard...