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Tearjerker, Downtown Symphony, Piano Flow, Happy Harmonies and other Saturday padding
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Originally posted by Cockney Sparrow View PostJust listened (again) and it was:
"..... we'll be hearing how he plans to keep classical purists happy, whilst attracting new listeners"
I suggest there is still time to give your "feedback" to, er, Feedback
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/art...c9Q/contact-us
Thanks Cockney Sparrow & french frank.
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Here's what we missed today - available to our European friends via EBU Notturno, e.g. Swedish radio
01:01 César Franck; Quintet for piano and strings (M.7) in F minor; Cristina Ortiz (piano), Fine Arts Quartet
01:38 Joseph Haydn; Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E flat major (H.7e.1); Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Nicolae Moldoveanu (conductor), Norwegian Radio Orchestra
01:55 Edvard Grieg; Ballade for piano in G minor, Op.24; Göran W. Nilson (piano)
02:13 Barbara Strozzi; "Begl'occhi, bel seno" Costumo de grandi for soprano, 2 violins and continuo; Susanne Ryden (soprano), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)
02:18 Wawrzyniec Zulawski; Suite in the Old Style; National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor)
02:30 Flor Alpaerts; Avondmuziek for wind octet (1915); I Soloisti del Vento, Ivo Hadermann (conductor)
02:39 William Walton; Johannesburg Festival Overture; Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton (conductor)
02:48 Georg Philipp Telemann; Trio no 1 for recorder, oboe & basso continuo - from Essercizii Musici; Camerata Köln
Info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...May%202022.pdf
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Alan Davey about TTN on Twitter this morning.
"…but you can listen during the day on @BBCSounds - it’s thrillingly nice to do sometimes. Turn day into night or vice versa…"
No mention of TTN replacement by drivel &/or programmes that don't need to be on R3.
While I'm in grumble mode, what does "thrillingly nice" mean? Sugar & spice, and everything thrillingly nice, that's what R3 is made of?
I agree that "Though The Night on @BBCRadio3 is one of the most underrated programmes it broadcasts."
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Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostAlan Davey about TTN on Twitter this morning.
"…but you can listen during the day on @BBCSounds - it’s thrillingly nice to do sometimes. Turn day into night or vice versa…"
No mention of TTN replacement by drivel &/or programmes that don't need to be on R3.
While I'm in grumble mode, what does "thrillingly nice" mean? Sugar & spice, and everything thrillingly nice, that's what R3 is made of?
I agree that "Though The Night on @BBCRadio3 is one of the most underrated programmes it broadcasts."
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Here's what we missed this morning - available to our European friends via EBU Notturno, e.g. https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1929210
04:01 Fryderyk Chopin; Piano concerto No 1 in E minor, Op 11; Havard Gimse (piano), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Foremny (conductor)
04:42 Marko Tajčević; 4 duhovna stiha (4 Spiritual Verses): Hvalite imja Gospodnje; Glas Gospodenj na vodah; Skaži mi Gospodi; Vospojte (Psalm 95.1) (1927); Obilic Chorus, Darinka Matic-Marovic (director)
05:09 Josep Ferran Sorts i Muntades; Introduction, Theme and Variations on Marlborough s'en va-t-en guerre, Op 28; Xavier Díaz-Latorre (guitar)
05:20 Ruth Watson Henderson; Magnificat; Kimberley Briggs (soprano), Elmer Iseler Singers, Matthew Larkin (organ), Lydia Adams (conductor)
05:27 George Gershwin; Lullaby for string quartet; New Stenhammar String Quartet
05:36 Giuseppe Martucci; Notturno Op 70 no 1; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (conductor)
05:43 Toivo Kuula; Suru (Sorrow), Op 22 no 2 for cello and piano (orig. cello and orchestra); Arto Noras (cello), Tapani Valsta (piano)
05:50 Ludwig van Beethoven; Coriolan - overture, Op 62; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Mark Taddei (conductor)
Info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...May%202022.pdf
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Here's what we missed today - available to our European friends via EBU Notturno, e.g. Swedish radio https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1933581
01:01 Felix Mendelssohn; Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56 'Scottish'; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski (conductor)
01:39 Johann Sebastian Bach; Cantata: 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis' BWV.21; Antonella Balducci (soprano), Frieder Lang (tenor), Fulvio Bettini (baritone), Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio, Ensemble Vanitas Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
02:14 Sergey Rachmaninov; Romance and Waltz; Dutch Pianists Quartet
02:20 Antonin Dvorak; Two Waltzes, Op.54; Sebastian String Quartet
02:28 Alfonso Ferrabosco; Pavan and Fantasie for lute; Nigel North (lute)
02:35 Primož Ramovš; Pihalni kvintet (Wind Quintet) in 7 parts; Ariart Woodwind Quintet
02:44 Franz Liszt; Hungarian Royal Song; Zóltan Kocsis (piano), György Oravecz (piano)
02:50 Carl Friedrich Abel; Symphony in D major, Op 10 No 5; La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)
info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...May%202022.pdf
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Originally posted by AuntDaisy View PostPossibly.
I suspect that "BBC Sounds" is the important and "thrillingly nice" thing the Grand Pooh-bah is pushing.
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Originally posted by muzzer View PostNow I need not bother with daytime R3 at all!
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Originally posted by gurnemanz View PostI know there's good stuff on TTN but a random playlist is not all I want all day long.
Originally posted by gurnemanz View PostAlso some interesting guests on In Tune including Marc-André Hamelin on Tuesday.
As for performances, this from "Reforming Radio:
"From its inception in 1922 the BBC employed music directors at the ten urban stations, who were usually conductors adept at the piano. They were hired to locate, play and develop classical and light music suitable for live broadcast. When it became a public body in 1927 the corporation developed ambitious plans for classical music, firstly by taking over the Queen’s Hall summer Promenade Concerts (now the BBC Proms) then in 1930 creating the London-based BBC Symphony Orchestra, comprising 114 salaried players. In 1935 the corporation developed a regional orchestra scheme employing 160 musicians. In total, 428 musicians were employed across the country in 12 ensembles. World War Two created a change in pattern, with reductions enforced by the Ministry of Labour, but also the introduction of new ensembles specialising in light and popular music which, post-war, became the property of the Variety department (1933-63), the Light Music department (1952–80) and the Popular Music department (1963–80). The Music department retained use of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Northern, Welsh and Scottish Orchestras. That one department devoted to classical music could retain the title “Music” while the others took conditional titles, is an indication of how far management valued its production of that genre."
I'm sure the BBC still has "ambitious plans", but classical music is now just an area where savings can be made.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 missed today - available to our European friends via EBU Notturno, e.g. Swedish radio
01:01 Ludwig van Beethoven; Quartet for strings (Op.130) in B flat major vers. standard; Vertavo String Quartet
01:43 Karol Szymanowski; Stabat mater Op.53 for soloists, chorus and orchestra; Ewa Vesin (soprano), Edyta Kulczak (mezzo soprano), Jarosław Bręk (baritone), National Forum of Music Chorus, Polish National Youth Chorus, National Forum of Music Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Schwartz (conductor)
02:06 Johann Sebastian Bach; Sarabande from Suite for solo cello in C (BWV.1009); Miklós Perényi (cello)
02:11 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Divertimento in B flat major for wind ensemble, K 186; Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia
02:24 Antonio Vivaldi; Concerto in D minor (Op.3 No.11) from 'L'Estro Armonico'; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
02:33 Fanny Mendelssohn; Allegro moderato for piano, Op 8 no 1; Sylviane Deferne (piano)
02:39 Genevieve Calame; Sur la margelle du monde; Bienne Symphony Orchestra, Franco Trinca (conductor)
02:50 César Franck; Pastorale in E major Op 19 (1863); Joris Verdin (organ)
Info from https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/...May%202022.pdf
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Originally posted by french frank View PostI'd prefer an 'Artist of the Week' in depth focus (an hour each morning with the same performer) as used to form part of R3's morning output - not a 10/15 (how long?)-minute interview with Sean Rafferty.
... and in the late evening. I remember the 2007 Andreas Scholl interviews well; 4x ~25mins.
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Originally posted by AuntDaisy View Post
... and in the late evening. I remember the 2007 Andreas Scholl interviews well; 4x ~25mins.
But, but, but … I'm sure there are those who much prefer what's on offer now. As the BBC knows - devise a schedule and an audience will beat a path to your door. Just as another audience will depart and close the door behind them. It's not a question of who likes what. It's a question of comparing and contrasting.
PS I have suggested Vi turbate be omitted from the list of contributorsLast edited by french frank; 28-05-22, 08:15.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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