Celebrity Choice - the latest erosion?

[Frances_iom]

its not really a concert more a dj'ing of a cd selection of pop classics - imagination nil safe listening to the non existent new audience 9 - no wonder the Irish master of the gab was involved - exactly the stuff broadcast on inTune - R3 can do better - even a repeat of a prom concert would be better.

[Bryn]

I haven't listened to the evening concert for years. Has it become a selection of shorter pieces, just occasionally including an entire symphony or concerto? And mixes of chamber music and orchestral music? Or do we just cut them some slack during abnormal times?

These days, the interval very often includes chamber works and other pieces not directly related to the main works in the concert.

[french frank]

It’s generally a straightforward concert short piece often contemporary, concerto , symphony

Well, symphonies and concertos:

Darcey Bussell 0 (7 pieces in all)
Kwamei Kwei Armah 1 (Dvořák 8 - 6 pieces)
Joanna Lumley 1 (Mzt Piano Concerto 21 - 7 pieces)
Rose Matafeo 0 (8 pieces)
Janet Street-Porter 0 (6 pieces)

That's a lot of 'concert' hours for one symphony and one concerto. My conclusion would be that they're taking advantage of the current circumstances to offer something different (not a standard concert) for a 'new audience'.

[french frank]

These days, the interval very often includes chamber works and other pieces not directly related to the main works in the concert.

I remember the protests voiced when they first started producing the 'musical intervals' - voices crying in the wildeness, then?

[oddoneout]

Well, symphonies and concertos:

Darcey Bussell 0 (7 pieces in all)
Kwamei Kwei Armah 1 (Dvořák 8 - 6 pieces)
Joanna Lumley 1 (Mzt Piano Concerto 21 - 7 pieces)
Rose Matafeo 0 (8 pieces)
Janet Street-Porter 0 (6 pieces)

That's a lot of 'concert' hours for one symphony and one concerto. My conclusion would be that they're taking advantage of the current circumstances to offer something different (not a standard concert) for a 'new audience'.

Don't forget the talking.
At least Janet S-P's selection stretches the timeline a bit more, from Baroque through to 21st century.

[Bryn]

Well, symphonies and concertos:

Darcey Bussell 0 (7 pieces in all)
Kwamei Kwei Armah 1 (Dvořák 8 - 6 pieces)
Joanna Lumley 1 (Mzt Piano Concerto 21 - 7 pieces)
Rose Matafeo 0 (8 pieces)
Janet Street-Porter 0 (6 pieces)

That's a lot of 'concert' hours for one symphony and one concerto. My conclusion would be that they're taking advantage of the current circumstances to offer something different (not a standard concert) for a 'new audience'.

What's so special about symphonies and concertos? Many 'normal' Radio 3 concerts have neither.

[Nick Armstrong]

Or even Gatti in a Bugatti!

[kernelbogey]

Jeez, there'll soon be nothing left to listen to on Radio 3 at this rate

Still, with Sounds, you can always play one of the programmes you didn't want to hear through your wireless speaker while you are out shopping.

[kernelbogey]

Or even Gatti in a Bugatti!

I think Norris in a Morris.

[cloughie]

Surely there are hundreds of concerts in the archives that would be worth repeating, including pieces that haven't been broadcast for decades, and that many listeners won't have in their CD collections or access to via streaming. What is wrong with coherent programmes rather than 'selections'? There's nothing here (apart from the 'celebrity presenter') to distinguish it from morning broadcasting. In fact, it looks more like a 'Full Works' programme from CFM than R3.

And what time is it to be broadcast - coincidence or design to compete for audience?

[kernelbogey]

I'll give Darcy Bussell's and Kwame Kwei-Armah's programmes a try as they're both artists who I would expect to say something interesting about the music, from their respective experiences of the stage. But the 'interviews' with the other three do not attact me.

In passing, why does Sean's photo appear on the website for Kwame Kwei-Armah's programme - when all the other celebs get their own picture? Ho hum .

[Nick Armstrong]

Or even Gatti in a Bugatti!

The line between parody & reality is wafer-thin in 2021

[kernelbogey]

Is that an opera?

[eighthobstruction]

The line between parody & reality is wafer-thin in 2021

Engaging Celibrity Encounter with a Giegercounter

[oddoneout]

The line between parody & reality is wafer-thin in 2021

Well it's a tourist destination now, so there will be others to follow https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48943814
Mind you, Covid might not be the only slight problem, reading between the lines of "Current situation in Ukraine" on here https://www.chernobyl-tour.com/engli...n-ukraine.html