3beebies aka Breakfast

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It seems increasingly clear to me that the 'your call' feature is to give them an excuse to play stuff they were going to play anyway.

That goes back a long way. Christopher Hogwood, in his early days, did a programme called "The Young Idea", based upon requests from younger listeners, but it was apparent that the music chosen after the first few programmes (1812, Concierto de Aranjuez, etc) then became his own more highbrow choice. This was quite transparent and used to annoy me, but the result was thoughtful and challenging - hmm...

[mercia]

so did we lose "This dim little island" this morning?

[salymap]

so did we lose "This dim little island" this morning?

I wasn't listening, but wondered whether it would be suitable for a new anthem ?

[Norfolk Born]

RC has given us 40+ minutes to 'guess' this morning's 'brainteaser' piece ... it took me about 4 seconds to recognize Reizenstein's Variations on 'The Lambeth Walk' and a further 90 seconds to check on the order of the variations and email in the answer.

[mercia]

so at 10:30am we should hear Rob say "and the winner is Mr Norfolk from Felixstowe"

[Norfolk Born]

As the question was so easy, I would not be surprised if some of my friends associated with Music in Felixstowe have also guessed the answer pretty quickly and emailed or texted in.

[antongould]

The suspense is unbearable and the Ives is IMHO very fine

[ardcarp]

Sorry to resurrect and old thread, but it will not have escaped notice that kids have been doing 'Your Call' this week. I find myself in two minds about this. OTOH it is good to know that some youngsters out there are doing 'proper' music (and their words are no less enlightening than those of the adults who call in) OTOH it makes this annoying slot all the worse, because it seems to elicit extra mindless gush from the presenters.

[Frances_iom]

.. all the worse, because it seems to elicit extra mindless gush from the presenters.

basic rule - less mind more gush - seems a golden rule with the current crop of overpaid djs

[Bax-of-Delights]

Saturday "Breakfast" was the one morning I used to allow R3 to grace the airwaves of B-o-D Towers but this morning will be the last and it will be forever banished to the Land of Silence. Nearly every piece of music came from the 100 Best Tunes
Elgar Cello Concerto (bleeding chunk)
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Rodrigo: Concerto de Aranjuez (bleeding chunk)
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast (bleeding chunk)
Handel: Royal Fireworks
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major (bleeding chunk)

It was this last piece that finally made me turn off. The Ravel was a concerto I had dearly loved for many years but it has been so overplayed on R3 that I have become bored by it.

And looking at tomorrow's playlist brings us
Allegri's Miserere
Vivaldi's Two Mandolin Concerto (oh good grief!)
Grieg: Piano Concerto (bleeding chunk)
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Satie: Gymnopedie
Bernstein: Wonderful Town

[Frances_iom]

it's half term - RW trying for the under fives and even more trying for those who remember what R3 was once

[salymap]

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde; To play one movement of the Elgar CC is annoying, to play two, leaving us awaiting the last movement, is an insult to Elgar and to us.

[Norfolk Born]

it's half term - RW trying for the under fives and even more trying for those who remember what R3 was once

[kernelbogey]

O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!

Quite a few Woerter come to mind - unimaginative, boring, lazy....

[Panjandrum]

One has to bear in mind who the presenter is. Given today it was CBH, the programme is targetted to appeal to the metro set, flicking through their Saturday supplements, imbibing their cappucini and croissants; with some lovely, undemanding musical fare somewhere in the background.