Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Hang on... has someone spiked Rob's Bran Flakes...? What the flipping heck is Petroc doing with the BBC Singers on Hadrian's Wall????!!!

They'll be doing Glastonbury next.

[Don Petter]

What the flipping heck is Petroc doing with the BBC Singers on Hadrian's Wall????!!!

How was he coping with them?

[antongould]

Hang on... has someone spiked Rob's Bran Flakes...? What the flipping heck is Petroc doing with the BBC Singers on Hadrian's Wall????!!!

Do keep up at the back - R3 has come to God's Country.....,

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Do keep up at the back - R3 has come to God's Country.....,

Just tokenism.

[Nick Armstrong]

Do keep up at the back - R3 has come to God's Country.....,

Yes.... just had to switch off my least favourite singing group doing 'The Keel Row'. It's this Music Day thing isn't it... I'd been keeping it at bay. Anton, are you turning out for the scratch performance of the world première of Gareth Malone's Humorous Choral Variations on 'When the Boat Comes In' which is doubtless due to feature on In Tune with Suzy O'Fafferty?

[teamsaint]

Yes.... just had to switch off my least favourite singing group doing 'The Keel Row'. It's this Music Day thing isn't it... I'd been keeping it at bay. Anton, are you turning out for the scratch performance of the world première of Gareth Malone's Humorous Choral Variations on 'When the Boat Comes In' which is doubtless due to feature on In Tune with Suzy O'Fafferty?

Actually please don't give them ideas.

Why a music day anyway? The Bbc has several dedicated music stations on Multiple platforms, all free to air.

What on earth is the point? To help the demographic that hasn t yet discovered that there is music on the BBC?

They somehow seem to get even dafter in the summer....

[antongould]

Yes.... just had to switch off my least favourite singing group doing 'The Keel Row'. It's this Music Day thing isn't it... I'd been keeping it at bay. Anton, are you turning out for the scratch performance of the world première of Gareth Malone's Humorous Choral Variations on 'When the Boat Comes In' which is doubtless due to feature on In Tune with Suzy O'Fafferty?

Understand your milieu Rumpole - Wild Hills O'Wannie.........

[french frank]

Why a music day anyway? The Bbc has several dedicated music stations on Multiple platforms, all free to air.

What on earth is the point?

BBC Four (‘a diverse musical agenda with a commitment to classical and specialist music of many kinds’) is broadcasting popular music from 7.30pm to gone 3am the following morning; Radio 3 is broadcasting Radio 2 for the evening concert.

What fool said 'Music is just music'? 'Music' means 'Music-but-not-classical-music', idiot.

[Sir Velo]

BBC Four (‘a diverse musical agenda with a commitment to classical and specialist music of many kinds’) is broadcasting popular music from 7.30pm to gone 3am the following morning; Radio 3 is broadcasting Radio 2 for the evening concert.

What fool said 'Music is just music'? 'Music' means 'Music-but-not-classical-music', idiot.

I agree BBC Four is currently falling a long way short of its manifesto to broadcast classical music. In fact, a hell of a lot of its programme would be better suited to One or Three. Anyone remember the shortlived BBC Knowledge? When it started out, we had series like Civilisation; Alistair Cook on America; Bronowski's Ascent of Man as well as showings of the Tippett documentary Songs of Experience passim. That channel didn't last long, and its successor is a sorry parody for a serious arts channel.

My advice is to ditch BBC radio, and R3 in particular, until it sorts itself out.

[EdgeleyRob]

In Tune'll be even more unbearable today I think.

[ChrisBennell]

Yet another "Ascending Lark" this morning (when will they let it rest?) - but later on guest Will Gregory chose some Luciano Berio (Concertino) which was followed by an arrangement of Chantar (Comtessa Beatriz de Dia) - both very interesting and new to me - and some intelligent discussion this time. Looking forward to hearing Berio on Radio 2 sometime!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Looking forward to hearing Berio on Radio 2 sometime!!

I frequently look forward to hearing Berio on R3, sometime!

[Bryn]

I frequently look forward to hearing Berio on R3, sometime!

I'd especially like to hear a rebroadcast on Radio 3 of the recording of his Sinfonia the composer made with the BBCPO for a Composer of the Week series they did back in the '80s. Berio had a particular affection for the BBCPO.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'd especially like to hear a rebroadcast on Radio 3 of the recording of his Sinfonia the composer made with the BBCPO for a Composer of the Week series they did back in the '80s. Berio had a particular affection for the BBCPO.

Yes - there must be some wonderful recordings gathering dust in the archives. (There's a Coro in there, too.)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Yet another "Ascending Lark" this morning (when will they let it rest?)

I really used to love this work.