Perhaps this has already been commented on. I never listen to the sort of programmes this thread refers to, but I did hear CD Review yesterday. In a gap towards the end, there was an advert for a Rob Cowen programme. (Yes, I thought that the BBC didn't have adverts - they've lost one of their major advantages over the other stations by introducing them.) I never expected to hear such rubbish from a (formerly) respected critic like RC: all about people stopping in their cars to text in to say they were in tears because of the music being played! It's got even worse than I realised! Surely even the targeted 'new' audience for R3 would be put off by such sentimental tripe.
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I think that, unless the repertoire changes, the programme should be retitled 'Predictable Classics'. (Another couple of suggestions: instead of Ravel's 'Bolero', why not some of the less frequently heard piano pieces? And, instead of Samuel Barber's 'Adagio For Strings', why not one of the 'Essays for Orchestra'?)Comment
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Indeed, and I mentioned that ad on another thread, it's absolutely nauseating and quite frankly encourages me to turn the programme off! Surely even Rob must have misgivings about being forced to read such trite twaddle on air?Originally posted by VodkaDilc View PostComment
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No need to search it out, it wasn't that profound!Originally posted by VodkaDilc View Post
When I first heard the ad, I missed the beginning and thought Rob was referring to Your Call reducing people to tears!
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The current title is just as meaningless and absurd.Originally posted by Osborn View Post
OK, why do you think only works which have been flogged to death are either essential or classic?Comment
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For me, there wouldn't be 'three hours'. There would be, perhaps two, perhaps three, different programmes, each with its own focus. Just a mo' .....Originally posted by cloughie View Post
Sunday 5 January 1986
9am News
9.5 Your concert choice:
Mozart, Symphony No 12
Fauré: Prison; Jardin nocturne
Rachmaninov: Cello sonata
Finzi: Clarinet concerto
10.30 Music Weekly, Michael Oliver
Review of books on Penderecki
Graham Johnson on his Songmakers' Almanac, with Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Homage to Barcelona: reflections on Barcelona's musicians
Talk: Russian origins of the Rite of Spring
11.15 Janina Fialkowska, piano
Mozart, Chopin, Fauré, ScriabinIt 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.Comment
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That was when Sundays were special! I could revert to that quite easily, but thast doesn't solve Monday to Friday!Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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Oops, yes! I'm still on Sunday. Don't go away!Originally posted by cloughie View Post
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.Comment
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we've had the Finzi concerto twice in the last weekComment
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Well, of course, in those days Composer of the Week was at 9am (until it was decided that it was dry and boring and should be moved to a less prominent slot). I would move it back to 9am on the grounds that those who thought it was dry and boring could tune in to R2 instead.
Monday 6 January 1986
9am News
9.05 This Week's Composer, Stravinsky, 1905 - 1920
10am 1/2 Louis Moreau Gottshcalk
10.45 RVW Symphony No 9
11.25 French Songs
Duparc, Debussy
Tuesday 7 January
9am News
9.05 TWC Stravinsky
10am Beecham conducts Mozart:
Bassoon concerto
Entr'acte Thamos
Symphony No 35
10.45 Vierne, organ music
11.30 Cello & piano
Schumann, Hindemith, Beethoven
Wednesday 8 January
9am News
9.05 TWC Stravinsky
10am Johan Svendsen: Violin concerto, Op. 6
10.40 John Ireland, piano solos
11.25 BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra
Canteloube
Respighi, Pines of Rome
Thursday 9 January
9am News
9.05 TWC Stravinsky
10am Mozart: Symphony No 13
10.35 French clarinet music
Jeanjean, Gaubert, Saint-Saens
11.10 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Part 1: Bach Suites (Part 2 at 12.15)
11.55 Six Continents
Friday 10 January
9am News
9.05 TWC Stravinsky
10am International dances: Grieg, Dvorak, Schubert, Rachmaninov
10.50 Langham Chamber Orchestra
Britten, Graham Whettam, Mozart
11.25 Delius and Holst songsIt 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.Comment
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I thought there was a mass switch off/over at 9amComment
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Makes turning back the clock worthwhile! As COW was at 9, what was at 12?Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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That was then - now we're seeking the big switch on/over from the recorded music device of choice.Originally posted by mercia View PostComment
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So? It's a switchover time for Radio 4 too. Why can't people be allowed to switch over/off if what happens to be on doesn't appeal to them? Just broadcasting what's going to keep the largest number (half) listening is LCD programming. Second or third rate.Originally posted by mercia View PostIt 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.Comment
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