Through the Night

[eighthobstruction]

I love "Ich habe genug". Listened to the 1951 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Karl Ristenpart version on CD, afterwards.

...I am just listening to a lovely version by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson....a fabulous voice....

[AuntDaisy]

Tonight's TTN looks good...

Through the Night - Arte dei Suonatori at the Copenhagen Baroque Festival

Soprano Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli joins the famed Polish ensemble to perform works by Porpora, Bononcini and Handel. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 Johann Adolf Hasse; Sinfonia (Overture), from 'Cleofide'
12:40 Nicola Porpora; Raggio amico di speranza, Cleofide's aria from 'Poro'
12:46 Antonio Maria Bononcini; Lasciami un sol momento, Rosiclea's aria from 'Rosiclea in Dania'
12:54 Johann Adolf Hasse; Mandolin Concerto in G, op. 3/11
01:02 Nicola Porpora; Alto Giove, Aci's aria from act 3 of 'Polifemo'
01:12 Johann Joachim Quantz; Adagio cantabile, from Horn Concerto in E-flat, QV 5:Anh.14
01:15 George Frideric Handel; Lusinghe più care, Rossane's aria from act 1 of Alessandro, HWV 21
01:22 Antonio Vivaldi; Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93
01:32 Giovanni Alberto Ristori; Quanta volte in dolci accenti, aria from Didone Abbandonato, cantata
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (soprano), Alon Sariel (mandolin), Ursula Paludan Monberg (horn), Arte dei Suonatori

01:37 George Frideric Handel; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Hana Blazikova (soprano), Alena Hellerova (soprano), Kamila Mazalova (contralto), Vaclav Cizek (tenor), Tomas Kral (bass), Jaromir Nosek (bass), Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Vaclav Luks (conductor)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022ctd

[Serial_Apologist]

Tonight's TTN looks good...



https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022ctd

So long as I set the alarm for 2.08!

[AuntDaisy]

So long as I set the alarm for 2.08!

I'll give the Szymanowski & Rontgen... a try - one of the joys of TTN is finding something new to enjoy.

[AuntDaisy]

Catching up on last night's very enjoyable TTN.
Around 65mins in, Mozart is interrupted with "Central Colombia around 80% of our energy supply". Did someone press the wrong button or pour coffee over something?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022sn7

[Serial_Apologist]

Catching up on last night's very enjoyable TTN.
Around 65mins in, Mozart is interrupted with "Central Columbia around 80% of our energy supply". Did someone press the wrong button or pour coffee over something?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022sn7

The number of technological glitches affecting radio programmes seems to be on the up of late, viz the delayed start of last Sunday's The Early Music Show, and will doubtless increase as the unforseeable consequences of indiscriminately hasty technological innovation introductions outrun the abilities of their mere human appendages to keep up - witness as just one example among too many the effects of smartphones on children leading to moves to get them banned in schools.

[AuntDaisy]

The number of technological glitches affecting radio programmes seems to be on the up of late, viz the delayed start of last Sunday's The Early Music Show, and will doubtless increase as the unforseeable consequences of indiscriminately hasty technological innovation introductions outrun the abilities of their mere human appendages to keep up - witness as just one example among too many the effects of smartphones on children leading to moves to get them banned in schools.

Yes, the joys of technology.
BTW, it was World Service's "Business Matters" that interrupted Through the Night - the Colombia bit is ~29mins in.

I don't think our Austrian friends didn't have this problem over on Ö1 Nachtmusik, the Mozart starts ~48:20 in. Nor did the Swedes on Notturno ~2:47:10 in.

[Cockney Sparrow]

Yes, the joys of technology.
BTW, it was World Service's "Business Matters" that interrupted Through the Night - the Colombia bit is ~29mins in.

Business Matters is broadcast on Radio 4 from 1 a.m. ( a selection of World Service programmes - until R4 starts again in the morning).

I commend it for insomniacs - its a most boring programme. If I played TTN I'd find it too interesting and would hang on, awake, for too long.......

(I'm not insomniac, but from time to time I'm just not tired until 1 a.m.)

[AuntDaisy]

Business Matters is broadcast on Radio 4 from 1 a.m. ( a selection of World Service programmes - until R4 starts again in the morning).

I commend it for insomniacs - its a most boring programme. If I played TTN I'd find it too interesting and would hang on, awake, for too long.......

(I'm not insomniac, but from time to time I'm just not tired until 1 a.m.)

Thanks for the tip.

In the good old days, World Service had excellent dramas starting at 1am on Sundays, e.g. Gielgud's "The Tempest".

[smittims]

This morning's TTN had a meaty selection, with those Haydn symphonies followed by the Alban Berg Quartet in the big Schubert G major quartet and the Missa Salisburgensis. No 'snippets' there, I'm glad to say. And the presentation is just right, relaxed, friendly, but informative. How I wish the rest of Radio 3 was like this.

[AuntDaisy]

This morning's TTN had a meaty selection, with those Haydn symphonies followed by the Alban Berg Quartet in the big Schubert G major quartet and the Missa Salisburgensis. No 'snippets' there, I'm glad to say. And the presentation is just right, relaxed, friendly, but informative. How I wish the rest of Radio 3 was like this.

TTN beckons.
Hurriedly turned off Breakfast after a short breakfast making taster - "Snow White's Dance" was the last straw.

[AuntDaisy]

The number of technological glitches affecting radio programmes seems to be on the up of late, viz the delayed start of last Sunday's The Early Music Show, and will doubtless increase as the unforseeable consequences of indiscriminately hasty technological innovation introductions outrun the abilities of their mere human appendages to keep up - witness as just one example among too many the effects of smartphones on children leading to moves to get them banned in schools.

Serial_Apologist's apocalyptic warning was well founded!

This morning's TTN lost over 5 minutes and, instead of Penny Gore, it started with "This is the Radio 3 auto player feed for Radio 3 UK. Stereo line-up tone at 0dBs per leg or -18dBFS" followed by a tone on both channels, then individual left & right channels; and then over again...

At this rate, it'll be back to listening to Swedish Notturno or Austrian Ö1 Nachtmusik again.

Sam Jackson pull your finger out and sort it.


Update:
I think they also lost Penny Gore's announcements for the first 2 hours - plenty of long silences between pieces.
The familiar TTN theme tune kicks in at 30mins in, followed by a long silence and then the Szymanowski.
And the Tchaikovsky starts at 0:45:20 in rather than 15mins (12:45 AM) as on the R3 listing. Ditto the Bach at ~1:21:40 in rather than 50mins in (01:21 AM); and the Sibelius 1:25:38 rather than ~55mins in (01:25 AM)...
A bit of a mess for the first 2 hours of TTN.

[Serial_Apologist]

Serial_Apologist's apocalyptic warning was well founded!

This morning's TTN lost over 5 minutes and, instead of Penny Gore, it started with "This is the Radio 3 auto player feed for Radio 3 UK. Stereo line-up tone at 0dBs per leg or -18dBFS" followed by a tone on both channels, then individual left & right channels; and then over again...

At this rate, it'll be back to listening to Swedish Notturno or Austrian Ö1 Nachtmusik again.

Sam Jackson pull your finger out and sort it.


Update:
I think they also lost Penny Gore's announcements for the first 2 hours - plenty of long silences between pieces.
The familiar TTN theme tune kicks in at 30mins in, followed by a long silence and then the Szymanowski.
And the Tchaikovsky starts at 0:45:20 in rather than 15mins (12:45 AM) as on the R3 listing. Ditto the Bach at ~1:21:40 in rather than 50mins in (01:21 AM); and the Sibelius 1:25:38 rather than ~55mins in (01:25 AM)...
A bit of a mess for the first 2 hours of TTN.

I noticed that too, having been listening to 'Round Midnight, as always. At first I thought this must be some long-lost piece by La Monte Young, and checked the listings in RT!

[AuntDaisy]

I noticed that too, having been listening to 'Round Midnight, as always. At first I thought this must be some long-lost piece by La Monte Young, and checked the listings in RT!

(After searching on the Internet)

I've reported it to Auntie and she/they look to have, temporarily, pulled the programme from Sounds - "Sorry, this episode is not currently available".

Wonder if we'll get the whole thing with Penny Gore's mellifluous tones intact? The Swedish Notturno & Austrian Ö1 Nachtmusik (sans Bach) are fine for that 2 hour segment, but it's not the same. I enjoyed the Tchaikovsky & Sibelius and the Bach largo was beautifully played (& the audience applauded).

Update:
It's back & with added Penny Gore. There's a "This programme has been edited since it was first broadcast" announcement at the start.
However, the messed-up off-air is a thing of joy, to be treasured forever.

[smittims]

We've discussed the value or otherwise of unearthing rare or neglected composers, so I'd like to say how rewarding I found this morning's TTN with its selection of music from Romania. I have to saythe quality of the music,often by very obscure names, none of whom was being put forward as a genius, was significantly higher than that of two composers from another part of the world whose music has been much featured recently.