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  • kernelbogey
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 5735

    Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
    Mahler 2

    12:36 AM
    Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
    Symphony no. 2 in C minor (Resurrection) for soprano, alto, chorus and orchestra
    Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Martina Jankova (soprano), NFM Chorus, Polish National Youth Chorus, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    I thought this a terrific performance, albeit rather poor sound, which reminded me, in Slatkin's dynamics, of an unforgettable performance under Lorin Maazel at the RAH, I think (cannot remember orchestra or date, others may) which sealed forever my opinion of this work as one of the very greatest symphonies.

    Worth a listen and I hope some Mahler fans will do so and comment.
    Came across the programme for this: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Lorin Maazel, Jill Gomez, Anna Reynolds: Royal Festival Hall 22 June 1976.

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    • LMcD
      Full Member
      • Sep 2017
      • 8396

      I thought I'd have an extended listen to Through The Night for a change, starting at about 0430 (I've never quite got the hang of this 8 hours' sleep business) and must say I've enjoyed the selection of pieces very much - AND the introductions have been brief but informative, and there have been NO TRAILERS or requests for listener interaction (hooray!).

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      • doversoul1
        Ex Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 7132

        I'm not absolutely sure that I didn't dream this but I think John Shea said or implied somewhere about 03.14 – 03.39am on today's (Monday) programme that the information about the composers that he had been given didn't quite match his knowledge about them. Does this suggest that there is more to all those mistakes and errors made by other presenters lately? Unless I was half asleep and got this all wrong.

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        • Stanfordian
          Full Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 9308

          Originally posted by LMcD View Post
          I thought I'd have an extended listen to Through The Night for a change, starting at about 0430 (I've never quite got the hang of this 8 hours' sleep business) and must say I've enjoyed the selection of pieces very much - AND the introductions have been brief but informative, and there have been NO TRAILERS or requests for listener interaction (hooray!).
          Perfect!

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          • Bella Kemp
            Full Member
            • Aug 2014
            • 457

            In one's dreams, Radio 3 might broadcast Through the Night during daylight hours and offer its daytime schedule to the nation's insomniacs.

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            • cloughie
              Full Member
              • Dec 2011
              • 22113

              Originally posted by Bella Kemp View Post
              In one's dreams, Radio 3 might broadcast Through the Night during daylight hours and offer its daytime schedule to the nation's insomniacs.
              What have the insomniacs done wrong?

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              • Edgy 2
                Guest
                • Jan 2019
                • 2035

                Originally posted by doversoul1 View Post
                I'm not absolutely sure that I didn't dream this but I think John Shea said or implied somewhere about 03.14 – 03.39am on today's (Monday) programme that the information about the composers that he had been given didn't quite match his knowledge about them. Does this suggest that there is more to all those mistakes and errors made by other presenters lately? Unless I was half asleep and got this all wrong.
                He was talking about Jan Levoslav Bella’s Solemn Overture in E flat major.
                He said that according to the information he had in front of him that was the title of the piece but he didn’t think it sounded particularly solemn (it didn’t to me ) and wondered if something had been lost in translation.
                Through the night should be on through the day
                “Music is the best means we have of digesting time." — Igor Stravinsky

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                • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                  Gone fishin'
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 30163

                  Originally posted by Edgy 2 View Post
                  He said that according to the information he had in front of him that was the title of the piece but he didn’t think it sounded particularly solemn (it didn’t to me ) and wondered if something had been lost in translation.
                  The "1812" Overture is also described (by its composer) as "solemn", too - which it has never sounded to me.

                  Through the night should be on through the day
                  Well, certainly the 6-til-noon section. Save a bit of money on presenters, too.
                  [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                  • Edgy 2
                    Guest
                    • Jan 2019
                    • 2035

                    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                    The "1812" Overture is also described (by its composer) as "solemn", too - which it has never sounded to me.


                    Well, certainly the 6-til-noon section. Save a bit of money on presenters, too.
                    Perfect.
                    “Music is the best means we have of digesting time." — Igor Stravinsky

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                    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                      Gone fishin'
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 30163

                      A-HA! Czeching the website list of compositions by Jan Levoslav Bella, the only "Overture in Eb" is the Koncertná predohra of 1872-73. The various online Czech-English translations I've consulted all give this in English as "Concert Overture".

                      Hudobné centrum je hudobná organizácia s poslaním podporovať slovenskú hudobnú kultúru.
                      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                      • doversoul1
                        Ex Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 7132

                        Originally posted by Edgy 2 View Post
                        He was talking about Jan Levoslav Bella’s Solemn Overture in E flat major.
                        He said that according to the information he had in front of him that was the title of the piece but he didn’t think it sounded particularly solemn (it didn’t to me ) and wondered if something had been lost in translation.
                        Through the night should be on through the day
                        Ah, thank you. So he wasn’t saying ‘somebody gave me a piece of wrong information’. I suppose I am a bit paranoid about this sort of things these days.

                        TTN is like Radio 3 in an alternative world. Long may it last.

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                        • doversoul1
                          Ex Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 7132

                          Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                          A-HA! Czeching the website list of compositions by Jan Levoslav Bella, the only "Overture in Eb" is the Koncertná predohra of 1872-73. The various online Czech-English translations I've consulted all give this in English as "Concert Overture".

                          https://hc.sk/hudba/osobnost-detail/...levoslav-bella
                          According to an online translation, solemn in Czech is Slavnostní which means festive, ceremonial along with a few other similar words. So, the translation might have gone through something like Concert – Festive - Solemn. But then, whose translation was this for this programme? I even wonder if John Shea was hinting 'I know this work as a Concert Overture'.

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                          • doversoul1
                            Ex Member
                            • Dec 2010
                            • 7132

                            The sun sets even on the Sun King when Robert de Visee plays his own Through the Night.
                            (John Shea)

                            03:08 AM
                            Robert de Visee (c.1655-1733)
                            Suite in A major
                            Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)
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                            TTN Long may it last.

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                            • Bryn
                              Banned
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 24688

                              "Mahler's colossal Symphony No 1". That's how it is referred to in the TtN listing for last night. Is this an attempt to get around the misnaming of it as "Titan"?

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                              • Anastasius
                                Full Member
                                • Mar 2015
                                • 1842

                                Originally posted by doversoul1 View Post
                                .....

                                TTN Long may it last.
                                I couldn't agree more. Stumbled across it courtesy of a 'funny' in BBC Sounds. Such a revelation that programme. No tweets. No bleats. No homilies. No texts. No VoxPop.
                                Fewer Smart things. More smart people.

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