Through the Night

[teamsaint]

... Johannes Brahms staid??


[ ... why will people persist in using initials ... ]

good question , V.

[Bryn]

I did not hear it last night, but this looks worth checking out via the iPlayer:

3:05 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Pulcinella - ballet
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Denis Sedov (baritone), Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

[kernelbogey]

I know, it's such a beastly modern tendency isn't it? Life's gone to pot since the SPQR shoved their initials on all those frightful new buildings...

I was delighted to discover in Rome that SPQR appears on sewage manhole covers. Senatus publicumque indeed.

[kernelbogey]

Slightly alarmed after a week of John Shea's soothing and humorous intros to encounter the novel and slightly shrill voice of Nicola Christie last night. Who she?

Edit: Though I like Nicola Hall's voice.

Edit 2: Oops, Christie not Christine! (Glyndebourne connection...?)

[amateur51]

I did not hear it last night, but this looks worth checking out via the iPlayer:

3:05 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Pulcinella - ballet
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Denis Sedov (baritone), Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

Wish I'd spotted this earlier

[Nick Armstrong]

Slightly alarmed after a week of John Shea's soothing and humorous intros to encounter the novel and slightly shrill voice of Nicola Christine last night. Who she?

Edit: Though I like Nicola Hall's voice.

I've no idea what her name was but after a late return home last night, I made a mental note to post here that I think her voice is irritating and seems best adapted to 'Blue Peter' - it has a singsong, patronising quality that seems to pervade the voices of earnest children's presenters... To be avoided - in this house...

[kernelbogey]

I've no idea what her name was but after a late return home last night, I made a mental note to post here that I think her voice is irritating and seems best adapted to 'Blue Peter' - it has a singsong, patronising quality that seems to pervade the voices of earnest children's presenters... To be avoided - in this house...

Agreed Calibs: touch of the 'Breakfast/CFM' about it.

[AndyJW]

Perhaps she's 'in training' for breakfast!

[AuntDaisy]

I find Nicola Christie's voice annoying as well - not a shade on Susan Sharpe's mellifluous tones.
Blue Peter is a very good description. Please move her over to Breakfast - I've stopped listening to it!

[kernelbogey]

Welcome to the boards AuntDaisy! The more so as you are a TTN listener (and Breakfastphobe!).

[AuntDaisy]

Thank you kernelbogey.
I've been listening (off-air) for years and, there has been a huge increase in TTN repeats and rapid drop in programme information on the TTN webpages. It's very sad, because there are some amazing performances on TTN; and it's old-fashioned, informative, interesting Radio 3 (that doesn't try to compete with Classic FM).

[Nick Armstrong]

I find Nicola Christie's voice annoying as well - not a shade on Susan Sharpe's mellifluous tones.
Blue Peter is a very good description. Please move her over to Breakfast - I've stopped listening to it!

[Bryn]

Just before 6 o'clock yesterday, a fine performance of Beethoven's Op. 19 concerto. It was credited as being played by Maria João Pires (piano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor). No mention was made of the maker or date(s) of the piano. A YouTube upload of what appears to be this same performance claims the last two movements to be played not by Pires but Argerich. This is confirmed here, where it is also revealed that the piano was an 1849 Erard.

[Roehre]

Welcome to the boards AuntDaisy! The more so as you are a TTN listener (and Breakfastphobe!).

wholeheartedly Seconded

[Lateralthinking1]

I heard the first hour of last night's programme. Not having heard Nicola Christie before, my immediate thought was what a wonderful addition. I very much like her voice and presentation style - both are warm - and I am a supporter of Susan Sharpe.

This special programme of music from Romanian composers and performers seemed spot on to me. Clear in concept, relevant, interesting, professional. The start - Chorale for String Orchestra by Lipatti - encouraged me to stay longer than I had intended.