Schubert on 3

[Frances_iom]

On a similar note, my old dad's partial to syllabub...

shows there are still some with taste left in this world - easy to make just use the best ingredients (as is generally the case for English food) - and no, tastes nothing like that chemical concoction that was popular in the 60's
Guess its rather like R3 pre Wright compared to today's Americanised junk offerings

[french frank]

disingenuous - rare bits of Schubert as well as dedicated educational programs (eg 30 mins a day over a week would be enough for an excellent programme based around the songs) - these could easily have been part of the usual programming instead of the phone-ins, tweet-requests, advert-ridden playola of the best 100 tuneful bleeding chunks that now passes for R3 in the morning

Well, yes, really

He says: "Unless you're going to break world records for sleep deprivation, no one will actually hear everything Schubert wrote this week. But you are almost certain to hear a song, a symphony, a choral work you hadn't heard before."

With a bit more day-to-day effort from Radio 3 that could be true anyway

[Pianorak]

Have you read Nigel Slater's book

No, I'm afraid I haven't, Am51 - and am unlikely to, as I'm not at all into food.

[eucalyptus44]

Setting aside the junket (divine with nutmeg) syllabub (equally delicious) and Angel Delight (glorious in the gastronomique wastes of a 1950s childhood) I'm suffering a bad bout of Trailer Rage. IF WE CAN HEAR THE TRAILER, WE'RE TUNED IN ANYWAY AND DON'T NEED ANOTHER GUSHY, BREATHY REMINDER.

What a contrast between Suzy Klein who raved to Ailish Tynan that she had "kick started the whole shebang of the Schubert celebration" followed by the scholarly, measured tones of Tom Service with his slight tendency towards Sewell-style pronunciation.

Despite these irritations, I am still enjoying the Schubert...

[Nick Armstrong]

Ah, memories! Can one still get Angel Delight? Loved it - but I suppose it was thoroughly unhealthy?

YES! http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=271247103 Just 49p... I always preferred the butterscotch to the strawberry...

[Nick Armstrong]

shows there are still some with taste left in this world - easy to make just use the best ingredients (as is generally the case for English food) - and no, tastes nothing like that chemical concoction that was popular in the 60's
Guess its rather like R3 pre Wright compared to today's Americanised junk offerings

[Panjandrum]

What a contrast between Suzy Klein who raved to Ailish Tynan that she had "kick started the whole shebang of the Schubert celebration" followed by the scholarly, measured tones of Tom Service with his slight tendency towards Sewell-style pronunciation.

If his remark to SK is anything to go by, it won't be long before he starts insisting on being introduced as "Doctor Tom Service" .

[Panjandrum]

I'm not at all into food.

I take it calorie intake reduction is your method for achieving your stated goal?

[DracoM]

Beginning to wonder if - though it will never be uttered aloud of course - the R3 teams begin to think they have painted themselves into one monstrous corner on this one.

Schubert is most deffo NOT Mozart, and wall-to-wall-to-wall Schubert is .........not all that interesting. They are working manically to make it seem like 'an event', but the harder they work, they more I wonder if they ever dare to stop for a second, they might just find themselves uncomfortably thinking 'this is a mistake' before rushing on with the next trail and tweet-fest.

[Panjandrum]

Beginning to wonder if - though it will never be uttered aloud of course - the R3 teams begin to think they have painted themselves into one monstrous corner on this one.

No doubt the listening figures will be massaged to paint a rosy picture ("over a 3 minute span we had out highest ever reach...; at 3:15 am we had 40% of listeners over the age of 65,etc").

Schubert is most deffo NOT Mozart, and wall-to-wall-to-wall Schubert is .........not all that interesting.

I'm inclined to agree with you DM. FOT, there isn't the sheer variety - you've really, I mean really, got to like song. After about five lieder, I struggle to cope with any more until I've had a good dose of symphonic music. BTW, has anybody heard any of the symphonies or overtures yet? I've scanned the schedules and all I can see is lieder, follow my lieder everywhere.

Now, Liszt, there would have been an idea. The piano transcriptions alone, could have kept R3 going for a month.

[amateur51]

My objection is that I don't want to become over-familar with/bored by Schubert's greatest pieces. That's happened to me once - his Octet - and I don't want to consign another great piece to yawn corner, thank you

[Pianorak]

YES! http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=271247103 Just 49p... I always preferred the butterscotch to the strawberry...

Hmmm, butterscotch! Guess who's off to Tesco tomorrow! Ingredients: Sugar,Modified Starch ,Vegetable Oil ,Emulsifiers (Propane-1, 2-Diol Esters of Fatty Acids, Sunflower Lecithin) ,Gelling Agents (Tetrasodium Diphosphate, Disodium Phosphate) ,Milk Lactose ,Milk Proteins ,Colours (Plain Caramel, Annatto, Mixed Carotenes, Beetroot Red) ,Whey Powder from Milk ,Flavourings ,Anti-Caking Agent (Silicon Dioxide)

Could be worse I suppose.

I take it calorie intake reduction is your method for achieving your stated goal?

Er - no, sounds too much like hard work.

[Nick Armstrong]

Hmmm, butterscotch! Guess who's off to Tesco tomorrow!

"Instant dessert for little angels" - ideal for FoR3 Forum boardsters



And for those tempted to complain that this is all off-topic, well last time I switched R3 on briefly, Service was cramming his gob full of apple strudel, so desserts seem to be an essential element of Schubertian discussion....

[Pianorak]

My objection is that I don't want to become over-familar with/bored by Schubert's greatest pieces. . .

Back on track with Schubert.
I'm not proud to admit to this, but if I have to listen to another Schubert Sonata D.960 I'll
Been listening to D.958 this afternoon: loved the Uchida, but couldn't believe my ears listening to Kempf. Was he overdosed on tranquilizers? Still got Brendel, Serkin, Tirimo and Richter to listen to. Not forgetting Kovacevich. Missed the BAL but probably still on BBCiPlayer.

[LeMartinPecheur]

Beginning to wonder if - though it will never be uttered aloud of course - the R3 teams begin to think they have painted themselves into one monstrous corner on this one.

Schubert is most deffo NOT Mozart, and wall-to-wall-to-wall Schubert is .........not all that interesting.

DracoM, AFAIK this view isn't carved in stone by any great god! Personally I find minor (usually = early) Schubert generally far more interesting than minor, early Mozart.

But chacun a son gout (sorry, still can't do accents), so could you manage to be a tad less pontifical in your pronouncements please?