June is British Music Month on Radio 3!

[french frank]

Well, Brian Ferneyhough, Gavin Bryars, Robin Holloway and Roger Smalley get special Big Seven-O birthday tributes

[amateur51]

excellent plan.

Antongould arranges these things expertly...he and BBM would be a crack team !!

Excellent notion, innit teams - I'm glad you're onside. Maybe BBM can give us some insider's tips on how/when to send off our requests. Maybe we should start making a list NOW?! I'll get a message off to anton pronto

[amateur51]

Well, Brian Ferneyhough, Gavin Bryars, Robin Holloway and Roger Smalley get special Big Seven-O birthday tributes

Do they do any breakfast-sized pieces, I wonder?

[BBMmk2]

Hi Am! yes I have! :) I am thinking of John Ireland's A Downland Suite, as I live not too far from them and pkayed bvy the Williams Fairey Band(The olkd avaition works band i might add, that's how they got their name!! Or Sussex by the Sea!

[cloughie]

personally, I think the whole thing could have "added value" if Radio Cheshire sent a YTS kid with a microphone, a tape recorder and an asda "Jumbo Jotter" round to EdgeleyRob's house, and told them not to come back to the studio till they had enough material for a weeks proper in depth discussion.

As edge lives not too far away from the Salford studio he should take over the weekend breakfast slots during June and plays only British music - fws please none of your bcs.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Well, Brian Ferneyhough, Gavin Bryars, Robin Holloway and Roger Smalley get special Big Seven-O birthday tributes

[BBMmk2]

Sounds like a good idea!!

[ahinton]

Well, Brian Ferneyhough, Gavin Bryars, Robin Holloway and Roger Smalley get special Big Seven-O birthday tributes

...but not David Matthews?...

Also, there could perhaps have been some mining of the British Music Focus series that was broadcast on R3 at the end of 2005...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Do they do any breakfast-sized pieces, I wonder?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzAgJ02jOk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFBrOEtCCg

[teamsaint]

As edge lives not too far away from the Salford studio he should take over the weekend breakfast slots during June and plays only British music - fws please none of your bcs.

yours is a better plan Cloughie..and we could forgive him a bit of chat between works. perhaps he could do a sports desk once an hour also?

[BBMmk2]

Further to my post above. I have had another emailo from BBC R3, asking me to talk on 3breakfast. unfortunately, I am not available for that. They are thinking of scheduling Byrd's Ave Verum), sung by The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

...but not David Matthews?...

Nor Arthur Butterworth (90 in August).

Also, there could perhaps have been some mining of the British Music Focus series that was broadcast on R3 at the end of 2005...

Considering that it looks as if at least three of the CotWs are repeats, this wouldn't've been a bad idea - one three-hour slot in particular merits a re-run.

[BBMmk2]

Arthur Butterworth yes!! three Impressions foir brass band, 3rd movement, Royal Border Bridge, 1857!

[amateur51]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzAgJ02jOk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFBrOEtCCg

Shouldn't cause too much muesli-spluttering in the shires, ferney

Great fun watching the score too

[amateur51]

yours is a better plan Cloughie..and we could forgive him a bit of chat between works. perhaps he could do a sports desk once an hour also?

And Dunking Corner surely?