Scala Radio

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

If Scala Radio is the same as Radio Scala, it already has its own thread.....

Threads now merged.

[jayne lee wilson]

I reckon Classic FM has made people think that Classical Music is all about relaxation and calm, and have this type of programme at its core. The station doesn't focus as much other feelings and emotions such as: joy, excitement, pleasure, inspiration, drama, agony, pain, anxiety, fear, surprise etc.

Yes, but sometimes you just don't want that agony and pain even so beautifully sublimated...or even much excitement? I couldn't face a DSCH symphony right now, at times even my beloved Nielsen can seem all too much....
First thing and last thing I often sling on - Brahms Violin Sonatas or Telemann Tafelmusik, fairly quietly, precisely for their calming effect on a too-stressed mind....
Life Changes can often mean listening-changes too. If you're already overstimulated - by intellectual or emotional eventfulness and busy-ness (all too true of younger people today) - a large dramatic orchestral work might not be quite the desirable or necessary thing (catharsis potential notwithstanding).

To be fair to Classic FM, Smooth Classics runs from 2200 - 0100; it does play much livelier music at other times.
And - you might hear a Violin Sonata on your phone and end up going to see a symphony...why not?

The Taylor Swift arrangement highlighted in the piece GG linked to works rather well, doesn't it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3kDt94yteo

...original (one of her catchiest anyway....love the 80s MTV-style vid)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg

I often recall a TS Eliot quote "I rarely go to films; they are too exciting."
(note the carefully semantic weighting...)

Music can have that effect too sometimes. It's all about what's on the inside...

[Old Grumpy]

Probably not of particular interest to many members of the forum - but I'll post it anyway!

Feature in today's i newspaper about Simon Mayo and his departure from Radio 2.

OG

[cloughie]

Probably not of particular interest to many members of the forum - but I'll post it anyway!

Feature in today's i newspaper about Simon Mayo and his departure from Radio 2.

OG

Interesting that Mozart PC20 clocks in at 10 minutes, the versions I have heard are usually around 30 minutes. Perhaps it is the William Orbit remix!

[LMcD]

The cuts to arts funding are clearly beginning to bite.

[oddoneout]

Interesting that Mozart PC20 clocks in at 10 minutes, the versions I have heard are usually around 30 minutes. Perhaps it is the William Orbit remix!

as heard on the Amadeus movie’s end credits,

might be a clue?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Interesting that Mozart PC20 clocks in at 10 minutes, the versions I have heard are usually around 30 minutes. Perhaps it is the William Orbit remix!

It could be Mr Norrington playing it too fast.

[Study Session]

Heard part of the test transmissions today. To quote one presenter - 'We're not like any other station you've heard. We're not posh or pretentious'. I daresay his years on Classic FM breakfast and, more recently, at Radio 3, must have been sheer hell.

[antongould]

Speaking ahead of the launch, Anthea Turner said, “Music and conversation are two of the greatest things in life, so it’ll be such a pleasure to bring weekend playfulness to Scala Radio each Sunday”.

[gurnemanz]

Speaking ahead of the launch, Anthea Turner said, “Music and conversation are two of the greatest things in life, so it’ll be such a pleasure to bring weekend playfulness to Scala Radio each Sunday”.

Seems to be aimed at those who find CFM heavy going.

[cloughie]

Seems to be aimed at those who find CFM heavy going.

Now that is something that really attracts is Anthea Turner as a presenter...well maybe I’ll pass.

[oddoneout]

Not sure about the reference to 'classical DJs - I don't htink it's got quite that bad on R3 -yet.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/04/simon-mayo-scala-radio-review-no-senseless-interference-here-classical-radio-bbc

I see we are not just old fogies... [from BTL comment to the above]

Most classical broadcasting (and these days that includes most output on R3) is just a vulgar wallow in the mud for knackered old rhinos.

[french frank]

'an alert non-expert who admits to gaps'

That might be two steps up from one or two R3 presenters

[antongould]

Gillian Reynolds in the Sunday Times " …. The Music? If you like Rick Wakeman playing piano versions of Beatles hits, or bits of Bizet, or Bryn Terfel with hits from musicals, you'll find it all here. Over and over again. And again the next day. And the one after that. Don't expect careful pronunciation or useful attribution. This isn't Radio 3 or Classic FM. Nor is it meant to be. It's nice-tunes radio"

She ends her piece praising the Andre Previn Mixtape ……..

[Darkbloom]

I'm surprised Katie Derham hasn't turned up there yet, it sounds ideal for her. Particularly the non-careful pronunciation, which she solves on R3 by adopting an all-purpose 'foreign' accent for words in any other language whatsoever.