I've lost count of the number of times I've found myself listening to the 2nd movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 (aka that tune from 'Elvira Madigan') and the Adagietto from Mahler's 5th Symphony (aka that tune from 'Death in Venice'). It's possibly naive of me to believe that single movements are broadcast with the laudable intention of encouraging those hearing them for the first time to explore further, but if we have to accept that the practice will continue, can we PLEASE have a wider choice? There are some lovely cowbells in Mahler 6! As for Mozart - well, how about the last movement of Piano Concerto No. 17? Or is the choice restricted to pieces that have been used in films, TV programmes or advertisements? There's a lot more to Carmina Burana than its opening number!
Other movements are available .....
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suggest getting a cd player or access to a streaming service as the Beeb has followed CFm down the 'best bits' route for the last 10 years, it doesn't appear to have widened its audience merely garnered some CFm listener who dislike repeated adverts - on weekdays I don't bother even looking what's on until COTW - so far the lunchtime chamber concert still plays complete works + the afternoon concert can be good
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My wife was just showing me a playlist that our National Public Radio —1000 items, billed as helping you to recover from 2020, all the usual suspects listed in the OP and more, downloadable apparently for a contribution to NPR. Playlists are big now, as per the discussion in the Tearjerker thread, thanks to streaming services.
In truth, haven’t Playlists always been with us? Popular radio has always had their Top 40, and and the two Classical stations that I listen to seem to cycle through the same works, either complete or excerpts, over time
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Originally posted by Leinster Lass View PostI've lost count of the number of times I've found myself listening to the 2nd movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 (aka that tune from 'Elvira Madigan') and the Adagietto from Mahler's 5th Symphony (aka that tune from 'Death in Venice'). It's possibly naive of me to believe that single movements are broadcast with the laudable intention of encouraging those hearing them for the first time to explore further, but if we have to accept that the practice will continue, can we PLEASE have a wider choice? There are some lovely cowbells in Mahler 6! As for Mozart - well, how about the last movement of Piano Concerto No. 17? Or is the choice restricted to pieces that have been used in films, TV programmes or advertisements? There's a lot more to Carmina Burana than its opening number!
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Originally posted by Frances_iom View Postsuggest getting a cd player or access to a streaming service as the Beeb has followed CFm down the 'best bits' route for the last 10 years, it doesn't appear to have widened its audience merely garnered some CFm listener who dislike repeated adverts - on weekdays I don't bother even looking what's on until COTW - so far the lunchtime chamber concert still plays complete works + the afternoon concert can be good
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