The new schedule - Saturdays and Sundays

[mercia]

One unexplained gap seems to be 11:30 on a Sunday. With Jazz Line-Up moved to Saturday there's an hour to fill before TtN.

on Sunday 29 September the drama will be 2 hours long followed by a half-hour orchestral 'recital' but obviously the drama won't always be that length

[Resurrection Man]

on Sunday 29 September the drama will be 2 hours long followed by a half-hour orchestral 'recital' but obviously the drama won't always be that length

They will probably fill it with more 'Hall of Fame'.....oh silly me, I'm getting confused with that other populist ClassicLite station.

[Sir Velo]

I'm not surprised at these changes but to be honest it matters little to me now as I rarely bother to listen to R3 these days.

Wonder if Facebook is worth signing up to so I can vent my spleen there...or do they only allow Facebook comments that are positive?

Plenty of adverse comments on Facebook this morning. You do get the odd bod from R3 (Steve Bowbrick (Head of Digital) and Graham somebody-or-other) stick their head above the parapet to give the party line. Still, well worth embarrassing them on what they obviously consider should be a gushing sycofest.

[teamsaint]

I have to agree about things like Private Passions.

Broadly equivalent of reading the magazine the Mail on Sunday....er.....I imagine , from what little I have heard, and probably no better than the Essential Classics guest spot.

Pointless, usually.

[french frank]

I've just noticed: Classic FM's 'Saturday Night at the Movies' with Howard Goodall starts at 5pm. The new Radio 3 programme will be at 4-5pm on Saturdays ('Stage and Screen' used to be on Mondays at 4pm), followed by the most popular jazz programme, Jazz Record Requests.

[Richard Tarleton]

I'm going through my CD collection pulling out a pile of things I've been meaning to listen to, haven't listened to for ages, had forgotten I had, etc. and leaving it next to the player.

I can't help wondering at what point RW will feel his work is done, the trashing of R3 is complete.

[Nick Armstrong]

Still, well worth embarrassing them on what they obviously consider should be a gushing sycofest.

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm going through my CD collection pulling out a pile of things I've been meaning to listen to, haven't listened to for ages, had forgotten I had, etc. and leaving it next to the player.

Yes, I undertook that process too.

First in: Nelson Goerner playing the Rachmaninov 3rd concerto with the BBC Phil under Sinaisky, which oddly came out on commercial CD - great stuff.

[Ruhevoll]

You might be interested to read the comments in Tom Service's new blog on symphonies (this first deals with Beethoven's 5th).

http://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2013/sep/16/symphony-guide-beethoven-fifth-tom-service#start-of-comments

He goes into quite a lot of historical and musical analysis, far more than you'd get in Gramophone let alone a national newspaper. How do the commentariat respond? With gusto. Lots of 'More of this please!', their undernourished intellects desperate to be fed instead of being patronised with watered-down gruel.

[Resurrection Man]

Plenty of adverse comments on Facebook this morning. ....

Ah, I see what you mean. Wonder if we can get the number of Likes up into the thousands ? Would be great if all on the forum would join up and add a supporting comment.

[mercia]

Monday 30 September - Opera on 3 - Puccini La Rondine - ROH - Armiliato

[french frank]

Monday 30 September - Opera on 3 - Puccini La Rondine - ROH - Armiliato

So not 'Live in Concert', but recorded on this occasion?

[mercia]

I guess so (?)

http://www.roh.org.uk/news/bbc-radio-3-broadcasts-confirmed-for-autumnwinter-201314

[french frank]

I guess so (?)
http://www.roh.org.uk/news/bbc-radio...nwinter-201314

Ah, yes, thanks for that. So the live Parsifal starts at 4.45 and Les Vêpres at 5.45 . What will happen to In Tune on those evenings ?

[johnb]

More importantly, what about the poor buggers who work for a living?