welcome...

[mercia]

How To ........ with Joyce Grenfell

http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/r3-how-to-listen-1946.html

[Factorial8]

Hello from the sunny Peak District (well, for a few minutes at least).

After a while browsing, I can't see a suitable place to ask why Radio 3 thinks it has to have jingles. Anyone like to point me in the right direction?

[eighthobstruction]

This thread might work for you perhaps....welcome http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...light=trailers

[PrincipessaDiGelo]

Hello, all!

I'm a recent convert to classical - opera in particular - and look forward to picking the brains of the R3 sages gathered here.

It has been a blast trying out as many different kinds of opera as possible over the past year or so. I have enjoyed almost everything, from Cavalli to Turnage, but have yet to fall in love with Wagner or Britten.

[Pabmusic]

Hello, all!

I'm a recent convert to classical - opera in particular - and look forward to picking the brains of the R3 sages gathered here.

It has been a blast trying out as many different kinds of opera as possible over the past year or so. I have enjoyed almost everything, from Cavalli to Turnage, but have yet to fall in love with Wagner or Britten.

Welcome. You ought to enjoy it here once you get used to our variously odd ways.

[PrincipessaDiGelo]

Thanks, Pabmusic. It's good to be here.

A question: I'm off to Handel's Rinaldo in a few weeks (huzzah!). Which part of the forum should I look/post in for CD recommendations, so that I can do a little advance preparation?

[MrGongGong]

Hello from the sunny Peak District (well, for a few minutes at least).

After a while browsing, I can't see a suitable place to ask why Radio 3 thinks it has to have jingles. Anyone like to point me in the right direction?

The Overture has a long history some are very short indeed.

[EdgeleyRob]

Hello, all!

I'm a recent convert to classical - opera in particular - and look forward to picking the brains of the R3 sages gathered here.

It has been a blast trying out as many different kinds of opera as possible over the past year or so. I have enjoyed almost everything, from Cavalli to Turnage, but have yet to fall in love with Wagner or Britten.

Welcome PDG.

but have yet to fall in love with Wagner (THAT'S OK) or Britten (THAT'S NOT OK).

We have a neglected British composer thread if you fancy having a look.

[french frank]

A question: I'm off to Handel's Rinaldo in a few weeks (huzzah!). Which part of the forum should I look/post in for CD recommendations, so that I can do a little advance preparation?

Glyndebourne?!

A Night At the Opera (which you've already found) is probably as good as any. Using a fairly explicit thread title helps (and welcome).

[Ockeghem's Razor]

Greetings. I began listening to what is now R3 in the mid 60s and it taught me almost all I know about music. I have enjoyed browsing through some threads on this forum and look forward to doing more of the same.

[french frank]

Hello, Mr Razor, and welcome to the discussions, musical or not as you wish. (Often wondered how to pronounce Ockeghem - Ock'hem, I presume )

[Ockeghem's Razor]

Thank you for the welcome. There seem to be a great many variations on the spelling of Ockeghem so the pronunciation is probably anyone's guess!

[Richard Tarleton]

My most recent encounter with William was in the pages of Christopher Hitchens . I see the village was called Bocheham in Domesday Book, presumably a Frenchification of the Anglo-Saxon.

Welcome, by the way! We have been R3 listeners for similar lengths of time!

[Ockeghem's Razor]

Thank you for the welcome!

[Pabmusic]

Thank you for the welcome!

I'll go for the simplest - welcome!