Prom 3: Radio 1 Relax at the Proms (16.07.22)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Prom 3: Radio 1 Relax at the Proms
22:30 Saturday 16 July 2022 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Celebrating the BBC’s centenary year, the Proms partners with Radio 1 Relax for a late-night wind-down featuring visionary hip-hop and rap artist Kojey Radical and friends, including the pioneering 12 Ensemble.

[mozart79]

did not really get on with this.

[french frank]

the Proms partners with Radio 1 Relax for a late-night wind-down featuring visionary hip-hop and rap

One long ago stopped getting worked up by this kind of thing. But … why? What is the intention/thinking/aim behind introducing a Radio 1 hip hop show at the Proms? That is a genuine question, not a complaint from the peppery colonel brigade

[LHC]

One long ago stopped getting worked up by this kind of thing. But … why? What is the intention/thinking/aim behind introducing a Radio 1 hip hop show at the Proms? That is a genuine question, not a complaint from the peppery colonel brigade

If I was being cynical I would say these proms (which are always televised as well as being broadcast on R3) allow BBC TV to increase the number of hours of classical music it claims are being shown on TV to meet its arts and culture remit, without actually showing any classical music.

This year I think 22 proms are being shown on TV, and I am sure the BBC will claim all of those as being part of its Arts output, but of those 22, 7 (just under a third) have very little to do with classical music.

[french frank]

If I was being cynical I would say these proms (which are always televised as well as being broadcast on R3) allow BBC TV to increase the number of hours of classical music it claims are being shown on TV to meet its arts and culture remit, without actually showing any classical music.

This year I think 22 proms are being shown on TV, and I am sure the BBC will claim all of those as being part of its Arts output, but of those 22, 7 (just under a third) have very little to do with classical music.

One does no more than comment! They used to release figures (back in the day of the Pet Shop Boys concert et al.) for how many new/young people attended concerts for the first time, again the raw figure merely indicating the 'new audience'. No information on which concerts they attended.

[Serial_Apologist]

One long ago stopped getting worked up by this kind of thing. But … why? What is the intention/thinking/aim behind introducing a Radio 1 hip hop show at the Proms? That is a genuine question, not a complaint from the peppery colonel brigade

Maybe because they figure that featuring Radio 1 far on Radio 3 will make Radio 1 followers think, hmmm, maybe there's more of this kind of thing on Radio 3? Actually, on second thoughts, probably not.

Actually the singer on early before the rap got underway and I switched off was enjoyable enough - pleasant Soully voice, quite sophisticated pop materials, the only thing missing being improvised breaks which would have been quite easily facilitated and would have given one of our vaunted young saxophone players a chance to shine.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

One long ago stopped getting worked up by this kind of thing. But … why? What is the intention/thinking/aim behind introducing a Radio 1 hip hop show at the Proms? That is a genuine question, not a complaint from the peppery colonel brigade

Those with the wacky ideas often maintain that it will encourage “yung peepul” and to try classical music. Obviously it’s never going to work this way. But I do remember how “Your 100 Best Tunes”, on Radio 2, did just this when I was at school.

[french frank]

Maybe because they figure that featuring Radio 1 far on Radio 3 will make Radio 1 followers think, hmmm, maybe there's more of this kind of thing on Radio 3? Actually, on second thoughts, probably not...

I'd assumed that by trailing the concert on Radio 1, they would hope people would go to the concert rather than listen to it on Radio 3. Don't they have hiphop and rap shows on R1 and 1Xtra anyway? On the other hand, I doubt it would attract many people from other parts of the country to attend the RAH for a single concert.