Category Archives: broadcasts
The Spirit of Schubert
The latest survey of a composer’s entire output on Radio 3 focused on Schubert. As I’ve said in my last posting, I was present at a live evening broadcast, but I also found time to listen to some of the … Continue reading
I attend a Choral Evensong broadcast
For many years I’ve followed Radio 3′s Choral Evensong broadcasts, and have listened to them whenever possible. I’d never been to one – why bother when Radio 3 brings it into your own home? But I made a special case … Continue reading
The Genius of Mozart
I rather dipped into this 12-day trawl through all of Mozart on BBC Radio 3, rather than listening to chunks. There were some real high points; I enjoyed the broadcasts of Entführung (especially as I happened to be having a … Continue reading
the Edington Festival: pleasure and sadness
Some friends regularly go to events at the Edington Festival nearby, but I’ve never managed it. This is because it usually clashes with the Cathedral Chamber Choir’s cathedral week and I’m away or not feeling like going to another service. … Continue reading
The Chopin Experience
I listened to bits of this all-Chopin weekend on Radio 3. (I used to listen to and indeed play Chopin’s music a lot, and though it has retreated a bit in my musical consciousness he is still a favourite of … Continue reading
Artist Focus
Like a lot of Radio 3 listeners, I scan the listings in Radio Times for the week ahead, looking for particular pieces of music I would like to hear. They can usually be picked out easily by composer because the … Continue reading
Medici Arts TV
I have been looking at – and listening to – their website here: http://www.medici-arts.tv/ At any given time there is one concert which you can both view and listen to. So far the calibre of performances (in the musical sense) … Continue reading
Listen Again
Been listening quite a lot to old Radio 3 broadcasts on this recently. I like Mahler 1 and Tchaikovsky symphonies, but I think the ‘archived online audio’ choices are looking a little old. Can we have some more recent ones? … Continue reading
Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky
In previous posts I dealt with the BBC’s airing of the complete works of Beethoven and Bach. This time it was the turn of Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, done jointly. I rather dipped in and out of this, though I tried … Continue reading