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Mein Gott, Vorsprung durch Technik

Posted on January 7, 2006 by vhk10

This was the name of an imaginary cantata in Private Eye‘s version of the Radio 3 listings during the Bach Christmas, in which only J.S. Bach was broadcast on Radio 3 for ten days. When there was a similar exercise … Continue reading →

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Webern nights

Posted on September 25, 2005 by vhk10

I made a belated first visit to the Wiltshire Music Centre recently to hear the Doric String Quartet, the Centre’s quartet in residence. The Centre has a lovely clear acoustic, though the interior of the concert hall is very spartan. … Continue reading →

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a week of Beethoven

Posted on June 12, 2005 by vhk10

Even Choral Evensong had to make way for this! Radio 3 has just come to the end of its week of Beethoven, which broadcast the composer’s entire works and nothing else. Turning on in the middle of the night, as … Continue reading →

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through the night

Posted on March 31, 2005 by vhk10

We’re now rediscovering Radio 3’s Through the Night programming, now that we get woken in the small hours by Magnus (born Thursday March 24th). We listened to the programme regularly during the infancies of our older children so it will … Continue reading →

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a radiophonic Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2003 by vhk10

Like many people, I got a digital radio for Christmas. It won’t really increase the number of classical music channels I can receive, but it will allow me to hear what there is with better quality sound anywhere in the … Continue reading →

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