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I remember fondly the BBC producing a series under this heading many years ago which highlighted works of great merit by lesser-known composers. Their craftsmanship, ideas and structure were in no way inferior to the works of the big names, but they (read full article)
Eliza Carthy in concert at the Union Chapel in London. The set included songs from her album Anglicana, nominated for Album of the Year at the Radio 3 Awards for World Music in 2008. (read full article)
BBC Radio 3 pulled the plug on the broadcast of this recital, announcing a “disruption” at the Wigmore Hall. Listeners were startled to hear what sounded like a choir; this was some music hastily used to cover up the sound of protestors in the h (read full article)
More than 100,000 people have joined a Facebook campaign as David Bowie and Emily Eavis appeal for threatened BBC 6 Music to be saved. David Bowie has thrown his weight behind efforts to lobby the BBC over the closure, saying: “For new artists to (read full article)
As much as I love BBC Radio 3 I’m getting very fed up with the amount of song plugged on the station. I listen to the radio a lot and at random times and it amazes me how often I switch the radio on to be greeted by voice and piano and more often (read full article)
Lang Lang played the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Royal Albert Hall last night. It sounded to me like he was tugging for Britain and China. OK, I watched about 25 seconds of it, but he’s quite literally unwatchable. Sound only, still dodgy (read full article)
I believe BBC Radio 3 has lost sight of its purpose, which is to entertain the public, the BBC has become too concerned with its own self-importance. The old BBC Third Programme (I am told) never was a music first channel, but an evenings-only chann (read full article)
I recently heard Suzy Klein make a continuity link from Richter playing Haydn to a piece by Nino Rota by informing us that Richter and Rota were contemporaries. Gosh, Richter was contemporary with Elvis Presley too, wasn’t he? Small (musical) worl (read full article)
I just wish to declare my pleasant surprise (and thanks) at hearing “Atom Heart Mother” by Pink Floyd on Late Junction last week. I was randomly scrolling through the radio stations (non-DAB) at 12.30 a.m. when I recognised the opening notes, bu (read full article)
The BBC Proms starts tomorrow. An interesting fun piece on the Today programme the other day, someone complaining about inappropriate Proms behaviour, mainly too much clapping between movements and in particular too quick to clap after the beauty of (read full article)
I’ve just heard the sad news that Ted Downes has died, with his wife, both of them drinking a fatal draft of poison at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. The son of the conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Lady Joan described today how his pa (read full article)
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