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If you're missing the sort of light music that Brian Kay used to feature, may I warmly recommend a brand new Naxos CD of modern recordings of vintage light music items, many but not all of them from the world of radio and TV--hence the title, Radio TV Classics. Don't worry if the list of tracks looks unfamiliar, for you'll know many of the pieces. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra does the honours, conducted by either Paul Murphy or Gavin Sutherland. This cost me a mere fiver at HMV in Newcastle's Northumberland St. Well worth every penny, so treat yourself!
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« Reply #2 on: 08:22:19, 13-04-2007 » |
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Thanks for that. Actually the correct title of the collection is British Light Miniatures, with the Radio/TV idea as a subtitle.
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« Reply #3 on: 18:09:12, 14-04-2007 » |
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Ahh, some terrific nostalgia here - listening to Radio Newsreel at midnight on the World Service, ushered in by Imperial Echoes played by the RAF Central Band conducted by Wing Commander O'Donnell. I think it was taken off in the late eighties and replaced by an electronic theme that was deemed to be more modern and relevant ....  |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #4 on: 18:24:42, 14-04-2007 » |
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Thank you very much, Ian.  Yes, I'm missing the sort of light music that Brian Kay used to feature. Light music is such a British thing, it's really something the BBC should broadcast, I think. I also miss Voices and I don't think the Radio 3 afternoons have become better after Roger's "improvements" to the schedule. Well, back to my CD player then... |
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« Reply #5 on: 14:08:51, 15-04-2007 » |
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Too late to tell you that David Mellor featured a programme of Eric Coates music this afternoon on ClassicFM. No Listen Again, so i guess it's gone, forever.
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« Reply #6 on: 16:17:24, 15-04-2007 » |
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Too late to tell you that David Mellor featured a programme of Eric Coates music this afternoon on ClassicFM. No Listen Again, so i guess it's gone, forever. Besides that: CFM is unavailable for online listeners outside the UK. Do I have to be sad about that?  |
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« Reply #7 on: 12:49:46, 18-04-2007 » |
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Thanks John. I wish I'd known beforehand, as I could have recorded it. I imagine it centred round some recent CDs of items conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and Barry Wordsworth. I'll see if I can find the playlist on the CFM website.
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« Reply #8 on: 12:51:29, 19-04-2007 » |
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Have now looked at the CFM playlists for last Sunday's David Mellor programme. Most of the programme consisted of popular Eric Coates pieces, with the odd less familiar item thrown in. For some reason, pieces by Constant Lambert and William Walton were also included. The Coates items featured several orchestras and conductors but the core consisted of performances by Sir Adrian Boult and the New Philharmonia from 1976, recently reissued.
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« Reply #9 on: 15:21:28, 22-04-2007 » |
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Lovely Archive Hour episode on Radio 4 about Mantovani yesterday evening. I found a beautiful clip of Mantovani and his Orchestra playing Holiday for Strings on television: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5RqS3i0QQ |
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« Reply #10 on: 16:10:11, 20-10-2007 » |
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iwarburton on another forum has posted that Eric Coates is to be Composer of the Week on Radio 3 from Monday 17 to Friday 21 December. The Friday will mark the 50th anniversary of his death.
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« Reply #11 on: 22:38:04, 22-10-2007 » |
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Eric Coates is to be Composer of the Week on Radio 3 from Monday 17 to Friday 21 December. This is good news!  |
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« Reply #12 on: 10:29:02, 16-12-2007 » |
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Sorry, this info was wrong. The EC Composer of the Week programmes run from 24 to 28 December.
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« Reply #13 on: 11:29:38, 16-12-2007 » |
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The EC Composer of the Week programmes run from 24 to 28 December.
Just in time for his 99th birthday! Oh, different EC... ok |
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« Reply #14 on: 10:23:30, 17-12-2007 » |
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Please explain.
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