#BBC orchestras

[blackswaneuroparedux]

The National Theatre has just announced it will ‘reduce activity’ over the next four years due to ‘financial challenges’. English National Opera is on its final year of funding. The BBC Singers have been abolished. Britten Sinfonia has launched a £1 million appeal to enable it to survive Arts Council cuts. A quarter of the seats in BBC orchestras are to be unwaged. Cities the size of Liverpool, Norwich and Southampton have been left without opera. The post-1945 English artistic renaissance has gone into abrupt reverse, without much political debate. Darkness descends. Discuss.

- Norman Lebrecht

The axe of cultural vandalism is in full swing against anything classical. The BBC is the biggest employer of musicians in the UK, and to lose one in five of their orchestral players will create a black hole for musicians already stymied by visa restrictions and thus wider opportunities traditionally afforded them. The end of the BBC Singers, in particular, is heartbreaking - founded nearly 100 years ago, they have given both comfort and joy to the nation. 

Photo: The BBC Singers.

#lebrecht #norman lebrecht #quote #arts #BBC #culture #britain #cuts in funding #funding of the arts #BBC singers #national theatre #britten sinfonia #arts council #BBC orchestras #decline and fall

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

And part 2. There is 11 days still to listen to it (till 22.1.2023).

Playing in the Dark: Neil Gaiman and the BBC Symphony was a 2019 event with Neil reading stories and BBC Orchestra playing music where David Tennant appeared as a surprise guest :).

The Good Omens segment (Neil’s introduction, David reading the drunk AC scene, Amanda Palmer singing A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square) starts at part 2 at 39:50 :). And there is a Good Omens Theme played by the orchestra at the beginning of part 1 :) 

#good omens #playing in the dark #neil gaiman #david tennant #amanda palmer #bbc orchestra

[damelucyjo]

Hannah performing 'Anything Goes' opening Olivier Awards 2024., accompanied by Joe Stilgoe, The London Community Gospel Choir & The BBC Concert Orchestra.

#Hannah Waddingham #Joe Stilgoe #The London Community Gospel Choir #The BBC Concert Orchestra #Olivier Awards 2024 #Youtube

[theroundbartable]

Sometimes love language be like:

I listen to music playlists that remind me of you when you're not there.

#bbc merlin #arthur would literally pay an orchestra to play music in his room while Merlin is missing #or he hires sailors to get drunk and sing shantees #merthur

[mikrokosmos]

This Week's Listening & Muses - April 1-7

Schmitt - Suites from Antoine et Cléopâtre. For r/classicalmusic 's piece of the week. I haven't listened to much by Florent Schmitt, I know his symphonie concertante and some piano works. I liked his orchestration, like Debussy mixed with Strauss. Doesn't captivate me as much as the piano and chamber works but it is luscious.

Mendelssohn - Concerto in Ab Major for two pianos. Decided to listen through more of Hyperion's catalogue of "Romantic Piano Concertos", which were some of the works I listened to getting into classical music and were formative to my tastes. Mendelssohn's double piano concertos were written when he was a teenager for him to play with his sister Fanny, and they weren't published in his lifetime and apparently he thought they were immature. The concerto was charming and made me think of the early/classical Beethoven piano concertos

Moszkowski - Piano Concerto in E major. Another recording from the Romantic Concertos series, I hadn't listened to this one much before and wasn't that interested. Listening to it again now, I loved the exuberance and larger-than-life sounds

Schmidt - Symphony no.1. A less popular symphonist I was really into years back, late romantic and decadent. I didn't like this one as much at first, but listening now I'm surprised that I used to find it boring. It's very loud, grand, "majestic", and like a lot of romantic symphonies, long. It's great for blasting on speakers

Messiaen - Turangalîla. To break up the Romantic monotony, I was happy to see Marc-André Hamelin as the pianist for this masterpiece. Bombastic, "futuristic", otherworldly, fun and beautiful and sometimes mind-boggling.

I'll try to post the top favorites of music I listen to in a week to share some recommendations and act as my own listening diary, hopefully introduce some music to you guys or get recommendations in return!

#classical music #music #classical #orchestra music #piano music #piano concerto #orchestra #piano #symphony #symphony orchestra #Florence Schmitt #Schmitt #Felix Mendelssohn #Fanny Mendelssohn #Mendelssohn #Moszkowski #Moritz Moszkowski #Olivier Messiaen #Messiaen #Turangalila #Schmidt #Franz Schmidt #Antoine et Cleopatre #ballet suite #ballet music #Sakari Oramo #BBC symphony orchestra #Jerzy Maksymiuk #Stephen Coombs #Ian Munro

[merlinssaggyyfronts]

dare i say doomed yuri… DARE I SAY MORGWEN— *gets shot*

#me today realising morgwen are one of the many examples of doomed yuri #im in shambles #oh wait theyd totally fit a madohomu au #merls is sayaka and arthur is that one violinist guy we hate #oh huh who’d be mami #leon?? #NO WAIT LANCELOT #oh that red haired girl is so gwaine like the apple eating and family who fell into shambles #im yapping so much rn #the gold #manchester orchestra #phoebe bridgars #morgwen #morgana pendragon #morgana x gwen #morgana #guinevere #guinevere pendragon #bbc merlin #merlin #tiktok

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Bruce Hornsby with the BBC Concert Orchestra - “The Way it Is”

In its sunny, hit-single arrangement, “The Way it Is” did a spectacular job of hiding its dim message.

But Bruce Hornsby gave his tale of economic and racial discrimination a more appropriately melancholic presentation when he performed it live, in-studio, sans audience alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra for Radio 2’s “Piano Room Month.”

Hornsby’s voice and piano remain at the fore even with a large symphony and a slowed-down tempo at their back as the songwriter takes unaccompanied solos to add some jazz to the classical underpinnings.

It’s a testament to the strength and elasticity of Hornsby’s composition, not to mention his ability to think quickly on his butt (he is at the piano bench, after all).

As “The Way it Is” says: some things will never change. And in Hornsby’s improvisational case, that’s a good thing.

Grade card: Bruce Hornsby with the BBC Concert Orchestra - “The Way it Is” - A

1/31/24

#Youtube #bruce hornsby #the way it is #bbc concert orchestra #bbc radio 2 #piano room

[markgatissappreciationsociety]

Tickets to this would be a lovely Christmas present to anyone who lives near London. Sadly, I am not one of those people. But hearing Mark play Sherlock Holmes? That would be amazing. 

#mark gatiss #sherlock holmes #The Hound of the Baskervilles #BBC Symphony Orchestra

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Sailing by (Ronald Binge) live BBC Concert Orchestra. Shipping Forecast theme BBC Radio 4

This is "Sailing By" composed by Ronald Binge in 1963, and performed live by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Wilson. This theme is used by the BBC for its late night shipping forecast on Radio 4

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The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecast dates back over 150 years. There are currently four broadcasts per day at the following (UK local) times: 00:48, 05:20, 12:01, and 17:54.

In the forecast, the waters around the British Isles are divided into 31 sea areas, also known as weather areas. The forecast begins by listing areas with gale warnings, followed by a general synopsis of pressure areas, then a forecast for each individual sea area covering wind speed and direction, precipitation, and visibility. Extended forecasts at 00:48 and 05:20 include information from coastal weather stations and inshore waters.

The unique and distinctive presentation style of these broadcasts has led to their attracting an audience much wider than that directly interested in maritime weather conditions. It is frequently referred to and parodied in British popular culture.

[Wikipedia]

#The Shipping Forecast #BBC #Sailing By #Ronald Binge #BBC Concert Orchestra #BBC Radio #Youtube

[bucky1984]

Celestial 😍😍😍

#good omens #good omens theme #orchestra #BBC #music #Youtube

[literatemisfit]

I hadn't watched (listened to) David reading the chapter of Good Omens at the BBC Symphony event until yesterday because I was worried it would be cringy and I've already listened to it twice it's so good?????

#david tennant #bbc symphony orchestra #good omens

[nostalgiccbloom]

#olivia dean #leonard cohen #BBC Concert Orchestra #suzanne #audio #music

[crusheswhimsandfancies]

This was amazing - Never Gonna Give You Up as you’ve never heard it before

#glorious #never gonna give you up #piano room #bbc concert orchestra #rick astley #release this version

[ladycharles]

My "no one owes you anything" twinky baroque pop number 😁🌍

Manic Pixie Dream World is out March 10th

This song isn't out till then but here's a little something else:

#glam rock #indie rock #spotify #lady charles #baroque pop #orchestral pop #Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra #Original music #Musician #Canadian music #Nonbinary #Genderfluid

[iamlisteningto]

Aïsha Devi's Aethernal Score (Live With The BBC Concert Orchestra)

#aïsha devi #aisha devi #bbc concert orchestra #aethernal score #houndstooth #music #electronic #orchestral #modern classical #ebm #ambient #folk #progressive electronic #experimental #rave #club #dance #available everywhere

[cbjustmusic]

Gregory Porter and the BBC Concert Orchestra performing "The Christmas Song". _____________________ The Christmas Song Songwriters: Robert Wells and Mel Torme

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos

Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe Help to make the season bright Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa's on his way He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh And every mother's child is gonna spy To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so I'm offering this simple phrase To kids from one to 92 Although it's been said many times Many ways, Merry Christmas to you

And so I'm offering this simple phrase To kids from one to 92 Although it's been said many times Many ways, Merry Christmas to you

#gregory porter #bbc concert orchestra #mel tormé #robert wells