Tag: BBC Radio 3

  • BBC Proms 44: ‘Performing’ Matthew Herbert’s Remix

    Being the first to respond to the London Sinfonietta’s Facebook post requesting a volunteer to be part of an encore by the composer Matthew Herbert meant I was one of twelve to be part of Herbert’s new piece, an encore for the London Sinfonietta Prom on Tuesday 14 August. Using our smartphones we recorded pre-determined…

  • BBC Radio 3 to Premiere ‘Unknown’ Brahms

    In an age when one might think we have discovered most of the treasures of the musical world – that there is nothing new to find – it is exciting to learn that musicologists still come across hidden delights. Conductor and musicologist Christopher Hogwood made an exciting discovery while looking through a music collection in…

  • The Land with music – BBC Four & BBC Radio 3 celebrate British Music

    The Reader’s Digest revealed the results of a survey, in 2010, that “the British may be a nation of music lovers, but they are clueless when it comes to classical composers, a survey revealed today”  (Guardian article here). Over one thousand people responded; 27% of them did not know Elgar was a composer, 72% of the…