Young Col
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 2,407
- Location
- Coulsdon, London/Surrey
.. depending on your taste of course.
Tonight's Prom on BBC TV 4 (and viewable on i-player) has Daniel Barenboim's second tranche of the complete Beethoven symphonies, with Eroica followed by the 4th. Very good performances of the 1st and, particularly, 2nd last night. There was also very good Richard Strauss (Also Sprach Zarathustra and Last Four Songs) and Sibellius 7 on Thursday.
In the meantime there's Alyn Shipton's Jazz Record Requests on BBC radio 3 at 5 tonight. Always worth a listen as something often comes up that I had not heard or had forgotten and usually at least one track that I have already which shows that someone else has the same tastes as me! Tonight promises some Humphrey Lyttleton and quirky, but excellent, pianist Jimmy Rowles (a particular favourite of Billie Holiday). At midnight Geoffrey Smith's Jazz has a focus on Benny Goodman plus sidemen. Hopefully some of the great swing era quartets with Hampton, Wilson, Krupa, but perhaps also some of the collaborations with Lester Young and, again, Billie Holiday.
Might get an hour's sax practice between replays and just as well I got the lawn cut between showers during the week.
YC
Tonight's Prom on BBC TV 4 (and viewable on i-player) has Daniel Barenboim's second tranche of the complete Beethoven symphonies, with Eroica followed by the 4th. Very good performances of the 1st and, particularly, 2nd last night. There was also very good Richard Strauss (Also Sprach Zarathustra and Last Four Songs) and Sibellius 7 on Thursday.
In the meantime there's Alyn Shipton's Jazz Record Requests on BBC radio 3 at 5 tonight. Always worth a listen as something often comes up that I had not heard or had forgotten and usually at least one track that I have already which shows that someone else has the same tastes as me! Tonight promises some Humphrey Lyttleton and quirky, but excellent, pianist Jimmy Rowles (a particular favourite of Billie Holiday). At midnight Geoffrey Smith's Jazz has a focus on Benny Goodman plus sidemen. Hopefully some of the great swing era quartets with Hampton, Wilson, Krupa, but perhaps also some of the collaborations with Lester Young and, again, Billie Holiday.
Might get an hour's sax practice between replays and just as well I got the lawn cut between showers during the week.
YC