I managed to listen to the broadcast this week also. As Richard mentioned, the pipes were quite subdued in the mix, and that was disappointing. Enjoyed it anyway.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Shuttleworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bart Blanquart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Matthew Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 6:24 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: Kathryn Tickell on Radio 3 > > Thanks for the heads-up. I managed to catch it but was quite > disappointed. > The pipes were under-recorded most of the time and were often drowned out > by > the orchestra. The second (slow) movement raised my hopes for a while but > sadly missed a golden opportunity to showcase the pipes, almost as though > to > composer didn't really know how to treat the instrument and tried to bend > it > into a classical mold instead of taking advantage of the traditional > gendre > that the pipes could have made available to him. > > None of the above detracts from Kathryn's playing, she was superb! > > Just my 2 pence work, > > Richard > > Matthew wrote: > >> It's working right now as I'm in the middle of the relevant piece. >> Probably won't be available after today though, as they take them down >> after seven days - may not even be available later this evening. >> >> I'm in no position to comment on Kathryn's playing style but it >> certainly doesn't sound like the sort of pipe music she usually plays on >> her albums. Of course, on her albums she's not got the Northern Sinfonia >> playing with her either. >> >> Tis good. >> >> On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 23:47 +0200, Bart Blanquart wrote: >>> WILLIAM REEDER wrote: >>> > Was this program ever archived? I seem to be completely unable to >>> > find >>> > it. >>> >>> The BBC seems to be having difficulty with the archiving feature; they >>> have 'Performance on 3' archived for all days this week but friday. >>> >>> At the top of their radio player >>> (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio3.shtml) it currently says "We >>> regret that many programmes are unavailable. We are working to restore >>> normal service"... so hopefully it'll show up soon. >>> >>> Bart >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >> >> -- > > >
