trog Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Starting Saturday 3rd June, a six part series (I think) in which Katie Derham explores the relationship between music and dance in a variety of genres. The first episode is about Ashton. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08thknr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 (edited) many thanks for this Trog. We get the Radio Times and still managed to miss this. I will actually be at the ROH tomorrow afternoon watching the Ashton Triple but I will certainly record it. Edited June 2, 2017 by jmhopton altered wording 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 For some ridiculous reason my HDD recorder won't record radio programmes. I'll have to listen on catchup - or bail out early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Quick bump, as this is just starting ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 *What* was that bit about Edward Watson right at the end? We had some ambient noise and I missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 5 hours ago, alison said: *What* was that bit about Edward Watson right at the end? We had some ambient noise and I missed it. He'd tweeted to say that his favourite Ashton ballets were Symphonic Variations and Month in the Country. Katie Derham said she wasn't surprised as he'd starred in them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Well, she was wrong there Thanks. I thought that was roughly what she'd said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauriceC Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 There were a lot of errors in this programme;Katie D twice referred to Symphonic Variations as Symphonic Dances,there was a mention of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Sleeping Beauty and the very little of the long extract from Cinderella was relevant to the Ugly sisters,who were given unheard of names. She also seemed to assume that because Fille has a Clog Dance,the score was folk music.I realise you cannot cover the whole output in one hour but there was no mention at all of those masterpieces,Rendezvous,Patineurs,Scenes De Ballet,.Monotones,Birthday Offering,Facade ,Birthday Offering or Daphnis and Chloe and Wedding Bouquet. Month was only mentioned because of Ed Watson' tweet. We were told that Ashton was at the centre of the current 70th Anniversary celebrations.....really???? A disappointment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Thanks for the report Maurice, it does sound disappointingly under-researched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) Thank you, trog, for pointing to this programme, which I listened to last night. Given the above posts (clearly, these slips shouldn’t have happened), I found the programme more enjoyable than I thought I would. It’s been a while since I saw The Dream or Symphonic Variations and I may not be able to make it to one of the cinema broadcasts of the current triple bill, so listening to Kevin O’Hare’s explanations about the two ballets gave great insights and memories. The programme was described as exploring the relationship between dance and music, and so I don’t think the intention was to cover or mention all of Ashton’s major works but instead to show what influenced him, how he adopted music scores for his choreographies, and how the steps in his choreographies reflect his musicality. I think though that the programme would have worked better on television as this would have allowed to illustrate the description of Ashton’s style through excerpts of said works. Edited June 5, 2017 by Duck typo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Didn't hear the programme, but to be honest, I'm not entirely sure that radio is the best place for dance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 1 hour ago, taxi4ballet said: Didn't hear the programme, but to be honest, I'm not entirely sure that radio is the best place for dance... To be fair, it was about Ashton's use of music so while it would have been good to see excerpts from the ballets it worked quite well on radio. Given the huge range of Ashton ballets it would have been difficult to do more than give a brief view of his use of music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Yes I agree, if one has a working knowledge of Ashton's ballets then that is fine, but I don't have that! Being able to see as well as hear would be much more informative for a complete amateur such as myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauriceC Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Whether it is TV or radio,they should have at least got the name of his most important ballet correct. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Last week's was on Tango, and today's was on the contemporary ballet composer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08v92hf Scores featured include John McCabe's for Edward II, Joby Talbot's for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and an interview with Sally Beamish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I see today's was Baroque dance at Versailles, and next week's is Arabic dance. Certainly wide-ranging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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