Sim Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 On 08/12/2018 at 13:44, Darlex said: For Darcey Bussell fans, Graham Norton mentioned that she will be on his show next week (Friday). Should be fun; I have seen him at the ROH and ENB ballet performances a few times over the years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Allen Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 34 minutes ago, Two Pigeons said: I have just ploughed through 4 weeks of Radio Times but have been unsuccessful in finding An American in Paris. I may well be suffering from information overload so if anyone else spots it please let me know when it is due to appear. Christmas Day BBC 2 3.10 pm Repeated New Year's Day BBC 2 8.00 am 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmie Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Two Pigeons said: I have just ploughed through 4 weeks of Radio Times but have been unsuccessful in finding An American in Paris... And here is a link with a long long cast list . https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bwdcvy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Thank you both so much. I think the brain must have died around Christmas Eve. Either that or I was blanking out everything to do with The Archers do The Canterbury Tales. I lie awake at night worrying if David's barn will be ready in time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankH Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 This has just appeared on youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSGLGnHJDSQ "Artists of The Royal Ballet in Liam Scarlett's production of Swan Lake, which will be broadcast on Christmas Day 2018 on BBC Four. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk" Apologies if this is a duplication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I haven't got very far through the Radio Times yet because it was released so late, but there's an RB Nutcracker of some sort on Sky Arts tomorrow morning at 9.30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 (The Radio Times has a mention that "Giselle: Belle of the Ballet" (Rojo + ENB) is currently on iPlayer until Christmas Day). Darcey's Ballet Heroes is shown on BBC4 on Boxing Day, 9 pm - and repeated, with sign language interpretation, at 2.20 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Rather sad that TV magazines and the press are tending to headline the presenters for the RB's Swan Lake, rather than the stars. I was daring to hope that we would get the ballet without all the Bussell/Oruba add-ons which have to be endured in the cinema. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Swan Lake is only scheduled for 2 hours 15 minutes so I don’t think it can include much by way of the cinema extras. I’ll be keen to see if it’s the live relay unedited or if it draws on more than one performance as it would be good if a couple of slips were tidied. And I have to say I’m seeing Darcey Bussell as presenter in rather a different light having been very taken with her ‘Dancing to Happiness’ documentary - not sure how long it’s still available on iPlayer but well worth finding the time to watch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I've moved the feedback on the broadcast of the RB's new Swan Lake to the production thread here: - it seemed to make more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Watched and thoroughly enjoyed on Christmas day. No interval extras though, as in Cinema, so a little reminder of one of the associated extras. Hope you all enjoyed as well. Edited December 27, 2018 by Stevie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Just been through the entire 2 weeks' worth of Sky Arts coverage, and decided it's entirely pathetic. The BBC has put on far more dance (albeit some of it repeated) this Christmas than Sky Arts, which frankly ought to be renaming itself Sky Performance. (Has there been *any* opera on the BBC, though?) A couple more notes - Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness is on iPlayer until New Year's Eve, and An American In Paris is repeated on New Year's Day at 8 pm on BBC2. No repeat of Swan Lake that I can see, though, unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Last night's Front Row (Radio 4, 7.15 pm) featured a dance edition. A bit of a hotchpotch, but some interesting discussion on current issues in dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Tomorrow (or technically later today), Radio 3, 5 pm: The Listening Service: Nutcracker - Strange Enchantments. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001ss8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northstar Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 21 hours ago, alison said: Tomorrow (or technically later today), Radio 3, 5 pm: The Listening Service: Nutcracker - Strange Enchantments. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001ss8 I thought this programme presented by Tom Service was fabulous intelligent, informative, entertaining rich insight into the music, themes, symbolism and history of the Nutcracker - really high quality. BBC at it's best in my opinion. Loads of stuff I'd didn't know about. I loved the description of the music of the Sugar Plum Fairy; 'ethereal minor key tintinnabulation of the bells of the celeste and the earthy lurking of the bass clarinet'. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Many thanks northstar - looking forward to listening again as I had a phone call during the programme. There has been some fabulous radio this Christmas holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) Really thrilled to find the Radio Times letter I submitted about the Swan Lake Christmas broadcast is in this weeks Radio Times. it is only the second time I've written (well emailed) both about ballet and both were printed. This one didn't get the Letter of the Week like the first one did but I'm still pleased. of course, looking at it I realised I could have added so much more and said it a lot better but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Here is the text. 'What a treat it was to see the Royal Ballet's Swan Lake on BBC 4 on Christmas Day. It is We lost ourselves in the beauty of the music and dancing. A full length ballet is so rare on tv these days that as a ballet enthusiast I often feel an endangered species but no longer! With Royal Opera House cinema relays showing about 12 ballet and opera performances every year there are plenty that can be broadcast on tv. Please don't let us wait too long for the next production; they are all truly magical and television makes them accessible to everyone.' They missed out 1 or 2 details I mentioned like Swan Lake being a new production and I said amazing music and fabulous dancing but still a good plug both for the ROH and the cinema broadcasts. Perhaps we might gain some converts of those who don't know about the cinema broadcasts. Just realised this is my 500th post so another milestone past! Edited January 8, 2019 by jmhopton adding info 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) Brilliant that they published it! Good for you, jmhopton! Edited January 8, 2019 by bridiem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Congratulations jmhompton! I thought the name looked familiar when looking through Radio Times today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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