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[Roger Webb]

Interesting on BR Klassik, as we've been discussing it lately. Donald Runnicles conducting in Dresden, VW Tallis Fant, and Walton Viola Conc.

https://www.br.de/radio/live/br-klassik/programm/2026-01-14/3684594

[LMcD]

Interesting on BR Klassik, as we've been discussing it lately. Donald Runnicles conducting in Dresden, VW Tallis Fant, and Walton Viola Conc.

https://www.br.de/radio/live/br-klas...-01-14/3684594

The first concert in the orchestra's British Festival.

[Roger Webb]

The first concert in the orchestra's British Festival.

Ah, thanks LMcD, I do check every morning to see what the evening concert is on BR...along with SWR, RBB (Berlin) and NPO4 (Amsterdam)....oh, and Radio 3! Tonight's features the Italian 'Salterio' - so not part of the British Fest!...but intriguing enough for me to tune in at 7!

https://www.br.de/radio/live/br-klassik/programm/2026-01-15/3684621

[LMcD]

Ah, thanks LMcD, I do check every morning to see what the evening concert is on BR...along with SWR, RBB (Berlin) and NPO4 (Amsterdam)....oh, and Radio 3! Tonight's features the Italian 'Salterio' - so not part of the British Fest!...but intriguing enough for me to tune in at 7!

https://www.br.de/radio/live/br-klas...-01-15/3684621

Newly appointed as Chief Conductor, Runnicles brought Sir James MacMillan along with him as Composer in Residence.
The British Festival ran from the 15th to the 26th of November 2025.

[Roger Webb]

Newly appointed as Chief Conductor, Runnicles brought Sir James MacMillan along with him as Composer in Residence.
The British Festival ran from the 15th to the 26th of November 2025.

Thanks for that - I don't suppose any of the other concerts are in the offing for broadcast?

[LMcD]

Thanks for that - I don't suppose any of the other concerts are in the offing for broadcast?

Not that I can see, but I'll keep you posted!

[Roger Webb]

Not that I can see, but I'll keep you posted!

No, I've had a dig around, and can't see another......as this festival is Dresden, this was probably just a 'bought-in' one off, as it was well outside the usual catchment for BR......Dresden would usually come under MDR's jurisdiction.

This is MDR Klassik's webpage, as you see from it the Runnicles opening concert is available to 'listen again', but no mention of others.

https://www.mdr.de/klassik/index.html

[hmvman]

Talking of BR-Klassik, I've got it on at the moment and they're playing Haydn Wood's 'London Snapshots' suite. How lovely to hear some British light music on a German radio station!

[hmvman]

...and Ketelbey's Bells Across the Meadows now!

[Roger Webb]

...and Ketelbey's Bells Across the Meadows now!

And on WDR Klassik, Parry's Piano Trio No 3 followed by 'Over the Hills and Far Away' from 3 English Pastoral Impressions by Ernest Farrar.....'the land without music' seems to be fighting back!

[hmvman]

And on WDR Klassik, Parry's Piano Trio No 3 followed by 'Over the Hills and Far Away' from 3 English Pastoral Impressions by Ernest Farrar.....'the land without music' seems to be fighting back!

[LMcD]

No, I've had a dig around, and can't see another......as this festival is Dresden, this was probably just a 'bought-in' one off, as it was well outside the usual catchment for BR......Dresden would usually come under MDR's jurisdiction.

This is MDR Klassik's webpage, as you see from it the Runnicles opening concert is available to 'listen again', but no mention of others.

https://www.mdr.de/klassik/index.html

I think you're right.

[Maclintick]

Talking of BR-Klassik, I've got it on at the moment and they're playing Haydn Wood's 'London Snapshots' suite. How lovely to hear some British light music on a German radio station!

I heard Quilter's Three English Dances on BR-Klassik not long ago. Sort of fare used to be on R3 Matinée Musicale many moons ago...

[gurnemanz]

Laudable though BR Klassik may be (I know - I lived in Bavaria for a year) it's afternoon offering ("In den Nachmittag mit Musik zum Genießen, lassen Sie sich inspirieren!") has just as many as, if not more, short chunks and single movements than R3, eg today:

12:04	4. Satz aus: Sinfonie Nr.1 D-Dur, op.25	Sergej Prokofjew (1891-1953) / Saint Paul ChO; Wolff
12:09	Violinkonzert A-Dur, D.96	Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) / Carmignola; Venice Baroque; Marcon
12:23	Bells Across The Meadows	Albert William Ketelbey (1875-1959) / Slowakisches RSO; Leaper
12:32	Ouvertüre aus: Saul, HWV 53	Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) / English Concert; Pinnock
12:45	2. Satz aus: Klaviersonate C-Dur, KV 545	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) / Martha Argerich; Piotr Anderszewski
12:50	Etincelles, op.229	Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915) / PhO Kosice; Alfred Walter
13:04	Ouvertüre aus: Donna Diana	Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek (1860-1945) / SO Göteborg; N.Järvi
13:11	Konzert A-Dur, RV 349	Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) / Europa Galante
13:25	5. Satz aus: Streichquartett a-Moll, op.132	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) / Münchner RO; Schirmer

[Roger Webb]

Laudable though BR Klassik may be (I know - I lived in Bavaria for a year) it's afternoon offering ("In den Nachmittag mit Musik zum Genießen, lassen Sie sich inspirieren!") has just as many as, if not more, short chunks and single movements than R3, eg today:

Why 'laughable'....I'm listening to Bruckner 4 Paavo Jarvi/BRSO.....and I'm not laughing!......if I wanted a laugh I'd turn to FNIMN!

BR Klassik is now my preferred morning listening between 9am and 11 (when the 'chunks' take over!), complete works by interesting composers, and in excellent sound, as the Bruckner is.