tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post13033355345105516..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: No rediscovered Renaissance masterpieces hereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-89824602238994149622009-01-26T12:35:00.000+00:002009-01-26T12:35:00.000+00:00I note from the notes that this English music proj...I note from the notes that this English music project was controlled by Radio Luxembourg London. <BR/><BR/>Radio Luxembourg's English pop output was familiar to me in the 1960s. But I wasn't aware of its classical programming. A quick search turned this up:<BR/><BR/><I>"... the first (Radio Luxembourg) regular broadcasts on 1.191 metres with a power of 150 kW and omnidirectional antenna went on air in January 1933... Every evening was devoted to a different country. From the outset, there were English evenings, French, German, Luxembourg, Belgian and Dutch evenings, and, less frequently, Italian, Swiss, Czech and Polish evenings. The formula was good because it was simple: very little talking, a lot of classical music with a good soloist every evening ..." </I><BR/><BR/>I wish BBC Radio 3 would take note of that last sentence.<BR/><BR/>http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/RADIO_LUXEMBOURG.htmPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-68197242936294664592009-01-26T12:24:00.000+00:002009-01-26T12:24:00.000+00:00I should have mentioned the excellent notes with t...I should have mentioned the excellent notes with the LPs by Bernard Benoliel (who co-produced the recording) and Bruce Roberts. A review on Amazon.com suggests the notes have been transferred to the CD release.<BR/><BR/>Biographical note:<BR/><BR/>Bernard Benoliel (b. 1938) was educated in the United States, won a Bennington Composers Award in 1969 and a Tanglewood Fellowship in 1970. He moved to England the following year, where he divides his time between composing and his position as administrator of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust. <BR/><BR/>Which leads us down this <I>path</I> -<BR/><BR/>http://grace.evergreen.edu/~arunc/texts/music/wolpe/wolpe/Bernard_Benoliel.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com