Dutch radio station Classic FM will be devoting 12 hours of their time to the influence of classical music on pop music and vice versa.

Broadcasting starts tomorrow, November 16, at 07.00 AM (CET)

(that's today, 20.00 PM, HST / 22.00 PM, PST / 00.00, CST / tomorrow, 01.00 AM, EST / tomorrow, 06.00 AM, GMT / today, 17.00 PM (Sydney) / today, 19.00 PM, NZT)

If you want to listen in, here's a link to the playlist. Times indicated are CET (do the math yourself). Use the button on the left that says "Luister Live" to actually listen to what is playing now.

I'll be working at the time, so I don't have a chance to listen myself... :(

Dutch radio station Classic FM will be devoting 12 hours of their time to the influence of classical music on pop music and vice versa.

Broadcasting starts tomorrow, November 16, at 07.00 AM (CET)

(that's today, 20.00 PM, HST / 22.00 PM, PST / 00.00, CST / tomorrow, 01.00 AM, EST / tomorrow, 06.00 AM, GMT / today, 17.00 PM (Sydney) / today, 19.00 PM, NZT)

If you want to listen in, here's a link to the playlist. Times indicated are CET (do the math yourself). Use the button on the left that says "Luister Live" to actually listen to what is playing now.

I'll be working at the time, so I don't have a chance to listen myself... :(
Brilliant! I must tune in.

You are an hour ahead of me, correct.

Is this the correct link?

http://www.classicfm.nl/

Brilliant! I must tune in.

You are an hour ahead of me, correct.


Brilliant! 8)

Mind you...you probably won't understand a word of what is being said inbetween music. On the other hand: it's the music that counts. ;)


Is this the correct link?

http://www.classicfm.nl/


That's the link to their homepage, yes. :)

Brilliant! 8)

Mind you...you probably won't understand a word of what is being said inbetween music. On the other hand: it's the music that counts. ;)

That's the link to their homepage, yes. :)


Tuned in right now, current playing Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto (which I heard live a few weeks ago).

Tuned in right now, current playing Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto (which I heard live a few weeks ago).
Just like the Classic FM in the UK, just one movement is played.

...and a jingle has the same musical tune.

Just like the Classic FM in the UK, just one movement is played.

...and a jingle has the same musical tune.


I wonder...Will Classic FM (UK) also "go Pop" tomorrow at 6.00 AM? ???


Modified to add:
Never mind...I just checked the schedule, and they don't. So...you'll have to listen to the Dutch Classic FM.

I wonder...Will Classic FM (UK) also "go Pop" tomorrow at 6.00 AM? ???


Modified to add:
Never mind...I just checked the schedule, and they don't. So...you'll have to listen to the Dutch Classic FM.
Yes they have and I am tuned in right now.

Currently playing Stay With Me Till Morning based on a theme of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. The same tune  that was used in the movie Out Of Africa. I have no idea who is singing it.

Now playing the Second Movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto

Now playing "Love is a Melody" sung by a tenor, again based on the Second Movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto.

Now:

If I Had Words ~ Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely (with The St Thomas More School Choir)

Which is based on Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 "The Organ Symphony"

It was sung by the mice in the movie Babe too.

Now:

Mozart's Symphony No. 40.

Currently playing: Russians ~ Sting

Based on Prokofiev's Romance from Lt. Kije Suite

After playing a succession of madigals, now:

A Groovy Kind of Love ~ Phil Collins

Based on Clementi's Rondo from Sonatina in G

Now:

2001 (Also Sprach Zarathustra) ~ Deodato

Based on Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra

Now: The Carnival is Over by The Seekers

Based on an old Russian folk song Stenka Razin, which the melody was used in "Les Francs-Juges" an opera by Hector  Berlioz.

Now: Music by John Miles

Now what is this based on? It certain has an orchestral backing.

Now: Surrender ~ Elvis Presley

Followed by The Three Tenors singing the same.

Based on an Italian song, the correct titile I cannot locate.

It's Now or Never ~ Elvis Presley

Based on di Capua's O Solo Mio

Followed by The Three Tenors singing the same.

I am now going out for a while

Just missed Barry Manilow and his Could It Be Magic.

Just then: Gazebo "I Like Chopin"

Now "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors

I am not sure what "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors is based but is a pop music classic.

Just then: "Riders on the Storm" an istrumental version by Nigel Kennedy.

Now: "Nights In White Satin" by The Moody Blues (the album version)

Just then: Il Divo's version of "Nights In White Satin"

Now the news delayed for 5 minutes, to finish off the track.

Just then: Rock Aria by ELO (for it's opera content of One Fine Day from Puccini's Madam Butterfly)

Now: "One fine day"from Madam Butterfly

Just then: A german singer (male) singing to the tune of "Chorus of the Slaves" from Nabucco by Verdi.

Now: "Chorus of the Slaves" from Nabucco by Verdi

Just found the Playlist...

Now: Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Variation played by The Planets

Now: Amilcare Ponchielli, Brief uit La Courtine, Rijk de Gooijer.

We know better as Alan Sherman's Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh.

Now: Tommy - Overture by The Who

Certainly a pop classic.

A Fifth of Beethoven ~ Walter Murphy

I wonder what this is based on?

O fortuna from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana

Used in many a pop song.

Asia Minor - Kokomo

Based on Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto.

To be followed by the same.

Just then: Air ~ Ekseption

Based on Johann Sebastian Bach's Air on a G-String

Now: Everything's Gonna Be Alright ~ Sweetbox

^ Now: A Whiter Shade of Pale ~ Procol Harum

To be followed by an instrument version by André Rieu

I can't read Dutch,What are they saying? ???

I can't read Dutch,What are they saying? ???
Are you on the main page?

Just then: Fai quel che vuoi by Tony Henry (tenor) and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Now: Whatever you want ~ Status Quo

Are you on the main page?


Well I was on it.

Now: Without You ~ Mariah Carey

Well I was on it.
Click on "Luister Live"

Now: Without You ~ Mariah Carey
Followed by: Without You ~ Il Divo

^ Are Il Divo still popular?

Now: Borsato Transcriptie ~ Wibi Soerjadi (of which I do not recognise)

Now: Mack the knife ~ Bobby Darin

To be followed by "Der Dreigroschenoper"  from Kurt Weill and Bertholt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera

Now: Bohemian Rhapsody ~ Queen

(For its opera content)

Click on "Luister Live"


I'll try that the next time.

I'll try that the next time.
There will not be a next time for this music is a one off.

The QUEEN Symphony (Adagio) by Tolga Kashif
Tolga Kashif conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Now: Barcelona ~ Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé

There will not be a next time for this music is a one off.



Why is that?

Why is that?
A special day for Classic FM (in the Netherlands)

Now: I Want To Live ~  Aphrodite's Child

Based on Plaisir d'amour by Johann Paul Martini

Now: Can't Help Falling In Love ~ Elvis Presley

Now: Rock me Amadeus ~ Falco

Just then: Sensation White 2003 ~ Rank 1

Now: Mozart's Requiem

Just then: Adagio for strings ~ William Orbitt

Now: Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings
Contuctor Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Just then: All By Myself ~ Celine Dion (much prefer Eric Carmen)

Now: Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concert no. 2

Just then: Spanish Caravan ~ The Doors

Now: Albeniz's Suite Española

Just then: Could It Be Magic ~ Donna Summer

Now: Frédéric Chopin's Prelude no. 20 in C minor

Just then: Mistress ~ Petra Berger

Now: The fourth movement from Mahler's Fifth Symphony (the one used in the movie Death In Venice)

Just then: Morning from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

Now: Ocean of Light ~ In-Mood feat. Juliette

^ Are Il Divo still popular?


I don't think they've had a Top 40 hit over here. :-\\


Now: Borsato Transcriptie ~ Wibi Soerjadi (of which I do not recognise)



That's probably because both the pianist (Wibi Soerjadi) and the subject of his exercise (Marco Borsato, a hugely popular singer) are Dutch.
To give you an impression of his popularity: Marco Borsato's seven most recent songs all reached #1 in our charts. He's had twelve #1 songs in total so far, and seven more that made Top 10. All songs combined, he spent well over a year at the #1 spot. He's been voted "Most Popular Male Singer" eleven years in a row. This year, he wasn't "in" for the "competition" anymore...

Well, that's just an impression. ::)

I don't think they've had a Top 40 hit over here. :-\\

That's probably because both the pianist (Wibi Soerjadi) and the subject of his exercise (Marco Borsato, a hugely popular singer) are Dutch.
To give you an impression of his popularity: Marco Borsato's seven most recent songs all reached #1 in our charts. He's had twelve #1 songs in total so far, and seven more that made Top 10. All songs combined, he spent well over a year at the #1 spot. He's been voted "Most Popular Male Singer" eleven years in a row. This year, he wasn't "in" for the "competition" anymore...

Well, that's just an impression. ::)
Thanks for the insight.

Are you listen to Classic FM now?

Just Now: De minutenwals ~ Jasperina de Jong

Now: "The Minute Waltz" by Frederic Chopin

Thanks for the insight.

Are you listen to Classic FM now?


No...but perhaps I will be in a tick.

Just then: A Lover's Concerto ~ The Toys

Now: Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach ~ Johann Sebastian Bach

Now: stock exchanges... :-\\

Now: stock exchanges... :-\\
Is that what it is, it all (double) Dutch to me.

The jingle music is just the same as the UK Classic FM

Is that what it is, it all (double) Dutch to me.


Hah! Same here... ;D


The jingle music is just the same as the UK Classic FM


Makes you feel at home, don't it? :)

Hah! Same here... ;D

Makes you feel at home, don't it? :)
Indeed it does.

Just then: Juanita Banana ~ The Peels

Now: Caro Nome from Verdi's Rigoletto

Just then: Juanita Banana ~ The Peels


I had to check this, but they reached #13 in our charts.


Now: Caro Nome from Verdi's Rigoletto


Yep. 8)

I had to check this, but they reached #13 in our charts.
Never heard that before.


Yep. 8)
...but have seen Rigoletto live on stage.

A Groovy Kind of Love ~ The Mindbenders

It was Phil Collins this morning.

Never heard that before.


Well, neither had I.


...but have seen Rigoletto live on stage.


Never been to the opera, actually.

Now: September Song ~ Lotte Lenya

That is more like it!

Now: Nessun Dorma (From Turandot) by the Three Tenors.

Now: Nessun Dorma (From Turandot) by the Three Tenors.
With a tear in my eye.

Should be the news now?

Now: Nessun Dorma (From Turandot) by the Three Tenors.


And that was it. No more Classic FM Goes Pop...Back to the regular schedule.

(Not a bad thing per se).


Should be the news now?


Yes.  ...well, commercials first, of course.

From the news: Outbreak of parrot disease...

...and more that I can't translate this quickly.

And that was it. No more Classic FM Goes Pop...Back to the regular schedule.

Looking at the schedule (playlist), I was thinking that.

From the news: Outbreak of parrot disease...

Please no talk of dead parrots in this thread...

From the news: Outbreak of parrot disease...

...and more that I can't translate this quickly.
Is it the same as bird flu which has hit the UK over the last few months?

I am now changing stations, but I will return if I see any Beethoven playing.

There again, only heard Beethoven once today.

Please no talk of dead parrots in this thread...



Is it the same as bird flu which has hit the UK over the last few months?


I don't think it's the same, though I'm not a doctor. Parrot disease (psittacosis) causes severe pneumonia to humans. Apparently, nine people were infected and hospitalized.

I don't think it's the same, though I'm not a doctor. Parrot disease (psittacosis) causes severe pneumonia to humans. Apparently, nine people were infected and hospitalized.
Oh dear!

Oh dear!


Quite.


I don't think it's the same, though I'm not a doctor. Parrot disease (psittacosis) causes severe pneumonia to humans. Apparently, nine people were infected and hospitalized.


Make that seven.

Anyway...I'm off now. This evening, we're having a party with the office. 8)

Anyway...I'm off now. This evening, we're having a party with the office. 8)
Whoo-Hoo!

Whoo-Hoo!


...and we had a blast. :) I've joined a monastery...  :o



...well, not entirely voluntarily, and not a real monastery (obviously)...all part of the evening. ;)


The food was good & plenty, and so was the music & company.  It was a very fun evening. 8)

...and we had a blast. :) I've joined a monastery...  :o



...well, not entirely voluntarily, and not a real monastery (obviously)...all part of the evening. ;)


The food was good & plenty, and so was the music & company.  It was a very fun evening. 8)
Was it like going to a Medieval Restaurant?

Was it like going to a Medieval Restaurant?


No, not like that. Just a company of actors/musicians (five) with a monastery act. One of them was a magician as well. Part of their act was this initiation rite. Five of the guests were picked (not sure if this was entirely random or staged) to become "novices". They had invented this totally silly ritual that we had to partake in... ::)

...hopefully there's no pictures.


The food was 21st century, btw. ;)

No, not like that. Just a company of actors/musicians (five) with a monastery act. One of them was a magician as well. Part of their act was this initiation rite. Five of the guests were picked (not sure if this was entirely random or staged) to become "novices". They had invented this totally silly ritual that we had to partake in... ::)

...hopefully there's no pictures.


The food was 21st century, btw. ;)
Sounds more like the freemasons than anything else?

I don't even know what I'm listening to right now. ???

I don't even know what I'm listening to right now. ???
At the time of your listening, I make the piece to My Country by Smetana.

BTW, Beethoven is on now.

Sounds more like the freemasons than anything else?


If it was freemasons, it would've been all hush-hush and secretive stuff, don't you think? ???

This was just...well, silly (not to mention somewhat embarrassing, in front of our colleagues). ;D

I don't even know what I'm listening to right now. ???


If you've clicked on "Luister Live", a window will open displaying what is currently being played (top right reads "Nu op Classic FM") and what has been on previously (top right reads "Zojuist op Classic FM").
Also, if you click on "Playlist" in this window, you will be redirected to a survey of the tracks played in the current hour. Times are displayed in CET, so you'll have to deduct 6 hours for EST.

Hope this helps.

There is a big difference between the British and Dutch Classic FMs. The Dutch just play the music, parts of a main piece (just like the British) but there seems to be less chat from the DJs and less commercials.

The news is on now, and there no mention about Wikipedia.

There is a big difference between the British and Dutch Classic FMs. The Dutch just play the music, parts of a main piece (just like the British) but there seems to be less chat from the DJs and less commercials.


Less commercials, that's a good thing. Less chat...could be a good thing too, I assume. It all depends on what is being said.



The news is on now, and there no mention about Wikipedia.


That's what I noticed earlier too.

That's what I noticed earlier too.
There is an entry for Classic FM, both Dutch and UK on Wikipedia, but looks in order on those pages.

Currently:

Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony no. 4, op. 60

Tuned in at the right time.

The news is on now, and there no mention about Wikipedia.
I thnk I found it!

Dutch staff banned from Wikipedia
Last Modified: 17 Nov 2007
Source: PA News


The Dutch Justice Ministry has temporarily blocked all its 30,000 employees from using Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia which can be edited by its users.

The move follows a magazine report which found more than 800 entries had been edited from ministry computers.

Though most of the changes found by magazine Intermediar were minor, some involved political parties or figures in criminal cases. Others were simply obscene.

I thnk I found it!



That could very well be it.

Now at least we know what civil servants do during "office hours"... ::)

That could very well be it.

Now at least we know what civil servants do during "office hours"... ::)
The temptation is always there...

Just heard on Classic FM (Dutch) and they did not play this last Friday.

If We Could Only by Tom Parker and The New London Chorale.

Based on "The Shepherd's Song" from Beethoven's 6th Symphony "The Pastural".

Just heard on Classic FM (Dutch) and they did not play this last Friday.

If We Could Only by Tom Parker and The New London Chorale.

Based on "The Shepherd's Song" from Beethoven's 6th Symphony "The Pastural".


They had to make choices, obviously. And who knows...maybe they'll have a sequel. :)

They had to make choices, obviously. And who knows...maybe they'll have a sequel. :)
Thanks for reminding me I was thinking of phoning the UK Classic FM to see if it is going to be done over here. It would be a kind of thing that could be done at Christmas, but here (in the UK) people listen to Classic FM to get away from pop music.

Thanks for reminding me I was thinking of phoning the UK Classic FM to see if it is going to be done over here. It would be a kind of thing that could be done at Christmas, but here (in the UK) people listen to Classic FM to get away from pop music.


Classic FM is one of only two radio stations that I listen to on a regular basis. The other one is Slam FM (which is just about the opposite on the music scale).

On a sidenote: the reason I started this thread rather late (only a few hours ahead) was because I understood they said 16 December instead of 16 November at first.
And with 16 December being a Sunday, that made perfect sense to me.

Classic FM is one of only two radio stations that I listen to on a regular basis. The other one is Slam FM (which is just about the opposite on the music scale).

On a sidenote: the reason I started this thread rather late (only a few hours ahead) was because I understood they said 16 December instead of 16 November at first.
And with 16 December being a Sunday, that made perfect sense to me.
Perhaps they are doing it again?

Perhaps they are doing it again?


They might. I'll have to check their website.

Perhaps they are doing it again?
I am phoning them now, but the line is busy.

They might. I'll have to check their website.


I can't find anything indicating in that direction...so I guess it was one day only. :(


On another note: there's gonna be a Classical Top 1000 at the end of the year. Don't know if they're doing something similar in UK... ???
Listeners can send in their favorite Top 10 (works have to be selected from a list on the website, though).

To give you an impression: here's a link to the 2006 edition.

I can't find anything indicating in that direction...so I guess it was one day only. :(


On another note: there's gonna be a Classical Top 1000 at the end of the year. Don't know if they're doing something similar in UK... ???
Listeners can send in their favorite Top 10 (works have to be selected from a list on the website, though).

To give you an impression: here's a link to the 2006 edition.
Classic FM in the UK recent had the 100 best relaxing classical music tracks.

Classic FM in the UK recent had the 100 best relaxing classical music tracks.


Only 100...?  ??? ...Pft! ::)

Only 100...?  ??? ...Pft! ::)
When it came to the voting, I clicked on 5 pieces of Beethoven, and I did not hear the radio that day, I wonder the tracks for the chart positions.

When it came to the voting, I clicked on 5 pieces of Beethoven, and I did not hear the radio that day, I wonder the tracks for the chart positions.


Well, I can't tell you. :( The list doesn't seem to be on their website (anymore). Perhaps you can send them an email or letter to ask? ???

Well, I can't tell you. :( The list doesn't seem to be on their website (anymore). Perhaps you can send them an email or letter to ask? ???
I know where the studios are in London, I might pop in reception and ask the two questions to them:

1. Will there be a British version of Classic FM goes Pop?
2. What was the Top 100 Relaxing pieces?

I know where the studios are in London, I might pop in reception and ask the two questions to them:

1. Will there be a British version of Classic FM goes Pop?
2. What was the Top 100 Relaxing pieces?


I hope it will be a good reception of Classic FM?

Well, I can't tell you. :( The list doesn't seem to be on their website (anymore). Perhaps you can send them an email or letter to ask? ???
I have found the The Top 100 Smooth Classics and have posted the chart in a new thread here.

Does this station play 80's? ???

Does this station play 80's? ???


Yes, it does...




















...1680s, 1780s and 1880s. ::)

Yes, it does...




















...1680s, 1780s and 1880s. ::)


I was thinking more like 1980's. ???

I was thinking more like 1980's. ???


Howard...It's a classical music radio station (Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss etc). There's not gonna be any music from the 1980s.

Howard...It's a classical music radio station (Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss etc). There's not gonna be any music from the 1980s.
The station may still play some music from films which may come from the 1980's.

The station may still play some music from films which may come from the 1980's.


Oh yes, there will be the odd composition from the late 20th century, too (not just 1980s). But it's not what the radio station is about, so don't tune in if you want 1980s music.

Oh yes, there will be the odd composition from the late 20th century, too (not just 1980s). But it's not what the radio station is about, so don't tune in if you want 1980s music.
...and now I listen to it more than the UK Classic FM.

I have always taken it to be that music is an international language.