Comments on: Simon’s TV, radio and film schedule

By: diana jones

diana jones — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:52:13 +0000

BBC Radio 3, Composer of the Week, Friday 13th Sept, Gluck. Will feature an excerpt from Simon’s recording of Iphigenie en Tauride. The programme is on at 12 noon, and repeated at 6.30pm.

Diana.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:58:00 +0000

Lovely to hear Simon’s very human Elijha in an except from Paul McCreesh’s recording which was broadcast on Radio 3’s The Choir on Sunday 30th June. It comes about 50 minutes into the programme and is available to listen again until 6th July.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:10:17 +0000

Simon was on Radio 3 again today singing in “Saul and the Witch at Endor” from “Complete Purcell Realizations” by Britten (recorded in 1995) on the Early Music Show. It’s about 25 minutes into the programme which runs from 1:00pm – 2:00pm. It will be available to listen to again over the next week.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:40:56 +0000

Sue (as I have already told you) you are a star! Those Five Mystical Songs sung by Simon are absolutely wonderful …. but his interpretation of – “Love Bade Me Welcome” is in a realm iof its own for me. It is exquisite – so achingly beautiful and it reduces me to tears every time! As far as I am concerned you definitely chose the best song on that CD, so a huge thank you for getting it broadcast to the nation on Monday!

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:06:35 +0000

A small, but perfectly per-formed song from Simon’s Vaughan Williams recital CD with Graham Johnson: there are six days left to listen again on BBC iPlayer to the Radio 3 Breakfast programme broadcast on Monday 10 June 2013. Simon sings the VW setting of George Herbert’s ‘Love Bade Me Welcome’ from his ‘Five Mystical Songs’. The song is about an hour and a half into the programme.
Enjoy!

By: diana jones

diana jones — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:17:46 +0000

The above programme is now available on You Tube. Just look for The Genius of Verdi.

Diana.

By: diana jones

diana jones — Sat, 11 May 2013 08:13:29 +0000

For those who missed it, there was a programme on BBC4 tv last night, (10th May) “The Genius of Verdi,” presented by Rolando Villazon, and featured clips from Simon’s Macbeth, and also a couple of clips of Simon talking about Verdi. It is available to watch on iplayer for a week.

Diana.

By: diana jones

diana jones — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:55:45 +0000

According to BBC Radio 3 website, Simon’s Macbeth from ROH will be re-broadcast on Thursday 25th April at 2pm as part of their Verdi 200 celebrations.
Diana.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:37:08 +0000

….and a substantial extract too (as well as a subsansial one!! – sorry!)

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:38:46 +0000

Hi, just wondering how many people have been listening to radio 3 this morning and heard CD review which this week was reviewing recordings of Billy Budd. After listening to various versions, he finally revealed that his recommendation was indeed the 1999 Chandos recording with Simon as Billy Budd along with John Tomlinson and Philip Langridge. Yeay!!! ….and there will be a subsanstial extract from it played on Monday morning on radio 3 in the programme Essential Classics just after 11:00am apparently. Let’s hope the extract WILL include Simon. You can never be sure with radio 3!!!