The solution for your cultural programming.
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Euroclassic Notturno can provide your organisation with the means of achieving or enhancing yourown 24-hour channel of classical music in the face of growing international competition. The musicchoice concentrates on an attractive, well-balanced repertory of music from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods, played by the leading orchestras and musicians from throughout the world,including a large proportion of material recorded at live events. This music is provided by EBU active and associate members, many of whom have researched their archives specially for Euroclassic Notturno.
As it does not rely on CD productions, it meets the ideal of public radio to provide a distinctive service of high artistic and cultural quality, beyond the programming offered by commercial radio. As a shared service between EBU members, the costs are extremely modest, and this allows individual stations to invest more in daytime broadcasting. Euroclassic Notturno does not sound imported, since your local tone of voice is retained by adding your own announcements in your local language.
How does it work?
Each night between 0005 and 0700 a carefully planned sequence of music and silences is broadcast over the EBU satellite system in real time. This is accessed by your organisation and rebroadcast on your usual frequencies. Individual participating countries add their own announcements at predetermined times according to the detailed programme plans which are sent out some weeks in advance from London. Euroclassic Notturno can be run very economically in a completely automated manner through hard-disc playout systems linked to timecode. Technically, the service has proved extremely reliable since its launch in January 1998.
Highlights to date:
The regular archive programmes have included Otto Klemperer, Rafael Kubelik, Willem Mengelberg. Bartok, Kodaly, Stravinsky and Khataturian have all been heard performing their own music. A wide range of opera has included specially recorded operas with the top early music performers, as well as live operas including Wagner from the Sydney Opera House.
Conductors include:
Claudio Abbado, Yehudi Menuhin, Bernard Haitink and Lorin Maazel
Orchestras include:
Most of the great orchestras of Europe and beyond including the Berlin Philharmonic
Performers include:
Andras Schiff
Sviatoslav Richter
Yevgeni Kissin
Gustav Leonhardt
Ton Koopman
Mikhail Pletnev
Peter Schreier
David Oistrakh
Salvatore Accardo
Takacs Quartet
Orlando Quartet
Debussy Quartet
Jean Guillou
Evenings:
Sequence of Music for Midsummer Night
American Evening on July 4th
Night of Music from Revolutionary France for July 14th
Series:
Parisian Music Week
Historic Organs of Italy and Bohemia
Brahms Chamber Music
Music of the Bach Family
J.S. Bach Well Tempered Clavier
Scandinavian Music of the 18th Century
Reactions:
Ireland:
‘Participation offers us over 2,000 hours of music annually. It will enhance the FM3 service, give wide exposure to our national musical output…’
Seamus Crimmins, RTE
Denmark:
‘Considering how difficult it is to reach an agreement on common projects in the EU, Euroclassics is a landmark. I am sure that more of you will join in during the coming years.’
Steen Frederiksen, Director
Norway:
‘…we enjoy Notturno very much indeed. I think you are doing a wonderful job with it - and that’s coming from somebody who had quite a good classical night programme before Notturno…’
Synne Skouen, Head of Music, NRK
Netherlands:
‘After almost two months of ‘Euroclassic Notturno’ I would like to send you my warmest congratulations. The programme in general seems to be highly successful and the BBC deserves a great compliment for their choice of the music…’
Hans Hierck, Station Manager, NOS Radio 4
Euroclassic Notturno is produced by BBC Classical Music on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union.
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For further information about joining Euroclassic Notturno, please contact:
Mr Pierre-Yves Tribolet
EBU, Ancienne Route 17A
1218 Grand-Saconnex
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)22 717 2611
Fax: +41 (0)22 717 2610
tribolet@ebu.ch
Or talk directly with the production team:
Adam Gatehouse
BBC 3
adam.gatehouse@bbc.co.uk
00 44 207 765 43 71
Bill Nicholls
BBC 3
bill.nicholls@bbc.co.uk
