The tagline of the email from RTÉ a few weeks ago couldn t have been more intriguing: Strictly embargoed until 6am Wednesday. Cannot appear in print, online or via social media. What could be momentous enough to merit such secrecy?
It turned out to be an announcement that Home Of The Year would soon be back for a seventh series, with two new judges joining architect Hugh Wallace - an event which, without being unkind, would hardly make a ripple in any normal year, never mind the current situation.
On Tuesday, it was back on screen anyway with the first three of 21 houses battling it out over the next eight weeks for the title of Best House In Ireland That Most Of Us Couldn t Possibly Afford . That includes the winner of this episode, a big black new build in Co Cork with a grand piano as the kitchen island.
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Rose Matafeo has curated a fantasy classical music concert for Radio 3.
The stand-up is presenting one of fiveCelebrity Choice editions of Radio 3 In Concert to air next month.
She said the opportunity was ‘a treat, particularly at a time where the shared live concert experience isn’t possible’, adding: ‘It’s also going to make me seem very smart and sophisticated to all of my friends and I will brag about it for years to come.’
Her episode airs on Thursday March 4 at 7.30pm, featuring music from the BBC Experience Classical Archive.
Her selection comprises Elgar’s Cockaigne (In London Town), Ravel’s Jeux d’Eau, Debussy’s La Mer. Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring; Respighi’s Pines Of Rome, Bernstein’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Gershwin’s An American In Paris and the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.
Darcey Bussell, Joanna Lumley and Janet Street-Porter to curate fantasy classical music concerts for BBC Radio 3 Sean Rafferty will talk to guests about their favourite recorded live performances from the BBC s archive in a new programme on BBC Radio 3
February 22, 2021 at 12:06 pm
BBC Radio 3 has announced a new programme, ‘Celebrity Choice’, in which guests will choose recordings of live performances from the BBC’s Experience Classical digital archive. They will join Sean Rafferty to discuss their choices and reflect on their relationship with different styles of classical music.
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Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell; actor, playwright and artistic director of the Young Vic Theatre, Kwame Kwei-Armah; actor Joanna Lumley; comedian Rose Matafeo; and broadcaster and journalist Janet Street-Porter.