{"id":19485,"date":"2022-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=19485"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:39:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T09:39:58","slug":"the-full-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/2022\/10\/04\/the-full-score\/","title":{"rendered":"The full score"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The full<\/em> score<\/span><\/h2>\n\n

Our pick of the month\u2019s news, views and interviews<\/p>\n\n

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Alan Davey to depart from Radio 3<\/h3>\n\n

The controller will step down from his role next March <\/p>\n\n

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\u2018The best job in the world\u2019: Alan Davey reflects on his time at the helm of Radio 3 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Alan Davey has announced that he is to step down as controller of BBC Radio 3 next March. After eight years in the highprofile post, he says that he now wishes to concentrate on his academic activities and on work to support arts and music organisations. \u2018Choosing when to move on is always tricky,\u2019 he says, \u2018but now is the time for me to hand over the role to someone else. They will inherit, to borrow a phrase, on a bad day the best job in Britain, and on a good day the best job in the world.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n

Formerly chief executive of Arts Council England, the Stockton-born Davey joined Radio 3 in January 2015, taking over the post of controller from Roger Wright. During his time at the helm, he has consolidated the station\u2019s audience at more than 2 million weekly listeners, and his tenure has also seen a number of themed seasons across Radio 3 \u2013 including 2015\u2019s <\/span>Northern Lights, <\/em>which used Sibelius\u2019s 150th birthday as an inspiration for a season of Nordic music. 2021\u2019s <\/span>Capturing Twilight, <\/em>meanwhile, explored the connections between dusk and music. Though the Covid pandemic posed a major challenge in terms of staging and broadcasting live music \u2013 particularly the BBC Proms \u2013 it also saw many new listeners turn to the station.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\u2018Choosing when to move on is tricky… It has been an honour and a delight\u2019 <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Davey\u2019s time in charge has also generated a range of programmes aimed at increasing access to both contemporary music and to the work of smaller venues \u2013 these have included Open Ear, Exposure and The New Music Show \u2013 and there has been a focus, too, on works and composers that may not have had their due in the past. Among the Davey trademarks, meanwhile, are the likes of \u2018slow radio\u2019, which involves the broadcast of ambient sounds from, say, a walk outdoors. <\/p>\n\n

\u2018There is nothing like the combination of Radio 3, the Proms and the BBC Orchestras and Choirs anywhere else,\u2019 reflects Davey. \u2018On Radio 3 we play over 17,000 whole pieces of music a year and explore thousands more. We believe the greatest public service is found in showing, not just telling, of the riches of the arts. It has been an honour and a delight to lead this mission.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n

Davey\u2019s successor will be announced by the BBC in due course. <\/p>\n\n

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Setting the schedules <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Former Radio 3 controllers <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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1967-71<\/strong> Howard Newby <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1972-78<\/strong> Stephen Hearst <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1979-87<\/strong> Ian McIntyre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1987-92<\/strong> John Drummond <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1992-98<\/strong> Nicholas Kenyon <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998-2014<\/strong> Roger Wright (above) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015-23<\/strong> Alan Davey <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

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RICHARD CANNON, GETTY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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