Musical magic

SPAIN’s national library (BNE) are delighted by a donation of 42,000 vinyls from the National Radio of Spain (RNE).

The haul includes 14,000 LPs and 28,000 singles, to which is added a smaller batch of CDs.

The records come mostly from National Radio of Spain in Bilbao and cover a wide variety of genres, from classical music to the beginnings of rock in Spain, including compilations of traditional music and other alternative styles.

A copy of all donated works is preserved in the RNE documentary collection, as well as being part of the Corporation's digital archive. Af­

VISITORS and residents of Madrid can now visit the National Prado Museum on a Saturday night.

The museum will now open on the first Saturday of every month as part of its ongoing mission to connect with all sectors of the public.

On the first Saturday of each month from 8.30pm until 11.30pm different galleries at the Museum will remain open in a programme that aims to increase knowledge of the Prado in a sequential manner.

There will also be different ter the transfer, these duplicate discs will become part of the BNE catalogue.

The RNE in Madrid has a discotheque of tens of thousands of copies, which it digitised in a pioneering project between 1998 and 2002.

Since then, regional broadcasters use that digital archive, which is why the collections in physical support have been falling into disuse.

The discs that have been duplicated can be donated to entities and foundations to give them a social use. In this way, they are given a second life and the generation of waste is reduced.

Night time viewing

musical events, the option to use the interactive applications specially created for the Museum by Samsung, and Cafe Prado will remain open.

For the first night­time opening on March 4, the main attraction was the Central Gallery; the backbone of the Villanueva Building and the space that displays celebrated works such as Christ washing the Disciples’ Feet by Tintoretto, Charles V at Mühlberg by Titian and The Three Graces by Rubens.

This completely new visitor experience will also be transmitted live on Radio 3 in a special program on the Prado.