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BBC Singers on R3iC now.Comment
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Yes rather lovely singing of appropriately….. a Requiem.Originally posted by Andrew Slater View PostComment
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Coincidence or not? Anyway, courtesy of A Friend, letter in The Times:Originally posted by Andrew Slater View Post
CULTURE OF SILENCE
Sir, Is it too much to hope that now the BBC has performed a volte-face over Gary Lineker it might change its tune regarding axeing the BBC Singers and cutting the funding of its orchestras? Like Richard Morrison (Times2, Mar 10), I found it strange that the departing head of music at BBC Radio 3, Alan Davey, his successor Sam Jackson and the Proms director David Pickard — three names pivotal to the output of classical music on the BBC — should remain silent on the issue. Surely they wield more authority and have greater insight into the needs and desires of the BBC licence payer, listener and viewer than the corporation’s chief content officer, Charlotte Moore? If the BBC does not wish to alienate its core classical music audience, it needs to rescue these beleaguered singers and musicians from an uncertain future — and save us all from a bleak cultural landscape.
Cabinet collective responsibility?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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More likely they've been locked in a cabinet! Has anyone seen any of them since last week?Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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@armslengthal is an inveterate, near daily, (re)tweeter. Nothing for four daysOriginally posted by Andrew Slater View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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However, as a staffer he clearly can't criticise government policy, but why couldn't he criticise BBC policy? Especially with only a few more days to serve. Once a civil servant ... ?Originally posted by Andrew Slater View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Perhaps he thought nobody would listen or perhaps it would compromise his new position, wherever that may be.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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1) is a reason given why "customers don't complain"Originally posted by Andrew Slater View Post
2) I haven't heard about a new position - he'll be 63 this year and must have a decent little pension pot. I don't see that he could lose much by speaking out (unlike Jackson or Pickard), though he didn't strike me as that kind of bloke - not a John Drummond.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Just to say how much I enjoyed yesterday's (Tuesday 14 March's) broadcast of the BBC Singers' Brahms Requiem. It's a work that I love and having been to a funeral earlier in the day it was fitting. But what an ironic choice in the circumstances.... The performance, I gather, was recorded last month - sometime before the announcement that they were to be disbanded.Comment
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We have received (or seen) this message and will be participating in our rehearsal tonight.
I hope this is the right thread to have posted this on.
#WeAreTheBBCSingers
CHOIR LEADERS!
The BBC Singers need your help... If you are taking a rehearsal of a choir this week,
can you do TWO things:
• Ask everyone in your choir individually to sign the petition on Change.org:
• Video your choir saying together (loudly and slowly):
"DON'T SCRAP THE BBC SINGERS!" Then post the video to your choir's socials using the hashtag #WeAreTheBBCSingers, and send
to Sam Evans to be included in a montage of choirs saying the same thing.
DM on Twitter (@SamEvansLondon) or email: samevansmusic1@gmail.com for contact details.
Thank you!Comment
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Duly signed, Pulcinella, for you. But what a pushy crowd changedotorg is. My arm is still sore.Comment
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That's true: once you've 'contributed' you do seem to get besieged by other messages regardless of not asking for them!Originally posted by Padraig View Post
Thanks, though!Comment
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostWe have received (or seen) this message and will be participating in our rehearsal tonight.
I hope this is the right thread to have posted this on.
#WeAreTheBBCSingers
CHOIR LEADERS!
The BBC Singers need your help... If you are taking a rehearsal of a choir this week,
can you do TWO things:
• Ask everyone in your choir individually to sign the petition on Change.org:
• Video your choir saying together (loudly and slowly):
"DON'T SCRAP THE BBC SINGERS!" Then post the video to your choir's socials using the hashtag #WeAreTheBBCSingers, and send
to Sam Evans to be included in a montage of choirs saying the same thing.
DM on Twitter (@SamEvansLondon) or email: samevansmusic1@gmail.com for contact details.
Thank you!
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