Do any members listen to this? I used to regularly, but I don't often now, for reasons I might mention .
But I think a person's choice of music, especially if it's limited to eight discs, says a lot about them, even if music isn't important to them. The politician who wants votes and chooses the most popular music of the time, or the person who went for a nice holiday in Greece once and think they would like 'a record of some greek music ' (cue bouzoukis).
And there have been some notorious choices, such as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf taking eight of ther own discs. I thought for years that Arthur Bliss did this also, but on checking I find he chose only three of his own works, the others including a record of wolves barking, someone laughing, and a comic song by Tom Lehrer (no, not the one about Alma Mahler).
I also thought the classical choices were cut off after a minute where the pop music choices were allowed to go on longer. I've since heard that several people complained about this, and the BBC had officially denied it.
Now we can hear many of them on BBC sounds, I had much pleasure hearing Peter Maxwell Davies' episode. He didn't choose any of his own music , and comes across as a very pleasant person.
I suppose we've all tried to assemble our own eight choices. I find it practically impossible. Eight hundred wouldn't be enough. How about you?
But I think a person's choice of music, especially if it's limited to eight discs, says a lot about them, even if music isn't important to them. The politician who wants votes and chooses the most popular music of the time, or the person who went for a nice holiday in Greece once and think they would like 'a record of some greek music ' (cue bouzoukis).
And there have been some notorious choices, such as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf taking eight of ther own discs. I thought for years that Arthur Bliss did this also, but on checking I find he chose only three of his own works, the others including a record of wolves barking, someone laughing, and a comic song by Tom Lehrer (no, not the one about Alma Mahler).
I also thought the classical choices were cut off after a minute where the pop music choices were allowed to go on longer. I've since heard that several people complained about this, and the BBC had officially denied it.
Now we can hear many of them on BBC sounds, I had much pleasure hearing Peter Maxwell Davies' episode. He didn't choose any of his own music , and comes across as a very pleasant person.
I suppose we've all tried to assemble our own eight choices. I find it practically impossible. Eight hundred wouldn't be enough. How about you?
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