Taste: new 4-parter on Radio 4

[Serial_Apologist]

The series kicked off this morning with what I thought was a good programme on musical taste, one which connected with a number of issues under discussion on the forum:

13 June - Radio 4
11.30am - 1/4 The Self
Zakia Sewell investigates what a person's music taste reveals about them

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001mt42

The only thing that concerns me is having such a debate on Radio 4, where one might question how well clued up on the issues Radio 4 audiences might be? The irony that such a programme is now to be sought on Radio 4 might be seen in relation to the decreasing proportion of space for discussions such as this on Radio 3.

[smittims]

Possibly, but there has always been a classical music presence, however skeletal at times, on Radio4. There's 'soul music' and another series 'the story behind the score' or some such title. Radio 4 has always had a brief to widen listeners' horizons. In this light I've found it regrettable that some R4 presenters (Jane Garvey springs to mind) have displayed a sort of sneering or dismissive attitude to classical music (examples can be found).

[Bryn]

Possibly, but there has always been a classical music presence, however skeletal at times, on Radio4. There's 'soul music' and another series 'the story behind the score' or some such title. Radio 4 has always had a brief to widen listeners' horizons. In this light I've found it regrettable that some R4 presenters (Jane Garvey springs to mind) have displayed a sort of sneering or dismissive attitude to classical music (examples can be found).

Not forgetting https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/makingofmusic/

[Padraig]

The series kicked off this morning with what I thought was a good programme on musical taste, one which connected with a number of issues under discussion on the forum:

13 June - Radio 4
11.30am - 1/4 The Self
Zakia Sewell investigates what a person's music taste reveals about them

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001mt42

The only thing that concerns me is having such a debate on Radio 4, where one might question how well clued up on the issues Radio 4 audiences might be? The irony that such a programme is now to be sought on Radio 4 might be seen in relation to the decreasing proportion of space for discussions such as this on Radio 3.

Thanks S_A for that. I thought I would give the Taste programme a go, but I can't do so UNLESS I SIGN IN. This must be why BBC has been pestering me with ads to sign in for 'a better BBC'. They did not say it was compulsory and I have not checked whether this new regulation applies across the board for Listen Again programmes. I have not had a problem with this until now. What is going on? I pay my re-imposed fees.

[french frank]

Thanks S_A for that. I thought I would give the Taste programme a go, but I can't do so UNLESS I SIGN IN. This must be why BBC has been pestering me with ads to sign in for 'a better BBC'. They did not say it was compulsory and I have not checked whether this new regulation applies across the board for Listen Again programmes. I have not had a problem with this until now. What is going on? I pay my re-imposed fees.

I think I'm permanently signed in as I don't pay anything for it I can certainly get it just from clicking on the link.

[Serial_Apologist]

I think I'm permanently signed in as I don't pay anything for it I can certainly get it just from clicking on the link.

Same in my case.

[Bryn]

Same in my case.

Likewise.