The confident and informed announcer of this evening's CBSO concert was delighted to inform us that Elgar used the marking "knobbly-mentay" for the first time in the Cockaigne Overture. He enjoyed this so much he told us twice. The awful thing is that there must have been a producer there to go through the script with him. The sound of the orchestra was pretty awful, too, given that it was Symphony Hall. I mean I'm sure the orchestra sounded great in the hall, but the radio balance was...ummm...unusual.
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Picked up already on the Pronunciation Watch thread. I think it was Radio York's Saturday breakfast show presenter. He sometimes does our Saturday breakfast show from Salford
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At least nobody was dumb enough to flag this up as an interesting forthcoming event.....Originally posted by french frank View PostPicked up already on the Pronunciation Watch thread. I think it was Radio York's Saturday breakfast show presenter. He sometimes does our Saturday breakfast show from Salford
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