Enthusiastic presenters

[Dave2002]

Garbage spoken by presenters - Proms, Knussen - Frank Bridge, There is a willow grows aslant a brook.

Presenter: "Literally plunges us into the streaming brook" - or words very close to that.

I'm still shaking off the water.

[Serial_Apologist]

I haven't listened to this particular Prom, yet. I have a friend who leads a band entitled Still Waters. I would think that a description more befitting of the Bridge piece than that of the presenter you quote.

S-A

[Ariosto]

They (the presenters) need to get a life, and venture outside of the studios, where they will be confronted with reality.

[Norfolk Born]

Garbage spoken by presenters - Proms, Knussen - Frank Bridge, There is a willow grows aslant a brook.

Presenter: "Literally plunges us into the streaming brook" - or words very close to that.

I'm still shaking off the water.

Hence the frequent (and justified) references on this Forum to gushy presenters.

[Panjandrum]

Garbage spoken by presenters - Proms, Knussen - Frank Bridge, There is a willow grows aslant a brook.

Presenter: "Literally plunges us into the streaming brook" - or words very close to that.

I'm still shaking off the water.

Could only be the one and (thank god) only Katie D.

[Word]

Could only be the one and (thank god) only Katie D.

Best to never let the facts get in the way of your preconceived ideas Panjandrum .

The lovely Katie is indeed enthusiastic but didn't present Friday's Prom, which is the one Dave2002 appears to be talking about.

[Serial_Apologist]

Hence the frequent (and justified) references on this Forum to gushy presenters.

... given to spouting off

[Dave2002]

Best to never let the facts get in the way of your preconceived ideas Panjandrum .

The lovely Katie is indeed enthusiastic but didn't present Friday's Prom, which is the one Dave2002 appears to be talking about.

Wasn't it PT today? Repeat from last week.

[mercia]

The lovely Katie

I thought KD was excellent on Prom 21, Strauss/Walton/Prokofiev. Very informative, asked Midori pertinent questions and let her chunter away without interruption.

[Mandryka]

I thought KD was excellent on Prom 21, Strauss/Walton/Prokofiev. Very informative, asked Midori pertinent questions and let her chunter away without interruption.

I agree! Katie is an excellent presenter and is very easy on the eye for red-blooded males, though not sure of her appeal to lesbians; Zeb Soans seems to tick all the boxes for 'straight' women and gay men, so it's pretty much even stevens. I think Zeb is an excellent presenter, enthusiastic but not gushing, and very knowledgeable about his subject without being a smart-arse.

[Panjandrum]

I agree! Katie is an excellent presenter and is very easy on the eye for red-blooded males, though not sure of her appeal to lesbians; Zeb Soans seems to tick all the boxes for 'straight' women and gay men, so it's pretty much even stevens.

Eh?

[EdgeleyRob]

There such a wealth of musical knowledge and enthusiasm between many of the posters this board (myself definitely NOT included in the knowledge category), that I seriously wonder whether some of you would surely do a better job of presenting the proms.

[cavatina]

I agree! Katie is an excellent presenter and is very easy on the eye for red-blooded males, though not sure of her appeal to lesbians;

Me neither, but I do know she sends all the foot fetishists into a tizzy when she dangles her shoe. Don't forget to read all the Youtube comments--creepertastic! And there's the matter of a certain photo from the Guardian last February of someone who could definitely be the next myfriendsfeet sock enthusiast poster boy. I mean seriously now. Check out the arches on that guy--yow!!! So between the two of them, I'd say Radio 3 has an entirely new "community of interest" covered, wouldn't you?

OR: Your comments are inappropriate and offend me.

There such a wealth of musical knowledge and enthusiasm between many of the posters this board (myself definitely NOT included in the knowledge category), that I seriously wonder whether some of you would surely do a better job of presenting the proms.

Yeah, because we all know a bunch of introverts mumbling into a microphone makes for great television. The ideal medium for them, really.

[Tevot]

Well Cavatina, I do appreciate a friendly foot so I must thank you for that remarkable link. A quite breathtaking panoply of footwear and toes in their marvellous diversity.

Perhaps the BBC proms marketers could set up a similar site with conductors?

Sir Simon's socks - for example

It would go viral. (The site that is...not the feet.)

Anyway - I don't know what was decorating their tootsies but Ian Skelly, Rob Cowan, Donald Macleod to my ears do a good job. Indeed PT isn't that bad imho. And the broadcast Knussen concert which included the Frank Bridge was imho enjoyable.

Best Wishes,

Tevot

[Norfolk Born]

Is it time this thread was amputated - or at least for certain contributors to be politely asked to put a sock in it?