Mozart Fest

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The Guardian is asking/giving the readers a chance to vote for/agains Radio3’s Mozart fest. Our chandce to say NO?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/po...three-3-mozart

Thanks for that, doversoul. I've just voted. Mozart is one of my favourites, but this is just plain silly.

[Bax-of-Delights]

There are a core of composers who will make an appearance in nearly every Breakfast/In Tune programme:
Telemann
Scarlatti
Vivaldi
Mozart
Bach
Dvorak/Grieg/Smetna/Brahms: Slavonic Dances/Peer Gynt/Ma Vlast/Hungarian Dances
Chopin.
"Modern" music (i.e. since 1945) is represented by Django or Ella

A disturbingly blinkered output one might argue.

[Bax-of-Delights]

Interestingly, very interestingly, that poll in the Guardian which was 2 to 1 against just 14 hours ago has miraculously become more or less even stevens. Anyone for a conspiracy theory? Such as a directive to staff to get voting for the yes...?

[mercia]

I wonder if Florence will get a look-in in the Mozartfest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6qntPpyZ0&feature=related

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Or perhaps the Portsmouth Sinfonia? :)

[mercia]

Or perhaps the Portsmouth Sinfonia? :)

Indeed. Did they do Mozart?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtVDazgT3ko&feature=related

[Bryn]

They didn't even include the opening of K550 in their "Classical Muddley" single (which had the Halleluja Chorus on the flip side).

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Must listen to that again. I have it on a 45 r.p.m. disc in the loft.

[subcontrabass]

Interestingly, very interestingly, that poll in the Guardian which was 2 to 1 against just 14 hours ago has miraculously become more or less even stevens. Anyone for a conspiracy theory? Such as a directive to staff to get voting for the yes...?

Now shifting back to a "No" majority.

[vinteuil]

Now shifting back to a "No" majority.

that was me, he he he....

[Suffolkcoastal]

I have visions of RW furiously pressing the yes button, shouting I'm right, I'm never wrong!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I think we're all a bit like that, aen't we?

[Suffolkcoastal]

True, but in this case I would say that RW is clearly wrong and perhaps if he did admit this some of us might have a little more respect for him.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Very true, but we won't achieve what we want unless we can convince him that we are all on the same side. (At least, I think we are.)

[Suffolkcoastal]

Yes, you would think and hope that the controller of R3 would be on the side of their listeners, though like many I'm very concerned that either he or someone else high up in the BBC have their own agenda regardless of opinion.