Scrapheap Orchestra BBC4 21.30 Sun 11

[Guest]

Don't think this has been flagged yet. No, it's not about the UK orchestras that cling to the lower ledges of mediocity (IMO honourable exceptions - Halle, CBSO, ROH) but still get Buggins Turn for Live Concert & make me wish I lived in Germany or the US.

No less than Charles "Chuck" Hazelwood will help build an orchestra of 44 instruments out of scrap in 11 weeks & perform the 1812 Overture. Might be fun; if the moaners think it's dumbed down & what CFM Telly would be like, I'm sure they'll find a way to blame it on Roger Wright, Katie Derham & Lord Patten.

[Serial_Apologist]

Don't think this has been flagged yet. No, it's not about the UK orchestras that cling to the lower ledges of mediocity (IMO honourable exceptions - Halle, CBSO, ROH) but still get Buggins Turn for Live Concert & make me wish I lived in Germany or the US.

No less than Charles "Chuck" Hazelwood will help build an orchestra of 44 instruments out of scrap in 11 weeks & perform the 1812 Overture. Might be fun; if the moaners think it's dumbed down & what CFM Telly would be like, I'm sure they'll find a way to blame it on Roger Wright, Katie Derham & Lord Patten.

I'm not convinced that an orchestra of professional musicians performing the 1812 on scrap instruments would be any more interesting than the Portsmouth Sinfonia's performance of said piece.