Presentation Bloopers

[Nick Armstrong]

Then there was the earnest Scawttish announcer at the RNSO concert the other evening in which the first work on the programme was evidently Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fin, even though said announcer used the English work faun in his spiel; this sat most unconfortably alonside his citation of Boulez's claim for this work that it marked the beginning of modern music. Not only that, I caught him at least twice calling the conductor Stéphane Deneuve rather than Denève, as though he was in fact a possible relative of Catherine.

ah: I nearly came off my bike listening to that on the way home! Of all the tortured ways of pronouncing Faun, he really went out of his way, didn't he! Sounded like Fang to me.

And my thoughts turned to Catherine Deneuve too...

[Serial_Apologist]

Then there was the earnest Scawttish announcer at the RNSO concert the other evening in which the first work on the programme was evidently Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fin, even though said announcer used the English work faun in his spiel; this sat most unconfortably alonside his citation of Boulez's claim for this work that it marked the beginning of modern music. Not only that, I caught him at least twice calling the conductor Stéphane Deneuve rather than Denève, as though he was in fact a possible relative of Catherine.

That's the Belle du Jour..,. du jour, so far!

[ahinton]

That's the Belle du Jour..,. du jour, so far!

Ah, oui, bien sur - mais "Belle de Jour" du jour, n'est-ce pas?(!)...

[Don Petter]

Ah, oui, bien sur - mais "Belle de Jour" du jour, n'est-ce pas?(!)...

Maybe it was just a one day stand?

[Serial_Apologist]

Ah, oui, bien sur - mais "Belle de Jour" du jour, n'est-ce pas?(!)...

Ah, oooooooooui!

[ahinton]

Maybe it was just a one day stand?

Not even that - a mere après-midi, it seems! Mind you, I rather doubt that RSNO and its soon-to-be-outgoing conductor could have been prevailed upon to perform for £300 per hour...

[Flosshilde]

Heavens - is that the going rate in your neck of the woods?

(btw, its RSNO - Royal Scottish National Orchestra)

[EnemyoftheStoat]

Not even that - a mere après-midi, it seems! Mind you, I rather doubt that RNSO and its soon-to-be-outgoing conductor could have been prevailed upon to perform for £300 per hour...

Displaying a rather worrying degree of knowledge of such things, AH... Or maybe that's what an afternoon on the phone would cost you.

[ahinton]

Heavens - is that the going rate in your neck of the woods?

(btw, its RSNO - Royal Scottish National Orchestra)

Type now corrected; thanks for bringing it to my attention.

The figure of £300 was not mine, so it has no direct relevance to any paticular neck of any woods; go check the context!

[ahinton]

Displaying a rather worrying degree of knowledge of such things, AH... Or maybe that's what an afternoon on the phone would cost you.

Since I do not pay for phone calls, that's not the case - but, more importantly, go check the quoter and context, as I have urged Flossie also to do...