Sky Arts - André Rieu fortnight

[Pabmusic]

I disagree entirely. What's so wrong with having one radio station that clings to a notion of High Art and Serious Music? Rieu fans have ample opportunities to listen to his muzak, via Classic FM and Sky Arts. Must R3 be so inclusive as to include every classical-esque artist in the world? It would make more sense to have a digital channel for this - R3L (that L standing for 'lite' but it's tempting to say 'lobotomised'), or some such.

Rieu is a snake oil salesman, selling a cheap chintzy product that demeans those that created the the music, all for a whopping profit.

I agree entirely about Andre Rieu. I do not agree about the Strauss family, who have always been part of the Radio 3 world (including CTW from at least many years ago). I was distinguishing between the plastic conductor and the very real music.

[Flosshilde]

(Not that I feel strongly about it. )

(write 100 lines - 'I must not make semi-serious throw-away comments without appending )

[Pabmusic]

(write 100 lines - 'I must not make semi-serious throw-away comments without appending )

[Flosshilde]

I agree entirely about Andre Rieu. I do not agree about the Strauss family, who have always been part of the Radio 3 world (including CTW from at least many years ago). I was distinguishing between the plastic conductor and the very real music.

From comments up thread I umnderstood that he performs his own arrangements of the Strauss' music. Which apparently tend to be heavy on the musical version of saccharine & nasty fats.

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[Pabmusic]

From comments up thread I umnderstood that he performs his own arrangements of the Strauss' music. Which apparently tend to be heavy on the musical version of saccharine & nasty fats.

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I think I feel queasy...

[Thropplenoggin]

(write 100 lines - 'I must not make semi-serious throw-away comments without appending )

The problem with Rieu is, it's like shooting a fish in a barrel; a permed and perma-tanned fish.

I hope his marketing staff adapt my line thus for his DVD: 'Famous in elevators the world over'. It could be used as a sort of Parental Guidance certificate.

[Thropplenoggin]

From comments up thread I umnderstood that he performs his own arrangements of the Strauss' music. Which apparently tend to be heavy on the musical version of saccharine & nasty fats.

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Cholestorieu?

[Flosshilde]

Blocking the Sky Art(erie)s.


(It's too hot for a coat - I'll just leave)

[aeolium]

Rieu is a snake oil salesman, selling a cheap chintzy product that bastardises music, all for a whopping profit. He should be treated with contempt, not encouraged.

Actually (purely going on descriptions of what he plays and his presentational style, without having ever seen or heard him ) I wonder whether he fits more into a very long tradition of performers of light music which has long been popular. I think there ought to be a radio station on which such music is broadcast - not R3 - since it is popular.

I am always astonished - though by now I shouldn't be - at the extent to which people get worked up about the innocent enjoyment of others. I suppose it's partly the comforting feeling of intellectual superiority to the plebs which such people feel, particularly while they sit in opera houses heavily subsidised by the lottery and tax payments of the dross-loving plebs and listen to recordings partly made possible by the cross-subsidy from discs of very popular performers

[Thropplenoggin]

Actually (purely going on descriptions of what he plays and his presentational style, without having ever seen or heard him ) I wonder whether he fits more into a very long tradition of performers of light music which has long been popular. I think there ought to be a radio station on which such music is broadcast - not R3 - since it is popular.

I am always astonished - though by now I shouldn't be - at the extent to which people get worked up about the innocent enjoyment of others. I suppose it's partly the comforting feeling of intellectual superiority to the plebs which such people feel, particularly while they sit in opera houses heavily subsidised by the lottery and tax payments of the dross-loving plebs and listen to recordings partly made possible by the cross-subsidy from discs of very popular performers

If this is an indirect character assassination of myself, feel free to be more direct, otherwise you might appear cowardly in casting such aspersions and, um, generalising about this amorphous mass ('such people'). I would accuse you of inverse snobbery, but would prefer not to fall back on cliche.

[ARBurton]

Just out of interest, has anyone on here been to one of his functions? I`d be interested to hear. Or is hat about about as likely as someone admitting to having attended a Katherine "dropped from my record label" Jenkins gig?

[Thropplenoggin]

Just out of interest, has anyone on here been to one of his functions? I`d be interested to hear. Or is hat about about as likely as someone admitting to having attended a Katherine "dropped from my record label" Jenkins gig?

Are you offering to be the board's guinea pig? We could all stump up the cash and you could give us a live dispatch from the field. I must warn you: it is mandatory to dress and smile like a Ken doll.

[aeolium]

If this is an indirect character assassination of myself, feel free to be more direct, otherwise you might appear cowardly in casting such aspersions and, um, generalising about this amorphous mass ('such people'). I would accuse you of inverse snobbery, but would prefer not to fall back on cliche.

Well, you would only think my comment might be referring to you inter al if you really were one of the people who get worked up about the innocent enjoyment of others. Are you and if so why? I was only hazarding an explanation as it is a matter of some incomprehension to me.

[Flosshilde]

the innocent enjoyment of others.

Enjoyment of the performances of Andre Riue is not innocent - it's a crime (allegedly).



(said with complete prejudice as I haven't heard him - I don't think I'd heard of him until I saw this thread)

(Did you mean 'the enjoyment of other people', or 'other people's enjoyment'?)