RADIO 3 evening concert intervals - cut the music !

[french frank]

Charles Hazlewood - how did he make such a career from being - judging by the performances I have heard him conduct - such a mediocre conductor ?

He is (was?) deemed a good communicator and someone who would willingly quote Wyclef Jean alongside Mozart and therefore had street cred. He could be relied upon to castigate anyone who criticised audience members whispering, sending text messages, bouncing babies on their shoulders etc at concerts as 'elitist snobs'. I.e. he was On Message as far as getting the 'broader public' interested in classical music was concerned.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I really wish you hadn't told me that. Up to now, I had thought CH was OK.

[salymap]

There is something about both CH and Howard Goodall that I'm not sure I like. Can't quite explain but perhaps they both seem too 'full of themselves'as people used to say. 'Oh look at me, I'm clever'

They are but ..............

[amateur51]

There is something about both CH and Howard Goodall that I'm not sure I like. Can't quite explain but perhaps they both seem too 'full of themselves'as people used to say. 'Oh look at me, I'm clever'

They are but ..............

Whereas David Owen Norris comes across to me as hugely learned but also hugely enthusiastic which he wants to communicate to me in his wonderful eccentric way.

I'm not saying it's a matter of taste, am I ?

[Nick Armstrong]

too 'full of themselves' as people used to say

Some still do, sals!

[Nick Armstrong]

Whereas David Owen Norris comes across to me as hugely learned but also hugely enthusiastic which he wants to communicate to me in his wonderful eccentric way.

I'm not saying it's a matter of taste, am I ?

Either that, or there really is a difference between being eccentric and being a to**er...

[salymap]

Sadly all I can remember abour Mr Norris is that he badly upset dear old smittims, who almost foamed at the mouth when Mr. N was mentioned.

The reason is lost somewhere on the old boards.

[Barbirollians]

With the odd exception I would rather hear a talk by someone too clever by half than more music .

[gradus]

I liked the idea mentioned earlier of digging out good spoken word broadcasts, sometimes connected to the music played but often not. An example that comes to mind was the fascinating short programme in which the Elgar's maid reminisced about her life in the Elgar household and their day to day behaviour. I have managed to mislay the cassette but the recording may still be available at the the British Library National Sound Archive. Ever wondered why the last var is 'Edu'? Apparently it (edoo) was Alice's nickname for him around the house.

[amateur51]

Sadly all I can remember abour Mr Norris is that he badly upset dear old smittims, who almost foamed at the mouth when Mr. N was mentioned.

The reason is lost somewhere on the old boards.

Well smittims was a bit of an oddity too.

As am I, I am only too happy to relate

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I liked the idea mentioned earlier of digging out good spoken word broadcasts, sometimes connected to the music played but often not. An example that comes to mind was the fascinating short programme in which the Elgar's maid reminisced about her life in the Elgar household and their day to day behaviour. I have managed to mislay the cassette but the recording may still be available at the the British Library National Sound Archive. Ever wondered why the last var is 'Edu'? Apparently it (edoo) was Alice's nickname for him around the house.

Yes, there were some wonderful tidbits, weren't there? Fritz Spiegl used to come up with some gems: before a performance of the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, he once did a feature on the first performance, using the composer's Conversation Books as his chief source. What were the great man's own thoughts as the concert loomed? "HAIRCUT!" and "If you look at that girl from the side, you can see she's got a splendid bottom!"

I wonder if she was called Joy?

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes, there were some wonderful tidbits, weren't there? Fritz Spiegl used to come up with some gems: before a performance of the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, he once did a feature on the first performance, using the composer's Conversation Books as his chief source. What were the great man's own thoughts as the concert loomed? "HAIRCUT!" and "If you look at that girl from the side, you can see she's got a splendid bottom!"

I wonder if she was called Joy?

Ode ear!

[amateur51]

Yes, there were some wonderful tidbits, weren't there? Fritz Spiegl used to come up with some gems: before a performance of the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, he once did a feature on the first performance, using the composer's Conversation Books as his chief source. What were the great man's own thoughts as the concert loomed? "HAIRCUT!" and "If you look at that girl from the side, you can see she's got a splendid bottom!"

I wonder if she was called Joy?

If I have the cut of Beethoven's jib correctly calibrated, Joy Unconfined I'd say, ferney

[salymap]

I liked the idea mentioned earlier of digging out good spoken word broadcasts, sometimes connected to the music played but often not. An example that comes to mind was the fascinating short programme in which the Elgar's maid reminisced about her life in the Elgar household and their day to day behaviour. I have managed to mislay the cassette but the recording may still be available at the the British Library National Sound Archive. Ever wondered why the last var is 'Edu'? Apparently it (edoo) was Alice's nickname for him around the house.

I don't remember the programme with Elgar's maid, but knew he was called Edu by his wife. Think I learned it one of my early visits to the Elgar Birthplace or from his book of letters

Also that, in the last Variation, he always whistled as he came up his front path and that features in the music. Fascinated me as a kid because my dad did that too.

[Serial_Apologist]

There is something about both CH and Howard Goodall that I'm not sure I like. Can't quite explain but perhaps they both seem too 'full of themselves'as people used to say. 'Oh look at me, I'm clever'

They are but ..............

..........not that clever, sal!