I've taken to listening to France Musique (and reading Le Monde) recently, in an effort to brush up my French language skills. For a station whose slogan is 'Ce monde a besoin de musique,' they don't 'alf talk a lot. Fine for my purposes, but I'm not sure that it would go down well hereabouts. Ou ai-je tort?
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Thanks for le tip. It looks a bit like the Italian Rai Radio3 (discussed elsewhere) which is a sort of mixture of BBC's Radios 3&4 so quite a lot of chattin' as well as music.
But I'm sure this one serves well for your didactic purposes.
le linkage"Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostOu ai-je tort?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostI've taken to listening to France Musique (and reading Le Monde) recently, in an effort to brush up my French language skills. For a station whose slogan is 'Ce monde a besoin de musique,' they don't 'alf talk a lot. Fine for my purposes, but I'm not sure that it would go down well hereabouts. Ou ai-je tort?
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostI've taken to listening to France Musique (and reading Le Monde) recently, in an effort to brush up my French language skills. For a station whose slogan is 'Ce monde a besoin de musique,' they don't 'alf talk a lot. Fine for my purposes, but I'm not sure that it would go down well hereabouts. Ou ai-je tort?
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Originally posted by MickyD View PostI listen to it a lot in the car, travelling between jobs. The only thing I will say is that there is less chat than there used to be! But at least it is not inanities such as phone-ins and what-sort-of-music-do-you-like-to listen-to-whilst-you-are-having-breakfast type questions. If you can persevere and try to understand the language, most of it is illuminating stuff.
There seems to be an almost infinite variety of combinations out there - just not the the kind of thing R3 used to do. I would look for a station with pieces long enough to make a reasonable amount of information worth giving, and a selection of music much of which I hadn't heard (or hadn't heard in the past few weeks).It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by mercia View Posthow can a radio station (be expected to) know and play what one particular person hasn't previously heard and do likewise for each of its listenersIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by MickyD View PostFF...I think this is the station you mean...and yes, it is a bit like Classic FM.
http://www.radioclassique.fr/
I think that comparison is a little unfair. As we drive through France (at least twice a year) we alternate between France Musique and Classique, depending on the vagaries of mobile reception. In general, we prefer the latter, because of the no-nonsense presentation, without the the former's insistence on first putting every piece in the context of history, musicology, sociology, geography and the universe. ('Get on and play the damned thing!')
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Originally posted by MickyD View PostFF...I think this is the station you mean...and yes, it is a bit like Classic FM.
http://www.radioclassique.fr/It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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