yes, on Sunday we had twenty minutes of Mahler 6, I think Mr Handley even commented that we wouldn't normally hear it at that time of the morning
The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostI'm enjoying the way 'Breakfast' has been slightly hoist on the petard of the current 3-a-day 'Proms Artist recommends' gimm..., er... concept (a selected Proms artist chooses 3 works, one each for playing on 'Breakfast', 'Essential Classics' and 'In Tune' respectively, for non R3 listeners )
Several people have chosen wildly non-'Breakfast' fare - I'm currently enjoying some Myaskovsky, thanks to Vladimir Jurowski (OK, so it's only the last movement of his 27th Symphony.... but STILL... !!! )
For 'Breakfast', Antoni Wit chose the Alpine (Alpen.... yeah yeah ) Symphony and Kiril Karabits chose Shostakovich 11
Hey! Miaskovsky on Breakfast? What went wrong? Great to hear the finale of the 27th symphony although, in my opinion, the first movement has one of the most beautiful "tunes" in all of his symphonic work. The whole symphony isn't that long and deserves an airing - but on which programme though? Breakfast, Essential Classics and In Tune only ever play bleeding chunks and single movements. Just where is your "new" audience going to find the more substantial - as in "complete" - works?O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!
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Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostSomeone has written this on R3's Facebook page today:
Hey! Miaskovsky on Breakfast? What went wrong? Great to hear the finale of the 27th symphony although, in my opinion, the first movement has one of the most beautiful "tunes" in all of his symphonic work. The whole symphony isn't that long and deserves an airing - but on which programme though? Breakfast, Essential Classics and In Tune only ever play bleeding chunks and single movements. Just where is your "new" audience going to find the more substantial - as in "complete" - works?"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Get your CDs / recordings of Through the Night ready, folks... Mr Hoban is returning to the Breakfast hotplate I see
Not that I plan on being awake."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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There must be some method in't: Simon Hoban on last weekend, Tom McKinney this weekend. What's wrong with the regular Radio 3 presenters? are they all on holiday?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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Black Swan
Sir Velo,
I totally agree. I woke this morning expecting to hear her presenting and was completed deflated to find SH again. I don't know if he is reading a script or not but his comments do make CB-H look good.
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Originally posted by Sir Velo View PostI'd never thought I'd say it: but give me Clemency any day over the Local/Hospital radio joker we have on this morning (in actual fact, CB-H has been consistently impressive as a Proms announcer this season: something else I thought I'd never say!).
proms announcing isn't really that tough a job though, is it?I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View Postproms announcing isn't really that tough a job though, is it?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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Black Swan
Originally posted by Black Swan View PostSir Velo,
I totally agree. I woke this morning expecting to hear her presenting and was completed deflated to find SH again. I don't know if he is reading a script or not but his comments do make CB-H look good.
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Originally posted by Black Swan View PostIf the idea of having Simon H. present is to draw in a young audience they have missed the mark. Most teenagers/20+ year olds are not up on Saturday or Sunday morning much less listening to R3.
I don't think it's necessarily to attract an audience that young; more the 30-54 year olds. They seemed to be the ones targeted by the BBC Trust 'research': find out what would make them listen to Radio 3, then make sure they're given it.
What many listeners would like, in any case, is to be told what is going to be played on the programme, not that Saturday's playlist 'will be put up by noon on Monday.'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 french frank View PostI don't think it's necessarily to attract an audience that young; more the 30-54 year olds. They seemed to be the ones targeted by the BBC Trust 'research': find out what would make them listen to Radio 3, then make sure they're given it.
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Originally posted by Sir Velo View PostI'm in that age group. It does not appeal to me in the slightest.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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Black Swan
Originally posted by french frank View PostI lost a post somewhere: it was billed as being Tom McKinney, not Simon Hoban.
What many listeners would like, in any case, is to be told what is going to be played on the programme, not that Saturday's playlist 'will be put up by noon on Monday.'
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Originally posted by Black Swan View PostIf the idea of having Simon H. present is to draw in a young audience they have missed the mark. Most teenagers/20+ year olds are not up on Saturday or Sunday morning much less listening to R3.
I still listen to bits of Breakfast but hate the appeals to text, email. I think it was early this week there was a piece by Vieuxtemps played, followed by the (yawn!) usual 'famous Belgians' joke and text about any Belgian you can think of except Henri .... It's all rather tedious.
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