The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[teamsaint]

I've just had an email from the London Philharmonic saying I can listen free online to their Bruckner 3 of 14th March. And when I've listened I should let them know what I thought of the performance via facebook, twitter, google and soundcloud.

I wonder what the great man would have made of a world where we are asked to communicate our thoughts in less than 140 Characters?.............

[teamsaint]

Sorry.

no worries, it was post work tetchy nonsense anyway. I'd delete it again if I were you .

[Serial_Apologist]

I wonder what the great man would have made of a world where we are asked to communicate our thoughts in less than 140 Characters?.............

Er... "There's this fellow called Anton Webern people are starting to talk about"?

[AndyJW]

I see in the Daily Telegraph today that Roger Wright is leaving Radio 3!!!

[french frank]

I see in the Daily Telegraph today that Roger Wright is leaving Radio 3!!!

There have been five threads on this so far (now just one). And Bob Shennan is announced as Director of Music (currently Head of Popular Music, and Controller of Radio 2 &c. ....

[cloughie]

bloody odd, it DEFINITELY disappeared from my scree for a while. I checked about 4 times.

Interesting typo - is this connected with the Alps?

[cloughie]

There have been five threads on this so far (now just one). And Bob Shennan is announced as Director of Music (currently Head of Popular Music, and Controller of Radio 2 &c. ....

So is that meant to include radio 3 now? - Having seen the marginalisation of bits of Radio 2 recently it does not bode well.

[Honoured Guest]

So is that meant to include radio 3 now? - Having seen the marginalisation of bits of Radio 2 recently it does not bode well.

Yes, Patricia Hughes might not always have agreed, but music on BBC Radio 3 is indeed BBC Music.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It's the way they appoint cabinet ministers.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

(Can someone shut him up… )

[Honoured Guest]

Does the Prime Minister appoint Cabinet Ministers?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Does the Prime Minister appoint Cabinet Ministers?

I believe so, but this is my point. He can choose a secretary of state who may be well qualified to do one job, but completely lacks the ability to do the one for which (s)he is appointed.

[Flosshilde]

Does the Prime Minister appoint Cabinet Ministers?

They are appointed by the monarch (as is the Prime Minister) on the advice of the PM. In reality the PM decides who he/she wants in a post & the monarch says OK (at the moment - goodness knows what will happen when Charlie gets the job)

[french frank]

So is that meant to include radio 3 now?

There is at present also a BBC Classical Music Board. I wouldn't expect a Director of Music to meddle with whereof he knows nothing. But the CM Board needs a tougher nut as chairman than RW appears to have been, I would think.

[James Wonnacott]

I wouldn't expect a Director of Music to meddle with whereof he knows nothing.

But we are talking about the BBC.