The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[vinteuil]

I thought it was spelt with a "g"?

... as in #4047 supra....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... as in #4047 supra....

Apologies! I have a Han'over.

[cloughie]

Apologies! I have a Han'over.

Was that a schnapp decision?

[french frank]

Anyway, continuing absolutely on topic (it will return!), I was rather touched to see that the Bristol Hannover Council dates from as early as 1947 - with a goodwill visit from Bristol to Hannover, explaining, I presume, why Bristol used the German spelling, and I got muddled up!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Was that a schnapp decision?

Not really - more the result of several whisky investments.


Sorry, frenchie ...

[Black Swan]

Just a Heads Up, I see Tom McKinney is back this weekend.....

[Sir Velo]

[Serial_Apologist]

Just a Heads Up, I see Tom McKinney is back this weekend.....

That one's too subtle for me

[mercia]

I wonder how GIPPS has turned into GIBBS in Tuesday's playlist - a spellchecker not accepting Gipps as a name ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046crf7

yesterday's caller was fulsome in her praise of R3 - " all sorts of music I would never hear on US radio, or here in Italy - I've learnt so much ...... "
obviously a plant

[french frank]

" ... yesterday's caller was fulsome in her praise of R3 - " all sorts of music I would never hear on US radio, or here in Italy - I've learnt so much ...... "
obviously a plant

Cynic! Actually a number of those who post on Facebook (not that many people do) are clearly not UK-based. I looked at yesterday's playlist and prepared a response, but then didn't bother - quoting what RW said when grilled in 2004 (October 28) at the last Charter Review session to illustrate how distinctive R3 was. But here it is:

"You will certainly see the continuation of our commitment to new work and complete works, more important I think this aspect of complete works now than ever before "

Mind you, back in those days they did play complete works.

[Radio64]

I wonder how GIPPS has turned into GIBBS in Tuesday's playlist - a spellchecker not accepting Gipps as a name ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046crf7

yesterday's caller was fulsome in her praise of R3 - " all sorts of music I would never hear on US radio, or here in Italy - I've learnt so much ...... "
obviously a plant

She actually said "Idaly, where I lived before.." .. but anyway as I've said before you UK folks don't know how lucky you are to have the BBC producing quality music programmes.. or even progs on R4, R2, BBC6Music (and I'm sure R1 is really cool too for ver kids..).

.....and no adverts!

In Italy even RAI has to broadcast adverts (and plenty of 'em) for its income. Plus it's already holiday time and many regular programmes have already been suspended. I tuned in to RAI Radiotre the other day and they were just broadcasting classical music en bloque without any kind of introductions or explanations of what one was listening to. Someone's idea of heaven I know, but it's hardly informing the public, as it should.

[teamsaint]

She actually said "Idaly, where I lived before.." .. but anyway as I've said before you UK folks don't know how lucky you are to have the BBC producing quality music programmes.. or even progs on R4, R2, BBC6Music (and I'm sure R1 is really cool too for ver kids..).

.....and no adverts!

In Italy even RAI has to broadcast adverts (and plenty of 'em) for its income. Plus it's already holiday time and many regular programmes have already been suspended. I tuned in to RAI Radiotre the other day and they were just broadcasting classical music en bloque without any kind of introductions or explanations of what one was listening to. Someone's idea of heaven I know, but it's hardly informing the public, as it should.

Interesting stuff, Rads.

Exactly HOW long are the euro holidays in so called Idaly then?

[Don Petter]

.....and no adverts!

In Italy even RAI has to broadcast adverts (and plenty of 'em) for its income. Plus it's already holiday time and many regular programmes have already been suspended. I tuned in to RAI Radiotre the other day and they were just broadcasting classical music en bloque without any kind of introductions or explanations of what one was listening to. Someone's idea of heaven I know, but it's hardly informing the public, as it should.

I don't recall any adverts on Rai5, though I haven't listened to it lately. Has it also succumbed?

(Rai3 sounds great to me. I must add it to my list.)

[Radio64]

Interesting stuff, Rads.

Exactly HOW long are the euro holidays in so called Idaly then?

It's usually a kind of "we'll be back in September" kind of arrangement announced aroun the end of May/early June. Much like the schools.

I don't recall any adverts on Rai5, though I haven't listened to it lately. Has it also succumbed?

(Rai3 sounds great to me. I must add it to my list.)

Rai5 is a (satellite) TV channel and yes they also have adverts. Here's RaiRadio 3 ... I see there are still some of the regular programmes, so maybe there was a strike that day or something.

[french frank]

Someone's idea of heaven I know, but it's hardly informing the public, as it should.

Nor does Radio 3.

If Zucchini will indulge me , I was alone in the gym at 8am so I turned off Kiss FM and went over to R3. I felt that, if you're listening in that disconnected, half concentrating, half thinking of something else, way it would have been perfectly acceptable to hear an ENTIRE Haydn symphony since you're only mentally 'tuning in' now and again. Somebody emailed in to say her piano teacher had said 'I think you'll like this' and gave her the music for Beethoven's op 110 - cue Alfred Brendel playing one movement (which many will not have listened to in its entirety anyway). And that's the level of 'information'. Some would prefer that, if they're not going to say anything informative, they say nothing at all.

[And I swear I could hear Kenneth Williams shouting 'Too fast, too fast' over the William Tell overture, and James Robertson Justice sniggering.]