Originally posted by ahinton
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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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That spinning sound I can hear must be Papa Haydn in his grave after that performance of The Heav'ns are telling. Every single nuance demolished in one fell swoop. How could anyone take it that fast and expect to get away with it?Money can't buy you happiness............but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery - Spike Milligan
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostAs far as I am aware, Clemency can play the Bach double very well indeed
but I'm a bit doubtful about KD.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostI would have gladly had my name read out on breakfast if it had led to some Howard Ferguson being played,but they ignored my request.
Or is it conceived as the equivalent of Andy Warhol's 'fifteen minutes' of fame: '5.3 seconds of being vaguely noticed by 19,560 Radio 3 listeners' fame?
These are the sources of wonderment for me …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 ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post- and, like ahinton, I wish she did more of this sort of work (and the documentary she presented) than ... well, y'know ..
A Pasodoble Concerto, mayhap?
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Originally posted by french frank View PostIs it politeness that prompts Radio 3 to acknowledge on air that someone other than the producers suggested a piece of music to be played? And is 4-10 mins of a requested piece being played on one particular day in, what?, 365 days? such an enormous enhancement to anyone's life?
Or is it conceived as the equivalent of Andy Warhol's 'fifteen minutes' of fame: '5.3 seconds of being vaguely noticed by 19,560 Radio 3 listeners' fame?
These are the sources of wonderment for me …
I wasn't seeking any fame or fortune.
Just thought Howard Ferguson deserved a place on the British composer list thingy they were doing at the time.
If that meant embarrassing myself on the wireless then it had to be done.
Alas wasn't to be.
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Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostI wasn't seeking any fame or fortune.
Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostJust thought Howard Ferguson deserved a place on the British composer list thingy they were doing at the time.
If that meant embarrassing myself on the wireless then it had to be done.
I remember one of our number here responding on the BBC messageboard a request to ask a question for a panel on one programme. But he protested that he was withdrawing his question when it became likely that he would be having his name read out (possibly even having to read his own question) when all he'd intended was to oblige with a question. Similarly suggestions for musical works?
[I did once ask for a piece for Listeners' Choice, but when they said they would be playing it I couldn't bring myself to listen to the programme; I went out and tried not to think about it. But takes all sorts, as they say.]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 Padraig View PostYou know what it's like having to 'explain' a joke, Caliban?
If it's dead, so be it.
PS There's always trouble when I have to get up early!
"...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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Originally posted by Padraig View PostNot from me! I'm never up in time for Breakfast! "It is far too early".
Originally posted by antongould View PostI don't think Debussy would have got the joke either .... or have been up for Rumpole's great love CBH ....
"...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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