Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte
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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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I am afeared that the crashing into the buffers incident mentioned in my #7845 may be an officially sanctioned initiative. Towards the end of this morning's programme Manuel Cardoso Lamentations for Holy Thursday was run into at speed by Carlos Paredes' Rhapsodia(2 guitars). Then in the subsequent quality offering, EC, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante had its last milliseconds knocked out by Samuel Barber's Summer Music.
I came late to Breakfast this morning and haven't been listening to all of EC so don't know if these were the only 2 such incidents - and EC has another hour to run in any case. I can think of several reasons 'they' might put forward if this is indeed policy rather than misguided experimentation by presenters, all of which would merely confirm the disconnect between what R3 could and should do, and what 'they' are foisting on the listeners.
I should I suppose reiterate here that I have no objection as such to music items running on one to another without voice interventions, so long as it is done intelligently, which involves among other things allowing one piece to finish properly before the next one starts. That concept sadly has fallen foul of the proscribing of the famous R3 silence. I used to enjoy the Homeward Bound slot, and the christmas programmes that ran for a couple of years and played seasonal music without introduction or announcement was a lovely experience; it was early home internet days so printed lists of the music played in the christmas sequences were available FOC on request - those were the days....
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostI am afeared that the crashing into the buffers incident mentioned in my #7845 may be an officially sanctioned initiative. Towards the end of this morning's programme Manuel Cardoso Lamentations for Holy Thursday was run into at speed by Carlos Paredes' Rhapsodia(2 guitars). Then in the subsequent quality offering, EC, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante had its last milliseconds knocked out by Samuel Barber's Summer Music.
I came late to Breakfast this morning and haven't been listening to all of EC so don't know if these were the only 2 such incidents - and EC has another hour to run in any case. I can think of several reasons 'they' might put forward if this is indeed policy rather than misguided experimentation by presenters, all of which would merely confirm the disconnect between what R3 could and should do, and what 'they' are foisting on the listeners.
I should I suppose reiterate here that I have no objection as such to music items running on one to another without voice interventions, so long as it is done intelligently, which involves among other things allowing one piece to finish properly before the next one starts. That concept sadly has fallen foul of the proscribing of the famous R3 silence. I used to enjoy the Homeward Bound slot, and the christmas programmes that ran for a couple of years and played seasonal music without introduction or announcement was a lovely experience; it was early home internet days so printed lists of the music played in the christmas sequences were available FOC on request - those were the days....
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Originally posted by LMcD View Postfollowed by a number from 'Il Penseroso'...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 PostWhat is 'a number' from Il Penseroso?
Perhaps it was 0750? Anyway, I enjoyed it. If anybody were to ask me to define 'mellifluous' I would simply let them listen to Sir John.
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostSorry guv - I wasn't sure whether it was an aria or whatever. I guess only musicals (sniff ) and revues have 'numbers'.
Perhaps it was 0750? Anyway, I enjoyed it. If anybody were to ask me to define 'mellifluous' I would simply let them listen to Sir John.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 PostAs you'd just mentioned Sir JG reading a bit of Milton, I was assuming that by Il Penseroso you were referring to the Milton poem. If you'd made it clear you meant an aria/scena or whatever from an opera I would have accepted the term 'Number'.
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G. F. Handel, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, pastoral ode (HVW 55), based on two poems by John Milton, adapted and extended by Charles Jennens .Geor...
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