The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[kernelbogey]

All that this line of discussion shows is that people have their likes and dislikes when it comes to presenters. One man's meat …

Horses for courses, I suppose. Martin is becoming increasingly self-indulgent and over-sharing of his private life (with plentiful name-dropping) in my view...

... Balanced , IMVHO, by a depth of musical knowledge which enhances the experience of listening to the music - as opposed to mere presentational candyfloss - and delivered with lightness and authority.

[underthecountertenor]

That UTC is an occupational hazard of tv and radio presenters.

To a degree, yes, but Trelawny for one manages to keep it to a minimum.

[antongould]

I am probably horribly wrong - it’s a knack I have - but I feel she has a far wider knowledge of classical music that she is often given credit for.

[cloughie]

I recently listened to some of Alker's late night show 'Unclassified'. I thought that she presented the show very well - none of the
rather unnatural 'Listen with Mother' style which she uses on the Breakfast programme. I think that is largely due to her being more
comfortable with the music played on the late night show - it is 'her' music and programme.

I suspect that for the Breakfast show she is just given a playlist and an outline script - I doubt that she could care less about much of the
music played. And surely the presenting style she adopts for Breakfast is forced upon her by the programme makers.

Yes but I think I prefer to start my day with the music she plays on a Saturday morning than to end my day with what she plays on a Thursday night - the bits of Unclassified music she interjects into Breakfast have driven away any desire to find out more though if I ever find spare time I might do some sampling on ‘Sounds’ - but I won’t prioritise it. …and I don’t ghink it is a ‘Listen with Mother’ voice - the presenters on that, as I recall 70 years ago spoke clearly and didn’t mumble their words.

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes but I think I prefer to start my day with the music she plays on a Saturday morning than to end my day with what she plays on a Thursday night - the bits of Unclassified music she interjects into Breakfast have driven away any desire to find out more though if I ever find spare time I might do some sampling on ‘Sounds’ - but I won’t prioritise it. …and I don’t ghink it is a ‘Listen with Mother’ voice - the presenters on that, as I recall 70 years ago spoke clearly and didn’t mumble their words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EFSftV1d6w

[oddoneout]

Horses for courses, I suppose. Martin is becoming increasingly self-indulgent and over-sharing of his private life (with plentiful name-dropping) in my view.

My perception is that he has pulled back from that approach of late - which I'm glad about because I was finding it rather too much of a Sunday morning. Any name-dropping I have heard recently has been in connection with topical matters or the music being played - I don't have the sense of it being for the sake of it.
However as FF reminds us it's very much horses for courses and personal likes/dislikes.

[cloughie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EFSftV1d6w

…and Honey’s off!

[french frank]

... Balanced , IMVHO, by a depth of musical knowledge which enhances the experience of listening to the music - as opposed to mere presentational candyfloss - and delivered with lightness and authority.

Yes, (and largely to utct) it depends what you home in on. Martin's background is in music, especially choral/opera; Petroc's was in general broadcastingj/ournalism. There's no doubting (surely?) which is the more musically knowledgeable. Martin (so I understand ) spreads himself rather more in his conversational style but has more musical depth; Petroc sticks to the point but has fewer musical insights. What they have in common is that both are (seemingly) annoying to some people and admired by others. Just personal taste?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Have you been watching The Outlaws, Alpie?

As a matter of fact, I have.

[underthecountertenor]

As a matter of fact, I have.

Funny I should ask

[Nick Armstrong]

I turned her off immediately. I can't stand that breathy "Listen With Mother" approach. Let Martin do a Sat & Sun presentation next week in response!

Couldn’t agree more… but I think this past weekend was ‘payback’ for a double-Hander weekend a week or two ago…

[cloughie]

Petroc is using the Radio Cornwall studio in Truro this week - I think he’s busy with this:

https://www.threespiressingers.org.uk/concerts/coming-concerts

[kernelbogey]

They’ll soon be discussing your first pet’s name and asking for your mother’s maiden name.

Well if I heard correctly - giving 'Lizzie' the benefit of the doubt while I made an early morning drive to retrieve a mislaid phone charger - we had a couple of dedications this morning to dogs. Well I suppose it is some consolation that at least there are dogs listening to Saturday Breakfast. Did they have views on the correct tempo for a Scott Joplinn piece? I was unable to hang on for the answer to this.

Well even St Martin got told off last Sunday by a grumpy chap from Norfolk who wrote 'Play some classical music - that's what you're there for'. Well presumably there's no pooch to insist to him on listening on Saturday too.

[Jonathan]

I actually tried to listen to Breakfast this morning - utter drivel. Inappropriate music for R3, stupid dedications and needless chatter. I gave up and read instead.

[french frank]

we had a couple of dedications this morning to dogs

I never used to listen but my dog always did, and now I'm a reglular listener too (thank you, Toby).