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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostIs Breakfast now sponsored by the Daily Mail ? Sounds like it judging by the people who ring and email and text in !Last edited by antongould; 30-04-12, 18:53.
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostHow long is Breakfast on for ? 2 hours ?
How about a Vivaldi Concerto for the Viola d'Amore, some Handel arias, a Mozart Flute Quartet , Bartok Two Rhapsodies for violin and the Rubinstein Fourth Piano Concerto with Cherkassky .
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What happened this morning was, I suppose, typical. After Now is the Month of Maying they asked anyone who knew the meaning of 'barley-break' to text them. The answer can readily be found in Wikipedia, though I got it from the notes in the S&B edition of Morley's Canzonets of 1597. They didn't read my text out. This suggests that they think the right answer is (a) boring, and (b) can be found on Wikipedia by 100% of listeners. What a silly game. It's the first time I have texted Breakfast, and it will certainly be the last.
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Originally posted by Suffolkcoastal View PostSomebody from the Aaron Copland Fund/Foundation needs to intervene and complain to the BBC before this important composer's reputation is totally ruined by R3, by continually just playing the same unrepresentative piece.
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Originally posted by rauschwerk View PostIt's that kind of thing which probably gave rise to the letter in the current RTIt 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 rauschwerk View PostWhat happened this morning was, I suppose, typical. After Now is the Month of Maying they asked anyone who knew the meaning of 'barley-break' to text them. The answer can readily be found in Wikipedia, though I got it from the notes in the S&B edition of Morley's Canzonets of 1597. They didn't read my text out. This suggests that they think the right answer is (a) boring, and (b) can be found on Wikipedia by 100% of listeners. What a silly game. It's the first time I have texted Breakfast, and it will certainly be the last.
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I think it shows how people in the end get sucked in (or should it be 'down into'?) these things. You complain about the celebrities, phone-ins or trivial questions until something comes up which grabs your attention. It's like any programme or programme content - there is always an audience for it. That's why they know that Breakfast and Essential Classics will work: they just have to reach that audience and pull it in.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 rauschwerk View PostYes indeed. It's that kind of thing which probably gave rise to the letter in the current RT which says, "Copland is lauded for his use of the American vernacular music tradition, but I suspect that John Fahey's legacy will prove greater." If R3 ever played any of (say) Copland's major piano works, the writer of that letter might have become aware that Copland is to be lauded for a great deal more than he suggests.
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Originally posted by rauschwerk View PostYes indeed. It's that kind of thing which probably gave rise to the letter in the current RT which says, "Copland is lauded for his use of the American vernacular music tradition, but I suspect that John Fahey's legacy will prove greater." If R3 ever played any of (say) Copland's major piano works, the writer of that letter might have become aware that Copland is to be lauded for a great deal more than he suggests.
Isn't the website, especially the playlists a shocking mess at the moment. RW should for once concentrate on basic website presentation skills and stop asking for survey's to completed by website users as he clearly takes no notice of them.
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