The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[Joseph K]

Generational Shift surely - to what the BBC is constantly told has to be its target audience she sounds fine .....

I admit, I like her voice.

But the music she plays could be better IMO. I am old enough to remember when you could find out all the music that would be playing in the Radio Times. No nonsense, just music (complete works, too). But it's not just EA who is guilty of that.

[french frank]

Generational Shift surely - to what the BBC is constantly told has to be its target audience she sounds fine .....

Yes. But if the station has an audience which has an average age of 60, how are you going to cater for that audience rather than just say, 'We want a different, younger audience.'

In 20-odd years I'm hard put to think of a single programme which was catering unequivocally for, regardless of age, Radio 3's existing classical audience. CD Masters might just creep into the time frame but disappeared long ago. Ah, just thought of one - Early Music Late , though replacing, eventually, the dropped 2nd EMS.

[antongould]

Yes. But if the station has an audience which has an average age of 60, how are you going to cater for that audience rather than just say, 'We want a different, younger audience.'

In 20-odd years I'm hard put to think of a single programme which was catering unequivocally for, regardless of age, Radio 3's existing classical audience. CD Masters might just creep into the time frame but disappeared long ago. Ah, just thought of one - Early Music Late , though replacing, eventually, the dropped 2nd EMS.

Yes but the view of the masters/government would seem to be that you don’t need to fulfil that audience as they are captive - wrong I know - but it seems, to me at least, the way it is

[Richard Tarleton]

Ah, just thought of one - Early Music Late

But the existing audience likely to go to bed earlier. I've never listened to EML.

[doversoul1]

But the existing audience likely to go to bed earlier. I've never listened to EML.

I hardly listen to the programme ‘live’. It’s my Monday treat.

[oddoneout]

Not all presenters are afraid of listener correction...Yesterday, Georgia Mann introducing a duet from Donizetti's Poliuto, admitted she wasn't sure about the pronunciation of Saint Polyeuctus, and asked that listeners feel free to correct her - and it wasn't in the spirit of irony or sarkiness that I could discern(I don't think that is her MO in any case)

[Sir Velo]

Not all presenters are afraid of listener correction...Yesterday, Georgia Mann introducing a duet from Donizetti's Poliuto, admitted she wasn't sure about the pronunciation of Saint Polyeuctus, and asked that listeners feel free to correct her - and it wasn't in the spirit of irony or sarkiness that I could discern(I don't think that is her MO in any case)

Suspect that would have to led to a "pointless" answer.

However, it does make you wonder what has happened to the BBC Pronunciation Unit if presenters no longer consult with them on such matters. Or, was this an admission that the PU had no idea?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

However, it does make you wonder what has happened to the BBC Pronunciation Unit if presenters no longer consult with them on such matters. Or, was this an admission that the PU had no idea?

https://twitter.com/krishgm/status/906224440366727173

[french frank]

https://twitter.com/krishgm/status/906224440366727173

Marc-André Hamelin pronounces his name wrongly too

[LMcD]

Marc-André Hamelin pronounces his name wrongly too

Speaking - well, writing - as one who has generally been more inclined to defend 'Breakfast' than attack it, I can't help noticing the apparent inclusion of more bleeding chunks that would fit very well in CFM's 'Hall of Fame'. Yesterday, for example, it was 'Nimrod', and today it's Barber's 'Adagio'.
… followed by 'Vissi d'arte' (although, to be fair, this is connection with the Opera Wards and a message from Leontyne Price).

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Perhaps Barber’s Adagio bleeds less than Nimrod, the former being an independent movement from a string quartet, rather than being through-composed. But I agree that the principle is the same.

[LMcD]

Can-Can anyone guess what's playing now?
At last - something more substantial (the whole of the 3rd movement of the Brahms Violin Concerto )

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The BBC is so devoid of ideas. When they think of something - anything at all - they flog it to death.

Playing tunes backwards
Adding to playlist
Dumbing down
Twofers
Dipping into the Proms
Special Guests
Text
Email
Tweet
Talking over music
Celebrities

The latest thing is an obsessive fixation on Jess Gillam. That said, she did put out a strong and positive message on BBC1 Breakfast this morning, in spite of the smirking presenters.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

This morning I learnt something new. There’s to be a performance in Gloucester of a work called ‘Chichester Psalms’ by Britten.

[LMcD]

This morning I learnt something new. There’s to be a performance in Gloucester of a work called ‘Chichester Psalms’ by Britten.

That's right - it's a late replacement for Bernstein's 'War Requiem', the scores for which went astray in the post.