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  • underthecountertenor
    Full Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 1586

    Originally posted by Zucchini View Post
    How many today?
    Name them please
    It wasn't so much the quantity as the over-excited tone with which they were introduced and, subsequently, recalled.

    But today we had Camberwick Green, Dogtanian and the Three Muskethounds (segueing quite cleverly into the Vivaldi Gloria, but with, again, a great deal of hyperventilation about just how clever and funny it was), and The Clangers (preceded by some Boulez).

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    • cloughie
      Full Member
      • Dec 2011
      • 22182

      Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
      excellent news.( Connectivity in cars is a tricky area to be sure.)

      Although I do quite enjoy Dr Walker’s show on a Sunday morning.

      My current motor is due for replacement in the autumn, my preferred replacement offers a CD player as an option at £100. And, as it goes, a spare wheel for £150. I’m aiming to order both !!
      A wise decision on both counts, ts. Will it have a jack to go with the spare?

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      • Eine Alpensinfonie
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 20572

        Originally posted by Zucchini View Post
        How many today?
        Name them please
        I could never do that. Listening to morning programmes on Radio 3 for more than a few minutes is too much of an ordeal.

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        • Eine Alpensinfonie
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 20572

          Originally posted by underthecountertenor View Post
          I’m hoping that calm will be restored with the return of Petroc Trelawny next week.
          All that does is shift the problem. I'm always tempted to send him a message, offering him an inhaler to relieve his gasping.

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          • oddoneout
            Full Member
            • Nov 2015
            • 9271

            Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
            All that does is shift the problem. I'm always tempted to send him a message, offering him an inhaler to relieve his gasping.
            I must ask one of these days whether his script has punctuation marks as I think observing those would help greatly with the gasping.
            Seeing the reference #8221 to Clangers/Boulez, reminds me that an earlier children's programme reference was to the Noggin the Nog theme and its similarity to some Stockhausen piece.; certainly the segue was pretty seamless to my ears. I couldn't possibly comment however on the suggestion(on the basis of predating) that the Noggin was the inspiration for the Stockhausen.

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            • antongould
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 8831

              Originally posted by underthecountertenor View Post
              There has been an unhealthy obsession with children’s TV theme tunes this week, which reached hysterical fever-pitch today.
              I’m hoping that calm will be restored with the return of Petroc Trelawny next week.
              “Much as we love old Petroc we are going to miss @MannGeorgia on @BBCRadio3 every morning, she’s a f*****g hoot!”

              Not your tweet then I would guess UTC .... ???

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              • muzzer
                Full Member
                • Nov 2013
                • 1193

                She’s a broadcaster first and a classical music person second, that much is now apparent. One would hope there’s space in the format for the second to grow to rival the first, but it’s not her fault if not. I still say it’s an impossible job. I’d far rather listen to GM presenting than SK. But I totally understand listeners being peeved. I “turned over” this morning. To a streaming station fwiw. I wonder how the RAJAR figures break down by age group, but I’m not sure the kids tv theme thing is going to appeal to anyone under 50.

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                • Eine Alpensinfonie
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 20572

                  Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
                  I must ask one of these days whether his script has punctuation marks as I think observing those would help greatly with the gasping.
                  Seeing the reference #8221 to Clangers/Boulez, reminds me that an earlier children's programme reference was to the Noggin the Nog theme and its similarity to some Stockhausen piece.; certainly the segue was pretty seamless to my ears. I couldn't possibly comment however on the suggestion(on the basis of predating) that the Noggin was the inspiration for the Stockhausen.
                  The fact that most of the male presenters don’t speak in punctuated sentences would suggest that this is just another stupid BBC directive. “Don’t pause at the end of sentences . The goldfish won’t understand and will switch off if there’s a brief silence. Keep going and breath anywhere else.
                  The problem with this hypothesis is that the women presenters, do manage to speak in correctly punctuated sentences.

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                  • underthecountertenor
                    Full Member
                    • Apr 2011
                    • 1586

                    Originally posted by antongould View Post
                    “Much as we love old Petroc we are going to miss @MannGeorgia on @BBCRadio3 every morning, she’s a f*****g hoot!”

                    Not your tweet then I would guess UTC .... ???
                    ‘Hoot’ is not the word I’d have used, but the qualifier would have come in handy.

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                    • Stanfordian
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 9322

                      Originally posted by antongould View Post
                      “Much as we love old Petroc we are going to miss @MannGeorgia on @BBCRadio3 every morning, she’s a f*****g hoot!”

                      Not your tweet then I would guess UTC .... ???
                      If GM doesn't have basic classical music knowledge such as 'Boris Godunov' wasn't written by Tchaikovsky and that 'Blest Pair of Sirens' wasn't written by Edward Elgar it makes me wonder about the level of knowledge that R3 management think is needed to present the show. I think this extremely low-bar is an insult to listeners. Might as well get someone off the street to do it.

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                      • Serial_Apologist
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 37812

                        Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
                        If GM doesn't have basic classical music knowledge such as 'Boris Godunov' wasn't written by Tchaikovsky and that 'Blest Pair of Sirens' wasn't written by Edward Elgar it makes me wonder about the level of knowledge that R3 management think is needed to present the show. I think this extremely low-bar is an insult to listeners. Might as well get someone off the street to do it.
                        If anyone spots me loitering within tent near Broadcasting House, let someone know.

                        On second thoughts...

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                        • teamsaint
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 25225

                          Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
                          If GM doesn't have basic classical music knowledge such as 'Boris Godunov' wasn't written by Tchaikovsky and that 'Blest Pair of Sirens' wasn't written by Edward Elgar it makes me wonder about the level of knowledge that R3 management think is needed to present the show. I think this extremely low-bar is an insult to listeners. Might as well get someone off the street to do it.
                          Its all too like our politicians. Get the PPE ticked off and the rest just falls into place, it would seem.
                          I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                          I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                          • Eine Alpensinfonie
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 20572

                            I’m going to suggest that Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony is overplayed on morning programmes than The Lark Ascending. It’s on again now.

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                            • cloughie
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 22182

                              Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                              Its all too like our politicians. Get the PPE ticked off and the rest just falls into place, it would seem.
                              What’s PPE? people on the forum insist on using jargon on initial form.

                              I am firmly of the view that very few people in the whole of the BBC have a clue about classical music!

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                              • Old Grumpy
                                Full Member
                                • Jan 2011
                                • 3643

                                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                                What’s PPE? people on the forum insist on using jargon on initial form.
                                Politics Philosophy and Economics, I would imagine

                                OG

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