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I suffer so they don't have to....Comment
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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There was always going to be payback following a double-Hander the other weekOriginally posted by antongould View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I did give her programme a try a week or two ago: the music was fine.Originally posted by antongould View Post
But I lasted only 30 minutes.Comment
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Excellent S_A ……. She’s a bit of a pick me up only IMVVHO obviously ……Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostComment
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I see Ms Seltzer is to compere next Friday's jazz-themed Prom - which could be interesting. 🙂Originally posted by antongould View PostComment
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It's easy to call someone a snob. But are we agreed about what it actually means? I've always been puzzled by its use in the context of classical music.
Maybe the meaning of the word is changing (like that of 'savant', 'geek' and 'nerd') I used to think a snob was someone who pretended to belong to a higher realm, for example , someone who refers to members of the Royal Family by their first names and hints that they see them frequently, or someone who doesn't really know anything about opera but looks down on you if you haven't seen 'the new Cosi at the Garden' or been to Glyndebourne.
I'm perhaps halfway between James and Maestro. I see the need for an informal friendly morning programme encouraging listening to classical music. But I don't like to see it descend to a giggling Katie Derham-style chat show with ignorant remarks ('now we're gunna play you a Mozart Horn concerto. It's the one in E flat...').Comment
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I am, as I said before, relatively new to the world of classical, and very new to this forum. As a young PhD student, I am absolutely both a nerd and geek, and take pride in both of those things! I would say, that wrongly, I did believe that classical music aficionados were snobs. To me, I would take it to mean that they either pretended to be Porsche, all were so protective of the preserve of their music, that they thought it did belong to anybody who wasn't of "high status." Of course I no longer think that. Classical music is just interesting, and I think anybody has the right to be interested in it!
It was at least in part, the warm and welcoming comments on the music, without condescension, on the breakfast programme, the convinced me I might be welcome. I first heard the programme after deciding to switch away from Today for once. I still do occasionally do that, and Petroc brightens my mornings, when I've had enough of Robinson and Webb!
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🤣 When was that? I avoid the programme like the plague.Originally posted by smittims View Post
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Sorry, I can't recall the date, but I distinctly recall her unforgettable voice saying it. It was some years ago. I also remember 'Vaughan Williams' third pastoral symphony' and Petroc Trelawney playing 'an etood' by Rachimaninov. It was in fact one of his Preludes, thought Petroc again caled it an 'etood' afterwards.Comment
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Fortunately things(and KD) have moved on. Mistakes are still occasionally made(but corrected with much better grace than used to be the case with certain presenters) and the adverts(type and frequency) are still a big negative for me - and I think the presenters are sometimes none too happy with the grating juxtaposition of one of the noisy irrelevant ones following hot on the heels of a more reflective piece of music.Originally posted by smittims View PostComment
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Well, at least this discussion has prompted me to listen again when I have the time and the inclination...Comment
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