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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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Originally posted by Sir Velo View PostIf I catch any of Breakfast, it's usually via Catch-Up (don't know how these figures are monitored?)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 french frank View PostThey aren't included in the RAJAR figures. But most people want to listen to the radio at breakfast time - it's still by a massive majority - the favourite way to listen to radio i.e. 'linear' radio, live.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostI lost a post somewhere: it was billed as being Tom McKinney, not Simon Hoban. '
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keep up the great work Suffy.
If it helps save you a bit of time,, you can chalk up another "invitation to the dance" from this morning.
Fortunately, a rather excellent Walton double CD set saved me from anything else the show had to offer.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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As long as there wasn't yet another Hungarian Dance as well. The obession with them this year is so far even greater than before and they look set to break the 100 mark!!! The Slavonics are a little behind this year even though RC does his best to help them catch up. Nutcracker and Firebird extracts are already well past last year's totals with Swan Lake extracts already almost equal to last year. So far J S Bach has already well passed the 1000 mark overall for works/chunks with Mozart closing in on four figures and its been a good year for Schubert who is ahead of Beethoven.
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Just back from a lengthy cruise so have missed all the R3 filmmusicfest until now. There was a string quartet on board who entertained the guests pre-dinner with favourites including the Boccherini. In 21 days we may have heard it some 10 times. The "classical music" station on the ship's broadcasting system played non-stop easy listening. The Bocccherini came round on the loop a number of times.
And this morning tuning in to R3 for the first time in 3 weeks what do we hear? Yup, the Boccherini.
ad infinitum.O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!
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Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostJust back from a lengthy cruise so have missed all the R3 filmmusicfest until now. There was a string quartet on board who entertained the guests pre-dinner with favourites including the Boccherini. In 21 days we may have heard it some 10 times.
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S M-P this morning:
"And now a composer who is new to me, Alberic Magnard".
While I would admit Magnard is not in the first (or even perhaps the second) slew of composers I would have thought someone who had an in-depth knowledge and had studied classical music might, at some time, at least have come across the name if not necessarily the music.
Even this old duffer with no classical music education - other than my own inquisitiveness - has an LP with the Magnard 4th symphony on the shelves.O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!
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Originally posted by johnb View PostS M-P is a presenter, playing a role. In the current climate on R3 I suspect she would feel she had to say that even if she was an expert on the chap. (After all we don't want to seem elitist, do we?)
Grim.O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!
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Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostI would have thought someone who had an in-depth knowledge and had studied classical music might, at some time, at least have come across the name if not necessarily the music.
Forget about college and university degrees: knowledge comes with pursuing an enthusiasm enthusiastically - for the longer the better. And being at least 55 .
All in my opinion, I should add.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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