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  • Radio64
    Full Member
    • Jan 2014
    • 962

    Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
    The usual drivel, I'm sorry to say. Just a different clone.
    I wouldn't know. I'm listening to Clemmy's Friday 14th Feb show. Again.
    "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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    • Eine Alpensinfonie
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 20570

      You'd be better listening to Though the Night.

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      • Radio64
        Full Member
        • Jan 2014
        • 962

        Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
        You'd be better listening to Though the Night.
        Actually I never have so might just do it later.
        "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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        • french frank
          Administrator/Moderator
          • Feb 2007
          • 30302

          I listened through the whole of yesterday's prog and my own view was: given the format, a pretty good effort.

          Rotten format: the 15 minute headlines/weather - poor Louise must have got fed up with reading out the temperatures in Glasgow, Liverpool and London: I may not have noted one, otherwise they came regularly at each designated 'news point'

          There were 22 pieces, which, allowing for the 30+ mins speech element, works out at just over 5 minutes per piece. This is actually too long for the hasty breakfaster who has to leave at 7.20, a minute after a piece has begun: each piece would ideally need to be about 1 minute long if you are going to try to cope with everyone's transport-to-work routines. Clearly silly, so why not double the average length to 10 minutes - or say 12 pieces? That would still preclude the Bruckner symphonies that some people constantly insist the critics are demanding to hear every morning (they aren't). There were 5 single movements (from symphonies/concertos/chamber works), not counting some (acceptable?) chunks from other long works.

          Good points: it was 'Charts day' but the excitement factor was kept down to a reasonable level; there were no 'light' pieces at all, and the scattering of well-known works was also (in my view) about acceptable. The phone-in was sensible, but not really necessary: its presence 'justifies' the times when it's awful. Again, the MacMillan piece was a listener request that was read out - but a good one. There were only two(?) references to tweets &c, once to invite them in a general way, once to thank people for sending them. I don't think any were read out. [Correction - an email for the Debussy, Fille aux cheveux de lin] In fact, given the Guardian quote above (or below, depending on which view you have), full marks, Louise, for simply, thanking people and adding 'So good to know you're listening'. There were five trails but, if I noted this correctly, in all but one case they had reverted to the old custom of including them just before the break for the news headlines - preferable, if we have to have them.

          It was good to hear two well-modulated 'mature' voices - NB that doesn't indicate age but attitude. Neither of the women was trying to sound too young to be a presenter/newsreader on a radio station which has a certain proportion of 'mature' (age!) listeners.

          I felt that production and presenter were attempting to rein back on the sillier excesses of the imposed format. That's a private view: in public I'd better say, Oh, how awful, why, oh, why, what on earth is R3 coming to with this modernisation and ... things!
          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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          • Radio64
            Full Member
            • Jan 2014
            • 962

            Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
            You'd be better listening to Though the Night.
            Goes on for hours innit!
            "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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            • Honoured Guest

              Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
              You'd be better listening to Though the Night.
              Though the Night be long and cold,
              Breakfast beckons with AlpenBowl.

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              • Old Grumpy
                Full Member
                • Jan 2011
                • 3617

                Originally posted by Radio64 View Post
                Goes on for hours innit!
                And the pieces of music go on for ever, with very little talk - dreadful!

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                • Radio64
                  Full Member
                  • Jan 2014
                  • 962

                  Originally posted by Old Grumpy View Post
                  And the pieces of music go on for ever, with very little talk - dreadful!
                  I wonder if the DJ gets any tweets.
                  "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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                  • antongould
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8785

                    Originally posted by french frank View Post
                    I listened through the whole of yesterday's prog and my own view was: given the format, a pretty good effort.

                    Rotten format: the 15 minute headlines/weather - poor Louise must have got fed up with reading out the temperatures in Glasgow, Liverpool and London: I may not have noted one, otherwise they came regularly at each designated 'news point'

                    There were 22 pieces, which, allowing for the 30+ mins speech element, works out at just over 5 minutes per piece. This is actually too long for the hasty breakfaster who has to leave at 7.20, a minute after a piece has begun: each piece would ideally need to be about 1 minute long if you are going to try to cope with everyone's transport-to-work routines. Clearly silly, so why not double the average length to 10 minutes - or say 12 pieces? That would still preclude the Bruckner symphonies that some people constantly insist the critics are demanding to hear every morning (they aren't). There were 5 single movements (from symphonies/concertos/chamber works), not counting some (acceptable?) chunks from other long works.

                    Good points: it was 'Charts day' but the excitement factor was kept down to a reasonable level; there were no 'light' pieces at all, and the scattering of well-known works was also (in my view) about acceptable. The phone-in was sensible, but not really necessary: its presence 'justifies' the times when it's awful. Again, the MacMillan piece was a listener request that was read out - but a good one. There were only two(?) references to tweets &c, once to invite them in a general way, once to thank people for sending them. I don't think any were read out. [Correction - an email for the Debussy, Fille aux cheveux de lin] In fact, given the Guardian quote above (or below, depending on which view you have), full marks, Louise, for simply, thanking people and adding 'So good to know you're listening'. There were five trails but, if I noted this correctly, in all but one case they had reverted to the old custom of including them just before the break for the news headlines - preferable, if we have to have them.

                    It was good to hear two well-modulated 'mature' voices - NB that doesn't indicate age but attitude. Neither of the women was trying to sound too young to be a presenter/newsreader on a radio station which has a certain proportion of 'mature' (age!) listeners.

                    I felt that production and presenter were attempting to rein back on the sillier excesses of the imposed format. That's a private view: in public I'd better say, Oh, how awful, why, oh, why, what on earth is R3 coming to with this modernisation and ... things!

                    .....IMHO a very fair assessment and again this morning we had much of the same with the bit of Skellers I heard including a John Ogden train story! If I was to take issue I would say the phone ins are usually much the same of the one you heard here.... Didn't we once have BBM ?

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                    • kernelbogey
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 5749

                      Hurrah for the gentle, civilised tones of Ian Skelly first thing!

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                      • Radio64
                        Full Member
                        • Jan 2014
                        • 962

                        Hrmph ...


                        mornin'!
                        "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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                        • mercia
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8920

                          Neither of the women was trying to sound too young to be a presenter/newsreader on a radio station
                          how does one go about "trying to sound too young" ? - sounds like a rather pointless vocal exercise

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                          • HARRIET HAVARD

                            Originally posted by Radio64 View Post
                            I wouldn't know. I'm listening to Clemmy's Friday 14th Feb show. Again.
                            Listening to Clemmy AGAIN. You sure are a glutton for punishment.

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                            • Radio64
                              Full Member
                              • Jan 2014
                              • 962

                              Originally posted by HARRIET HAVARD View Post
                              Listening to Clemmy AGAIN. You sure are a glutton for punishment.
                              Punishment from Clemmy, yes.
                              "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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                              • MLF

                                Is it just me or is Mr Skelly not the answer to the great breakfast conundrum? Even in the current breakfast show format this morning was a pleasant experience.

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