The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[Flosshilde]

Which of the likely ladies did the listener opt for, Bax - Lady Mary or Helen Jessie - who inspired Elgar's nostalgic throbbing engine ?

Helen Jessie? Surely Hielan Jessie, a famous Glasgow pub.

[Don Petter]

Helen Jessie? Surely Hielan Jessie, a famous Glasgow pub.

Aye. Just alang frae Poosie Nancy's!

[Oldcrofter]

Och aye, maybe Eddie Elgar had wee throbbing encounter wi' Hielan Jessie and set it to music ?

[Zucchini]

One has to ask how it is that a R3 presenter had to be told by a listener that there was a connection between Mendelssohn's "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" and Elgar's "Enigma Variations".

How supercilious. There may even be things you don't know. To keep the nautical theme, try these:

(a) How many passengers were on the Titanic? (b) What were their names?

[french frank]

How supercilious. There may even be things you don't know.[/I]

Though, to be fair, this particular presenter doesn't really know much at all about classical music: she's an experienced BBC presenter who lives not too far away from Salford.

A bit of research into the Goethe poems would have also filled a knowledge gap.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Though, to be fair, this particular presenter doesn't really know much at all about classical music: she's an experienced BBC presenter who lives not too far away from Salford.

I was born in Salford and Barbirolli lived there. Not all its residents are musical nincompoops.

[AndyJW]

'Clemmy' at the start of the programme did refer to him as a much loved jazz trumpeter!!

Acker Bilk!

RIP...

[french frank]

I was born in Salford and Barbirolli lived there. Not all its residents are musical nincompoops.

I was referring to the fact that the programme is broadcast from Salford at the weekend, which is not very convenient for a presenter who lives in London! Hence we are getting several northern-based presenters, rather than R3 regulars, to do weekend duty

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

'Clemmy' at the start of the programme did refer to him as a much loved jazz trumpeter!!

Oh dear! Clemmy isn't from Salford either.

[Oldcrofter]

Is that 'supercilious' as in 'super silly ass', Zucchini ? (4714)

As Bax probably knows, they talk of little else in Salford - not that she ever knew anything - Little Else, I mean.

[french frank]

'Clemmy' at the start of the programme did refer to him as a much loved jazz trumpeter!!

Yes, oh dear. The opening announcement was Ravel's Miroirs but the first note and a half were the recognisable tones of Stranger on the Shore which abruptly ceased - 'a tantalising slither of Acker Bilk's trumpet ...' Engagingly, the playlist has recorded the first item as being Stranger on the Shore - all 2 seconds of it. As they played it later in the programme, I did wonder why they were playing it twice.

[Bax-of-Delights]

How supercilious. There may even be things you don't know. To keep the nautical theme, try these:

(a) How many passengers were on the Titanic? (b) What were their names?

If I was being paid taxpayer's money to present a programme on the Titanic I'd sure as hell do some research and A) know the figure and B) have the reference work to hand to be able to name them.

[Bax-of-Delights]

I was referring to the fact that the programme is broadcast from Salford at the weekend, which is not very convenient for a presenter who lives in London! Hence we are getting several northern-based presenters, rather than R3 regulars, to do weekend duty

Have they stopped enforcing Martin Handley to travel from Kent up to Salford for the weekend then? I thought I heard him a couple of weekends ago and the impression I got was that he was broadcasting from London on that particular occasion.

[french frank]

Have they stopped enforcing Martin Handley to travel from Kent up to Salford for the weekend then? I thought I heard him a couple of weekends ago and the impression I got was that he was broadcasting from London on that particular occasion.

They may make exceptions for valued presenters ... On one of my rare expeditions to Breakfast I certainly caught a reference to 'down in London'.

[Stanfordian]

I had to smile the other day when during a quiz one of the presenters, I'm not sure which one it was, said the Is-Ley Brothers for the Isley Brothers. Clearly she does not know much about Tamla Motown. Another time on Classic FM some time ago its resident Beethoven expert and ex-newsreader said he hadn't heard of Sir John Stainer; but why should I be surprised.