The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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This one's for antongould.... Morning, anton!!
A great advantage (among very few) of getting up at 5am for a 6am departure, is that one misses R3 "Breakfast".
Another is that the morning coffee was enlivened by a live transmission on KUSC of the LA Phil under Dudamel in Beethoven 6 from the City of Angels"...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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EOriginally posted by Caliban View PostThis one's for antongould.... Morning, anton!!
A great advantage (among very few) of getting up at 5am for a 6am departure, is that one misses R3 "Breakfast".
Another is that the morning coffee was enlivened by a live transmission on KUSC of the LA Phil under Dudamel in Beethoven 6 from the City of Angels
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Originally posted by antongould View PostE
Morning Rumpole - there are many advantages of early rising, not least of course Breakfast on R3. Not sure who is on this morning with the late start, but it is sure to be a joy as always ...
You don't look very happy in that picture, Anton - too early in the morning, perhaps!
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Originally posted by Padraig View PostOne would have to get up very early in the morning to catch you out Caliban, and anton did!
When braver souls than me report that the breakfast menu has improved, I'll be delighted to sample it again.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 PostJust goes to show that if Radio 3 serves up daily some slightly charred Mother's Pride spread with I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Butter and a cup of milky lukewarm Nescaff, the more discriminating will seek their morning sustenance elsewhere. No argument that some will be grateful for anything R3 serves up
When braver souls than me report that the breakfast menu has improved, I'll be delighted to sample it again.
Yes, should anyone ever discover that the programme contents have become the aural equivalent of freshly squeezed chilled organic orange juice croissants made with Échiré and the finest ground coffee, I share your hope that we'll be told!...
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Don't hold your breath. I get the distinct impression that there are plenty out there who are quite happy to play along with Rob and his puerile games - judging by the apparent responses he receives. I so long for the day when Breakfast returns to being a sensible programme suitable for the serious music lover, and with far less spoken content.
But I feel like a voice in the wilderness.Money can't buy you happiness............but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery - Spike Milligan
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Originally posted by alycidon View PostDon't hold your breath. I get the distinct impression that there are plenty out there who are quite happy to play along with Rob and his puerile games - judging by the apparent responses he receives. I so long for the day when Breakfast returns to being a sensible programme suitable for the serious music lover, and with far less spoken content.
But I feel like a voice in the wilderness.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostJust goes to show that if Radio 3 serves up daily some slightly charred Mother's Pride spread with I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Butter and a cup of milky lukewarm Nescaff, the more discriminating will seek their morning sustenance elsewhere. No argument that some will be grateful for anything R3 serves up
When braver souls than me report that the breakfast menu has improved, I'll be delighted to sample it again.
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Originally posted by Padraig View PostI must say, f f, that I'm puzzled by this response to what I thought was a joke on my part. Perhaps you are joking too?
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Originally posted by Padraig View PostI must say, f f, that I'm puzzled by this response to what I thought was a joke on my part. Perhaps you are joking too?
LordG - I have enough data to suggest the real source of irritation continues: the inanities which punctuate the puzzlingly incoherent pot-pourri of musical scraps.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 PostWell, it was as much a response to Lord Gould's description, in his exchange with Caliban, of his own Breakfast as a 'joy'
LordG - I have enough data to suggest the real source of irritation continues: the inanities which punctuate the puzzlingly incoherent pot-pourri of musical scraps.
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Originally posted by alycidon View PostI get the distinct impression that there are plenty out there who are quite happy to play along with Rob and his puerile games - judging by the apparent responses he receives. I so long for the day when Breakfast returns to being a sensible programme suitable for the serious music lover, and with far less spoken content.
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Originally posted by antongould View PostSo in your view no change?
The pieces of music do seem to be fractionally longer: I would argue against the regular inclusion of a number of works in each programme lasting less than 4 minutes. That's less than the average pop song. There may be a case for giving Mozart's Das Donnerwetter an occasional airing, but there seems little logic to having many short pieces just to that those who have little time to listen have the impression of hearing a lot of bits of music.
If anything the amount of inter-music speech increased from when I first started monitoring a while back. It's edged up to 22%-23% of the programme which is pretty close to the 25% which the BBC Trust found for Classic FM (Breakfast used to be 20% speech, about 30 mins in 150 mins). I'm pretty sure the BBC has a diktat about including 'interactivity' - it's the public service .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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