The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[oddoneout]

PS....one of Tárrega's most popular pieces (with guitarists at any rate) is also a pronunciation pitfall for non-Spanish speakers. Lágrima - A Tear - is usually pronounced with the stress on the second syllable, like the composer's name. Why is this? Adelita is more popular on R3, the intuitive Anglophone pronunciation being for once the correct one.

That I do find more puzzling than the composer's name, as the stress is the same as in lachrimae or lachrymose - but then I suppose those aren't necessarily everyday words and if the english translation isn't given the connection wouldn't be made.

[oddoneout]

Surely he says "Tar (- gasp -) rega".

I think he was on a mission to surprise us all.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

That I do find more puzzling than the composer's name, as the stress is the same as in lachrimae or lachrymose - but then I suppose those aren't necessarily everyday words and if the english translation isn't given the connection wouldn't be made.

Perhaps they read the title as La Grima - an example of Classical Music being influenced by Hip Hop?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I think he was on a mission to surprise us all.

[Bax-of-Delights]

Karelia played by the massed harmonica group.

My ears are bleeding.
Possibly the worst interpretation of any classical piece I have ever come across.

[LMcD]

Karelia played by the massed harmonica group.

My ears are bleeding.
Possibly the worst interpretation of any classical piece I have ever come across.

Careful - the producer(s) might regard that sort of comment as some sort of challenge.

[Serial_Apologist]

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Careful - the producer(s) might regard that sort of comment as some sort of challenge.

It's high time a Composer of the Week was given over to the Portsmouth Sinfonia!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Possibly the worst interpretation of any classical piece I have ever come across.

Come now. What do expect from a programme for babies, run by work-experience nursery nurses?

[Anastasius]

Come now. What do expect from a programme for babies, run by work-experience nursery nurses?

Oooh...how about we have a pointless week with Petroc down in the forest glen. The Breakfast team never cease to amaze me that they can still find new ways to plumb the depths of banality.

[underthecountertenor]

Oooh...how about we have a pointless week with Petroc down in the forest glen. The Breakfast team never cease to amaze me that they can still find new ways to plumb the depths of banality.

Maybe I’m to be pitied, but I very much enjoyed today’s programme and found it not in the least banal. Greatly looking forward to Glen Affric tomorrow and (I think) Gwydir on Wednesday.

[LMcD]

Maybe I’m to be pitied, but I very much enjoyed today’s programme and found it not in the least banal. Greatly looking forward to Glen Affric tomorrow and (I think) Gwydir on Wednesday.

[Frances_iom]

55yrs age I cycled across Glen Affric from the Glenelg ferry off Skye and then up and down the seven Sisters, overnighting at the hostel and continuing to finally arrive at Inverness - there was a youth hostel in middle but bring your own food - at the time it was I recall some 18miles from the nearest road - the cycle, though lightweight and with minimum baggage, was not one of today's off-road models and it spent a significant part of the time on my shoulder as not all of the paths, tracks and streams were rideable.

[underthecountertenor]

55yrs age I cycled across Glen Affric from the Glenelg ferry off Skye and then up and down the seven Sisters, overnighting at the hostel and continuing to finally arrive at Inverness - there was a youth hostel in middle but bring your own food - at the time it was I recall some 18miles from the nearest road - the cycle, though lightweight and with minimum baggage, was not one of today's off-road models and it spent a significant part of the time on my shoulder as not all of the paths, tracks and streams were rideable.

I walked from Inverness to Glenelg two years ago, taking in Glen Affric and staying at that youth hostel. Impossibly and idyllically remote. My backpack was weighed down by our party’s food, wine and scotch. As I recall, you would be lucky to cycle even half of the 18 miles to the hostel.

[Frances_iom]

As I recall, you would be lucky to cycle even half of the 18 miles to the hostel.

youth - completely wasted on the young! - there were quite a number of tracks left from the then fairly recently completed ? hydroelectric scheme - maybe I miscounted the 'sisters' as PL mentioned only 5. Were the highland cattle still at the hostel - very inquisitive and provided the warden + others with amusement as the sassenachs tried to get from a dormitory to the kitchen etc without the cattle taking an interest.

[underthecountertenor]

youth - completely wasted on the young! - there were quite a number of tracks left from the then fairly recently completed ? hydroelectric scheme - maybe I miscounted the 'sisters' as PL mentioned only 5. Were the highland cattle still at the hostel - very inquisitive and provided the warden + others with amusement as the sassenachs tried to get from a dormitory to the kitchen etc without the cattle taking an interest.

Yes, as I recall there were some good tracks to the west of the hostel. No inquisitive cattle in the vicinity when we stayed. A blissful place though, and as PT commented, blissfully free of mobile phone connectivity.