The colour of 'presenter beige'

[Ariosto]

I was waiting for you to invite her on my behalf as a lowly string player is at risk of being misunderstood, after all, unlike others on here I'm not after her body ... and I could hold her hand and show her how to do a really clear up beat in case she becomes the BBC SO's next conductor.

Brighton is not too far away, and is a seat of learning, (more so than Oxford at any rate) and the Grand Hotel is quite nice for an up-market B & B, and they let Dell Boy in so we might stand a chance.

You might be right about Syd, he could get too excited and scare her off.

[ahinton]

I was waiting for you to invite her on my behalf as a lowly string player is at risk of being misunderstood, after all, unlike others on here I'm not after her body ... and I could hold her hand and show her how to do a really clear up beat in case she becomes the BBC SO's next conductor.

Then I fear that I shall have to disappoint you, since I do not know her so could not oblige with such an invitation on your behalf. I can't speak for others on here as you appear to do in the present context but I can confirm that I'm not after her body either - a fact which should in any case be apparent from my admission that I've never set eyes upon it and it might therefore seem rather odd for me to be "after" it.

By

Brighton is not too far away

I presume you to mean from London; to claim, however, that it

is a seat of learning, (more so than Oxford at any rate)

might just invite the risk of argument.

Anyway, if you do get to invite Ms Klein for a fortnight at the Grand Hotel, Brighton for conducting and score-reading lessons and whatever else takes your fancy as an equally vital part of this proposed exercise, I can only wish you success, although the likelihood that she will become chief conductor of BBCSO seems to me to be rather remote, even with the benefit of your having shown her how best to twirl a baton or to use her hands and her eyes instead (pace Boulez)...

[arancie33]

The two best music presenters I have heard (by miles) are Rob Cowan and John Peel...not sure if RC has the requisite first, but John Peel certainly didn't.

This thread does seem tastlessly odd and I have no thoughts one way or the other about Ms Klein other than that she does her job within whatever remits R3 sets. However I must react to teamsaint's claim quoted above. While I had the highest regard for John Peel, I think I must be the only person reading these messages who does not think that Rob Cowan is a source of fundamental sunshine. I cannot match his encyclopaedic knowledge of music (although I think it verges on anorakish) but I think his presentational style, especially on Breakfast, is syrupy, unctuous and littered with unnecessary dramatic pauses and changes of pitch which make the whole experience unbearable. Maybe he will calm down again now that he is presenting Essential Classics but I wouldn't hold my breath. On a positive note though, I used to enjoy his CFM programme until the ghastly commercials drove me away - maybe the old RC will emerge now that he's not getting up so early.

[Gobstopper]

Nonsense, I think she's great.Beige is good.