I've noticed that Sara NEVER apologises (unlike Rob). Today she played the wrong movement of Carmina Burana in response to a listener's 'Your Choice' request. A nice-sounding old German chap regaled us (on a bad line) with a story about how, as a child, he was terrified by hearing the lament of the roasting swan on the radio, and thinking that the green light on the family radio was the eye of the swan. He referred to the movement as 'In Taverna', which is in fact the section in which the lament appears. Sara made a big fuss about how terrified he must have been, then played the first movement of In Taverna, which is very obviously a drinking chorus and nothing to do with a roasting swan. She then post-announced it and went on again about how terrifying this roasting swan's lament must have been for a young child. I even went to the trouble of emailing the programme immediately to tell them of the error. No apology was forthcoming before the end of the programme, just more witterings about whether we've ever apologised for our love of classical music.
For heaven's sake. If they're going to have this dreadful listener interaction, they ought at least to have some respect for the people who call in, play the right music, and apologise if they fail to do so.
For heaven's sake. If they're going to have this dreadful listener interaction, they ought at least to have some respect for the people who call in, play the right music, and apologise if they fail to do so.
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