Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate

[AuntDaisy]

Might be the moment to quote from A. Goehr's letter ("hope you can use some of this"):

"But just at the time when we need it most [this 2002], Radio 3 decides, for ideological reasons, to attack the integrity, vitality and variety of (in the widest sense) the domain of Classical Music in the search for popularization. It is high time Radio 3 took back its rightful position as a principal contributor to the musical life of this country and veered away from its seemingly ideocyncratic [sic, lovely!] and wayward by-paths of little interest in themselves and of even less effect."

Might send this to Sam Jackson.

Spot on & beautifully written (in both senses).

[antongould]

Skellers has reappeared

[cria]

Skellers has reappeared

In The Artisan Bread Aisle At Aldi? Not for me

[AuntDaisy]

Skellers has reappeared

Gore blimey, there's also a Penny run on TTN.

[Serial_Apologist]

Gore blimey, there's also a Penny run on TTN.

A Penny for our thoughts.............

[LMcD]

I decided not to suggest Bax's 'November Woods for this morning's 'Playlister Challenge', as I suspected that, even if it was chosen, they wouldn't play all of it.
I've just checked the playlist, which includes 'Bax: November Woods (Excerpt)'

[Pulcinella]

I decided not to suggest Bax's 'November Woods for this morning's 'Playlister Challenge', as I suspected that, even if it was chosen, they wouldn't play all of it.
I've just checked the playlist, which includes 'Bax: November Woods (Excerpt)'

Maybe your suggestion would have prompted a different excerpt, and we could have had the whole thing.

[LMcD]

Maybe your suggestion would have prompted a different excerpt, and we could have had the whole thing.

Probably 16th to 30th November followed by the first half of the month.

[smittims]

As Erik Satie might have sald, 'I like the little bit where Arnold rides his bike round a bend and is hit by a sudden gust of wind'.

[Serial_Apologist]

Maybe your suggestion would have prompted a different excerpt, and we could have had the whole thing.

How could they play only an excerpt from November Woods? It isn't a multiple movement work!

[LMcD]

How could they play only an excerpt from November Woods? It isn't a multiple movement work!

I've just checked on Sounds - after about four and a half minutes it was faded straight into the next piece.

[french frank]

I've just checked on Sounds - after about four and a half minutes it was faded straight into the next piece.

Come in, November Woods: your time's up.

[oddoneout]

How could they play only an excerpt from November Woods? It isn't a multiple movement work!

Plenty of practice...

[Serial_Apologist]

I've just checked on Sounds - after about four and a half minutes it was faded straight into the next piece.

Sacrilege!!!

[smittims]

And this is under a Controller Radio 3 who pretends he cares about classical music. Tell it to the Marines, Sam.