Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate
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Originally posted by Classical Fan View PostAnd while we are at it, does anyone really appreciate Stephen Johnson's ridiculously plummy tones..........David Nice is like that too.Originally posted by teamsaint View PostI enjoy SJ's contributions very much, when he is allowed to make them. I can live with listening to a plummy voice if what is being spoken is worthwhile.Originally posted by Don Petter View PostI'm absolutely fine with SJ, and his contributions.Originally posted by JFLL View PostNot me, but I dislike even more his emphasising almost every other word, so that in the end nothing is emphasised.Originally posted by doversoul View PostTo me, Stephen Johnson is one of the very best presenters Radio 3 has. The content of his presentation far overweighs his slight mannerism.Originally posted by vinteuil View PostOriginally posted by Roehre View PostSecondedOriginally posted by JFLL View PostAh yes, if only someone could read his scripts for him ...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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Richard Tarleton
A for Stephen Johnson from me too.
Originally posted by JFLL View PostAh yes, if only someone could read his scripts for him ...
It has to do with whether there is knowledge and experience behind the words - you can hear it.
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I also can't stand the RC style of presentation - and normally avoid his programme at all costs. I did find last week, though, he played a few interesting works (to me anyway!). The Radio Times is NO HELP at all, as it doesn't list the detail. But browsing iPlayer, I did discover and enjoy Bach's Cantata BWV 34 on Tuesday - which incidentally was followed immediately by Roussel's Bacchus and Ariadne (incongruous programming or what?) - had to come back to that later, when I'd recovered from the Bach.
Also noticed Tippett's Symphony No 2 on Friday - (Colin Davis) - have made a note to catch up with that.
So are the BBC actually putting an effort in to "dumb-up" occasionally?? Let's keep the pressure on, and maybe they'll do the same to the presentation style!
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Originally posted by teamsaint View Postfor once, sounded like an interesting guest on EC today, the founder of the Big Issue.
Anybody catch all of it? I only heard 15 mins or so.
The format is just as unattractive as Breakfast. I don't really understand why people are willing to sit through this in order to hear the odd bit of good music, possibly. Even the Eroica is not exactly rarely played.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 PostNotwithstanding the appearance of one of our eminent members (allegedly), no. Benefit segment. If I wanted to hear someone famous being interviewed, I'd listen to Private Passions or Desert Island Discs. But every morning on a Radio 3 music programme? Er, no thank you. (La donna รจ mobile, plus a bit from Rodeo, bit from Midsummer Night's Dream, The Chairman Dances ... I assume the Sibelius was wrongly included in the CotW of Schumann since it has now apparently disappeared from there).
The format is just as unattractive as Breakfast. I don't really understand why people are willing to sit through this in order to hear the odd bit of good music, possibly. Even the Eroica is not exactly rarely played.
the format is what it is. I wouldn't have it like that, and I don't "access" it, "on line, on tablet on iplayer "or anywhere much usually.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View Postthe format is what it is.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 PostIt is, yes that's exactly what it is: 3 hours of nondescriptery. But it is for a specific audience which, it seems, does enjoy it.
It was the only music I could cope with . Sort of aural weak beef tea.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostThe format is just as unattractive as Breakfast. I don't really understand why people are willing to sit through this in order to hear the odd bit of good music, possibly. Even the Eroica is not exactly rarely played.
The BBC might do well to experiment - publishing the full playlist in advance. It may even encourage some of the many doubters to tune in occasionally.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostThe BBC might do well to experiment - publishing the full playlist in advance. It may even encourage some of the many doubters to tune in occasionally.
... if there were playlists - even better, if details were provided in the Radio Times - then I wd listen far more.
As it is, I find Breakfast, Essential Classics, In Tune etc unlistenable-to, so probably miss stuff I wd otherwise really like to hear.
Radio 3 has lost me as a listener for much of the day...
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