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  • Bryn
    Banned
    • Mar 2007
    • 24688

    Originally posted by french frank View Post
    ... Not keen on Mary Anne Hobbs being given airtime to play what she plays on 6 Music already - unless it's a quid pro quo: you nab some of our listeners and we'll nab some of yours
    Just taken a look at her playlist. It's not too encouraging, is it.

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26523

      Originally posted by french frank View Post
      Mary Anne Hobbs being given airtime
      Who... what... where... when...?
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • french frank
        Administrator/Moderator
        • Feb 2007
        • 30250

        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
        Who... what... where... when...?
        Saturday Classics some while back? A mix of classical and 6M-style http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dqbf8 (Episode 1).

        What you can see is that if you Google the programmes, they're posted on various non-BBC sites (Facebook) &c. The points to investigate are whether this brings listeners to Radio 3 to listen to Mary Anne Hobbs (presumably yes); and whether they are encouraged in fact (not 'potentially') to listen to more classical music, perhaps of a kind that is beyond MAH's selection/experience.

        As to the second, I don't know. I pose the question.
        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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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26523

          Thanks ff. Never 'eard of 'er.
          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • zola
            Full Member
            • May 2011
            • 656

            Originally posted by french frank View Post
            Possibly - it depends what comes on throughout the week. The Emerson [only heard the Playlister snatch] reminded me bit of the frantic busyness of M. Torke (of whom one seems to hear rather less now?). The other piece was Copland. But it is only Monday.
            I'm not aiming to be a cheerleader for this slot but at least the Copland piece played was not a "usual suspect". Tomorrow is going to be Debussy and Poulenc apparently.

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            • antongould
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 8780

              Originally posted by zola View Post
              I'm not aiming to be a cheerleader for this slot but at least the Copland piece played was not a "usual suspect". Tomorrow is going to be Debussy and Poulenc apparently.
              .....and I would think there will be RVW. He was, I thought, much more interesting to listen to than Lady
              P. Not hard I know.......

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26523

                EC came good again today - or rather I timed my run serendipitously well. After the pleasures of Richter's 'Waldszenen' last week on a relatively spring-like morning, today the first snow of the winter, lying all around through the parks in London... and as I turned into the first one on the bike, Shostakovich 11 started: that brooding first movement the perfect soundtrack!
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • antongould
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8780

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  EC came good again today - or rather I timed my run serendipitously well. After the pleasures of Richter's 'Waldszenen' last week on a relatively spring-like morning, today the first snow of the winter, lying all around through the parks in London... and as I turned into the first one on the bike, Shostakovich 11 started: that brooding first movement the perfect soundtrack!
                  ....and the mildly discussed guest put RVW in a French sandwich ......but of course you will still be in bed.....

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26523

                    Originally posted by antongould View Post
                    ....and the mildly discussed guest put RVW in a French sandwich ......but of course you will still be in bed.....
                    Working remotely, antonio, working remotely - concentrating furiously on my emails... as I was throughout the weekend, having been on duty. Having to have the jacket on the office chair is a thing of the past, a great boon of the 21st century!

                    Maconie's choices look rather good.
                    "...the isle is full of noises,
                    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                    • Barbirollians
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 11669

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Working remotely, antonio, working remotely - concentrating furiously on my emails... as I was throughout the weekend, having been on duty. Having to have the jacket on the office chair is a thing of the past, a great boon of the 21st century!
                      The non boon about working from home is that one's home becomes not a place of relaxation and sanctuary but a place of work . I sit in my study looking yearningly at the park out of the window .

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26523

                        Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
                        The non boon about working from home is that one's home becomes not a place of relaxation and sanctuary but a place of work . I sit in my study looking yearningly at the park out of the window .
                        It's true but in my line of work, the ability to deal with things efficiently with minimal disturbance vastly outweighs that, for me - I find it aids relaxation rather than the contrary.
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • EdgeleyRob
                          Guest
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 12180

                          Working from home here too,get so much more done here away from the politics,mither and constant 'can you spare me 10 minutes?' of the office

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                          • mercia
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8920

                            wikipedia on this week's guest

                            Maconie has also presented musical specialities for BBC Radio 4 and the new-style "populist" BBC Radio 3 and has appeared on television and in films

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                            • antongould
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8780

                              Originally posted by mercia View Post
                              wikipedia on this week's guest

                              Maconie has also presented musical specialities for BBC Radio 4 and the new-style "populist" BBC Radio 3 and has appeared on television and in films
                              "Populist" that will please ff!!!!!

                              He, unless I have lost track of time, only got 15 minutes today.

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                              • teamsaint
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 25195

                                Originally posted by antongould View Post
                                "Populist" that will please ff!!!!!

                                He, unless I have lost track of time, only got 15 minutes today.

                                That is how long he normally natters away between records, at least when he is with lard !
                                His banter is ok, but only SO good.....
                                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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