To hear some of these comments you’d think she was undergoing a probationary period to be assessed by the Forum. No she’s presenting a radio programme - like it and listen or apply the off switch. I don’t think her presentation style will offend but I will switch off if I’m doing something else or if the music played is not to my liking - does anyone here listen to the full three hours every morning?
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostTo hear some of these comments you’d think she was undergoing a probationary period to be assessed by the ForumIt 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 PostThat strikes me as an important part of the forum's appeal! Pass an opinion, and then wait to see what happens …
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostTo hear some of these comments you’d think she was undergoing a probationary period to be assessed by the Forum. No she’s presenting a radio programme - like it and listen or apply the off switch. I don’t think her presentation style will offend but I will switch off if I’m doing something else or if the music played is not to my liking - does anyone here listen to the full three hours every morning?
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[QUOTE=oddoneout;841843]In some respects it's both those. Yes it is just a radio programme, but she is replacing(not her fault) a very well known and liked presenter who was removed for no good reason that anyone can see, and as such may take a while to bed in.[/QUOTE]
As far as I'm concerned, it took her about 28.77 seconds. While she's not a miracle worker, she does help one to intermittently forget (but not forgive) the programme's continuing lack of an overall structure and purpose.
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostTo hear some of these comments you’d think she was undergoing a probationary period to be assessed by the Forum. No she’s presenting a radio programme - like it and listen or apply the off switch. I don’t think her presentation style will offend but I will switch off if I’m doing something else or if the music played is not to my liking - does anyone here listen to the full three hours every morning?
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Originally posted by antongould View Post...... and Skellers didn’t “ ... fit the bill in every respect .... “ ....... ??????
I'm no great fan of Georgia Mann, but she does know her stuff (apart from a blind spot over the pronunciation of 'theorbo').
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostI know I'm in a minority here, but I really don't think he did, in the most important respect - knowing his music. His tastes struck me as very narrow and dilettante; and he recently sniggeringly approved of a listener making some cheap and facile joke about Birtwistle.
I'm no great fan of Georgia Mann, but she does know her stuff (apart from a blind spot over the pronunciation of 'theorbo').
Given the ludicrous ideas that "they" have come up with recently I am relieved that Georgia is taking his place - the "refreshing" excuse could have thrown up a real horror.
And in answer to Cloughie earlier, yes I do listen to the whole 3 hours - most mornings the past year or so as no work either paid or voluntary, but even in 'normal' times several days a week. I also listen to the afternoon and evening concerts, just to skew the audience make-up assumptions...
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostThank goodness. I thought it was just me, so universal is the admiration for Wilson.
I couldn't understand the abundance of adulation for his Copland recordings (and I wasn't that taken with the recent French Escales and the Respighi Roman trilogy, for that matter) either.
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostCertainly not just you.
I couldn't understand the abundance of adulation for his Copland recordings (and I wasn't that taken with the recent French Escales and the Respighi Roman trilogy, for that matter) either.
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