Originally posted by french frank
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Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate
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Originally posted by french frank View Post...........
And with all due respect to the Geordies here re Breakfast, I really couldn't stand Bach, Ligeti, and Owen Brannigan singing the Blaydon races tucked in between the two. It isn't just a question of musical taste but of creating a certain mood and then shattering it.
On the topic under discussion - I seem to recall The Squire did something similar - an immediate adverse comment from a listener - a while back, and IMVVHO it was bad form. As to RC, again IMVVHO, his sell buy date is a long way in the past ....
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It's been going on a lot longer than phone-in programmes, as I posted a while ago about an early 1970s broadcast that included a performance of Eisler's "Prayer for Peace", preceded by the introducer remarking, "Eisler was a pupil of Schoenberg, but in case anyone's worrying that this might be a 12-tone work, in this case there's no need to worry!"
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostIt's been going on a lot longer than phone-in programmes, as I posted a while ago about an early 1970s broadcast that included a performance of Eisler's "Prayer for Peace", preceded by the introducer remarking, "Eisler was a pupil of Schoenberg, but in case anyone's worrying that this might be a 12-tone work, in this case there's no need to worry!"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 ahinton View PostWalker on a tightrope kind of "balance", would that be?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 PostAnother question altogether . But I have a theory about those who complain of the lack of balance: in many cases it's more a case of too much balance …
Breakfast today is a General Election Free Zone, apart from the news bulletins! Yes!Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750
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Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostI cannot believe what I have just heard, namely that Petroc Trelawney has NEVER heard the Wilfred Brown performance of Finzi's Dies Natalis.
Never? Only the most noted of all interpretations and recordings and one that is not a stranger to the R3 airwaves?
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Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostI cannot believe what I have just heard, namely that Petroc Trelawney has NEVER heard the Wilfred Brown performance of Finzi's Dies Natalis.
Never? Only the most noted of all interpretations and recordings and one that is not a stranger to the R3 airwaves?
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostWas PT using the Tardis to listen to Essential Classics?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 hmvman View PostI'm not a regular listener to this programme but I've been enjoying the Jon Snow interviews this week. Some interesting choices of music too; I particularly enjoyed the Finzi Eclogue and Rossini Petite Messe choices yesterday.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750
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