Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie
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Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate
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I'm getting cynical in my old age, but I suspect that, whilst we are told that 'there are no wrong answers' (apart from the answer that we have been told IS a wrong answer), the Essential Classics team know in advance exactly what the 'right answer' is, namely the music they have themselves selected as the companion piece. That selection is invariably so obvious that at least one listener will have suggested it (and if not, they can always say that they've had a tweet from Mrs Trellis of North Wales), so it will get played as planned. After all, if they genuinely made a considered selection from the suggestions offered between 9.30 and 10.30, they would then have to move pretty smartly to find music to follow the piece chosen, with an eye to the studio clock.
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostI'm getting cynical in my old age, but I suspect that, whilst we are told that 'there are no wrong answers' (apart from the answer that we have been told IS a wrong answer), the Essential Classics team know in advance exactly what the 'right answer' is, namely the music they have themselves selected as the companion piece.
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Hi UTC . Given the past furore over rigged BBC competitions e.g naming the Blue Peter cat I would be very surprised if the companion piece is pre-chosen and as for a fake tweet - I would be even more surprised . That would come in the category of a "brave" ( i.e. terminal) career decision . An hour is plenty of time to get a mainstream repertoire piece on air. What would make things a bit more tricky is a specific performance .
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Originally posted by Heldenleben View PostHi UTC . Given the past furore over rigged BBC competitions e.g naming the Blue Peter cat I would be very surprised if the companion piece is pre-chosen and as for a fake tweet - I would be even more surprised . That would come in the category of a "brave" ( i.e. terminal) career decision . An hour is plenty of time to get a mainstream repertoire piece on air. What would make things a bit more tricky is a specific performance .
More to the point, I would estimate that at any given moment there might be as many as 150,000 people listening: what percentage of them is keen enough to communicate their suggestions, requests? What percentage dislikes the listener interaction in some degree (hate it, bored, uninterested) and wouldn't want to communicate with the programme? Which percentage is larger? Who is being catered for with these features?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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