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Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate
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Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostI didn't hang about to listen to the "choice" which would appear to have been the Miles Davis version - a version that RC, I know, is particularly fond of as he has played it a number of times on his programmes. Makes you wonder if that was going to be the "choice" all along and serendipitously a listener suggested it.
I would have thought that if you liked guitar concertos it would have been a perfect opportunity to play the Arnold Guitar Concerto. Maybe someone suggested it. Who knows? Who cares?
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... a pedant wonders whether it shd be "vinteuil's Reader's Digest's man's point" ...
apostrophe's - don'tcha love 'em?!!
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All the same - Reader's Digest man. Hatchet man. Piano man - I maintain no apostrophe is an acceptable alternative in the circs.
There's no point in asking what these Miles Davis fans see in it I suppose? I'm mildly curious, but only mildly.
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
All the same - Reader's Digest man. Hatchet man. Piano man - I maintain no apostrophe is an acceptable alternative in the circs.
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
There's no point in asking what these Miles Davis fans see in it I suppose? I'm mildly curious, but only mildly.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostJust for the curious who may wish to know what it sounds like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr-hjwoAu6IIt 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 LMcD View PostAnybody who doesn't like the Miles Davis version might like to try The Shadows' version....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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Interesting discussion.
Why was Miles Davis played? Clearly by popular demand.
Why sandwiched between Shosta. Prelude & fugue and Vivaldi Violin Concerto? Bearing in mind that Radio 3 is aimed at the general public, not only a narrow band of knowledgeable Classical enthusiasts, it might:
persuade some listeners to adjust listening habits developed over the years, and
knock some of the perceived stuffiness out of the Classical music agenda.
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Originally posted by Vespare View Postit might
The idea that "the general public" will switch from their usual station of choice, happen to overhear a bit of the Miles Davies as they retune their radios (an old-fashioned set, without the pre-tuned stations) and stay listening to hear the Vivaldi snippet, and then continue with R3 for some of its other fare, is a nice fantasy - but it's no more (or, if you prefer, likely than a "knowledgeable Classical specialist", growing increasingly dissatisfied with Essential Classics is going to retune his/her radio, get their attention caught by a piece of Szymanowski that Clara Amfo has happened to broadcast, and stay with R1 for the rest of the day, having been persuaded to adjust listening habits developed over the years.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
There's no point in asking what these Miles Davis fans see in it I suppose? I'm mildly curious, but only mildly.
P.S. Glad to see Stan agrees with me!
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Originally posted by Sir Velo View PostNot sure whether the pedant's right on this occasion!
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Originally posted by Vespare View PostInteresting discussion.
Why was Miles Davis played? Clearly by popular demand.
Why sandwiched between Shosta. Prelude & fugue and Vivaldi Violin Concerto? Bearing in mind that Radio 3 is aimed at the general public, not only a narrow band of knowledgeable Classical enthusiasts, it might:
persuade some listeners to adjust listening habits developed over the years, and
knock some of the perceived stuffiness out of the Classical music agenda.
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