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Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate
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Originally posted by french frank View PostWell, she has a First Class degree in Music from Oxford (the BBC likes that sort of thing. So she must be right.
Wikipedia agrees with you: 'Nielsen's stay in Athens [1902 ed.] gave him the inspiration of a work depicting the sun rising and setting over the Aegean Sea, an overture which he called Helios [1903 ed.].'
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Originally posted by hmvman View PostI wonder if Suzy had a word with him afterwards....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 PostIt's hard to tell which of them is better informed: Petroc played it 3 times on Breakfast last year, but Suzy played it 3 times on Essential Classics too. Still, if today was Petroc's 4th outing, he edges ahead on recent experience so the Aegean probably has it over Scandinavia, I feel. More than that, Athens is one of the sunniest places in Europe (2771 hours yearly) whereas Funen, for example, where Nielsen was born, is more likely to be cloudy, summer and winter (Wiki: 'In Odense, the summers are comfortable and partly cloudy; the winters are long, very cold, and mostly cloudy'). Open and shut case, I think.
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I've emailed the Carl Nielsen Society for their view on this matter - I'll let you know whether they reply and if so what they think.
For today's 'follow-up' piece, I've suggested Gene Vincent's 'Be Bop A Lula'....but I shan't be at home when it or if it is chosen!Last edited by LMcD; 11-01-19, 09:46.
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"New Year, New Music"
"Just listen to these strange but subtle harmonic twists and turns; the voices sometimes moving in parallel lines; or one voice staying on the same note; all showing respect for Mediaeval traditions" urges Sarah Walker as the Music is playing behind her voice so that the last thing we can do is "just listen" to the damn thing!
R3 is such sh[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post"New Year, New Music"
"Just listen to these strange but subtle harmonic twists and turns; the voices sometimes moving in parallel lines; or one voice staying on the same note; all showing respect for Mediaeval traditions" urges Sarah Walker as the Music is playing behind her voice so that the last thing we can do is "just listen" to the damn thing!
R3 is such sh
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostAND the stupid people claimed that it was Couperin who died after sticking a "baton" through his foot. "I got it wrong, so sue me!" she proudly chirrupped after the whole world texted in to correct her.
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostIt was my text that she read out. I thought I had been reasonably good-humoured in my correction, so was surprised by the rather aggressive nature of the 'apology'. I won't sue her though (no cause of action), but I won't listen to her either.
... yes, she did not respond well. I think she needs to have some media training. (Tho' it wd've helped if she'd known what she was talking about in the first place. I have a vision of her producer behind the screen raising hands to head and mouthing 'no no no no!' as she fatuously uttered her fake news... )
Does she know she is on Radio 3???
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... yes, she did not respond well. I think she needs to have some media training. (Tho' it wd've helped if she'd known what she was talking about in the first place. I have a vision of her producer behind the screen raising hands to head and mouthing 'no no no no!' as she fatuously uttered her fake news... )
Does she know she is on Radio 3???
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostI've emailed the Carl Nielsen Society for their view on this matter - I'll let you know whether they reply and if so what they think.I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostIt was my text that she read out. I thought I had been reasonably good-humoured in my correction, so was surprised by the rather aggressive nature of the 'apology'. I won't sue her though (no cause of action), but I won't listen to her either.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostIt was my text that she read out. I thought I had been reasonably good-humoured in my correction, so was surprised by the rather aggressive nature of the 'apology'. I won't sue her though (no cause of action), but I won't listen to her either.
Have been thinking about this since: is it with the rise of the 'presenter as personality/talent/star' &c? When 'announcers' were lower profile (even anonymous) their reputation was not so much on the line; and their whole professional attitude towards their audience (now 'my fans'/friends) seemed differentIt 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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