Saturday Classic - does it get any worse ?

[Anna]

Interesting comment about Film Music. I caught a bit of it last week. My first and last listen.

Film music is ok, and interesting, if you are interested in the movies, but a dedicated slot on R3, I think not. Unless it's devoted to one composer, such as Korngold, or Hermann, whatever. or a particular film. But, other than that -it's boring.

[Flosshilde]

That might make a rather more interesting programme - something like CotW for film music (& speaking of CotW - does the fact that there are so many repeats suggest that AMcG has run out of composers (cf ff's comment re 'Jazz Legends' above))

[french frank]

(& speaking of CotW - does the fact that there are so many repeats suggest that AMcG has run out of composers (cf ff's comment re 'Jazz Legends' above))

R3 has a rich range of 'excuses' for doing things which are unpopular. Some composers come up over and over again - since there are only five hours of programming each week, they can simply look at a few new topics in the life of Mozart or 'Andel.

[Anna]

Unfortunately I missed the first 15 minutes but I'm greatly enjoying the Michel Roux Jr's Saturday Classics - very refreshing mix and lovely to hear some French chanson on R3. Hope he gets another chance to present.

[Gordon]

Unfortunately I missed the first 15 minutes but I'm greatly enjoying the Michel Roux Jr's Saturday Classics - very refreshing mix and lovely to hear some French chanson on R3. Hope he gets another chance to present.

Can't agree there Anna!! I turned it off because of Piaf and Charles Trenet and other fripperies turning up on R3. A CD of Leopold Mozart calmed the troubled breast before I moved on to the footie. I hope you enjoy the rest of it.

[Anna]

Can't agree there Anna!! I turned it off because of Piaf and Charles Trenet and other fripperies turning up on R3. A CD of Leopold Mozart calmed the troubled breast before I moved on to the footie. I hope you enjoy the rest of it.

Oh, I will enjoy it Gordon! I think it makes a lovely change to have some French fripperies instead of the usual dreary Saturday afternoon offerings....
But à chacun son goût!

[Padraig]

If there are two chanteuses that drive me up the walls they are the Lethal Merman and that equally stentorian little sparrow.

[Anna]

If there are two chanteuses that drive me up the walls they are the Lethal Merman and that equally stentorian little sparrow.

Merman? You mean Ethel? Padraig, I think you are confused ..... at the moment it's the divine Bressans and I am enjoying it enormously, and I'm also not ashamed that Serge Gainsbourg was also on earlier, and I enjoyed that as well!! <sticky tongue out emoticon>

[Gordon]

Merman? You mean Ethel? Padraig, I think you are confused ..... at the moment it's the divine Bressans and I am enjoying it enormously, and I'm also not ashamed that Serge Gainsbourg was also on earlier, and I enjoyed that as well!! <sticky tongue out emoticon>

I think Padraig really meant "Lethal"

[Anna]

I think Padraig really meant "Lethal"

Well, you two have completely lost me ..... I suppose I could google it, but is it some obscure reference to Jake Thackray?

Oh look, now on R3 some awful tosh about film music - a filler - none of which can compete with what we have just heard as regards love and emotion! And, to be fair to Michel Roux, he did play Mozart, Poulenc and Strauss for all you MoRers!

[Padraig]

Well, you two have completely lost me ..... I suppose I could google it, but is it some obscure reference to Jake Thackray? :blush

What a coincidence Anna. I heard Jake Thackray on that programme! I like Jake Thackray but I didn't know he sang in French. Pretty good he was
was too!

Ethel Merman is LOUD. Gordon was right. So is Edith Piaf. I don't like LOUD. It was only a joke Anna. So is the above. I think I must need help!

[Bax-of-Delights]

Well, you two have completely lost me ..... I suppose I could google it, but is it some obscure reference to Jake Thackray?

Oh look, now on R3 some awful tosh about film music - a filler - none of which can compete with what we have just heard as regards love and emotion! And, to be fair to Michel Roux, he did play Mozart, Poulenc and Strauss for all you MoRers!

I'm with you Anna. Anyone who includes Jacques Brel (I saw him at his only London apppearance) is right up there in my estimation (and young Michel did come round to our table for a chat when we dined at his restaurant - so double golden stars).

In contrast the film music programme is a dreadful mish-mash presented by some overgrown kid. What happened to Ed Seckerson?

[James Wonnacott]

I thought I'd accidentally found the French equivalent of Radio 2. Awful!

[Barbirollians]

I like Piaf and Brel - I do think that Saturday Classics is rather a misnomer though - it is turning into just Private passions 2 without Michael Berkeley.

The film music programme that followed was such bilge I did check that i had not gone over to radio 2 .

[Serial_Apologist]

I'm trying to remember if it's Brel or Aznavour who does that strangely affecting tremolando voice effect. It must be very difficult to do: does one have to sit on a washing machine in operation, or cycle over corrugated iron sheeting while recording?