Presenters

[gradus]

Seconded

[french frank]

I've taken the view that ten rude posts with only one protesting voice may be acted upon; but one rude post followed by ten protesting voices tells a rather different story.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

When preparing the Proms threads, I took the BBC's own material as the basis, but without exception, removed the names of presenters, as this seemed to have no relevance whatever to the music.

[Rcartes]

Criticisms are preferable to 'attacks'. We have an unofficial rule that presenters' names don't appear in thread titles so I've amended I understood my thinking about it at one time ...

Fair enough, I didn't know about the rule so thanks for the correction.

[Rcartes]

May I recommend the author of the OP visit his GP surgery to get his hears washed out? I have listened to both the ante- and post- transmission announcement for the dreaded 'Gypsy Rondo' trio, and in neither case is the pronunciation "Haydun", but "Haydn".

I haven't heard that particular rendition but if it's correct, she's cleaned up her act a bit.

[Rcartes]

Very offensive post, in my opinion, and I think the poster should apologise
It is not good enough to blot out the presenter's name in the title; the body of the post contains the name and the objectionable language.

Oh, I didn't know there was censorship on this forum: I thought it was about people giving their views. Silly me. Objectionable language? You should hear what I really think...

[Rcartes]

When Sarah first joined the presenters team a few years back, I joined in the general chorus of disapproval. But these days, with all that has happened in Radio 3, I tend to regard her as a muse holding aloft a beacon of enlightenment.

Music played is main thing.

And this would be the same Sarah Walker who introduced an excerpt from Tristan (it was O sink hernieder)as "an aria by Wagner"? Worse, she credited the Tristan and Isolde but didn't, apparently, notice Brangane or credit her - worse still that Brangane was sung by a mezzo. You'd have thought someone who was supposedly musically educated enough to present a classical music programme would have done better than that.

[Rcartes]

YES it's wrong (unless you are in the pub with them !)
so don't be a dick and apologise

Sorry, but no. You're entitled to your view, but I am to mine, and I can't stand the woman. Yes, she's there to present the music, but far too much of her time at the mike involves telling us what she thinks of the music, and frankly, I couldn't give a flying forint for her view. Try listening to New Zealand Concert (you can get it online at http://tunein.com/radio/Radio-New-Ze...rt-926-s45474/) to see the difference between decent presenters and wholly self-absorbed ones; there you get the facts (the work, the players, the source if it's a live recording) and that's it.

[Bax-of-Delights]

Indeed, we are often regaled by SW (and inevitably by the swooning, reguritative KD who is a much worse offender) that such and such a performance is "magesterial", "wonderful", "classic" etc etc etc. which makes one believe that nothing that they present could be deemed in any way below par, second-rate or downright poor. It is pitifully in play with live performances in which the listener is told that the performance they have just heard is stunning or some such over-heated epithet.

Increasingly I am impatient with these people and that's why my R3 listening hours have declined to perhaps an hour or two a day ( from a time when it used to be 8 hours).

[Rcartes]

Having a bit ofage related deafness I prefer Petroc to present Breakfast IF I listen to a few moments in the morning.

Both Sara[h]'s seem to run words into each other and are difficult to follow.

However, the #1 was completely OTT and I think an apology is called for.

The more I think about this, and Little Sir (Madam?) Echo's support of it, the more extraordinary it seems. I'm supposed to apologise for having a view? To whom, exactly? The poster(s)? Sarah Walker? Why, for goodness' sake? I can't stand her presentational style, you apparently like it. Jolly dee for you, but I hope this response doesn't mean that posts that you and those like you, don't like, are to be censored or apologised for, I've misunderstood the point of this board.

[Thropplenoggin]

The more I think about this, and Little Sir (Madam?) Echo's support of it, the more extraordinary it seems. I'm supposed to apologise for having a view? To whom, exactly? The poster(s)? Sarah Walker? Why, for goodness' sake? I can't stand her presentational style, you apparently like it. Jolly dee for you, but I hope this response doesn't mean that posts that you and those like you, don't like, are to be censored or apologised for, I've misunderstood the point of this board.

You're not Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, are you?

[Rcartes]

You're not Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, are you?

Certainly not.

[MrGongGong]

You're not Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, are you?

I think the currency is a clue ?

Time for a dip in the Szechenyi ?

[Thropplenoggin]

I think the currency is a clue ?

Time for a dip in the Szechenyi ?

Aha! So that's what a 'forint' is! I just thought the poor chap couldn't spell.

[jean]

...I've misunderstood the point of this board.

I think you probably have.