One point I would make is that Tom Service is quite a presence on the BBC - Radio and more generally. He is a professional broadcaster but his style of delivery, quite often, is counterproductive in persuading that part of the audience represented by many of us here to listen and take forward the information he is delivering. An interviewer/producer's job is to bring out a non-professional interviewee in the best possible way but the expectation of a guest interviewee is different.
Where its an introduction to concert items, I'd rather mute the sound and read a source such as Oxford Music online. Where there is useful content to be gained (as in Record Review) I will persist in listening but it is hard work.
In posting I'm not trying to re-ignite tensions, just expressing my point of view. I'm glad that no member has left the forum or posts needed to be removed..................................
Where its an introduction to concert items, I'd rather mute the sound and read a source such as Oxford Music online. Where there is useful content to be gained (as in Record Review) I will persist in listening but it is hard work.
Originally posted by french frank
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