Le dumbing down ?
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And now deceased, amid cries of elitism? Not just a disease afflicting R3 it would seem. Ye Gads!
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No - it's still going!Originally posted by Karafan View Post
Your link, kara, was an article in 2011 when it looked as if it was going west... it was replaced by something called (absurdly) 'Le Jardin de Critiques', but the original title has returned.
However, there is something in your comment - it's been reduced this season from 2 hours to 90 minutes... and there's a retrograde step too in that each extract is played and immediately followed by comments by the 3 or 4 critics. Before, the extracts were played in pairs, which allowed some measure of comparison by listeners. So the constant interruptions by chat, and the shorter extracts, combine to give the impression of MUCH more talk than music. I listened to 2 or 3 of them on recent car trips, and found it rather annoying. Still worth hearing when it's about an interesting work... (but heavens, Charpentier's Te Deum is a dull piece, whichever way you perform it !!)"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Thanks Caliban for the heads-up...I will resubscribe to the podcast now!Originally posted by Caliban View PostNo - it's still going!
Your link, kara, was an article in 2011 when it looked as if it was going west... it was replaced by something called (absurdly) 'Le Jardin de Critiques', but the original title has returned.
However, there is something in your comment - it's been reduced this season from 2 hours to 90 minutes... and there's a retrograde step too in that each extract is played and immediately followed by comments by the 3 or 4 critics. Before, the extracts were played in pairs, which allowed some measure of comparison by listeners. So the constant interruptions by chat, and the shorter extracts, combine to give the impression of MUCH more talk than music. I listened to 2 or 3 of them on recent car trips, and found it rather annoying. Still worth hearing when it's about an interesting work... (but heavens, Charpentier's Te Deum is a dull piece, whichever way you perform it !!)
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