Roger Wright moves to Aldeburgh Music

[Flosshilde]

The biggest disaster in R3's history

I thought William Glock wasn't totally admired?

[DracoM]

He wasn't, BUT OTOH, he encouraged new music, was a very innovative planner and opened up all manner of avenues.
R.Wright has for me easily outstripped him as the most egregiously unsuitable Controller R3, and the last five years alone would put him at the top of that list. The damage he has inflicted on R3 is incalculable and I fear may never be eradicated.

[Suffolkcoastal]

sc, we've missed this with all the excitement. I do hope you're recovering and it wasn't too serious. I noticed that you had been absent for a few days. Welcome back!

Thankyou ff, I'm off work for a few weeks, as I'm more spaced out than usual and have good days and bad, but being looked after by the local mental health team who have been very good.

[Flosshilde]

He wasn't, BUT OTOH, he encouraged new music, was a very innovative planner and opened up all manner of avenues.

Some might say (& I think have) that in doing so he damaged the Third Programme; & some might say that RW has done all the things you list above.

[Flosshilde]

He wasn't, BUT OTOH, he encouraged new music, was a very innovative planner and opened up all manner of avenues.

Some might say (& I think have) that in doing so he damaged the Third Programme; & some might say that RW has done all the things you list above.

[Bax-of-Delights]

Thankyou ff, I'm off work for a few weeks, as I'm more spaced out than usual and have good days and bad, but being looked after by the local mental health team who have been very good.

Thought I hadn't seen you on FB recently, suffolk. My best wishes for your recuperation. Take care.

[MrGongGong]

An obvious shortlist:
Lady Gaga
Sean Rafferty
BUT
given it will have to be a woman

Jude Kelly [ serious tip]

i'm saying nowt

[EnemyoftheStoat]

Jude Kelly [ serious tip]

Well, given (1) what she's been doing to "populise" the RFH schedules and (2) RW's parking a glass box in its foyer recently, I've a horrible feeling about this...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Roger Wright was an improvement on Nicholas Kenyon (and certainly the Proms have been vastly improved since the dull Kenyon days) - I may be wrong, but I suspect that away from the Beeb mismanagement teams, RW will give Aldeburgh the sort of intelligent programming he'd really wanted to do at the BBC.

I am less optimistic about his replacement. Unless and until Tony Hall kicks out the "management course" thinking with which Birt infected the leadership of the Corporation, the Radio Three "problem" will remain something beyond its ken. It'll just keep plodding on through the audience-alienating mud of "accessibility".

[Barbirollians]

Apart from Britten on the Beach I am much less attracted to the Aimard programmes at Aldeburgh compared to Thomas Ades time .

[antongould]

Thought I hadn't seen you on FB recently, suffolk. My best wishes for your recuperation. Take care.

and mine sc take care.

[teamsaint]

and mine sc take care.

Good to have you back, Suffy. hope things continue to improve. Your posts are missed.

Was thinking about you when I discovered this recently.

a real gem.

[DracoM]

Erm............the Nurymov sample died after three minutes.
Can anything be done?

[french frank]

Erm............the Nurymov sample died after three minutes.
Can anything be done?

All right for me ...

[teamsaint]

All right for me ...

but a minute too long for " breakfast", even on a slow news day.

What a piece it is though .

(link works for me, and the work can be downloaded for under £1, but is hidden away on a Prokofiev disc.....I can post a link if anybody wants one.)