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  • Mary Chambers
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 1963

    Roger Wright moves to Aldeburgh Music

    Roger Wright is to become CEO of Aldeburgh Music, replacing Jonathan Reekie who has moved to Somerset House. Oh.....not sure what to say!
  • Radio64
    Full Member
    • Jan 2014
    • 962

    #2
    Roger Wright leaving

    Apologies if you all knew this already but..

    Roger Wright to leave the BBC: Roger Wright, Controller of BBC Radio 3 and Director of the BBC Proms, has today announced that he will be leaving the BBC to take up the post of Chief Executive of Aldeburgh Music in early September.

    "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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    • Honoured Guest

      #3
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      • Eine Alpensinfonie
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 20569

        #4
        I don't know what to say either. I know what to think though.

        In the Young Person's Guide, the narrator will now add: "Text us to say how much you liked the piccolo… "

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        • Eine Alpensinfonie
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 20569

          #5
          So who will fill his shoes?

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          • LHC
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            • Jan 2011
            • 1554

            #6
            Roger Wright leaving

            I see that Roger Wright is leaving his role as controller of Radio 3 in September to become the CEO of the Aldeburgh Festival.

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            Recruitment for his successor will begin in due course, but let's hope whoever takes over doesn't follow down the same path set by Wright, but instead takes time to think about what is distinctive about Radio 3.
            "I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
            Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest

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            • MrGongGong
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              • Nov 2010
              • 18357

              #7
              Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
              So who will fill his shoes?
              Mr Pee ?

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              • Flay
                Full Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 5795

                #8
                Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                In the Young Person's Guide, the narrator will now add: "Text us to say how much you liked the piccolo… "
                Tweet surely?
                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                • Richard Tarleton

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Mary Chambers View Post
                  Roger Wright is to become CEO of Aldeburgh Music, replacing Jonathan Reekie who has moved to Somerset House. Oh.....not sure what to say!
                  By coincidence in today's post a circular thank you from Jonathan Reekie, and a chance to contribute to his leaving fund.

                  I hope that at least some of the damage done to R3 by RW is reversible, and just wish he was going somewhere that didn't concern me. Surely the Falklands need an artistic director? Obviously nobody at AM listens to Radio 3. Presumably next year's programme is largely booked already? After that....

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                  • MrGongGong
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 18357

                    #10
                    Attack of word blindness hits R3 forum (and RW leaving)

                    I read somewhere that R... W..... was leaving somewhere ?
                    but thought I had better start ANOTHER thread
                    just in case other people can't see the three that are there already


                    ff: Delete if necessary........

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                    • Honoured Guest

                      #11
                      I think that the immediate fate of Radio 3 is very much in the hands of Tony Hall. He has such a bias in favour of music and arts programming that, for now, changes may be relatively limited. But if Tony Hall were to emulate George Entwistle (i.e., totally f*** up and depart early), then anything could happen to BBC classical music and arts!

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                      • mercia
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8920

                        #12
                        off-topic (sorry) - apparently some sort of Arts announcement coming tomorrow
                        The BBC is to feature more arts stories in mainstream programmes like The One Show in an attempt to make the arts less elitist.

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                        • french frank
                          Administrator/Moderator
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 30213

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Honoured Guest View Post
                          I think that the immediate fate of Radio 3 is very much in the hands of Tony Hall.
                          That was my immediate thought, within two seconds of hearing the news (thanks ds - I'd just gone to lunch!).

                          Or rather, I just got as far as, What next for Radio 3?
                          It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                          • aka Calum Da Jazbo
                            Late member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 9173

                            #14
                            now that is sensible mercia

                            ah well i was going to ask him on Friday when he was leaving, now we know! he is the longest serving controller no?
                            According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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                            • Frances_iom
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 2411

                              #15
                              Originally posted by french frank View Post
                              ...What next for Radio 3?
                              it's prob dead within a couple of years - longtails leaving sinking ships comes to mind - however the main concern is what will happen to the BBC orchestras in the short term once the proms are over - large savings possible here.

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