I haven't come across that! Though we did have a thread about 'cancelling' Elgar, as I recall.
Spare me another newsreader given privileged access to programming
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
Almost exactly 56 years ago, I sat in the front row of the stalls in the Herkulessaal in Munich, having paid the princely sum of 1DM for a special student ticket, and watched Jacqueline du Pre play the Cello Concerto. The programme note included the assertion that 'Elgar suffered from delayed late Romanticism' - perhaps that's the stage I've now reached!Last edited by LMcD; 10-12-23, 19:33.
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No, I don't recall the Gerontius discussion, though there is this, from The Old Country, by Alan Bennett, which I've always found amusing (imagine Alec Guinness as Hilary):
Hilary; Anyway, I like Elgar.
Bron: You don't like Elgar.
Hilary: I do like Elgar.
Bron: I don't see how anyone can like Elgar. I would prefer anything to Elgar.
...(Hilary starts to get up laboriously)...
Bron: ...Except Vaughan Williams
...(Hilary sinks back).
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Originally posted by smittims View PostNo, I don't recall the Gerontius discussion, though there is this, from The Old Country, by Alan Bennett, which I've always found amusing (imagine Alec Guinness as Hilary):
Hilary; Anyway, I like Elgar.
Bron: You don't like Elgar.
Hilary: I do like Elgar.
Bron: I don't see how anyone can like Elgar. I would prefer anything to Elgar.
...(Hilary starts to get up laboriously)...
Bron: ...Except Vaughan Williams
...(Hilary sinks back).
Incidentally, Alan Bennett finds room in 'The History Boys' for the Larkin poem I quoted above.
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Originally posted by Retune View PostClive Myrie is a serious journalist, who has reported from scores of countries as a foreign correspondent, has put his life on the line in war zones including Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and was recently very lucky to escape worse when involved in an armoured vehicle crash in Ukraine that left one of his colleagues unconscious for weeks with permanent brain injuries. If the BBC wants to invite him to play a few records over the festive season in slots that would be devoted to popular repertoire anyway (his first programme has some interesting choices), then good luck to him. Merry Christmas!
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Originally posted by Aotearoa View PostPerhaps bringing an audience to R3 would be better served if these shows appeared on Radio 1 or those other BBC youth channels, so that our potential audiences were exposed without having to find our little ghetto.
Perhaps a classical evening at Glasto rather than the Proms having to accommodate popular themed evenings? Take Mohammed to the mountain.
The traffic seems to be one way with the Beeb.
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
Well said . Richard Baker was a newsreader but presented classical music for years and for a while so did Jim Naughtie - I would rather have Clive Myrie than Derham any day presenting at the Proms
Regarding newsreaders as presenters of music programmes, I wonder if Classic FM get complaints about John Humphrys or Moira Stuart.
I reckon Alvar Lidell, Frank Phillips and John Snagge would have made great Proms presenters (but not Wilfred Pickles, perhaps).Last edited by LMcD; 17-12-23, 10:42.
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Originally posted by LMcD View Post
If you really want childlike, over-enthusiastic spurious excitement intended to generate a sense of occasion, KD and TS will fill the bill.
Regarding newsreaders as presenters of music programmes, I wonder if Classic FM get complaints about John Humphrys or Moira Stuart.
I reckon Alvar Lidell, Frank Phillips and John Snagge would have made great Proms presenters (but not Wilfred Pickles, perhaps).
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