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[Dave2002]

Half of that chimes with what Paul Gambaccini said about his controversial 'Morning Collection' - also at 9am: “I had a specific mission to invite Today listeners to stay with the BBC rather than go to Classic FM, and to do it in a way which was consistent with the quality and content of Radio 3.” (Radio Times 3-9 February 1996 pp 6-7).

The other half?

I have considerable respect for Paul Gambaccini having seen him in action during recordings of Counterpoint. He is very able and professional.

[french frank]

The other half?

I have considerable respect for Paul Gambaccini having seen him in action during recordings of Counterpoint. He is very able and professional.

Nothing in particular - I meant the aim to 'catch Radio 4 listeners at 9am when Today finishes' half.

The Radio Times article went on: "In creating Morning Collection Nicholas Kenyon had a specific mission, to lure “grazing” listeners who stayed to the end of Radio 4’s Today and were looking for other radio pastures.

Morning Collection was designed as a welcoming entrée to Radio 3 for listeners who may otherwise have been put off by the formidable Composer of the Week, which it supplanted."

[makropulos]

Hmm. We will have to hear out next week's programme to be clearer re. that. Will they discuss the various editions? Looks like they will. One for the diary anyway, especially with one of our own involved.

Bryn - we certainly did discuss the various stages of the Glag's composition in detail, and had one of the authorised copyist's manuscripts as well as the autograph ms - but since we talked for something like two hours, I'm not sure how much of that will be used. Either way, I hope something of the thrill of looking at these extraordinary manuscripts comes across - we had a fantastic time with them.

[Dave2002]

The Dvořàk programme is interesting. I'm not sure how much longer it will be available - try to catch it before it goes.

Glagolitic coming up soon. I've put it on to record on the TV PVR.

Having to use two browsers to type and listen to last week's programme at the same time. Is there any way of avoiding this on a Macbook Pro?

[DublinJimbo]

Having to use two browsers to type and listen to last week's programme at the same time. Is there any way of avoiding this on a Macbook Pro?

Can't you open separate tabs in Safari?

[Dave2002]

Can't you open separate tabs in Safari?

I don't use Safari too often. In Firefox, opening another tab as a focus causes the audio from R3 to drop out. Maybe that doesn't happen with other browsers. On that occasion I left the tab in Firefox, and opened up Chrome to post to this site.

[MrGongGong]

Having to use two browsers to type and listen to last week's programme at the same time. Is there any way of avoiding this on a Macbook Pro?

If you go to Safari with two fingers and select NEW WINDOW

[french frank]

In Firefox, opening another tab as a focus causes the audio from R3 to drop out.

Don't quite understand that. I'm listening to Tales from the Stave at the moment and posting to this site on a separate tab. What am I missing in yours?

[french frank]

???

Are you joking?

Erm, yes, I was

[Flosshilde]

Radio 4, dripping with cash compared to Radio 3, to take on serious music speech which will have an appeal for their intelligent listenership.

Hmm - I'm not sure how this will appeal to that 'intelligent listenership -

Peter Snow Returns to the Future - "Peter Snow and guests board a time-travelling DeLorean to go back and forward in time, connecting today with the world of yesterday - or tomorrow". Yesterday's programme featured the killing of the last Dodo - which seemed to expire with a giggle. Just before that Peter Snow & guest enthused about hearing the noise Dodos made - "until now it had been speculation; now we can really hear it!" Um, don't they realise that they are still speculating? Today PS & his guest were in the front row for the last masque performed for Charles I in the BAnqueting House; whatever the music being played was, it certainly wasn't 17th century.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06jh5xc

[Nick Armstrong]

Having to use two browsers to type and listen to last week's programme at the same time. Is there any way of avoiding this on a Macbook Pro?

Two tabs on Safari does the job fine on his Macbook Pro.