Michael Gove on music education: Music Matters 15 June 2013

[Guest]

Tom Service talks to Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education, about his plans and policy for music education and where he believes music sits in the national curriculum.

He also visits Sheffield to talk to musicians working with a new digital archive of English folk music called The Full English - which makes twelve collections available online to the public for the first time and gets a taster of pieces derived from the archive performed by Martin Simpson, Fay Hield, Nancy Kerr, Rob Harbron and Sam Sweeney.

In his book "Forbidden Music" Michael Haas unravels the story of composers and musicians who were banned by the Nazis and the musical trends they established before being banned, murdered and exiled. Tom speaks to the author and assesses the book with the musicologists John Deathridge and David Nice.

And as part of Radio 3's British Music Month he talks to Deirdre Mckay and Ryan Molloy about what it means to be a Northern Irish composer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02x91m1

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I'm quite alarmed at the prospect of Michael G*** being given the opportunity to make a political speech on Radio 3. But at least the rest of the programme looks interesting.

[MrGongGong]

I'm quite alarmed at the prospect of Michael G*** being given the opportunity to make a political speech on Radio 3. But at least the rest of the programme looks interesting.

indeed
I wonder if there will be real questions ?
Though judging by the pathetic response to the NPME from many in the music education community I doubt that there will be a real challenge to his daft nonsense

[Serial_Apologist]

I'm quite alarmed at the prospect of Michael G*** being given the opportunity to make a political speech on Radio 3. But at least the rest of the programme looks interesting.

Warning, however: have tissues at the ready because there are few stories more devastating in music than the fates of the "Entartete Musik" composers who suffered at the hands of the Nazis.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

indeed
I wonder if there will be real questions ?
Though judging by the pathetic response to the NPME from many in the music education community I doubt that there will be a real challenge to his daft nonsense

Believe.me - I for one will be analysing his every word.

[teamsaint]

indeed
I wonder if there will be real questions ?
Though judging by the pathetic response to the NPME from many in the music education community I doubt that there will be a real challenge to his daft nonsense

Would it be fair to say that the NPME is full of fine words, lovely aspirations, and an acceptance that money is being cut by about 25% (Though "ring fenced" !!) over a few years?

Tom Service seem to think that its an excellent plan !!!!

[JimD]

Ask yourself what will appeal to the Tory faithful, if said by someone looking for the leadership, and you should be able to make a stab at whatever he is likely to say. That seems to be his basic 'principle'. Or is it: things must be as they were when I went to school; after all, look what it did for me. Excuse heavy irony.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Tom Service did ask a few direct questions and Michael G*** did a reasonable job of sidestepping them, pushing his pet academies and appealing to the sensibilities of the Radio 3 audience. But what empy waffle it was.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I'm assuming I was the only person stupid enough to tune in?

[vinteuil]

I'm assuming I was the only person stupid enough to tune in?

... well, Alpie, I have to say - I thought : Tom Service - nah, Michael Gove - nah, nah, nah...

So I listened on CD to some Mozart piano concertos - K271 Haskil / Sacher 1953; K 488 Michelangeli / Giulini 1951; K 503 Edwin Fischer / Josef Krips 1947.

I somehow feel I spent the time more profitably...

[pastoralguy]

I'm assuming I was the only person stupid enough to tune in?

I intend to listen on the iplayer when time allows but the very recent death of a close relative is preventing it. Not sure it'll make difference to my pessimistic future for the arts though.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

... well, Alpie, I have to say - I thought : Tom Service - nah, Michael Gove - nah, nah, nah...

So I listened on CD to some Mozart piano concertos - K271 Haskil / Sacher 1953; K 488 Michelangeli / Giulini 1951; K 503 Edwin Fischer / Josef Krips 1947.

I somehow feel I spent the time more profitably...

Indeed, you did.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I intend to listen on the iplayer when time allows but the very recent death of a close relative is preventing it.

Very sorry to hear this. Best wishes.

[pastoralguy]

Very sorry to hear this. Best wishes.

Many thanks, Ferney. Much appreciated.

[amateur51]

... well, Alpie, I have to say - I thought : Tom Service - nah, Michael Gove - nah, nah, nah...

So I listened on CD to some Mozart piano concertos - K271 Haskil / Sacher 1953; K 488 Michelangeli / Giulini 1951; K 503 Edwin Fischer / Josef Krips 1947.

I somehow feel I spent the time more profitably...

I admire your taste, vints (as in all matters ). I do not know the Michelangeli performance.