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  • John Wright
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 705

    Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post
    I do not subscribe
    Thanks for confirming that!

    Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post
    As for being miffed, based on the very very few times I've had access to Sky Arts 2 it seems to have a rather limited output.
    Hmm. Yes, for example on the subject of Mahler symphonies, SkyArts 2 has limited the broadcasts to just 10 of them!

    No 9 on now as I type, Haitink/Concertgebouw, in stunning HD.
    - - -

    John W

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    • Mr Pee
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 3285

      Originally posted by John Wright View Post
      Thanks for confirming that!



      Hmm. Yes, for example on the subject of Mahler symphonies, SkyArts 2 has limited the broadcasts to just 10 of them!

      No 9 on now as I type, Haitink/Concertgebouw, in stunning HD.
      Just watched Daniel Harding conducting No.1- very impressive. He really brought some new perspectives to a work that I know very well.

      I was interested that he used the entire double bass section at the beginning of the slow movement, rather than a solo.
      Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

      Mark Twain.

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      • Flosshilde
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 7988

        Originally posted by John Wright View Post
        Hmm. Yes, for example on the subject of Mahler symphonies, SkyArts 2 has limited the broadcasts to just 10 of them!

        No 9 on now as I type, Haitink/Concertgebouw, in stunning HD.
        & if you missed those, there will be another 10 along soon (or is it the same 10, on an endless loop?)




        Anyway, shouldn't the 3 posts above be on the 'BSB' puffery thread? What are you doing here?

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        • Panjandrum

          I had hoped that the trolls had got fed up with this thread.
          Last edited by Guest; 08-06-12, 06:03.

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          • Mr Pee
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 3285

            Originally posted by Panjandrum View Post
            I had hoped that the trolls had got fed up with this thread.
            Me too.

            It seems we can't have any sort of discussion about Sky, even when it concerns the musical merits of performances we have seen, without some idiotic, juvenile jibe from Flosshilde.
            Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

            Mark Twain.

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            • Beef Oven

              Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
              Me too.

              It seems we can't have any sort of discussion about Sky, even when it concerns the musical merits of performances we have seen, without some idiotic, juvenile jibe from Flosshilde.
              Mr Pee, just recently I have used the 'ignore' facility on a couple of people who have been irritating me. At first, it was just a flounce, but I found that it works really well!

              You get the thread, but without the text of moron's post showing!

              Try it!!!
              Last edited by Guest; 08-06-12, 07:10.

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              • Panjandrum

                Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post
                Mr Pee, just recently I have used the 'ignore' facility on a couple of people who have been irritating me. At first, it was just a flounce, but I found that it works really well!

                You get the thread, but with the text of moron's post showing!

                Try it!!!
                Good shout Beef!

                This message is hidden because Flosshilde is on your ignore list.

                Ah, instantly feel more relaxed!

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                • MrGongGong
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 18357

                  It's a very effective way of having a conversation and shows a high level of maturity

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                  • Beef Oven

                    Originally posted by Panjandrum View Post
                    Good shout Beef!

                    This message is hidden because Flosshilde is on your ignore list.

                    Ah, instantly feel more relaxed!


                    I was careful not to name names

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                    • cloughie
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2011
                      • 22115

                      Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post


                      I was careful not to name names
                      I'd be quite happy to see Sky Arts on Freeview, along with Gilette soccer saturday with Mr Stelling, instead of the '57 Channels with nothing on' we get at the moment. Freeview, I suppose you get what you pay for!

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26524

                        Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post

                        I was careful not to name names

                        Reticence and tact - your usual watchwords, M. LeBoeuf!




                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • Beef Oven

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                          Reticence and tact - your usual watchwords, M. LeBoeuf!




                          Yup, that's me alright

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                          • VodkaDilc

                            Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post
                            & if you missed those, there will be another 10 along soon (or is it the same 10, on an endless loop?)




                            Anyway, shouldn't the 3 posts above be on the 'BSB' puffery thread? What are you doing here?
                            Apologies if I put this in the wrong place.

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                            • Mr Pee
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 3285

                              Originally posted by VodkaDilc View Post
                              Yes, exactly that! He really needs to study the technique of some of the great interviewers - or perhaps examine the concise style of Robert Jay, QC in the Leveson Inquiry.
                              When I looked for repeats they all seemed to feature mayor Boris. It's wonderful to have access to these Hay functions though - without getting soaked in the English/Welsh countryside.
                              I watched Boris last night. It was a most entertaining hour's television. I thought his book sounded fascinating; and he certainly does liven up the political landscape!
                              Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

                              Mark Twain.

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                              • french frank
                                Administrator/Moderator
                                • Feb 2007
                                • 30254

                                Just to clarify one point : I started this thread (and gave it the title) by hiving off some BSKyB 'comments' from another thread (see OP) and to allow some disagreements here if people wanted to indulge (argument = squabble). It is not the thread for discussing or drawing attention to Sky programmes. That's perfectly allowable and such threads should not be sabotaged by anti-Murdoch comments.

                                On the other hand - Sky viewers - be sensible () : please limit your comments to programmes really worth mentioning. This is the Radio 3 Forum not for people who spend their lives watching Sky Arts and using this forum as a promotional tool .............
                                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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