Hello! A shout out for the fabulous streaming channels on France Musique. I listen to 'Classic Plus' and 'La Baroque'. Their programming is varied and learned, in that they feature many classic recordings of interesting repertoire and new releases. I've discovered so many new performances and new music I find it hard to keep track. Highly recommended if you want a stream of music without interruptions. BBC should consider something similar.
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Totally agree about France Musique. I've been listening to Classique Plus for several months, and it's brilliant. The only problem is that there are no announcements, so to follow the schedule, it's necessary to go to their web site (I have an internet radio receiver, and usually listen via that).
This morning, for some reason, they've been doing a mini-festival of British music: Bax Tintagel; Elgar cello concerto; Britten Hymn to St. Cecilia; VW 8 (haven't heard that for ages); Walton violin concerto; VW violin sonata; Britten variations on a theme of Frank Bridge: Bridge phantasie quartet. Radio 3, hang your head in shame!
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From Wiki:
The Radio France group is 100% owned by the French State. Nearly 80% of Radio France's funding comes from Television licence, the remaining 20% comes from own resources, mainly from advertising and diversification activities developed by Radio France.
France Musique is part of the Radio France group
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Originally posted by Quarky View PostFrom Wiki:
The Radio France group is 100% owned by the French State. Nearly 80% of Radio France's funding comes from Television licence, the remaining 20% comes from own resources, mainly from advertising and diversification activities developed by Radio France.
France Musique is part of the Radio France group
France has a notion of a mission civilisatrice totally alien to British political thinking
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Originally posted by vinteuil View PostFrance has a notion of a mission civilisatrice totally alien to British political thinking
.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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Originally posted by french frank View Post
I think they (we) just call it something else. Like elitism.
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Originally posted by french frank View Post
I think they (we) just call it something else. Like elitism.
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So there is this...
Mission civilisatrice — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org)
Can't as yet find anything relating to 'broadening cultural horizons'.
And it would help of course if I could spell 'colonialism'...
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Originally posted by kindofblue View Post
I may be wrong but I thought that 'mission civilisatrice' is linked to the French justification for colonialsism rather than something more cultural. It may have two meanings, .
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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Originally posted by kindofblue View Post
I may be wrong but I thought that 'mission civilisatrice' is linked to the French justification for colonialism rather than something more cultural. It may have two meanings, I will investigate.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
you are right that the term mission civilisatrice is/was used as the justification for France's colonial projects. But I think it can also be applied to how the French regard culture (their culture) as something to be defended and promoted - in a way that is different from how Britain regards the function of culture. And that is the sense in which I am using it here.
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Originally posted by kindofblue View PostNot so very different from the BBC charter way of thinking.
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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Originally posted by french frank View Post
Though less in the way in which it's applied, perhaps?
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