Antony Hopkins CBE RIP

[amateur51]

May not be too far wrong. When asked why they didn't broadcast repeats of some of the legendary classic dramas, with star performers, there was a vague explanation that what was all right THEN wouldn't be quite right for NOW.

Call me old-fashioned but isn't the way to solve this problem of perceived elitism to broadcast the recordings and see what the punters think?

One might actually engage the audience with the notion of the past's 'elitism' and enquire what they think of the idea?

[decantor]

May not be too far wrong. When asked why they didn't broadcast repeats of some of the legendary classic dramas, with star performers, there was a vague explanation that what was all right THEN wouldn't be quite right for NOW.

I was unfortunate enough just now to catch a moment of In Tune after the 6.00 News bulletin. SK was interviewing pianist Ji Liu. The conversation hinged around his preferences in cinema, the snappy suit he was wearing, and the bling of his shoes. It has to be said that, in music as in drama, the gap between THEN and NOW yawns very wide indeed.

[Alison]

I was unfortunate enough just now to catch a moment of In Tune after the 6.00 News bulletin. SK was interviewing pianist Ji Liu. The conversation hinged around his preferences in cinema, the snappy suit he was wearing, and the bling of his shoes. It has to be said that, in music as in drama, the gap between THEN and NOW yawns very wide indeed.

How true. I find SK so disappointing now having seemed like a breath of fresh air when she first came on to the scene.

[Zucchini]

I was unfortunate enough just now to catch a moment of In Tune after the 6.00 News bulletin. SK was interviewing pianist Ji Liu. The conversation hinged around his preferences in cinema, the snappy suit he was wearing, and the bling of his shoes.

But when you were younger you would maybe have been fascinated to hear what films Artur Rubinstein liked, how Heifetz loved double breasted suits with pink polka dots & where Von Karajan bought his jackboots...
It's not a big deal & didn't waste much of the rest of your life

[french frank]

It's not a big deal & didn't waste much of the rest of your life

But, as in many cases, it's not just the 'sins of commission': there are also the 'sins of omission' - what you would like to hear but what ISN'T being provided. Isn't it?

[Serial_Apologist]

But when you were younger you would maybe have been fascinated to hear what films Artur Rubinstein liked, how Heifetz loved double breasted suits with pink polka dots & where Von Karajan bought his jackboots...
It's not a big deal & didn't waste much of the rest of your life

But, did they include eating zucchini in their diet?

[Zucchini]

But, did they include eating zucchini in their diet?

I'm sure they would all have been delighted to have a meal with zucchini

[kernelbogey]

I thought this obit in the Guardian a generous tribute to AH.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

May not be too far wrong. When asked why they didn't broadcast repeats of some of the legendary classic dramas, with star performers, there was a vague explanation that what was all right THEN wouldn't be quite right for NOW.

They used that lame excuse for not broadcasting Monty Python, and this persisted for many years.

[Stillhomewardbound]

They used that lame excuse for not broadcasting Monty Python, and this persisted for many years.

A big problem for the BBC is that it does not have a formal post of archivist, or historian, that would actually be a source of education for current BBC producers. Literally, we have a generation of executive and production talent that has a complete disregard for the treasures stored both in attic and the basement.

These are staff for whom the first morning of BBC Breakfast would be ancient gold. One of the BBC News reports suggested that 'Talking Music' was on Radio 3 and not Radio 4.

A minor point perhaps but the cause for despair is the lack of anyone on the staff to say, 'No, actually, that's wrong ...'

Today's BBC no longer has any received wisdom or a collective identity of what it was and the riches contained within. Imagine an Oxbridge faculty of history that had only a knowledge of 20th Century and no sense of enquiry as to the preceeding centuries.

[jean]

Last Word, Radio 4, at 4 this afternoon.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

What about this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bf1sv

[french frank]

What about this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bf1sv

Very promising - where will it lead, I wonder. Sounds like some of the special programming during Proms season to interest people who are listening to the R3 concerts. I won't elaborate.

[Lordgeous]

A nice tribute CD to AH was issued last year by a group of admirers. Happy youthful memories for me too of his BBC series. Also seeing him in piano fuets with Barenboim at Dartington Summer School.

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