Morning rag

[greenilex]

Strikes me that the new "light" theme might include rather a lot...

Any favourites?

[french frank]

Rag Bhairav?

[Nick Armstrong]

I thought this was about what newspapers people take?

Or is it indeed about



and the like? Not sure what the 'new light theme' refers to...

[greenilex]

Thank you. Shobha Gurtu is amazing (and new to me).

[antongould]

V

I thought this was about what newspapers people take?

Or is it indeed about



and the like? Not sure what the 'new light theme' refers to...

Oh do keep up Rumpole 'tis the new Breakfast Music Box Playlist to replace the, already, much missed Tingle Factor .... Now, surely, you see the "Light"?????

[french frank]

V

Oh do keep up Rumpole 'tis the new Breakfast Music Box Playlist to replace the, already, much missed Tingle Factor .... Now, surely, you see the "Light"?????

Oh, the children's programme? It seems they're to get a new version of Pied Piper, so perhaps the grown-ups can have the mornings back!

[cloughie]

Oh, the children's programme? It seems they're to get a new version of Pied Piper, so perhaps the grown-ups can have the mornings back!

Not Scotty Joplin then....

[Oakapple]

Did anyone else hear Lang Lang play the Maple Leaf Rag on Private Passions today? What was he thinking of? All those fancy embellishments ruined a piece that does not need them and is far better played straight.

[Serial_Apologist]

Did anyone else hear Lang Lang play the Maple Leaf Rag on Private Passions today? What was he thinking of? All those fancy embellishments ruined a piece that does not need them and is far better played straight.

I did, and while embellishment is not unknown with ragtime, in this instance I agree - another thing: he should play part of the famous theme legato, not the whole thing dotted.

[gradus]

Lang Lang seems keen on decoration and making musical points other pianists eschew, witness his RAH recital CD, not I'm afraid on my must-have list.

[LezLee]

Me neither. Too much of a show-off.

[LMcD]

Did anyone else hear Lang Lang play the Maple Leaf Rag on Private Passions today? What was he thinking of? All those fancy embellishments ruined a piece that does not need them and is far better played straight.

Yes, I heard it, and, no, I didn't enjoy it.

[Nick Armstrong]

Did anyone else hear Lang Lang play the Maple Leaf Rag on Private Passions today? What was he thinking of? All those fancy embellishments ruined a piece that does not need them and is far better played straight.

Yes, awful