ill informed Proms trailers...

[vinteuil]

Be grateful they didn't have to introduce a programme on Duncan Sandys.

... or Menzies Campbell or William Waldegrave



.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The printed guide says
Requiem (compl. Süssmayr)

So does alpie's listing for this Prom (and therefore wherever he gets the info from).

From the Radio 3 website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pjdq4

It seems that the BBC did get this bit right.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Forget the "almost". What about "the much-loved Clarinet concerto"? Almost sufficient to put me off this concert.

Well, it's all fantastic, fabulous and amazing.

[DaisyDog]

Caliban: Darn, I missed the good news about new teeth on Classic FM. Just wait until Radio 3 goes commercial! What will we be offered? Possibly a blow up model of Katie Derham. Now that's certainly something I would really like to blow up.

[maestro267]

Forget the "almost". What about "the much-loved Clarinet concerto"? Almost sufficient to put me off this concert.

The fact that it's Mozart is sufficient enough to put me off this concert.

[P. G. Tipps]

I listened to Bruckner 9 via the radio channel on BT Vision tonight.

According to the information supplied (presumably by the BBC) this symphony was composed by Gustav Mahler.

Is this a record ... ?

[light_calibre_baritone]

Wow, you lot LOVE MOANING.

[french frank]

Wow, you lot LOVE MOANING.

In scholarly circles it's called 'criticism'. It pays quite well