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« Reply #45 on: 22:56:22, 03-03-2007 »

Paul Gambaccini presented "The Morning Collection" on Radio 3 between 1995 and 1996. He was pushed out the door for obvious reasons. He then joined Radio 2 in 1998 to present "America's Greatest Hits", which he still does now. I also understand Gambo was on Classic FM from its 1992 launch and has since worked for the station various times.

Gambo is extremely passionate about music and enjoys is radio work. He is one of my favourite broadcasters; I find him so warm and comfoting to listen to. Thankfully he is very much appreciated by the Radio 2 listeners.

As for Sean Rafferty, it's still early days for me yet but so far, so good. I actually enjoy cruising home listening to him. Smiley
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« Reply #46 on: 13:15:04, 05-03-2007 »

...I find Sean irritating, rabbiting on instead of playing music.  I think I caught him saying "intelligent Christians, if that is not a contradiction in terms."

How very peculiar, given that he also says "marss" when he means "mass".

...there's something about his manner that is not straightforward, he seems too gushy by half and pleased with himself...

But I may be wrong...

I don't think so, DonB; by my reckoning he paints himself as an affected pillock.
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« Reply #47 on: 18:09:22, 05-03-2007 »

I note that Petroc Trelawny is hosting In Tune today. It has an entirely different feel to it.
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« Reply #48 on: 11:16:07, 06-03-2007 »

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I don't think so, DonB; by my reckoning he paints himself as an affected pillock.

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This is the new, civilised, tolerant MB not written with an eye to anyone in charge of R3 seeing it.  We don't go in for pillock bashing now.  And as young Scott wends his homeward way through the deserts of South Essex, Sean Rafferty provides a far preferable accompaniment than any other station on offer.
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« Reply #49 on: 13:05:24, 06-03-2007 »

I started in tune yesterday (Monday) with Beethoven Piano trio, and then Dvorak trio. It was good, I liked it. I particularly loved Enescu Romanian Rhpsody 1. I have not heard it in ages. I heard a lot of it in my childhood on the radio (may be relations were good between USSR and Romania then, I don't ;know). Debussy was good played by Thibaudet. I was pleased with mixture of life and CD recordings. I think I am not demanding, but then I can be some times. 
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« Reply #50 on: 13:13:09, 06-03-2007 »

tp

You are actually talking about the music, which is what it is all about.  No wonder on the old R3 MB somebody named you "Man of the Match" - a phrase taking from cricket.  I take it they don't play cricket much in Russia?
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« Reply #51 on: 15:50:12, 06-03-2007 »

No, they don't play cricket in Russia, at least to my knowleadge they still don't play it. They definately did not play it when I was there.
I know this game because we lived in Wales for a while. Also after America I know baseball, which is a different game all together.
I don't think I will have time today to listen to Rafferty in tune. Last evening programme was very good (the part that I heard).
Did you like it Donbasilio?
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« Reply #52 on: 22:00:34, 06-03-2007 »

tp

I made a point of listening to  In Tune today (I missed it yesterday) and I was impressed.  A complete serendipity.  In the past I was not a fan of Petroc Trelawny - I thought he was too gushy.  (Incidentally the name "Petroc Trelawny" is almost a parody of a Cornish name - by Tre,  Pol and Pen can you know the Cornish men.  Saint Petroc, according to legend, sailed to Cornwall from Wales on his cloak, if I remember rightly.  His reliquary is in Bodmin Parish church.)  But today I thought he was really charming - he did not impose his personality and he was polite and respectful to the live music group inspired by Morroccan music.  Beethoven's variations on God Save the King and a duet from Manon (N'est ce pas ma main).  I had forgotten how passsionate Massenet can be.

So good on Petroc.
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« Reply #53 on: 22:13:41, 06-03-2007 »

Donbasilio,
How strange that I did not know what to listen to when I saw your message. I have a little time before I go to bed to listen to in Tune. The programme is really good. I am listening at the moment Ravel/Jeux d'eau by Martha Argerich. I played the piece, so I know it very well and I love Marthe Argerich.
Thank you for your post. It is interesting what you say about Cornish names, that start with Tre, Pol and Pen. I think I heard people say that Cornish people have different language and if I remember correctly they are related to Irish people (Celt).
Thank you for attracting my attention to the programme at this moment.
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« Reply #54 on: 22:46:27, 06-03-2007 »

Petroc is a very good broadcaster. I like him sitting in for Sean.
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« Reply #55 on: 08:52:14, 07-03-2007 »

t-p, without making things too complicated, the Celts can be split into two basic groups each with families of languages which share a common ancestor in the distant past, but have evolved in strikingly different ways. The first language group is Gaelic, which is spoken mainly in Ireland, and pronounced 'gaylik' and Western Scotland and the Isles, where the language name itself sounds more like 'ghaalikh'. The second family group is spoken in Wales, (though there are recognisable differences between North and South Welsh) and Brittany in (or next to) France, and is being revived in a third domain, Cornwall, where it had become all but extinct. Study of historical family and place names shows that the distribution of these two branches has changed over the centuries; variations of the Welsh version were once spoken in an area stretching from Glasgow to Liverpool down the west coast of Britain, and almost certainly also in the northeast of Scotland, too.

So, keeping things very simple, though the Cornish and Irish are Celts, they're not that closely related.
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« Reply #56 on: 09:35:53, 07-03-2007 »

Thank you Ron Dough for your comments. What is interesting that they speak similar language in Brittany. I heard that there is similar language to Welsh in Spain somewhere. I lived in Wales for a few years and they were going somewhere in Spain. I tried to take Welsh and did go to classes for two years. I had time then. It is very difficult language and had no grammar or word connection with any of two languages that I sort of know.
Cornish language must be very different. I never heard of that before.
Here there are so many different dialects. I don't hear it on the streets at all. I think I heard it once. People prefer to talk in English.
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« Reply #57 on: 09:56:18, 07-03-2007 »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_Celtic_languages

Slightly more info, t-p.
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« Reply #58 on: 14:18:41, 07-03-2007 »

Thank you Ron.  I am always a bit wary of Wikpedia because I don't know what loony is posting there, but your link seems highly responsible.
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« Reply #59 on: 22:39:36, 07-03-2007 »

I seems to be hooked on this programme now. This evening I am listening to it now on listen again. Petroc Trelawny is a host today again. It is very enjoyable programme. Cedric Tiberghien is a good pianist playing life. I especially loved his Debussy. Beethoven was good too, but his performance of Debussy was better.
I hope people listened today's programme which is 7th of March. I am not sure I will have time to listen to it until the end.
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