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« Reply #60 on: 00:03:52, 08-03-2007 » |
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I am pleased you are enjoying it; I like it too. But, I do think there is too much talk at times. I tend to flit between Radio 3 and Classic FM when there is too much prattle on In Tune.
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John W
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« Reply #61 on: 00:27:16, 08-03-2007 » |
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II do think there is too much talk at times. I tend to flit between Radio 3 and Classic FM when there is too much prattle on In Tune.
Scott, You could learn a lot about classical music and present-day musicians if you listened to the 'prattle', or are you just content to have the music on in the background as you drive home, not knowing who wrote it, when they wrote it, who is playing and when it was recorded?  John W |
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« Reply #62 on: 08:18:37, 08-03-2007 » |
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Yes, I find prattle interesting. One learns about musicians and what people are doing and where they are performing.
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Scott Nelson
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« Reply #63 on: 22:25:10, 08-03-2007 » |
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I like to drive home after a stressful day in the office in mellow mood. I have no problem with Sean Rafferty having guests on the show chatting, but sometimes the prattle goes on for far too long between each musical piece played. The only difference is Radio 3 doesn't have annoying commercials on every 10 minutes or so.  |
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« Reply #64 on: 22:39:36, 08-03-2007 » |
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I agree with Scott. Although there's a place for that sort of talk on Radio 3, it's always on when I'm driving home from work and I've already been listening to people talking all day.
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« Reply #65 on: 23:26:33, 08-03-2007 » |
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I agree with Scott. Although there's a place for that sort of talk on Radio 3, it's always on when I'm driving home from work and I've already been listening to people talking all day.
Absolutely. Don't they realise that people tune in to R3 after work to get away from talk/discussion/information and into a non-verbal environment. Just because drivetime programmes on other radio stations are full of (aimless) chat, doesn't mean that R3 has to go down that route. R3 is/should be different. |
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« Reply #66 on: 10:14:38, 09-03-2007 » |
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The problem is that people want different things from the radio.
For those who are tired it is better when music is played with as little introduction as possible. If one wants to know what is happening in music world, who is in, who is out, who is new, it could be interesting. I don't know many new musicians and what they are like and some times listen to the talk. For example yesterday programme had a pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin playing and talking. He composes too and arranged Tchaikovsky LullyBye for left hand. It was good arrangement. It was interesting to hear how he sounds like. He said that he loves Liszt and that he finds it boring to play the most popular pieces.
There was another pianist there Tiberghien, that people are talking about now. He talks differently. I loved his Debussy much. He sounded more to me like one of the self assured young musicians. I am not sure of course, but I listened to them a little out of curiousity.
On the whole I like the talk to be kept to the minimum to.
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John W
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« Reply #67 on: 11:58:57, 09-03-2007 » |
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I can understand people wanting to unwind at 5.00pm with just the music. The problem with Sean's show is that very often he's playing music that I don't know, and then his prattle is most useful - I just hate listening to something and I'm not going to find out what it is - that occasionally happens on CFM but over the years I now know their 250 most wanted without waiting hopefully for Mark Forrest to possibly say what he just played I just can't relax at 5.00pm  |
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Scott Nelson
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« Reply #68 on: 14:45:00, 09-03-2007 » |
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John,
No disrespect but aren't you a retired gentleman nowadays? Some us want to relax at 5pm after a day at work! The environment in which I work in is quite stressful at times: I work in a busy office. All I want to do at 5pm when I drive home from work is relax. I won't listen to Chris Evans on Radio 2 because he's too upbeat and in-your-face at that time of day. He also shouts a lot. Mark Forrest on Classic FM is perfectly fine; it's those annoying commercials what annoy me. Sean Rafferty, though - good music when played. I can just do without the long-winded prattle in between.
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« Reply #69 on: 15:10:08, 09-03-2007 » |
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I understand you Scott Nelson. I have to say they do talk nicely, not up beat or anything. I have a CD in my car because I can not find classical radio (my car was registered in Japan and has strange waves). I end up listening to the same CD, which is good for a while. It is upsetting if I forget to take a new one.
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« Reply #70 on: 16:42:45, 09-03-2007 » |
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Sean Rafferty, though - good music when played. I can just do without the long-winded prattle in between.
Yes but Scott, you don't know the music do you? Nor the composers, nor the musicians, you are just happy for the sound drowning out your engine noise?  I am well past just 'listening' which is what CFM listeners do. I WANT to know what the music is, whose playing, who's conducting, and if it's a live performance something about why they are playing this music. Sean squeezes all that into his show, and very well. I expect you don't actually understand much of the prattle, that can be annoying I know. I don't understand all of it, but most of it I do and I find it improves the listening experience that follows. John W |
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Scott Nelson
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« Reply #71 on: 17:04:41, 09-03-2007 » |
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Of course it's fine to know what Sean Rafferty has played and also give us an insight into the conductors and musicians. The only thing I find off-putting is the lengthy prattle on the show. Surely this would be better suited for mid-afternoons? It's bad enough Chris Evans on Radio 2 never stops talking. The only reason why I flit between Mark Forrest on Classic FM and Sean Rafferty on Radio 3 is because Forrest keeps his chit chat to a minimum level.
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« Reply #72 on: 17:19:53, 09-03-2007 » |
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I think that chit chat for a long time because they think it involves the audience in music, but it doesn't work all the time. May be it would be better to put this programme in the afternoon, when people who are home will be entertained. It is impossible to please all people all the time.
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Scott Nelson
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« Reply #73 on: 17:22:01, 09-03-2007 » |
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No radio station satisfies all of its audience at one time. I simply feel Rafferty's chit chat should be moved to early afternoons although Rafferty is perfect at 5pm. I wish his show was more musically orientated minus the chit chat. If there's one thing I hate first thing in the morning and the same in the evening when I am driving home from work is endless talk.
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« Reply #74 on: 18:05:19, 09-03-2007 » |
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Scott, Sean's show is completely music-orientated Do you realise that Sean's show features the only regular LIVE MUSIC slot that we have on Radio 3? That is worth 'talking about' and if they talk about it at length on Sean's how that is fine by me. He also fills in the show with popular pieces of music and tells us something about them, Richard Baker style, that's also fine by me. John W |
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