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Thank you for sharing those evocative photos, David. With a slight bit of trimming, they'll make good cover displays for my slimline DVD case, enclosing my recording of last night's Prom. A splash of colour on the covers will make the casing look most attractive. Renewed thanks.
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« Reply #17 on: 22:33:45, 20-08-2007 » |
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Ever resourceful, Stanley   Those colours make the blurriness a really professional-looking feature!!!  |
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« Reply #18 on: 22:47:29, 20-08-2007 » |
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« Reply #19 on: 00:00:21, 21-08-2007 » |
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I was too late in the queue. I doubt there are enough asterisks on this site....
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« Reply #21 on: 22:46:56, 21-08-2007 » |
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Stanley Stewart
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« Reply #22 on: 23:46:15, 21-08-2007 » |
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Not at all, young man... I think that serendipity was at work in David's mind as his photographs have the same ambience as Nicolas de Stael's paintings Les Musiciens, Souvenir de Sidney Bechet. I've done a bit of juxtaposition tonight with relevant 'copy' for the Prom and it looks quite promising. In the meantime, keep watching the skies! |
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« Reply #23 on: 15:18:36, 22-08-2007 » |
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Excellent post, opilec, and I heartily agree with you. Many people have tried to convince governments about the social 'usefulness' of classical music, as well as its inherent worth, but I can't think of a better proof of this than what I saw on BBC4 the other night from the SBYO. I think it's a good idea to make sure the right people know about it (I'm pretty sure they won't have first-hand experience anyway).
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« Reply #24 on: 17:35:36, 22-08-2007 » |
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# 23 Yes, Opi, it IS worth bothering about.
Looking at the Proms 2007 brochure, I see that the Bernstein and Latin American works, from the Dudamel/N.Y.O Prom, have been recorded for transmission on BBC 1 - hopefully, with all the encores. Of course, if the programme had covered any sports event, from International Darts to Ludo in Ulan Bator, it would then be shown again as Highlights, followed by Highlights Extra, to ensure full coverage. However, arts coverage on the BBC seem to be under sufferance and, apart from The Proms, programming is scarce. As soon as a concert is concluded, the aim seems to be the rolling of the credit titles as quickly as possible.
Surely there is a good case for the BBC 1 repeat, of the second half, to be followed by a discussion on the history and development of the Simon Bolivar Y.O. of Venezuala and its social consequences.
I do write to my M.P., a Conservative, and occasionally the gist of my comments - support for the arts - have been raised during Questions on Arts, Media & Sport in the House of Commons, or I get a detailed reply from the Opposition Spokesman to my MP. However, watching the debate on the Parliamentary Channel, I do get the impression that there are few votes in the Arts and the session quickly returns to Media & Sport, an attitude probably well noted by the BBC.
The date for a BBC 1 broadcast remains unspecified but can I invite fellow posters to contact their MP - the Conference season is only a few weeks away - and invite their support for a TV discussion, after the concert, on the declining opportunities for musical education in the U.K ? Youth crime seems to be on the political agenda at the moment and there may be ripples of interest here, albeit opportunistic.
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« Reply #25 on: 17:52:01, 22-08-2007 » |
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I think that's an extraordinarily good idea opilec!
It is amazing what a surge of enthusiasm surrounded the SBNYO's appearance, and hard not to feel swept along by it. I imagine any government would love to be associated with such a glowing example of music tapping into the energies of a troubled situation and in the process perhaps going some way to help it.
Although classical music clearly doesn't appeal to everyone, there must be many young people out there who never get any exposure to it all, or any chance to try playing it, and I am sure that there must among them be lurking some exciting talents.
It would of course help if there were some kind of figurehead with genuine appeal for the media to focus their ravenous eyes on.
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# 27 Many thanks for this link, George.
I shall send a copy to my MP. The Party Conference season is in the offing and the initiative for music in education at Caracas, and other cities, serves to highlight the indifference in this country. Government and Opposition seem to be straining for the high ground, at present, and this is as good a time as any to highlight areas of deficiency and neglect.
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That's democracy for you. |
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