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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #1 on: 19:07:35, 19-04-2007 » |
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I thought Mr Wright didn't like live concerts.  |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #2 on: 19:08:09, 19-04-2007 » |
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Utterly predictable: decidedly ominous.
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I thought Mr Wright didn't like live concerts. This is a good point. Did anyone else read the feature on Petroc Trelawney in the last Sunday Telegraph magazine? He was defending RW's stand against concerts going out live, saying that it means you don't have to sit through "the interminable eight minutes while the piano is moved into place." |
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oliver sudden
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« Reply #4 on: 19:31:50, 19-04-2007 » |
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you don't have to sit through "the interminable eight minutes while the piano is moved into place." |
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« Reply #5 on: 19:51:05, 19-04-2007 » |
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I am pretty ignorant of the history of Radio 3, having been a regular listener for only about a decade, and I believe that it isn't unprecedented. But I think it is unhealthy to have a concentration of power in one person's hands, being both Radio 3 controller and Proms supremo. Though I suppose being Radio 3 controller won't take that much time for the next three years or so since Mr Wright has his schedule set in stone and it will pretty much take care of itself ( from his point of view at least ).
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The BBC press notice is at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/04_april/19/proms.shtmlI particularly enjoyed: "Under Roger's leadership, Radio 3 has increased its commitment to live music ...."  |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #7 on: 20:37:13, 19-04-2007 » |
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It's a well-known phenomenon that press releases sometimes slip through wormholes from parallel universes.
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« Reply #8 on: 21:06:37, 19-04-2007 » |
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"Under Roger's leadership, Radio 3 has increased its commitment to live music ...."
I mean, that isn't a bit of spin, or open to quesiton - but an absolutely cast iron, copper bottomed, easily verifiable lie!
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« Reply #9 on: 21:07:40, 19-04-2007 » |
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"Jenny Abramsky said: "Roger is a brilliant controller of Radio 3.""
A definition of the word 'brilliant' which I have not previously encountered d;o(
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wotthehell toujours gai archy
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« Reply #10 on: 21:08:47, 19-04-2007 » |
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"Under Roger's leadership, Radio 3 has increased its commitment to live music ...."
It's live music Jim, but not as we know it.
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« Reply #11 on: 21:18:28, 19-04-2007 » |
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Taking a step back for a second, Proms supremo and R3 controller are different types of job. Does anyone have any thoughts on how a Wright season would differ from a Kenyon one in terms of repertoire ?
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« Reply #12 on: 21:18:59, 19-04-2007 » |
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Is he seriously going to do both the proms and control R3?
Trying to look on the bright side, he could take his eye off the ball on R3 and let someone less competent make less on a success of ruining it.....
But it doesn't node well for new music at the Proms...
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« Reply #13 on: 22:31:52, 19-04-2007 » |
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Well, tommo, he's going to keep a lot of advisors and apparatchiks in both the Proms set up and at R3 in a job, isn't he? Darren Henley as if his No 2 at R3?
Given that so far, his ability to run R3 into a virtual CFM cul de sac bodes appallingly for the usually at least interesting Proms. Either that, or the Proms remains as eclectic and challengeing as at its best it can be, while R3 slides ever faster towards bland anonymity. Can you imagine the roar of rage that would go up both here and in another place if that happens?
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I often wonder who decides what works are played at the PROMS - is it done by a committee or by one person RW (mmmmm) I guess will soon learn - i suppose its a delicate balancing act choosing all the popular works with alternate less well known ones but making sure no empty seats - waiting in anticipation  |
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