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Post by julesd68 on Aug 23, 2018 9:06:43 GMT
From Slipped Disc -
< The Grand Final of the Eurovision Young Musician of the Year will be broadcast tonight on the following channels:
Albania / RTSH 1
Belgium / RTBF – La Trois
Croatia / HRT – HTV 3
Czech Republic / Czech TV – CT Art
Greece / ERT 2
Hungary / MTVA – M5
Malta / PBS Ltd. – TVM 2
Norway / NRK 2
Poland / TVP Kultura
Russia / Russia Kultura
Slovenia / RTV 1
UK / BBC 2 but only in Scotland (2000 BST)
New talent is clearly of no interest to BBC nationally. >
Exactly what I was saying - you can watch the final in Albania but not in England, Ireland or Wales.
A very poor show, should be on BBC FOUR, pull your digit out guys!!
Ironically I might be able to watch it tonight in Greece!
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 23, 2018 14:59:57 GMT
Well, well, well. Another state of the art concert hall opens outside of the UK. Quelle surprise, not! Moscow is the beneficiary this time. Really it makes me crazy that with all our fine orchestras we can't produce something like this for them and us ...    |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 23, 2018 16:29:43 GMT
London's best concert hall was built for the 1950 Festival of Britain.
Only Birmingham has received a fine concert hall since then.
Says it all, really. Where is the National Lottery funding?
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 24, 2018 18:27:53 GMT
Watch all of the Eurovision Young Musician performances here! youngmusicians.tv/story/relive-2018-finalI missed the first performance due to the show starting half an hour earlier than scheduled. But it was a most interesting evening with some lovely music. I do recommend a listen and see if you agree with the judges. Personally I think they were duped and got it completely wrong but thought they might ... But I thought I did see a possible star of the future there. I will try and write up my thoughts when time allows. |
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Post by Slinger on Aug 24, 2018 18:37:47 GMT
...Where is the National Lottery funding? In 2014...
SOURCE |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 24, 2018 21:32:38 GMT
Too much funding for opera.
Anyway, this is all for existing institutions.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 1, 2018 17:12:36 GMT
This is fun - early footage of Argerich and Dutoit mucking around ...
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 2, 2018 13:08:04 GMT
Bernstein BBC article hereI have to say I really don't know his music at all!  |
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Post by Slinger on Sept 2, 2018 13:16:00 GMT
I'm much the same, Jules. I've got plenty of examples of his conducting but the only complete work of his I own is West Side Story.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 2, 2018 13:18:29 GMT
I love West Side Story!  I feel almost 'obliged' though to explore some of his classical compositions ... |
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 3, 2018 13:45:48 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Sept 3, 2018 14:20:01 GMT
I was listening to the news about it this morning. It would be easy for me to say just listen to the music and keep the politics out of it. However, I'm not a Jew and certainly do not have an understanding of what it must have been like to be caught up in the Holocaust. I can therefore see both sides of the argument.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 11, 2018 15:07:37 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 11, 2018 17:13:13 GMT
Gosh, that is sad reading.  |
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Post by Slinger on Sept 11, 2018 17:31:03 GMT
It's both sad, and disgusting. I can say no more without involving the politics and the politicians involved, and my already stated views on both.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 12, 2018 12:04:34 GMT
Gosh, it just adds to my thoughts about Brexit but best to move it to Frequent Flyers' Club for further discussion.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 12, 2018 13:50:06 GMT
Interesting to see that Charles Dutoit has managed to get a new position - 'Principal Guest Conductor of the St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra'  |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 12, 2018 13:57:23 GMT
LOL - they won't care about his infidelities!
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 12, 2018 14:01:38 GMT
Indeed, but the wide range of accusations were sadly more than infidelities ...
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Post by MartinT on Sept 12, 2018 16:31:47 GMT
Yes, I know. It was an all-encompassing expression.
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