tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post113535956900011672..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Bach to normal programmesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1136478271736889252006-01-05T16:24:00.000+00:002006-01-05T16:24:00.000+00:00Thx David, and talking of shite on Radio 3 in the ...Thx David, and talking of shite on Radio 3 in the last couple of weeks I have heard both Mantovani and Semprini recordings played.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly the Oxford University Press <I>Musical Lives</I> extracted from the <I>Dictionary of National Biography</I> and edited by Nicholas Kenyon contains an entry for Semprini! <BR/><BR/>Kenyon can't programme Malcolm Arnold at the Proms, but he includes Semprini among the great musicians of the 20th century ...Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1136384856774360382006-01-04T14:27:00.000+00:002006-01-04T14:27:00.000+00:00I only could manage a few hours of Bach time and h...I only could manage a few hours of Bach time and heard a few nice things, but also had to suffer:<BR/><BR/>* A violin partita played on solo marimba<BR/>* Fugues played on Moog<BR/>* Jacques Loussier 'reinterpretive' pap<BR/>* A cheesy American pop singer singing sentimental words to the tune of Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, accompanied by banjo<BR/><BR/>We don't normally have to listen to this shite on Radio 3. When these things come on, all I can say is thank goodness for reliably conservative Classic FM as backup.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947223933075833456noreply@blogger.com