Comments on On An Overgrown Path: BBC TV's Classical Star condemned as 'sick'

Yes, they did, but I'm not sure that's entirely th...

2007-11-07T08:46:00.000Z

Yes, they did, but I'm not sure that's entirely the point. After watching yesterday's episode I think this whole thing will prove just a drop in the ocean. Nobody will remember it this time next year. The most depressing thing about the programme is the way that the music itself is sidelined and chopped up. Evidently our friends at the Beeb don't think that viewers can cope with a whole movement of Mendelssohn.

Elsewhere Jessica Duchen says 'I can't decide whet...

2007-11-06T18:31:00.000Z

Elsewhere Jessica Duchen says 'I can't decide whether I think it's A Good Thing because it gets music-making onto primetime TV for several weeks running...'

Jessica, did anyone ever tell you that public executions drew huge audiences during the French Revolution?

http://jessicamusic.blogspot.com/2007/11/wot-classical-music-on-primetime-tv.html