Market forces and music collide

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-35104390697705187282008-04-07T16:11:00.006+01:002008-04-07T16:45:24.439+01:00Market forces and music collide - again<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/R_o5-X9ikQI/AAAAAAAAEDo/HdKtGrpKetg/s1600-h/cbcradioorchestra.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186521664617353474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/R_o5-X9ikQI/AAAAAAAAEDo/HdKtGrpKetg/s400/cbcradioorchestra.jpg" border="0" /></a> Canada’s oldest national orchestra is being axed by CBC Radio. Since 1938, the <a href="http://savecbcorchestra.com/about/">CBC Radio Orchestra</a>, which is the last radio orchestra in North America, has been an invaluable part of Canada’s music scene. The axing is driven by cost savings which have also resulted in the <a href="http://www.overgrownpath.com/2008/03/no-classical-no-radio.html">mass culling of classical broadcasts</a>. Sign the online petition to sign the orchestra <a href="http://savecbcorchestra.com/petition/">here</a>. I hope that the fine CBC musicians will take strength from the story of how, when <a href="http://www.overgrownpath.com/2006/09/when-market-forces-and-music-collided.html">market forces and music collided in the past at the BBC</a>, the threatened musicians <a href="http://www.overgrownpath.com/2006/01/bbc-scottish-symphony-orchestra-on.html">fought back successfully.</a> Any copyrighted material on these pages is included as "fair use", for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s). Report broken links, missing images and errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8060605-3510439069770518728?l=www.overgrownpath.com'/></div>Pliablenoreply@blogger.com4