tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post1803374747584701579..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: A stong commitment to the newUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-54162005550697824252008-05-06T15:12:00.000+01:002008-05-06T15:12:00.000+01:00You're correct; next to what came after, Glock is ...You're correct; next to what came after, Glock is an immortal giant.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520926883774598349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-87356404059854662612008-05-05T16:04:00.000+01:002008-05-05T16:04:00.000+01:00John, the problem is that since Glock we have had ...John, the problem is that since Glock we have had a succession of BBC executives who have managed to marginalise both contemporary music and Bridge, Bax, Howells <I>et al</I>.<BR/><BR/>People of the calibre of Glock always come with baggage, it's part of the estate. But give me someone with his passion, vision and willingness to take risks anyday over today's faceless mandarins with their Michael Ball evenings, Doctor Who stunts and fixed length programmes.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-57504325064055752552008-05-05T15:11:00.000+01:002008-05-05T15:11:00.000+01:00Ken Russell in his apposite ABC's of British Music...Ken Russell in his apposite ABC's of British Music takes the BBC to task through unforgettable imagery: Russell himself stand in a cemetery surrounded by gravestones, each bearing the name of a great British composer, Bridge and Bax there, Howeels and Scott over there, Ireland, Dyson, Brian here. That ossible said more about Glock's tenure than any obit.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520926883774598349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-79510573986931131492008-05-05T10:39:00.000+01:002008-05-05T10:39:00.000+01:00Credit to the Guardian for remembering the anniver...Credit to the Guardian for remembering the anniversary, even if the BBC didn't. But does the leader writer really think Robert Simpson, Edmund Rubbra and Malcolm Arnold exhibit a <I>'homegrown "cowpat" tendency in British music' -</I> <BR/> <BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/05/classicalmusic<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the leader writer has even heard a Malcolm Arnold symphony? Where are the "cowpats" in this work? <BR/><BR/>http://www.overgrownpath.com/2005/09/arnolds-9th-neglected-20th-century.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com