tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post3420768021009122160..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Beethoven beyond the concert hallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-2148023102861113812020-02-24T18:59:34.201+00:002020-02-24T18:59:34.201+00:00I have commented before on the New Generation Arti...I have commented before on the New Generation Artists' scheme but the continuing orgy of self-congratulation that is currently happening is nauseating. Of course it is a creditable initiative and has helped numerous talented musicians to launch their careers but is it really in the remit of a broadcaster funded by a tax to use their substantial muscle to help musicians in this way? The kudos of guaranteed concerts at the Wigmore Hall plus masses of broadcast airtime are surely worth looking at. It is one thing for private sponsors and not for profit foundations to run such schemes but a national broadcaster? Did they consult the wider public at any point? Radio 3 is not one of the most popular channels, is it? Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007306140530173428noreply@blogger.com