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Author: joannew
Date: 2008-04-11 22:13
A recent post told us of the impeding doom of Canada's national radio orchestra:
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=270451&t=270451
I'm not sure why the thread was closed - no discussion allowed?
I received this in an email today:
"Starting this Fall, classical music will virtually disappear, with Tom Allen, Jurgen Gothe, Eric Friesen, Howard Dyck, Catherine Belyea and their programmes all gone. Last week also brought the announcement that the CBC Radio Orchestra, one of Canada’s best orchestras devoted to bring the work of Canadian composers and musicians to a wide audience, will be disbanded. This on top of the termination of classical recording on CBC Records, the cancellation of the CBC Young Composers Competition, and on and on, clearly indicates a massive betrayal of classical music in this country by our national broadcaster."
However, the radio 2 website (http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/aboutR2.html) seems to imply otherwise, although it's referral to a May announcement shows this page is either outdated or inaccurate. Does anyone have further information? If true, this would be a huge loss for Canada. Is classical music so thoroughly unpopular that the national media is willing to systematically remove it from our collective experience? I really hope this is just a belated April fool's joke!
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2008-04-11 23:26
DavidBlumberg wrote:
> Philadelphia lost its full time radio station a while back. Now
> it shares time with a freakin jazz station.
> Sign of the uncultured times.
So, jazz is a sign of uncultured times again, eh?
We went without a classical radio station for 8 years here, and now we have a classical radio station that shares time with "freakin jazz". And you know what - it's great.
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Author: Scotti
Date: 2008-04-12 03:11
"Sign of the uncultured times."
Really? Whose culture? Not the vast majority of North Americans, that's for sure.
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2008-04-12 04:20
The fact that the "vast majority" of our culture wouldn't champion what we do (clarinet) isn't something to boast about on a clarinet BB? (I presume sarcasm is involved!)
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2008-04-12 04:20
Jazz is loved by probably the same slim margin that loves classical. Neither could honestly say that it is in the "mainstream".
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-04-12 15:28
Washington, D.C. lost its PBS classical station to talkety-talk radio several years ago. Then, last year or the year before (sheesh--senior moment!--I can't remember if this happened in 2006 or 2007!) the last of the local commercial classical stations, which wasn't much good anyway, quit playing classical music and changed formats. PBS promptly reversed the decision to go all-talky and brought back classical music here. If anything, this station is now better than ever, because it's not just playing the same "Top 40" programming (Taco Bell canon, 4 Seasons Dressing, etc.) any more. It's much more adventurous now than it used to be, and it's more inclined than before to play whole pieces instead of isolated movements. So don't give up hope for the CBC radio orchestra, because these decisions do sometimes get re-evaluated.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
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Author: S. Friedland
Date: 2008-04-12 16:39
Perhaps there are many who are unfamiliar with the Performance Scene in Canada, which because of the CBC had a tremendous amount of subsidized performance for many years. When I arrived in Montreal I discovered the "remote'' scene which was the recording of concerts done for future broadcast on the CBC. There was "Music from Montreal", (English), "Concert Intime"(French), there were recordings in Studio 12, a great room with a terrific Steinway and perfect equipmnt, a large staff of engineers, and for an American, it seemed as if there was a great audience for live concerts and recording of live concerts. CBC started a series at Concordia which then moved to McGill because of a better Hall and has remained I think, in production. But CBC has been beset by financial problems which in Montreal at least were exacerbated by language problems, managerial problems and a government which has consitently diminished the budget. I had an ongoing concert series which was always picked up and I must have played and recorded hundreds of concerts "picked up" by CBC. My understanding is that most if this has been curtailed, and the latest news about the CBC orchestra is just proof of that. A great tragedy and also perhaps a sign of the times.
Sherman Friedland
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