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seems to imply otherwise, although it's referral to a May announcement shows this page is either outdated or inaccurate.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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