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PBS's "Live from Lincoln Center" last night -- More unremittingly lowbrow pandering.

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Alice Tully (chamber music) Hall is to be closed for renovations, hence a "special". I happened to tune in on a really excellent performance of the last movement of Mendelssohn's Octet, the performers, unusually, except for the seated cellists, standing. I was gripped!
The PBS announcer afterwards said, "And that was music by Felix Mendelssohn. Next..."
They know their target audience (known as "carriage trade") doesn't care what the work was.
Classical radio stations these days, go the same route. On WCRB I heard the finale to Beethoven's Ninth: "And finally we had Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic, in music by Beethoven."
Good grief!
clark

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Re: PBS's "Live from Lincoln Center" last night -- More unremittingly lowbrow pandering. - rico 13:07:53 05/04/07 (2)
Same here on the Cape on WFCC, 'CRB's sister station (same announcers, different music but same type and same philosophy). no complete concerti or symphonies, just movements. And when I emailed them to complain about the lack of harpsichords and clavichords in the Baroques selections, they responded that they program according to listener preferences.
But, it's the only full time "classical" station we have. I can get 'GBH and 'CRB as well as WOMR from P-Town, all of which have SOME classical programming.
Shifting gears, how about a White House tribute concert to Thelonious Monk on PBS that contained NOT ONE Monk tune??! Sheesh! Or a two hour special on Atlantic records that didn't even mention their recordings of Ornette Coleman or John Coltrane?
- "NOT ONE Monk tune??!" And there you have it: "Unremittingly." Time to disband PBS don't you think? nt - clarkjohnsen 07:39:51 05/05/07 (1)
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  - Re: "NOT ONE Monk tune??!" And there you have it: "Unremittingly." Time to disband PBS don't you think? nt - rico 08:36:58 05/05/07 (0)
    Well, there was was a segment in the middle hosted by T.S, Monk (Monk's son) where black and white clips (excerpts) of the man were
    shown, some of which I'd never seen. But the live performers supposedly paying tribute had no Monk music whatsoever. Amazing.
Choral music? nt - tinear 12:34:30 05/04/07 (0)
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You grumpy old fart - Victor Khomenko 11:58:01 05/04/07 (0)
Soon it will be "Music by Celine Dion" on all the stations - what will you say THEN? Already many young ones think classical is Elvis.
BTW... living on Beethoven Dr, I could tell you some funny story. Last one - receiving a letter addressed to "Beefhoven".

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